• A prospective three-year follow-up study on the clinical significance of anti-neuronal antibodies in acute psychiatric disorders 

      Schou, Morten Brix; Sæther, Sverre Georg; Drange, Ole Kristian; Brenner, Eiliv; Crespi, Joan Vidal; Eikenes, Live; Mykland, Martin Syvertsen; Pintzka, Carl Wolfgang Schøyen; Håberg, Asta; Sand, Trond; Vaaler, Arne; Kondziella, Daniel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      The clinical significance of anti-neuronal antibodies for psychiatric disorders is controversial. We investigated if a positive anti-neuronal antibody status at admission to acute psychiatric inpatient care was associated ...
    • Acute effects of high intensity training on cardiac function: a pilot study comparing subjects with type 2 diabetes to healthy controls 

      Ness, Henning Ofstad; Ljones, Kristine; Gjelsvik, Randi H; Tjønna, Arnt Erik; Malmo, Vegard; Nilsen, Hans-Olav; Hollekim-Strand, Siri Marte; Dalen, Håvard; Høydal, Morten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This study evaluated acute cardiac stress after a high-intensity interval training session in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) versus healthy controls. High intensity aerobic exercise was performed by 4 × 4-min intervals ...
    • Assessing short-term risk of ischemic stroke in relation to all prescribed medications 

      Janszky, Imre; Vardaxis, Ioannis; Lindqvist, Bo Henry; Horn, Jens; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Strand, Linn Beate; Bakken, Inger Johanne Landsjøåsen; Alsnes, Ingvild Vatten; Romundstad, Pål Richard; Ljung, Rickard; Mukamal, Kenneth J.; Sen, Abhijit (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      We examined the short-term risk of stroke associated with drugs prescribed in Norway or Sweden in a comprehensive, hypothesis-free manner using comprehensive nation-wide data. We identified 27,680 and 92,561 cases with a ...
    • Association of smoking and cancer with the risk of venous thromboembolism: the Scandinavian Thrombosis and Cancer cohort 

      Paulsen, Benedikte; Gran, Olga Vikhammer; Severinsen, Marianne T.; Hammerstrøm, Jens; Kristensen, Søren Risom; Cannegieter, Suzanne C.; Skille, Hanne; Tjønneland, Anne; Rosendaal, Frits; Overvad, Kim; Næss, Inger Anne; Hansen, John-Bjarne; Brækkan, Sigrid K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Smoking is a well-established risk factor for cancer, and cancer patients have a high risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Conflicting results have been reported on the association between smoking and risk of VTE, and the ...
    • Associations between circulating microRNAs and lipid-rich coronary plaques measured with near-infrared spectroscopy 

      Sæther, Julie Caroline; Vesterbekkmo, Elisabeth Kleivhaug; Taraldsen, Maria Dalen; Gigante, Bruna; Follestad, Turid; Røsjø, Helge Rørvik; Omland, Torbjørn; Wiseth, Rune; Madssen, Erik; Bye, Anja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Lipid-rich coronary atherosclerotic plaques often cause myocardial infarction (MI), and circulating biomarkers that reflect lipid content may predict risk of MI. We investigated the association between circulating microRNAs ...
    • Asthma and asthma symptom control in relation to incidence of lung cancer in the HUNT study 

      Jiang, Lin; Sun, Yi-Qian; Langhammer, Arnulf; Brumpton, Ben Michael; Chen, Yu; Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund; Leivseth, Linda; Wahl, Sissel Gyrid Freim; Mai, Xiao-Mei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Large prospective studies on asthma, especially asthma symptom control, as a potential risk factor for lung cancer are limited. We followed up 62,791 cancer-free Norwegian adults from 1995–1997 to 2017. Self-reported ...
    • Body composition and physical fitness in adults born small for gestational age at term: a prospective cohort study 

      Matre, Maria; Mehl, Cathrin Vano; Benum, Silje Dahl; Jussinniemi, Laura; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Evensen, Kari Anne Indredavik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      There is lack of research on body composition and physical fitness in individuals born small for gestational age (SGA) at term entering mid-adulthood. We aimed to investigate these outcomes in adults born SGA at term. This ...
    • Cerebrospinal fluid sTREM2 in Alzheimer’s disease: comparisons between clinical presentation and AT classification 

