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Infant iodine status and associations with maternal iodine nutrition, breastfeeding status and thyroid function
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Adequate iodine nutrition during infancy is required for normal thyroid function and, subsequently, brain development. However, data on infant iodine status in the first year of life are scarce. This study aimed to describe ... -
Infantile external hydrocephalus : Epidemiological, radiological, clinical, cognitive, and social aspects
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-11-25)Bakgrunn: Ekstern hydrocefalus («utvendig vannhode») er en tilstand som kan sees hos noen spedbarn med raskt økende hodeomkrets. Radiologisk utredning viser utvidete, væskefylte hulrom på hjernens overflate, spesielt ... -
Infected Hip and Knee Arthroplasties in Rheumatoid Arthritis. A register-based study with focus on risk factors
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-09-05)Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease which primarily affects and damages synovial joints. Patients with RA will therefore often undergo joint replacement surgery. Infections after such ... -
Infected total hip arthroplasty - Bacteriology and the role of operating room ventilation in the reduction of postoperative infection
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-10-09)Each year approximately 7,000 patients receive a total hip arthroplasty (THA) in Norway. The most common indication is osteoarthritis and most patients experience substantial pain relief postoperatively. A rare but much ... -
Infection after primary hip arthroplasty. A comparison of 3 Norwegian health registers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-12)Background and purpose: The aim of the present study was to assess incidence of and risk factors for infection after hip arthroplasty in data from 3 national health registries. We investigated differences in risk patterns ... -
Infection after primary hip arthroplasty. Epidemiology, time trends and risk factors in data from national health registers. The Norwegian Arthroplasty Register
(Doctoral thesis, 2013-02-08)Every year, more than 10,000 Norwegians undergo hip replacement (7,360 THAs and 3,214 HAs in 2011). This may be due to osteoarthritis (OA), inflammatory joint disease, fractures, fracture sequelae, aseptic femoral head ... -
Infection with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy and risk of stillbirth: a Scandinavian registry study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: A few studies indicate that women infected with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy might have an increased risk of stillbirth. Our aim was to investigate the risk of stillbirth according to infection with SARS-CoV-2 ... -
Infective endocarditis: association between origin of causing bacteria and findings during oral infection screening
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Oral streptococci represent the causing microorganism for infective endocarditis (IE) in many patients. The impact of oral infections is questioned, and it has been suggested that bacteraemia due to daily ... -
Inference of low and high-grade glioma gene regulatory networks delineates the role of Rnd3 in establishing multiple hallmarks of cancer
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-07-01)Gliomas are a highly heterogeneous group of brain tumours that are refractory to treatment, highly invasive and pro-angiogenic. Glioblastoma patients have an average survival time of less than 15 months. Understanding the ... -
Inflammation and cognition in severe mental illness: patterns of covariation and subgroups
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)A potential relationship between dysregulation of immune/inflammatory pathways and cognitive impairment has been suggested in severe mental illnesses (SMI), such as schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar (BD) spectrum disorders. ... -
Inflammation markers in multiple sclerosis: CXCL16 reflects and may also predict disease activity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-09-19)Background. Serum markers of inflammation are candidate biomarkers in multiple sclerosis (MS). ω-3 fatty acids are suggested to have anti-inflammatory properties that might be beneficial in MS. We aimed to explore the ... -
Inflammation, sex, blood pressure changes and hypertension in midlife: the Hordaland Health Study
(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 ... -
Inflammatory biomarkers in newly diagnosed patients with Parkinson’s disease and related neurodegenerative disorders
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background and Objectives Neuroinflammation contributes to Parkinson disease (PD) pathology, and inflammatory biomarkers may aid in PD diagnosis. Proximity extension assay (PEA) technology is a promising method for multiplex ... -
Inflammatory biomarkers with focus on Calprotectin (S100A8/S100A9) and S100A12 (EN-RAGE) : method development and application in acute radiation proctitis and rheumatoid arthritis patients
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-02-02)Assessments of diseases are usually performed by a combination of clinical symptoms, signs and objective measurements. Biochemical markers of inflammation are important in evaluation of treatment of acute and chronic ... -
Inflammatory bowel disease and asthma. Results from the RHINE study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Asthma and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are common inflammatory diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations of IBD with asthma and respiratory symptoms. Methods This study is ... -
Inflammatory markers, the tryptophan-kynurenine pathway, and Vitamin B status after bariatric surgery
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-02-05)Objective: Obesity is associated with increased inflammation and insulin resistance. In conditions with chronic immune activation, low plasma vitamin B6-levels are described, as well as an increased kynurenine:tryptophan-ratio ... -
Inflammatory mediators in saliva and gingival fluid of children with congenital heart defect
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objectives (a) To compare levels of pro- and anti-inflammatory mediators in saliva and gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) in children with and without congenital heart defects (CHD cases and controls) and to test whether a ... -
Inflammatory responses of immune cells and osteoblasts in orthodontically-induced bone remodelling and root resorption: in vitro and in vivo studies
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-11-07)Orthodontic tooth movement is achieved by remodelling of the surrounding bone in response to the application of appropriate compressive force (CF) to the tooth. Considerable evidence supports the roles of immune cells of ... -
Inflammatory Stratification in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome Reveals Novel Immune Cell Alterations in Patients’ Minor Salivary Glands
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)There is a critical need to deconvolute the heterogeneity displayed by the minor salivary glands of primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) patients. This is challenging primarily because the disease etiology remains unknown. The ... -
Inflammatory targeted assessment and laser treatment of knee osteoarthritis : Rater reliability of pain pressure threshold algometry and effectiveness of Low-Level Laser Therapy
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-11-03)Bakgrunn: Ved kneartrose er et høyere nivå av inflammasjon assosiert med mer intens smerte og raskere sykdomsprogresjon. Å redusere kneinflammasjon anbefales derfor som behandlingsmål. Inflammatorisk mediert hyperalgesi ...