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    • Validity and responsiveness of GHC-index in patients with amalgam-attributed health complaints 

      Lamu, Admassu Nadew; Robberstad, Bjarne; Hamre, Harald Johan; Alræk, Terje; Musial, Frauke; Björkman, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Objective: Many patients have medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS); some of them attribute their health complaints to dental amalgam fillings. The aim of this study was to assess the validity and responsiveness ...

    • Validity of self-reported myocardial infarction and stroke in regions with Sami and Norwegian populations: The SAMINOR 1 Survey and the CVDNOR project 

      Eliassen, Bent-Martin; Melhus, Marita; Tell, Grethe S.; Borch, Kristin Benjaminsen; Braaten, Tonje; Broderstad, Ann Ragnhild; Graff-Iversen, Sidsel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Objective: Updated knowledge on the validity of selfreported myocardial infarction (SMI) and self-reported stroke (SRS) is needed in Norway. Our objective was to compare questionnaire data and hospital discharge data from ...

    • The validity of the Gait Variability Index for individuals with mild to moderate Parkinson's disease 

      Rennie, Linda; Dietrichs, Espen; Moe-Nilssen, Rolf; Opheim, Arve Isak; Franzèn, Erika (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-05)
      Increased step-to-step variability is a feature of gait in individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and is associated with increased disease severity and reductions in balance and mobility. The Gait Variability Index (GVI) ...

    • Validity of the total SOFA score in patients ≥ 80 years old acutely admitted to intensive care units: a post-hoc analysis of the VIP2 prospective, international cohort study 

      Polok, Kamil; Fronczek, Jakub; Putowski, Zbigniew; Czok, Marcelina; Guidet, Bertrand; Jung, Christian; de Lange, Dylan; Leaver, Susannah; Moreno, Rui; Flaatten, Hans Kristian; Szczeklik, Wojciech (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Little is known about the performance of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score in older critically ill adults. We aimed to evaluate the prognostic impact of physiological disturbances in the ...

    • The valine-3-HIB pathway in obesity, insulin resistance and fatty liver 

      Bjune, Mona Synnøve (Doctoral thesis, 2022-06-10)
      The prevalence of obesity has increased greatly during the last decades, along with obesity-associated conditions and diseases including insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes (T2D), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). ...

    • The value of cerebrospinal fluid α‐synuclein and the tau/α‐synuclein ratio for diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders with Lewy pathology 

      Førland, Marthe Gurine; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Aarsland, Dag; Maple-Grødem, Jodi; Pedersen, Kenn Freddy; Alves, Guido Werner; Lange, Johannes (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-10)
      Background and purpose: Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are three of the most common neurodegenerative disorders. Up to 20% of these patients have the wrong diagnosis, ...

    • The value of histological examination in the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis in the era of rapid molecular diagnosis 

      Tahseen, Sabira; Ambreen, Atiqa; Ishtiaq, Sheeba; Khanzada, Faisal M.; Safdar, Nauman; Sviland, Lisbet; Mustafa, Tehmina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Extrapulmonary tuberculosis often poses a diagnostic challenge. This study aimed to assess the value of histological examination in diagnosing tuberculous lymphadenitis (LNTB) when performed simultaneously with rapid ...

    • The value of spot urinary creatinine as a marker of muscle wasting in patients with new-onset or worsening heart failure 

      Pandhi, Paloma; Streng, Koen W.; Anker, Stefan D.; Cleland, John G.; Damman, Kevin; Dickstein, Kenneth; Pellicori, Pierpaolo; Lang, Chim C.; Ng, Leong; Samani, Nilesh J.; Zannad, Faiez; Metra, Marco; Rossignol, Patrick; Filippatos, Gerasimos; van Veldhuisen, Dirk J.; Voors, Adriaan A.; ter Maaten, Jozine M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Muscle wasting and unintentional weight loss (cachexia) have been associated with worse outcomes in heart failure (HF), but timely identification of these adverse phenomena is difficult. Spot urinary creatinine ...

    • The value of the Voice Handicap Index-questionnaire and acoustic analyses to the laryngological examination. 

