Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Forsmo, Siri"
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A prospective population-based cohort study of lactation and cardiovascular disease mortality: the HUNT study
Natland Fagerhaug, Tone; Forsmo, Siri; Jacobsen, Geir W.; Midthjell, Kristian; Andersen, Lene Frost; Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: Recent studies suggest that lactation has long-term effects on risk for cardiovascular disease in women, but the effects on cardiovascular mortality are less well known. Method: In a Norwegian population-based ... -
Anti-osteoporosis drug use: too little, too much, or just right? The HUNT study, Norway
Hoff, Mari; Skurtveit, Svetlana; Meyer, Haakon E; Langhammer, Arnulf; Søgaard, Anne-Johanne; Syversen, Unni; Skovlund, Eva; Abrahamsen, Bo; Forsmo, Siri; Schei, Berit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Summary Use of anti-osteoporotic drugs (AODs) was examined in a Norwegian population 50–85 years. Among them with Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) score for major osteoporotic fracture ≥ 20, 25% of the women and 17% ... -
Changing patterns of cytomegalovirus seroprevalence among pregnant women in Norway between 1995 and 2009 examined in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study and two cohorts from Sør-Trøndelag County: a cross-sectional study
Odland, Maria Lisa; Strand, Kristin Melheim; Nordbø, Svein Arne; Forsmo, Siri; Ausgtulen, Rigmor; Iversen, Ann-Charlotte (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Objectives: To examine cytomegalovirus (CMV) seroprevalence and associated risk factors for CMV seropositivity in pregnant Norwegian women. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: The Norwegian Mother and Child ... -
Could screening participation bias symptom interpretation? An interview study on women's interpretations of and responses to cancer symptoms between mammography screening rounds
Solbjør, Marit; Skolbekken, John-Arne; Sætnan, Ann Rudinow; Hagen, Anne Irene; Forsmo, Siri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Objectives: To explore how women with negative mammography screening results, but who were later diagnosed with interval breast cancer, reacted when they observed breast symptoms that could indicate malignancy in-between ... -
Diagnostic labelling and implications for health, a population-based study
Jørgensen, Pål (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2018:8, Doctoral thesis, 2018)NORSK POPULÆRVITENSKAPELIG SAMMENDRAG Helsemessige konsekvenser av kjennskap til egen diagnose – en populasjonsbasert studie Epidemien av «ikke-smittsomme sykdommer» og livsstilssykdommer blir gjerne sett på som den ... -
Genetic and molecular functional characterization of variants within TNFSF13B, a positional candidate preeclampsia susceptibility gene on 13q
Fenstad, Mona Høysæter; Johnson, Matthew; Roten, Linda Tømmerdal; Aas, Per Arne; Forsmo, Siri; Klepper, Kjetil; East, Christine; Abraham, Lawrence j.; Blangero, John; Brennecke, Shaun P.; Austgulen, Rigmor; Moses, Eric K (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Background: Preeclampsia is a serious pregnancy complication, demonstrating a complex pattern of inheritance. The elucidation of genetic liability to preeclampsia remains a major challenge in obstetric medicine. We have ... -
Is there an association between disease ignorance and self-rated health? The HUNT Study, a cross-sectional survey
Jørgensen, Pål; Langhammer, Arnulf; Krokstad, Steinar; Forsmo, Siri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Objective: To explore whether awareness versus unawareness of thyroid dysfunction, diabetes mellitus or hypertension is associated with self-rated health. Design: Large-scale, cross-sectional population-based study. ... -
Lactation and cardiovascular risk factors in a population-based study: the HUNT-study
Natland, Siv Tone; Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund; Midthjell, Kristian; Andersen, Lene Frost; Forsmo, Siri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background Lactation has beneficial short term effects on maternal metabolic health, but the long term effects are less well known. Methods We studied the association between lifetime duration of lactation and cardiovascular ... -
Long-term therapy in COPD: Any evidence of adverse effect on bone?
Langhammer, Arnulf; Forsmo, Siri; Syversen, Unni (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)Patients with COPD have high risk for osteoporosis and fractures. Hip and vertebral fractures might impair mobility, and vertebral fractures further reduce lung function. This review discusses the evidence of bone loss due ... -
Low Serum Levels of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Predict Hip Fracture in the Elderly: A NOREPOS Study
Holvik, Kristin; Ahmed, Luai Awad; Forsmo, Siri; Gjesdal, Clara Gram; Grimnes, Guri; Samuelsen, Sven Ove; Schei, Berit; Blomhoff, Rune; Tell, Grethe S; Meyer, Haakon E (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: Despite considerable interest, the relationship between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D and the risk of hip fracture is not fully established. Objective: The objective of the study was to study the association ... -
Maternal recall of breastfeeding duration twenty years after delivery
Natland, Siv Tone; Andersen, Lene Frost; Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund; Forsmo, Siri; Jacobsen, Geir Wenberg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background Studies on the health benefits from breastfeeding often rely on maternal recall of breastfeeding. Although short-term maternal recall has been found to be quite accurate, less is known about long-term accuracy. ... -
MEPE loss-of-function variant associates with decreased bone mineral density and increased fracture risk
Surakka, Ida; Fritsche, Lars; Zhou, Wei; Backman, Joshua; Kosmicki, Jack A.; Lu, Haocheng; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Nielsen, Jonas B.; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Wolford, Brooke N.; Graham, Sarah E.; Chen, Y. Eugene; Lee, Seunggeun; Kang, Hyun Min; Langhammer, Arnulf; Forsmo, Siri; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Styrkarsdottir, Unnur; Holm, Hilma; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Stefansson, Kari; Baras, Aris; Bai, Xiaodong; Balasubramanian, Suganthi; Barnard, Leland; Blumenfeld, Andrew; Cantor, Michael; Coppola, Giovanni; Economides, Aris; Eom, Gisu; Habegger, Lukas; Hahn, Young; Hawes, Alicia; Jones, Marcus B.; Khalid, Shareef; Lotta, Luca A.; Maxwell, Evan K.; Mitnaul, Lyndon J.; Overton, John D.; Reid, Jeffrey G.; Ferreira, Manuel Allen Revez; Salerno, William; Sharma, Deepika; Shuldiner, Alan R.; Staples, Jeffrey C.; Yadav, Ashish; Abecasis, Goncalo R.; Hveem, Kristian; Willer, Cristen J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)A major challenge in genetic association studies is that most associated variants fall in the non-coding part of the human genome. We searched for variants associated with bone mineral density (BMD) after enriching the ... -
Mortality in persons with undetected and diagnosed hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and hypothyroidism, compared with persons without corresponding disease - a prospective cohort study; The HUNT Study, Norway
Jørgensen, Pål; Langhammer, Arnulf; Krokstad, Steinar; Forsmo, Siri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background Suggested strategies in reducing the impact of non-communicable diseases (NCD) are early diagnosing and screening. We have limited proof of benefit of population screening for NCD. Increased mortality in persons ... -
Ovulation prevalence in women with spontaneous normal-length menstrual cycles - A population-based cohort from HUNT3, Norway
Prior, Jerilynn C.; Næss, Marit; Langhammer, Arnulf; Forsmo, Siri (Journal article, 2015)Background: Ovulatory menstrual cycles are essential for women’s fertility and needed to prevent bone loss. There is a medical/cultural expectation that clinically normal menstrual cycles are inevitably ovulatory. ... -
Proton pump inhibitors and fracture risk. The HUNT study, Norway.
Hoff, Mari; Skovlund, Eva; Skurtveit, Svetlana; Meyer, Haakon E; Langhammer, Arnulf; Søgaard, Anne-Johanne; Syversen, Unni; Forsmo, Siri; Abrahamsen, Bo; Schei, Berit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Summary Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have been linked to increased risk of fracture; the data have, however, been diverging. We did not find any increased risk of fractures among users of PPIs in a Norwegian population ... -
Psychosocial consequences among women with false-positive results after mammography screening in Norway
Solbjør, Marit; Forsmo, Siri; Skolbekken, John-Arne; Siersma, Volkert Dirk; Brodersen, John (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: Mammography screening may cause psychosocial harm for women experiencing a false-positive screening result. Previous studies suggest long-term consequences. The aim of the present study was to assess psychosocial ... -
Risk of hip and forearm fracture in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus and latent autoimmune diabetes of adults. The HUNT Study, Norway
Dahl, Jesper; Gulseth, Hanne Løvdal; Forsén, Lisa; Hoff, Mari; Forsmo, Siri; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Schei, Berit; Midthjell, Kristian; Meyer, Haakon Eduard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus incur an increased risk of fracture, with a generally higher risk among individuals with type 1 diabetes. The fracture risk among individuals with latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood ... -
STOX2 but not STOX1 is differently expressed in preeclampstic decidua from Norwegian women: data from the Second Nord-Trondelag Health Study
Fenstad, Mona Høysæter; Johnson, Matthew; Løset, Mari; Mundal, Siv Boon; Roten, Linda Tømmerdal; Eide, Irina Poliakova; Bjørge, Line; Sande, Ragnar; Johansson, Åsa; Dyer, T D; Forsmo, Siri; Blangero, John; Moses, E K; Austgulen, Rigmor (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010) -
Urban–Rural Differences in Hip Fracture Mortality: A Nationwide NOREPOS Study
Solbakken, Siri Marie; Magnus, Jeanette H.; Meyer, Haakon E; Dahl, Cecilie; Stigum, Hein; Søgaard, Anne-Johanne; Holvik, Kristin; Tell, Grethe S.; Emaus, Nina; Forsmo, Siri; Gjesdal, Clara Gram; Schei, Berit; Vestergaard, Peter; Omsland, Tone Kristin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Higher hip fracture incidence in urban than in rural areas has been demonstrated, but urban–rural differences in posthip fracture mortality have been less investigated, and the results are disparate. Hence, the aims of the ... -
Women's Experiences With Mammography Screening Through Six Years of Participation— A Longitudinal Qualitative Study
Solbjør, Marit; Skolbekken, John-Arne; Østerlie, Wenche; Forsmo, Siri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)In this article we explore women’s experiences with six years of mammography screening. Regular and repeated mammography screening is promoted as an important tool for disease prevention among women worldwide. The purpose ...