• Combined Lifestyle Behaviors and the Incidence of Common Cancer Types in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study (NOWAC) 

      Chen, Sairah Lai Fa; Braaten, Tonje Bjørndal; Borch, Kristin Benjaminsen; Ferrari, Pietro; Sandanger, Torkjel M; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Introduction: Only a small number of studies have examined the impact of combined lifestyle behaviors on cancer incidence, and never in a Norwegian population. Purpose: To examine linear and nonlinear associations of ...
    • Healthy lifestyle change and all-cause and cancer mortality in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort 

      Matta, Komodo; Viallon, Vivian; Botteri, Edoardo; Peveri, Giulia; Dahm, Christina; Nannsen, Anne Østergaard; Olsen, Anja; Tjønneland, Anne; Elbaz, Alexis; Artaud, Fanny; Marques, Chloé; Kaaks, Rudolf; Katzke, Verena; Schulze, Matthias B.; Llanaj, Erand; Masala, Giovanna; Pala, Valeria; Panico, Salvatore; Tumino, Rosario; Ricceri, Fulvio; Derksen, Jeroen W. G.; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Sandanger, Torkjel Manning; Borch, Kristin Benjaminsen; Quirós, J. Ramón; Castro-Espin, Carlota; Sánchez, Maria-José; Atxega, Amaia Aizpurua; Cirera, Lluís; Guevara, Marcela; Manjer, Jonas; Tin Tin, Sandar; Heath, Alicia; Touvier, Mathilde; Goldberg, Marcel; Weiderpass Vainio, Elisabete; Gunter, Marc J.; Freisling, Heinz; Riboli, Elio; Ferrari, Pietro (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      Background Healthy lifestyles are inversely associated with the risk of noncommunicable diseases, which are leading causes of death. However, few studies have used longitudinal data to assess the impact of changing lifestyle ...
    • Prediagnosis Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Lung Cancer Survival: A Pooled Analysis of 11 Cohorts 

      Yang, Jae Jeong; Yu, Danxia; White, Emily; Lee, Dong Hoon; Blot, William; Robien, Kim; Sinha, Rashmi; Park, Yikyung; Takata, Yumie; Gao, Yu-Tang; Smith-Byrne, Karl; Monninkhof, Evelyn M; Kaaks, Rudolf; Langhammer, Arnulf; Borch, Kristin Benjaminsen; Al-Shaar, Laila; Lan, Qing; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Zhang, Xuehong; Zhu, Clair; Chirlaque, María Dolores; Severi, Gianluca; Overvad, Kim; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Aune, Dagfinn; Johansson, Mattias; Smith-Warner, Stephanie A; Zheng, Wei; Shu, Xiao-Ou (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background Little is known about the association between physical activity before cancer diagnosis and survival among lung cancer patients. In this pooled analysis of 11 prospective cohorts, we investigated associations ...
    • Validity of self-reported body mass index among middle-aged participants in the Norwegian Women and Cancer study 

      Skeie, Guri; Mode, Nicolle; Henningsen, Maria; Borch, Kristin Benjaminsen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Background: Body mass index (BMI) based on self-reported height and weight has been criticized as being biased because of an observed tendency for overweight and obese people to overestimate height and underestimate weight, ...