prof. dr. J.O. (Jochen) Mierau

Professor Public Health Economics

Faculty of Economics and Business

Telephone:

+31 6 5272 4774 (Office - Lifelines)

+31 50 36 37018 (Secretary FEB-EEF)

E-mail:

j.o.mierau rug.nl

ORCID Research Portal

Publications

New insights into the paradox between smoking and the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19): Insufficient evidence for a causal association

Kramer, I., Zhu, Y., Van Westen-Lagerweij, N. A., Dekker, L. H., Mierau, J. O. & Croes, E. A., Jul-2025, In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 53, 5, p. 552–559 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/Letter to the editor › Academic › peer-review

The association of overweight, obesity, and long-term obesity with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a meta-analysis of 9 population-based cohorts from the Netherlands Cohorts Consortium

Lifelines Corona Research initiative, Loef, B., Boer, J. M. A., Beekman, M., Campman, S. L., Hoogendijk, E. O., Huider, F., Pagen, D. M. E., Splinter, M. J., van der Velde, J. H. P. M., Boomsma, D. I., Dagnelie, P. C., van Dongen, J., de Geus, E. J. C., Huisman, M., Ikram, M. A., Koster, A., Licher, S., Mierau, J. O. & de Mutsert, R.& 8 others, Picavet, H. S. J., Rosendaal, F. R., Schram, M. T., Slagboom, P. E., van der Spoel, E., Stronks, K., Verschuren, W. M. M. & van den Berg, S. W., Apr-2025, In: International Journal of Obesity. 49, p. 586-595 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

The Value of Health

Mierau, J., 2025, University of Groningen Press. 40 p. (Inaugural Lectures)

Research output: Book/Report › Inaugural speech

Author Correction: Symptoms and quality of life before, during, and after a SARS-CoV-2 PCR positive or negative test: data from Lifelines (Scientific Reports, (2023), 13, 1, (11713), 10.1038/s41598-023-38223-5)

Lifelines Corona Research initiative, Goërtz, Y. M. J., Spruit, M. A., Van Herck, M., Dukers-Muijrers, N., van der Kallen, C. J. H., Burtin, C. & Janssen, D. J. A., Dec-2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 8390.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Erratum

De versterking van de kennisinfrastructuur rondom preventie: handreiking analyse en aanbevelingen (NFU paper)

Stronks, K., Burdorf, L., Kiefte-de Jonge, J., van der Velde, L., Kremers, S., Assendelft, P., Mierau, J., Peters, L. L., de Wit, N., van der Ven, L. & Ballak, D., Apr-2024, NFU Nederlandse Federatie van Universitair Medische Centra. 37 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Report › Professional

Educational and income inequalities across diseases in Denmark: a register-based cohort study

Pallesen, A. V. J., Mierau, J. O., Christensen, F. K. & Mortensen, L. H., Nov-2024, In: The Lancet Public Health. 9, 11, p. e916-e924 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Inequality in an Equal Society

Harvey, L. A., Mierau, J. O. & Rockey, J., Aug-2024, In: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 86, 4, p. 871-904 34 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Performance assessment to improve public health systems

Mierau, J. O., van der Pol, S., Sandhu, A. & Jansen, D. E., 1-Jul-2024, In: Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 102, 7, p. 541-543 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Sarcopenia augments the risk of excess weight on COVID-19 hospitalization: A prospective study using the Lifelines COVID-19 cohort

Lifelines Corona Research initiative, Zhu, Y., Mierau, J. O., Bakker, S. J. L., Dekker, L. H. & Navis, G. J., May-2024, In: Nutrition. 121, 6 p., 112361.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review