Thorkild I.A. Sørensen

Thorkild I.A. Sørensen

Professor, emeritus


  1. 2019
  2. Published

    Parental Education and Genetics of BMI from Infancy to Old Age: A Pooled Analysis of 29 Twin Cohorts

    Silventoinen, K., Jelenkovic, A., Latvala, A., Yokoyama, Y., Sund, R., Sugawara, M., Tanaka, M., Matsumoto, S., Aaltonen, S., Piirtola, M., Freitas, D. L., Maia, J. A., Oncel, S. Y., Aliev, F., Ji, F., Ning, F., Pang, Z., Rebato, E., Saudino, K. J., Cutler, T. L. & 53 others, Hopper, J. L., Ullemar, V., Almqvist, C., Magnusson, P. K. E., Cozen, W., Hwang, A. E., Mack, T. M., Willemsen, G., Bartels, M., van Beijsterveldt, C. E. M., Nelson, T. L., Whitfield, K. E., Sung, J., Kim, J., Lee, J., Lee, S., Llewellyn, C. H., Fisher, A., Medda, E., Nistico, L., Toccaceli, V., Baker, L. A., Tuvblad, C., Corley, R. P., Huibregtse, B. M., Derom, C. A., Vlietinck, R. F., Loos, Ruth, Knafo-Noam, A., Mankuta, D., Abramson, L., Burt, S. A., Klump, K. L., Silberg, J. L., Maes, H. H., Krueger, R. F., McGue, M., Pahlen, S., Gatz, M., Butler, D. A., Harris, J. R., Nilsen, T. S., Harden, K. P., Tucker-Drob, E. M., Franz, C. E., Kremen, W. S., Lyons, M. J., Lichtenstein, P., Jeong, H., Hur, Y., Boomsma, D. I., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Kaprio, J., 2019, In: Obesity. 27, 5, p. 855-865 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Personality-obesity associations are driven by narrow traits: A meta-analysis

    Vainik, U., Dagher, A., Realo, A., Colodro-Conde, L., Mortensen, Erik Lykke, Jang, K., Juko, A., Kandler, C., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Mottus, R., 2019, In: Obesity Reviews. 20, 8, p. 1121-1131 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Prenatal Exposure to Acetaminophen and Overweight in Childhood

    Liew, Z., Nohr, E. A., Morgen, C. S., Ernst, A., Li, J., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Olsen, J., 2019, In: Obesity. 27, 8, p. 1314-1322 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Quality of dietary fat and genetic risk of type 2 diabetes: individual participant data meta-analysis

    Merino, J., Guasch-Ferré, M., Ellervik, C., Dashti, H. S., Sharp, S. J., Wu, P., Overvad, K., Sarnowski, C., Kuokkanen, M., Lemaitre, R. N., Justice, A. E., Ericson, U., Braun, K. V. E., Mahendran, Y., Frazier-Wood, A. C., Sun, D., Chu, A. Y., Tanaka, T., Luan, J., Hong, J. & 48 others, Tjønneland, Anne, Ding, M., Lundqvist, A., Mukamal, K., Rohde, R., Schulz, C., Franco, O. H., Grarup, Niels, Chen, Y. I., Bazzano, L., Franks, P. W., Buring, J. E., Langenberg, C., Liu, C., Hansen, Torben, Jensen, Majken Karoline, Sääksjärvi, K., Psaty, B. M., Young, K. L., Hindy, G., Sandholt, C. H., Ridker, P. M., Ordovas, J. M., Meigs, J. B., Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Kraft, P., Perola, M., North, K. E., Orho-Melander, M., Voortman, T., Toft, Ulla Marie Nørgaard, Rotter, J. I., Qi, L., Forouhi, N. G., Mozaffarian, D., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Stampfer, M. J., Männistö, S., Selvin, E., Imamura, F., Salomaa, V., Hu, F. B., Wareham, N. J., Dupuis, J., Smith, C. E., Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Chasman, D. I. & Florez, J. C., 2019, In: BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 366, p. l4292

