David Westergaard

David Westergaard

Assistant Professor


  1. Published

    Lifestyle and demographic associations with 47 inflammatory and vascular stress biomarkers in 9876 blood donors

    Kjerulff, B., Dowsett, J., Jacobsen, R. L., Gladov, J., Larsen, M. H., Lundgaard, A. T., Banasik, K., Westergaard, D., Mikkelsen, S., Dinh, K. M., Hindhede, L., Kaspersen, K. A., Schwinn, M., Juul, A., Poulsen, B., Lindegaard, B., Pedersen, C. B., Sabel, C. E., Bundgaard, H., Nielsen, H. S. & 30 others, Møller, J. A., Boldsen, J. K., Burgdorf, Kristoffer Sølvsten, Kessing, Lars Vedel, Handgaard, L. J., Thørner, L. W., Didriksen, Maria, Nyegaard, Mette, Grarup, Niels, Ødum, Niels, Johansson, P. I., Jennum, Poul, Frikke-Schmidt, Ruth, Berger, S. S., Brunak, Søren, Jacobsen, Søren, Hansen, Thomas Folkmann, Lundquist, T. K., Hansen, Torben, Sørensen, Torben Lykke, Sigsgaard, T., Nielsen, K. R., Bruun, M. T., Hjalgrim, Henrik, Ullum, H., Rostgaard, K., Sørensen, E., Pedersen, Ole Birger Vesterager, Ostrowski, Sisse Rye & Erikstrup, C., 2024, In: Communications Medicine. 4, 15 p., 50.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Pregnancy outcomes and lifetime fecundity - a nationwide, registry-based cohort study

    Kolte, A. M., Westergaard, David, Lidegaard, Øjvind, Brunak, Søren & Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, 2020, In: Human Reproduction. 35, Suppl. 1, p. i40 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

  3. Published

    Chance of live birth: a nationwide, registry-based cohort study

    Kolte, A. M., Westergaard, David, Lidegaard, Øjvind, Brunak, Søren & Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, 2021, In: Human Reproduction. 36, 4, p. 1065-1073 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    The impact of early pregnancy complications on completed family size—A nationwide, registry-based cohort study with 40 years of data

    Kolte, A. M., Westergaard, David, Lidegaard, Øjvind, Brunak, Søren & Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, 2021, In: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 100, 12, p. 2226-2233

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Cohort profile: Copenhagen Hospital Biobank - Cardiovascular Disease Cohort (CHB-CVDC): Construction of a large-scale genetic cohort to facilitate a better understanding of heart diseases

    Laursen, I. H., Banasik, K., Haue, A. D., Petersen, O., Holm, P. C., Westergaard, D., Bundgaard, H., Brunak, S., Frikke-Schmidt, R., Holm, H., Sørensen, E., Thorner, L. W., Larsen, M. A. H., Schwinn, M., Køber, L., Torp-Pedersen, C., Ostrowski, S. R., Erikstrup, C., Nyegaard, M., Stefansson, H. & 11 others, Gylfason, A., Zink, F., Walters, G. B., Oddsson, A., Thorleifsson, G., Masson, G., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Gudbjartsson, D., Pedersen, Ole Birger Vesterager, Stefansson, K. & Ullum, H., 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 12, 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Drug dosage modifications in 24 million in-patient prescriptions covering eight years: A Danish population-wide study of polypharmacy

    Leal Rodríguez, C., Haue, Amalie Dahl, Mazzoni, G., Eriksson, R., Hernansanz Biel, J., Cantwell, Lisa, Westergaard, David, Belling, K. G. & Brunak, Søren, 2023, In: PLOS Digital Health. 2, 9, 27 p., e0000336.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. 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

  8. Published

    BALDR: A Web-based platform for informed comparison and prioritization of biomarker candidates for type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Lundgaard, Agnete Troen, Burdet, F., Siggaard, T., Westergaard, David, Vagiaki, D., Cantwell, Lisa, Röder, T., Vistisen, D., Sparsø, T., Giordano, G. N., Ibberson, M., Banasik, Karina & Brunak, Søren, 2023, In: PLOS Computational Biology. 19, 8, 13 p., e1011403.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Pregnancy loss and risk of multiple sclerosis and autoimmune neurological disorder: A nationwide cohort study

    Mikkelsen, A. P., Egerup, P., Kolte, A. M., Westergaard, David, Nielsen, Henriette Svarre & Lidegaard, Øjvind, 2022, In: Plos One. 17, 3, 13 p., e0266203.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 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

  11. Published

    Effects of active farnesoid X receptor on GLUTag enteroendocrine L cells

    Niss, K., Jakobsson, M. E., Westergaard, David, Belling, K. G., Olsen, Jesper Velgaard & Brunak, Søren, 2020, In: Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 517, 9 p., 110923.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 infection is associated with suicidal behavior and first registered psychiatric diagnosis in a healthy population

