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Intake of Boiled Potato in Relation to Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in a Large Norwegian Cohort: The HUNT Study.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Overall potato consumption is positively associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, such as measures of adiposity. However, few studies have explicitly stated the preparation method of potatoes, which may ... -
Intake of multivitamin supplements and incident asthma in Norwegian adults: the HUNT study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Although intake of multivitamin supplements is becoming increasingly popular, the relationship between intake of multivitamin supplements and incident asthma remains unclear. Prospective studies in adults with long-term ... -
Integrated care services: lessons learned from the deployment of the NEXES project
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Objectives: To identify barriers to deployment of four articulated Integrated Care Services supported by Information Technologies in three European sites. The four services covered the entire spectrum of severity of illness. ... -
Inter-rater reliability of a national acute stroke register
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-10-19)Background Medical quality registers are useful sources of knowledge about diseases and the health services. However, there are challenges in obtaining valid and reliable data. This study aims to assess the reliability ... -
Interactional facilitators and barriers in social relationships between students who use AAC and fellow students
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Purpose: This paper investigates the perceptions among parents and staff of how relational aspects among students who use AAC, fellow students, and staff may affect the students’ social relationships. Methods: The study ... -
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 ... -
Intergenerational transmission of overweight and obesity in HUNT families - The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:89, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Overføring av overvekt og fedme fra foreldre til barn i HUNT-familier. Bakgrunn og mål for studien Både hos barn, ungdom og voksne, har overvekt og fedme siden midten av 80-tallet hatt en sterkt økende vekst i befolkningen. ... -
Intermediate care at a community hospital as an alternative to prolinged general hospital care for eldery patients: a randomised controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)Background: Demographic changes together with an increasing demand among older people for hospital beds and other health services make allocation of resources to the most efficient care level a vital issue. The aim of ... -
Interrater reliability of a national acute myocardial infarction register
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: Disease-specific registers may be used for measuring and improving healthcare and patient outcomes, and for disease surveillance and research, provided they contain valid and reliable data. The aim of this study ... -
Intimate partner violence and prescription drug use: A prospective population-based analysis of women in the Oslo Health Study
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2013:332, Doctoral thesis, 2013)Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) may engender a large array of mental and physical health problems, yet little is known about medication use in women who have experienced IPV. Longitudinal population-based ... -
Intimate partner violence and prescription of potentially addictive drugs: prospective cohort study of women in the Oslo Health Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Objectives:To investigate the prescription of potentially addictive drugs, including analgesics and central nervous system depressants, to women who had experienced intimate partner violence (IPV). Design: Prospective ... -
Introduction of systematic triage in the emergency room at Dhulikhel Hospital, Nepal: Evaluation of a quality improvement project
(Master thesis, 2016)Introduction: Correct use of systematic triage has been shown to provide the sickest patients essential care first and to increase survival. As a validated tool for both adults and children, and an established system at ... -
Invasive lobular breast cancer: The prognostic impact of histopathological grade, E-cadherin and molecular subtypes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Aims The aim of this study was to compare breast cancer specific survival (BCSS) for invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) and invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) and, further, to evaluate critically the prognostic value of ... -
Investigating the causal effect of smoking on hay fever and asthma: A Mendelian randomization meta-analysis in the CARTA consortium
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Observational studies on smoking and risk of hay fever and asthma have shown inconsistent results. However, observational studies may be biased by confounding and reverse causation. Mendelian randomization uses genetic ... -
Investigating the possible causal association of smoking with depression and anxiety using Mendelian randomisation meta-analysis: the CARTA consortium
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Objectives: To investigate whether associations of smoking with depression and anxiety are likely to be causal, using a Mendelian randomisation approach. Design: Mendelian randomisation meta-analyses using a genetic ... -
Is chronic low back pain a risk factor for diabetes? The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the risk of diabetes associated with the presence or absence of chronic low back pain, considering both cross-sectional and cohort data. Research design and methods ... -
Is having asthma associated with an increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease? A prospective cohort study of 446 346 Taiwanese adults
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Objectives A significant proportion of cardiovascular disease (CVD) cannot be explained by well-known risk factors such as high cholesterol, hypertension and diabetes. One potential novel risk factor for CVD is asthma. We ... -
Is more frequent physical therapy associated with increased gross motor improvement in children with cerebral palsy? A national prospective cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Purpose: To investigate the association between physical therapy frequency and gross motor improvement in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Materials and methods: This is a prospective cohort study of 442 children aged ... -
Is physical activity maintenance from adolescence to young adulthood associated with reduced CVD risk factors, improved mental health and satisfaction with life: the HUNT Study, Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Background Little is known about the effect maintaining physical activity throughout adolescence has on cardiovascular risk factors and health status in early adulthood. This ten-year prospective longitudinal study ... -
Is smoking heaviness causally associated with alcohol use? A Mendelian randomization study in four European cohorts
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Observational studies have shown that tobacco and alcohol use co-occur, but it is not clear whether this relationship is causal. Methods Using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children ...