Published in Gerontologist on October 01, 2005
Social relationships and mortality risk: a meta-analytic review. PLoS Med (2010) 10.37
Sexuality: measures of partnerships, practices, attitudes, and problems in the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Study. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2009) 1.37
Independence through social networks: bridging potential among older women and men. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2011) 1.00
Risk of mortality related to widowhood in older Mexican Americans. Ann Epidemiol (2007) 0.93
Gender and Friendship Norms Among Older Adults. Res Aging (2009) 0.84
Longevity and relationships with children: the importance of the parental role. BMC Public Health (2009) 0.77
Satisfaction with Social Contacts of Older Europeans. Soc Indic Res (2011) 0.75
Interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6) gene variants and the risk of isolated cleft lip or palate. N Engl J Med (2004) 7.91
Disruption of an AP-2alpha binding site in an IRF6 enhancer is associated with cleft lip. Nat Genet (2008) 4.04
A genome-wide association study of cleft lip with and without cleft palate identifies risk variants near MAFB and ABCA4. Nat Genet (2010) 3.63
Smoking habits, nicotine use, and congenital malformations. Obstet Gynecol (2006) 3.63
Combined genome scans for body stature in 6,602 European twins: evidence for common Caucasian loci. PLoS Genet (2007) 3.47
Genetic influence on human lifespan and longevity. Hum Genet (2006) 3.27
Geographical structure and differential natural selection among North European populations. Genome Res (2009) 3.03
Telomere length and mortality: a study of leukocytes in elderly Danish twins. Am J Epidemiol (2008) 2.85
Predictors of mortality in 2,249 nonagenarians--the Danish 1905-Cohort Survey. J Am Geriatr Soc (2003) 2.79
Academic performance in adolescence after inguinal hernia repair in infancy: a nationwide cohort study. Anesthesiology (2011) 2.64
The Danish Twin Registry: 127 birth cohorts of twins. Twin Res (2002) 2.53
Genome-wide association study identifies a single major locus contributing to survival into old age; the APOE locus revisited. Aging Cell (2011) 2.37
No association between telomere length and survival among the elderly and oldest old. Epidemiology (2006) 2.33
Men: good health and high mortality. Sex differences in health and aging. Aging Clin Exp Res (2008) 2.33
Age- and sex-differences in the validity of questionnaire-based zygosity in twins. Twin Res (2003) 2.16
Risk of suicide in twins: 51 year follow up study. BMJ (2003) 2.08
Apolipoprotein e genotypes: relationship to cognitive functioning, cognitive decline, and survival in nonagenarians. J Am Geriatr Soc (2006) 2.02
Age trajectories of grip strength: cross-sectional and longitudinal data among 8,342 Danes aged 46 to 102. Ann Epidemiol (2006) 1.97
A cohort study of recurrence patterns among more than 54,000 relatives of oral cleft cases in Denmark: support for the multifactorial threshold model of inheritance. J Med Genet (2009) 1.89
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and the risk of stroke: a population-based case-control study. Stroke (2002) 1.86
Association between height and coronary heart disease mortality: a prospective study of 35,000 twin pairs. Am J Epidemiol (2006) 1.85
Replication of an association of variation in the FOXO3A gene with human longevity using both case-control and longitudinal data. Aging Cell (2010) 1.84
Cancer risk in persons with oral cleft--a population-based study of 8,093 cases. Am J Epidemiol (2005) 1.82
A family longevity selection score: ranking sibships by their longevity, size, and availability for study. Am J Epidemiol (2009) 1.81
Offspring's leukocyte telomere length, paternal age, and telomere elongation in sperm. PLoS Genet (2008) 1.80
Genome-wide meta-analysis points to CTC1 and ZNF676 as genes regulating telomere homeostasis in humans. Hum Mol Genet (2012) 1.77
Health and function of participants in the Long Life Family Study: A comparison with other cohorts. Aging (Albany NY) (2011) 1.74
Risk of stroke associated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: a nested case-control study. Stroke (2003) 1.74
Heritability of insulin secretion, peripheral and hepatic insulin action, and intracellular glucose partitioning in young and old Danish twins. Diabetes (2005) 1.73