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Ängquist, Lars, Baker, J. L., Damsgaard, Camilla Trab, Eliasen, M., Linneberg, Allan René, Michaelsen, Kim F., Molbo, Drude, Mortensen, Erik Lykke, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Jørgensen, T., Tang Møllehave, L., Thuesen, B. H., Osler, Merete & NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), N. R. F. C., 2019, In: Nature. 569, 7755, p. 260-264 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    The Early Growth Genetics (EGG) and EArly Genetics and Lifecourse Epidemiology (EAGLE) consortia: design, results and future prospects

    Middeldorp, C. M., Mahajan, A., Horikoshi, M., Robertson, N. R., Beaumont, R. N., Bradfield, J. P., Bustamante, M., Cousminer, D. L., Day, F. R., De Silva, N. M., Guxens, M., Mook-Kanamori, D. O., St Pourcain, B., Warrington, N. M., Adair, L. S., Ahlqvist, E., Ahluwalia, T. S., Almgren, P., Ang, W., Atalay, M. & 463 others, Auvinen, J., Bartels, M., Beckmann, J. S., Bilbao, J. R., Bond, T., Borja, J. B., Cavadino, A., Charoen, P., Chen, Z., Coin, L., Cooper, C., Curtin, J. A., Custovic, A., Das, S., Davies, G. E., Dedoussis, G. V., Duijts, L., Eastwood, P. R., Eliasen, A. U., Elliott, P., Eriksson, J. G., Estivill, X., Fadista, J., Fedko, I. O., Frayling, T. M., Gaillard, R., Gauderman, W. J., Geller, F., Gilliland, F., Gilsanz, V., Granell, R., Grarup, Niels, Groop, L., Hadley, D., Hakonarson, H., Hansen, Torben, Hartman, C. A., Hattersley, A. T., Hayes, M. G., Hebebrand, J., Heinrich, J., Helgeland, O., Henders, A. K., Henderson, J., Henriksen, T. B., Hirschhorn, J. N., Hivert, M., Hocher, B., Holloway, J. W., Holt, P., Hottenga, J., Hypponen, E., Iniguez, C., Johansson, S., Jugessur, A., Kahonen, M., Kalkwarf, H. J., Kaprio, J., Karhunen, V., Kemp, J. P., Kerkhof, M., Koppelman, G. H., Korner, A., Kotecha, S., Kreiner-Moller, E., Kulohoma, B., Kumar, A., Kutalik, Z., Lahti, J., Lappe, J. M., Larsson, H., Lehtimaki, T., Lewin, A. M., Li, J., Lichtenstein, P., Lindgren, C. M., Lindi, V., Linneberg, Allan René, Liu, X., Liu, J., Lowe, W. L. ,. J., Lundstrom, S., Lyytikainen, L., Ma, R. C. W., Mace, A., Magi, R., Magnus, P., Mamun, A. A., Mannikko, M., Martin, N. G., Mbarek, H., McCarthy, N. S., Medland, S. E., Melbye, M., Melen, E., Mohlke, K. L., Monnereau, C., Morgen, C. S., Morris, A. P., Murray, J. C., Myhre, R., Najman, J. M., Nivard, M. G., Nohr, E. A., Nolte, I. M., Ntalla, I., O'Reilly, P., Oberfield, S. E., Oken, E., Oldehinkel, A. J., Pahkala, K., Palviainen, T., Panoutsopoulou, K., Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Pennell, C. E., Pershagen, G., Pitkanen, N., Plomin, R., Power, C., Prasad, R. B., Prokopenko, I., Pulkkinen, L., Raikkonen, K., Raitakari, O. T., Reynolds, R. M., Richmond, R. C., Rivadeneira, F., Rodriguez, A., Rose, R. J., Salem, R., Santa-Marina, L., Saw, S., Schnurr, T. M., Scott, J. G., Selzam, S., Shepherd, J. A., Simpson, A., Skotte, L., Sleiman, P. M. A., Snieder, H., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Standl, M., Steegers, E. A. P., Strachan, D. P., Straker, L., Strandberg, T., Taylor, M., Teo, Y., Thiering, E., Torrent, M., Tyrrell, J., Uitterlinden, A. G., van Beijsterveldt, T., van der Most, P. J., van Duijn, C. M., Viikari, J., Vilor-Tejedor, N., Vogelezang, S., Vonk, J. M., Vrijkotte, T. G. M., Vuoksimaa, E., Wang, C. A., Watkins, W. J., Wichmann, H., Willemsen, G., Williams, G. M., Wilson, J. F., Wray, N. R., Xu, S., Xu, C., Yaghootkar, H., Yi, L., Zafarmand, M. H., Zeggini, E., Zemel, B. S., Hinney, A., Lakka, T. A., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Sunyer, J., Widen, E. E., Feenstra, B., Sebert, S., Jacobsson, B., Njolstad, P. R., Stoltenberg, C., Smith, G. D., Lawlor, D. A., Paternoster, L., Timpson, N. J., Ong, K. K., Bisgaard, H., Bønnelykke, Klaus, Jaddoe, V. W. V., Tiemeier, H., Jarvelin, M., Evans, D. M., Perry, J. R. B., Grant, S. F. A., Boomsma, D. I., Freathy, R. M., McCarthy, M. I., Adair, L. S., Ahlqvist, E., Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh, Almgren, P., Ang, W., Atalay, M., Beaumont, R. N., Beckmann, J. S., Bisgaard, H., Bond, T., Bønnelykke, Klaus, Boomsma, D. I., Borja, J. B., Bradfield, J. P., Bustamante, M., Cavadino, A., Charoen, P., Coin, L., Cooper, C., Cousminer, D. L., Curtin, J. A., Custovic, A., Das, S., Day, F. R., De Silva, N. M., Dedoussis, G. V., Elliott, P., Eriksson, J. G., Evans, D. M., Fadista, J., Feenstra, B., Felix, J. F., Frayling, T. M., Freathy, R. M., Gaillard, R., Geller, F., Gilsanz, V., Grant, S. F. A., Grarup, Niels, Groop, L., Guxens, M., Hadley, D., Hakonarson, H., Hansen, Torben, Hattersley, A. T., Hayes, M. G., Hebebrand, J., Heinrich, J., Helgeland, O., Henriksen, T. B., Hinney, A., Hirschhorn, J. N., Hivert, M., Hocher, B., Holloway, J. W., Horikoshi, M., Hottenga, J., Hypponen, E., Jacobsson, B., Jaddoe, V. W. V., Jarvelin, M., Johansson, S., Kalkwarf, H. J., Kerkhof, M., Korner, A., Kotecha, S., Kreiner-Moller, E., Kulohoma, B., Kutalik, Z., Lakka, T. A., Lappe, J. M., Lawlor, D. A., Lehtimaki, T., Lewin, A. M., Lindgren, C. M., Lindi, V., Linneberg, Allan René, Liu, X., Liu, J., Lowe, W. L. ,. J., Ma, R. C. W., Mace, A., Magi, R., Magnus, P., Mahajan, A., McCarthy, N. S., McCarthy, M. I., Melbye, M., Mohlke, K. L., Monnereau, C., Mook-Kanamori, D. O., Morgen, C. S., Morris, A. P., Murray, J. C., Myhre, R., Njolstad, P. R., Nohr, E. A., Ntalla, I., O'Reilly, P., Oberfield, S. E., Oken, E., Ong, K. K., Panoutsopoulou, K., Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Pennell, C. E., Perry, J. R. B., Pitkanen, N., St