Laust Hvas Mortensen

Laust Hvas Mortensen

Guest Researcher, Professor


  1. Published

    Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern subvariants BA.1 and BA.2 in Denmark

    Lyngse, Frederik Plesner, Kirkeby, Carsten, Denwood, Matt, Christiansen, L. E., Mølbak, Kåre, Holten Møller, C., Skov, R. L., Krause, Tyra Grove, Rasmussen, M., Sieber, R., Johannesen, T. B., Lillebaek, Troels, Fonager, J., Fomsgaard, A., Møller, F. T., Stegger, M., Overvad, M., Spiess, K. & Mortensen, Laust Hvas, 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 7 p., 5760 .

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Increased transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 by age and viral load

    Lyngse, Frederik Plesner, Mølbak, Kåre, Skov, R. L., Christiansen, L. E., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Albertsen, M., Møller, C. H., Krause, Tyra Grove, Rasmussen, M., Michaelsen, T. Y., Voldstedlund, M., Fonager, J., Steenhard, N., Kirkeby, Carsten & Danish Covid-19 Genome Consortium, D. C. G. C., 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 8 p., 7251.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Increased Transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 Lineage 2 B.1.1.7 by Age and Viral Load: Evidence from Danish Households

    Lyngse, Frederik Plesner, Mølbak, K., Skov, R. L., Christiansen, L. E., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Albertsen, M., Møller, C. H., Krause, T. G., Rasmussen, M., Michaelsen, T. Y., Voldstedlund, M., Fonager, J., Steenhard, N. & Kirkeby, Carsten, 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 8 p., 7251.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Fetal death after the introduction of COVID-19 mitigation measures in Sweden, Denmark and Norway: a registry-based study

    Magnus, M. C., Oakley, L. L., Hansen, A. V., Örtqvist, A. K., Petersen, T. G., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Bliddal, M., Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Stephansson, O. & Håberg, S. E., 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 1, 8 p., 20625.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Intelligence in early adulthood and midlife physical performance in men: The mediating roles of education and physical activity

    Meincke, R. H., Hansen, Åse Marie, Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Osler, Merete & Mortensen, Erik Lykke, Sep 2016, In: Intelligence. 58, p. 62-68

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Parental socioeconomic position and development of overweight in adolescence: longitudinal study of Danish adolescents

    Morgen, C. S., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Rasmussen, M., Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Due, P., Jan 2010, In: B M C Public Health. 10, p. 520

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Socioeconomic position and the risk of preterm birth--a study within the Danish National Birth Cohort.

    Morgen, C. S., Bjørk, C., Andersen, P. K., Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, 2008, In: International Journal of Epidemiology. 37, 5, p. 1109-1120

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Socioeconomic disparities in birth weight and body mass index during infancy through age 7 years: a study within the Danish National Birth Cohort

    Morgen, C. S., Andersen, Per Kragh, Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Howe, L. D., Rasmussen, M., Due, P., Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, 20 Jan 2017, In: B M J Open. 7, 1, p. 1-11 11 p., e011781.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Time is on whose side? Time trends in the association between maternal social disadvantage and offspring fetal growth. A study of 1,409,339 births in Denmark 1981-2004

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Diderichsen, Finn, Davey-Smith, G. & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, 2009, In: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    The social gradient in birthweight at term: quantification of the mediating role of maternal smoking and body mass index

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Diderichsen, Finn, Smith, G. D. & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Oct 2009, In: Human Reproduction. 24, 10, p. 2629-35 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Income-related and educational inequality in small-for-gestational age and preterm birth in Denmark and Finland 1987-2003

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Lauridsen, J. T., Diderichsen, Finn, Kaplan, G. A., Gissler, M. & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Feb 2010, In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 38, 1, p. 40-5 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Sex of the first-born and risk of preterm birth in the subsequent pregnancy

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, Cnattingius, S. & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, 2011, In: Epidemiology. 22, 3, p. 328-32 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Shape of the association between income and mortality: a cohort study of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in 1995 and 2003