Social activity and healthy aging: a study of aging Danish twins. Twin Res Hum Genet (2007) 1.73
Genetic liability in stroke: a long-term follow-up study of Danish twins. Stroke (2002) 1.72
Longevity studies in GenomEUtwin. Twin Res (2003) 1.66
A meta-analysis of four genome-wide association studies of survival to age 90 years or older: the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology Consortium. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2010) 1.65
Hyperthyroidism and psychiatric morbidity: evidence from a Danish nationwide register study. Eur J Endocrinol (2013) 1.61
Orofacial cleft risk is increased with maternal smoking and specific detoxification-gene variants. Am J Hum Genet (2006) 1.59
Genetic determinants of facial clefting: analysis of 357 candidate genes using two national cleft studies from Scandinavia. PLoS One (2009) 1.56
Genetic influences on growth traits of BMI: a longitudinal study of adult twins. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2008) 1.56
The co-occurrence of mtDNA mutations on different oxidative phosphorylation subunits, not detected by haplogroup analysis, affects human longevity and is population specific. Aging Cell (2013) 1.56
Epigenetic variation during the adult lifespan: cross-sectional and longitudinal data on monozygotic twin pairs. Aging Cell (2012) 1.55
FOXE1 association with both isolated cleft lip with or without cleft palate, and isolated cleft palate. Hum Mol Genet (2009) 1.55
The heritability of level and rate-of-change in cognitive functioning in Danish twins aged 70 years and older. Exp Aging Res (2002) 1.51
Genetic influence on prolonged gestation: a population-based Danish twin study. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2004) 1.51
Graves' disease and toxic nodular goiter are both associated with increased mortality but differ with respect to the cause of death: a Danish population-based register study. Thyroid (2013) 1.48
Neurosurgical conditions and procedures in infancy are associated with mortality and academic performances in adolescence: a nationwide cohort study. Paediatr Anaesth (2014) 1.47
Evidence for gene-environment interaction in a genome wide study of nonsyndromic cleft palate. Genet Epidemiol (2011) 1.47
Hand grip strength: a phenotype suitable for identifying genetic variants affecting mid- and late-life physical functioning. Genet Epidemiol (2002) 1.46
Cognitive Functioning after Surgery in Middle-aged and Elderly Danish Twins. Anesthesiology (2016) 1.45
Increased prevalence of congenital heart defects in monozygotic and dizygotic twins. Circulation (2013) 1.45
The relative lengths of individual telomeres are defined in the zygote and strictly maintained during life. Aging Cell (2004) 1.42
Polymorphisms in the glial glutamate transporter SLC1A2 are associated with essential tremor. Neurology (2012) 1.41
Improving activities of daily living in danish centenarians--but only in women: a comparative study of two birth cohorts born in 1895 and 1905. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2008) 1.40
Genetic influence on inflammation variables in the elderly. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (2004) 1.40
Fertility history and health in later life: a record linkage study in England and Wales. Soc Sci Med (2005) 1.39
Marital status and twins' health and behavior: an analysis of middle-aged Danish twins. Psychosom Med (2008) 1.39
The telomere lengthening conundrum--artifact or biology? Nucleic Acids Res (2013) 1.38
The heritability of telomere length among the elderly and oldest-old. Twin Res Hum Genet (2005) 1.35
Are men seeking medical advice too late? Contacts to general practitioners and hospital admissions in Denmark 2005. J Public Health (Oxf) (2007) 1.35
Genome-wide linkage analysis for human longevity: Genetics of Healthy Aging Study. Aging Cell (2013) 1.33
The pattern of chromosome-specific variations in telomere length in humans is determined by inherited, telomere-near factors and is maintained throughout life. Mech Ageing Dev (2003) 1.33
Oral clefts and life style factors--a case-cohort study based on prospective Danish data. Eur J Epidemiol (2007) 1.33
Familial aggregation of atrial fibrillation: a study in Danish twins. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol (2009) 1.32
Changing lifestyles and oral clefts occurrence in Denmark. Cleft Palate Craniofac J (2005) 1.29
