Journal publications

• Howe, Laurence J.; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Rasheed, Humaira; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Davey Smith, George; Davies, Neil M.. (2022) Taller height and risk of coronary heart disease and cancer: A within-sibship Mendelian randomization study. eLIFE. vol. 11.
• Bhatta, Laxmi; Cepelis, Aivaras; Vikjord, Sigrid Anna Aalberg; Malmo, Vegard; Laugsand, Lars Erik; Dalen, Håvard; Langhammer, Arnulf; Janszky, Imre; Strand, Linn B; Brumpton, Ben Michael. (2021) Bone mineral density and risk of cardiovascular disease in men and women: the HUNT study. European Journal of Epidemiology (EJE).
• Moksnes, Marta Riise; Røsjø, Helge; Richmond, Anne; Lyngbakken, Magnus N; Graham, Sarah E; Hansen, Ailin Falkmo; Wolford, Brooke N; Gagliano Taliun, Sarah A; Lefaive, Jonathon; Rasheed, Humaira; Thomas, Laurent; Zhou, Wei; Aung, Nay; Surakka, Ida; Douville, Nicholas J; Campbell, Archie; Porteous, David J; Petersen, Steffen E; Munroe, Patricia B; Welsh, Paul; Sattar, Naveed; Smith, George Davey; Fritsche, Lars G; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Hveem, Kristian; Hayward, Caroline; Willer, Cristen J; Brumpton, Ben M; Omland, Torbjørn. (2021) Genome-wide association study of cardiac troponin i in the general population. Human Molecular Genetics. vol. 30 (21).
• Bhatta, Laxmi; Leivseth, Linda; Mai, Xiao-Mei; Henriksen, Anne Hildur; Carslake, David; Yue, Chen; Martinez-Camblor, Pablo; Langhammer, Arnulf; Brumpton, Ben Michael. (2020) Spirometric Classifications of COPD Severity as Predictive Markers for Clinical Outcomes: The HUNT Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. vol. 203 (8).
• Brumpton, Ben Michael; Sanderson, Eleanor; Heilbron, Karl; Hartwig, FP; Harrison, S; Vie, Gunnhild Åberge; Cho, Y; Howe, LD; Hughes, A; Boomsma, D; Havdahl, Alexandra; Hopper, J; Neale, M; Nivard, Michel G.; Pedersen, N; Reynolds, CA; Tucker-D, EM; Grotzinger, A; Howe, Laurence; Morris, Tim; Li, Shuai; Within-Family Consortium, The; 23andMe Research Team, The; Auton, A; Windmeijer, F; Chen, W-M; Bjørngaard, Johan Håkon; Hveem, Kristian; Willer, C; Evans, DM; Kaprio, J; Davey Smith, G; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Hemani, G; Davies, Neil Martin. (2020) Avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases in Mendelian randomization through within-family analyses. Nature Communications. vol. 11.
• Moen, Gunn-Helen; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Willer, Cristen J.; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Birkeland, Kåre I.; Wang, Geng; Neale, Michael C.; Freathy, Rachel M.; Smith, George Davey; Lawlor, Debbie A.; Kirkpatrick, Robert M.; Warrington, Nicole Maree; Evans, David M.. (2020) Mendelian randomization study of maternal influences on birthweight and future cardiometabolic risk in the HUNT cohort. Nature Communications. vol. 11:5404.
• Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Rom, Oren; Surakka, Ida; Graham, Sarah E.; Zhou, Wei; Roychowdhury, Tanmoy; Fritsche, Lars; Gagliano Taliun, Sarah; Sidore, Carlo; Liu, Yuhao; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Wolford, Brooke; Overton, William; Zhao, Ying; Chen, Jin; Zhang, He; Hornsby, Whitney E.; Acheampong, Akua; Grooms, Austen; Schaefer, Amanda; Zajac, Gregory J.M.; Villacorta, Luis; Zhang, Jifeng; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Løset, Mari; Rai, Vivek; Lundegaard, Pia R.; Olesen, Morten S.; Taylor, Kent D.; Palmer, Nicholette D.; Chen, Yii-Der; Choi, Seung Hoan; Lubitz, Steven A.; Ellinor, Patrick T.; Barnes, Kathleen C.; Daya, Michelle; Rafaels, Nicholas; Weiss, Scott T.; Lasky-Su, Jessica; Tracy, Russell P.; Vasan, Ramachandran S.; Cupples, L. Adrienne; Mathias, Rasika A.; Yanek, Lisa R.; Becker, Lewis; Holmen, Oddgeir Lingaas; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Willer, Christen; Hveem, Kristian. (2020) Loss-of-function genomic variants highlight potential therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease. Nature Communications.
