• Cross-sectional study of BMI, weight concern, body size perception, dieting and mental distress in adolescents: The HUNT Study 

      Sardahaee, Farzaneh S.; Kvaløy, Kirsti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Objective We examined the associations between body mass index (BMI), weight concern, body size perception, dieting and mental distress in a population-based study of 7350 adolescents. Design Cross-sectional. Settings ...
    • Cryoballoon vs. radiofrequency catheter ablation: insights from NOrwegian randomized study of PERSistent Atrial Fibrillation (NO-PERSAF study) 

      Shi, Libin; Rossvoll, Ole; Tande, Pål Morten; Schuster, Peter Moritz; Solheim, Eivind; Chen, Jian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Aims - Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) is still regarded as a cornerstone for treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). This study evaluated the effectiveness of PVI performed with cryoballoon ablation (CBA) in ...
    • Current and Future Prevalence Estimates of Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, and Its Subtypes in a Population-Based Sample of People 70 Years and Older in Norway: The HUNT Study 

      Gjøra, Linda; Strand, Bjørn Heine; Bergh, Sverre; Borza, Tom; Brækhus, Anne; Engedal, Knut Arne; Johannessen, Aud; Kvello-Alme, Marte; Krokstad, Steinar; Livingston, Gill; Matthews, Fiona E; Myrstad, Christian; Skjellegrind, Håvard; Thingstad, Pernille; Aakhus, Eivind; Aam, Stina; Selbæk, Geir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: Having accurate, up-to-date information on the epidemiology of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia is imperative. Objective: To determine the prevalence of MCI and dementia in Norway using data ...
    • Current postgraduate training in emergency medicine in the Nordic countries 

      Björnsson, Hjalti Már; Bjørnsen, Lars Petter Bache-Wiig (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Emergency Medicine (EM) is an independent specialty in all five Nordic countries. This study aims to evaluate the structure of post-graduate EM training in the area. Methods A leading hospital or hospitals ...
    • Cytokine Patterns in Maternal Serum From First Trimester to Term and Beyond 

      Jarmund, Anders Hagen; Giskeødegård, Guro F.; Ryssdal, Mariell; Steinkjer, Bjørg; Stokkeland, Live Marie; Madssen, Torfinn Støve; Stafne, Signe Nilssen; Stridsklev, Solhild; Moholdt, Trine; Heimstad, Runa Kristine; Vanky, Eszter; Iversen, Ann-Charlotte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Pregnancy implies delicate immunological balance between two individuals, with constant changes and adaptions in response to maternal capacity and fetal demands. We performed cytokine profiling of 1149 longitudinal serum ...
    • Cytokines in Relation to Motor Activity in an Acute Psychiatric Population 

      Larsen, Jeanette Brun; Stunes, Astrid Kamilla; Iversen, Valentina Cabral; Vaaler, Arne; Reitan, Solveig Merete Klæbo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: Deviations in motor activity are important clinical features of several psychiatric disorders in an acute state. Immune activity is associated with several psychiatric disorders and may affect motor activity. ...
    • Cytomegalovirus High-risk Kidney Transplant Recipients Show No Difference in Long-term Outcomes Following Preemptive Versus Prophylactic Management 

      Blom, Kjersti Benedicte; Kro, Grete Anette Birkeland; Midtvedt, Karsten; Jenssen, Trond; Reisæter, Anna Varberg; Rollag, Halvor; Hartmann, Anders; Sagedal, Solbjørg; Sjaastad, Ivar; Tylden, Garth Daryl; Njølstad, Gro; Nilsen, Einar; Christensen, Andreas; Åsberg, Anders; Birkeland, Jon Arne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background. Following kidney transplantation (KT), cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection remains an important challenge. Both prophylactic and preemptive antiviral protocols are used for CMV high-risk kidney recipients (donor ...
    • Data Adaptive 2-D Tracking Doppler for High-Resolution Spectral Estimation 