Does more schooling reduce hospitalization and delay mortality? New evidence based on Danish twins. Demography (2011) 1.28
Childhood socioeconomic position and objectively measured physical capability levels in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One (2011) 1.28
Power for genetic association study of human longevity using the case-control design. Am J Epidemiol (2008) 1.28
Centenarians--a useful model for healthy aging? A 29-year follow-up of hospitalizations among 40,000 Danes born in 1905. Aging Cell (2009) 1.27
Total and regional fat distribution is strongly influenced by genetic factors in young and elderly twins. Obes Res (2005) 1.26
Good semen quality and life expectancy: a cohort study of 43,277 men. Am J Epidemiol (2009) 1.25
Why some women look young for their age. PLoS One (2009) 1.24
Socioeconomic position and twins' health: a life-course analysis of 1266 pairs of middle-aged Danish twins. Int J Epidemiol (2007) 1.24
PVRL1 variants contribute to non-syndromic cleft lip and palate in multiple populations. Am J Med Genet A (2006) 1.24
Parent's age and the risk of oral clefts. Epidemiology (2005) 1.23
Influence of environmental factors on facial ageing. Age Ageing (2006) 1.23
Does educational status impact adult mortality in Denmark? A twin approach. Am J Epidemiol (2010) 1.23
The Danish Twin Registry. Scand J Public Health (2011) 1.22
Heritability estimates of endophenotypes of long and health life: the Long Life Family Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2010) 1.22
Twin study of genetic and aging effects on X chromosome inactivation. Eur J Hum Genet (2005) 1.21
Genetics of healthy aging in Europe: the EU-integrated project GEHA (GEnetics of Healthy Aging). Ann N Y Acad Sci (2007) 1.21
Increased effect of the ApoE gene on survival at advanced age in healthy and long-lived Danes: two nationwide cohort studies. Aging Cell (2010) 1.20
Genetic variation in TERT and TERC and human leukocyte telomere length and longevity: a cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis. Aging Cell (2011) 1.20
"Looking old for your age": genetics and mortality. Epidemiology (2004) 1.19
Sex differences in mortality, a comparison of the United Kingdom and other developed countries. Health Stat Q (2005) 1.18
Risk of oral clefts in twins. Epidemiology (2011) 1.18
The heritability of depression symptoms in elderly Danish twins: occasion-specific versus general effects. Behav Genet (2003) 1.17
Tracking and fixed ranking of leukocyte telomere length across the adult life course. Aging Cell (2013) 1.17
Cohort changes in cognitive function among Danish centenarians. A comparative study of 2 birth cohorts born in 1895 and 1905. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord (2008) 1.17
Between nurture and nature: the shifting determinants of female fertility in Danish twin cohorts. Soc Biol (2003) 1.16
The Danish Twin Registry in the new millennium. Twin Res Hum Genet (2006) 1.15
Back and neck pain exhibit many common features in old age: a population-based study of 4,486 Danish twins 70-102 years of age. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2004) 1.15
Self-rated health and age: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study of 11,000 Danes aged 45-102. Scand J Public Health (2007) 1.13
Familial aggregation of hypospadias: a cohort study. Am J Epidemiol (2007) 1.13
Bio-social determinants of fertility. Int J Androl (2006) 1.13
Epileptic seizures and syndromes in twins: the importance of genetic factors. Epilepsy Res (2003) 1.12
Cross-national comparison of sex differences in health and mortality in Denmark, Japan and the US. Eur J Epidemiol (2010) 1.10
Human longevity and variation in GH/IGF-1/insulin signaling, DNA damage signaling and repair and pro/antioxidant pathway genes: cross sectional and longitudinal studies. Exp Gerontol (2012) 1.10
Aging. It's never too late. Science (2003) 1.10
The male-female health-survival paradox: a survey and register study of the impact of sex-specific selection and information bias. Ann Epidemiol (2009) 1.09
The heritability of CHD mortality in danish twins after controlling for smoking and BMI. Twin Res Hum Genet (2005) 1.09
Maternal genes and facial clefts in offspring: a comprehensive search for genetic associations in two population-based cleft studies from Scandinavia. PLoS One (2010) 1.09