    Nissen, J., Trabjerg, B., Pedersen, M. G., Banasik, K., Pedersen, O. B., Sørensen, E., Nielsen, K. R., Erikstrup, C., Petersen, M. S., Paarup, H. M., Bruun-Rasmussen, P., Westergaard, D., Hansen, T. F., Pedersen, C. B., Werge, T., Torrey, F., Hjalgrim, H., Mortensen, P. B., Yolken, R., Brunak, S. & 2 others, Ullum, H. & Burgdorf, K. S., Oct 2019, In: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 108, p. 150-154

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Deficit of homozygosity among 1.52 million individuals and genetic causes of recessive lethality

    Oddsson, A., Sulem, P., Sveinbjornsson, G., Arnadottir, G. A., Steinthorsdottir, V., Halldorsson, G. H., Atlason, B. A., Oskarsson, G. R., Helgason, H., Nielsen, H. S., Westergaard, D., Karjalainen, J. M., Katrinardottir, H., Fridriksdottir, R., Jensson, B. O., Tragante, V., Ferkingstad, E., Jonsson, H., Gudjonsson, S. A., Beyter, D. & 31 others, Moore, K. H. S., Thordardottir, H. B., Kristmundsdottir, S., Stefansson, O. A., Rantapää-Dahlqvist, S., Sonderby, I. E., Didriksen, Maria, Stridh, P., Haavik, J., Tryggvadottir, L., Frei, O., Walters, G. B., Kockum, I., Hjalgrim, Henrik, Olafsdottir, T. A., Selbaek, G., Nyegaard, M., Erikstrup, C., Brodersen, T., Saevarsdottir, S., Olsson, T., Nielsen, K. R., Hansen, Thomas Folkmann, Brunak, Søren, Jacobsen, R. L., Brunak, Søren, Banasik, Karina, Askling, J., Pedersen, Ole Birger Vesterager, Ostrowski, Sisse Rye & DBDS Genomic Consortium, D. G. C., 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 15 p., 3453.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Unexplored therapeutic opportunities in the human genome

    Oprea, T. I., Bologa, C. G., Brunak, S., Campbell, A., Gan, G. N., Gaulton, A., Gomez, S. M., Guha, R., Hersey, A., Holmes, J., Jadhav, A., Jensen, L. J., Johnson, G. L., Karlson, A., Leach, A. R., Ma'ayan, A., Malovannaya, A., Mani, S., Mathias, S. L., McManus, M. T. & 21 others, Meehan, T. F., von Mering, C., Muthas, D., Nguyen, D., Overington, J. P., Papadatos, G., Qin, J., Reich, C., Roth, B. L., Schürer, S. C., Simeonov, A., Sklar, L. A., Southall, N., Tomita, S., Tudose, I., Ursu, O., Vidovic, D., Waller, A., Westergaard, David, Yang, J. J. & Zahoránszky-Köhalmi, G., 2018, In: Nature Reviews. Drug Discovery. 17, 5, p. 317-332 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  15. 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

  16. Published

    Comorbidity landscape of the Danish patient population affected by chromosomal abnormalities

    Russo, F., Jørgensen, Isabella Friis, Westergaard, David, Jensen, A. B., Hjaltelin, Jessica Xin, Belling, K. & Brunak, Søren, 2018, In: European Journal of Human Genetics. 26, p. 697-698

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

  17. Published

    A genome-wide association study of social trust in 33,882 Danish blood donors

    Sequeros, C. B., Hansen, T. F., Westergaard, D., Louloudis, I., Kalamajski, S., Röder, T., Rohde, P. D., Schwinn, M., Clemmensen, L. H., Didriksen, M., Nyegaard, M., Hjalgrim, H., Nielsen, K. R., Bruun, M. T., Ostrowski, S. R., Erikstrup, C., Mikkelsen, S., Sørensen, E., Pedersen, O. B. V., Brunak, S. & 3 others, Banasik, Karina, Giordano, G. N. & DBDS Genomic Consortium, D. G. C., 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 12 p., 1402.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Deep integrative models for large-scale human genomics

    Sigurdsson, Arnór Ingi, Louloudis, Ioannis, Banasik, Karina, Westergaard, David, Winther, Ole, Lund, O., Ostrowski, Sisse Rye, Erikstrup, C., Pedersen, Ole Birger Vesterager, Nyegaard, Mette, Brunak, Søren, Vilhjálmsson, B. & Rasmussen, Simon, 2023, In: Nucleic Acids Symposium Series. 51, 12, 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Genome-wide association study of febrile seizures implicates fever response and neuronal excitability genes

