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Risk Factors and Road Traffic Accidents in Tanzania: A Case Study of Kibaha District
(Master thesis, 2007)This thesis discusses the risk factors which are associated to the cause of road traffic accidents in Kibaha district in Tanzania; the study describes the composition of motor related injuries including non motorized ... -
Risk factors associated with severe disease in respiratory syncytial virus infected children under 5 years of age
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Objective: To evaluate risk factors for severe disease in children under 59 months of age hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Study design: We prospectively enrolled 1,096 cases of laboratory ... -
Risk Factors for Achilles Tendon Overuse Injuries in Runners
(Bachelor thesis, 2024)Hensikt: Flere studier har undersøkt overbelastningsskader knyttet til akillessenen og deres natur, men det er fortsatt uklart hvordan og hvorfor slike belastningsskader oppstår. Vi ønsket å undersøke indre og ytre ... -
Risk Factors for Breast Cancer Subtypes and Breast Cancer in Old Age: Prospective studies in Norwegian women
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2014:299, Doctoral thesis, 2014)Risikofaktorer for brystkreftsubtyper og brystkreft i høy alder Prospektive studier av norske kvinner Brystkreft er den hyppigste kreftformen blant kvinner i Norge og mange andre land, og forekomsten er høyest blant eldre ... -
Risk Factors for Breast, Uterine and Ovarian Cancer: A competing Risks Analysis
(Master thesis, 2011)A competing risks situation arises when a unit can fail due to several distinct failure types. In a competing risk situation, standard techniques from survival analysis may lead to incorrect and biased results. In this ... -
Risk factors for cerebral infarction in a general population aged 50-66 years
(Master thesis, 2022)Målet med denne tverrsnittstudien var å undersøke ulike risikofaktorer for hjerneinfarkt i en generell populasjon. Kliniske og stille (synlige på MR-bilder) infarkter ble analysert som én gruppe i denne oppgaven. Risikofaktorene ... -
Risk Factors for Cerebral Palsy in Moldova
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background and Objectives: This is the first study assessing risk factors for cerebral palsy (CP) among children born in Moldova. The aim of this study was to identify and describe risk factors for cerebral palsy (CP) among ... -
Risk Factors for Common Complications Following Adult Heart Surgery
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2012:373, Doctoral thesis, 2012)Background and aims: Cardiac surgery carries a substantial risk of mortality and other postoperative complications. Morbidity following cardiac surgery has become more important in recent years as mortality has decreased. ... -
Risk factors for impaired maternal bonding when infants are 3 months old: A longitudinal population based study from Japan
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Impaired maternal bonding has been associated with antenatal and postnatal factors, especially postpartum depression. Only a few population-based, longitudinal studies have examined the association between ... -
Risk factors for requiring cholecystectomy for gallstone disease in a prospective population-based cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background:The relationship between different lifestyle factors and the risk of needing cholecystectomyfor gallstone disease is not clear. This study aimed to assess the association between anthropometric,lifestyle and ... -
Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection: a test-negative case-control study with additional population controls in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Objectives This study aims to assess risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection by combined design; first comparing positive cases to negative controls as determined by PCR testing and then comparing these two groups to an ... -
Risk factors for short- and long-term complications following adult cardiac surgery
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2017:89, Doctoral thesis, 2017)Risikofaktorer for kort- og langtidskomplikasjoner etter åpen hjertekirurgi hos voksne Informasjon om forskjeller i signalveier relatert til inflammasjon (betennelse) og/eller endret sirkulasjon kan bidra i å identifisere ... -
Risk factors for stroke and choice of oral anticoagulant in atrial fibrillation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Purpose To investigate risk factors for stroke in patients initiating oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation in Norway and their association with receiving DOACs versus warfarin. Methods From nationwide registries, ... -
Risk factors for suicidal thoughts in adolescence-a prospective cohort study:the Young-HUNT study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Objectives: Examining the associations between health and lifestyle factors recorded in the participants’ early teens and development of suicidal thoughts recorded 4 years later. Design: Population-based prospective ... -
Risk Factors for Suicide After Bariatric Surgery in a Population-based Nationwide Study in Five Nordic Countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Objective: To identify risk factors for suicide after bariatric surgery. Summary background data: Bariatric surgery reduces obesity-related mortality. However, it is for unclear reasons is associated with an increased ... -
Risk factors for surgical site infections among 1,772 patients operated on for lumbar disc herniation: a multicentre observational registry-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background There are no previous studies evaluating risk factors for surgical site infections (SSIs) and the effectiveness of prophylactic antibiotic treatment (PAT), specifically for patients operated on for lumbar disc ... -
Risk factors for the development of asthma in adults: adiposity, metabolic syndrome, mental distress and their interplay
(Doctoral Theses at NTNU, 1503-8181; 2014:58, Doctoral thesis, 2014)Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways that involves a wide variety of cells and cellular elements. Symptoms of asthma include temporary episodes of breathlessness, wheezing, coughing, and tightness of ... -
Risk factors for the right colon, left colon and rectal cancers differ between men and women: the population-based HUNT study in Norway.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Aim The aim of this study was to assess established risk factors for colorectal cancer (CRC) separately for right colon, left colon and rectal cancer in men and women. Method This was a prospective cohort study comparing ... -
Risk Factors for Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in a Prospective Population-Based Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background and Purpose— We wanted to evaluate potential risk factors for unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) in a large, prospective study of the general population with ... -
Risk factors in stock returns of U.S. oil and gas companies
(Master thesis, 2018)In this paper, our objective is to examine if the oil price contributes to explain the return of the oil companies. We analyze a total of 184 U.S. stock exchange listed oil and gas companies, divided into six different ...