Bjørn Olav Åsvold
Background and activities
Bjørn Olav Åsvold, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Medicine (Epidemiology) at the HUNT Research Center and the K.G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, NTNU. He is also a Consultant Endocrinologist at St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital.
His main research areas include endocrine and cardiovascular epidemiology using data from the HUNT Study (Nord-Trøndelag Health Study) linked with national health registries. He leads the Mendelian randomization research group at the K.G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology.
Specific areas of research include
· Thyroid dysfunction
· Diabetes
· Pregnancy complications and cardiovascular risk
· Mendelian randomization studies of cardiometabolic diseases and risk factors
For more information on the HUNT Study, see www.ntnu.edu/hunt
For more information on the K.G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, see www.ntnu.edu/huntgenes
Åsvold is also a member of the Mid-Norway Sepsis Research Group, see www.sepsis.no
Education:
· MD, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2001
· PhD, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2008
· Specialist certification in internal medicine, 2014
· Specialist certification in endocrinology, 2015
Other positions:
· Chairman, Scandinavian Society for the Study of Diabetes (SSSD)
· Associate Editor, International Journal of Epidemiology
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2022) Undiagnosed diabetes: Prevalence and cardiovascular risk profile in a population-based study of 52,856 individuals. The HUNT Study, Norway. Diabetic Medicine. vol. 39 (6).
- (2022) Ten-Year Cardiovascular Disease Risk Trajectories by Obstetric History: A Longitudinal Study in the Norwegian HUNT Study. Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA). vol. 11 (2).
- (2022) Taller height and risk of coronary heart disease and cancer: A within-sibship Mendelian randomization study. eLIFE. vol. 11.
- (2022) Incorporating Baseline Outcome Data in Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Non-randomized Studies. Frontiers in Psychiatry. vol. 13.
- (2022) Thyroid Status During Pregnancy in Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and the Effect of Metformin. Frontiers in Endocrinology. vol. 13.
- (2021) Sex differences in incidence of bloodstream infections and the mediating role of known risk factors. Results from the population-based HUNT study in Norway. Norsk Epidemiologi, Supplement.
- (2021) Assessment of a causal relationship between body mass index and atopic dermatitis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. vol. 147 (1).
- (2021) Elevated blood pressure, antihypertensive medications and bone health in the population: revisiting old hypotheses and exploring future research directions. Osteoporosis International.
- (2021) Risk of hip and forearm fracture in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus and latent autoimmune diabetes of adults. The HUNT Study, Norway. Bone. vol. 153.
- (2021) Vitamin D status and risk of type 2 diabetes in the Norwegian HUNT cohort study: Does family history or genetic predisposition modify the association?. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. vol. 9 (1).
- (2021) Which combined nerve conduction study scores are best suited for polyneuropathy in diabetic patients?. Muscle and Nerve. vol. 65 (2).
- (2021) Effects of thyroid function on hemostasis, coagulation, and fibrinolysis: A mendelian randomization study. Thyroid. vol. 31 (9).
- (2021) Risk of lower respiratory tract infections: a genome-wide association study with Mendelian randomization analysis in three independent European populations. Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI). vol. 28 (5).
- (2021) The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids. Nature. vol. 600 (7890).
- (2021) Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of immunocompromised patients infected with Pneumocystis jirovecii in a twelve-year retrospective study from Norway. BMC Infectious Diseases. vol. 21 (1).
- (2021) Semiquantitative Real-Time PCR to Distinguish Pneumocystis Pneumonia from Colonization in a Heterogeneous Population of HIV-Negative Immunocompromised Patients. Microbiology spectrum. vol. 9 (1).
- (2021) The role of cardiovascular risk factors in maternal cardiovascular disease according to offspring birth characteristics in the HUNT study. Scientific Reports. vol. 11 (22981).
- (2021) Thyroid function, sex hormones and sexual function: a Mendelian randomization study. European Journal of Epidemiology (EJE). vol. 36 (3).
- (2021) Thyroid Function and Mood Disorders: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Thyroid. vol. 31 (8).
- (2021) SGLT-2 inhibitors or GLP-1 receptor agonists for adults with type 2 diabetes: A clinical practice guideline. The BMJ. vol. 373.