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Biomarkers and Algorithms for the Diagnosis of Vitamin B12 Deficiency
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06-27)Vitamin B12 (cobalamin, Cbl, B12) is an indispensable water-soluble micronutrient that serves as a coenzyme for cytosolic methionine synthase (MS) and mitochondrial methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MCM). Deficiency of Cbl, whether ... -
Biomarkers and echocardiographic predictors of myocardial dysfunction in patients with hypertension
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-03-09)The study aimed to identify early echocardiographic and circulating biomarkers of heart failure (HF) in hypertensive patients with normal resting echocardiography. Echocardiography at rest and during exercise, and selected ... -
Biomarkers and Fatty Fish Intake: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Norwegian Preschool Children
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background Biomarkers such as omega-3 (n–3) PUFAs, urinary iodine concentration (UIC), 1-methylhistidine (1-MH), and trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) have been associated with fish intake in observational studies, but data ... -
Biomarkers and risk factors of neurodegeneration in multiple sclerosis
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-02-10)Bakgrunn og mål: Markører på nevrodegenerasjon er tett knyttet til klinisk funksjonsnedsettelse og sykdomsprogresjon hos pasienter med multippel sklerose (MS). Slike biomarkører kan derfor bidra til å identifisere potensielle ... -
Biomarkers for Diabetes Mellitus in advanced Peripheral Arterial Disease. Diagnostic performance and outcome prediction of HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose and the oral glucose tolerance test
(Doctoral thesis, 2019-05-14)Background: At present, the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus (DM) is based on the result from either of three tests; HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose (FPG) or 2-hour post glucose-load value following an oral glucose tolerance ... -
Biomarkers in breast cancer, with special focus on tumor cell proliferation
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-10-31)Background: Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease encompassing distinct subtypes that differ in incidence and prognosis. Better characterization of established biomarkers and exploration of novel biomarkers and possible ... -
Biomarkers of inflammation and left ventricular remodelling in psoriasis patients treated with infliximab
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objective: Psoriasis is an immune mediated disorder associated with T cell activation and cardiovascular disease (CVD). We explored the association of inflammation with left ventricular (LV) remodelling in psoriasis patients ... -
Biomarkers of one-carbon metabolism and B-vitamin status : Targeted metabolomics in rats and humans exploring the effects of PPARα-activation and dietary composition
(Doctoral thesis, 2019-10-04)BACKGROUND: One-carbon metabolism is an overarching term describing central metabolic pathways involved in the transfer of one-carbon units. These include the methionine-homocysteine and folate cycles, as well as the choline ... -
Biomarkers related to carotid intima-media thickness and plaques in long-term survivors of ischemic stroke
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05-08)Lifestyle risk factors, inflammation and genetics play a role in the development of atherosclerosis. We therefore studied Fc gamma receptor (FcγR) polymorphisms, interleukin (IL)-10 polymorphisms and other biomarkers related ... -
Biomass fuel use for cooking in Nepalese families and child cognitive abilities, results from a community-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Biomass fuel use for cooking is widespread in low to middle income countries. Studies on the association between biomass fuel use and cognitive abilities in children are limited. Objective To examine the association ... -
Biomedical Image Processing in the Study of Living Cells
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Biomonitoring of Benzene and Effect of Wearing Respirators during an Oil Spill Field Trial at Sea
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-10)Objectives The main aim of this study was to assess the biological uptake of benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) for subjects exposed to fresh crude oil released at sea. Methods: The study included 22 ... -
Biophysical analysis of Plasmodium falciparum Hsp70-Hsp90 organising protein (PfHop) reveals a monomer that is characterised by folded segments connected by flexible linkers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Plasmodium falciparum causes the most lethal form of malaria. The cooperation of heat shock protein (Hsp) 70 and 90 is thought to facilitate folding of select group of cellular proteins that are crucial for cyto-protection ... -
Biophysical and biological effects from infrared Low-Level-Laser-Therapy
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-08-15)Introduction: Physiotherapists have since the early days of the profession utilized electro physical agents (EPAs) as part of their intervention toolbox. A prerequisite for application of all EPAs is that the applied energy ... -
Bipolar multiplex families have an increased burden of common risk variants for psychiatric disorders
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Multiplex families with a high prevalence of a psychiatric disorder are often examined to identify rare genetic variants with large effect sizes. In the present study, we analysed whether the risk for bipolar disorder (BD) ... -
Birth after preeclamptic pregnancies: association with allergic sensitization and allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in late childhood; a historically matched cohort study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-11)Background: The development of allergic sensitization and allergic disease may be related to factors during intrauterine life, but the role of maternal preeclampsia is not known. We studied if maternal preeclampsia is ... -
Birth length and weight as predictors of breast cancer prognosis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-03-26)Background Birth size, and particularly birth length, is positively associated with breast cancer risk in adulthood. The objective of this study was to examine whether birth size is associated with survival among breast ... -
Birth prevalence of congenital heart defects in Norway 1994-2009—A nationwide study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-10)Background: The reasons for decreasing birth prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHDs) in several European countries and Canada are not fully understood. We present CHD prevalence among live births, stillbirths, and ... -
Birth Weight in Consecutive Pregnancies and Maternal Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among Spontaneous and Iatrogenic Term Births: A Population-Based Cohort Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Knowledge on the association between offspring birth weight and long-term risk of maternal cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality is often based on firstborn infants without consideration of women’s consecutive births. We ... -
Birth Weight Is Associated With Kidney Size in Middle-Aged Women
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Introduction Low birth weight (LBW) is associated with increased risk of kidney disease due to lower nephron endowment leading to hyperfiltration and subsequent nephron loss. Kidney size is commonly used as a proxy for ...