Pourcain, B., Power, C., Prasad, R. B., Prokopenko, I., Raitakari, O. T., Reynolds, R. M., Richmond, R. C., Rodriguez, A., Salem, R., Saw, S., Schnurr, T. M., Sebert, S., Shepherd, J. A., Simpson, A., Skotte, L., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Standl, M., Steegers, E. A. P., Strachan, D. P., Sunyer, J., Taylor, M., Teo, Y., Thiering, E., Timpson, N. J., Tyrrell, J., Uitterlinden, A. G., van Duijn, C. M., Vogelezang, S., Vrijkotte, T. G. M., Wang, C. A., Warrington, N. M., Watkins, W. J., Wichmann, H., Widen, E. E., Willemsen, G., Wilson, J. F., Yaghootkar, H., Zafarmand, M. H., Zeggini, E., Zemel, B. S., Ahluwalia, T. S., Auvinen, J., Bartels, M., Bilbao, J. R., Bisgaard, H., Bønnelykke, Klaus, Boomsma, D. I., Bradfield, J. P., Bustamante, M., Chen, Z., Curtin, J. A., Custovic, A., Smith, G. D., Davies, G. E., Duijts, L., Eastwood, P. R., Eliasen, A. U., Estivill, X., Evans, D. M., Fedko, I. O., Felix, J. F., Gauderman, W. J., Gilliland, F., Granell, R., Grant, S. F. A., Guxens, M., Hakonarson, H., Hartman, C. A., Heinrich, J., Henders, A. K., Henderson, J., Holt, P., Hottenga, J., Hypponen, E., Iniguez, C., Jacobsson, B., Jaddoe, V. W. V., Jarvelin, M., Jugessur, A., Kahonen, M., Kaprio, J., Karhunen, V., Kemp, J. P., Koppelman, G. H., Kumar, A., Lahti, J., Larsson, Henrik Bo Wiberg, Lawlor, D. A., Lehtimaki, T., Li, J., Lichtenstein, P., Lundstrom, S., Lyytikainen, L., Magnus, P., Mamun, A. A., Mannikko, M., Martin, N. G., Mbarek, H., Medland, S. E., Melen, E., Middeldorp, C. M., Najman, J. M., Nivard, M. G., Nolte, I. M., Oldehinkel, A. J., Pahkala, K., Palviainen, T., Paternoster, L., Pennell, C. E., Pershagen, G., Pitkanen, N., Plomin, R., St Pourcain, B., Power, C., Pulkkinen, L., Raikkonen, K., Raitakari, O. T., Richmond, R. C., Rivadeneira, F., Rose, R. J., Santa-Marina, L., Scott, J. G., Sebert, S., Selzam, S., Simpson, A., Sleiman, P. M. A., Snieder, H., Standl, M., Stoltenberg, C., Strachan, D. P., Straker, L., Strandberg, T., Sunyer, J., Thiering, E., Tiemeier, H., Timpson, N. J., Torrent, M., Uitterlinden, A. G., van Beijsterveldt, T., van der Most, P. J., van Duijn, C. M., Viikari, J., Vilor-Tejedor, N., Vonk, J. M., Vrijkotte, T. G. M., Vuoksimaa, E., Wang, C. A., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Willemsen, G., Williams, G. M., Wray, N. R., Xu, S., Xu, C., Yi, L. & Zafarmand, M. H., 2019, In: European Journal of Epidemiology. 34, 3, p. 279-300 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. 2018
  9. Published

