Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Kringeland, Ester Anne"
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Arterial Stiffness in Overweight and Obesity: Association with Sex, Age, and Blood Pressure
Eikås, John Glad; Gerdts, Eva; Halland, Hilde; Midtbø, Helga Bergljot; Cramariuc, Dana; Kringeland, Ester Anne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction: Obesity has been associated with increased arterial stiffness. Sex-differences in arterial stiffness in obesity have been less explored. Aim: To explore sex-differences in arterial stiffness by applanation ... -
Biomarkers of inflammation and left ventricular remodelling in psoriasis patients treated with infliximab
Midtbø, Helga Bergljot; Kringeland, Ester Anne; Gerdts, Eva; Ueland, Per Magne; Meyer, Klaus; Linde, Anja G; Ulvik, Arve; Jonsson, Roland; Tveit, Kåre Steinar (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 ... -
Cardiovascular organ damage in relation to hypertension status in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Ullensvang, Gyda; Kringeland, Ester Anne; Ikdahl, Eirik; Provan, Sella Aarrestad; Berg, Inger Jorid; Rollefstad, Silvia Christin Hellerud; Dagfinrud, Hanne; Gerdts, Eva; Semb, Anne Grete; Midtbø, Helga Bergljot (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Purpose Hypertension is a major cardiovascular (CV) risk factor in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients. Less is known about the prevalence of CV organ damage in relation to hypertension status in AS patients. Materials ... -
Factors associated with increase in blood pressure and incident hypertension in early midlife: the Hordaland Health Study
Kringeland, Ester Anne; Tell, Grethe S.; Midtbø, Helga Bergljot; Haugsgjerd, Teresa Risan; Igland, Jannicke; Gerdts, Eva (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Purpose: We aimed to identify sex-specific factors associated with increase in blood pressure (BP) and incident hypertension in early midlife. Materials and methods: 2,008 women and 1,610 men aged 40-43 years were ... -
High-normal blood pressure in midlife is a stronger risk factor for incident hypertension 26 years later in women than men: the Hordaland Health Study
Ohldieck, Annabel Eide; Kringeland, Ester Anne; Midtbø, Helga Bergljot; Tell, Grethe S.; Gerdts, Eva (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Purpose To identify modifiable risk factors in early midlife associated with incident hypertension 26 years later in women and men. Materials and methods We used data from 1025 women and 703 men in the community-based ... -
Inflammation, sex, blood pressure changes and hypertension in midlife: the Hordaland Health Study
Kringeland, Ester Anne; Gerdts, Eva; Ulvik, Arve; Tell, Grethe S.; Igland, Jannicke; Haugsgjerd, Teresa Risan; Ueland, Per Magne; Midtbø, Helga Bergljot (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Our aim was to test sex-specific associations of circulating markers of inflammation with blood pressure (BP) and incident hypertension in midlife. Participants in the Hordaland Health study (n = 3280, 56% women, mean age ... -
Persistent cardiac organ damage in surgically and medically treated primary aldosteronism
Aune, Arleen; Gerdts, Eva; Kokorina, Marina Victorovna; Kringeland, Ester Anne; Midtbø, Helga Bergljot; Løvås, Kristian; Grytaas, Marianne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objective: We compared persistent cardiac organ damage in patients treated surgically or medically for primary aldosteronism. Methods: Eighty-four patients (age 57 ± 11 years, 27% women) with primary aldosteronism ... -
Sex differences in blood pressure in midlife: associations with risk factors and acute coronary syndromes in the Hordaland Health Studies
Kringeland, Ester Anne (Doctoral thesis, 2022-12-06)Bakgrunn: Blant unge voksne har friske kvinner vanligvis lavere blodtrykk (BT) enn menn. Men allerede fra 20-årene har kvinner en brattere stigning i BT enn menn på samme alder. Målet med dette arbeidet var å identifisere ... -
Stage 1 hypertension, sex, and acute coronary syndromes during midlife: the Hordaland Health Study
Kringeland, Ester Anne; Tell, Grethe S.; Midtbø, Helga Bergljot; Igland, Jannicke; Haugsgjerd, Teresa Risan; Gerdts, Eva (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Aims: Hypertension has been suggested as a stronger risk factor for acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in women than men. Whether this also applies to stage 1 hypertension [blood pressure (BP) 130–139/80–89 mmHg] is not ... -
Subclinical cardiac organ damage in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis
Linde, Anja G; Gerdts, Eva; Tveit, Kåre Steinar; Kringeland, Ester Anne; Midtbø, Helga Bergljot (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)We explored the association between subclinical cardiac organ damage (OD) with comorbidities and psoriasis severity in 53 psoriasis patients on infliximab treatment (age 47 ± 15 years, 30% women) and 99 controls without ...