SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
We are proud to feature the latest publications by researchers at the Copenhagen Health Complexity Center.
2025
Dalsager L, Sørensen K, Sørensen JK, Burr H, Dragano N, Hanson LM, Nielsen MBD, Rod NH, Wahrendorf M, Madsen IEH, Rugulies R (2025). “Time trends in prevalence of depressive disorder in the Danish working population from 2012 to 2018”. Journal of Affective Disorders, 119449. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40398605/
Coupland H, Scheidwasser N, Katsiferis A, Davies M, Flaxman S, Rod NH, Mishra S, Bhatt S, Unwin HJT (2025). “Exploring the potential and limitations of deep learning and explainable AI for longitudinal life course analysis”. BMC Public Health 25(1): 1520. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22705-4
Uleman JF, Petersen AH, Rod NH (2025). “Bridging system dynamics and causal epidemiology: an opportunity for both fields”. System Dynamics Review 41(1): e1799. https://doi.org/10.1002/sdr.1799
Rod NH, Davies M, de Vries TR, Kreshpaj B, Drews H, Nguyen T-L, Elsenburg LK (2025). "Young adulthood: a transitional period with lifelong implications for health and wellbeing". BMC Global and Public Health 3(1): 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s44263-025-00148-8
Nadaraia T, Whittaker E, Kenyon I, Boonpor J, Zhou Z, Nakada S, Rochmawati ID, Celis-Morales C, Ward J, Rod NH, Pell JP, Minnis H, Hehlmann T, Ho FK, Mackay D (2025). "Childhood maltreatment, adulthood obesity and incident type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study using UK Biobank". International Journal of Obesity 49(1): 140–146. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-024-01652-x
Bennetsen SK, Kreshpaj B, Andersen SH, de Vries TR, Thielen K, Lange T, Rod NH, Elsenburg LK (2025). "Childhood adversity, early school leaving and long-term social benefit use: A longitudinal mediation analysis of a population-wide study". Social Science & Medicine 370: 117770. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117770
Sørensen JK, Mathisen J, Bültmann U, Lallukka T, Melchior M, Rod NH, Pedersen J, Stansfeld S, Rugulies R, Christensen KB, Madsen I (2025). "Sickness absence trajectories among young employees in their first full-time employment and subsequent long-term sickness absence: a Danish register-based cohort study". BMJ Public Health 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-002046
Elsenburg LK, Kreshpaj B, Andersen SH, de Vries TR, Thielen K, Rod NH (2025). "Childhood adversity trajectories and not being in education, employment, or training during early adulthood: The Danish life course cohort (DANLIFE). Social Science & Medicine 371: 117841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117841
Kreshpaj B, Elsenburg LK, Andersen SH, de Vries TR, Thielen K, Rod NH (2025). "Association between childhood adversity and use of the health, social, and justice systems in Denmark (DANLIFE): a nationwide cohort study". The Lancet Public Health 10(1): e29–e35. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00242-1
2023
Rod MH, Rod NH, Russo F, Klinker CD, Reis R, Stronks K. (2023). "Promoting the health of vulnerable populations: Three steps towards a systems-based re-orientation of public health intervention research". Health & Place 80: 102984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.102984
Varga TV (2023). "Algorithmic fairness in cardiovascular disease risk prediction: overcoming inequalities". Open Heart 10(2): e002395. https://doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2023-002395
Rod NH, Broadbent A, Rod MH, Russo F, Arah OA, Stronks K (2023). "Complexity in epidemiology and public health. Addressing complex health problems through a mix of epidemiologic methods and data". Epidemiology 34(4): 505–514. https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000001612
Cronjé HT, Katsiferis A, Elsenburg LK, Andersen TO, Rod NH, Nguyen T-L, Varga TV (2023). "Assessing racial bias in type 2 diabetes risk prediction algorithms". PLOS Global Public Health 3(5): e0001556. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001556
Clotworthy A, Davies M, Cadman TJ, Bengtsson J, Andersen TO, Kadawathagedara M, Vinther JL, Nguyen T-L, Varga TV (2023). "Saving time and money in biomedical publishing: the case for free-format submissions with minimal requirements". BMC Medicine 21(1): 172. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-02882-y
Meyrowitsch DW, Jensen AK, Sørensen JB, Varga TV (2023). "AI chatbots and (mis)information in public health: impact on vulnerable communities". Frontiers in Public Health 11: 1226776. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1226776
Elsenburg LK, Rieckmann A, Bengtsson J, Lange T, Baker JL, Sørensen TIA, Rod NH (2023). "Early childhood adversity and body mass index in childhood and adolescence: linking registry data on adversities with school health records of 53,401 children from Copenhagen". International Journal of Obesity 47(11): 1057–1064. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-023-01355-9
Elsenburg LK, Bengtsson J, Rieckmann A, Rod NH (2023). "Childhood adversity and risk of type 2 diabetes in early adulthood: results from a population-wide cohort study of 1.2 million individuals". Diabetologia 66(7): 1218–1222. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-023-05911-w
