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Overview

Allan Linneberg is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine with a focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Genetics, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist's notable recent papers include:

  • SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe, 2021, European Heart Journal
  • The Polygenic and Monogenic Basis of Blood Traits and Diseases, 2020, Cell
  • Trans-ethnic and Ancestry-Specific Blood-Cell Genetics in 746,667 Individuals from 5 Global Populations, 2020, Cell
  • Global Effect of Modifiable Risk Factors on Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • RETRACTED: Estimating dose-response relationships for vitamin D with coronary heart disease, stroke, and all-cause mortality: observational and Mendelian randomisation analyses, 2021, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Linneberg's frequent co-authors include:

  • Torben Hansen
  • Niels Grarup
  • Line Lund Kårhus
  • Kari Kuulasmaa
  • Licia Iacoviello

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Heart Journal
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports

Main topics of Linneberg's work cover:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Vitamin K Research Studies
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research
  • Celiac Disease Research and Management
  • Microscopic Colitis

Best Publications

  • A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing

    Junjie Qin;Ruiqiang Li;Jeroen Raes;Manimozhiyan Arumugam

  • 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

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • 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

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • 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

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps.

    Anubha Mahajan;Daniel Taliun;Matthias Thurner;Neil R. Robertson

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Christian Fuchsberger;Jason A. Flannick;Jason A. Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies

    Angela M. Wood;Stephen Kaptoge;Adam S. Butterworth;Peter Willeit

  • SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe

    Steven Hageman;Lisa Pennells

  • Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease:Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

    Michael V Holmes;Michael V Holmes;Caroline E Dale;Luisa Zuccolo;Richard J Silverwood

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Honor Bixby;James Bentham;Bin Zhou;Mariachiara Di Cesare

  • The epidemiology of contact allergy in the general population – prevalence and main findings

    Jacob Pontoppidan Thyssen;Allan Linneberg;Torkil Menné;Jeanne Duus Johansen

  • An Expanded Genome-Wide Association Study of Type 2 Diabetes in Europeans

    Robert A. Scott;Laura J. Scott;Reedik Mägi;Letizia Marullo

  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Johannes Waage;Hansjoerg Baurecht

  • The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

    Thomas W. Winkler;Anne E. Justice;Mariaelisa Graff;Llilda Barata

  • Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors

    Nicole M Warrington;Robin N Beaumont;Momoko Horikoshi;Felix R Day

  • Respiratory allergy caused by house dust mites: What do we really know?

    Moisés A. Calderón;Allan Linneberg;Jörg Kleine-Tebbe;Frédéric De Blay

  • Greenlandic Inuit show genetic signatures of diet and climate adaptation.

    Matteo Fumagalli;Matteo Fumagalli;Ida Moltke;Niels Grarup;Fernando Racimo

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Jason Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

Frequent Co-Authors

Torben Jørgensen
Torben Jørgensen University of Copenhagen
Torben Hansen
Torben Hansen University of Copenhagen
Oluf Pedersen
Oluf Pedersen University of Copenhagen
Niels Grarup
Niels Grarup University of Copenhagen
Veikko Salomaa
Veikko Salomaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Andrew P. Morris
Andrew P. Morris University of Liverpool
Paul W. Franks
Paul W. Franks Lund University
Jacob P. Thyssen
Jacob P. Thyssen University of Copenhagen
John C. Chambers
John C. Chambers Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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