• Respiratory symptoms and mortality in four general population cohorts over 45 years 

      Gulsvik, Amund; Bakke, Per; Brøgger, Jan; Nielsen, Rune; Stavem, Knut (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Objective: This study assessed the association between respiratory symptoms and mortality in four cohorts of the general population in Norway aged 15–75 years and in selected subgroups in the pooled sample. Methods: The ...
    • Respiratory symptoms and respiratory deaths: A multi-cohort study with 45 years observation time 

      Stavem, Knut; Johannessen, Ane; Nielsen, Rune; Gulsvik, Amund (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      This study determined the association between respiratory symptoms and death from respiratory causes over a period of 45 years. In four cohorts of random samples of Norwegian populations with 103,881 participants, 43,731 ...
    • Risk factors for lung cancer in COPD - results from the Bergen COPD cohort study 

      Husebø, Gunnar Reksten; Nielsen, Rune; Hardie, Jon Andrew; Bakke, Per S.; Lerner, Lorena; D'Alessandro-Gabazza, Corina; Gyuris, Jeno; Gabazza, Esteban; Aukrust, Pål; Eagan, Tomas Mikal (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: COPD patients have an increased risk of developing lung cancer, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We aimed to identify risk factors for lung cancer in patients from the Bergen COPD Cohort ...
    • Small airways obstruction and its risk factors in the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study: a multinational cross-sectional study 

      Knox-Brown, Ben; Patel, Jaymini; Potts, James; Ahmed, Rana; Aquart-Stewart, Althea; Cherkaski, Hamid Hacene; Denguezli, Meriam; Elbiaze, Mohammed; Elsony, Asma; Franssen, Frits M E; Ghobain, Mohammed Al; Harrabi, Imed; Janson, Christer; Jõgi, Rain; Juvekar, Sanjay; Lawin, Herve; Mannino, David; Mortimer, Kevin; Nafees, Asaad Ahmed; Nielsen, Rune; Obaseki, Daniel; Paraguas, Stefanni Nonna M; Rashid, Abdul; Loh, Li-Cher; Salvi, Sundeep; Seemungal, Terence; Studnicka, Michael; Tan, Wan C; Wouters, Emiel E F M; Barbara, Cristina; Gislason, Thorarinn; Gunasekera, Kirthi; Burney, Peter; Amaral, Andre F S (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Small airways obstruction is a common feature of obstructive lung diseases. Research is scarce on small airways obstruction, its global prevalence, and risk factors. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of small ...
    • Sputum microbiota and inflammation at stable state and during exacerbations in a cohort of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients 

      Tangedal, Solveig; Nielsen, Rune; Aanerud, Marianne; Persson, Louise Jeanette Pauline; Wiker, Harald G; Bakke, Per S.; Hiemstra, Pieter S.; Eagan, Tomas Mikal (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-17)
      Background: Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are debilitating events and spur disease progression. Infectious causes are frequent; however, it is unknown to what extent exacerbations are caused ...