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Dagfinn Aune is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research is situated primarily within the field of Medicine, with a specific focus on subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Oncology, Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Nutritional Studies and Diet, Cancer Risks and Factors, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Nutrition and Health in Aging, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling, and Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins.

They have published in several frequent venues, with notable numbers in:

  • Scientific Reports (17 publications)
  • International Journal of Cancer (11 publications)
  • European Journal of Epidemiology (10 publications)
  • BMC Medicine (8 publications)
  • JNCI Cancer Spectrum (5 publications)

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and cancer prognosis: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational studies, 2020, BMC Medicine
  • A Body Shape Index (ABSI) achieves better mortality risk stratification than alternative indices of abdominal obesity: results from a large European cohort, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Diabetes, hypertension, body mass index, smoking and COVID-19-related mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies, 2021, BMJ Open
  • Consumption of ultra-processed foods and risk of multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases: a multinational cohort study, 2023, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • Association of plasma biomarkers of fruit and vegetable intake with incident type 2 diabetes: EPIC-InterAct case-cohort study in eight European countries, 2020, BMJ

Dagfinn Aune frequently collaborates with various researchers. Among the most frequent co-authors are:

  • Matthias B. Schulze (43 joint publications)
  • Anne Tjønneland (39 joint publications)
  • Marc J. Gunter (37 joint publications)
  • Elisabete Weiderpass (36 joint publications)
  • Rosario Tumino (31 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer and all-cause mortality-a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies.

    Dagfinn Aune;Dagfinn Aune;Edward Giovannucci;Edward Giovannucci;Paolo Boffetta;Lars T. Fadnes

  • Dietary fibre, whole grains, and risk of colorectal cancer: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies

    Dagfinn Aune;Doris S M Chan;Rosa Lau;Rui Vieira

  • Body mass index and survival in women with breast cancer—systematic literature review and meta-analysis of 82 follow-up studies

    D. S.M. Chan;A. R. Vieira;D. Aune;D. Aune;E. V. Bandera

  • Red and Processed Meat and Colorectal Cancer Incidence: Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies

    Doris S. M. Chan;Rosa Lau;Dagfinn Aune;Rui Vieira

  • Whole grain consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all cause and cause specific mortality: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies

    Dagfinn Aune;NaNa Keum;Edward Giovannucci;Lars T Fadnes

  • BMI and all cause mortality: systematic review and non-linear dose-response meta-analysis of 230 cohort studies with 3.74 million deaths among 30.3 million participants

    Dagfinn Aune;Dagfinn Aune;Abhijit Sen;Manya Prasad;Teresa Norat

  • Physical activity and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis

    Dagfinn Aune;Teresa Norat;Michael Leitzmann;Serena Tonstad

  • Maternal Body Mass Index and the Risk of Fetal Death, Stillbirth, and Infant Death: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    D. Aune;O.D. Saugstad;T. Henriksen;S. Tonstad

  • Whole grain and refined grain consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of cohort studies

    Dagfinn Aune;Teresa Norat;Pål Romundstad;Lars J. Vatten

  • Body mass index, abdominal fatness and pancreatic cancer risk: a systematic review and non-linear dose–response meta-analysis of prospective studies

    D. Aune;D. C. Greenwood;D. S. M. Chan;R. Vieira

  • Dairy products and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of cohort studies

    Dagfinn Aune;Teresa Norat;Pål Romundstad;Lars J Vatten

  • Meat consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.

    D. Aune;G. Ursin;G. Ursin;M. B. Veierød

  • Role of diet in type 2 diabetes incidence: umbrella review of meta-analyses of prospective observational studies

    Manuela Neuenschwander;Aurélie Ballon;Katharina S Weber;Teresa Norat

  • Dairy products and colorectal cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

    D. Aune;R. Lau;D.S.M. Chan;R. Vieira

  • Nut consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies.

    Dagfinn Aune;Dagfinn Aune;NaNa Keum;Edward Giovannucci;Edward Giovannucci;Lars T. Fadnes

  • Adult weight gain and adiposity-related cancers: a dose-response meta-analysis of prospective observational studies

    Na Na Keum;Darren C. Greenwood;Dong H.oon Lee;Rockli Kim

  • Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and cancer prognosis: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of observational studies

    Meghan A. Cupp;Margarita Cariolou;Ioanna Tzoulaki;Ioanna Tzoulaki;Dagfinn Aune;Dagfinn Aune

  • Body Mass Index, Abdominal Fatness, and Heart Failure Incidence and Mortality: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies

    Dagfinn Aune;Abhijit Sen;Teresa Norat;Imre Janszky

  • Dairy products, calcium, and prostate cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

    Dagfinn Aune;Deborah A Navarro Rosenblatt;Doris S M Chan;Ana Rita Vieira

  • Dietary fibre and incidence of type 2 diabetes in eight European countries: the EPIC-InterAct Study and a meta-analysis of prospective studies

    Anneleen Kuijsten;Dagfinn Aune;Matthias B. Schulze;Teresa Norat

Frequent Co-Authors

Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Teresa Norat
Teresa Norat Imperial College London
Kim Overvad
Kim Overvad Aarhus University
Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault
Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault University of Paris-Saclay
Rosario Tumino
Rosario Tumino Provincial Health Authority of Syracuse
Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen
Elisabete Weiderpass
Elisabete Weiderpass International Agency For Research On Cancer
Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Salvatore Panico
Salvatore Panico University of Naples Federico II
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition

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