• Surakka, Ida; Fritsche, Lars; Zhou, Wei; Backman, Joshua; Kosmicki, Jack A.; Lu, Haocheng; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Nielsen, Jonas B.; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Wolford, Brooke N.; Graham, Sarah E.; Chen, Y. Eugene; Lee, Seunggeun; Kang, Hyun Min; Langhammer, Arnulf; Forsmo, Siri; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Styrkarsdottir, Unnur; Holm, Hilma; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Stefansson, Kari; Baras, Aris; Bai, Xiaodong; Balasubramanian, Suganthi; Barnard, Leland; Blumenfeld, Andrew; Cantor, Michael; Coppola, Giovanni; Economides, Aris; Eom, Gisu; Habegger, Lukas; Hahn, Young; Hawes, Alicia; Jones, Marcus B.; Khalid, Shareef; Lotta, Luca A.; Maxwell, Evan K.; Mitnaul, Lyndon J.; Overton, John D.; Reid, Jeffrey G.; Ferreira, Manuel Allen Revez; Salerno, William; Sharma, Deepika; Shuldiner, Alan R.; Staples, Jeffrey C.; Yadav, Ashish; Abecasis, Goncalo R.; Hveem, Kristian; Willer, Cristen J.. (2020) MEPE loss-of-function variant associates with decreased bone mineral density and increased fracture risk. Nature Communications. vol. 11:4093.
• Zhou, Wei; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Kabil, Omer; Gudmundsson, Julius; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Weinstock, Joshua; Zawistowski, Matthew; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Chaker, Layal; Medici, Marco; Teumer, Alexander; Naitza, Silvia; Sanna, Serena; Schultheiss, Ulla T.; Cappola, Anne R.; Karjalainen, Juha; Kurki, Mitja I.; Oneka, Morgan; Taylor, Peter; Fritsche, Lars; Graham, Sarah E.; Wolford, Brooke N.; Overton, William; Rasheed, Humaira; Bordal, Eirin Haug; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Surakka, Ida; Davey Smith, George; Pandit, Anita; Roychowdhury, Tanmoy; Hornsby, Whitney; Jonasson, Jon G.; Senter, Leigha; Liyanarachchi, Sandya; Ringel, Matthew D.; Xu, Li; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; He, Huiling; Netea-Maier, Romana; Mayordomo, Jose; Plantinga, Theo S.; Hrafnkelsson, Jon; Hjartarson, Hannes; Sturgis, Erich M.; Palotie, Aarno; Daly, Mark J.; Citterio, Cintia E.; Arvan, Peter; Brummett, Chad M.; Boehnke, Michael; de la Chapelle, Albert; Stefansson, Kari; Hveem, Kristian; Willer, Cristen J.; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav. (2020) GWAS of thyroid stimulating hormone highlights pleiotropic effects and inverse association with thyroid cancer. Nature Communications. vol. 11:3981.
• Brumpton, Ben Michael; Fritsche, Lars; Zheng, Jie; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Mannila, Maria Nastase; Surakka, Ida; Rasheed, Humaira; Vie, Gunnhild Åberge; Graham, Sarah E.; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Laugsand, Lars Erik; Aukrust, Pål; Vatten, Lars Johan; Damås, Jan Kristian; Ueland, Thor; Janszky, Imre; Zwart, John-Anker; van't Hooft, Ferdinand M.; Seidah, Nabil Georges; Hveem, Kristian; Willer, Cristen; Smith, George Davey; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav. (2019) Variation in serum PCSK9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9), cardiovascular disease risk, and an investigation of potential unanticipated effects of PCSK9 inhibition. Circulation: Genomic and precision medicine. vol. 12 (1).
• Budu-Aggrey, Ashley; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Tyrrell, Jess; Watkins, Sarah; Modalsli, Ellen Heilmann; Celis-Morales, Carlos; Ferguson, Lyn D.; Vie, Gunnhild Åberge; Palmer, Tom; Fritsche, Lars; Løset, Mari; Nielsen, Jonas Bille; Zhou, Wei; Tsoi, Lam C.; Wood, Andrew R.; Jones, Samuel E.; Beaumont, Robin; Saunes, Marit; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Siebert, Stefan; McInnes, Iain B.; Elder, James T.; Smith, George Davey; Frayling, Timothy M.; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Brown, Sara J.; Sattar, Naveed; Paternoster, Lavinia. (2019) Evidence of a causal relationship between body mass index and psoriasis: A mendelian randomization study. Nature Methods. vol. 16:e1002739 (1).