Rod NH, Bengtsson J, Elsenburg LK, Davies M, Taylor-Robinson D, Bhatt S, Rieckmann A (2023). "Cancer burden among adolescents and young adults in relation to childhood adversity: a nationwide life-course cohort study of 1.2 million individuals". The Lancet Regional Health–Europe 27: 100588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100588
Bengtsson J, Elsenburg LK, Andersen GS, Larsen ML, Rieckmann A, Rod NH (2023). "Childhood adversity and cardiovascular disease in early adulthood: a Danish cohort study". European Heart Journal 44(7): 586–593. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac607
Rod NH, Andersen TO, Severinsen ER, Sejling C, Dissing A, Pham VT, Nygaard M, Schmidt LKH, Drews HJ, Varga TV, Freiesleben NC, Nielsen HS, Jensen AK (2023). "Cohort profile: The SmartSleep Study, Denmark, combining evidence from survey, clinical and tracking data". BMJ Open 13(10): e063588. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063588
2024
Uleman JF, Luijten M, Abdo WF, Vyrastekova J, Gerhardus A, Runge J, Rod NH, Verhagen M (2024). “Triangulation for causal loop diagrams: constructing biopsychosocial models using group model building, literature review, and causal discovery. npj Complexity 1(1): 19. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44260-024-00017-9
Ganna A, Carracedo A, Christiansen CF, Di Angelantonio E, Dykstra PA, Dzhambov AM, Eils R, Green S, Schneider KL, Varga TV, Vuorinen AL, Zuccolo L, Rod NH, Hoeyer K (2024). "The European Health Data Space can be a boost for research beyond borders". Nature Medicine 30(11): 3053–3056. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-03246-6
Rod NH, Kreshpaj B, Stronks K (2024). "A complex systems lens can help us understand drivers of emerging challenges in work and health". Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health 50(6): 389–393. https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.4178
Uleman JF, Stronks K, Rutter H, Arah OA, Rod NH (2024). "Mapping complex public health problems with causal loop diagrams". International Journal of Epidemiology 53(4): dyae091. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae091
Wimmelmann CL, Sejling C, Clarke RB, Elsenburg LK, Sørensen TIA, Rod NH (2024). "Childhood adversity trajectories and weight status in young adult men: a register-based study including 359,783 Danish men". International Journal of Obesity 48(8): 1157–1163. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-024-01540-4
Elsenburg LK, Rieckmann A, Bengtsson J, Jensen AK, Rod NH (2024). "Application of life course trajectory methods to public health data: A comparison of sequence analysis and group-based multi-trajectory modeling for modelling childhood adversity trajectories". Social Science & Medicine 340: 116449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116449
Davies M, van Houten CS, Bengtsson J, Elsenburg LK, Kragelund Nielsen K, Andersen GS, Damm P, Rod NH. Childhood adversity and the risk of gestational diabetes: A population-based cohort study of nulliparous pregnant women. Diabet Med. 2024 Jan;41(1):e15242. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.15242
Nygaard M, Andersen TO, Rod NH (2024). "Can social connections become stressful? Exploring the link between social media use and perceived stress in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of 25,053 adults". Journal of Mental Health 33(5): 596–604. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2024.2332802
Mathisen J, Nguyen T-L, Madsen IEH, Xu T, Jensen JH, Sørensen JK, Rugulies R, Rod NH (2024). "Associations between psychosocial work environment factors and first-time and recurrent treatment for depression: a prospective cohort study of 24,226 employees". Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 33: e13. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796024000167
Andersen TO, Sejling C, Jensen AK, Dissing AS, Severinsen ER, Drews HJ, Sørensen TIA, Varga TV, Rod NH (2024). "Self-reported and tracked nighttime smartphone use and their association with overweight and cardiometabolic risk markers". Scientific Reports 14(1): 4861. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55349-2
Rieckmann A, Nielsen S, Dworzynski P, Amini H, Mogensen SW, Silva IB, Chang AY, Arah OA, Samek W, Rod NH, Ekstrøm CT, Benn CS, Aaby P, Fisker AB (2024). "Discovering subgroups of children with high mortality in urban Guinea-Bissau: exploratory and validation cohort study". JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 10: e48060. https://doi.org/10.2196/48060
Malham M, Jansson S, Ingels H, Jørgensen MH, Rod NH, Wewer V, Fox MP (2024). "Paediatric-onset immune-mediated inflammatory disease is associated with an increased mortality risk—A nationwide study". Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 59(12): 1551–1558. https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.17994
Drews HJ, Sejling C, Andersen TO, Varga TV, Jensen AK, Rod NH (2024). "Tracked and self-reported nighttime smartphone use, general health, and healthcare utilization: results from the SmartSleep Study". Sleep 47(6): zsae024. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsae024