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Susanna C. Larsson

Susanna C. Larsson

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Overview

Susanna C. Larsson is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly output spans key subfields including genetics, public health, environmental and occupational health, molecular biology, surgery, and epidemiology.

Their research primarily addresses genetic associations and epidemiology, nutritional studies and diet, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, nutrition genetics and disease, obesity, physical activity and diet, diet and metabolism studies, and folate and B vitamins research.

Frequent publication venues where their work appears include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Medicine
  • Nutrients
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • EBioMedicine

Susanna C. Larsson has collaborated repeatedly with several researchers such as Shuai Yuan, Stephen Burgess, Xue Li, Jie Chen, and Karl Michaëlsson.

Among their recent publications are the following significant articles:

  • "Mendelian randomization for cardiovascular diseases: principles and applications," 2023, European Heart Journal
  • "Appraising the causal role of smoking in multiple diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis of Mendelian randomization studies," 2022, EBioMedicine
  • "Causal role of high body mass index in multiple chronic diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis of Mendelian randomization studies," 2021, BMC Medicine

Their work emphasizes epidemiological methods such as Mendelian randomization to assess causal relationships in complex diseases, with a focus on cardiovascular and chronic diseases, smoking impact, and body mass index implications.

Best Publications

  • Diabetes Mellitus and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Meta-Analysis

    Susanna C. Larsson;Nicola Orsini;Alicja Wolk

  • Dietary long-chain n−3 fatty acids for the prevention of cancer: a review of potential mechanisms

    Susanna C Larsson;Maria Kumlin;Magnus Ingelman-Sundberg;Alicja Wolk

  • Diabetes mellitus and risk of breast cancer: a meta-analysis.

    Susanna C. Larsson;Christos S. Mantzoros;Alicja Wolk

  • Meat consumption and risk of colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis of prospective studies.

    Susanna C. Larsson;Alicja Wolk

  • Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study.

    Susanna C. Larsson;Susanna C. Larsson;Stephen Burgess;Amy M. Mason;Amy M. Mason;Karl Michaëlsson

  • Obesity and colon and rectal cancer risk: a meta-analysis of prospective studies

    Susanna C Larsson;Alicja Wolk

  • Overweight, obesity and risk of liver cancer: a meta-analysis of cohort studies.

    S C Larsson;A Wolk

  • Clinical Significance of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Markers of Vascular Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

    Stéphanie Debette;Sabrina Schilling;Marie-Gabrielle Duperron;Susanna C. Larsson;Susanna C. Larsson

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

    Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

  • Alcohol consumption and risk of atrial fibrillation: a prospective study and dose-response meta-analysis.

    Susanna C. Larsson;Nikola Drca;Alicja Wolk

  • Fruits, vegetables, and colon cancer risk in a pooled analysis of 14 cohort studies

    Anita Koushik;Anita Koushik;David J. Hunter;Donna Spiegelman;W. Lawrence Beeson

  • Coffee Consumption and Risk of Liver Cancer: A Meta-Analysis

    Susanna C. Larsson;Alicja Wolk

  • Blood 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration and hypertension: a meta-analysis.

    Ann Burgaz;Nicola Orsini;Susanna C Larsson;Alicja Wolk

  • Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption and All-Cause Mortality: A Meta-Analysis

    Susanna C Larsson;Nicola Orsini

  • Body mass index and pancreatic cancer risk: A meta-analysis of prospective studies.

    Susanna C. Larsson;Nicola Orsini;Alicja Wolk

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses

    Haoyu Zhang;Haoyu Zhang;Thomas U. Ahearn;Julie Lecarpentier;Daniel Barnes

  • Magnesium Intake and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis

    S. C. Larsson;A. Wolk

  • Folate Intake, MTHFR Polymorphisms, and Risk of Esophageal, Gastric, and Pancreatic Cancer: A Meta-analysis

    Susanna C. Larsson;Edward Giovannucci;Alicja Wolk

  • Body mass index and body composition in relation to 14 cardiovascular conditions in UK Biobank : a Mendelian randomization study

    Susanna C Larsson;Susanna C Larsson;Magnus Bäck;Magnus Bäck;Jessica M B Rees;Jessica M B Rees;Amy M Mason

  • Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

    Jeroen R. Huyghe;Stephanie A. Bien;Tabitha A. Harrison;Hyun Min Kang

Frequent Co-Authors

Alicja Wolk
Alicja Wolk Karolinska Institute
Stephen Burgess
Stephen Burgess University of Cambridge
Karl Michaëlsson
Karl Michaëlsson Uppsala University
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Roger L. Milne
Roger L. Milne Cancer Council Victoria
Nicola Orsini
Nicola Orsini Karolinska Institute
Julie E. Buring
Julie E. Buring Brigham and Women's Hospital
Elisabete Weiderpass
Elisabete Weiderpass International Agency For Research On Cancer
Satu Männistö
Satu Männistö Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
I-Min Lee
I-Min Lee Harvard University

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