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  1. Lung Function Trajectories in Mild COVID-19 With 2-year Follow-up

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  2. Type-2 inflammation and lung function decline in chronic airway disease in the general population

    Article • Thorax, January 2024, BMJ

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  3. Hyperglycaemia, diabetes and risk of fragility fractures: observational and Mendelian randomisation studies

    Article • Diabetologia, December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  4. Kinetics of cardiac troponin and other biomarkers in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction

    Article • IJC Heart & Vasculature, October 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  5. From plasma triglycerides to triglyceride metabolism: effects on mortality in the Copenhagen General Population Study

    Article • European Heart Journal, August 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  6. Evaluation of four laboratory-based high-throughput SARS-CoV-2 automated antigen tests compared to RT-PCR on nasal and oropharyngeal samples

    Article • Journal of Clinical Virology, July 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  7. Elevated Levels of Interleukin-1β and Interleukin-10 Are Associated With Faster Lung Function Decline in People With Well-Treated Human Immunodeficiency Virus

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, June 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  8. Genetic variants in the adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporter A1 and risk of age-related macular degeneration

    Article • European Journal of Epidemiology, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  9. Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis and Risk for Myocardial Infarction in a Danish Cohort

    Article • Annals of Internal Medicine, April 2023, American College of Physicians

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  10. Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development

    Article • Nature, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Professor Yousef Khader, Prof Suhad M Bahijri, Axel Carlsson, Sok King Ong, Dr. Shoaib Afzal, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Professor Miguel Brito , Dr Shariful Islam, Giovanni Veronesi

  11. Small Dense Low‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Ischemic Stroke

    Article • Annals of Neurology, January 2023, Wiley

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  12. Faster lung function decline in people living with HIV despite adequate treatment: a longitudinal matched cohort study

    Article • Thorax, January 2023, BMJ

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  13. Elevated LDL Triglycerides and Atherosclerotic Risk

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  14. Lower levels of small HDL particles associated with increased infectious disease morbidity and mortality: a population-based cohort study of 30 195 individuals

    Article • Cardiovascular Research, December 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  15. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and risk of COPD: Copenhagen General Population Study

    Article • ERJ Open Research, December 2022, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Morten Dahl, Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  16. Mild-to-Moderate Kidney Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Disease: Observational and Mendelian Randomization Analyses

    Article • Circulation, November 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  17. Lung Abnormalities in Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection: An Analysis of Paired Computed Tomography Scans Before and After Infection

    Article • Open Forum Infectious Diseases, November 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  18. Plasma immunoglobulin E and risk of exacerbation and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A contemporary population-based cohort

    Article • Annals of Allergy Asthma & Immunology, October 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  19. The impact of age on the 99th percentile of cardiac troponin

    Article • European Heart Journal, October 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  20. Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries

    Article • Nature, September 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr PAULO HENRIQUE CONDEIXA DE FRANCA, Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  21. Low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A prospective study of 107.301 participants

    Article • September 2022, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  22. Prognosis of Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Not Eligible for Major Clinical Trials

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, August 2022, American Thoracic Society

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  23. Sex differences of lipoprotein(a) levels and associated risk of morbidity and mortality by age: The Copenhagen General Population Study

    Article • Atherosclerosis, August 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  24. Potential clinical implications of targeted spirometry for detection of COPD: A contemporary population-based cohort study

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, June 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  25. Monocyte count and soluble markers of monocyte activation in people living with HIV and uninfected controls

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  26. Elevated lipoprotein(a) in mitral and aortic valve calcification and disease: The Copenhagen General Population Study

    Article • Atherosclerosis, May 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  27. High incidence of discrepancies in new Siemens assay – a comparison of cardiac troponin I assays

    Article • Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), April 2022, De Gruyter

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  28. Nationwide indoor smoking ban and impact on smoking behaviour and lung function: a two-population natural experiment

    Article • Thorax, March 2022, BMJ

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  29. Low Plasma Ionized Calcium Is Associated With Increased Mortality: A Population-based Study of 106 768 Individuals

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, March 2022, Endocrine Society

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  30. Lipoprotein(a) and Body Mass Compound the Risk of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  31. Lung Function Decline in Relation to COVID-19 in the General Population: A Matched Cohort Study With Prepandemic Assessment of Lung Function

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  32. α1‐Antitrypsin Z allele and risk of venous thromboembolism in the general population

    Article • Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  33. Changes in lung function in European adults born between 1884 and 1996 and implications for the diagnosis of lung disease: a cross-sectional analysis of ten population-based studies

    Article • The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  34. Long-term Benefits and Harms Associated With Genetic Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Deficiency in the General Population

    Article • JAMA Cardiology, January 2022, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  35. RETRACTED: Estimating dose-response relationships for vitamin D with coronary heart disease, stroke, and all-cause mortality: observational and Mendelian randomisation analyses

    Article • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  36. HIV Infection Is Associated With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

    Article • JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, December 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  37. Abstracts

    Article • HIV Medicine, October 2021, Wiley

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  38. 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

    Article • The Lancet, September 2021, Elsevier

    DR Bontha Veerraju Babu, Prof Suhad M Bahijri, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr Shariful Islam, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Haroldo FERREIRA, Prof. Nader saki, Axel Carlsson, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Sok King Ong, Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Dr. Shoaib Afzal, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Giovanni Veronesi

  39. Elevated lipoprotein(a) in mitral and aortic valve calcification and stenosis: The Copenhagen general population study

    Article • Atherosclerosis, August 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  40. Genetic variation in ABCA1 and risk of all-cause dementia, age-related macular degeneration, and ischemic heart disease

    Article • Atherosclerosis, August 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  41. A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study to evaluate the causal role of reduced blood vitamin D levels with type 2 diabetes risk in South Asians and Europeans

    Article • Nutrition Journal, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  42. HIV infection is associated with thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms: a prospective matched cohort study

    Article • European Heart Journal, July 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  43. Supernormal lung function and risk of COPD: A contemporary population-based cohort study

    Article • EClinicalMedicine, July 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  44. Per-Particle Triglyceride-Rich Lipoproteins Imply Higher Myocardial Infarction Risk Than Low-Density Lipoproteins: Copenhagen General Population Study

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

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  45. Importance of Early COPD in Young Adults for Development of Clinical COPD. Findings from the Copenhagen General Population Study

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, May 2021, American Thoracic Society

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  46. Occupational inhalant exposures and longitudinal lung function decline

    Article • European Respiratory Journal, May 2021, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  47. Comparison of 16 Serological SARS-CoV-2 Immunoassays in 16 Clinical Laboratories

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2021, ASM Journals

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  48. Reply

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, April 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  49. Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight

    Article • eLife, March 2021, eLife

    DR Bontha Veerraju Babu, Prof Suhad M Bahijri, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr Shariful Islam, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Prof. Nader saki, Axel Carlsson, Sok King Ong, Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Dr. Shoaib Afzal, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Giovanni Veronesi

  50. Identification of two different coagulation phenotypes in people living with HIV with undetectable viral replication

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  51. 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

  52. In Reply: Association between 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Fracture Risk: A Mechanistic Point of View

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

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  53. Triglycerides as a Shared Risk Factor between Dementia and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: A Study of 125 727 Individuals

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

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  54. VLDL Cholesterol Accounts for One-Half of the Risk of Myocardial Infarction Associated With apoB-Containing Lipoproteins

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

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  55. 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

  56. Plasma Ionized Calcium and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: 106 774 Individuals from the Copenhagen General Population Study

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

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  57. Very Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol May Mediate a Substantial Component of the Effect of Obesity on Myocardial Infarction Risk: The Copenhagen General Population Study

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

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  58. Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

    Article • The Lancet, November 2020, Elsevier

    Prof Suhad M Bahijri, DR Bontha Veerraju Babu, Professor Yousef Khader, Dr Shariful Islam, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Prof. Nader saki, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Sok King Ong, Dr. Anwar Mahmoud Batieha, Axel Carlsson, Dr. Shoaib Afzal, Dr Andre Luiz Sena Guimaraes, Giovanni Veronesi

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

    Article • Thorax, October 2020, BMJ

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  60. Impact of Age and HIV Status on Immune Activation, Senescence and Apoptosis

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, September 2020, Frontiers

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  61. Challenges in defining early COPD in the general population: Findings from the Copenhagen General Population Study

