# Guðmar Þorleifsson

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/gu-mar-orleifsson/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 122,048 |
| Field | Genetic Associations and Epidemiology |
| h-index | 163 |
| i10-index | 381 |
| Last Known Institution | deCODE Genetics (Iceland) |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5022986058 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4623-9087 |
| Works | 582 |

## Researcher papers

Showing 12 of 47.

- [Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids](https://scholariq.org/papers/biological-clinical-and-population-relevance-of-95-loci-for-blood-lipids/)
- [Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index](https://scholariq.org/papers/association-analyses-of-249-796-individuals-reveal-18-new-loci-associated-with/)
- [w2145813488](https://scholariq.org/papers/w2145813488/)
- [Variant of transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) gene confers risk of type 2 diabetes](https://scholariq.org/papers/variant-of-transcription-factor-7-like-2-tcf7l2-gene-confers-risk-of-type-2/)
- [New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk](https://scholariq.org/papers/new-genetic-loci-implicated-in-fasting-glucose-homeostasis-and-their-impact-on/)
- [Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height](https://scholariq.org/papers/hundreds-of-variants-clustered-in-genomic-loci-and-biological-pathways-affect/)
- [Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes](https://scholariq.org/papers/large-scale-association-analysis-provides-insights-into-the-genetic-architecture/)
- [Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps](https://scholariq.org/papers/fine-mapping-type-2-diabetes-loci-to-single-variant-resolution-using-high/)
- [Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis](https://scholariq.org/papers/twelve-type-2-diabetes-susceptibility-loci-identified-through-large-scale/)
- [Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease](https://scholariq.org/papers/large-scale-association-analysis-identifies-new-risk-loci-for-coronary-artery/)
- [A Common Variant on Chromosome 9p21 Affects the Risk of Myocardial Infarction](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-common-variant-on-chromosome-9p21-affects-the-risk-of-myocardial-infarction/)
- [Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture](https://scholariq.org/papers/genome-wide-meta-analysis-identifies-56-bone-mineral-density-loci-and-reveals-14/)

## Researcher topics

- [Genetic Associations and Epidemiology](https://scholariq.org/topics/genetic-associations-and-epidemiology/)
- [Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease](https://scholariq.org/topics/nutrition-genetics-and-disease/)
- [Epigenetics and DNA Methylation](https://scholariq.org/topics/epigenetics-and-dna-methylation/)
- [RNA modifications and cancer](https://scholariq.org/topics/rna-modifications-and-cancer/)
- [Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals](https://scholariq.org/topics/genetic-mapping-and-diversity-in-plants-and-animals/)

## Researcher university

- [deCODE Genetics (Iceland)](https://scholariq.org/institutions/decode-genetics-iceland/)

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