Research areas
Research areas
Genetic-epidemiology, twin studies, aging, age-related diseases, reproduction, fertility, congenital malformations, cleft lip and palate, and fetal programming.
Selected scientific and professional posts
- Director of The Danish Twin Registry, 2007-
- Director of The Danish Aging Research Center, 2008-
- Member of the steering committee for the NIA- LLFS Long Life Family Study, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, USA, 2004-
- Member of the steering committee of Genetics of Healthy Aging (GEHA), EU-funded aging project, 2004-
- Work package leader of the project LifeSpan Network, 2007-
- Participant at the EU-sponsored project SHARE, 2003-
Selected international peer-reviewed publications
Christensen K, Doblhammer G, Rau R, Vaupel JW. Ageing populations: the challenges ahead. Lancet 2009;374:1196-1208.
Christensen K, Thinggaard M, McGue M, Rexbye H, Hjelmborg J, Aviv A, Gunn D, V d Ouderaa F, Vaupel JW. Perceived age as clinically useful biomarker of ageing: cohort study. BMJ 2009; 339: b5262.
Christensen K, McGue M, Petersen I, Jeune B, Vaupel JW. Exceptional longevity does not result in excessive levels of disability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2008; 105(36):13274-9.
Christensen K, Murray JC. What genome-wide association studies can do for medicine.
New England Journal of Medicine 2007;356(11):1094-1097.
Christensen K, Johnson TE, Vaupel JW. The quest for genetic determinants of human longevity: challenges and insights. Nature Reviews Genetics 2006;7:436-448.
Skytthe A, Kyvik K, Bathum L, Holm N, Vaupel JW, Christensen K. The Danish Twin Registry in the New Millennium. Twin Research and Human Genetics 2006;9(6):763-771.
Vaupel JW, Carey R, Christensen K. It’s never too late. Science 2003;301:1679-1681.
Publications
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Commonly Studied Polymorphisms in Inflammatory Cytokine Genes Show Only Minor Effects on Mortality and Related Risk Factors in Nonagenarians. / Dato, Serena ; Krabbe, Karen S ; Thinggaard, Mikael ; Pedersen, Bente K ; Christensen, Kaare ; Bruunsgaard, Helle ; Christiansen, Lene.
I: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.
2010 ;
2010-Jan-18.
0 s.
Forskning: Artikel, peer reviewed
SUBMITTED
Healthcare utilization among widowed and married old-aged Danes - nationwide register study. / Oksuzyan, Anna ; Jacobsen, Rune ; Glaser, K ; Tomassini, C ; Vaupel, James W. ; Christensen, Kaare.
I: Journals of Gerontology. Series A: Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences.
2010 ;
Forskning: Artikel, peer reviewed
SUBMITTED
Sex differences in the level and rate-of-change of physical function and grip strength in the Danish 1905-Cohort Study. / Oksuzyan, Anna ; Maier, H ; McGue, Matt ; Vaupel, James W. ; Christensen, Kaare.
I: Journal of Aging and Health.
2010 ;
Forskning: Artikel, peer reviewed
INPRESS
Dissecting complex phenotypes using the genomics of twins. / Tan, Qihua ; Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm ; Kruse, Torben A ; Christensen, Kaare.
I: Functional & Integrative Genomics.
2010 ;
Forskning: Artikel, peer reviewed
E-PUB
Is the Relationship Between BMI and Mortality Increasingly U-Shaped With Advancing Age? A 10-Year Follow-up of Persons Aged 70-95 Years. / Thinggaard, Mikael ; Jacobsen, Rune ; Jeune, Bernard ; Martinussen, Torben ; Christensen, Kaare.
I: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences.
2010 ;
2010-Jan-20.
0 s.
Forskning: Artikel, peer reviewed
PUBLISHED
Cross-national differences in grip strength among 50+ year old Europeans : Results from the SHARE study. / Andersen-Ranberg, Karen ; Petersen, Inge ; Frederiksen, Henrik ; Mackenbach, Johan ; Christensen, Kaare.
I: European Journal of Ageing.
2009 ;
vol. 6,
nr. 3,
s. 227-236
Forskning: Artikel, peer reviewed
E-PUB
Autoantibodies to Folate Receptor alpha During Early Pregnancy and Risk of Oral Clefts in Denmark. / Bille, Camilla ; Pedersen, Dorthe ; Andersen, Anne-Marie ; Mansilla, Maria ; Murray, Jeffrey ; Christensen, Kaare ; Ballard, Johnathan ; Gorman, Elizabeth ; Cabrera, Robert ; Finnell, Richard.
I: Pediatric Research.
2009 ;
2009-Nov-25.
0 s.
Forskning: Artikel, peer reviewed
PUBLISHED
Oral facial clefts and gene polymorphisms in metabolism of folate/one-carbon and vitamin A : a pathway-wide association study. / Boyles, Abee L ; Wilcox, Allen J ; Taylor, Jack A ; Shi, Min ; Weinberg, Clarice R ; Meyer, Klaus ; Fredriksen, Ase ; Ueland, Per Magne ; Johansen, Anne Marte W ; Drevon, Christian A ; Jugessur, Astanand ; Trung, Truc Nguyen ; Gjessing, Håkon K ; Vollset, Stein Emil ; Murray, Jeffrey C ; Christensen, Kaare ; Lie, Rolv T.
I: Genetic Epidemiology.
2009 ;
vol. 33,
nr. 3,
2009-Apr.
United States.
s. 247-255
Forskning: Artikel, peer reviewed
PUBLISHED
Lifetime according to health status among the oldest olds in Denmark. / Brønnum-Hansen, Henrik ; Petersen, Inge ; Jeune, Bernard ; Christensen, Kaare.
I: Age and Ageing.
2009 ;
vol. 38,
nr. 1,
2009-Jan.
England.
s. 47-51
Forskning: Artikel, peer reviewed
PUBLISHED
Ageing populations: the challenges ahead. / Christensen, Kaare ; Doblhammer, Gabriele ; Rau, Roland ; Vaupel, James W.
I: Lancet.
2009 ;
vol. 374,
nr. 9696,
2009-Oct-3.
England.
s. 1196-1208
Forskning: Artikel, peer reviewed