      Karabiyik, Yücel; Avdal, Jørgen; Ekroll, Ingvild Kinn; Fiorentini, Stefano; Torp, Hans; Løvstakken, Lasse (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Spectral broadening in pulsed-wave Doppler caused by the transit-time effect deteriorates the frequency resolution and may cause overestimation of maximum velocities in high-velocity blood flow regions and for large ...
    • Data quality of Glasgow Coma Scale and Systolic Blood Pressure in scientific studies involving physician-staffed emergency medical services: Systematic review 

      Tønsager, Kristin; Krüger, Andreas; Ringdal, Kjetil G.; Rehn, Marius (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background: Emergency physicians on‐scene provide highly specialized care to severely sick or injured patients. High‐quality research relies on the quality of data, but no commonly accepted definition of EMS data quality ...
    • Deaf and hard-of-hearing children and adolescents’ mental health, Quality of Life and communication 

      Aanondsen, Chris Margaret; Jozefiak, Thomas; Lydersen, Stian; Heiling, Kerstin; Rimehaug, Tormod (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Mental health problems and lower Quality of Life (QoL) are more common in deaf and hard-of-hearing – (D)HH – children than in typically hearing (TH) children. Communication has been repeatedly linked to both mental health ...
    • Decidual and placental NOD1 is associated with inflammation in normal and preeclamptic pregnancies 

      Rakner, Johanne Johnsen; Silva, Gabriela; Mundal, Siv Boon; Thaning, Astrid Josefin; Elschot, Mattijs; Ostrop, Jenny; Thomsen, Liv Cecilie Vestrheim; Bjørge, Line; Gierman, Lobke; Iversen, Ann-Charlotte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Introduction: Inflammation is a normal physiological process that increases to harmful levels in preeclampsia. It affects the interaction between maternal immune cells and fetal trophoblasts at both sites of the maternal-fetal ...
    • Deciphering osteoarthritis genetics across 826,690 individuals from 9 populations 

      Boer, Cindy G.; Hatzikotoulas, Konstantinos; Southam, Lorraine; Stefánsdóttir, Lilja; Almeida, Rodrigo Coutinho de; Zhang, Yanfei; Wu, Tian T.; Zheng, Jie; Hartley, April; Teder-Laving, Maris; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Terao, Chikashi; Zengini, Eleni; Alexiadis, George; Barysenka, Andrei; Bjornsdottir, Gyda; Gabrielsen, Maiken Elvestad; Gilly, Arthur; Ingvarsson, Thorvaldur; Johnsen, Marianne Bakke; Jonsson, Helgi; Kloppenburg, Margreet; Luetge, Almut; Lund, Sigrun H; Magi, Reedik; Mangino, Massimo; Nelissen, Rob G.H.H.; Shivakumar, Manu; Steinberg, Julia; Takuwa, Hiroshi; Thomas, Laurent; Tuerlings, Margo; Babis, George C.; Cheung, Jason Pui Yin; Kang, Jae Hee; Kraft, Peter; Lietman, Steven A.; Samartzis, Dino; Slagboom, P. Eline; Stefansson, Kari; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Tobias, Jonathan H.; Uitterlinden, André G.; Winsvold, Bendik K S; Zwart, John Anker Henrik; Smith, George Davey; Sham, Pak Chung; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Hveem, Kristian; Zeggini, Eleftheria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Osteoarthritis affects over 300 million people worldwide. Here, we conduct a genome-wide association study meta-analysis across 826,690 individuals (177,517 with osteoarthritis) and identify 100 independently associated ...
    • Deep learning identify retinal nerve fibre and choroid layers as markers of age-related macular degeneration in the classification of macular spectral-domain optical coherence tomography volumes 

      Tvenning, Arnt-Ole; Hanssen, Stian Rikstad; Austeng, Dordi; Morken, Tora Sund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Purpose Deep learning models excel in classifying medical image data but give little insight into the areas identified as pathology. Visualization of a deep learning model’s point of interest (POI) may reveal unexpected ...
    • Definitive radiotherapy for prostate cancer in Norway 2006-2015: Temporal trends, performance and survival 

