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Patrik Magnusson

Docent, Karolinska Institutet
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Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

…, NG Martin, F Marroni, M Mangino, PKE Magnusson… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Plasma concentrations of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density
lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides are among the most important risk factors for …

Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

…, DC Conley, T Esko, SF Lehrer, PKE Magnusson… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Here we conducted a large-scale genetic association analysis of educational attainment in
a sample of approximately 1.1 million individuals and identify 1,271 independent genome-…

Genome-wide association analysis identifies 13 new risk loci for schizophrenia

…, M Fromer, Y Kim, SH Lee, PKE Magnusson… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is an idiopathic mental disorder with a heritable component and a substantial
public health impact. We conducted a multi-stage genome-wide association study (GWAS) …

A polygenic burden of rare disruptive mutations in schizophrenia

…, NH Komiyama, JS Choudhary, PKE Magnusson… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a common disease with a complex aetiology, probably involving multiple
and heterogeneous genetic factors. Here, by analysing the exome sequences of 2,536 …

[HTML][HTML] Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals

…, C Tian, DA Hinds, R Ahlskog, PKE Magnusson… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
We conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment (EA) in a
sample of~ 3 million individuals and identify 3,952 approximately uncorrelated genome-wide-…

New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

…, S Lobbens, M Lorentzon, F Mach, PKE Magnusson… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Body fat distribution is a heritable trait and a well-established predictor of adverse metabolic
outcomes, independent of overall adiposity. To increase our understanding of the genetic …

[PDF][PDF] Modeling linkage disequilibrium increases accuracy of polygenic risk scores

…, J Lnnqvist, M Macek, PKE Magnusson… - The american journal of …, 2015 - cell.com
Polygenic risk scores have shown great promise in predicting complex disease risk and will
become more accurate as training sample sizes increase. The standard approach for …

Multiancestry genome-wide association study of 520,000 subjects identifies 32 loci associated with stroke and stroke subtypes

…, WY Lin, AG Lindgren, E Lorentzen, PK Magnusson… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Stroke has multiple etiologies, but the underlying genes and pathways are largely unknown.
We conducted a multiancestry genome-wide-association meta-analysis in 521,612 …

Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

…, P Kraft, LD Kubzansky, T Lehtimäki, PKE Magnusson… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Very few genetic variants have been associated with depression and neuroticism, likely
because of limitations on sample size in previous studies. Subjective well-being, a phenotype …

Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

…, X Li, J Luan, LP Lyytikäinen, PKE Magnusson… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Triglycerides are transported in plasma by specific triglyceride-rich lipoproteins; in
epidemiological studies, increased triglyceride levels correlate with higher risk for coronary artery …