Nancy L. Pedersen

June 5, 2019

Type 2 diabetes in midlife and risk of cerebrovascular disease in late life: a prospective nested case−control study in a nationwide Swedish twin cohort

Abstract Aims/hypothesis: We aimed to examine the association between midlife type 2 diabetes mellitus and cerebrovascular disease (CBD) in late…

November 26, 2018

Trans-ancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders

Abstract Liability to alcohol dependence (AD) is heritable, but little is known about its complex polygenic architecture or its genetic…

November 10, 2017

Hair Cortisol in Twins: Heritability and Genetic Overlap with Psychological Variables and Stress-System Genes

Abstract Hair cortisol concentration (HCC) is a promising measure of long-term hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity. Previous research has suggested an…