      Knapskog, Anne Brita; Henjum, Kristi; Idland, Ane-Victoria; Eldholm, Rannveig Sakshaug; Persson, Karin Ester Torun; Saltvedt, Ingvild; Watne, Leiv; Engedal, Knut; Nilsson, Lars N.G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) is an innate immune receptor expressed by microglia. Its cleaved fragments, soluble TREM2 (sTREM2), can be measured in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Previous studies ...
    • Changes in C-reactive protein, neopterin and lactoferrin differ after conservative and surgical weight loss in individuals with morbid obesity 

      Aasbrenn, Martin; Farup, Per Grønaas; Videm, Vibeke (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      C-reactive protein, neopterin and lactoferrin are biomarkers of atherosclerotic disease. We aimed to assess changes in these biomarkers after conservative and surgical weight loss interventions in individuals with morbid ...
    • A cross-sectional study of inflammatory markers as determinants of circulating kynurenines in the Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium 

      Midttun, Øivind; Ulvik, Arve; Meyer, Klaus; Zahed, Hana; Giles, Graham G.; Manjer, Jonas; Sandsveden, Malte; Langhammer, Arnulf; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Behndig, Annelie F.; Johansson, Mikael; Freedman, Neal D.; Huang, Wen-Yi; Chen, Chu; Prentice, Ross; Stevens, Victoria L.; Wang, Ying; Le Marchand, Loïc; Weinstein, Stephanie J.; Cai, Qiuyin; Arslan, Alan A.; Chen, Yu; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Zheng, Wei; Yuan, Jian-Min; Koh, Woon-Puay; Visvanathan, Kala; Sesso, Howard D.; Zhang, Xuehong; Gaziano, J. Michael; Fanidi, Anouar; Robbins, Hilary A.; Brennan, Paul; Johansson, Mattias; Ueland, Per Magne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Circulating concentrations of metabolites (collectively called kynurenines) in the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism increase during inflammation, particularly in response to interferon-gamma (IFN-γ). Neopterin ...
    • Effect of high-fat diet and morning or evening exercise on lipoprotein subfraction profiles: secondary analysis of a randomised trial 

      Moholdt, Trine; Parr, Evelyn B.; Devlin, Brooke L.; Giskeødegård, Guro F.; Hawley, John A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    • Epidemiology of 40 blood biomarkers of one-carbon metabolism, vitamin status, inflammation, and renal and endothelial function among cancer-free older adults 

      Zahed, Hana; Johansson, Mattias; Ueland, Per Magne; Midttun, Øivind; Milne, Roger L.; Giles, Graham G.; Manjer, Jonas; Sandsveden, Malte; Langhammer, Arnulf; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Grankvist, Kjell; Johansson, Mikael; Freedman, Neal D.; Huang, Wen-Yi; Chen, Chu; Prentice, Ross; Stevens, Victoria L.; Wang, Ying; Le Marchand, Loic; Wilkens, Lynne R.; Weinstein, Stephanie J.; Albanes, Demetrius; Cai, Qiuyin; Blot, William J.; Arslan, Alan A.; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Zheng, Wei; Yuan, Jian-Min; Koh, Woon-Puay; Visvanathan, Kala; Sesso, Howard D.; Zhang, Xuehong; Gaziano, J. Michael; Fanidi, Anouar; Muller, David; Brennan, Paul; Guida, Florence; Robbins, Hilary A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Imbalances of blood biomarkers are associated with disease, and biomarkers may also vary non-pathologically across population groups. We described variation in concentrations of biomarkers of one-carbon metabolism, vitamin ...
    • Evening light environments can be designed to consolidate and increase the duration of REM-sleep 

      Vethe, Daniel; Drews, Henning Johannes; Scott, Janine Linda; Engstrøm, Morten; Heglum, Hanne Siri Amdahl; Grønli, Janne; Wisor, J.P.; Sand, Trond; Lydersen, Stian; Kjørstad, Kaia; Faaland, Patrick; Vestergaard, Cecilie Lund; Langsrud, Knut; Kallestad, Håvard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Evening exposure to short-wavelength light has disruptive effects on circadian rhythms and sleep. These effects can be mitigated by blocking short-wavelength (blue) frequencies, which has led to the development of evening ...
    • Explaining sex differences in risk of bloodstream infections using mediation analysis in the population-based HUNT study in Norway 

