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Thor Aspelund

University of Iceland ·
Area of research
Genetics · Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Research interest
Research interests include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins, Bone health and osteoporosis research, and Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention.
h-index
100
citations
64,137
works
595
NIH funding
primary concept
Medicine
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Recent publications

New Definition of Light Chain Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance
JAMA Oncology 2025cited by 6position: middledoi
Serum proteomics reveal APOE-ε4-dependent and APOE-ε4-independent protein signatures in Alzheimer’s disease
Nature Aging 2024cited by 36position: middledoi
Development of a Multivariable Model to Predict the Need for Bone Marrow Sampling in Persons With Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance
Annals of Internal Medicine 2024cited by 15position: middledoi
Prevalence of smoldering multiple myeloma based on nationwide screening
Nature Medicine 2023cited by 79position: middledoi
Psychiatric disorders and subsequent risk of cardiovascular disease: a longitudinal matched cohort study across three countries
EClinicalMedicine 2023cited by 59position: middledoi
COVID-19 illness severity and 2-year prevalence of physical symptoms: an observational study in Iceland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2023cited by 43position: middledoi
Revised Definition of Free Light Chains in Serum and Light Chain Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance: Results of the Istopmm Study
Blood 2023cited by 22position: middledoi
Vascular Age Assessed From an Uncalibrated, Noninvasive Pressure Waveform by Using a Deep Learning Approach: The AI-VascularAge Model
Hypertension 2023cited by 21position: middledoi
Proteomic Prediction of Incident Heart Failure and Its Main Subtypes
European Journal of Heart Failure 2023cited by 17position: middledoi
The Early Benefits and Psychological Effects of Screening for Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance: Results of the Istopmm Study
Blood 2023cited by 5position: middledoi
Acute COVID-19 severity and mental health morbidity trajectories in patient populations of six nations: an observational study
The Lancet Public Health 2022cited by 167position: middledoi
Association between adverse childhood experiences and premenstrual disorders: a cross-sectional analysis of 11,973 women
BMC Medicine 2022cited by 40position: middledoi
Cardiovascular disease and subsequent risk of psychiatric disorders: a nationwide sibling-controlled study
eLife 2022cited by 26position: middledoi
APOE ε4 and late-life cognition: mediation by structural brain imaging markers
European Journal of Epidemiology 2022cited by 14position: middledoi
Prevalence of MGUS Is High in the Istopmm Study but the Prevalence of IgA MGUS Does Not Increase with Age in the Way Other Immunoglobulin Subtypes Do
Blood 2022cited by 11position: middledoi
Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants
The Lancet 2021cited by 3,596position: middledoi
Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight
eLife 2021cited by 140position: middledoi
Increased respiratory morbidity associated with exposure to a mature volcanic plume from a large Icelandic fissure eruption
Nature Communications 2021cited by 48position: middledoi
Comorbidities in multiple myeloma and implications on survival: A population‐based study
European Journal Of Haematology 2021cited by 35position: middledoi
Prevalence of Smoldering Multiple Myeloma: Results from the Iceland Screens, Treats, or Prevents Multiple Myeloma (iStopMM) Study
Blood 2021cited by 13position: middledoi
Untangling fracture risk in monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance: A population‐based cohort study
European Journal Of Haematology 2021cited by 8position: middledoi
Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol
Nature 2020cited by 288position: middledoi
Author response: Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight
2020cited by 0position: middledoi
Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing
Nature Genetics 2019cited by 3,176position: middledoi
Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults
Nature 2019cited by 740position: middledoi
Author Correction: Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing
Nature Genetics 2019cited by 90position: middledoi
Fractures and survival in multiple myeloma: results from a population-based study
Haematologica 2019cited by 64position: middledoi
National trends in total cholesterol obscure heterogeneous changes in HDL and non-HDL cholesterol and total-to-HDL cholesterol ratio: a pooled analysis of 458 population-based studies in Asian and Western countries
International Journal of Epidemiology 2019cited by 61position: middledoi
Co-regulatory networks of human serum proteins link genetics to disease
Science 2018cited by 719position: middledoi
Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: a pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with 88.6 million participants
International Journal of Epidemiology 2018cited by 84position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Ola Landgren · Miami University7 papers (2019–2025)Vilmundur Guðnason · University of Regensburg7 papers (2012–2023)Sigurður Y. Kristinsson · Reykjavík University7 papers (2019–2025)Unnur Valdimarsdóttir · Boston University6 papers (2013–2023)Elías Eyþórsson · Reykjavík University5 papers (2021–2025)Lenore J. Launer · University of Washington5 papers (2015–2023)Gauti Kjartan Gíslason · University of Iceland5 papers (2021–2025) · 5 papers (2021–2025)Þorvarður Jón Löve · University of Iceland4 papers (2021–2025)Fang Fang · Second People's Hospital of Yunnan Province4 papers (2022–2023)Sigurður Sigurðsson · Brown University4 papers (2012–2023)Páll T. Önundarson · Reykjavík University4 papers (2021–2025)Malin Hultcrantz · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center4 papers (2021–2025) · 4 papers (2021–2025)Brian G.M. Durie · International Myeloma Foundation4 papers (2021–2025) · 4 papers (2019–2025) · 4 papers (2021–2025) · 4 papers (2021–2025)Bjarni A. Agnarsson · Lund University4 papers (2021–2025) · 4 papers (2019–2023)