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Predictors of exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - results from the Bergen COPD Cohort Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-10-03)Background: COPD exacerbations accelerate disease progression. Aims To examine if COPD characteristics and systemic inflammatory markers predict the risk for acute COPD exacerbation (AECOPD) frequency and duration. Methods: ... -
Predictors of health-related quality of life changes after lifestyle intervention in persons at risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11)Purpose: To assess health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of subjects at risk of type 2 diabetes undergoing lifestyle intervention, and predictors for improved HRQOL. Methods: The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score was used by ... -
Predictors of long time survival after lung cancer surgery. A retrospective cohort study.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2008-10-27)Background: There have been few reports regarding long time survival after lung cancer surgery. The influence of age and pulmonary function on long time survival is still not fully discovered. Some reports suggest that ... -
Predictors of long-term symptom burden and quality of life in patients hospitalised with chest pain: a prospective observational study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objective: To describe the magnitude and predictors of symptom burden (SB) and quality of life (QoL) 3 months after hospital admission for acute chest pain. Design: Prospective observational study. Setting: Single ... -
Predictors of underweight, overweight and obesity, and effect of treatment of obesity in early childhood
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-11-17)Abstract Background: The prevalence of overweight (OW) and obesity (OB) has escalated throughout the world over the last decades, both in children and adults. Childhood OB is a major risk factor for adult OB and the ... -
Predominance of PVL-negative community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 8 in newly diagnosed HIV-infected adults, Tanzania
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Difficult-to-treat infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are of concern in people living with HIV infection as they are more vulnerable to infection. We aimed to identify molecular ... -
Preeclampsia by maternal reasons for immigration: A population-based study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-10-26)Background: To investigate whether the occurrence of preeclampsia varied by maternal reasons for immigration. Methods: We included 1,287,270 singleton pregnancies (163,508 to immigrant women) in Norway during 1990–2013. ... -
Preexisting autoantibodies to type I IFNs underlie critical COVID-19 pneumonia in patients with APS-1
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Patients with biallelic loss-of-function variants of AIRE suffer from autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type-1 (APS-1) and produce a broad range of autoantibodies (auto-Abs), including circulating auto-Abs neutralizing ... -
Preferences for follow up in long-term survivors after cervical cancer
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Introduction An increasing number of cervical cancer survivors combined with lack of data on the efficacy of long-term surveillance, challenges existing follow-up models. However, before introducing new follow-up models, ... -
Pregestational maternal risk factors for preterm and term preeclampsia: A population-based cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction Most studies on factors affecting the risk of preeclampsia have not separated preterm from term preeclampsia, and we still know little about whether the predisposing conditions have a differentiated effect ... -
Pregnancy Outcome in Women With APECED (APS-1): A Multicenter Study on 43 Females With 83 Pregnancies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Context Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy (APECED; also known as autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1) has a severe, unpredictable course. Autoimmunity and disease components may affect ... -
Prehospital Whole Blood Transfusion Programs in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Prehospital management of severe hemorrhage has evolved significantly in Norwegian medical emergency services in the last 10 years. Treatment algorithms for severe bleeding were previously focused on restoration ... -
Preliminary investigation of Herniaria incana Lam. Determination of the total flavonoid content, antioxidant properties and free radical scavenging capacity.
(Master thesis, 2012-05-20)In traditional medicine, herbs with antioxidant properties have been used to treat various conditions. Promising results of antioxidant capacity, may suggest that further investigations might lead to development of new ... -
Prematur ovarialinsuffisiens
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Prematur ovarialinsuffisiens defineres som tap av ovariefunksjon før 40 års alder og er en kompleks tilstand med heterogen etiologi. Tidlig diagnose og igangsetting av hormonerstattende behandling er viktig for å lindre ... -
Premature menopause and autoimmune primary ovarian insufficiency in two international multi-center cohorts
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objective: To investigate markers of premature menopause (<40 years) and specifically the prevalence of autoimmune primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) in European women. Design: Postmenopausal women were categorized ... -
Prenatal BRCA1 epimutations contribute significantly to triple-negative breast cancer development
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Normal cell BRCA1 epimutations have been associated with increased risk of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). However, the fraction of TNBCs that may have BRCA1 epimutations as their underlying cause is ... -
Prenatal dexamethasone treatment for classic 21-hydroxylase deficiency in Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objective: To assess the current medical practice in Europe regarding prenatal dexamethasone (Pdex) treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency. Design and methods: A questionnaire ... -
Prenatal iron exposure and childhood type 1 diabetes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-06-13)Iron overload due to environmental or genetic causes have been associated diabetes. We hypothesized that prenatal iron exposure is associated with higher risk of childhood type 1 diabetes. In the Norwegian Mother and Child ... -
Preoperative CA125 Significantly Improves Risk Stratification in High-Grade Endometrial Cancer
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Patients with high-grade endometrial carcinoma (EC) have an increased risk of tumor spread and lymph node metastasis (LNM). Preoperative imaging and CA125 can be used in work-up. As data on cancer antigen 125 (CA125) in ... -
Preoperative risk stratification in endometrial cancer (ENDORISK) by a Bayesian network model: A development and validation study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background Bayesian networks (BNs) are machine-learning–based computational models that visualize causal relationships and provide insight into the processes underlying disease progression, closely resembling clinical ...