      Mohus, Randi Marie; Gustad, Lise Tuset; Furberg, Anne-Sofie; Moen, Martine Kjølberg; Liyanarachi, Kristin Vardheim; Askim, Åsa Susanne; Åsberg, Signe Elisabeth; DeWan, Andrew T.; Rogne, Tormod; Simonsen, Gunnar Skov; Nilsen, Tom Ivar Lund; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Damås, Jan Kristian; Solligård, Erik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Previous studies indicate sex differences in incidence and severity of bloodstream infections (BSI). We examined the effect of sex on risk of BSI, BSI mortality, and BSI caused by the most common infecting bacteria. Using ...
    • A fast, low-cost, robust and high-throughput method for viral nucleic acid isolation based on NAxtra magnetic nanoparticles 

      Ravlo, Erlend; Sousa, Mirta; Andresen, Lise Lima; Holberg-Petersen, Mona; Klundby, Ingvild; Aas, Per Arne; Hagen, Lars; Erlandsen, Sten Even; Fossum, Janne; Ali, Zeeshan; Sharma, Anuvansh; Ottesen, Vegar; Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit; Bjørås, Magnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The year of 2020 was profoundly marked by a global pandemic caused by a strain of coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiological agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). ...
    • Genetic risk score associations for myocardial infarction are comparable in persons with and without rheumatoid arthritis: the population-based HUNT study 

      Rostami, Sina; Hoff, Mari; Dalen, Håvard; Hveem, Kristian; Videm, Vibeke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI). Overlapping associations with MI of weighted genetic risk scores (wGRS) for coronary artery disease (CAD) and RA is unknown in a ...
    • High concentrations of soluble endoglin can inhibit BMP9 signaling in non-endothelial cells 

      Andersson-Rusch, Clara Leticia; Liu, Bin; Quist-Løkken, Ingrid; Upton, Paul D.; Olsen, Oddrun Elise; Hella, Hanne; Yang, Xudong; Tong, Zhen; Morrell, Nicholas W.; Holien, Toril; Li, Wei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Endoglin (ENG) is a single-pass transmembrane protein highly expressed on vascular endothelial cells, although low expression levels can be detected in many other cell types. Its extracellular domain can be found in ...
    • Identification of genetic polymorphisms modulating nausea and vomiting in two series of opioid-treated cancer patients 

      Colombo, Francesca; Pintarelli, Giulia; Galvan, Antonella; Noci, Sara; Corli, Oscar; Skorpen, Frank; Klepstad, Pål; Kaasa, Stein; Pigni, Alessandra; Brunelli, Cinzia; Roberto, Anna; Piazza, Rocco; Pirola, Alessandra; Gambacorti-Passerini, Carlo; Caraceni, Augusto Tomasso Giovanni (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Nausea and vomiting are often associated with opioid analgesia in cancer patients; however, only a subset of patients develop such side effects. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the occurrence of nausea and vomiting is ...
    • Increased expression of individual genes in whole blood is associated with late-stage lung cancer at and close to diagnosis 

      Urbarova, Ilona Halva; Skogholt, Anne Heidi; Sun, Yi-Qian; Mai, Xiao-Mei; Grønberg, Bjørn Henning; Sandanger, Torkjel Manning; Sætrom, Pål; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Lung cancer (LC) mortality rates are still increasing globally. As survival is linked to stage, there is a need to identify markers for earlier LC diagnosis and individualized treatment. The whole blood transcriptome of ...
    • An individual participant data analysis of prospective cohort studies on the association between subclinical thyroid dysfunction and depressive symptoms 

      Wildisen, Lea; Del Giovane, Cinzia; Moutzouri, Elisavet; Beglinger, Shanthi; Syrogiannouli, Lamprini; Collet, Tinh-Hai; Cappola, Anne R.; Åsvold, Bjørn Olav; Bakker, Stephan J.L.; Yeap, Bu B.; Almeida, Osvaldo P.; Ceresini, Graziano; Dullaart, Robin P. F.; Ferrucci, Luigi; Grabe, Hans J.; Jukema, J. Wouter; Nauck, Matthias; Trompet, Stella; Völzke, Henry; Westendorp, Rudi G.J.; Gussekloo, Jacobijn; Klöppel, Stefan; Aujesky, Drahomir; Bauer, Douglas C.; Peeters, Robin P.; Feller, Martin; Rodondi, Nicolas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In subclinical hypothyroidism, the presence of depressive symptoms is often a reason for starting levothyroxine treatment. However, data are conflicting on the association between subclinical thyroid dysfunction and ...