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Overview

Per Magnus is affiliated with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Norway. Their primary field of study is Medicine, with a focus on several subfields related to health sciences and genetics.

Their research encompasses topics such as Birth, Development, and Health; Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies; Genetic Associations and Epidemiology; COVID-19 and Mental Health; COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies; Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet; and Long-Term Effects of COVID-19.

Frequent co-authors with whom Per Magnus has collaborated include Ole A. Andreassen, Pål R. Njølstad, Lill Trogstad, Alexandra Havdahl, and Siri E. Håberg.

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), BMC Medicine, UNC Libraries, Nature Communications, and the International Journal of Epidemiology.

Selected recent papers by Per Magnus include:

  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism, 2020, Cell
  • Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Factor VIII and factor IX in a twin population. Evidence for a major effect of ABO locus on factor VIII level., 2020, PubMed
  • COVID-19: a need for real-time monitoring of weekly excess deaths, 2020, The Lancet
  • Genetic predisposition to hypertension is associated with preeclampsia in European and Central Asian women, 2020, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism

    F. Kyle Satterstrom;F. Kyle Satterstrom;Jack A. Kosmicki;Jiebiao Wang;Michael S. Breen

  • Cohort profile: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)

    Per Magnus;Lorentz M Irgens;Lorentz M Irgens;Kjell Haug;Wenche Nystad

  • Cohort Profile Update: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)

    Per Magnus;Charlotte Birke;Kristine Vejrup;Anita Haugan

  • Self-selection and bias in a large prospective pregnancy cohort in Norway.

    Roy M Nilsen;Stein Emil Vollset;Stein Emil Vollset;Håkon K Gjessing;Håkon K Gjessing;Rolv Skjaerven;Rolv Skjaerven

  • Association Between Maternal Use of Folic Acid Supplements and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Children

    Pål Surén;Christine Roth;Michaeline Bresnahan;Margaretha Haugen

  • 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

  • Use of Cod Liver Oil During Pregnancy Associated With Lower Risk of Type I Diabetes in the Offspring

    L. C. Stene;J. Ulriksen;P. Magnus;G. Joner

  • Large-Scale Exome Sequencing Study Implicates Both Developmental and Functional Changes in the Neurobiology of Autism

    F. Kyle Satterstrom;Jack A. Kosmicki;Jiebiao Wang;Michael S Breen;Michael S Breen

  • 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

  • Asymptomatic carriage of Neisseria meningitidis in a randomly sampled population

    D A Caugant;E A Høiby;P Magnus;O Scheel

  • Incidence and Prevalence of Childhood Epilepsy: A Nationwide Cohort Study

    Kari Modalsli Aaberg;Kari Modalsli Aaberg;Nina Gunnes;Inger Johanne Bakken;Camilla Lund Søraas

  • Secular trend in the occurrence of asthma among children and young adults: critical appraisal of repeated cross sectional surveys.

    Per Magnus;Jouni J K Jaakkola

  • Vitamin D supplementation and reduced risk of preeclampsia in nulliparous women.

    Margaretha Haugen;Anne Lise Brantsaeter;Lill Trogstad;Jan Alexander

  • Education policy and the heritability of educational attainment

    A. C. Heath;K. Berg;L. J. Eaves;M. H. Solaas

  • The prevalence of allergy to egg: a population‐based study in young children

    M. Eggesbø;G. Botten;R. Halvorsen;P. Magnus

  • The familial risk of endometriosis.

    Mette H. Moen;Per Magnus

  • Folic Acid Supplements in Pregnancy and Severe Language Delay in Children

    Christine Roth;Per Magnus;Synnve Schjølberg;Camilla Stoltenberg

  • Associations of pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain with pregnancy outcome and postpartum weight retention: a prospective observational cohort study

    Margaretha Haugen;Anne Lise Brantsæter;Anna Winkvist;Lauren Lissner

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

    Ellis Voerman;Susana Santos;Hazel Inskip;Pilar Amiano

Frequent Co-Authors

Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud
Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud University of Oslo
Kristian Tambs
Kristian Tambs Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Ezra Susser
Ezra Susser Columbia University
Debbie A. Lawlor
Debbie A. Lawlor University of Bristol
Vincent W. V. Jaddoe
Vincent W. V. Jaddoe Erasmus University Rotterdam
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen
Thorkild I. A. Sørensen University of Copenhagen
W. Ian Lipkin
W. Ian Lipkin Columbia University
Hazel Inskip
Hazel Inskip University of Southampton
Pål R. Njølstad
Pål R. Njølstad University of Bergen
George Davey Smith
George Davey Smith University of Bristol

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