    Article • September 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  62. Comparison of five major airflow limitation criteria to identify high-risk individuals with COPD in the general population

    Article • September 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  63. Collating data from major European population studies – The CADSET (Chronic airway disease early stratification) clinical research collaboration

    Article • September 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    James Allinson, Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  64. 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

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

    Article • August 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  66. In Reply: The Causal Relationship of Total and Free 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Vitamin D Binding Protein with Risk of Osteoporotic Fractures

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

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  67. 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

  68. 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

  69. 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

  70. Left ventricular trabeculation and major adverse cardiovascular events: the Copenhagen General Population Study

    Article • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, May 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  71. 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

  72. 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

  73. Prevalence, Characteristics, and Prognosis of Early Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The Copenhagen General Population Study

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, March 2020, American Thoracic Society

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

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

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

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  75. Left ventricular myocardial crypts: morphological patterns and prognostic implications

    Article • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, February 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  76. Plasma Albumin and Incident Cardiovascular Disease

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

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  77. 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

  78. Fraction of Exhaled Nitric Oxide Levels Are Elevated in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Compared to Uninfected Controls, Suggesting Increased Eosinophilic Airway Inflammation

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, January 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

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

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

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  80. 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

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

    Article • September 2019, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  82. 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

  83. 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

  84. 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

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

    Article • Respiratory Medicine, August 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

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

    Article • Atherosclerosis, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  87. 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

  88. Airway symptoms and future risk of disease

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

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  89. 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

  90. 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

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

    Article • September 2018, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  92. 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

  93. 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

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

    Article • Annals of Neurology, August 2018, Wiley

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  95. 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

  96. 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

  97. 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

  98. 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

  99. 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

  100. 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

  101. 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

  102. 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

  103. 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

  104. 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

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

    Article • Thorax, January 2018, BMJ

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  106. 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

  107. 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

  108. Response

    Article • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, November 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  109. Vitamin D and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

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

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

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

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

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

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

    Article • CHEST Journal, September 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

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

    Article • Hypertension, September 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  113. 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

  114. 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

  115. 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

  116. 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

  117. 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

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

    Article • Clinical Chemistry, April 2017, AACC

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  119. 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

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

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

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  121. 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

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

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

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  123. 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

  124. Reply

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

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

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

    Article • Thorax, March 2016, BMJ

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

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

    Article • EBioMedicine, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  127. Primary Prevention With Statins

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, December 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  128. 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

  129. Many obese individuals experience wheezing, rather than asthma. A Mendelian randomization study of 86,019 adults

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  130. Characteristics and prognosis of never smokers with asthma in the general population

    Article • September 2015, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

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

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, July 2015, American Thoracic Society

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  132. 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 • Atherosclerosis, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  133. The high-density lipoprotein-adjusted SCORE model worsens SCORE-based risk classification in a contemporary population of 30 824 Europeans: the Copenhagen General Population Study

    Article • European Heart Journal, June 2015, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  134. 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

  135. No evidence that genetically reduced 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with increased risk of ischaemic heart disease or myocardial infarction: a Mendelian randomization study

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, April 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  136. Myocardial Infarction Among Danish HIV-Infected Individuals: Population-Attributable Fractions Associated With Smoking

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, February 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  137. Genetically low vitamin D concentrations and increased mortality: mendelian randomisation analysis in three large cohorts

    Article • BMJ, November 2014, BMJ

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  138. Elevated Remnant Cholesterol in 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Deficiency in the General Population

    Article • Circulation Cardiovascular Genetics, October 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  139. Low vitamin D and hypertension: a causal association?