    Skotte, L., Fadista, J., Bybjerg-Grauholm, J., Appadurai, V., Hildebrand, M. S., Hansen, T. F., Banasik, K., Grove, J., Albiñana, C., Geller, F., Bjurström, C. F., Vilhjálmsson, B. J., Coleman, M., Damiano, J. A., Burgess, R., Scheffer, I. E., Pedersen, O. B. V., Erikstrup, C., Westergaard, D., Nielsen, K. R. & 19 others, Sørensen, E., Bruun, M. T., Liu, X., Hjalgrim, Henrik, Pers, Tune H, Mortensen, P. B., Mors, O., Nordentoft, Merete, Dreier, J. W., Børglum, A. D., Christensen, J., Hougaard, D. M., Buil, A., Hviid, Anders Peter, Melbye, M., Ullum, H., Berkovic, S. F., Werge, Thomas & Feenstra, B., 2022, In: Brain. 145, 2, p. 555–568

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. 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

  21. E-pub ahead of print

    Variant in the synaptonemal complex protein SYCE2 associates with pregnancy loss through effect on recombination

    Steinthorsdottir, V., Halldorsson, B. V., Jonsson, H., Palsson, G., Oddsson, A., Westergaard, D., Arnadottir, G. A., Stefansdottir, L., Banasik, K., Esplin, M. S., Hansen, T. F., Brunak, S., Nyegaard, M., Ostrowski, S. R., Pedersen, O. B. V., Erikstrup, C., Thorleifsson, G., Nadauld, L. D., Haraldsson, A., Steingrimsdottir, T. & 8 others, Tryggvadottir, L., Jonsdottir, I., Gudbjartsson, D. F., Hoffmann, Eva, Sulem, P., Holm, H., Nielsen, Henriette Svarre & Stefansson, K., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Structural and Molecular Biology. 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Sequencing and de novo assembly of 150 genomes from Denmark as a population reference

    Sørensen, L. M., Jensen, J. M., Petersen, B., Sibbesen, J. A., Liu, S., Villesen, P., Skov, L., Belling, K. G., Have, C. T., Izarzugaza, J. M. G., Grosjean, M., Bork-Jensen, J., Grove, J., Als, T. D., Huang, S., Chang, Y., Xu, R., Ye, W., Rao, J., Guo, X. & 39 others, Sun, J., Cao, H., Ye, C., van Beusekom, J., Espeseth, T., Flindt, E., Friborg, R. M., Halager, A. E., Le Hellard, S., Hultman, C. M., Lescai, F., Li, S., Lund, O., Løngren, P., Mailund, T., Matey-Hernandez, M. L., Mors, O., Pedersen, C. N. S., Sicheritz-Pontén, T., Sullivan, P., Syed, A., Westergaard, David, Yadav, R., Li, N., Xu, X., Hansen, Torben, Krogh, Anders, Bolund, L., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Gupta, R., Rasmussen, Simon, Besenbacher, S., Børglum, A. D., Wang, J., Eiberg, Hans Rudolf Lytchoff, Kristiansen, Karsten, Brunak, Søren & Schierup, M. H., 2017, In: Nature. 548, 7665, p. 87-91 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Sex differences in text-mined possible adverse drug events associated with drugs for psychosis

    Sørup, Freja Karuna Hemmingsen, Eriksson, R., Westergaard, David, Hallas, J., Brunak, Søren & Andersen, Stig Ejdrup, 2020, In: Journal of Psychopharmacology. 34, 5, p. 532-539 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Genetic insight into sick sinus syndrome

    Thorolfsdottir, R. B., Sveinbjornsson, G., Aegisdottir, H. M., Benonisdottir, S., Stefansdottir, L., Ivarsdottir, E. V., Halldorsson, G. H., Sigurdsson, J. K., Torp-Pedersen, C., Weeke, P. E., Brunak, S., Westergaard, D., Pedersen, O. B., Sørensen, E., Nielsen, K. R., Burgdorf, K. S., Banasik, K., Brumpton, B., Zhou, W., Oddsson, A. & 25 others, Tragante, V., Hjorleifsson, K. E., Davidsson, O. B., Rajamani, S., Jonsson, S., Torfason, B., Valgardsson, A. S., Thorgeirsson, G., Frigge, M. L., Thorleifsson, G., Norddahl, G. L., Helgadottir, A., Gretarsdottir, S., Sulem, P., Jonsdottir, I., Willer, C. J., Hveem, K., Bundgård, Henning, Ullum, H., Arnar, D. O., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Gudbjartsson, D. F., Holm, H., Stefansson, K. & DBDS Genomic Consortium, D. G. C., 2021, In: European Heart Journal. 42, 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. 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

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