• Cigarette Smoking and Endometrial Cancer Risk: Observational and Mendelian Randomization Analyses 

      Dimou, Niki; Omiyale, Wemimo; Biessy, Carine; Viallon, Vivian; Kaaks, Rudolf; O'Mara, Tracy A.; Aglago, Elom K.; Ardanaz, Eva; Bergmann, Manuela M.; Bondonno, Nicola P.; Braaten, Tonje; Colorado-Yohar, Sandra M.; Crous-Bou, Marta; Dahm, Christina C.; Fortner, Renée T.; Gram, Inger Torhild; Harlid, Sophia; Heath, Alicia K.; Idahl, Annika; Kvaskoff, Marina; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Overvad, Kim; Palli, Domenico; Perez-Cornago, Aurora; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Sánchez, Maria-Jose; Schulze, Matthias B.; Severi, Gianluca; Simeon, Vittorio; Tagliabue, Giovanna; Tjønneland, Anne; Truong, Thérése; Tumino, Rosario; Johansson, Mattias; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Murphy, Neil; Gunter, Marc J.; Lacey, Ben; Allen, Naomi E.; Dossus, Laure (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background: Current epidemiologic evidence indicates that smoking is associated with a lower endometrial cancer risk. However, it is unknown if this association is causal or confounded. To further elucidate the role of ...
    • Relationships between metabolic markers and obesity measures in two populations that differ in stature—The SAMINOR Study 

      Michalsen, Vilde Lehne; Braaten, Tonje; Kvaløy, Kirsti; Melhus, Marita; Broderstad, Ann Ragnhild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background The relationships between metabolic markers and obesity measures may differ by ethnicity, sex, and height. Questions have been posed whether these relationships differ by ethnicity in the population in Northern ...
    • SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe 

      Achenbach, Stephan; Aleksandrova, Krasimira; Amiano, Pilar; Amouyel, Philippe; Andersson, Jonas; Bakker, Stephan J.L.; Meyer, Haakon Eduard; Selmer, Randi Marie; Braaten, Tonje; Hveem, Kristian; Lyngbakken, Magnus Nakrem; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Omland, Torbjørn; Wilsgaard, Tom; Costa, Rui Bebiano Da Providencia; Beulens, Joline W. J.; Blaha, Michael J.; Bobak, Martin; Boer, Jolanda M.A.; Bonet, Catalina; Bonnet, Fabrice; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Brenner, Hermann; Brunner, Fabian; Brunner, Eric J.; Brunström, Mattias; Buring, Julie; Butterworth, Adam S.; Capkova, Nadezda; Cesana, Giancarlo; Chrysohoou, Christina; Colorado-Yohar, Sandra; Cook, Nancy R.; Cooper, Cyrus; Dahm, Christina C.; Davidson, Karina W.; Dennison, Elaine; Castelnuovo, Augusto Di; Donfrancesco, Chiara; Dörr, Marcus; Dorynska, Agnieszka; Eliasson, Mats; Engström, Gunnar; Ferrari, Pietro; Ferrario, Marco; Ford, Ian; Fu, Michael; Gansevoort, Ron T.; Giampaoli, Simona; Gillum, Richard F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Aims The aim of this study was to develop, validate, and illustrate an updated prediction model (SCORE2) to estimate 10-year fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in individuals without previous CVD or ...
    • The self-management work of food hypersensitivity 

      Jakobsen, Monika Dybdahl; Obstfelder, Aud; Braaten, Tonje; Abelsen, Birgit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    • Self-Reported Food Hypersensitivity: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Comorbidities in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study 

      Jakobsen, Monika Dybdahl; Braaten, Tonje; Obstfelder, Aud; Abelsen, Birgit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Background: This study aims to investigate the prevalence of self-reported food hypersensitivity, (SFH), the characteristics of women with SFH, and whether SFH is associated with multiple health complaints among the ...
    • Sex differences in risk of smoking-related lung cancer: results from a cohort of 600,000 Norwegians 

      Hansen, Merethe Selnes; Licaj, Idlir; Braaten, Tonje; Langhammer, Arnulf; Marchand, Loic Le; Gram, Inger Torhild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Whether women are more susceptible than men to smoking-related lung cancer has been a topic of controversy. To address this question we compared risk of lung cancer associated with smoking by sex. Altogether 585,583 ...
    • Sickness absence patterns and trends in the health care sector: 5-year monitoring of female municipal employees in the health and care sectors in Norway and Denmark 

      Krane, Line; Johnsen, Roar; Fleten, Nils; Nielsen, Claus Vinther; Stapelfeldt, Christina Malmose; Jensen, Chris; Braaten, Tonje (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Background: Sickness absence is a growing public health problem in Norway and Denmark, with the highest absence rates being registered in Norway. We compared time trends in sickness absence patterns of municipal employees ...
    • Smoking related lung cancer mortality by education and sex in Norway 

      Hansen, Merethe Selnes; Licaj, Idlir; Braaten, Tonje; Langhammer, Arnulf; Marchand, Loic Le; Gram, Inger Torhild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Lung cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer and the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, with tobacco smoking as the main cause [1]. In Norway, as in other western countries, smoking was more prevalent among ...
    • Venous Air Embolism Activates Complement C3 Without Corresponding C5 Activation and Trigger Thromboinflammation in Pigs 

      Storm, Benjamin; Ludviksen, Judith K; Christiansen, Dorte; Fure, Hilde; Pettersen, Kristin; Landsem, Anne; Nilsen, Bent Aksel; Dybwik, Knut Gustav; Braaten, Tonje; Nielsen, Erik Waage; Mollnes, Tom Eirik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Introduction: Air embolism may complicate invasive medical procedures. Bubbles trigger complement C3-mediated cytokine release, coagulation, and platelet activation in vitro in human whole blood. Since these findings have ...
    • What makes women with food hypersensitivity do self-management work? 

      Jakobsen, Monika Dybdahl; Obstfelder, Aud; Braaten, Tonje; Abelsen, Birgit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background:Managing a chronic condition takes work, and it is considered important that patients carry out thiswork. However, knowledge is lacking on what elements enhance self-management work.Persons with food hypersensitivity ...