Mats Flaaten is a PhD student at the Department of Public Health and Nursing. In his PhD project, he investigates causal effects of physical activity on cardiovascular disease and mortality. In particular, he is involved in the use of accelerometer measured physical activity in HUNT4, and use of genetic variation in the population as instrument variables.
Research interests:
- Physical activity and health
- Genetic epidemiology
- Intergenerational and family studies
- Causality in epidemiologic research
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