# Valgerður Steinthórsdóttir

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/valger-ur-steinthorsdottir/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 58,634 |
| Field | Genetic Associations and Epidemiology |
| h-index | 83 |
| i10-index | 136 |
| Last Known Institution | deCODE Genetics (Iceland) |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5069107150 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1846-6274 |
| Works | 207 |

## Researcher papers

Showing 12 of 15.

- [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/)
- [Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes](https://scholariq.org/papers/meta-analysis-of-genome-wide-association-data-and-large-scale-replication/)
- [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/)
- [Sequence variants affecting eosinophil numbers associate with asthma and myocardial infarction](https://scholariq.org/papers/sequence-variants-affecting-eosinophil-numbers-associate-with-asthma-and/)
- [Multi-ancestry genetic study of type 2 diabetes highlights the power of diverse populations for discovery and translation](https://scholariq.org/papers/multi-ancestry-genetic-study-of-type-2-diabetes-highlights-the-power-of-diverse/)
- [The same sequence variant on 9p21 associates with myocardial infarction, abdominal aortic aneurysm and intracranial aneurysm](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-same-sequence-variant-on-9p21-associates-with-myocardial-infarction/)
- [The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-influence-of-age-and-sex-on-genetic-associations-with-adult-body-size-and/)
- [Genetic variation in GIPR influences the glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose challenge](https://scholariq.org/papers/genetic-variation-in-gipr-influences-the-glucose-and-insulin-responses-to-an/)
- [Refining the accuracy of validated target identification through coding variant fine-mapping in type 2 diabetes](https://scholariq.org/papers/refining-the-accuracy-of-validated-target-identification-through-coding-variant/)
- [Variants in the fetal genome near FLT1 are associated with risk of preeclampsia](https://scholariq.org/papers/variants-in-the-fetal-genome-near-flt1-are-associated-with-risk-of-preeclampsia/)
- [Genetic evidence that raised sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes](https://scholariq.org/papers/genetic-evidence-that-raised-sex-hormone-binding-globulin-shbg-levels-reduce-the/)
- [Lipoprotein(a) Concentration and Risks of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes](https://scholariq.org/papers/lipoprotein-a-concentration-and-risks-of-cardiovascular-disease-and-diabetes/)

## Researcher topics

- [Genetic Associations and Epidemiology](https://scholariq.org/topics/genetic-associations-and-epidemiology/)
- [Epigenetics and DNA Methylation](https://scholariq.org/topics/epigenetics-and-dna-methylation/)
- [Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals](https://scholariq.org/topics/genetic-mapping-and-diversity-in-plants-and-animals/)
- [Birth, Development, and Health](https://scholariq.org/topics/birth-development-and-health/)
- [Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock](https://scholariq.org/topics/genetic-and-phenotypic-traits-in-livestock/)

## Researcher university

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

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