    Article • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  140. Genetically reduced 25-hydroxyvitamin d and risk of ischemic heart disease and myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomization study

    Article • Atherosclerosis, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  141. Risk of cancer among HIV-infected individuals compared to the background population

    Article • AIDS, June 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  142. Genetic Markers of Toxicity From Capecitabine and Other Fluorouracil-Based Regimens: Investigation in the QUASAR2 Study, Systematic Review, and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Journal of Clinical Oncology, April 2014, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  143. Vitamin D concentration, obesity, and risk of diabetes: a mendelian randomisation study

    Article • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  144. Authors’ response to Young and Hopkins: vitamin D and lung function

    Article • Thorax, February 2014, BMJ

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  145. Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D, lung function and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    Article • Thorax, August 2013, BMJ

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  146. Reduced 25‐hydroxyvitamin D and risk of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia

    Article • Alzheimer s & Dementia, July 2013, Wiley

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  147. Low Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Risk of Tobacco-Related Cancer

    Article • Clinical Chemistry, May 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  148. Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Risk of Non-Melanoma and Melanoma Skin Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Article • Journal of Investigative Dermatology, March 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  149. SSRI Use During Pregnancy and Risk of Stillbirth and Neonatal Mortality

    Article • American Journal of Psychiatry, March 2013, American Psychiatric Association

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  150. Low 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study and Metaanalysis

    Article • Clinical Chemistry, February 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  151. Trimethoprim Use prior to Pregnancy and the Risk of Congenital Malformation: A Register-Based Nationwide Cohort Study

    Article • Obstetrics and Gynecology International, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  152. Mortality Attributable to Smoking Among HIV-1–Infected Individuals: A Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, December 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  153. Effect of specific ADRB1/ADRB2/AGT genotype combinations on the association between survival and carvedilol treatment in chronic heart failure

    Article • Pharmacogenetics and Genomics, October 2012, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  154. Trimethoprim use in early pregnancy and the risk of miscarriage: a register-based nationwide cohort study

    Article • Epidemiology and Infection, September 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  155. Data‐Driven Assessment of the Association of Polymorphisms in 5‐Fluorouracil Metabolism Genes with Outcome in Adjuvant Treatment of Colorectal Cancer

    Article • Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, April 2012, Wiley

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  156. Exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and the risk of congenital malformations: a nationwide cohort study

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2012, BMJ

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  157. The association of polymorphisms in 5-fluorouracil metabolism genes with outcome in adjuvant treatment of colorectal cancer

    Article • Pharmacogenomics, September 2011, Future Medicine

    Professor Ulla B Vogel, Professor Ben Vainer, Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  158. Oxidative damage to guanine nucleosides following combination chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil and oxaliplatin

    Article • Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  159. Genetic and environmental influences on oxidative damage assessed in elderly Danish twins

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, June 2011, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  160. Combinations of Polymorphisms in Genes Involved in the 5-Fluorouracil Metabolism Pathway Are Associated with Gastrointestinal Toxicity in Chemotherapy-Treated Colorectal Cancer Patients

    Article • Clinical Cancer Research, April 2011, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Professor Ulla B Vogel, Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  161. Long-Term Effects of Irbesartan Treatment and Smoking on Nucleic Acid Oxidation in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Microalbuminuria: An Irbesartan in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Microalbuminuria (IRMA 2) substudy

    Article • Diabetes Care, March 2011, American Diabetes Association

    Dr Frederik Persson, Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  162. Association of beta‐adrenergic receptor polymorphisms and mortality in carvedilol‐treated chronic heart‐failure patients

    Article • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, March 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  163. Genetic variation in the hTAS2R38taste receptor and brassica vegetable intake

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, February 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Ulla B Vogel, Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  164. The association between low-grade inflammation, iron status and nucleic acid oxidation in the elderly

    Article • Free Radical Research, January 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  165. Urinary Biomarkers of Oxidative Damage are Predominantly Determined by Nongenetic Factors

    Article • Free Radical Biology and Medicine, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  166. MTHFR polymorphisms and 5-FU-based adjuvant chemotherapy in colorectal cancer

    Article • Annals of Oncology, May 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Ulla B Vogel, Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  167. Excitatory amino acid transporters EAAT‐1 and EAAT‐2 in temporal lobe and hippocampus in intractable temporal lobe epilepsy

    Article • Apmis, March 2009, Wiley

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  168. A case of lethal enteroviral haemolytic uraemic syndrome?

    Article • Clinical Kidney Journal, April 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  169. Characterization of cardiomyopathy cases at a forensic institute in the period 1992–2006 and perspectives for screening

    Article • Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal

  170. A high peritoneal large pore fluid flux causes hypoalbuminaemia and is a risk factor for death in peritoneal dialysis patients

    Article • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, July 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Shoaib Afzal