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Laxmi Bhatta

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Laxmi Bhatta

Researcher
Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

laxmi.bhatta@ntnu.no
+4773559498 +4773597529 Øya helsehus, Øya, Håkon Jarls gate 11
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About

Research Project

Using Genetics to Investigate the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

A multidisciplinary research approach on obstructive airway diseases: socio-economical and life course perspectives: Nordic EpiLung project (Norway, Sweden, Finland)

Research Area

Genetic epidemiology

Respiratory Epidemiology

Research Group

Genome-wide association study (GWAS)

Mendelian randomization (MR)

Epidemiology and Medical Statistics

Education

PhD programme in Medicine, Department of Public Health and Nursing, NTNU, Norway  (2016 - 2019)

Masters in Public Health (MPH), The Arctic University of Norway (UiT), Norway (2013)

Publications

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2025

  • Kweon, Hyeokmoon; Burik, Casper A. P.; Ning, Yuchen; Ahlskog, Rafael; Xia, Charley; Abner, Erik. (2025) Associations between common genetic variants and income provide insights about the socio-economic health gradient. Nature Human Behaviour
    Academic article
  • Arora, Nikhil; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Loennechen, Jan Pål; Malmo, Vegard; Bhatta, Laxmi. (2025) A Mendelian randomization study investigating the role of sleep traits and their joint effects on the incidence of atrial fibrillation. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC)
    Academic article
  • Pathak, Sweta; Richardson, Tom G; Sanderson, Eleanor; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Bhatta, Laxmi; Brumpton, Ben Michael. (2025) Investigating the causal effects of childhood and adulthood adiposity on later life mental health outcome: a Mendelian randomization study. BMC Medicine
    Academic article

2024

  • Hernandez-Pacheco, Natalia; Kilanowski, Anna; Kumar, Ashish; Curtin, John A.; Olvera, Núria; Kress, Sara. (2024) Exploring the genetics of airflow limitation in lung function across the lifespan – a polygenic risk score study. EClinicalMedicine
    Academic article
  • Sidorenko, Julia; Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste; Kemper, Kathryn E.; Moen, Gunn-Helen ; Bhatta, Laxmi; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav. (2024) Genetic architecture reconciles linkage and association studies of complex traits. Nature Genetics
    Academic article
  • Moksnes, Marta R.; Hansen, Ailin F.; Wolford, Brooke N.; Thomas, Laurent F.; Rasheed, Humaira; Simic, Anica. (2024) A genome-wide association study provides insights into the genetic etiology of 57 essential and non-essential trace elements in humans. Communications Biology
    Academic article
  • Gong, Tong; Karlsson, Robert; Yao, Shuyang; Magnusson, Patrik K.E.; Ajnakina, Olesya; Steptoe, Andrew. (2024) The genetic architecture of dog ownership: large-scale genome-wide association study in 97,552 European-ancestry individuals. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
    Academic article
  • Andersén, Heidi; Bhatta, Laxmi; Bashir, Muwada; Nwaru, Bright; Langhammer, Arnulf; Krokstad, Steinar. (2024) Is there still a social gradient in respiratory symptoms? A population-based Nordic EpiLung-study. Respiratory Medicine
    Academic article
  • Backman, Helena; Bhatta, Laxmi; Hedman, Linnea; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Vähätalo, Iida; Lassmann-Klee, Paul G.. (2024) Level of Education Modifies Asthma Mortality in Norway and Sweden. The Nordic EpiLung Study. Journal of Asthma and Allergy
    Academic article

2023

  • Honigberg, Michael C.; Truong, Buu; Khan, Raiyan R.; Xiao, Brenda; Bhatta, Laxmi; Vy, Ha My T.. (2023) Polygenic prediction of preeclampsia and gestational hypertension. Nature Medicine
    Academic article
  • Arora, Nikhil; Bhatta, Laxmi; Skarpsno, Eivind Schjelderup; Dalen, Håvard; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Brumpton, Ben Michael. (2023) Investigating the causal interplay between sleep traits and risk of acute myocardial infarction: a Mendelian randomization study. BMC Medicine
    Academic article
  • Bashir, Muwada Bashir Awad; Basna, Rani; Hedman, Linnea; Backman, Helena; Ekerljung, Linda; Andersén, Heidi. (2023) Interaction of smoking and social status on the risk of respiratory outcomes in a Swedish adult population: A Nordic Epilung study. Respiratory Medicine
    Academic article
  • Wang, Ying; Namba, Shinichi; Lopera, Esteban; Kerminen, Sini; Tsuo, Kristin; Läll, Kristi. (2023) Global Biobank analyses provide lessons for developing polygenic risk scores across diverse cohorts. Cell Genomics
    Academic article

2022

  • Zhao, Huiling; Rasheed, Humaira; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Cho, Yoonsu; Liu, Yi; Bhatta, Laxmi. (2022) Proteome-wide Mendelian randomization in global biobank meta-analysis reveals multi-ancestry drug targets for common diseases. Cell Genomics
    Academic article
  • Korologou-Linden, Roxanna; Bhatta, Laxmi; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Howe, Laura D.; Millard, Louise A. C.; Kolaric, Katarina. (2022) The causes and consequences of Alzheimer’s disease: phenome-wide evidence from Mendelian randomization. Nature Communications
    Academic article
  • Brumpton, Ben Michael; Graham, Sarah; Surakka, Ida; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Løset, Mari; Fritsche, Lars G.. (2022) The HUNT study: A population-based cohort for genetic research. Cell Genomics
    Academic article
  • Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth; Nivard, Michel; Bhatta, Laxmi; Warrington, Nicole Maree; Willer, Cristen; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav. (2022) Using Genomic Structural Equation Modeling to Partition the Genetic Covariance Between Birthweight and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors into Maternal and Offspring Components in the Norwegian HUNT Study. Behavior Genetics
    Academic article

2021

  • Bhatta, Laxmi; Cepelis, Aivaras; Vikjord, Sigrid Anna Aalberg; Malmo, Vegard; Laugsand, Lars Erik; Dalen, Håvard. (2021) Bone mineral density and risk of cardiovascular disease in men and women: the HUNT study. European Journal of Epidemiology (EJE)
    Academic article
  • Wang, Geng; Bhatta, Laxmi; Moen, Gunn-Helen; Hwang, Liang-Dar; Kemp, John P.; Bond, Tom A.. (2021) Investigating a Potential Causal Relationship Between Maternal Blood Pressure During Pregnancy and Future Offspring Cardiometabolic Health. Hypertension
    Academic article
  • Wilczek, Michael; Bhatta, Laxmi; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Freyschuss, Bo; Brismar, Torkel B.. (2021) Screening for women with increased risk of fragility fractures in a general female population using digital X-ray radiogrammetry (DXR). Maturitas
    Academic article

2020

  • Bhatta, Laxmi; Leivseth, Linda; Mai, Xiao-Mei; Henriksen, Anne Hildur; Carslake, David; Chen, Yue. (2020) GOLD classifications, COPD hospitalization, and all-cause mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: The HUNT study. The International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
    Academic article
  • Ferreira, Manuel A R; Vonk, Judith M.; Baurecht, Hansjörg; Marenholz, Ingo; Tian, Chao; Hoffman, Joshua D.. (2020) Age-of-onset information helps identify 76 genetic variants associated with allergic disease. PLoS Genetics
    Academic article
  • Bhatta, Laxmi; Leivseth, Linda; Mai, Xiao-Mei; Henriksen, Anne Hildur; Carslake, David; Yue, Chen. (2020) Spirometric Classifications of COPD Severity as Predictive Markers for Clinical Outcomes: The HUNT Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
    Academic article

2019

  • Bhatta, Laxmi; Leivseth, Linda; Carslake, David; Langhammer, Arnulf; Mai, Xiao-Mei; Chen, Yue. (2019) Comparison of pre‐ and post‐bronchodilator lung function as predictors of mortality: The HUNT Study. Respirology (Carlton South. Print)
    Academic article
  • Vikjord, Sigrid Anna; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Mai, Xiao-Mei; Bhatta, Laxmi; Vanfleteren, Lowie E.G.W.; Langhammer, Arnulf. (2019) The Association of Bone Mineral Density with Mortality in a COPD Cohort. The HUNT Study, Norway. COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
    Academic article

2018

  • Bhatta, Laxmi; Leivseth, Linda; Mai, Xiao-Mei; Chen, Yue; Henriksen, Anne Hildur; Langhammer, Arnulf. (2018) Prevalence and trend of COPD from 1995–1997 to 2006–2008: The HUNT study, Norway. Respiratory Medicine
    Academic article

