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Dietary patterns and their association with cardiovascular risk factors in Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Purpose: To identify the dietary patterns and their association with cardiovascular risk factors among adult people in urban and rural areas of Wolaita, southern Ethiopia. Methods: A total of 2,483 participants aged ... -
Dietary practices and nutritional status of children aged 0-24 months and their mothers in the rural ensete-monoculture dominated Sidama region, Ethiopia
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-05-26)Underernæring og mangelfullt næringsinntak er vanlige problemer i mange lavinntektsland slik som Etiopia. I disse områdene er de fleste studiene fra bynære strøk på grunn av nærhet til infrastruktur og helsesystemer. Det ... -
Dietary practices and nutritional status of young children in the former ensete monoculture dominated Sidama region, southern Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-14)Background: Child undernutrition is a challenge in Ethiopia, where morbidity and mortality among children are attributed to it. This study aimed to describe the dietary practices, household food insecurity, and nutritional ... -
Dietary predictors of bone mineral density, hip fractures, mobility and muscle strength - in community-dwelling older persons
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-10-23)Background: The aging process involves decline of both muscle and bone mass. The loss of muscle mass is associated with decreased muscle strength and mobility, while loss of bone mass leads to osteoporosis and increased ... -
Dietary predictors of plasma total homocysteine concentration in the Hordaland Homocysteine Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007)Established dietary predictors of plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) include folate, riboflavin, and vitamins B6 and B12, while information is scarce regarding other dietary components. The aim of this study was to examine ... -
Dietary RNA (s. Cerevisiae) stimulated cytokine secretion in human immune cells: involvement of p38 MAPK, and co-stimulation with LPS or PHA
(Master thesis, 2009-07-01)Dietary nucleotides and nucleic acids are known to affect immune functions in animals and humans, both in vitro and in vivo. In this thesis I wanted to investigate the effect of dietary RNA from baker’s yeast on cytokine ... -
Dietary selenomethionine reduce mercury tissue levels and modulate methylmercury induced proteomic and transcriptomic alterations in hippocampi of adolescent BALB/c mice
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-13)Methylmercury (MeHg) is a well-known environmental contaminant, particularly harmful to the developing brain. The main human dietary exposure to MeHg occurs through seafood consumption. However, seafood also contains several ... -
Dietary Vitamin D3 Supplements Reduce Demyelination in the Cuprizone Model
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-10-20)Vitamin D is emerging as a probably important environmental risk factor in multiple sclerosis, affecting both susceptibility and disease progression. It is not known to what extent this effect is due to a modulation of ... -
Diets differing in carbohydrate cellularity and amount similarly reduced visceral fat in people with obesity - a randomized controlled trial (CARBFUNC)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background & aims: Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) volume is associated with common lifestyle diseases. Dietary quality, including food matrix and degree of carbohydrate cellularity, as well as the carbohydrate/fat ratio, ... -
Differences in cervical cancer screening between immigrants and non-immigrants in Norway: a primary health care register based study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)The prevalence of cervical cancer is high among some groups of immigrants. Although there is evidence of low participation in cervical cancer screening programs among immigrants, studies have been subject to selection bias ... -
Differences in characteristics between patients ≥ 65 and < 65 years of age with orthopaedic injuries after severe trauma
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-09-24)Aim: Many trauma patients have associated orthopaedic injuries at admission. The existing literature regarding orthopaedic trauma often focuses on single injuries, but there is a paucity of information that gives an overview ... -
Differences in combinations and concentrations of drugs of abuse in fatal intoxication and driving under the influence cases
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-12)Background: In toxicology, international classification systems focus on single intoxicants as the cause of death. It is, however, well known that very few drug related deaths are caused by a single substance and that ... -
Differences in lung function, bronchial hyperresponsiveness and respiratory health between elite athletes competing in different sports
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The aim of this study was to examine lung function, bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) and exercise-induced respiratory symptoms in elite athletes performing different sports. Norwegian national-team athletes (30 swimmers, ... -
Differences in metastatic patterns in relation to time between primary surgery and first relapse from breast cancer suggest synchronized growth of dormant micrometastases
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08)A significant variation in the metastatic pattern among breast cancer patients exists. Clinical observations suggest that these differences are related to time to recurrence (TTR), thus suggesting a common systemic growth ... -
Differences in mortality in critically ill elderly patients during the second COVID‑19 surge in Europe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: The primary aim of this study was to assess the outcome of elderly intensive care unit (ICU) patients treated during the spring and autumn COVID-19 surges in Europe. Methods: This was a prospective European ... -
Differences in nutrient and undesirable substance concentrations in Maurolicus muelleri across the Bay of Biscay, Norwegian fjords, and the North Sea
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction: We are having pressing issues of global food insecurity and malnutrition. Mesopelagic communities in the North Atlantic have been estimated to have high biomasses of organisms. Some of these low-trophic ... -
Differences in perinatal and infant mortality in high-income countries: Artifacts of birth registration or evidence of true differences?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-04)Background: Variation in birth registration criteria may compromise international comparisons of fetal and infant mortality. We examined the effect of birth registration practices on fetal and infant mortality rates to ... -
Differences in sleep patterns between patients with anorexia nervosa and healthy controls: a cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background Sleep difficulties are common in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN), but objective assessments have mostly been performed in hospital and laboratory settings. We aimed to identify differences in sleep patterns ... -
Differences in white blood cell proportions between schizophrenia cases and controls are influenced by medication and variations in time of day
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Cases with schizophrenia (SCZ) and healthy controls show differences in white blood cell (WBC) counts and blood inflammation markers. Here, we investigate whether time of blood draw and treatment with psychiatric medications ...