Cathrine Lau
Postdoctoral Research fellow, PhD
Research area
One research area is human nutrition and prevention of type 2 diabetes with special attention to the impact of dietary patterns and lifestyle modification. Another area of interest is gene-environment interactions where I at present aim to discover new genetic determinants of individual’s sensitivity to antihypertensive, lipid lowering and glucose lowering medication. I work with data from the Inter99 study and the ADDITION study
| Education |
| 2005-10 |
PhD from Faculty of Health Sciences at Copenhagen University, Denmark. Thesis: “Dietary patterns, lifestyle intervention and risk of type 2 diabetes”, successfully defended on June 18th in 2010 |
| 2002-04 |
MSc in Human Nutrition from Department of Human Nutrition, The Royal Veterinary Agricultural University, Denmark. Thesis titled ”Dietary intake in a Danish population and its associations to impaired glucose regulation, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes”, successfully defended August 4th in 2004. |
| 1998-2001 |
BSc in Exercise and Sports at University of Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Positions |
| 2010 |
Postdoctoral Research fellow at Steno Diabetes Center, Epidemiology group. Research area focused on discovery of new genetic determinants of individual’s sensitivity to antihypertensive, lipid lowering and glucose lowering medication. Duties include apart from own research, supervision of students, teaching etc. |
| 2008 |
Part time consultant for Steno Diabetes Center, where I as part of a project group have developed ideas for Steno Health Promotion Center |
| 2005-10 |
PhD research fellow at Steno Diabetes Center. Primary focus was dietary patterns, lifestyle intervention and risk of Type 2 diabetes including data analysis and drafting of manuscripts based on Inter99 data |
| 2004 |
Scientific co-worker at Steno Diabetes Center |
| Membership |
| Member of and chairman for the diet council of the Diabetes Association, DK |
| Member of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) |
| Member of European Diabetes Epidemiology Group (EDEG) |
| Presentations |
| 24-27 April 2004. Abstract and poster-presentation at the 39th Annual Meeting of the European Diabetes Epidemiology Group (EDEG), Salerno, Italy. Associations between diet and insulin resistance. The Inter99 study. |
| 5-9 September, 2004. Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Munich, Germany. Associations between diet and insulin resistance – The Inter99 study. Abstract and oral presentation at the 40th,. Diabetologia, 2004; 47 (Suppl. 1), A41. |
| 2-5 April 2005. Abstract and oral presentation at the 40th Annual Meeting of EDEG, Siófok, Hungary. Glycemic index, glycemic load and the probability of impaired fasting glycemia or impaired glucose tolerance. The Inter99 study. |
| 20-23 May 2006. Abstract and oral presentation at the 41th Annual Meeting of EDEG, Krakow, Polen. The association between dietary Glycemic index, Glycemic load and BMI in the Inter99 study: Is underreporting a problem? |
| 5-8 April 2008. Abstract and oral presentation at the 43th Annual Meeting of EDEG, Elsinore, Denmark. Do food patterns predict changes in plasma glucose levels in Danish adults? Longitudinal data from the Inter99 study. |
| 1-4 June 2008. Abstract and oral presentation at the 9th Nordic Nutrition Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark. Glucose tolerance status affects the predictive effect of food patterns on changes in plasma glucose levels. |
7-11 September, 2008. Abstract and poster presentation at the 44th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Rome.
Fasting and 2-hour plasma glucose levels are affected by food patterns. Longitudinal data from the Inter99 study. |
2 September, 2009. Presentation at meeting for ”Programkomiteen for Fødevarer, Sundhed og Velfærd”, Christiansborg, Copenhagen, Denmark (invited speaker).