    Birth size and gestational age in opposite-sex twins as compared to same-sex twins: An individual-based pooled analysis of 21 cohorts

    Jelenkovic, A., Sund, R., Yokoyama, Y., Hur, Y-M., Ullemar, V., Almqvist, C., Magnusson, P. K. E., Willemsen, G., Bartels, M., van Beijsterveldt, C. E. M., Bogl, L. H., Pietilainen, K. H., Vuoksimaa, E., Ji, F., Ning, F., Pang, Z., Nelson, T. L., Whitfield, K. E., Rebato, E., Llewellyn, C. H. & 38 others, Fisher, A., Bayasgalan, G., Narandalai, D., Bjerregaard-Andersen, M., Beck-Nielsen, H., Sodemann, M., Tarnoki, A. D., Tarnoki, D. L., Ooki, S., Stazi, M. A., Fagnani, C., Brescianini, S., Dubois, L., Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Vitaro, F., Cutler, T. L., Hopper, J. L., Krueger, R. F., McGue, M., Pahlen, S., Craig, J. M., Saffery, R., Haworth, C. M. A., Plomin, R., Knafo-Noam, A., Mankuta, D., Abramson, L., Burt, S. A., Klump, K. L., Vlietinck, R. F., Derom, C. A., Loos, Ruth, Boomsma, D. I., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Kaprio, J. & Silventoinen, K., 1 Dec 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 1, p. 1-8 8 p., 6300.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Gestational weight gain charts for different body mass index groups for women in Europe, North America, and Oceania

    Santos, S., Eekhout, I., Voerman, E., Gaillard, R., Barros, H., Charles, M-A., Chatzi, L., Chevrier, C., Chrousos, G. P., Corpeleijn, E., Costet, N., Crozier, S., Doyon, M., Eggesbo, M., Fantini, M. P., Farchi, S., Forastiere, F., Gagliardi, L., Georgiu, V., Godfrey, K. M. & 60 others, Gori, D., Grote, V., Hanke, W., Hertz-Picciotto, I., Heude, B., Hivert, M., Hryhorczuk, D., Huang, R., Inskip, H., Jusko, T. A., Karvonen, A. M., Koletzko, B., Kupers, L. K., Lagstrom, H., Lawlor, D. A., Lehmann, I., Lopez-Espinosa, M., Magnus, P., Majewska, R., Makela, J., Manios, Y., McDonald, S. W., Mommers, M., Morgen, C. S., Moschonis, G., Murinova, L., Newnham, J., Nohr, E. A., Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Oken, E., Oostvogels, A. J. J. M., Pac, A., Papadopoulou, E., Pekkanen, J., Pizzi, C., Polanska, K., Porta, D., Richiardi, L., Rifas-Shiman, S. L., Roeleveld, N., Santa-Marina, L., Santos, A. C., Smit, H. A., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Standl, M., Stanislawski, M., Stoltenberg, C., Thiering, E., Thijs, C., Torrent, M., Tough, S. C., Trnovec, T., van Gelder, M. M. H. J., van Rossem, L., von Berg, A., Vrijheid, M., Vrijkotte, T. G. M., Zvinchuk, O., van Buuren, S. & Jaddoe, V. W. V., 5 Nov 2018, In: BMC Medicine. 16, 15 p.

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  11. Published

    Change in weight status from childhood to early adulthood and late adulthood risk of colon cancer in men: a population-based cohort study

    Jensen, B. W., Bjerregaard, L. G., Ängquist, Lars, Gögenur, Ismail, Renehan, A. G., Osler, Merete, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Baker, J. L., 1 Oct 2018, In: International Journal of Obesity. 42, p. 1797-1803 7 p.

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  12. Published

    Association between birth weight and educational attainment: an individual-based pooled analysis of nine twin cohorts

    Jelenkovic, A., Mikkonen, J., Martikainen, P., Latvala, A., Yokoyama, Y., Sund, R., Vuoksimaa, E., Rebato, E., Sung, J., Kim, J., Lee, J., Lee, S., Stazi, M. A., Fagnani, C., Brescianini, S., Derom, C. A., Vlietinck, R. F., Loos, R. J. F., Krueger, R. F., Mcgue, M. & 13 others, Pahlen, S., Nelson, T. L., Whitfield, K. E., Brandt, I., Nilsen, T. S., Harris, J. R., Cutler, T. L., Hopper, J. L., Tarnoki, A. D., Tarnoki, D. L., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Kaprio, J. & Silventoinen, K., 1 Sep 2018, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 72, 9, p. 832-837 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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