Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Havdahl, Alexandra"

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    • Associations between health behaviours, fertility and reproductive outcomes: triangulation of evidence in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) 

      Wootton, Robyn E.; Lawn, Rebecca B.; Magnus, Maria C.; Treur, Jorien L.; Corfield, Elizabeth C.; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Andreassen, Ole A.; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Munafò, Marcus R.; Håberg, Siri E.; Smith, George Davey; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted; Magnus, Per; Havdahl, Alexandra (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Guidance to improve fertility includes reducing alcohol and caffeine consumption, achieving healthy weight-range and stopping smoking. Advice is informed by observational evidence, which is often biased by ...

    • Bounding the average causal effect in Mendelian randomisation studies with multiple proposed instruments: An application to prenatal alcohol exposure and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 

      Diemer, Elizabeth W.; Havdahl, Alexandra; Andreassen, Ole A.; Munafò, Marcus R.; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Tiemeier, Henning; Zuccolo, Luisa; Swanson, Sonja A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background As large-scale observational data become more available, caution regarding causal assumptions remains critically important. This may be especially true for Mendelian randomisation (MR), an increasingly popular ...

    • Deficit of homozygosity among 1.52 million individuals and genetic causes of recessive lethality 

      Oddsson, Asmundur; Sulem, Patrick; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Arnadottir, Gudny A.; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Halldorsson, Gisli H.; Atlason, Bjarni A.; Oskarsson, Gudjon R.; Helgason, Hannes; Nielsen, Henriette Svarre; Westergaard, David; Karjalainen, Juha; Katrinardottir, Hildigunnur; Fridriksdottir, Run; Jensson, Brynjar O.; Tragante, Vinicius; Ferkingstad, Egil; Jónsson, Hákon; Gudjonsson, Sigurjon A.; Beyter, Doruk; Moore, Kristjan H.S.; Thordardottir, Helga B.; Kristmundsdottir, Snædis; Stefansson, Olafur A.; Rantapää Dahlqvist, Solbritt; Sonderby, Ida Elken; Didriksen, Maria; Stridh, Pernilla; Haavik, Jan; Tryggvadottir, Laufey; Frei, Oleksandr; Walters, G. Bragi; Kockum, Ingrid; Hjalgrim, Henrik; Olafsdottir, Thorunn A; Selbæk, Geir; Nyegaard, Mette; Erikstrup, Christian; Brodersen, Thorsten; Sævarsdottir, Sædis; Olsson, Tomas; Nielsen, Kaspar Rene; Haraldsson, Àsgeir; Bruun, Mie Topholm; Hansen, Thomas Folkmann; Steingrimsdottir, Thora; Jacobsen, Rikke Louise; Lie, Rolv T.; Djurovic, Srdjan; Alfredsson, Lars; Portilla, A.L.; Brunak, Søren; Havdahl, Alexandra; Andreassen, Ole (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Genotypes causing pregnancy loss and perinatal mortality are depleted among living individuals and are therefore difficult to find. To explore genetic causes of recessive lethality, we searched for sequence variants with ...

    • Do environmental effects indexed by parental genetic variation influence common psychiatric symptoms in childhood? 

      Jami, Eshim S.; Hammerschlag, Anke R.; Sallis, Hannah M.; Qiao, Zhen; Andreassen, Ole A.; Magnus, Per Minor; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Havdahl, Alexandra; Pingault, Jean-Baptiste; Evans, David M.; Munafò, Marcus R.; Ystrom, Eivind; Bartels, Meike; Middeldorp, Christel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Parental genes may indirectly influence offspring psychiatric outcomes through the environment that parents create for their children. These indirect genetic effects, also known as genetic nurture, could explain individual ...

    • Early manifestations of genetic risk for neurodevelopmental disorders 

      Askeland, Ragna Bugge; Hannigan, Laurie J.; Ask, Helga; Ayorech, Ziada; Tesli, Martin Steen; Corfield, Elizabeth; Magnus, Per Minor; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Andreassen, Ole A.; Smith, George Davey; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted; Havdahl, Alexandra (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (autism) and schizophrenia are highly heritable neurodevelopmental disorders, affecting the lives of many individuals. It is important ...

    • Genetic association study of childhood aggression across raters, instruments, and age 

      Ip, Hill F.; van der Laan, Camiel M.; Krapohl, Eva M. L.; Brikell, Isabell; Sánchez-Mora, Cristina; Nolte, Ilja M.; Pourcain, Beate St; Bolhuis, Koen; Palviainen, Teemu; Zafarmand, Hadi; Colodro-Conde, Lucía; Gordon, Scott; Zayats, Tetyana; Aliev, Fazil; Jiang, Chang; Wang, Carol A.; Saunders, Gretchen; Karhunen, Ville; Hammerschlag, Anke R.; Adkins, Daniel E.; Border, Richard; Peterson, Roseann E.; Prinz, Joseph A.; Thiering, Elisabeth; Seppälä, Iikka; Vilor-Tejedor, Natàlia; Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S.; Day, Felix R.; Hottenga, Jouke-Jan; Allegrini, Andrea G.; Rimfeld, Kaili; Chen, Qi; Yi, Lu; Martin, Joanna; Soler Artigas, Marìa; Rovira, Paula; Bosch, Rosa; Español, Gemma; Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antonio; Neumann, Alexander; Haavik, Jan; Harris, Jennifer Ruth; Helgeland, Øyvind; Johansson, Stefan; Knudsen, Gun Peggy Strømstad; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Havdahl, Alexandra; Magnus, Per Minor; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted; Boomsma, Dorret I. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Childhood aggressive behavior (AGG) has a substantial heritability of around 50%. Here we present a genome-wide association meta-analysis (GWAMA) of childhood AGG, in which all phenotype measures across childhood ages from ...

