Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Egeland, Grace M."
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Association between pregravid physical activity and family history of stroke and risk of stillbirth: Population-based cohort study
Egeland, Grace M.; Tell, Grethe S.; Næss, Øyvind; Igland, Jannicke; Klungsøyr, Kari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-08-11)Objectives: To evaluate whether family history of disease and pregravid lifestyle and cardiovascular risk factors are associated with subsequent stillbirth delivery. Design: Prepregnancy cohort study. Setting: Cohort Norway ... -
Association of dietary vitamin K and risk of coronary heart disease in middle-age adults: the Hordaland Health Study Cohort
Haugsgjerd, Teresa Risan; Egeland, Grace M.; Nygård, Ottar; Vinknes, Kathrine; Sulo, Gerhard; Lysne, Vegard; Igland, Jannicke; Tell, Grethe S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective: The role of vitamin K in the regulation of vascular calcification is established. However, the association of dietary vitamins K1 and K2 with risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) is inconclusive. Design: ... -
Forearm bone density is not elevated in Inuit women with impaired fasting glucose or type 2 diabetes mellitus
Natour, Nihal A.; Morin, Suzanne N.; Egeland, Grace M.; Weiler, Hope A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture risk are elevated in adults with impaired fasting glucose (IFG) or type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D). This study aimed to compare bone health among Inuit women with IFG, T2D and ... -
Heart Failure Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction; Burden and Timing of Occurrence: A Nation-wide Analysis Including 86 771 Patients From the Cardiovascular Disease in Norway (CVDNOR) Project
Sulo, Gerhard; Igland, Jannicke; Vollset, Stein Emil; Nygård, Ottar; Ebbing, Marta; Sulo, Enxhela; Egeland, Grace M.; Tell, Grethe Seppola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Background: Coronary heart disease (CHD) represents often the underlying conditions for the development of heart failure (HF). We aimed at exploring the burden and timing of HF complicating an acute myocardial infarction ... -
High population attributable fractions of myocardial infarction associated with waist-hip ratio
Egeland, Grace M.; Igland, Jannicke; Vollset, Stein Emil; Sulo, Gerhard; Eide, Geir Egil; Tell, Grethe Seppola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-05)Objective: To estimate population attributable fractions (PAF) of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) associated with anthropometric measures by sex and age. Methods: The Cohort of Norway study identified 140,790 participants ... -
High protein and cholesterol intakes associated with emergence of glucose intolerance in a low-risk Canadian Inuit population
Sefidbakht, Saghar; Johnson-Down, Louise; Young, T. Kue; Egeland, Grace M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-07)Objective: The rate of type 2 diabetes mellitus among Inuit is 12·2 % in individuals over 50 years of age, similar to the Canadian prevalence. Given marked dietary transitions in the Arctic, we evaluated the dietary and ... -
Hospitalised patients with unexplained chest pain: incidence and prognosis
Egeland, Grace M.; Akerkar, Rupali Rajendra; Kvåle, Rune; Sulo, Gerhard; Tell, Grethe S.; Bakken, Inger Johanne Landsjøåsen; Ebbing, Marta (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-19)Background: The prognosis of unexplained chest pain patients provides valuable information for evaluation of health services. Objective: To examine prognosis of unexplained chest pain. Methods: Using data from in‐ and ... -
Hypertensive pregnancy disorders increase the risk of maternal cardiovascular disease after adjustment for cardiovascular risk factors
Riise, Hilde Kristin Refvik; Sulo, Gerhard; Tell, Grethe S.; Igland, Jannicke; Egeland, Grace M.; Nygård, Ottar; Selmer, Randi Marie; Iversen, Ann-Charlotte; Daltveit, Anne Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Background and aim: Hypertensive pregnancy disorders are associated with subsequent cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the extent to which this association is explained by shared risk factors is unknown. We aimed to evaluate ... -
The hypertriglyceridemic-waist phenotype is associated with the Framingham risk score and subclinical atherosclerosis in Canadian Cree
Poirier, J; Kubow, S; Noël, M; Dupont, C; Egeland, Grace M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-11)Background and aims: For primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD), Canadian guidelines recommend that asymptomatic Canadians with abdominal obesity undergo Framingham risk score (FRS) assessment, and that in ... -
Intake of carbohydrates and SFA and risk of CHD in middle-age adults: The Hordaland Health Study (HUSK)
Haugsgjerd, Teresa Risan; Egeland, Grace M.; Nygård, Ottar; Igland, Jannicke; Sulo, Gerhard; Lysne, Vegard; Vinknes, Kathrine; Bjørnevik, Kjetil Lauvland; Tell, Grethe S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective: Limiting SFA intake may minimise the risk of CHD. However, such reduction often leads to increased intake of carbohydrates. We aimed to evaluate associations and the interplay of carbohydrate and SFA intake on ... -
Mortality following first-time hospitalization with acute myocardial infarction in Norway, 2001-2014: Time trends, underlying causes and place of death
Sulo, Gerhard; Igland, Jannicke; Sulo, Enxhela; Øverland, Simon Nygaard; Egeland, Grace M.; Vollset, Stein Emil; Tell, Grethe S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-11)Background Trends on cause-specific mortality following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are poorly described and no studies have analyzed where do AMI patients die. We analyzed trends in 28-day and one-year mortality ... -
Preconception cardiovascular risk factor differences between gestational hypertension and preeclampsia: Cohort Norway study
Egeland, Grace M.; Klungsøyr, Kari; Øyen, Nina; Tell, Grethe Seppola; Næss, Øyvind; Skjaerven, Rolv (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Preconception predictors of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia may identify opportunities for early detection and improve our understanding of the pathogenesis and life course epidemiology of these conditions. Female ... -
Pregnancy-Related Risk Factors Are Associated With a Significant Burden of Treated Hypertension Within 10 Years of Delivery: Findings From a Population-Based Norwegian Cohort
Egeland, Grace M.; Skurtveit, Svetlana; Staff, Anne Cathrine; Eide, Geir Egil; Daltveit, Anne Kjersti; Klungsøyr, Kari; Trogstad, Lill; Magnus, Per; Brantsæter, Anne Lise; Haugen, Margaretha (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05)Background: The association between pregnancy complications and women's later cardiovascular disease has, primarily, been evaluated in studies lacking information on important covariates. This report evaluates the prospective ... -
Prevalence and incidence rates of atrial fibrillation in Norway 2004-2014
Kjerpeseth, Lars Jøran; Igland, Jannicke; Selmer, Randi Marie; Ellekjær, Hanne; Tveit, Arnljot; Berge, Trygve; Kalstø, Silje Madeleine; Christophersen, Ingrid E.; Myrstad, Marius; Skovlund, Eva; Egeland, Grace M.; Tell, Grethe S.; Ariansen, Inger (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective: To study time trends in incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the entire Norwegian population from 2004 to 2014, by age and sex, and to estimate the prevalence of AF at the end of the study period. Methods: ... -
Red blood cell folate levels in Canadian Inuit women of childbearing years: influence of food security, body mass index, smoking, education, and vitamin use
Duncan, Kait; Erickson, Anders C; Egeland, Grace M.; Weiler, Hope A.; Arbour, Laura (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-12)Background: The benefits of folic acid for prevention of congenital anomalies are well known. For the Inuit of Canada, where vitamin use is low and access to folate-rich foods limited, fortification is likely a major source ...