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Rehnberg, J., Dahl, E., Diderichsen, Finn, Elstad, J. I., Martikainen, P., Rehkopf, D., Tarkiainen, L. & Fritzell, J., 23 Dec 2016, In: B M J Open. 6, 12, p. 1-9 9 p., e010974.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Sex of the first-born and obstetric complications in the subsequent birth: A study of 2.3 million second births from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Cnattingius, S., Gissler, M., Klungsøyr, K., Skjærven, R., Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie & Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, 2020, In: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 99, 10, p. 1381-1386 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    The authors reply

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, 2008, In: American Journal of Epidemiology. 167

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearch

  16. Published

    Early-life environment influencing susceptibility to cytomegalovirus infection: evidence from the Leiden Longevity Study and the Longitudinal Study of Aging Danish Twins

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Maier, A. B., Slagbom, P. E., Pawelec, G., Derhovanessian, E., Petersen, I., Jahn, G., Westendorp, R. G. J. & Christensen, K., 2012, In: Epidemiology and Infection. 140, 5, p. 835-841 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Confounding, mediation, moderation, and some general considerations in regression modeling

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Babyak, M., 2012, Handbook of Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine. Waldstein, S., Kop, W. & Katzel, L. (eds.). Springer

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  18. Published

    Brothers reduce the birth weight of later-born children

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, 2008, In: American Journal of Epidemiology. 167, p. 480-484

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  19. Published

    Social Inequality in fetal growth: A comparative study of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden 1981 - 2000

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Diderichsen, F., Arntzen, A., Gissler, M., Cnattingius, S., Schnor, O., Davey-Smith, G. & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, 2007, In: American Journal of Epidemiology. suppl, p. s47

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

  20. Published

    Reply to: Immortal time bias in the analysis of drug prescription trajectories

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Brunak, Søren, 2022, In: npj Digital Medicine. 5, 1, 1 p., 191.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Socioeconomic inequality in birth weight and gestational age in Denmark 1996-2007: using a family-based approach to explore alternative explanations

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Jan 2013, In: Social science & medicine (1982). 76, 1, p. 1-7 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Intelligence in relation to later beverage preference and alcohol intake

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Sørensen, Thorkild I.A. & Grønbaek, M., 2005, In: Addiction. 100, 10, p. 1445-52 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Infant mortality and sociodemographic factors. A population-based study of trends in the Nordic countries 1980-2000

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, 2007, In: European Journal of Public Health. 18, p. 245-251

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  24. Published

    IQ in late adolescence/early adulthood risk factors in middle-age and later cardiovascular disease mortality in men: the Vietnam Experience Study

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, 2008, In: European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitations. 15, p. 359-361

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  25. Accepted/In press

    Confounding, mediation, and some general considerations in regression modeling

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Nov 2012, (Accepted/In press) Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine. Waldstein, S., Kop, W. & Katzel, L. (eds.). 1 ed. New York: Springer

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterEducation

  26. Published

    Premorbid intelligence the metabolic syndrome and mortality

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, 2008, In: Diabetologia.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  27. Published

    Family of origin and educational inequalities in mortality: results from 1.7 million Swedish siblings

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Torssander, J., Dec 2017, In: SSM - Population Health. 3, p. 192-200 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Socioeconomic differences in perinatal health and disease

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie & Helweg-Larsen, K., Jul 2011, In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 39, Suppl. 7, p. 110-114 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Smoking is a cause of social inequality in health, but is social position is cause of smoking?

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Jul 2011

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearch

  30. Published

    A Letter to the Editor: Using C-reactive protein to suggest an alternative explanation of the findings of Simanek et al.

