Thorkild I.A. Sørensen

Thorkild I.A. Sørensen

Professor, emeritus


  1. 2021
  2. Published

    Maternal obesity and metabolic disorders associate with congenital heart defects in the offspring: A systematic review

    Hedermann, G., Hedley, P. L., Thagaard, I. N., Krebs, Lone, Ekelund, Charlotte Kvist, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Christiansen, M., May 2021, In: PLoS ONE. 16, 5 , 22 p., e0252343.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Abdominal and gluteofemoral fat depots show opposing associations with postprandial lipemia

    Christiansen, Malene Revsbech, García Ureña, Mario, Borisevich, D., Grarup, Niels, Martínez, J. A., Oppert, J., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Hansen, Torben, Blaak, E. E. & Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., 2021, In: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 114, 4, p. 1467–1475 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Association of Childhood Fat Mass and Weight With Adult-Onset Type 2 Diabetes in Denmark

    Hudda, M. T., Aarestrup, J., Owen, C. G., Cook, D. G., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Rudnicka, A. R., Baker, J. L., Whincup, P. H. & Nightingale, C. M., 2021, In: JAMA network open. 4, 4, 14 p., 218524.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Body mass index and height in young adult men in relation to subsequent risk of mood disorder

    Okholm, Gunhild Tidemann, Jørgensen, Terese Sara Høj, Rozing, Maarten Pieter, Wium-Andersen, M. K., Wium-Andersen, I. K., Jørgensen, Martin Balslev, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Osler, Merete, 2021, In: European Journal of Epidemiology. 36, p. 1065–1074 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Do genetic risk scores for childhood adiposity operate independent of BMI of their mothers?

    Huang, L. O., Morgen, C. S., Ängquist, Lars, Nohr, E. A., Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Hansen, Torben, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Schnurr, T. M., 2021, In: International Journal of Obesity. 45, 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Educational attainment of same-sex and opposite-sex dizygotic twins: An individual-level pooled study of 19 twin cohorts

    Silventoinen, K., Bogl, L. H., Jelenkovic, A., Vuoksimaa, E., Latvala, A., Li, W., Tan, Q., Zhang, D., Pang, Z., Ordoñana, J. R., Sánchez-Romera, J. F., Colodro-Conde, L., Willemsen, G., Bartels, M., van Beijsterveldt, C. E. M., Rebato, E., Corley, R. P., Huibregtse, B. M., Hopper, J. L., Tyler, J. & 34 others, Duncan, G. E., Buchwald, D., Silberg, J. L., Maes, H. H., Kandler, C., Cozen, W., Hwang, A. E., Mack, T. M., Nelson, T. L., Whitfield, K. E., Medda, E., Nisticò, L., Toccaceli, V., Krueger, R. F., McGue, M., Pahlen, S., Martin, N. G., Medland, S. E., Montgomery, G. W., Heikkilä, K., Derom, C. A., Vlietinck, R. F., Loos, Ruth, Magnusson, P. K. E., Pedersen, N. L., Dahl Aslan, A. K., Hotopf, M., Sumathipala, A., Rijsdijk, F., Siribaddana, S. H., Rose, R. J., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Boomsma, D. I. & Kaprio, J., 2021, In: Hormones and Behavior. 136, 105054.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Evidence for shared genetics between physical activity, sedentary behaviour and adiposity-related traits

    Schnurr, T. M., Stallknecht, Bente Merete, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O. & Hansen, Torben, 2021, In: Obesity Reviews. 22, 4, 12 p., e13182.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Fasting plasma GLP-1 associates with overweight/obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents

    Stinson, Sara, Jonsson, Anna Elisabet, Lund, M. A. V., Frithioff-Bøjsøe, C., Holm, L. A., Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Ängquist, Lars, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Holst, Jens Juul, Christiansen, M., Holm, Jens-Christian, Hartmann, Bolette & Hansen, Torben, 2021, In: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 106, 6, p. 1718-1727

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Genetic markers of abdominal obesity and weight loss after gastric bypass surgery

    Aasbrenn, M., Svendstrup, M., Schnurr, T. M., Hansen, D. L., Worm, Dorte, Balslev-Harder, M., Grarup, Niels, Burgdorf, Kristoffer Sølvsten, drb459, drb459, Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Ängquist, Lars, Fenger, M., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Madsbad, Sten & Hansen, Torben, 2021, In: PLoS ONE. 16, 5, 11 p., 0252525.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Genome-Wide Association Analysis of Pancreatic Beta-Cell Glucose Sensitivity

    Deshmukh, H. A., Madsen, A. L., Viñuela, A., Have, C. T., Grarup, N., Tura, A., Mahajan, A., Heggie, A. J., Koivula, R. W., De Masi, F., Tsirigos, K. K., Linneberg, A., Drivsholm, T., Pedersen, O., Sørensen, T. I. A., Astrup, A., Gjesing, A. A. P., Pavo, I., Wood, A. R., Ruetten, H. & 14 others, Jones, A. G., Koopman, A. D. M., Cederberg, H., Rutters, F., Ridderstrale, M., Laakso, M., McCarthy, M. I., Frayling, T. M., Ferrannini, E., Franks, P. W., Pearson, E. R., Mari, A., Hansen, T. & Walker, M., 2021, In: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 106, 1, p. 80-90 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Genome-Wide Association Study of Circulating Interleukin 6 Levels Identifies Novel Loci

    Ahluwalia, T. S., Prins, B. P., Abdollahi, M., Armstrong, N. J., Aslibekyan, S., Bain, L., Jefferis, B., Baumert, J., Beekman, M., Ben-Shlomo, Y., Bis, J. C., Mitchell, B. D., de Geus, E., Delgado, G. E., Marek, D., Eriksson, J., Kajantie, E., Kanoni, S., Kemp, J. P., Lu, C. & 31 others, Marioni, R. E., McLachlan, S., Milaneschi, Y., Nolte, I. M., Petrelis, A. M., Porcu, E., Sabater-Lleal, M., Naderi, E., Seppälä, I., Shah, T., Singhal, G., Standl, M., Teumer, A., Thalamuthu, A., Thiering, E., Trompet, S., Ballantyne, C. M., Benjamin, E. J., Casas, J. P., Toben, C., Dedoussis, G., Deelen, J., Durda, P., Engmann, J., Feitosa, M. F., Grallert, H., Hammarstedt, A., Jess, T., Rossing, Peter, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & CHARGE Inflammation Working Group, C. I. W. G., 2021, In: Human Molecular Genetics. 30, 5, p. 393–409

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation

    Min, J. L., Hemani, G., Hannon, E., Dekkers, K. F., Castillo-Fernandez, J., Luijk, R., Carnero-Montoro, E., Lawson, D. J., Burrows, K., Suderman, M., Bretherick, A. D., Richardson, T. G., Klughammer, J., Iotchkova, V., Sharp, G., Al Khleifat, A., Shatunov, A., Iacoangeli, A., McArdle, W. L., Ho, K. M. & 31 others, Kumar, A., Söderhäll, C., Soriano-Tárraga, C., Giralt-Steinhauer, E., Kazmi, N., Mason, D., McRae, A. F., Corcoran, D. L., Sugden, K., Kasela, S., Cardona, A., Day, F. R., Cugliari, G., Viberti, C., Guarrera, S., Lerro, M., Gupta, R., Bollepalli, S., Mandaviya, P., Zeng, Y., Clarke, T. K., Walker, R. M., Schmoll, V., Czamara, D., Ruiz-Arenas, C., Elliott, H. R., Nohr, E. A., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Hansen, Torben, Morgen, C. S. & BIOS Consortium, B. C., 2021, In: Nature Genetics. 53, 9, p. 1311-1321 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight

    NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), N. R. F. C. (., Damsgaard, Camilla Trab, Michaelsen, Kim F., Afzal, Shoaib, Ängquist, Lars, Bojesen, Stig Egil, Frikke-Schmidt, Ruth, Molbo, Drude, Mortensen, Erik Lykke, Nordestgaard, Børge, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Varbo, A., 2021, In: eLife. 10, 35 p., e60060.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Instrumental variable analysis using offspring BMI in childhood as an indicator of parental BMI in relation to mortality

    Blond, K., Carslake, D., Gjærde, L. K., Vistisen, D., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Smith, G. D. & Baker, J. L., 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 10 p., 22408.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Maternal anxiety during pregnancy and newborn epigenome-wide DNA methylation

    Sammallahti, S., Cortes Hidalgo, A. P., Tuominen, S., Malmberg, A., Mulder, R. H., Brunst, K. J., Alemany, S., McBride, N. S., Yousefi, P., Heiss, J. A., McRae, N., Page, C. M., Jin, J., Pesce, G., Caramaschi, D., Rifas-Shiman, S. L., Koen, N., Adams, C. D., Magnus, M. C., Baiz, N. & 31 others, Ratanatharathorn, A., Czamara, D., Haberg, S. E., Colicino, E., Baccarelli, A. A., Cardenas, A., DeMeo, D. L., Lawlor, D. A., Relton, C. L., Felix, J. F., van IJzendoorn, M. H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., Kajantie, E., Raikkonen, K., Sunyer, J., Sharp, G. C., Houtepen, L. C., Nohr, E. A., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Tellez-Rojo, M. M., Wright, R. O., Annesi-Maesano, I., Wright, J., Hivert, M., Wright, R. J., Zar, H. J., Stein, D. J., London, S. J., Cecil, C. A. M., Tiemeier, H. & Lahti, J., 2021, In: Molecular Psychiatry. 26, p. 1832–1845 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Maternal thyroid disease and adiposity in mother and child

    Andersen, S. L., Andersen, S., Liew, Z., Vestergaard, P., Lundbye-Christensen, S., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Olsen, J., 2021, In: Clinical Endocrinology. 94, 3, p. 484-493 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Maternal weight change from prepregnancy to 18 months postpartum and subsequent risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease in Danish women: A cohort study

    Kirkegaard, H., Bliddal, M., Stovring, H., Rasmussen, K. M., Gunderson, E. P., Køber, Lars Valeur, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Nohr, E. A., 2021, In: PLoS Medicine. 18, 4, 18 p., 1003486.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Non-linear interaction between physical activity and polygenic risk score of body mass index in Danish and Russian populations

    Borisevich, D., Schnurr, T. M., pjx571, pjx571, Rakitko, A., Ängquist, Lars, Ilinsky, V., Aadahl, Mette, Grarup, Niels, Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Hansen, Torben, 2021, In: PLoS ONE. 16, 10, 16 p., e0258748.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Overweight in childhood of exclusively breastfed infants with a high weight at 5 months

    Morgen, C. S., Larsson, M. W., Ängquist, Lars, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Michaelsen, Kim F., 2021, In: Maternal and Child Nutrition. 17, 1, 10 p., e13057.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    The secular trend of intelligence test scores: The Danish experience for young men born between 1940 and 2000

    Hegelund, Emilie Rune, Teasdale, T. W., Okholm, Gunhild Tidemann, Osler, Merete, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Christensen, K. & Mortensen, Erik Lykke, 2021, In: PLOS ONE. 16, 12, 12 p., e0261117.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    The trans-ancestral genomic architecture of glycemic traits

    Chen, J., Spracklen, C. N., Marenne, G., Varshney, A., Corbin, L. J., Luan, J., Willems, S. M., Wu, Y., Zhang, X., Horikoshi, M., Boutin, T. S., Magi, R., Waage, J., Li-Gao, R., Chan, K. H. K., Yao, J., Anasanti, M. D., Chu, A. Y., Claringbould, A., Heikkinen, J. & 31 others, Hong, J., Hottenga, J., Huo, S., Kaakinen, M. A., Louie, T., Maerz, W., Moreno-Macias, H., Ndungu, A., Nelson, S. C., Nolte, I. M., North, K. E., Appel, E. V. R., Liu, J., Sparso, T., Zhao, J., Astrup, A., Jørgensen, M. E., Linneberg, Allan René, Vestergaard, H., Bisgaard, H., Bønnelykke, Klaus, Grarup, Niels, Hansen, Torben, Kovacs, P., Lind, L., Loos, R. J. F., Njølstad, I., Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Schwarz, Peter, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Meta-Analysis of Glucose and Insulin-Related Trait Consortium (MAGIC), M. O. G. A. I. T. C. (., 2021, In: Nature Genetics. 53, 6, p. 840-860 41 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Time trends in epigenetic signatures and population health risks

    Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Barrès, Romain, 2021, Twin and Family Studies of Epigenetics. Li, S. & Hopper, J. L. (eds.). Elsevier Ltd. Academic Press, p. 285-298 (Translational Epigenetics, Vol. 27).

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

  24. Published

    Two genetic analyses to elucidate causality between body mass index and personality

    Arumäe, K., Briley, D., Colodro-Conde, L., Mortensen, Erik Lykke, Jang, K., Ando, J., Kandler, C., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Dagher, A., Mõttus, R. & Vainik, U., 2021, In: International Journal of Obesity. 45, p. 2244–2251 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Zhou, B., Carrillo-Larco, R. M., Danaei, G., Riley, L. M., Paciorek, C. J., Stevens, G. A., Gregg, E. W., Bennett, J. E., Solomon, B., Singleton, R. K., Sophiea, M. K., Iurilli, M. LC., Lhoste, V. PF., Cowan, M. J., Savin, S., Woodward, M., Balanova, Y., Cifkova, R., Damasceno, A., Elliott, P. & 31 others, Farzadfar, F., Afzal, Shoaib, Allin, K., Andersen, L. B., Bjerregaard, P., Bojesen, Stig Egil, Christensen, K., Dantoft, T. M., Eliasen, M., Eriksen, L., Frikke-Schmidt, Ruth, Giwercman, A., Halkjær, J., Jørgensen, T., Kristensen, P. L., Lind, L., Linneberg, Allan René, Mårild, S. B., Møllehave, Line Tang, Nguyen, Q. V., Nordestgaard, Børge, Overvad, K., Schnohr, P., Sobngwi, E., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Tjønneland, Anne, Toft, Ulla Marie Nørgaard, Tolstrup, J. S., Wang, Y. W., Yang, Y. & NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), N. R. F. C. (., 2021, In: The Lancet. 398, 10304, p. 957-980 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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