Børge G. Nordestgaard

Incidentally detected vertebral fractures and risk of myeloma: a prospective cohort study of 9059 CT-scanned Danish general population individuals

Vertebral fractures are frequently detected incidentally on computed tomography (CT) scans performed for other indications in individuals with no symptoms of a fracture [ 1 ]. In myeloma, >45% of patients have vertebral fractures at the time of myeloma diagnosis [ 2 ]. However, t...

Impaired Lung Function in Liver Transplant Recipients Compared With the General Population: A Nationwide Matched Cohort Study

Background. Liver transplant recipients have elevated risk of acute pulmonary infections, but the burden of chronic pulmonary diseases in liver transplant recipients remains largely unknown. We aimed to determine the association between living with a transplanted liver and both s...

Elevated remnant cholesterol is estimated to mediate part of excess cardiovascular risk in the metabolic syndrome: two cohort studies of 537,885 individuals

Abstract Background Individuals with the metabolic syndrome have elevated remnant cholesterol and increased cardiovascular risk. We tested the hypothesis that elevated remnant cholesterol mediates part of the excess risk of myocardial infarction, atherosclerotic cardiovascular di...

Lipoprotein(a) and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Among Adults Aged 20 to 100 Years

BACKGROUND: High lipoprotein(a) is considered a causal risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD); however, whether the association between lipoprotein(a) and ASCVD is different among older individuals (defined as 70–100 years of age) compared with younger in...