Marleen van Greevenbroek

Associate professor

Dr Marleen van Greevenbroek is Medical Biologist (University of Utrecht, 1992) and Epidemiologist (Maastricht University, 2012). She received her PhD degree in 1997 at the University of Utrecht, on a thesis concerning the effects of fatty acids on the production of intestinal triglyceride-rich lipoproteins. In September 1997, she was appointed at the University of Maastricht (Dept. of Internal Medicine), where she was involved in studies on the metabolic and genetic aspects of obesity and cardiometabolic diseases.

Her main area of research is the identification of early events in the development of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. In recent years, her research activities specifically focused on the role of the complement system herein. This research encompasses both cohort studies and experimental work.

Department of Internal Medicine
Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht
PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht

2026
- Maasen, K., Mayen, A.-L., Hana, C., Knaze, V., Van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Debras, C., Stehouwer, C. D. A., Tjonneland, A., Kyro, C., Ibsen, D. B., Dah, C. C., Mancini, F., Laouali, N., Hajji, M., Schulze, M. B., Bajracharya, R., Katzke, V., Masala, G., ... Schalkwijk, C. G. (2026). Higher intake of dietary dicarbonyl compounds is associated with lower incidence of type 2 diabetes: European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-InterAct case-cohort study. European Journal of Nutrition, 65(3), Article 98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-026-03904-0
- Schaarup, J. R., Bjerg, L., Hansen, C. S., Andersen, S. T., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Schram, M. T., De Galan, B. E., Stehouwer, C., & Witte, D. R. (2026). Cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction is linked with arterial stiffness across glucose metabolism: the Maastricht study. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, 14(2), Article e004995. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2025-004995
- Berends, E., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Backes, W. H., Dagnelie, P. C., Jansen, J. F. A., Galan, B. E. D., Greevenbroek, M. M. J. V., Kohler, S., Schram, M. T., Wesselius, A., Oostenbrugge, R. J., Foulquier, S., & Schalkwijk, C. G. (2026). Associations between methylglyoxal and cerebral small vessel disease and cognitive function-The Maastricht Study. Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases, 35(3), Article 108578. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2026.108578
- Wang, K., Kroon, A. A., De Galan, B. E., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Schram, M. T., Houben, A. J. H. M., & van Greevenbroek, M. M. J. (2026). Associations of blood pressure with retinal arteriolar narrowing and urinary albumin excretion are modified by prediabetes: the Maastricht study. Journal of Hypertension, 44(3), 461-469. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000004225
- Maalmi, H., Wouters, K., Schaper, N. C., Zhu, A., Heijman, J., van der Kallen, C. J. H., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Dagnelie, P. C., de Galan, B. E., Wesselius, A., Ziegler, D., Roden, M., Herder, C., Oluwagbemigun, K., & Stehouwer, C. D. A. (2026). Circulating Neutrophil and Monocyte Counts Are Inversely Associated With Heart Rate Variability Indices: The Maastricht Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 15(3), 1-14. Article e043994. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.125.043994
- Dimitropoulou, N. M., Beran, M., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Dingena, C. F., Dagnelie, P. C., Van Der Kallen, C. J. H., Koster, A., Van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Brouwers, M. C. G. J., Schram, M. T., & de Galan, B. E. (2026). Liver fat content is not elevated in people with type 1 diabetes: the Maastricht Study. Diabetologia, 69(2), 364-373. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06597-y
- Sezer, B., Albers, J., Meisters, R., Schram, M. T., de Galan, B. E., van der Kallen, C., van Greevenbroek, M., Dagnelie, P., Koster, A., & Bosma, H. (2026). Exploring the role of class stigma in socioeconomic inequalities in type 2 diabetes: The Maastricht Study. Journal of Health Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591053251395856
2025
- van der Graaf, A., Warmerdam, R., Auwerx, C., Xie, M., Wood, A. R., Westra, H. J., Weiss, S., Völker, U., Visscher, P. M., Viñuela, A., Verlouw, J., Veldink, J., Tokolyi, A., Teumer, A., Souto, J. C., Soria, J. M., Slagboom, E., Singleton, A., Raitoharju, E., ... eQTLgen Consortium (2025). MR-link-2: pleiotropy robust cis Mendelian randomization validated in three independent reference datasets of causality. Nature Communications, 16(1), Article 6112. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-60868-1
- van Oeteren, M. A. J., De Groot, D. M., Buziau, A. M., Scheijen, J. L. J. M., van de Waarenburg, M. P. H., Kroon, A. A., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Dagnelie, P. C., Van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Houben, A. J. H. M., Meex, S. J. R., Schalkwijk, C. G., & Brouwers, M. C. G. J. (2025). The effects of dietary fructose on blood pressure are modified by the food matrix. Clinical Nutrition, 55, 134-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2025.10.017
- Meisters, R., Koster, A., Sezer, B., Albers, J., van Greevenbroek, M., de Galan, B., & Bosma, H. (2025). The importance of material deprivation in type 2 diabetes incidence: longitudinal analyses in the Maastricht study. BMC Public Health, 25(1), Article 3013. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24263-1

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