Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes"
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Bacterial Findings in Infected Hip Joint Replacements in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis: A Study of 318 Revisions for Infection Reported to the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register
Schrama, Johannes Cornelis; Lutro, Olav; Langvatn, Håkon; Hallan, Geir; Espehaug, Birgitte; Sjursen, Haakon; Engesæter, Lars B.; Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)High rates of Staphylococcus aureus are reported in prosthetic joint infection (PJI) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA patients are considered to have a high risk of infection with bacteria of potentially oral or dental ... -
Comparative Effectiveness and Persistence of SB4 and Reference Etanercept in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis in Norway
Łosińska, Katarzyna Weronika; Pripp, Are Hugo; Bakland, Gunnstein; Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes; Brekke, Lene Kristin; Wierød, Ada; Korkosz, Mariusz; Haugeberg, Glenn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Objective We aim to compare drug effectiveness and persistence between the reference etanercept (ETN) and ETN biosimilar SB4 in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) naive to ETN and to investigate drug effectiveness ... -
Covid-19 hos pasienter med kronisk inflammatorisk leddsykdom
Nystad, Tone Wikene; Hufthammer, Karl Ove; Buanes, Eirik Alnes; Bryne, Kjartan; Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)BAKGRUNN Siden pasienter med kronisk inflammatorisk leddsykdom kan være mer utsatt for infeksjoner, ønsket vi å undersøke forekomsten av covid-19 i denne gruppen og se om forhold ved den revmatiske sykdommen, pasienten ... -
Differential sensitivity of the 2020 revised comprehensive diagnostic criteria and the 2019 ACR/EULAR classification criteria across IgG4-related disease phenotypes: results from a Norwegian cohort
Vikse, Jens; Midtvedt, Øyvind; Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes; Garen, Torhild Oddveig; Palm, Øyvind; Wallenius, Marianne; Bakland, Gunnstein; Norheim, Katrine Brække; Molberg, Øyvind; Hoffmann-Vold, Anna-Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background We investigated sensitivity of the 2020 Revised Comprehensive Diagnostic Criteria (RCD) and the 2019 ACR/EULAR classification criteria across the four identified IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) phenotypes: ... -
Factors associated with change in arterial stiffness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the JointHeart study
Linde, Anja; Gerdts, Eva; Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes; Eilertsen, Rune Krogh; Kringeland, Ester Anne; Alsing, Christian Lillebø; Midtbø, Helga Bergljot (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) predominantly affects women and is associated with hypertension and arterial stiffness. We explored factors associated with change in arterial stiffness in patients with RA treated ... -
Factors predicting death and cancer in patients with giant cell arteritis in Western Norway 1972–2012: a retrospective observational cohort study
Brekke, Lene Kristin; Assmus, Jörg; Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objectives: Evidence as to whether or not giant cell arteritis (GCA) confers added risk of cancer or death is conflicting. Our aim was to identify factors predicting death or cancer in a large Norwegian GCA-cohort. Methods: ... -
Giant cell arteritis: incidence and phenotypic distribution in Western Norway 2013–2020
Skaug, Hans Kristian; Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes; Assmus, Jörg; Diamantopoulos, Andreas P; Myklebust, Geirmund; Brekke, Lene Kristin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Objectives: There is an increasing awareness of the spectrum of phenotypes in giant cell arteritis (GCA). However, there is sparse evidence concerning the phenotypic distribution which may be influenced by both genetic ... -
Increased risk of periodontitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A nationwide register study in Norway
Bolstad, Anne Isine; Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes; Lie, Stein Atle (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Aim To investigate the risk of periodontitis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in a nationwide register-based study. Materials and Methods Patients and controls were defined using ICD-10 codes registered in the ... -
Male patients with inflammatory joint diseases are less likely than controls to be childless: Results from a Norwegian population-based cohort study of 10 865 patients
Sigmo, Gudrun David; Hauge, Solveig; Hufthammer, Karl Ove; Wallenius, Marianne; Salvesen, Kjell Åsmund Blix; Daltveit, Anne Kjersti Nesje; Bakland, Gunnstein; Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Objectives: To investigate the number of children per man and the proportion of childless men as a proxy of fertility in a national cohort of men with inflammatory joint diseases (IJDs), compared with matched controls from ... -
Periodontitis in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome: A nation-wide register study
Aga, Odd-Olav; Bolstad, Anne Isine; Lie, Stein Atle; Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The aim of this study was to compare the occurrence of periodontitis in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) and a non-Sjögren's patient group during a 7-year period from 2011 through 2017. In this population-based ... -
Periodontitis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: A nation-wide study of 1990 patients
Bolstad, Anne Isine; Sehjpal, Pria; Lie, Stein Atle; Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background The aim of this study was to examine the association between systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and periodontitis in Norway during a 10-year period from 2008 through 2017. Methods In this population-based ... -
Trends in the occurrence of ischaemic heart disease over time in rheumatoid arthritis: 1821 patients from 1972 to 2017
Alsing, Christian Lillebø; Nystad, Tone Wikene; Igland, Jannicke; Gjesdal, Clara Beate Gram; Midtbø, Helga Bergljot; Tell, Grethe S.; Fevang, Bjørg Tilde Svanes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objective To evaluate trends of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients compared with the general population over time. Method We performed a retrospective ...