David Westergaard

David Westergaard

Assistant Professor


  1. 2023
  2. Published

    Genetic effects on the timing of parturition and links to fetal birth weight: [Inkl. Correction]

    Solé-Navais, P., Flatley, C., Steinthorsdottir, V., Vaudel, M., Juodakis, J., Chen, J., Laisk, T., LaBella, A. L., Westergaard, D., Bacelis, J., Brumpton, B., Skotte, L., Borges, M. C., Helgeland, Ø., Mahajan, A., Wielscher, M., Lin, F., Briggs, C., Wang, C. A., Moen, G. H. & 33 others, Beaumont, R. N., Bradfield, J. P., Abraham, A., Thorleifsson, G., Gabrielsen, M. E., Ostrowski, Sisse Rye, Modzelewska, D., Nohr, E. A., Hypponen, E., Srivastava, A., Talbot, O., Allard, C., Williams, S. M., Menon, R., Shields, B. M., Sveinbjornsson, G., Xu, H., Melbye, M., Lowe, W., Bouchard, L., Oken, E., Pedersen, Ole Birger Vesterager, Gudbjartsson, D. F., Erikstrup, C., Sørensen, E., McCarthy, M. I., Lie, R. T., Ullum, H., Nyegaard, Mette, Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, Early Growth Genetics Consortium, E. G. G. C., Estonian Biobank Research Team, E. B. R. T. & Danish Blood Donor Study Genomic Consortium, D. B. D. S. G. C., 2023, In: Nature Genetics. 55, p. 559–567

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Genome-wide association study of placental weight identifies distinct and shared genetic influences between placental and fetal growth

    Beaumont, R. N., Flatley, C., Vaudel, M., Wu, X., Chen, J., Moen, G. H., Skotte, L., Helgeland, Ø., Solé-Navais, P., Banasik, K., Albiñana, C., Ronkainen, J., Fadista, J., Stinson, S. E., Trajanoska, K., Wang, C. A., Westergaard, D., Srinivasan, S., Sánchez-Soriano, C., Bilbao, J. R. & 68 others, Allard, C., Groleau, M., Kuulasmaa, T., Leirer, D. J., White, F., Jacques, P. É., Cheng, H., Hao, K., Andreassen, O. A., Åsvold, B. O., Atalay, M., Bhatta, L., Bouchard, L., Brumpton, B. M., Brunak, Søren, Bybjerg-Grauholm, J., Ebbing, C., Elliott, P., pjx571, pjx571, Erikstrup, C., Estarlich, M., Franks, S., Gaillard, R., Geller, F., Grove, J., Hougaard, D. M., Kajantie, E., Morgen, C. S., Nohr, E. A., Nyegaard, Mette, Palmer, C. N. A., Pedersen, Ole Birger Vesterager, Rivadeneira, F., Sebert, S., Shields, B. M., Stoltenberg, C., Surakka, I., Thørner, L. W., Ullum, H., Vaarasmaki, M., Vilhjalmsson, B. J., Willer, C. J., Lakka, T. A., Gybel-Brask, D., Bustamante, M., Hansen, Torben, Pearson, E. R., Reynolds, R. M., Ostrowski, Sisse Rye, Pennell, C. E., Jaddoe, V. W. V., Felix, J. F., Hattersley, A. T., Melbye, M., Lawlor, D. A., Hveem, K., Werge, Thomas, Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, Magnus, P., Evans, D. M., Jacobsson, B., Järvelin, M. R., Zhang, G., Hivert, M. F., Johansson, S., Freathy, R. M., Feenstra, B. & Njølstad, P. R., 2023, In: Nature Genetics. 55, 11, p. 1807-1819 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Pancreatic cancer symptom trajectories from Danish registry data and free text in electronic health records

    Hjaltelin, Jessica Xin, Novitski, Sif Ingibergsdóttir, Jørgensen, Isabella Friis, Siggaard, T., Vulpius, S. A., Westergaard, David, Johansen, Julia Sidenius, Chen, I. M., Jensen, Lars Juhl & Brunak, Søren, 2023, In: eLife. 12, 15 p., e84919.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Pregnancy Loss and the Risk of Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, and All-Cause Mortality: A Nationwide Partner Comparison Cohort Study

    Mikkelsen, A. P., Egerup, P., Kolte, A. M., Westergaard, David, Torp-Pedersen, Christian, Nielsen, Henriette Svarre & Lidegaard, Øjvind, 2023, In: Journal of the American Heart Association. 12, 15, 17 p., e028620.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Pregnancy-Associated Bleeding and Genetics: Five Sequence Variants in the Myometrium and Progesterone Signaling Pathway are associated with postpartum hemorrhage

    Westergaard, D., Steinthorsdottir, V., Stefansdottir, L., Rohde, P. D., Wu, X., Geller, F., Tyrmi, J., Havulinna, A. S., Navais, P. S., Flatley, C., Ostrowski, S. R., Pedersen, O. B., Erikstrup, C., Sørensen, E., Mikkelsen, C., Brun, M. T., Jensen, B. A., Brodersen, T., Ullum, H., Magnus, P. & 8 others, Andreassen, O. A., Njolstad, P. R., Krebs, Lone, Hansen, Thomas Folkmann, Banasik, Karina, Brunak, Søren, Nielsen, Henriette Svarre & FinnGen, F., 2023, medRxiv, 51 p. (medRxiv).

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  7. Published

    Rare variants with large effects provide functional insights into the pathology of migraine subtypes, with and without aura

    Bjornsdottir, G., Chalmer, M. A., Stefansdottir, L., Skuladottir, A. T., Einarsson, G., Andresdottir, M., Beyter, D., Ferkingstad, E., Gretarsdottir, S., Halldorsson, B. V., Halldorsson, G. H., Helgadottir, A., Helgason, H., Hjorleifsson Eldjarn, G., Jonasdottir, A., Jonasdottir, A., Jonsdottir, I., Knowlton, K. U., Nadauld, L. D., Lund, S. H. & 30 others, Magnusson, O. T., Melsted, P., Moore, K. H. S., Oddsson, A., Olason, P. I., Sigurdsson, A., Banasik, Karina, Brunak, Søren, Didriksen, Maria, Kogelman, L. J. A., Nielsen, K. R., Sørensen, E., Pedersen, Ole Birger Vesterager, Ullum, H., Bay, J., Burgdorf, Kristoffer Sølvsten, Dowsett, J., Hjalgrim, Henrik, Jacobsen, R. L., Louloudis, Ioannis, Lundgaard, Agnete Troen, Mikkelsen, Christina, Nyegaard, Mette, Henriksen, Alexander Pil, Werge, Thomas, Westergaard, David, Olesen, Jes, Ostrowski, Sisse Rye, Hansen, Thomas Folkmann & DBDS Genetic Consortium, D. G. C., 2023, In: Nature Genetics. 55, 11, p. 1843-1853

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Reply of the Authors: Endometriosis and pregnancy loss: the importance of mitigating sources of bias

    Boje, A. D., Egerup, P., Westergaard, David, Mathilde Friis Bertelsen, M. L., Nyegaard, M., Hartwell, D., Lidegaard, Øjvind & Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, 2023, In: Fertility and Sterility. 120, 2, p. 393-394 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearch

  9. Published

    The genetic basis of endometriosis and comorbidity with other pain and inflammatory conditions

    Rahmioglu, N., Mortlock, S., Ghiasi, M., Møller, P. L., Stefansdottir, L., Galarneau, G., Turman, C., Danning, R., Law, M. H., Sapkota, Y., Christofidou, P., Skarp, S., Giri, A., Banasik, K., Krassowski, M., Lepamets, M., Marciniak, B., Nõukas, M., Perro, D., Sliz, E. & 35 others, Sobalska-Kwapis, M., Thorleifsson, G., Topbas-Selcuki, N. F., Vitonis, A., Westergaard, David, Arnadottir, R., Burgdorf, Kristoffer Sølvsten, Campbell, A., Cheuk, C. S. K., Clementi, C., Cook, J., De Vivo, I., DiVasta, A., Dorien, O., Donoghue, J. F., Edwards, T., Fontanillas, P., Fung, J. N., Geirsson, R. T., Girling, J. E., Harkki, P., Harris, H. R., Healey, M., Heikinheimo, O., Holdsworth-Carson, S., Hostettler, I. C., Houlden, H., Houshdaran, S., Schork, A. J., Nyegaard, M., DBDS Genomic Consortium, D. G. C., FinnGen Study, F. S., FinnGen Endometriosis Taskforce, F. E. T., Celmatix Research Team, C. R. T. & 23andMe Research Team, 2. R. T., 2023, In: Nature Genetics. 55, 3, p. 423-436 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 2022
  11. Published

    Asthma Is Associated With Pregnancy Loss and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: A Nationwide Cohort Study

    Tidemandsen, C., Egerup, P., Ulrik, Charlotte Suppli, Backer, Vibeke, Westergaard, David, Mikkelsen, A. P., Lidegaard, Øjvind & Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, 2022, In: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. 10, 9, p. 2326-2332.e3

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Established risk loci for systemic lupus erythematosus at NCF2, STAT4, TNPO3, IRF5 and ITGAM associate with distinct clinical manifestations: A Danish genome-wide association study

    DBDS Genomic Consortium, D. G. C., 2022, In: Joint Bone Spine. 89, 4, 105357.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

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