Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care
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Reference Ranges and Determinants of Thyroid Function and TSH Receptor Antibodies During Early Pregnancy in Nepal
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)Objective: Different definitions of thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy may lead to under or overtreatment. The aims of this study were to (1) define population-based pregnancy-specific reference ranges for thyroid ... -
MinLinMo: a minimalist approach to variable selection and linear model prediction
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Generating prediction models from high dimensional data often result in large models with many predictors. Causal inference for such models can therefore be difficult or even impossible in practice. The stand-alone software ... -
Intake of sugar sweetened beverages among children and adolescents in 185 countries between 1990 and 2018: population based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Objective To quantify global intakes of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) and trends over time among children and adolescents. Design Population based study. Setting Global Dietary Database. Population Children and ... -
Prevalence and psycho-social factors associated with alcohol use among primary school-going children aged 6 to 13 years in Mbale district, Uganda: a cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Alcohol use among children in low-resource settings has received limited attention. This study investigated the prevalence of and biopsychosocial factors associated with alcohol use among children aged 6 to ... -
Effects on HbA1c of referral of type 2 diabetes patients to secondary care
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Aim: To study trajectories of HbA1c in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients referred to diabetes outpatient clinics (DOCs), and to explore characteristics of referrals and patient pathways in patients treated in DOCs. Methods: ... -
Trend analyses of persistent organic pollutants in human milk from first-time mothers in Norway between 2002 and 2021
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)Introduction Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are stable compounds characterized by their resistance to degradation. From the 1960–70's organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), such as DDTs and polychlorinated biphenyls ... -
Opium use and gastrointestinal cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Aim: The current systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the association between Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers and opium use. Background: GI malignancies are a global public health issue and are associated ... -
Global, regional, and national burden of gout, 1990–2020, and projections to 2050: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background: Gout is an inflammatory arthritis manifesting as acute episodes of severe joint pain and swelling, which can progress to chronic tophaceous or chronic erosive gout, or both. Here, we present the most up-to-date ... -
Evaluering av en fødselsforberedende samtale hos jordmor på sykehuset og bruk av samvalgsverktøy om smertelindring i fødsel
(Master thesis, 2020-12-10)Bakgrunn: Samvalg er en prosess hvor den som trenger helsehjelp kommer fram til og tar beslutning om undersøkelses- eller behandlingsmetode sammen med helsepersonell. Samtale er en viktig del av prosessen. Samvalgsverktøy ... -
Out-of-pocket expenditures for road traffic trauma care in public and private hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Telomere length in relation to fecundability and use of assisted reproductive technologies: the Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Telomere length (TL) has been reported to be associated with conditions such as endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome, with some studies finding associations with shorter TL and others with longer TL. ... -
Sex differences in childhood cancer risk following ART conception: a registry-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2025)Study question: Does the risk of childhood cancer following ARTs vary by sex? Summary answer: In this registry-based study, some childhood cancers showed positive sex- and age-specific associations in children conceived ... -
General practitioners' attitudes and practices regarding sick leave certification for patients with depression in Norway - a cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Depression is among the most frequent reasons for sick leave, whereas health authorities recommend a rather strict practice, arguing that work is health-promoting. We aimed to explore GPs’ attitudes and practices regarding ... -
Association between bullying victimization and obsessive-compulsive disorder: a population-based, genetically informative study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The extent to which bullying victimization is associated with an increased risk of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has received little empirical attention. This longitudinal, population-based, genetically informative ... -
Health-related quality of life among extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients and inequalities by disease manifestations: a longitudinal study analysing the impact of TB treatment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background To understand the impact of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) and its treatment on quality of life, we analysed patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) among presumptive ETPB patients. Methods EuroQol’s ... -
A Population-Based Multigenerational Family Coaggregation Study of Severe Infections and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Postinfectious autoimmune processes have been proposed as potential causal risk factors for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In this large population-based study, we aimed to clarify the familial coaggregation ... -
Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance 1990–2021: a systematic analysis with forecasts to 2050
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses an important global health challenge in the 21st century. A previous study has quantified the global and regional burden of AMR for 2019, followed with additional publications ... -
Variation in general practitioners' follow-up of depressed patients starting antidepressant medication: a register-based cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Guidelines recommend follow-up within 2 weeks for patients starting medication for depression. Knowledge is lacking about how general practitioners’ (GPs) follow-up varies with patients’ sociodemographic ... -
Parental epigenetic age acceleration and risk of adverse birth outcomes: the Norwegian mother, father and child cohort study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Few studies have examined associations between maternal epigenetic age acceleration and adverse birth outcomes, and none have investigated paternal epigenetic age acceleration. Our objective was to assess the ...