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List of works by Unnur Þorsteinsdóttir

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Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

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Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

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New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

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Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

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Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

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Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes

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Large recurrent microdeletions associated with schizophrenia

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Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

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Variant of TREM2 Associated with the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease

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Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

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Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: a mendelian randomisation study

scientific article (publication date: 11 August 2012)

Rate of de novo mutations and the importance of father's age to disease risk

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Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

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Genome-wide association yields new sequence variants at seven loci that associate with measures of obesity

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Common variants conferring risk of schizophrenia

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A mutation in APP protects against Alzheimer’s disease and age-related cognitive decline

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Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

scientific article published on 02 December 2012

Genome-wide association of early-onset myocardial infarction with single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy number variants

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Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

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Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

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Genome-wide association study identifies a second prostate cancer susceptibility variant at 8q24.

scientific article published in April 2007

A common variant associated with prostate cancer in European and African populations

scientific article published on 7 May 2006

Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

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Common variants on chromosomes 2q35 and 16q12 confer susceptibility to estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer

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New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

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Sequence variants at CHRNB3-CHRNA6 and CYP2A6 affect smoking behavior

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Two variants on chromosome 17 confer prostate cancer risk and the one in TCF2 protects against type 2 diabetes

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Seven new loci associated with age-related macular degeneration

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Variants conferring risk of atrial fibrillation on chromosome 4q25.

scientific article published in July 2007

Sequence variants affecting eosinophil numbers associate with asthma and myocardial infarction

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Twenty bone-mineral-density loci identified by large-scale meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

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Variants in MTNR1B influence fasting glucose levels

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Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

scientific article published on 11 May 2016

Genetic variation in GIPR influences the glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose challenge

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The gene encoding 5-lipoxygenase activating protein confers risk of myocardial infarction and stroke

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Genetic determinants of hair, eye and skin pigmentation in Europeans

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Multiple genetic loci for bone mineral density and fractures

scientific article published on 29 April 2008

The same sequence variant on 9p21 associates with myocardial infarction, abdominal aortic aneurysm and intracranial aneurysm

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Many sequence variants affecting diversity of adult human height

scientific article published in May 2008

Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

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Genome-wide association scan meta-analysis identifies three Loci influencing adiposity and fat distribution

scientific article published in June 2009

Parental origin of sequence variants associated with complex diseases

scientific article published on December 2009

Common variants on chromosome 5p12 confer susceptibility to estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer

Fine-scale recombination rate differences between sexes, populations and individuals

scientific article published in October 2010

Common sequence variants in the LOXL1 gene confer susceptibility to exfoliation glaucoma

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Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

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Large-scale whole-genome sequencing of the Icelandic population

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Common sequence variants on 2p15 and Xp11.22 confer susceptibility to prostate cancer

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Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

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