Thorkild I.A. Sørensen

Thorkild I.A. Sørensen

Professor, emeritus


  1. 2018
  2. Published

    Delayed age at transfer of adoptees to adoptive parents is associated with increased mortality irrespective of social class of the adoptive parents: a cohort study

    Petersen, L., Andersen, Per Kragh, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Mortensen, Erik Lykke, 2018, In: BMC Public Health. 18, 1, 7 p., 435.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Development, tracking, distribution and time trends in body weight during childhood

    Bjerregaard, L. G., Baker, J. L. & Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., 2018, Eating Disorders and Obesity in Children and Adolescents. Hebebrand, J. & Herpertz-Dahlmann, B. (eds.). 1 ed. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier, p. 63-66 4 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    From fat cells through an obesity theory

    Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., 2018, In: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 72, 10, p. 1329-1335 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

    Lee, J. J., Wedow, R., Okbay, A., Kong, E., Maghzian, O., Zacher, M., Tuan Anh Nguyen-Viet, Bowers, P., Sidorenko, J., Linner, R. K., Fontana, M. A., Kundu, T., Lee, C., Li, H., Li, R., Royer, R., Timshel, P. N., Walters, R. K., Willoughby, E. A., Yengo, L. & 58 others, Alver, M., Bao, Y., Clark, D. W., Day, F. R., Furlotte, N. A., Joshi, P. K., Kemper, K. E., Kleinman, A., Langenberg, C., Magi, R., Trampush, J. W., Verma, S. S., Wu, Y., Lam, M., Zhao, J. H., Zheng, Z., Boardman, J. D., Campbell, H., Freese, J., Harris, K. M., Hayward, C., Herd, P., Kumari, M., Lencz, T., Luan, J., Malhotra, A. K., Metspalu, A., Milani, L., Ong, K. K., Perry, J. R. B., Porteous, D. J., Ritchie, M. D., Smart, M. C., Smith, B. H., Tung, J. Y., Wareham, N. J., Wilson, J. F., Beauchamp, J. P., Conley, D. C., Esko, T., Lehrer, S. F., Magnusson, P. K. E., Oskarsson, S., Pers, Tune H, Robinson, M. R., Thom, K., Watson, C., Chabris, C. F., Meyer, M. N., Laibson, D. I., Yang, J., Johannesson, M., Koellinger, P. D., Turley, P., Visscher, P. M., Benjamin, D. J., Cesarini, D. & Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., 2018, In: Nature Genetics. 50, 8, p. 1112-+

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Genetic and environmental factors affecting birth size variation: a pooled individual-based analysis of secular trends and global geographical differences using 26 twin cohorts

    Yokoyama, Y., Jelenkovic, A., Hur, Y-M., Sund, R., Fagnani, C., Stazi, M. A., Brescianini, S., Ji, F., Ning, F., Pang, Z., Knafo-Noam, A., Mankuta, D., Abramson, L., Rebato, E., Hopper, J. L., Cutler, T. L., Saudino, K. J., Nelson, T. L., Whitfield, K. E., Corley, R. P. & 40 others, Huibregtse, B. M., Derom, C. A., Vlietinck, R. F., Loos, Ruth, Llewellyn, C. H., Fisher, A., Bjerregaard-Andersen, M., Beck-Nielsen, H., Sodemann, M., Krueger, R. F., McGue, M., Pahlen, S., Bartels, M., van Beijsterveldt, C. E. M., Willemsen, G., Harris, J. R., Brandt, I., Nilsen, T. S., Craig, J. M., Saffery, R., Dubois, L., Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Vitaro, F., Haworth, C. M. A., Plomin, R., Bayasgalan, G., Narandalai, D., Rasmussen, F., Tynelius, P., Tarnoki, A. D., Tarnoki, D. L., Ooki, S., Rose, R. J., Pietilainen, K. H., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Boomsma, D. I., Kaprio, J. & Silventoinen, K., 2018, In: International Journal of Epidemiology. 47, 4, p. 1195-1206 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Genetic risk scores for body fat distribution attenuate weight loss in women during dietary intervention

    Svendstrup, M., Allin, K. H., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Hansen, T. H., Grarup, Niels, Hansen, Torben & drb459, drb459, 2018, In: International Journal of Obesity. 42, 3, p. 370-375 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Genome-Wide Interactions with Dairy Intake for Body Mass Index in Adults of European Descent

    Smith, C. E., Follis, J. L., Dashti, H. S., Tanaka, T., Graff, M., Fretts, A. M., Kilpeläinen, T. O., Wojczynski, M. K., Richardson, K., Nalls, M. A., Schulz, C-A., Liu, Y., Frazier-Wood, A. C., van Eekelen, E., Wang, C., de Vries, P. S., Mikkilä, V., Rohde, R., Psaty, B. M., Hansen, T. & 43 others, Feitosa, M. F., Lai, C., Houston, D. K., Ferruci, L., Ericson, U., Wang, Z., de Mutsert, R., Oddy, W. H., de Jonge, E. A. L., Seppälä, I., Justice, A. E., Lemaitre, R. N., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Province, M. A., Parnell, L. D., Garcia, M. E., Bandinelli, S., Orho-Melander, M., Rich, S. S., Rosendaal, F. R., Pennell, C. E., Kiefte-de Jong, J. C., Kähönen, M., Young, K. L., Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Aslibekyan, S., Rotter, J. I., Mook-Kanamori, D. O., Zillikens, M. C., Raitakari, O. T., North, K. E., Overvad, K., Arnett, D. K., Hofman, A., Lehtimäki, T., Tjønneland, A., Uitterlinden, A. G., Rivadeneira, F., Franco, O. H., German, J. B., Siscovick, D. S., Cupples, L. A. & Ordovás, J. M., 2018, In: Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 62, 3, p. 1-12 12 p., 1700347.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Genome-wide analyses identify a role for SLC17A4 and AADAT in thyroid hormone regulation

    Teumer, A., Chaker, L., Groeneweg, S., Li, Y., Di Munno, C., Barbieri, C., Ahluwalia, Tarun Veer Singh, Astrup, A., Linneberg, Allan René, Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & ThyroidOmics Consortium, T. C., 2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 14 p., 4455.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Genome-wide association study of offspring birth weight in 86 577 women identifies five novel loci and highlights maternal genetic effects that are independent of fetal genetics

    Beaumont, R. N., Warrington, N. M., Cavadino, A., Tyrrell, J., Nodzenski, M., Horikoshi, M., Geller, F., Myhre, R., Richmond, R. C., Paternoster, L., Bradfield, J. P., Kreiner-Moller, E., Huikari, V., Metrustry, S., Lunetta, K. L., Painter, J. N., Hottenga, J-J., Allard, C., Barton, S. J., Espinosa, A. & 66 others, Marsh, J. A., Potter, C., Zhang, G., Ang, W., Berry, D. J., Bouchard, L., Das, S., Hakonarson, H., Heikkinen, J., Helgeland, O., Hocher, B., Hofman, A., Inskip, H. M., Jones, S. E., Kogevinas, M., Lind, P. A., Marullo, L., Medland, S. E., Murray, A., Murray, J. C., Njolstad, P. R., Nohr, E. A., Reichetzeder, C., Ring, S. M., Ruth, K. S., Santa-Marina, L., Scholtens, D. M., Sebert, S., Sengpiel, V., Tuke, M. A., Vaudel, M., Weedon, M. N., Willemsen, G., Wood, A. R., Yaghootkar, H., Muglia, L. J., Bartels, M., Relton, C. L., Pennell, C. E., Chatzi, L., Estivill, X., Holloway, J. W., Boomsma, D. I., Montgomery, G. W., Murabito, J. M., Spector, T. D., Power, C., Jarvelin, M., Bisgaard, H., Grant, S. F. A., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Jaddoe, V. W., Jacobsson, B., Melbye, M., McCarthy, M. I., Hattersley, A. T., Hayes, M. G., Frayling, T. M., Hivert, M., Felix, J. F., Hypponen, E., Lowe, W. L. ,. J., Evans, D. M., Lawlor, D. A., Feenstra, B. & Freathy, R. M., 2018, In: Human Molecular Genetics. 27, 4, p. 742-756 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Godkendelse af personlig medicin

    Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., 2018, In: Ugeskrift for Laeger. 180, p. 1054 1 p., V69798 .

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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