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Alternativer til Fishers eksakte test
Lydersen, Stian; Fagerland, Morten; Laake, Petter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Dersom man vil undersøke om det er en sammenheng mellom to variabler i en krysstabell, kan Pearsons khikvadrattest brukes for store utvalg (1), mens Fishers eksakte test er det tradisjonelle alternativet for små utvalg ... -
Antirheumatic therapy is associated with reduced complement activation in rheumatoid arthritis
Nguyen, Thao; Hokstad, Ingrid; Fagerland, Morten; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Hollan, Ivana; Feinberg, Mark W.; Hjeltnes, Gunnbjørg; Eilertsen, Gro Østli; Mikkelsen, Knut; Agewall, Stefan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background The complement system plays an important role in pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease (CVD), and might be involved in accelerated atherogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The role of complement activation ... -
Antirheumatic therapy is not associated with changes in circulating N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels in patients with autoimmune arthritis
Nguyen, Thao H.P.; Fagerland, Morten; Deyab, Gia; Hjeltnes, Gunnbjørg; Hollan, Ivana; Feinberg, Mark W.; Eilertsen, Gro Østli; Mikkelsen, Knut; Agewall, Stefan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Patients with autoimmune arthritis (AA) are at increased risk for impaired cardiac function and heart failure. This may be partly due to the effect of inflammation in heart function. The impact of antirheumatic ... -
Antirheumatic treatment is associated with reduced serum Syndecan-1 in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Deyab, Gia; Reine, Trine M.; Vuong, Tram Thu; Jenssen, Trond Geir; Hjeltnes, Gunnbjørg; Agewall, Stefan; Mikkelsen, Knut; Førre, Øystein; Fagerland, Morten; Kolset, Svein Olav; Hollan, Ivana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021) -
Dietary changes in early-stage breast cancer patients from pre-surgery and over the 12 months post-surgery
Brunvoll, Sonja Hjellegjerde; Thune, Inger; Bertheussen, Gro Falkener; Fjeldheim, Frøydis Nyborg; Flote, Vidar Gordon; Frydenberg, Hanne; Lundgren, Steinar; Skjerven, Helle; Lømo, Jon; Fagerland, Morten; McTiernan, Anne; Schlichting, Ellen; Hjartåker, Anette (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The time after a breast cancer diagnosis is a potential period for making positive dietary changes, but previous results are conflicting. The main aim of the present study was to study breast cancer patients’ dietary changes ... -
Differential expression of Vitamin D associated genes in the aorta of coronary artery disease patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis
Oma, Ingvild; Olstad, Ole Kristoffer; Andersen, Jacqueline Kirsti; Lyberg, Torstein; Molberg, Øyvind; Fostad, Ida; Fagerland, Morten; Almdahl, Sven Martin; Rynning, Stein Erik; Yndestad, Arne; Aukrust, Pål; Whist, Jon Elling; Hollan, Ivana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Vitamin D has an important role in the immune system, and has been linked to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and coronary artery disease (CAD). The exact mechanisms by which vitamin D is involved in these processes ... -
Effects of Antirheumatic Treatment on Cell Cholesterol Efflux and Loading Capacity of Serum Lipoproteins in Spondylarthropathies
Hokstad, Ingrid; Greco, Daniela; Deyab, Gia; Fagerland, Morten; Agewall, Stefan; Hjeltnes, Gunnbjørg; Zimetti, Francesca; Bernini, Franco; Ronda, Nicoletta; Hollan, Ivana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Spondyloarthropathies (SpA) are associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Among possible mechanisms is the dysfunction of serum lipoproteins in regulating cell cholesterol homeostasis. Cholesterol efflux capacity ... -
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T is associated with disease activity in patients with inflammatory arthritis
Nguyen, Thao; Fagerland, Morten; Hollan, Ivana; Whist, Jon Elling; Feinberg, Mark W.; Agewall, Stefan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objective To investigate whether high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hsTnT) correlates to markers of disease activity in inflammatory arthritis (IA), and whether antirheumatic treatment influences hsTnT levels. Methods We ... -
Inflammatory cell infiltrates in the heart of patients with coronary artery disease with and without inflammatory rheumatic disease: A biopsy study
Andersen, Jacqueline Kirsti; Oma, Ingvild; Prayson, Richard A.; Kveldstad, Ingjerd Lien; Almdahl, Sven Martin; Fagerland, Morten; Hollan, Ivana (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Background The cause of premature cardiovascular disease (CVD) in inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRDs) has not been fully elucidated. As inflammation may play a role, we wanted to compare the occurrence and extent of ... -
Inflammatory response after laparoscopic versus open resection of colorectal liver metastases: Data from the oslo-comet trial
Fretland, Åsmund Avdem; Sokolov, Andrey; Postriganova, Nadezda; Kazaryan, Airazat M.; Pischke, Søren Erik; Nilsson, Per; Rognes, Ingrid Nygren; Bjørnbeth, Bjørn Atle; Fagerland, Morten; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Edwin, Bjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Laparoscopic and open liver resection have not been compared in randomized trials. The aim of the current study was to compare the inflammatory response after laparoscopic and open resection of colorectal liver metastases ... -
Low level of MAp44, an inhibitor of the lectin complement pathway, and long-term graft and patient survival; a cohort study of 382 kidney recipients
Mjøen, Geir; Hartmann, Anders; Åsberg, Anders; Rollag, Halvor; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Sandvik, Leiv; Fagerland, Morten; Thiel, Steffen; Sagedal, Solbjørg; Smedbråten, Julia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background Higher incidence of malignancy and infectious diseases in kidney transplant recipients is related to immunosuppressive treatment after transplantation and the recipient’s native immune system. The complement ... -
The McNemar test for binary matched-pairs data: mid-p and asymptotic are better than exact conditional
Fagerland, Morten; Lydersen, Stian; Laake, Petter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background Statistical methods that use the mid-p approach are useful tools to analyze categorical data, particularly for small and moderate sample sizes. Mid-p tests strike a balance between overly conservative exact ... -
Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors are associated with reduced complement activation in spondylarthropathies: An observational study
Hokstad, Ingrid; Deyab, Gia; Fagerland, Morten; Lyberg, Torstein; Hjeltnes, Gunnbjørg; Førre, Øystein Thorleiv; Agewall, Stefan; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Hollan, Ivana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background The complement system is involved in pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease, and might play a role in accelerated atherogenesis in spondylarthropathies (SpA). Hence, we examined complement activation in SpA, and ...