• Richmond, Rebecca C.; Anderson, Emma L.; Dashti, Hassan S.; Jones, Samuel E.; Lane, Jacqueline M.; Strand, Linn B; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Rutter, Martin K.; Wood, Andrew R.; Straif, Kurt; Relton, Caroline L.; Munafò, Marcus; Frayling, Timothy M.; Martin, Richard M.; Saxena, Richa; Weedon, Michael N.; Lawlor, Debbie A.; Smith, George Davey. (2019) Investigating causal relations between sleep traits and risk of breast cancer in women: Mendelian randomisation study. The BMJ. vol. 365:l2327.
• Sun, Yi-Qian; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Langhammer, Arnulf; Chen, Yue; Kvaløy, Kirsti; Mai, Xiao-Mei. (2019) Adiposity and asthma in adults: a bidirectional Mendelian randomisation analysis of The HUNT Study. Thorax.
• Cepelis, Aivaras; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Malmo, Vegard; Laugsand, Lars Erik; Loennechen, Jan Pål; Ellekjær, Hanne; Langhammer, Arnulf; Janszky, Imre; Strand, Linn B. (2018) Associations of asthma and asthma control with atrial fibrillation risk: Results from the Nord-Trøndelag health study (HUNT). JAMA cardiology. vol. 3 (8).
• Sun, Yi-Qian; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Bonilla, Carolina; Lewis, Sarah J.; Burgess, Stephen; Skorpen, Frank; Chen, Yue; Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Mai, Xiao-Mei. (2018) Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and risk of lung cancer and histologic types: a Mendelian randomization analysis of the HUNT study. European Respiratory Journal. vol. 51 (6).
• Brumpton, Ben Michael; Mai, Xiao-Mei; Langhammer, Arnulf; Laugsand, Lars Erik; Janszky, Imre; Strand, Linn B. (2017) Prospective study of insomnia and incident asthma in adults: The HUNT study. European Respiratory Journal. vol. 49 (2).
• Ferreira, Manuel A.; Vonk, Judith M; Baurecht, Hansjörg; Marenholz, Ingo; Tian, Chao; Hoffman, Joshua D; Helmer, Quinta; Tillander, Annika; Ullemar, Vilhelmina; Van Dongen, Jenny; Lu, Yi; Ruschendorf, Franz; Esparza-Gordillo, Jorge; Medway, Christopher W.; Mountjoy, Edward; Burrows, Kimberley; Hummel, Oliver; Grosche, Sarah; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Witte, John S; Hottenga, Jouke-Jan; Willemsen, Gonneke; Zheng, Jie; Rodriguez, Elke; Hotze, Melanie; Franke, Andre; Revez, Joana A; Beesley, Jonathan; Matheson, Melanie C.; Dharmage, Shyamali Chandrika; Bain, Lisa M; Fritsche, Lars; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Balliu, Brunilda; Nielsen, Jonas B.; Zhou, Wei; Hveem, Kristian; Langhammer, Arnulf; Holmen, Oddgeir Lingaas; Løset, Mari; Abecasis, Goncalo; Willer, Cristen J; Arnold, Andreas; Homuth, Georg; Schmidt, Carsten Oliver; Thompson, Philip J.; Martin, Nicholas G; Duffy, David L.; Novak, Natalija; Schulz, Holger; Karrasch, Stefan; Gieger, Christian; Strauch, Konstantin; Melles, Ronald B; Hinds, David A; Hubner, Norbert; Weidinger, Stephan; Magnusson, Patrik K E; Jansen, Rick; Jorgenson, Eric; Lee, Young-Ae; Boomsma, Dorret I; Almqvist, Catarina; Karlsson, Robert; Koppelman, Gerard H; Paternoster, Lavinia. (2017) Shared genetic origin of asthma, hay fever and eczema elucidates allergic disease biology. Nature Genetics. vol. 49 (12).

Report/dissertation

• Mai, Xiao-Mei; Brumpton, Ben Michael. (2014) Risk factors for the development of asthma in adults: adiposity, metabolic syndrome, mental distress and their interplay. 2014.