2013

  • Bhatta, Laxmi; Klouman, Elise; Deuba, Keshab; Shrestha, Rachana; Karki, Deepak Kumar; Ekström, Anna Mia. (2013) Survival on antiretroviral treatment among adult HIV-infected patients in Nepal: a retrospective cohort study in far-western Region, 2006–2011. BMC Infectious Diseases
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Kweon, Hyeokmoon; Burik, Casper A. P.; Ning, Yuchen; Ahlskog, Rafael; Xia, Charley; Abner, Erik. (2025) Associations between common genetic variants and income provide insights about the socio-economic health gradient. Nature Human Behaviour
    Academic article
  • Arora, Nikhil; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Loennechen, Jan Pål; Malmo, Vegard; Bhatta, Laxmi. (2025) A Mendelian randomization study investigating the role of sleep traits and their joint effects on the incidence of atrial fibrillation. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC)
    Academic article
  • Pathak, Sweta; Richardson, Tom G; Sanderson, Eleanor; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Bhatta, Laxmi; Brumpton, Ben Michael. (2025) Investigating the causal effects of childhood and adulthood adiposity on later life mental health outcome: a Mendelian randomization study. BMC Medicine
    Academic article
  • Hernandez-Pacheco, Natalia; Kilanowski, Anna; Kumar, Ashish; Curtin, John A.; Olvera, Núria; Kress, Sara. (2024) Exploring the genetics of airflow limitation in lung function across the lifespan – a polygenic risk score study. EClinicalMedicine
    Academic article
  • Sidorenko, Julia; Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste; Kemper, Kathryn E.; Moen, Gunn-Helen ; Bhatta, Laxmi; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav. (2024) Genetic architecture reconciles linkage and association studies of complex traits. Nature Genetics
    Academic article
  • Moksnes, Marta R.; Hansen, Ailin F.; Wolford, Brooke N.; Thomas, Laurent F.; Rasheed, Humaira; Simic, Anica. (2024) A genome-wide association study provides insights into the genetic etiology of 57 essential and non-essential trace elements in humans. Communications Biology
    Academic article
  • Gong, Tong; Karlsson, Robert; Yao, Shuyang; Magnusson, Patrik K.E.; Ajnakina, Olesya; Steptoe, Andrew. (2024) The genetic architecture of dog ownership: large-scale genome-wide association study in 97,552 European-ancestry individuals. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics
    Academic article
  • Andersén, Heidi; Bhatta, Laxmi; Bashir, Muwada; Nwaru, Bright; Langhammer, Arnulf; Krokstad, Steinar. (2024) Is there still a social gradient in respiratory symptoms? A population-based Nordic EpiLung-study. Respiratory Medicine
    Academic article
  • Backman, Helena; Bhatta, Laxmi; Hedman, Linnea; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Vähätalo, Iida; Lassmann-Klee, Paul G.. (2024) Level of Education Modifies Asthma Mortality in Norway and Sweden. The Nordic EpiLung Study. Journal of Asthma and Allergy
    Academic article
  • Honigberg, Michael C.; Truong, Buu; Khan, Raiyan R.; Xiao, Brenda; Bhatta, Laxmi; Vy, Ha My T.. (2023) Polygenic prediction of preeclampsia and gestational hypertension. Nature Medicine
    Academic article
  • Arora, Nikhil; Bhatta, Laxmi; Skarpsno, Eivind Schjelderup; Dalen, Håvard; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Brumpton, Ben Michael. (2023) Investigating the causal interplay between sleep traits and risk of acute myocardial infarction: a Mendelian randomization study. BMC Medicine
    Academic article
  • Bashir, Muwada Bashir Awad; Basna, Rani; Hedman, Linnea; Backman, Helena; Ekerljung, Linda; Andersén, Heidi. (2023) Interaction of smoking and social status on the risk of respiratory outcomes in a Swedish adult population: A Nordic Epilung study. Respiratory Medicine
    Academic article
  • Wang, Ying; Namba, Shinichi; Lopera, Esteban; Kerminen, Sini; Tsuo, Kristin; Läll, Kristi. (2023) Global Biobank analyses provide lessons for developing polygenic risk scores across diverse cohorts. Cell Genomics
    Academic article
  • Zhao, Huiling; Rasheed, Humaira; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Cho, Yoonsu; Liu, Yi; Bhatta, Laxmi. (2022) Proteome-wide Mendelian randomization in global biobank meta-analysis reveals multi-ancestry drug targets for common diseases. Cell Genomics
    Academic article
  • Korologou-Linden, Roxanna; Bhatta, Laxmi; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Howe, Laura D.; Millard, Louise A. C.; Kolaric, Katarina. (2022) The causes and consequences of Alzheimer’s disease: phenome-wide evidence from Mendelian randomization. Nature Communications
    Academic article
  • Brumpton, Ben Michael; Graham, Sarah; Surakka, Ida; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Løset, Mari; Fritsche, Lars G.. (2022) The HUNT study: A population-based cohort for genetic research. Cell Genomics
    Academic article
  • Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth; Nivard, Michel; Bhatta, Laxmi; Warrington, Nicole Maree; Willer, Cristen; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav. (2022) Using Genomic Structural Equation Modeling to Partition the Genetic Covariance Between Birthweight and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors into Maternal and Offspring Components in the Norwegian HUNT Study. Behavior Genetics
    Academic article
  • Bhatta, Laxmi; Cepelis, Aivaras; Vikjord, Sigrid Anna Aalberg; Malmo, Vegard; Laugsand, Lars Erik; Dalen, Håvard. (2021) Bone mineral density and risk of cardiovascular disease in men and women: the HUNT study. European Journal of Epidemiology (EJE)
    Academic article
  • Wang, Geng; Bhatta, Laxmi; Moen, Gunn-Helen; Hwang, Liang-Dar; Kemp, John P.; Bond, Tom A.. (2021) Investigating a Potential Causal Relationship Between Maternal Blood Pressure During Pregnancy and Future Offspring Cardiometabolic Health. Hypertension
    Academic article
  • Wilczek, Michael; Bhatta, Laxmi; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Freyschuss, Bo; Brismar, Torkel B.. (2021) Screening for women with increased risk of fragility fractures in a general female population using digital X-ray radiogrammetry (DXR). Maturitas
    Academic article
  • Bhatta, Laxmi; Leivseth, Linda; Mai, Xiao-Mei; Henriksen, Anne Hildur; Carslake, David; Chen, Yue. (2020) GOLD classifications, COPD hospitalization, and all-cause mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: The HUNT study. The International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
    Academic article
  • Ferreira, Manuel A R; Vonk, Judith M.; Baurecht, Hansjörg; Marenholz, Ingo; Tian, Chao; Hoffman, Joshua D.. (2020) Age-of-onset information helps identify 76 genetic variants associated with allergic disease. PLoS Genetics
    Academic article
  • Bhatta, Laxmi; Leivseth, Linda; Mai, Xiao-Mei; Henriksen, Anne Hildur; Carslake, David; Yue, Chen. (2020) Spirometric Classifications of COPD Severity as Predictive Markers for Clinical Outcomes: The HUNT Study. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
    Academic article
  • Bhatta, Laxmi; Leivseth, Linda; Carslake, David; Langhammer, Arnulf; Mai, Xiao-Mei; Chen, Yue. (2019) Comparison of pre‐ and post‐bronchodilator lung function as predictors of mortality: The HUNT Study. Respirology (Carlton South. Print)
    Academic article
  • Vikjord, Sigrid Anna; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Mai, Xiao-Mei; Bhatta, Laxmi; Vanfleteren, Lowie E.G.W.; Langhammer, Arnulf. (2019) The Association of Bone Mineral Density with Mortality in a COPD Cohort. The HUNT Study, Norway. COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
    Academic article
  • Bhatta, Laxmi; Leivseth, Linda; Mai, Xiao-Mei; Chen, Yue; Henriksen, Anne Hildur; Langhammer, Arnulf. (2018) Prevalence and trend of COPD from 1995–1997 to 2006–2008: The HUNT study, Norway. Respiratory Medicine
    Academic article
  • Bhatta, Laxmi; Klouman, Elise; Deuba, Keshab; Shrestha, Rachana; Karki, Deepak Kumar; Ekström, Anna Mia. (2013) Survival on antiretroviral treatment among adult HIV-infected patients in Nepal: a retrospective cohort study in far-western Region, 2006–2011. BMC Infectious Diseases
    Academic article

