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Genome-Wide Association Study to Identify Common Variants Associated with Brachial Circumference: A Meta-Analysis of 14 Cohorts
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Brachial circumference (BC), also known as upper arm or mid arm circumference, can be used as an indicator of muscle mass and fat tissue, which are distributed differently in men and women. Analysis of anthropometric ... -
Human Breast Milk miRNA, Maternal Probiotic Supplementation and Atopic Dermatitis in Offspring
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Background: Perinatal probiotic ingestion has been shown to prevent atopic dermatitis (AD) in infancy in a number of randomised trials. The Probiotics in the Prevention of Allergy among Children in Trondheim (ProPACT) trial ... -
“I now have a life!” Lived experiences of participation in music and theater in a mental health hospital
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Participation in activities perceived to be meaningful is of importance in recovery processes among people with mental illness. This qualitative study explored experiences of participation in music and theater among people ... -
Innovative technologies and social inequalities in health: A scoping review of the literature
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The aim of this study was to systematically review the range, nature, and extent of current research activity exploring the influence of innovative health-related technologies on social inequalities in health, with specific ... -
Intergenerational Transmission of Overweight and Obesity from Parents to Their Adolescent Offspring – The HUNT Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Purpose: The main aim of this study was to examine weight associations between parents and offspring at two time points: 1995–97 and 2006–08, taking into account body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference. Methods: The ... -
Longitudinal Associations between Exercise and Pain in the General Population - The HUNT Pain Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: Population-based studies have reported conflicting findings on the relationship between physical activity and pain, and most studies reporting a relationship are cross sectional. Temporal relationships are ... -
Lower regulatory frequency for postural control in patients with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)As many similar symptoms are reported in fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), underlying defcits may potentially also be similar. Postural disequilibrium reported in both conditions may thus be explained ... -
Making and Maintaining Lifestyle Changes after Participating in Group Based Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management Educations: A Qualitative Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: Disease management is crucial in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes self-management education aims to provide the knowledge necessary to make and maintain lifestyle changes. However, few studies have investigated ... -
Mannose-Binding Lectin Deficiency Is Associated with Myocardial Infarction: The HUNT2 Study in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Objectives: Mannose-binding lectin (MBL) and ficolins activate the complement cascade, which is involved in atherogenesis. Based on a pilot study, we hypothesized that functional polymorphisms in the MBL gene (MBL2) ... -
Maternal Preeclampsia and Androgens in the Offspring around Puberty: A Follow-Up Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background Children born after preeclampsia may have a dominant androgen profile in puberty compared with other children. Circulating androgen concentrations at 11–12 years of age were compared between offspring born ... -
MDM2 Promoter SNP344T>A (rs1196333) Status Does Not Affect Cancer Risk
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)The MDM2 proto-oncogene plays a key role in central cellular processes like growth control and apoptosis, and the gene locus is frequently amplified in sarcomas. Two polymorphisms located in the MDM2 promoter P2 have been ... -
Men's Knowledge of Obstetric Danger Signs, Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness in Rural Tanzania
(Journal article, 2015)Background: Men’s involvement in reproductive health is recommended. Their involvement in antenatal care service is identified as important in maternal health. Awareness of obstetric danger signs facilitates men in ... -
Norwegian Physicians' Knowledge of and Opinions about Evidence-Based Medicine: Cross-Sectional Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)Objective: To answer five research questions: Do Norwegian physicians know about the three important aspects of EBM? Do they use EBM methods in their clinical practice? What are their attitudes towards EBM? Has EBM in ... -
Nursing home admission during the first year after hospitalization - The contribution of cognitive impairment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Objective: The importance of cognitive and physical functioning for nursing home admission among medically hospitalized older patients is rarely studied in a one-year follow-up perspective. This study aims to explore ... -
Obesity-Susceptibility Loci and Their Influence on Adiposity-Related Traits in Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood - The HUNT Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Introduction: Obesity-susceptibility loci have been related to adiposity traits in adults and may affect body fat estimates in adolescence. There are indications that different sets of obesity-susceptibility loci influence ... -
Ovulation prevalence in women with spontaneous normal-length menstrual cycles - A population-based cohort from HUNT3, Norway
(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. ... -
Personnel and participant experiences of a residential weight-loss program. A qualitative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Residential weight-loss programs aim to help persons with obesity lose weight and maintain a long-term healthy lifestyle. Knowledge is needed on the different actors’ perceptions and experiences from such ... -
Postural control is not systematically related to reading skills: Implications for the assessment of balance as a risk factor for developmental dyslexia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Impaired postural control has been associated with poor reading skills, as well as with lower performance on measures of attention and motor control variables that frequently co-occur with reading difficulties. Measures ... -
Pre-analytical sample quality: Metabolite ratios as an intrinsic marker for prolonged room temperature exposure of serum samples
(Journal article, 2015)Advances in the “omics” field bring about the need for a high number of good quality samples. Many omics studies take advantage of biobanked samples to meet this need. Most of the laboratory errors occur in the pre-analytical ... -
Predictors for Adolescent Visits to Practitioners of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in a Total Population (the Young-HUNT Studies)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Aim: To investigate the factors predicting adolescent visits to practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Methods: A longitudinal cohort study conducted in an adolescent total population in ...