      Fosså, Sophie Dorothea; Aas, Kirsti; Muller, Christoph Rainer; Jerm, Marianne Brenn; Tandstad, Torgrim; Lilleby, Wolfgang; Kvåle, Rune; Gulbrandsen, Johanne; Haug, Erik Skaaheim; Myklebust, Tor Åge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background: More studies are needed to document nation-wide use and effectiveness of curative definitive radiotherapy (Def-RT) in the treatment of prostate cancer (PCa). Patients and methods: For 38,960 men diagnosed with ...
    • Deletion of aquaporin-4 improves capillary blood flow distribution in brain edema 

      Bordoni, Luca; Thorén, Anna Elisabeth; Gutiérrez-Jiménez, Eugenio; Åbjørsbråten, Knut Sindre; Bjørnstad, Daniel Marelius; Tang, Wannan; Stern, Mette; Østergaard, Leif; Nagelhus, Erlend Arnulf; Frische, Sebastian; Ottersen, Ole Petter; Enger, Rune (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Brain edema is a feared complication to disorders and insults affecting the brain. It can be fatal if the increase in intracranial pressure is sufficiently large to cause brain herniation. Moreover, accruing evidence ...
    • Delirium og kognitiv svikt blant eldre i norske akuttmottak 

      Evensen, Sigurd; Saltvedt, Ingvild; Ranhoff, Anette Hylen; Myrstad, Marius; Myrstad, Christian; Mellingsæter, Marte; Wang-Hansen, Marte Sofie; Neerland, Bjørn Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      BAKGRUNN Delirium er vanlig og underdiagnostisert blant pasienter på sykehus og er assosiert med komplikasjoner, økt dødelighet, demensutvikling og behov for sykehjemsplass. Kognitiv svikt av andre årsaker er også vanlig ...
    • The delirium screening tool 4AT in routine clinical practice: prediction of mortality, sensitivity and specificity 

      Evensen, Sigurd; Hylen Ranhoff, Anette; Lydersen, Stian; Saltvedt, Ingvild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Purpose Delirium is common and associated with poor outcomes, partly due to underdetection. We investigated if the delirium screening tool 4 A’s test (4AT) score predicts 1 year mortality and explored the sensitivity and ...
    • Dental caries in children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and controls: a multilevel analysis 

      Gil, Elisabeth G.; Åstrøm, Anne-Kristine N; Lie, Stein Atle; Rygg, Marite; Fischer, Johannes; Rosén, Annika; Bletsa, Athanasia; Luukko, Keijo; Shi, Xie-Qi; Halbig, Josefine; Frid, Paula; Cetrelli, Lena Elisabet; Tylleskär, Karin; Rosendahl, Karen; Skeie, Marit Slåttelid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background Optimal utilization of dental caries data is crucial in epidemiological research of individuals with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). The aims were to: explore whether caries is more prevalent among children ...
    • Depression and ability to work after vestibular schwannoma surgery: a nationwide registry-based matched cohort study on antidepressants, sedatives, and sick leave 

      Thurin, Erik; Förander, Petter; bartek, Jiri Jr.; Gulati, Sasha; Rydén, Isabelle; Smits, Anja; Hesselager, Göran; Salvesen, Øyvind; Jakola, Asgeir Store (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background In patients with vestibular schwannomas (VS), tumor control is often achieved, and life expectancy is relatively good. The main risks of surgical treatment are hearing loss and facial nerve function. The occurrence ...
    • Depression and Quality of Life in Older Persons: A Review 

      Sivertsen, Heidi; Björklöf, Guro Hanevold; Selbæk, Geir; Engedal, Knut; Helvik, Anne-Sofie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      Background: Depression is a prevalent and disabling condition in older persons (≥60 years) that increases the risk of mortality and negatively influences quality of life (QOL). The relationship between depression, or ...