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  1. Low High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and High White Blood Cell Counts

    Article • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, February 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  2. Relationship between supernormal lung function and long-term risk of hospitalisations and mortality: a population-based cohort study

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, November 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  3. Low vitamin D and risk of bacterial pneumonias: Mendelian randomisation studies in two population-based cohorts

    Article • Thorax, October 2020, BMJ

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  4. Comparison of five major airflow limitation criteria to identify high-risk individuals with COPD: a contemporary population-based cohort

    Article • Thorax, August 2020, BMJ

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  5. Comparison of sixteen serological SARS-CoV-2 immunoassays in sixteen clinical laboratories

    Article • August 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  6. Reply to: “Methodological issues regarding: “A third of nonfasting plasma cholesterol is in remnant lipoproteins: Lipoprotein subclass profiling in 9293 individuals””

    Article • Atherosclerosis, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  7. Small Dense Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Predicts Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in the Copenhagen General Population Study

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, June 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  8. Morbidity and mortality in carriers of the cystic fibrosis mutation CFTR Phe508del in the general population

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, May 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  9. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Risk of Osteoporotic Fractures: Mendelian Randomization Analysis in 2 Large Population-Based Cohorts

    Article • Clinical Chemistry, April 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  10. Body mass index and risk of infections: a Mendelian randomization study of 101,447 individuals

    Article • European Journal of Epidemiology, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  11. Outcomes consequent to “early” COPD for interventional studies

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, March 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  12. Plasma Albumin and Incident Cardiovascular Disease

    Article • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, February 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  13. Interstitial Lung Abnormalities in People With HIV Infection and Uninfected Controls

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  14. Prognostic significance of chronic respiratory symptoms in individuals with normal spirometry

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, January 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  15. Prevalence, Characteristics, and Prognosis of Early COPD: The Copenhagen General Population Study

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, November 2019, American Thoracic Society

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  16. Prognostic significance of respiratory symptoms in individuals with preserved pulmonary function without known airway disease

    Article • September 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  17. Prognosis of COPD according to exacerbation history: a population-based cohort study

    Article • September 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  18. Secular trends in risk of stroke according to body mass index and blood pressure, 1976–2017

    Article • Neurology, August 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  19. Vitamin D and cause-specific vascular disease and mortality: a Mendelian randomisation study involving 99,012 Chinese and 106,911 European adults

    Article • BMC Medicine, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  20. Increased Risk of Anemia, Neutropenia, and Thrombocytopenia in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Well-Controlled Viral Replication

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, August 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  21. Prognosis of COPD depends on severity of exacerbation history: A population-based analysis

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, August 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  22. A third of nonfasting plasma cholesterol is in remnant lipoproteins: Lipoprotein subclass profiling in 9293 individuals

    Article • Atherosclerosis, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  23. Role and Impact of Chronic Cough in Individuals with Asthma From the General Population

    Article • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  24. Airway symptoms and future risk of disease

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, June 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  25. Prior exposure to thymidine analogs and didanosine is associated with long-lasting alterations in adipose tissue distribution and cardiovascular risk factors

    Article • AIDS, March 2019, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  26. Brief Report: Prevalence of Peripheral Artery Disease Is Higher in Persons Living With HIV Compared With Uninfected Controls

    Article • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, November 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  27. Tobacco consumption, systemic inflammation, and airflow limitation: a Mendelian randomization analysis of 98085 individuals

    Article • September 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  28. Poor prognosis in young and middle-aged adults with airflow limitation according to lower limit of normal but not fixed ratio: a population-based prospective cohort study

    Article • September 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  29. Smoking Reduces Plasma Bilirubin: Observational and Genetic Analyses in the Copenhagen General Population Study

    Article • Nicotine & Tobacco Research, September 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  30. Plasma urate and risk of Parkinson's disease: A mendelian randomization study

    Article • Annals of Neurology, August 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  31. Vitamin D and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Mendelian Randomization Analyses in the Copenhagen Studies and UK Biobank

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, June 2018, Endocrine Society

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  32. Genetically high plasma vitamin C and urate: a Mendelian randomization study in 106 147 individuals from the general population

    Article • Rheumatology, June 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  33. Combined value of exhaled nitric oxide and blood eosinophils in chronic airway disease: the Copenhagen General Population Study

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, June 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  34. Computed tomography quantification of emphysema in people living with HIV and uninfected controls

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, June 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  35. Association of vitamin D with risk of type 2 diabetes: A Mendelian randomisation study in European and Chinese adults

    Article • PLoS Medicine, May 2018, PLOS

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  36. Smoking, Systemic Inflammation, and Airflow Limitation: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis of 98 085 Individuals From the General Population

    Article • Nicotine & Tobacco Research, April 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  37. Low concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and long-term prognosis of COPD: a prospective cohort study

    Article • European Journal of Epidemiology, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  38. Refining the accuracy of validated target identification through coding variant fine-mapping in type 2 diabetes

    Article • Nature Genetics, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal, Annemari Käräjämäki

  39. Higher Risk of Abdominal Obesity, Elevated Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, and Hypertriglyceridemia, but not of Hypertension, in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): Results From the Copenhagen Comorbidity in HIV Infection Study

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, February 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  40. Young and middle-aged adults with airflow limitation according to lower limit of normal but not fixed ratio have high morbidity and poor survival: a population-based prospective cohort study

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, February 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  41. Airflow limitation in people living with HIV and matched uninfected controls

    Article • Thorax, January 2018, BMJ

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  42. Plasma urate, lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a Mendelian randomisation study in 114 979 individuals from the general population

    Article • Thorax, November 2017, BMJ

    Signe Vedel-Krogh, Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  43. High plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D and high risk of non-melanoma skin cancer: a Mendelian randomisation study of 97849 individuals

    Article • British Journal of Dermatology, November 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  44. Response

    Article • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, November 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  45. Vitamin D and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

    Article • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, November 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  46. The R213G polymorphism in SOD3 protects against allergic airway inflammation

    Article • JCI Insight, September 2017, American Society for Clinical Investigation

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  47. Risk Factors for Chronic Cough Among 14,669 Individuals From the General Population

    Article • CHEST Journal, September 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  48. Vitamin D, Hypertension, and Ischemic Stroke in 116 655 Individuals From the General Population

    Article • Hypertension, September 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  49. Association between the antioxidant uric acid and depression and antidepressant medication use in 96 989 individuals

    Article • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, August 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  50. Rare Variant Analysis of Human and Rodent Obesity Genes in Individuals with Severe Childhood Obesity

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  51. Effect of APOE ε Genotype on Lipoprotein(a) and the Associated Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Aortic Valve Stenosis

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, June 2017, Endocrine Society

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  52. Refining the accuracy of validated target identification through coding variant fine-mapping in type 2 diabetes

    Article • May 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  53. Prognosis of asymptomatic and symptomatic, undiagnosed COPD in the general population in Denmark: a prospective cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  54. Plasma Urate, Cancer Incidence, and All-Cause Mortality: A Mendelian Randomization Study

    Article • Clinical Chemistry, April 2017, AACC

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  55. ACC/AHA guidelines superior to ESC/EAS guidelines for primary prevention with statins in non-diabetic Europeans: the Copenhagen General Population Study

    Article • European Heart Journal, November 2016, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  56. Body Mass Index and All-Cause Mortality—Reply

    Article • JAMA, September 2016, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  57. Does SOD3 R213G Homozygosity Influence Morbidity, Mortality, and Lung Function in the General Population?

    Article • Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, May 2016, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  58. Change in Body Mass Index Associated With Lowest Mortality in Denmark, 1976-2013

    Article • JAMA, May 2016, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  59. High body mass index and risk of exacerbations and pneumonias in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: observational and genetic risk estimates from the Copenhagen General Population Study

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, April 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  60. Reply

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  61. Majority of never-smokers with airflow limitation do not have asthma: the Copenhagen General Population Study

    Article • Thorax, March 2016, BMJ

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  62. Genetically Low Antioxidant Protection and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Heart Failure in Diabetic Subjects

    Article • EBioMedicine, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  63. Obese individuals experience wheezing without asthma but not asthma without wheezing: a Mendelian randomisation study of 85 437 adults from the Copenhagen General Population Study

    Article • Thorax, October 2015, BMJ

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  64. Characteristics and Prognosis of Never-Smokers and Smokers with Asthma in the Copenhagen General Population Study. A Prospective Cohort Study

    Article • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, July 2015, American Thoracic Society

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  65. Genetically high plasma vitamin C, intake of fruit and vegetables, and risk of ischemic heart disease and all-cause mortality: a Mendelian randomization study

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, May 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal