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Circulating markers of cellular immune activation in pre-diagnostic blood sample and lung cancer risk in the Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium (LC3)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Cell‐mediated immune suppression may play an important role in lung carcinogenesis. We investigated the associations for circulating levels of tryptophan, kynurenine, kynurenine:tryptophan ratio (KTR), quinolinic acid (QA) ... -
Circulating microRNAs as predictive biomarkers of myocardial infarction: Evidence from the HUNT study.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background and aims Several risk prediction models for coronary heart disease (CHD) are available today, however, they only explain a modest proportion of the incidence. Circulating microRNAs (miRs) have recently been ... -
Circulating sex hormones in relation to anthropometric, sociodemographic and behavioural factors in an international dataset of 12,300 men
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Introduction Sex hormones have been implicated in the etiology of a number of diseases. To better understand disease etiology and the mechanisms of disease-risk factor associations, this analysis aimed to investigate the ... -
Climate change and infectious diseases in the Arctic: Establishment of a circumpolar working group
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The Arctic, even more so than other parts of the world, has warmed substantially over the past few decades. Temperature and humidity influence the rate of development, survival and reproduction of pathogens and thus the ... -
Clinical aspects of cerebral palsy in Iceland: A population-based study of preschool children
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 493, Doctoral thesis, 2011)Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common motor impairment of childhood, affecting approximately 2 children per 1000 live births.1 Unfortunately, the rate in most areas has not changed during recent decades; therefore the ... -
Clinical Course in Chronic Subdural Hematoma Patients Aged 18–49 Compared to Patients 50 Years and Above: A Multicenter Study and Meta-Analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Objective: Chronic Subdural Hematoma (cSDH) is primarily a disease of elderly, and is rare in patients <50 years, and this may in part be related to the increased brain atrophy from 50 years of age. This fact may also ... -
Clinical outcomes after surgery for cervical radiculopathy performed in public and private hospitals : a nationwide relative effectiveness study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aims The number of patients undergoing surgery for degenerative cervical radiculopathy has increased. In many countries, public hospitals have limited capacity. This has resulted in long waiting times for elective ... -
Clinical performance of Anyplex II HPV28 by human papillomavirus type and viral load in a referral population
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Anyplex II HPV28 (`Anyplex`) is a semi-quantitative DNA PCR assay divided into set A, comprising 14 high risk (hr)HPV types; and set B, comprising 5 possibly hrHPV types and 9 low risk (lr)HPV types. We compared the ability ... -
Clinical prediction model for tumor progression in Barrett’s esophagus
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Individuals with Barrett’s esophagus (BE) are at increased risk of high-grade dysplasia (HGD) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), but the cost-effectiveness of general surveillance of BE is low. This study ... -
Clinical symptoms and markers of disease mechanisms in adolescent chronic fatigue following Epstein-Barr virus infection: An exploratory cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Introduction Acute Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is a trigger of chronic fatigue (CF) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). The aim of this cross-sectional study was to explore clinical symptoms as well as markers of ... -
Cluster Headache Genomewide Association Study and Meta-Analysis Identifies Eight Loci and Implicates Smoking as Causal Risk Factor
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objective The objective of this study was to aggregate data for the first genomewide association study meta-analysis of cluster headache, to identify genetic risk variants, and gain biological insights. Methods A ... -
Cluster randomised trial to evaluate comprehensive approach to hypertension management in Nepal: a study protocol
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Introduction Despite having effective approaches for hypertension management including use of antihypertensive medication, monitoring of blood pressure and lifestyle modification many people with hypertension in Nepal ... -
Clustering and trajectories of key noncommunicable disease risk factors in Norway: the NCDNOR project
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a leading cause of premature death globally and have common preventable risk factors. In Norway, the NCDNOR-project aims at establishing new knowledge in the prevention of NCDs by combining ... -
Clustering of Physical Behaviour Profiles using Knowledge-intensive Similarity Measures
(Chapter, 2020)In this paper, we reuse the Case-Based Reasoning model presented in our last work (Verma et al., 2018) to create a new knowledge intensive similarity-based clustering method that clusters a case base such that the intra-cluster ... -
Clusters of older adults with and without experience of alcohol- related harms based on affective motivations for drinking
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Aim: This cross-sectional study explores profiles of community-residing Norwegian older adults (aged 62–95 years) in relation to their personally expressed motives for alcohol use. It specifically investigates drinking ... -
Cod liver oil intake and incidence of asthma in Norwegian adults-the HUNT study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background Cod liver oil is an important source of vitamin D, but also contains other fat-soluble components such as vitamin A. Before 1999, the cod liver oil formula in Norway contained a high concentration of vitamin A ... -
Code-Free Development and Deployment of Deep Segmentation Models for Digital Pathology
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Application of deep learning on histopathological whole slide images (WSIs) holds promise of improving diagnostic efficiency and reproducibility but is largely dependent on the ability to write computer code or purchase ... -
Coding variants in RPL3L and MYZAP increase risk of atrial fibrillation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Most sequence variants identified hitherto in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of atrial fibrillation are common, non-coding variants associated with risk through unknown mechanisms. We performed a meta-analysis of ... -
Coeliac disease in the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT), Norway, a population-based cohort of coeliac disease patients
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Purpose - Coeliac disease (CD) is a common disorder and affects about 1% of the population worldwide. CD in the Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) is a population-based cohort study which was established to provide new knowledge ... -
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Improves Physical Function and Fatigue in Mild and Moderate Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Consecutive Randomized Controlled Trial of Standard and Short Interventions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective: To study whether standard cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and a shorter, interpersonal oriented cognitive behavioral therapy (I-CBT) can improve physical function and fatigue in patients diagnosed with mild ...