Overview
Børge Nordestgaard is a cardiology specialist with an H-index of 224 at Copenhagen University Hospital (Member). Has been published in New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, The Lancet. Based in Unknown, Unknown, Global.
Biography
The Copenhagen General Population Study is an ongoing Danish longitudinal cohort study, that investigates the epidemiology of a wide range of diseases, in particular cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, cancer, infections and other multifactorial diseases, in a representative sample of the Danish population. Headquartered at the Department of Clinical Biochemistry at Herlev Hospital, it was established in 2003 with professor Børge Nordestgaard as principal investigator, and it is the world's largest population study that follows the long-term health development of a healthy population over time, currently collecting data on over 170,000 enrolled participants.
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Research Impact
5 Publications
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Published In
N Engl J MedLancetEur Heart JNat Genet
Key Publications
Breast Cancer Risk Genes - Association Analysis in More than 113,000 Women.
Lipoprotein(a) and cardiovascular disease.
Lipoprotein(a) in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and aortic stenosis: a European Atherosclerosis Society consensus statement.
2025 Focused Update of the 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias.
New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
Areas of Expertise
Medical Specialties
Clinical Knowledge & Procedures
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