      Karlsen, Tom (Doctoral thesis, 2020-09-23)
      Voice-related diseases may influence on individual’s daily life. Quantifying the extent of laryngeal pathology, voice symptoms and evaluating treatment responses for patients are challenging. The European Laryngological ...

    • Vanilla bisquits and lobola bridewealth: parallel discourses on early pregnancy and schooling in rural Zambia 

      Blystad, Astrid; Moland, Karen Marie Ingeborg; Munsaka, Ecloss; Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard; Zulu, Joseph Mumba (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background Adolescent pregnancy is a complex socio-economic phenomenon ranking high on the global health policy agenda. Early childbearing is associated with early marriage and school drop-out, and is defined as a problem ...

    • Vanishing twin syndrome among ART singletons and pregnancy outcomes 

      Magnus, Maria Christine; Ghaderi, Sara; Morken, Nils-Halvdan; Magnus, Per; Romundstad, Liv Bente Bergem; Skjaerven, Rolv; Wilcox, Allen J; Håberg, Siri Eldevik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-11)
      STUDY QUESTION: Among babies born by ART, do singleton survivors of a vanishing twin have lower birth weight than other singletons? SUMMARY ANSWER: Vanishing twin syndrome (VTS) was associated with lower birth weight among ...

    • Variability and similarity of inter-beat intervals of the heart as markers of perceived stress and behavioral regulation 

      Kvadsheim, Elisabet (Doctoral thesis, 2022-08-16)
      The current dissertation investigated inter-beat interval (IBI) indices of variability and similarity, reflecting autonomic nervous system (ANS) modulation on heart rate. IBI indices of cardiac vagal activity (CVA) are ...

    • Variability in functional outcome and treatment practices by treatment center after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: analysis of International Cardiac Arrest Registry 

      May, Teresa L.; Lary, Christine W.; Riker, Richard R.; Friberg, Hans; Patel, Nainesh; Søreide, Eldar; McPherson, John A.; Undén, Johan; Hand, Robert; Sunde, Kjetil; Stammet, Pascal; Rubertsson, Stein; Belohlvaek, Jan; Dupont, Allison; Hirsch, Karen G.; Valsson, Felix; Kern, Karl; Sadaka, Farid; Israelsson, Johan; Dankiewicz, Josef; Nielsen, Niklas; Seder, David B.; Agarwal, Sachin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Purpose Functional outcomes vary between centers after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and are partially explained by pre-existing health status and arrest characteristics, while the effects of in-hospital treatments ...

    • Variability of activity patterns across mood disorders and time of day 

      Krane-Gartiser, Karoline; Vaaler, Arne; Fasmer, Ole Bernt; Sørensen, Kjetil; Morken, Gunnar; Scott, Janine Linda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-12-19)
      Background: Few actigraphy studies in mood disorders have simultaneously included unipolar (UP) and bipolar (BD) depression or BD mixed states as a separate subgroup from mania. This study compared objectively measured ...

    • Variability of Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome Is Driven by Interferon-α and Interferon-α Blood Levels Are Associated With the Class II HLA–DQ Locus 

      Trutschel, Diana; Bost, Pierre; Mariette, Xavier; Bondet, Vincent; Llibre, Alba; Posseme, Celine; Charbit, Bruno; Thorball, Christian W.; Jonsson, Roland; Lessard, Christopher J.; Felten, Renaud; Ng, Wan Fai; Chatenoud, Lucienne; Dumortier, Hélène; Sibilia, Jean; Fellay, Jacques; Brokstad, Karl Albert; Appel, Silke; Tarn, Jessica R; Quintana-Murci, Lluis; Mingueneau, Michael; Meyer, Nicolas; Duffy, Darragh; Schwikowski, Benno; Gottenberg, Jacques Eric (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Objective Primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is the second most frequent systemic autoimmune disease, affecting 0.1% of the general population. To characterize the molecular and clinical variabilities among patients with ...

    • Variable expression of eighteen common housekeeping genes in human non-cancerous kidney biopsies 

      Strauss, Philipp; Furriol, Jessica; Mikkelsen, Håvard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Housekeeping, or reference genes (RGs) are, by definition, loci with stable expression profiles that are widely used as internal controls to normalize mRNA levels. However, due to specific events, such as pathological ...

