Laust Hvas Mortensen

Laust Hvas Mortensen

Guest Researcher, Professor


  1. 2012
  2. Published

    Does shared family background influence the impact of educational differences on early mortality?

    Søndergaard, G., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Andersen, Per Kragh, Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg, Madsen, M. L. & Osler, Merete, 2012, In: American Journal of Epidemiology. 176, 8, p. 675-83 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 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

  4. Published

    Immigrant women and maternal mortality in Western Europe: a meta-analysis of observational studies

    Pedersen, G. S., Grontved, A., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie & Rich-Edwards, J., 2012, In: European Journal of Public Health.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Predictors of male microchimerism

    Kamper-Jørgensen, Mads, Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Hjalgrim, H., Gadi, V. K. & Tjønneland, A., 2012, In: Chimerism. 3, 3, p. 51-8 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Preterm birth and birthweight-for-gestational age among immigrant women in Denmark 1978-2007: a nationwide registry study

    Pedersen, G. S., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Gerster, M., Rich-Edwards, J. & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, 2012, In: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology (Print). 26, 6, p. 534-42 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Sex differences in child and adolescent mortality by parental education in the Nordic countries

    Gissler, M., Rahkonen, O., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Arntzen, A., Cnattingius, S., Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie & Hemminki, E., 2012, In: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 66, p. 57-63 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. 2011
  9. Published

    Ethnic variations in mortality in pre-school children in Denmark, 1973-2004

    Pedersen, G. S., Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Jul 2011, In: European Journal of Epidemiology. 26, 7, p. 527-536

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Published

    Cognitive ability in early adulthood is associated with systemic inflammation in middle age: the Vietnam experience study

    Phillips, A. C., Batty, G. D., van Zanten, J. J. C. S. V., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Deary, I. J., Calvin, C. M. & Carroll, D., 2011, In: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 25, 2, p. 298-301 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. 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

  16. Published

    Inequality in Self-rated Health among Immigrants, Their Descendants and Ethnic Danes: Examining the Role of Socioeconomic Position

    Dinesen, C. W., Jervelund, Signe Smith, Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Krasnik, Allan, 2011, In: International Journal of Public Health (Print Edition). p. 503-514

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    LARGE ETHNIC VARIATIONS IN MORTALITY IN PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN IN DENMARK

    Pedersen, G. S., Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, 2011, In: American Journal of Epidemiology.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Low cognitive ability in early adulthood is associated with reduced lung function in middle age: the Vietnam experience study

    Carroll, D., Batty, G. D., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Deary, I. J. & Phillips, A. C., 2011, In: Thorax. 66, 10, p. 884-888 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Mechanisms underlying the associations of maternal age with adverse perinatal outcomes: a sibling study of 264 695 Danish women and their firstborn offspring

    Lawlor, D. A., Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, 2011, In: International Journal of Epidemiology. 40, 5, p. 1205-1214 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. 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

  21. Published

    Sleep-related practices and still-birth: Evidence from the Danish National Birth Cohort does not support a causal relation.

    Strandberg-Larsen, Katrine, Ramlau-Hansen, C. & Mortensen, Laust Hvas, 2011

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationResearch

  22. 2010
  23. Published

    A comparative study of educational inequality in the risk of stillbirth in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden 1981-2000

    Rom, A. L., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Cnattingius, S., Arntzen, A., Gissler, M. & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, 5 Oct 2010, In: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. Published

    Etnisk ulighed i dødfødsel og spædbarnsdød i Danmark - sekundærpublikation

    Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Jan 2010, In: Ugeskrift for Laeger. 172, 1

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. 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

  28. Published

    Etniske forskelle i dødfødsel i Danmark og spædbarnsdød i Danmark: sekundærpublikation

    Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, 2010, In: Ugeskrift for Laeger. 172, 1, p. 30-33 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. 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

  30. Published

    The Divergent Life-Expectancy Trends in Denmark and Sweden—and Some Potential Explanations

    Christensen, K., Davidsen, M. B., Juel, K., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Rau, R. & Vaupel, J. W., 2010, International Differences in Mortality at Older Ages: Dimensions and Sources.. Crimmins, EM., Preston, SH. & Cohen, B. (eds.). Washington, USA: The National Academic Press, p. 385-408 23 p.

