Germán D. Carrasquilla

Germán D. Carrasquilla

Assistant Professor


  1. 2024
  2. Published

    Child-to-adult body size change and risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease

    Carrasquilla, Germán D., Ängquist, Lars, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O. & Loos, Ruth, 2024, In: Diabetologia. 67, p. 864–873 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. E-pub ahead of print

    Estimating causality between smoking and abdominal obesity by Mendelian randomization

    Carrasquilla, Germán D., García Ureña, Mario, Romero Lado, María José & Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Addiction.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Sociodemographic characteristics and COVID-19 testing rates: spatiotemporal patterns and impact of test accessibility in Sweden

    Kennedy, B., Varotsis, G., Hammar, U., Nguyen, D., Carrasquilla, Germán D., van Zoest, V., Kristiansson, R. S., Fitipaldi, H., Dekkers, K. F., Daivadanam, M., Martinell, M., Björk, J. & Fall, T., 2024, In: European Journal of Public Health. 34, 1, p. 14-21

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. 2022
  6. Published

    Causality between physical activity, sedentary behavior and obesity: A Mendelian randomization study

    Carrasquilla, Germán D., García Ureña, Mario, Fall, T., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., 2022, In: European Journal of Human Genetics. 30, Supplement 1, p. 536-536 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Estimating the causal relationship between smoking and abdominal adiposity using Mendelian randomization

    Carrasquilla, Germán D., García Ureña, Mario, Sharma, S. & Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, (bioRxiv).

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  8. Published

    Mendelian randomization suggests a bidirectional, causal relationship between physical inactivity and adiposity

    Carrasquilla, Germán D., García Ureña, Mario, Fall, T., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., 2022, In: eLife. 11, 25 p., e70386.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published
  10. 2021
  11. Published

    Epigenetic rewiring of skeletal muscle enhancers after exercise training supports a role in the whole-body function and human health

    Williams, K., Carrasquilla, Germán D., Ingerslev, L. R., Hochreuter, Mette Yde, Hansson, Svenja, Pillon, N. J., Donkin, I., Versteyhe, S., Zierath, Juleen R, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O. & Barrès, Romain, 2021, In: Molecular Metabolism. 53, 13 p., 101290.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    FGL1 as a modulator of plasma D-dimer levels: exome-wide marker analysis of plasma tPA, PAI-1 and D-dimer

    Thibord, F., Song, C., Pattee, J., Rodriguez, B. A. T., Chen, M-H., O'Donnell, C. J., Kleber, M. E., Delgado, G. E., Guo, X., Yao, J., Taylor, K. D., Ozel, A. B., Brody, J. A., McKnight, B., Gyorgy, B., Simonsick, E., Leonard, H. L., Carrasquilla, G. D., Guindo-Martinez, M., Silveira, A. & 30 others, Temprano-Sagrera, G., Yanek, L. R., Becker, D. M., Mathias, R. A., Becker, L. C., Raffield, L. M., Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., Grarup, Niels, Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Hansen, Torben, Linneberg, Allan René, Hamsten, A., Watkins, H., Sabater-Lleal, M., Nalls, M. A., Trégouët, D., Morange, P., Psaty, B. M., Tracy, R. P., Smith, N. L., Desch, K. C., Cushman, M., Rotter, J. I., de Vries, P. S., Pankratz, N. D., Folsom, A. R., Morrison, A. C., März, W., Tang, W. & Johnson, A. D., 2021, In: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 19, 8, p. 2019-2028

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    The Genetic Basis of Hypertriglyceridemia

    Carrasquilla, Germán D., Christiansen, Malene Revsbech & Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., 2021, In: Current Atherosclerosis Reports. 23, 10 p., 39.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. 2020
  15. Published

    Genetic Studies of Leptin Concentrations Implicate Leptin in the Regulation of Early Adiposity

    Yaghootkar, H., Zhang, Y., Spracklen, C. N., Karaderi, T., Huang, L. O., Bradfield, J., Schurmann, C., Fine, R. S., Preuss, M. H., Kutalik, Z., Wittemans, L. B., Lu, Y., Metz, S., Willems, S. M., Li-Gao, R., Grarup, N., Wang, S., Molnos, S., Sandoval-Zárate, A. A., Nalls, M. A. & 32 others, Lange, L. A., Haesser, J., Guo, X., Lyytikäinen, L., Feitosa, M. F., Sitlani, C. M., Venturini, C., Mahajan, A., Kacprowski, T., Wang, C. A., Chasman, D. I., Amin, N., Broer, L., Robertson, N., Young, K. L., Allison, M., Auer, P. L., Blüher, M., Borja, J. B., Bork-Jensen, J., Carrasquilla, Germán D., Christofidou, P., Demirkan, A., Doege, C. A., Jakupovic, Hermina, Li, J., Lind, L., Kovacs, P., Hansen, Torben, Loos, R. J., Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O. & Leptin Exomechip Collaboration, L. E. C., 2020, In: Diabetes. 69, 11, 93 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Next Generation Diabetes Scientists Shape Global Research Culture: A reflective proposal from postdoctoral researchers in diabetes research