Outreach

2024

  • Academic lecture
    Vinueza Veloz, Maria Fernanda; Næss, Øyvind Erik; Bhatta, Laxmi; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Jones, Paul Remy. (2024) Estimating maternal and paternal effects of educational attainment on offspring. University of Bristol 6th Mendelian randomization conference, 2024 , Bristol Storbritannia 2024-06-19 - 2024-06-21

2019

  • Poster
    Backman, Helena; Bhatta, Laxmi; Hedman, Linnea; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Vähätalo, Iida; Lassman-Klee, Paul G.. (2019) Asthma is still a risk factor for mortality in Sweden and Norway – the Nordic EpiLung Study. European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress 2019 2019-09-28 -
  • Poster
    Vikjord, Sigrid Anna; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Mai, Xiao-Mei; Bhatta, Laxmi; Vanfleteren, Lowie E.G.W.; Langhammer, Arnulf. (2019) The association of anxiety and depression with mortality, symptom burden and health care utilization in a COPD cohort. The HUNT Study, Norway. European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress 2019 2019-09-28 -

2017

  • Poster
    Bhatta, Laxmi; Leivseth, Linda; Mai, Xiao-Mei; Chen, Yue; Henriksen, Anne Hildur; Langhammer, Arnulf. (2017) The prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in 1995-97 and 2006-08: The HUNT study, Norway. European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress 2017 2017-09-09 - 2017-09-13

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