• Genetically predicted cortisol levels and risk of venous thromboembolism 

      Allarai, Elias; Lee, Wei-Hsuan; Burgess, Stephen; Larsson, Susanna C.; Lindstrom, Sara; Wang, Lu; Smith, Erin N.; Gordon, William; Van Hylckama Vlieg, Astrid; De Andrade, Mariza; Brody, Jennifer A.; Pattee, Jack W.; Haessler, Jeffrey; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Chasman, Daniel I.; Suchon, Pierre; Chen, Ming-Huei; Turman, Constance; Germain, Marine; Wiggins, Kerri L.; Macdonald, James; Brækkan, Sigrid Kufaas; Armasu, Sebastian M.; Pankratz, Nathan; Jackson, Rabecca D.; Nielsen, Jonas B; Giulianini, Franco; Puurunen, Marja K.; Ibrahim, Manal; Heckbert, Susan R.; Bammler, Theo K.; Frazer, Kelly A.; Mccauley, Bryan M.; Taylor, Kent; Pankow, James S.; Reiner, Alexander P.; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Deleuze, Jean-Francois; O'Donnell, Chris J.; Kim, Jihye; Mcknight, Barbara; Kraft, Peter; Hansen, John Bjarne; Rosendaal, Frits Richard; Heit, John A.; Psaty, Bruce M.; Tang, Weihong; Kooperberg, Charles; Hveem, Kristian; Ridker, Paul M.; Morange, Pierre-Emmanuel; Johnson, Andrew D.; Kabrhel, Christopher; Alexandretrégouët, David; Smith, Nicholas L. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-19)
      Introduction - In observational studies, venous thromboembolism (VTE) has been associated with Cushing’s syndrome and with persistent mental stress, two conditions associated with higher cortisol levels. However, it remains unknown whether high cortisol levels within the usual range are causally associated with VTE risk. We aimed to assess the association between plasma cortisol levels and VTE risk ...
    • A large-scale exome array analysis of venous thromboembolism 

      Lindström, Sara; Brody, Jennifer A.; Turman, Constance; Germain, Marine; Bartz, Traci M.; Smith, Erin N.; Chen, Ming-Huei; Puurunen, Marja; Chasman, Daniel; Hassler, Jeffrey; Pankratz, Nathan; Basu, Saonli; Guan, Weihua; György, Beata; Ibrahim, Manal; Empana, Jean-Philippe; Olaso, Robert; Jackson, Rebecca; Brækkan, Sigrid Kufaas; McKnight, Barbara; Deleuze, Jean-François; O'Donnell, Christopher J.; Jouven, Xavier; Frazer, Kelly A.; Psaty, Bruce M.; Wiggins, Kerri L.; Taylor, Kent; Reiner, Alexander P.; Heckbert, Susan R.; Kooperberg, Charles; Ridker, Paul; Hansen, John-Bjarne; Tang, Weihong; Johnson, Andrew D.; Morange, Pierre-Emmanuel; Trégouët, David A.; Kraft, Peter; Smith, Nicholas L.; Kabrhel, Christopher (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-19)
      Although recent Genome‐Wide Association Studies have identified novel associations for common variants, there has been no comprehensive exome‐wide search for low‐frequency variants that affect the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). We conducted a meta‐analysis of 11 studies comprising 8,332 cases and 16,087 controls of European ancestry and 382 cases and 1,476 controls of African American ancestry ...