    Gonzalez-Franquesa, A., Carrasquilla Lopez, G. D., Mamidi, A., Ghiasi, S. M., Juel, H. B., Falk, S., Isidor, M. S., Gillberg, L. M. E., Huang, L. O., Quist, J. S., Knudsen, J. R., Quaranta, R., Tozzi, M., Mikkelsen, R. B., Dall, M., Drag, M. H., Small, L. B., Altıntaş, A., Osborne, B., Modvig, I. M. & 11 others, Husted, Anna Sofie, Brown, E. L., Bak, Emilie Glad, Bastos Peluso, A. A., Finger, Fabian Michael, Grunddal, Kaare Villum, Rupar, K., Henningsen, J. B., Pedersen, M. H., Plucinska, Kaja & Attendees of the Danish Diabetes Academy Winter School 2019, A. O. T. D. D. A. W. S. 2., 2020, In: Acta Physiologica. 229, 2, 5 p., e13455.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearch

  17. Published

    Obesity, unfavourable lifestyle and genetic risk of type 2 diabetes: a case-cohort study

    Schnurr, T. M., Jakupovic, Hermina, Carrasquilla, Germán D., Ängquist, Lars, Grarup, Niels, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Tjønneland, Anne, Overvad, K., Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Hansen, Torben & Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., 2020, In: Diabetologia. 63, 7, p. 1324-1332 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. 2019
  19. Published

    Abdominal adiposity and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents: A Mendelian randomization analysis

    Viitasalo, A., Schnurr, T. M., Pitkänen, N., Hollensted, M., Nielsen, T. R. H., Pahkala, K., Atalay, M., Lind, M. V., Heikkinen, S., Frithioff-Bøjsøe, C., Fonvig, C. E., Grarup, N., Kähönen, M., Carrasquilla, G. D., Larnkjær, A., Pedersen, O., Michaelsen, K. F., Lakka, T. A., Holm, J-C., Lehtimäki, T. & 3 others, Raitakari, O., Hansen, Torben & Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., 2019, In: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 110, 5, p. 1079-1087 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Dietary Fat and the Genetic Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

    Carrasquilla, Germán D., Jakupovic, Hermina & Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., 2019, In: Current Diabetes Reports. 19, 6 p., 109.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Does genetic predisposition to higher fat expandability attenuate the impact of weight gain on cardiometabolic risk?

    Carrasquilla, Germán D., Linneberg, Allan René, Jørgensen, T., Grarup, Niels, Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Hansen, Torben, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., 2019, In: European Journal of Human Genetics. 27, Suppl. 2, p. 1764 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

  22. Published

    Obesity and unfavourable lifestyle increase type 2 diabetes-risk independent of genetic predisposition

    Jakupovic, Hermina, Schnurr, T. M., Carrasquilla, Germán D., Grarup, Niels, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., Tjønneland, Anne, Overvad, K., Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Hansen, Torben & Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O., 2019, In: Diabetologia. 62, Suppl. 1, p. S188 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

  23. 2017
  24. Published

    Postmenopausal hormone therapy and risk of stroke: A pooled analysis of data from population-based cohort studies

    Carrasquilla, Germán D., Frumento, P., Berglund, A., Borgfeldt, C., Bottai, M., Chiavenna, C., Eliasson, M., Engstrom, G., Hallmans, G., Jansson, J., Magnusson, P. K., Nilsson, P. M., Pedersen, N. L., Wolk, A. & Leander, K., Nov 2017, In: PLoS Medicine. 14, 11

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. 2015
  26. Published

    Does menopausal hormone therapy reduce myocardial infarction risk if initiated early after menopause? A population-based case-control study

    Carrasquilla, Germán D., Berglund, A., Gigante, B., Landgren, B., de Faire, U., Hallqvist, J. & Leander, K., Jun 2015, In: Menopause . 22, 6, p. 598-606

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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