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List of works by Kaare Christensen

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Ageing populations: the challenges ahead

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Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants

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Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

scientific article published on 10 October 2017

Biodemographic trajectories of longevity

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Telomere fluorescence measurements in granulocytes and T lymphocyte subsets point to a high turnover of hematopoietic stem cells and memory T cells in early childhood.

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A genome-wide association study of cleft lip with and without cleft palate identifies risk variants near MAFB and ABCA4

scientific article published in June 2010

Interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6) gene variants and the risk of isolated cleft lip or palate

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Disruption of an AP-2alpha binding site in an IRF6 enhancer is associated with cleft lip

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The quest for genetic determinants of human longevity: challenges and insights

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Genetic influence on human lifespan and longevity

scientific article published on 4 February 2006

Gender and telomere length: systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 21 December 2013

Familial Risk and Heritability of Cancer Among Twins in Nordic Countries

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Causal Inference and Observational Research: The Utility of Twins

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Telomere length and mortality: a study of leukocytes in elderly Danish twins

scientific article published on 12 February 2008

Complete sequencing shows a role for MSX1 in non-syndromic cleft lip and palate

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Genome-wide association study identifies a single major locus contributing to survival into old age; the APOE locus revisited

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Academic performance in adolescence after inguinal hernia repair in infancy: a nationwide cohort study

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Epigenetic variation during the adult lifespan: cross-sectional and longitudinal data on monozygotic twin pairs

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Predictors of mortality in 2,249 nonagenarians--the Danish 1905-Cohort Survey

scientific article published in October 2003

Men: good health and high mortality. Sex differences in health and aging

scientific article published on April 2008

Evidence for a major role of heredity in Graves' disease: a population-based study of two Danish twin cohorts

scientific article published on February 2001

Age- and sex-differences in the validity of questionnaire-based zygosity in twins.

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Offspring's leukocyte telomere length, paternal age, and telomere elongation in sperm

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DNA methylation age is associated with mortality in a longitudinal Danish twin study.

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Physical and cognitive functioning of people older than 90 years: a comparison of two Danish cohorts born 10 years apart.

scientific article published on 11 July 2013

Mortality among twins after age 6: fetal origins hypothesis versus twin method

scientific article published on February 1995

Combined genome scans for body stature in 6,602 European twins: evidence for common Caucasian loci

scientific article published on 2 May 2007

Hand grip strength: A phenotype suitable for identifying genetic variants affecting mid- and late-life physical functioning

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Genome-wide meta-analysis points to CTC1 and ZNF676 as genes regulating telomere homeostasis in humans

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Age trajectories of grip strength: cross-sectional and longitudinal data among 8,342 Danes aged 46 to 102.

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The Danish Twin Registry: 127 birth cohorts of twins

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No association between telomere length and survival among the elderly and oldest old

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

Genetic liability in stroke: a long-term follow-up study of Danish twins.

scientific article published in March 2002

Replication of an association of variation in the FOXO3A gene with human longevity using both case-control and longitudinal data

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Exceptional longevity does not result in excessive levels of disability

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Genome-wide association meta-analysis of human longevity identifies a novel locus conferring survival beyond 90 years of age.

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Long term follow up study of survival associated with cleft lip and palate at birth

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Mitochondrial DNA copy number in peripheral blood cells declines with age and is associated with general health among elderly.

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A meta-analysis of four genome-wide association studies of survival to age 90 years or older: the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology Consortium

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A Danish population-based twin study on general health in the elderly.

scientific article published in February 1999

Health and function of participants in the Long Life Family Study: A comparison with other cohorts

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The heritability of prostate cancer in the Nordic Twin Study of Cancer

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Good Semen Quality and Life Expectancy: A Cohort Study of 43,277 Men

The Danish 1905 cohort: a genetic-epidemiological nationwide survey

scientific article published in February 2001

Childhood socioeconomic position and objectively measured physical capability levels in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 26 January 2011

Heritability of insulin secretion, peripheral and hepatic insulin action, and intracellular glucose partitioning in young and old Danish twins

scientific article published in January 2005

Exome sequencing-driven discovery of coding polymorphisms associated with common metabolic phenotypes.

scientific article published on 19 November 2012

Tracking and fixed ranking of leukocyte telomere length across the adult life course

scientific article published on 27 May 2013

Functional status and self-rated health in 2,262 nonagenarians: the Danish 1905 Cohort Survey

scientific article published in May 2001

The heritability of leucocyte telomere length dynamics

scientific article published on 13 March 2015