• Body mass index, triglyceride-glucose index, and prostate cancer death: a mediation analysis in eight European cohorts 

      Fritz, Josef; Jochems, Sylvia H. J.; Bjørge, Tone; Wood, Angela M.; Häggström, Christel; Ulmer, Hanno; Nagel, Gabriele; Zitt, Emanuel; Engeland, Anders; Harlid, Sophia; Drake, Isabel; Stattin, Pär; Stocks, Tanja (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Background Insulin resistance is a hypothesised biological mechanism linking obesity with prostate cancer (PCa) death. Data in support of this hypothesis is limited. Methods We included 259,884 men from eight European ...
    • Identification of DNA methylation changes in newborns related to maternal smoking during pregnancy 

      Markunas, Christina A; Xu, Zongli; Harlid, Sophia; Wade, Paul A.; Lie, Rolv Terje; Taylor, Jack A.; Wilcox, Allen James (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10-01)
      Background: Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with significant infant morbidity and mortality, and may influence later disease risk. One mechanism by which smoking (and other environmental factors) might have ...