    • Variants in the fetal genome near pro-inflammatory cytokine genes on 2q13 associate with gestational duration 

      Liu, Xueping; Helenius, Dorte; Skotte, Line; Beaumont, Robin N.; Wielscher, Matthias; Geller, Frank; Juodakis, Julius; Mahajan, Anubha; Bradfield, Jonathan P.; Lin, Frederick T.J.; Vogelezang, Suzanne; Bustamante, Mariona; Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S.; Pitkänen, Niina; Wang, Carol A.; Bacelis, Jonas; Borges, Maria C.; Zhang, Ge; Bedell, Bruce A.; Rossi, Robert M.; Skogstrand, Kristin; Peng, Shouneng; Thompson, Wesley Kurt; Appadurai, Vivek; Lawlor, Debbie A.; Kalliala, Ilkka; Power, Christine; McCarthy, Mark I.; Boyd, Heather A.; Marazita, Mary L.; Hakonarson, Hakon; Hayes, M. Geoffrey; Scholtens, Denise M.; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Jaddoe, Vincent W.V.; Vinding, Rebecca K.; Bisgaard, Hans; Knight, Bridget A.; Pahkala, Katja; Raitakari, Olli; Helgeland, Øyvind; Johansson, Stefan; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Fadista, João; Schork, Andrew J.; Nudel, Ron; Miller, Daniel E.; Chen, Xiaoting; Weirauch, Matthew T.; Mortensen, Preben Bo; Børglum, Anders D.; Nordentoft, Merete; Mors, Ole; Hao, Ke; Ryckman, Kelli K.; Hougaard, David M.; Kottyan, Leah C.; Pennell, Craig E.; Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka; Bønnelykke, Klaus; Vrijheid, Martine; Felix, Janine F.; Lowe, William L.; Grant, Struan F.A.; Hyppönen, Elina; Jacobsson, Bo; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Muglia, Louis J.; Murray, Jeffrey C.; Freathy, Rachel M.; Werge, Thomas M.; Melbye, Mads; Buil, Alfonso; Feenstra, Bjarke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09-02)
      The duration of pregnancy is influenced by fetal and maternal genetic and non-genetic factors. Here we report a fetal genome-wide association meta-analysis of gestational duration, and early preterm, preterm, and postterm ...

    • Variasjoner i bruk av psykofarmaka ved sykehjem i Trondheim kommune 

      Hjortland, Anja (Master thesis, 2019-06-22)
      Sykehjemspasientene er blant den skjøreste pasientpopulasjonen, mer enn 80% av sykehjemspasienter har demens, og flere av disse bruker en eller flere psykotrope legemidler daglig. Når kroppen blir eldre er det mye som ...

    • Variation between general practitioners in type 2 diabetes processes of care 

      Nøkleby, Kjersti; Berg, Tore Julsrud; Mdala, Ibrahimu; Tran, Anh Thi; Bakke, Åsne; Gjelsvik, Bjørn E.; Claudi, Tor; Cooper, John; Løvaas, Karianne Fjeld; Thue, Geir; Sandberg, Sverre; Jenum, Anne Karen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Aims To explore variation in general practitioners’ (GPs’) performance of six recommended procedures in type 2 diabetes patients <75 years without cardiovascular disease. Methods Cross-sectional study of quality of ...

    • Variation in antibiotic consumption in very preterm infants-a 10 year population-based study 

      Huncikova, Zuzana; Stensvold, Hans Jørgen; Øymar, Knut Asbjørn Alexander; Vatne, Anlaug; Lang, Astri Maria; Støen, Ragnhild; Brigtsen, Anne Karin; Moster, Dag; Eriksen, Beate Horsberg; Selberg, Terje Reidar; Rønnestad, Arild Erland; Klingenberg, Claus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Objectives Wide variations in antibiotic use in very preterm infants have been reported across centres despite similar rates of infection. We describe 10 year trends in use of antibiotics and regional variations among ...