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Ellen A. Nohr is affiliated with the University of Southern Denmark in Denmark. Their research centers predominantly on medicine, with a focus on several subfields including obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, public health, environmental and occupational health, clinical psychology, and epidemiology.

Their work addresses key topics such as birth, development, and health, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, gestational diabetes research and management, pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, maternal and perinatal health interventions, obesity, physical activity and diet, as well as epigenetics and DNA methylation.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of blood DNA methylation in newborns and children identifies numerous loci related to gestational age, 2020, Genome Medicine
  • Changes in parental smoking during pregnancy and risks of adverse birth outcomes and childhood overweight in Europe and North America: An individual participant data meta-analysis of 229,000 singleton births, 2020, PLoS Medicine
  • DNA methylation and body mass index from birth to adolescence: meta-analyses of epigenome-wide association studies, 2020, Genome Medicine
  • Maternal Plasma Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Miscarriage: A Nested Case-Control Study in the Danish National Birth Cohort, 2020, Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Genetic effects on the timing of parturition and links to fetal birth weight, 2023, Nature Genetics

Frequent co-authors in Ellen A. Nohr's research include:

  • Marie-France Hivert
  • Thorkild I. A. Sørensen
  • Debbie A. Lawlor
  • Luigi Bouchard
  • Janine F. Felix

Their publications appear often in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Genetics
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
  • Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Best Publications

  • Complications after cardiac implantable electronic device implantations: an analysis of a complete, nationwide cohort in Denmark.

    Rikke Esberg Kirkfeldt;Jens Brock Johansen;Ellen Aagaard Nohr;Ole Dan Jørgensen

  • Combined associations of prepregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain with the outcome of pregnancy

    Ellen A. Nohr;Michael Vaeth;Jennifer L. Baker;Thorkild I. A. Sørensen

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Mägi;Reedik Mägi;Andrea Ganna

  • Does Low Participation in Cohort Studies Induce Bias

    Ellen Aagaard Nohr;Morten Frydenberg;Tine Brink Henriksen;Jorn Olsen

  • Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

    John R.B. Perry;Felix Day;Cathy E. Elks;Patrick Sulem

  • A genome-wide association study identifies CDHR3 as a susceptibility locus for early childhood asthma with severe exacerbations

    Klaus Bønnelykke;Patrick Sleiman;Kasper Nielsen;Eskil Kreiner-Møller

  • Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

    Felix R. Day;Deborah J. Thompson;Hannes Helgason;Hannes Helgason;Daniel I. Chasman

  • 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

  • Subfecundity in overweight and obese couples

    C.H. Ramlau-Hansen;A.M. Thulstrup;E.A. Nohr;J.P. Bonde

  • Impact of maternal body mass index and gestational weight gain on pregnancy complications: An individual participant data meta-analysis of European, North American and Australian cohorts

    Susana Santos;Ellis Voerman;Pilar Amiano;Henrique Barros

  • Association of Gestational Weight Gain With Adverse Maternal and Infant Outcomes

    LifeCycle Project-Maternal Obesity;Ellis Voerman;Susana Santos;Susana Santos

  • Maternal body mass index, gestational weight gain and the risk of overweight and obesity across childhood: An individual participant data meta-analysis

    Ellis Voerman;Susana Santos;Bernadeta Patro Golab;Bernadeta Patro Golab;Pilar Amiano

  • Genomic and phenotypic insights from an atlas of genetic effects on DNA methylation

    J.L. Min;G. Hemani;E. Hannon;K.F. Dekkers

  • Prepregnancy obesity and fetal death: a study within the Danish National Birth Cohort.

    Ellen Aagaard Nohr;Bodil Hammer Bech;Michael John Davies;Morten Frydenberg

  • Genetic Associations with Gestational Duration and Spontaneous Preterm Birth

    Ge Zhang;Bjarke Feenstra;Jonas Bacelis;Xueping Liu

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies three new risk loci for atopic dermatitis.

    Lavinia Paternoster;Marie Standl;Chih-Mei Chen;Adaikalavan Ramasamy

  • Maternal body mass index, gestational weight gain, and the risk of overweight and obesity across childhood: An individual participant data meta-analysis

    Voerman E;antos S;Patro Golab B;Amiano P

  • Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

    Day Fr;Thompson Dj;elgason H;Chasman Di

  • Association of Gestational Weight Gain With Adverse Maternal and Infant Outcomes

    Ellis Voerman;Susana Santos;Hazel Inskip;Pilar Amiano

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I. Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Maegi;Andrea Ganna

Frequent Co-Authors

Jørn Olsen
Jørn Olsen Aarhus University
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen University of Copenhagen
Vincent W. V. Jaddoe
Vincent W. V. Jaddoe Erasmus University Rotterdam
Debbie A. Lawlor
Debbie A. Lawlor University of Bristol
Lavinia Paternoster
Lavinia Paternoster University of Bristol
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
George Davey Smith
George Davey Smith University of Bristol
Mads Melbye
Mads Melbye University of Copenhagen
Marie-France Hivert
Marie-France Hivert Harvard University
Tine Brink Henriksen
Tine Brink Henriksen Aarhus University Hospital

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