Blar i Institutt for samfunnsmedisin og sykepleie på tidsskrift "PLoS ONE"
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Predictors of short- and long-term mortality in males and females with hip fracture - A prospective observational cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-10-29)Background: Hip fracture is associated with increased mortality. Our aim was to study potential risk factors, including osteoporosis, associated with short- and long-term mortality in a prospectively recruited cohort of ... -
Premature Adult Death in Individuals Born Preterm: A Sibling Comparison in a Prospective Nationwide Follow-Up Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background Close to one in ten individuals worldwide is born preterm, and it is important to understand patterns of long-term health and mortality in this group. This study assesses the relationship between gestational ... -
Prevalence and risk factors of drug-related hospitalizations in multimorbid patients admitted to an internal medicine ward
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Knowledge of risk factors for drug-related hospitalizations (DRHs) is limited. Aim To examine the prevalence of DRHs and the relationships between DRHs and various variables in multimorbid patients admitted ... -
Self Reported Childhood Difficulties, Adult Multimorbidity and Allostatic Load. A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Norwegian HUNT Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Multimorbidity receives increasing scientific attention. So does the detrimental health impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACE). Aetiological pathways from ACE to complex disease burdens are under ... -
Social ecological factors and intimate partner violence in pregnancy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy increases adverse pregnancy outcomes. Knowledge of societal, community, family and individual related factors associated with IPV in pregnancy is limited in ... -
Springboard to an academic career - A national medical student research program
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Over the last decades there has been a decline in the recruitment of medical students into academia in all medical fields. Concurrently, medical research has increasingly included other disciplines in multidisciplinary ... -
Telomere Length and Long-Term Endurance Exercise: Does Exercise Training Affect Biological Age? A Pilot Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background: Telomeres are potential markers of mitotic cellular age and are associated with physical ageing process. Long-term endurance training and higher aerobic exercise capacity (VO2max) are associated with improved ... -
The associations of sitting time and physical activity on total and site-specific cancer incidence: Results from the HUNT study, Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Sedentary behavior is thought to pose different risks to those attributable to physical inactivity. However, few studies have examined the association between physical activity and sitting time with cancer ... -
The course of neuropsychiatric symptoms in nursing home residents from admission to 30-month follow-up
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Aim The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence and persistence of clinically significant neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in nursing home residents with dementia, and to study the association between severity of ... -
The mediating effect of body mass index on the relationship between smoking and hip or knee replacement due to primary osteoarthritis. A population-based cohort study (the HUNT study).
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)To investigate the total effect of smoking on total hip or knee replacement (THR/TKR) due to primary osteoarthritis (OA) and to quantify the indirect effect of smoking through body mass index (BMI). Participants from the ... -
The role of stress in absenteeism: Cortisol responsiveness among patients on long-term sick leave
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Objective: This study aimed to (1) See whether increased or decreased variation relate to subjective reports of common somatic and psychological symptoms for a population on long-term sick leave; and (2) See if this pattern ... -
Use of alcohol and drugs with addiction potential among older women and men in a population-based study. The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study 2006-2008 (HUNT3)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background Little is known about the consumption habits of older adults in Norway with respect to alcohol and the use of drugs with addiction potential, such as benzodiazepines, z-hypnotics and opioids, among regular ... -
Using Prior Information from the Medical Literature in GWAS of Oral Cancer Identifies Novel Susceptibility Variant on Chromosome 4-the AdAPT Method
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) require large sample sizes to obtain adequate statistical power, but it may be possible to increase the power by incorporating complementary data. In this study we ...