• Blood-based epigenetic estimators of chronological age in human adults using DNA methylation data from the Illumina MethylationEPIC array 

      Lee, Yunsung; Løkås Haftorn, Kristine; Denault, William Robert Paul; Nustad, Haakon Egdetveit; Page, Christian; Moen, Gunn-Helen; Magnus, Maria C.; Gjessing, Håkon K.; Harris, Jennifer R.; Magnus, Per; Håberg, Siri E.; Jugessur, Astanand; Bohlin, Jon; Lyle, Robert; Lee-Ødegård, Sindre; Groop, Leif C.; Prasad, Rashmi B.; Sletner, Line; Sommer, Christine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background Epigenetic clocks have been recognized for their precise prediction of chronological age, age-related diseases, and all-cause mortality. Existing epigenetic clocks are based on CpGs from the Illumina ...
    • Contrasting patterns of overweight and thinness among preschool children of different ethnic groups in Norway, and relations with maternal and early life factors 

      Toftemo, Ingun; Jenum, Anne Karen; Lagerløv, Per; Juliusson, Petur Benedikt; Falk, Ragnhild Sørum; Sletner, Line (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-08-23)
      Background: Childhood obesity is a worldwide health challenge and risk factor for adult life obesity, which predisposes to development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. However, also thinness in early life ...
    • Effects of applying universal fetal growth standards in a Scandinavian multi-ethnic population 

      Sletner, Line; Kiserud, Torvid; Vangen, Siri; Nakstad, Britt; Jenum, Anne Karen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-02)
      Introduction: The question of whether universal growth charts can be used in multi‐ethnic settings is of general interest. The Intergrowth‐21st fetal growth and newborn size standards are suggested to represent optimal ...
    • Genetic effects on the timing of parturition and links to fetal birth weight 

      Solé-Navais, Pol; Flatley, Christopher; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Vaudel, Marc; Juodakis, Julius; Chen, Jing; Laisk, Triin; LaBella, Abigail L.; Westergaard, David; Bacelis, Jonas; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Skotte, Line; Borges, Maria C.; Helgeland, Øyvind; Mahajan, Anubha; Wielscher, Matthias; Lin, Frederick; Briggs, Catherine; Wang, Carol A.; Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth; Beaumont, Robin N.; Bradfield, Jonathan P.; Abraham, Abin; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Ostrowski, Sisse R.; Modzelewska, Dominika; Nøhr, Ellen Aagaard; Hypponen, Elina; Srivastava, Amit; Talbot, Octavious; Allard, Catherine; Williams, Scott M.; Menon, Ramkumar; Shields, Beverley M.; Sveinbjornsson, Gardar; Xu, Huan; Melbye, Mads; Lowe, William; Bouchard, Luigi; Oken, Emily; Pedersen, Ole B.; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Erikstrup, Christian; Sørensen, Erik; Lie, Rolv T.; Teramo, Kari; Hallman, Mikko; Juliusdottir, Thorhildur; Hakonarson, Hakon; Ullum, Henrik; Hattersley, Andrew T.; Sletner, Line; Merialdi, Mario; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl L.; Steingrimsdottir, Thora; Scholtens, Denise; Power, Christine; West, Jane; Nyegaard, Mette; Capra, John A.; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Magnus, Per Minor; Andreassen, Ole; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Grant, Struan F. A.; Qvigstad, Elisabeth; Pennell, Craig E.; Hivert, Marie-France; Hayes, Geoffrey M.; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; McCarthy, Mark I.; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Nielsen, Henriette S.; Mägi, Reedik; Rokas, Antonis; Hveem, Kristian; Stefansson, Kari; Feenstra, Bjarke; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Muglia, Louis J.; Freathy, Rachel M.; Johansson, Stefan; Zhang, Ge; Jacobsson, Bo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      The timing of parturition is crucial for neonatal survival and infant health. Yet, its genetic basis remains largely unresolved. We present a maternal genome-wide meta-analysis of gestational duration (n = 195,555), ...