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, 2011

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearch

  31. Published

    Cognitive ability in early adulthood and risk of five specific psychiatric disorders in mid life: the Vietnam Experience Study

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, 2008, In: Archives of General Psychiatry. 62, 12, p. 1410-8

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  32. Published

    Prospective associations between sedentary lifestyle and BMI in midlife

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Siegler, I. C., Barefoot, J. C., Grønbaek, M. & Sørensen, Thorkild I.A., 2006, In: Obesity. 14, 8, p. 1462-71 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Social inequality in fetal growth: a comparative study of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in the period 1981-2000

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Diderichsen, Finn, Arntzen, A., Gissler, M., Cnattingius, S., Schnor, O., Davey-Smith, G. & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, 2008, In: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 62, 4, p. 325-31 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Comment on "induced abortion in Denmark: effect of socio-economic situation and country of birth"

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, 2008, In: European Journal of Public Health. 18, 5, p. 539-40; author reply 540

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  35. Published

    Induced abortion in Denmark: effect of socio-economic situation and country of birth

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, 2008, In: European Journal of Public Health.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearch

  36. Published

    Socioeconomic differences in perinatal health and disease

    Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Helweg-Larsen, K. & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Jul 2011, In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 39, 7 Suppl, p. 110-4 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Health promotion in primary and secondary schools in Denmark: time trends and associations with schools' and students' characteristics

    Nabe-Nielsen, Kirsten, Krølner, R., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Jørgensen, M. B. & Diderichsen, Finn, 7 Feb 2015, In: BMC Public Health. 15, 93, 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Frequency and impact of obstetric complications prior and subsequent to unexplained secondary recurrent miscarriage

    Nielsen, H. S., Steffensen, R., Lund, M., Egestad, L., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Lidegaard, Øjvind & Christiansen, O. B., Jun 2010, In: Human Reproduction. 25, 6, p. 1543-52 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Type 1 diabetes, quality of life, occupational status and education level: A comparative population-based study

    Nielsen, H. B., Ovesen, L. L., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Lau, C. J. & Joensen, L. E., Nov 2016, In: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 121, p. 62-68 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Sex of prior children and risk of stillbirth in subsequent pregnancies

    Nielsen, H. S., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Nygaard, U., Schnor, O., Christiansen, O. B. & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, 2010, In: Epidemiology. 21, 1, p. 114-7 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Brothers and reduction of the birth weight of later-born siblings

    Nielsen, H. S., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Nygaard, U., Schnor, O., Christiansen, O. B. & Andersen, A. N., 2007, In: American Journal of Epidemiology. 167, 4, p. 480-484 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    The authors reply

    Nielsen, Henriette Svarre, Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Nygaard, Ulrikka, Schnor, O., Christiansen, O. B. & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Sep 2008, In: American Journal of Epidemiology. 168, 6, p. 665-666 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  43. Published
  44. Published

    Education and adult cause-specific mortality--examining the impact of family factors shared by 871 367 Norwegian siblings

    Næss, O., Hoff, D. A., Lawlor, D. & Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Dec 2012, In: International Journal of Epidemiology. 41, 6, p. 1683-91; author response 1691-3

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Offspring sex and parental health and mortality

    Næss, Ø., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Vikanes, Å. & Smith, G. D., 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 1, 9 p., 5285.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Time trends in incidence and prevalence of chronic pancreatitis: A 25-year population-based nationwide study

    Olesen, S. S., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Zinck, E., Becker, U., Drewes, A. M., Nøjgaard, C., Novovic, Srdan, Yadav, D. & Tolstrup, J. S., 2021, In: United European Gastroenterology Journal. 9, 1, p. 82-90 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Educational achievement among long-term survivors of congenital heart defects: a Danish population-based follow-up study

    Olsen, M., Hjortdal, V. E., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Christensen, T. D., Sørensen, H. T. & Pedersen, L., 2011, In: Cardiology in the Young. 21, 2, p. 197-203 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Cardiovascular disease and the risk of incident falls and mortality among adults aged ≥ 65 years presenting to the emergency department: a cohort study from national registry data in Denmark

    O’Halloran, A. M., Cremers, Jolien, Vrangbæk, Karsten, Roe, L., Bourke, R., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Westendorp, Rudi GJ & Kenny, R. A., 2024, In: BMC Geriatrics. 24, 1, 11 p., 93.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Differential effects of colorectal cancer screening across sociodemographic groups in Denmark: a register-based study

    Pallesen, Anna Vera Jørring, Herrstedt, Jørn, Westendorp, Rudi GJ, Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Kristiansen, Maria, 2021, In: Acta Oncologica. 60, 3, p. 323-332 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

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