Can diabetes be prevented by lifestyle changes? |
| 15-18 May 2010. Abstract accepted for oral presentation at Annual Meeting at EDEG, Athens, Greece.Effects of an individual and group-based lifestyle intervention on changes in plasma glucose concentrations: The Inter99 Study. |
| Publications |
| Lau C, Vistisen D, Toft U, Tetens I, Pedersen O, Jørgensen T, Borch-Johnsen K. The effect of adding group counselling to individual lifestyle counselling on changes in plasma glucose levels: a randomized intervention study. (Submitted to Diabetes Care) |
| Toft U, Pisinger C, Aadahl M, Lau C, Linneberg A, Ladelund S, Kristoffersen L, Jørgensen T. The impact of a population-based multi-factorial lifestyle intervention on changes in alcohol intake: The Inter99 study. (Submitted to Preventive Medicine). |
| Lau C, Toft U, Tetens I, Carstensen B, Jørgensen T, Pedersen O, Borch-Johnsen K. Dietary patterns predict changes in 2-hour post-OGTT plasma glucose levels in middle-aged adults (Re-submitted to Jour of Nutr (Am,) |
| Toft U, Kristoffersen L, Ladelund S, Ovesen L, Lau C, Pisinger C, van Huth Smith L, Borch-Johnsen K, Jørgensen T. The effect of adding group-based counselling to individual counselling on changes in dietary intake: The Inter99 study – a randomized controlled study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2008 Nov 21; 5(1):59. [Epub ahead of print] |
| Toft U, Kristoffersen L, Ladelund S, Ovesen L, Lau C, Borch-Johnsen K, Pissinger C, Jørgensen T. The impact of a population-based multi-factorial lifestyle intervention on changes in long-term dietary habits: The Inter99 study. Preventive medicine 2008; Jun 4. [Epub ahead of print] |
| Lau C, Glümer C, Toft U, Tetens I, Carstensen B, Jørgensen T, Borch-Johnsen K. Identification and reproducibility of dietary patterns in a Danish cohort: The Inter99 Study. Br J Nutr. 2008; 99: 1089-1098. |
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Husemoen LLN, Glümer C, Lau C, Pisinger C, Mørch LS, Linneberg A. Association of obesity and insulin resistance with asthma and allergy. Allergy 2008; 63: 575-582.
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| Toft U, Kristoffersen L, Lau C, Ovesen L, Borch-Johnsen K, Jørgensen T. Relative validity of a food frequency used in the Inter99 study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2007: 1-9. |
| Lau C, Toft U, Tetens I, Richelsen B, Jørgensen T, Borch-Johnsen K, Glümer C. The association between dietary Glycemic index, Glycemic load and BMI in the Inter99 study: Is underreporting a problem? American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2006; 84 (3):641-645 |
| Toft U, Kristoffersen L, Lau C, Borch-Johnsen K, Jørgensen T. The Dietary Quality Score: validation and association with cardiovascular risk factors: the Inter99 study. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2006; 1-9. |
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Lau C, Færch K, Glümer C, Tetens I, Pedersen O, Jørgensen T, Borch-Johnsen K. Dietary Glycemic Load, Glycemic Index, Fiber, Simple Sugars and Insulin Resistance. The Inter99 study: Response to Buyken and Liese. Diabetes Care 2005; 28 (12): 2986-2987.
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| Færch K, Lau C, Tetens I, Pedersen O, Jørgensen T, Borch-Johnsen K, Glümer C. A statistical approach based on substitution of macronutrients provides additional information to models analysing dietary factors in relation to type 2 diabetes in Danish adults. The Inter99 Study. Journal of Nutrition 2005; 135: 1177-1182. |
| Lau C, Færch K, Glümer C, Tetens I, Pedersen O, Carstensen B, Jørgensen T, Borch-Johnsen K. Dietary Glycemic Load, Glycemic Index, Fiber, Simple Sugars and Insulin Resistance. The Inter99 study. Diabetes Care 2005; 28: 1397-1403. |
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Lau C, Færch K, Glümer C, Toft U, Tetens I, Jørgensen T, Borch-Johnsen K. Evaluation of dietary intake in a Danish population: the Inter99 study. Scandinavian Journal of Nutrition 2004; 48 (3): 136-143.
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