    • Genome-wide association meta-analysis of childhood and adolescent internalizing symptoms 

      Jami, Eshim S.; Hammerschlag, Anke R.; Ip, Hill F.; Allegrini, Andrea G.; Benyamin, Beben; Border, Richard; Diemer, Elizabeth W.; Jiang, Chang; Karhunen, Ville; Lu, Yi; Lu, Qing; Mallard, Travis T.; Mishra, Pashupati P.; Nolte, Ilja M.; Palviainen, Teemu; Peterson, Roseann E.; Sallis, Hannah M.; Shabalin, Andrey A.; Tate, Ashley E.; Thiering, Elisabeth; Vilor-Tejedor, Natàlia; Wang, Carol; Zhou, Ang; Adkins, Daniel E.; Alemany, Silvia; Ask, Helga; Chen, Qi; Corley, Robin P.; Ehli, Erik A.; Evans, Luke M.; Havdahl, Alexandra; Hagenbeek, Fiona A.; Hakulinen, Christian; Henders, Anjali K.; Hottenga, Jouke Jan; Korhonen, Tellervo; Mamun, Abdullah; Marrington, Shelby; Neumann, Alexander; Rimfeld, Kaili; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Silberg, Judy L.; van Beijsterveldt, Catharina E.; Vuoksimaa, Eero; Whipp, Alyce M.; Tong, Xiaoran; Andreassen, Ole; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Brown, Sandra A.; Burt, S. Alexandra; Copeland, William; Dick, Danielle M.; Harden, K. Paige; Harris, Kathleen Mullan; Hartman, Catharina A.; Heinrich, Joachim; Hewitt, John K.; Hopfer, Christian; Hypponen, Elina; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Kaprio, Jaakko; Keltikangas-Järvinen, Liisa; Klump, Kelly L.; Krauter, Kenneth; Kuja-Halkola, Ralf; Larsson, Henrik; Lehtimäki, Terho; Lichtenstein, Paul; Lundström, Sebastian; Maes, Hermine H.; Magnus, Per Minor; Munafò, Marcus R.; Najman, Jake M.; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Oldehinkel, Albertine J.; Pennell, Craig E.; Plomin, Robert; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted; Reynolds, Chandra; Rose, Richard J.; Smolen, Andrew; Snieder, Harold; Stallings, Michael; Standl, Marie; Sunyer, Jordi; Tiemeier, Henning; Wadsworth, Sally J.; Wall, Tamara L.; Whitehouse, Andrew J.O.; Williams, Gail M.; Ystrøm, Eivind; Nivard, Michel G.; Bartels, Meike; Middeldorp, Christel M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Objective: To investigate the genetic architecture of internalizing symptoms in childhood and adolescence. Method: In 22 cohorts, multiple univariate genome-wide association studies (GWASs) were performed using repeated ...

    • How important are parents in the development of child anxiety and depression? A genomic analysis of parent-offspring trios in the Norwegian Mother Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) 

      Cheesman, Rosa; Eilertsen, Espen Moen; Ahmadzadeh, Yasmin I.; Gjerde, Line C.; Hannigan, Laurie John; Havdahl, Alexandra; Young, Alexander I.; Eley, Thalia C.; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Magnus, Per; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Ystrøm, Eivind; McAdams, Tom A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background Many studies detect associations between parent behaviour and child symptoms of anxiety and depression. Despite knowledge that anxiety and depression are influenced by a complex interplay of genetic and ...

    • Maternal and offspring genetic risk score analyses of fetal alcohol exposure and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder risk in offspring 

      Haan, Elis; Sallis, Hannah M.; Ystrøm, Eivind; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Andreassen, Ole Andreas; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted; Munafo, Marcus R.; Havdahl, Alexandra; Zuccolo, Luisa (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: Studies investigating the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on childhood attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms using conventional observational designs have reported inconsistent findings, ...

    • Mechanisms linking parental educational attainment with child ADHD, depression, and academic problems: a study of extended families in The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study 

      Torvik, Fartein Ask; Eilertsen, Espen Moen; McAdams, Tom A.; Gustavson, Kristin; Zachrisson, Henrik Daae; Brandlistuen, Ragnhild Eek; Gjerde, Line C.; Havdahl, Alexandra; Stoltenberg, Camilla; Ask, Helga; Ystrøm, Eivind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background: Low educational attainment in parents is associated with child psychopathology. It is not clear whether the associations are due to risk factors that family members share or due to effects of maternal or ...

    • Modeling assortative mating and genetic similarities between partners, siblings, and in-laws 

      Torvik, Fartein Ask; Eilertsen, Espen Moen; Hannigan, Laurie J.; Cheesman, Rosa; Howe, Laurence J.; Magnus, Per Minor; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted; Andreassen, Ole A.; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Havdahl, Alexandra; Ystrøm, Eivind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Assortative mating on heritable traits can have implications for the genetic resemblance between siblings and in-laws in succeeding generations. We studied polygenic scores and phenotypic data from pairs of partners ...

    • Risk of miscarriage in women with psychiatric disorders 

      Magnus, Maria Christine; Havdahl, Alexandra; Morken, Nils-Halvdan; Wensaas, Knut-Arne; Wilcox, Allen J.; Håberg, Siri Eldevik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Some psychiatric disorders have been associated with increased risk of miscarriage. However, there is a lack of studies considering a broader spectrum of psychiatric disorders to clarify the role of common as ...

    • Sensitivity and specificity of early screening for autism 

      Suren, Pål; Havdahl, Alexandra; Bresnahan, Michaeline; Hirtz, Deborah; Hornig, Mady; Lord, Catherine; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted; Schjølberg, Synnve; Øyen, Anne-Siri; Magnus, Per; Susser, Ezra; Lipkin, W. Ian; Stoltenberg, Camilla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: Early identification and diagnosis is beneficial for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Universal early screening is recommended by many experts, but disputed because evidence is limited, and sensitivity ...

    • Social and genetic associations with educational performance in a Scandinavian welfare state 

      Isungset, Martin Arstad; Conley, Dalton C; Zachrisson, Henrik Daae; Ystrøm, Eivind; Havdahl, Alexandra; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Recent research has suggested that across Western developed societies, the influence of genetics on educational outcomes is relatively constant. However, the degree to which family environment matters varies, such that ...

    • Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects 

      Howe, Laurence J.; Nivard, Michel G.; Morris, Tim T.; Hansen, Ailin Falkmo; Rasheed, Humaira; Cho, Yoonsu; Chittoor, Geetha; Ahlskog, Rafael; Lind, Penelope A.; Palviainen, Teemu; van der Zee, Matthijs D.; Cheesman, Rosa Catherine Gillespie; Mangino, Massimo; Wang, Yunzhang; Li, Shuai; Klaric, Lucija; Ratliff, Scott M.; Bielak, Lawrence F.; Nygaard, Marianne; Giannelis, Alexandros; Willoughby, Emily A.; Reynolds, Chandra A.; Balbona, Jared V.; Andreassen, Ole; Ask, Helga; Baras, Aris; Bauer, Christopher R.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Campbell, Archie; Campbell, Harry; Chen, Zhengming; Christofidou, Paraskevi; Corfield, Elizabeth Claire; Dahm, Christina C.; Dokuru, Deepika R.; Evans, Luke M.; de Geus, Eco J. C.; Giddaluru, Sudheer; Gordon, Scott D.; Harden, K. Paige; Hill, W. David; Hughes, Amanda; Kerr, Shona M.; Kim, Yongkang; Kweon, Hyeokmoon; Latvala, Antti; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Li, Liming; Lin, Kuang; Magnus, Per Minor; Magnusson, Patrik K. E.; Mallard, Travis T.; Martikainen, Pekka; Mills, Melinda C.; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Overton, John D.; Pedersen, Nancy L.; Porteous, David J.; Reid, Jeffrey; Silventoinen, Karri; Southey, Melissa C.; Stoltenberg, Camilla; Tucker-Drob, Elliot M.; Wright, Margaret J.; Kweon, Hyeokmoon; Koellinger, Philipp D.; Benjamin, Daniel J.; Turley, Patrick; Howe, Laurence J.; Nivard, Michel G.; Morris, Tim T.; Plomin, Robert; Havdahl, Alexandra; Bartels, Meike; Martin, Nicholas G.; Oskarsson, Sven; Justice, Anne E.; Millwood, Iona Y.; Hveem, Kristian; Naess, Øyvind; Willer, Cristen J.; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Kaprio, Jaakko; Medland, Sarah E.; Walters, Robin G.; Evans, David M.; Smith, George Davey; Hayward, Caroline; Brumpton, Ben; Hemani, Gibran; Davies, Neil Martin; Hewitt, John K.; Keller, Matthew C.; Stallings, Michael C.; Lee, James J.; Christensen, Kaare; Kardia, Sharon L. R.; Peyser, Patricia A.; Smith, Jennifer A.; Wilson, James F.; Hopper, John L.; Hägg, Sara; Spector, Tim D.; Pingault, Jean-Baptiste; Næss, Øyvind Erik; Davey Smith, George; Brumpton, Ben Michael (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Estimates from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of unrelated individuals capture effects of inherited variation (direct effects), demography (population stratification, assortative mating) and relatives (indirect ...