Stefán E. Matthíasson

A variant associated with nicotine dependence, lung cancer and peripheral arterial disease

Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson, Frank Geller, Patrick Sulem et al. · Nature · 2008 · 1.5K citations

Tobacco Cessation, Tobacco Control, Tobacco Use +10

The gene encoding 5-lipoxygenase activating protein confers risk of myocardial infarction and stroke

Anna Helgadóttir, Andrei Manolescu, Sólveig Grétarsdóttir et al. · Nature Genetics · 2004 · 924 citations · Full text

Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Biochemistry +10

The same sequence variant on 9p21 associates with myocardial infarction, abdominal aortic aneurysm and intracranial aneurysm

Anna Helgadóttir, Kristinn P. Magnússon, Sólveig Grétarsdóttir et al. · Nature Genetics · 2008 · 723 citations

Cardiomyopathy, Vascular Disease, Cardiovascular Disease +12

Sequence variants at CHRNB3–CHRNA6 and CYP2A6 affect smoking behavior

Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, Ida Surakka et al. · Nature Genetics · 2010 · 692 citations · Full text

Long Non-coding Rna, Genetics, Sequence Variants +1

A variant of the gene encoding leukotriene A4 hydrolase confers ethnicity-specific risk of myocardial infarction

Anna Helgadóttir, Andrei Manolescu, Agnar Helgason et al. · Nature Genetics · 2005 · 368 citations

Cardiomyopathy, Cardiovascular Disease, Atherosclerosis +11