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

  31. 2009
  32. 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

  33. Published

    Sex differences in child and adolescent mortality in the Nordic countries, 1981--2000

    Gissler, M., Rahkonen, O., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Arntzen, A., Cnattingius, S., Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie & Hemminki, E., Jun 2009, In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 37, 4, p. 340-6 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Socio-economic inequality in preterm birth: a comparative study of the Nordic countries from 1981 to 2000

    Petersen, C. B., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Morgen, C. S., Madsen, M., Schnor, O., Arntzen, A., Gissler, M., Cnattingius, S. & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Jan 2009, In: Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology Online. 23, 1, p. 66-75 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Danske børns sundhed og sygelighed

    Johansen, A., Jespersen, L. N., Davidsen, M., Michelsen, S. I., Morgen, C. S., Helweg-Larsen, K., Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Juhl, M. & Due, P., 2009, 1 ed. København: National institute of public health. 174 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportCommunication

  36. Published

    Danske børns sundhed og sygelighed

    Johansen, A., Statens Institut for Folkesundhed, Danmark, S. I. F. F. D., Jespersen, L. N., Davidsen, M., Michelsen, S. I., Morgen, C. S., Helweg-Larsen, K., Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Juhl, M. & Due, P., 2009, 174 p. Statens Institut for Folkesundhed, SDU.

    Research output: Other contributionResearch

  37. Published

    Does IQ explain socio-economic differentials in total and cardiovascular disease mortality? Comparison with the explanatory power of traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors in the Vietnam Experience Study

    Batty, G. D., Shipley, M. J., Dundas, R., Macintyre, S., Der, G., Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Deary, I. J., 2009, In: European Heart Journal Supplements. 30, 15, p. 1903-9 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Ethnic disparity in stillbirth and infant mortality in Denmark 1981-2003

    Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted, Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Andersen, A. M. N. & Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie, 2009, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 63, 2, p. 106-12 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

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

    Batty, G. D., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Gale, C. R., Shipley, M. J., Roberts, B. A. & Deary, I. J., 2009, In: Psycho-Oncology. 18, 10, p. 1122-6 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. 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

  41. 2008
  42. Published

    Cognitive ability in early adulthood and risk of 5 specific psychiatric disorders in middle age: the Vietnam experience study

    Gale, C. R., Deary, I. J., Boyle, S. H., Barefoot, J., Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Batty, G. D., Dec 2008, In: Archives of General Psychiatry. 65, 12, p. 1410-8 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Is low IQ related to risk of death by homicide? Testing an hypothesis using data from a longitudinal study

    Batty, G. D., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Gale, C. R. & Deary, I. J., 30 Oct 2008, In: Psychiatry Research. 161, 1, p. 112-115 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Re: "Brothers and reduction of the birth weight of later-born siblings"

    James, W. H. & Mortensen, Laust Hvas, 15 Sep 2008, In: American Journal of Epidemiology. 168, 6, p. 665; author reply 665-6

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. 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

  46. Published

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

    Batty, G. D., Shipley, M. J., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Boyle, S. H., Barefoot, J., Grønbaek, M., Gale, C. R. & Deary, I. J., 1 Jun 2008, In: Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 62, 6, p. 522-31 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Pre-morbid intelligence, the metabolic syndrome and mortality: the Vietnam Experience Study

    Batty, G. D., Gale, C. R., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Langenberg, C., Shipley, M. J. & Deary, I. J., Mar 2008, In: Diabetologia. 51, 3, p. 436-43 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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

  51. Published

    Does IQ predict total and cardiovascular disease mortality as strongly as other risk factors? Comparison of effect estimates using the Vietnam Experience Study

    Batty, G. D., Shipley, M. J., Gale, C. R., Mortensen, Laust Hvas & Deary, I. J., 2008, In: Heart (British Cardiac Society). 94, 12, p. 1541-4 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    Hostility, drinking pattern and mortality

    Boyle, S. H., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Grønbaek, M. & Barefoot, J. C., 2008, In: Addiction. 103, 1, p. 54-9 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  53. 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

  54. 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

  55. Neonatal and postneonatal mortality by maternal education a population-based study of trends in the Nordic countries, 1981 2000

    Arntzen, A., Mortensen, Laust Hvas, Schnor, O., Cnattingius, S., Gissler, M. & Andersen, A. N., 2008, In: European Journal of Public Health. 18, 3, p. 245-251

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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