• The Inverse Association of Body Mass Index with Lung Cancer: Exploring Residual Confounding, Metabolic Aberrations and Within-Person Variability in Smoking 

  Wood, Angela M.; Jonsson, Håkan; Nagel, Gabriele; Häggström, Christel; Manjer, Jonas; Ulmer, Hanno; Engeland, Anders; Zitt, Emanuel; Jochems, Sylvia; Ghaderi, Sara; Stattin, Pär; Bjørge, Tone; Stocks, Tanja (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Background: The inverse observational association between body mass index (BMI) and lung cancer risk remains unclear. We assessed whether the association is explained by metabolic aberrations, residual confounding, and ...

• Circadian typology and implications for adolescent sleep health. Results from a large, cross-sectional, school-based study 

  Saxvig, Ingvild West; Evanger, Linn Nyjordet; Pallesen, Ståle; Hysing, Mari; Sivertsen, Børge; Gradisar, Michael; Bjorvatn, Bjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Study objectives To investigate circadian typology in a large, representative sample of Norwegian adolescents, and its implications for sleep health. Methods The sample included 3920 1st year high school students aged ...

• Health and Healthcare Access and Utilization Among Syrian Refugees Migrating to Norway : A Longitudinal Study 

  Haj Younes, Jasmin (Doctoral thesis, 2022-01-26)

  Background: An unprecedented number of people are on the move today and the health of refugees has become a vital global public health concern. During the migration process, refugees move from one environment to another ...

• In vitro kvalitet og hemostatisk funksjon i kaldlagret CPDA-1 fullblod etter gjentatte temperatursvingninger til 28 °C 

  Sivertsen, Joar (Master thesis, 2021-11-15)

  Bakgrunn: Blodprodukter blir ofte utsatt for romtemperatur eller høyere i lengre perioder enn tillatt av retningslinjer. Jeg undersøkte om dette førte til målbar effekt på mye brukte kvalitetsparametere og viskoelastisk ...

• Physician factors associated with medical errors in Norwegian primary care emergency services 

  Bratland, Svein Zander; Baste, Valborg; Steen, Knut; Diaz, Esperanza; Bondevik, Gunnar Tschudi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the associations between characteristics of physicians working in primary care emergency units (PCEUs) and the outcome of assessments of the medical records. Design: Data ...

• Isolated oral clefts and school grades: population-based cohort study from Norway 

  Gjerdevik, Miriam; Lie, Rolv T.; Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Berg, Erik; Feragen, Kristin Billaud; Sivertsen, Åse (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Objective To compare school grades of adolescents in Norway born with isolated cleft with those of their unaffected peers. Design Population-based cohort study. Setting Norway. Patients A total of 347 419 individuals ...

• Introducing post-discharge malaria chemoprevention (PMC) for management of severe anemia in Malawian children: a qualitative study of community health workers’ perceptions and motivation 

  Nkosi-Gondwe, Thandile; Robberstad, Bjarne; Blomberg, Bjørn; Phiri, Kamija S.; Lange, Siri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-19)

  Severe malarial anaemia is one of the leading causes of paediatric hospital admissions in Malawi. Post-discharge malaria chemoprevention (PMC) is the intermittent administration of full treatment courses of antimalarial ...

• Severe Anemia in Malawian Children: Risk Factors, Mortality and Malaria Chemoprevention 

  Nkosi, Thandile (Doctoral thesis, 2021-11-24)

  Children aged less than five years who are hospitalized with severe anemia have nine times higher risk of mortality compared to children in the community. The risk of dying and re-hospitalization remains high up to 6 months ...

• Adherence to community versus facility-based delivery of monthly malaria chemoprevention with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the post-discharge management of severe anemia in Malawian children: A cluster randomized trial 

  Nkosi-Gondwe, Thandile; Robberstad, Bjarne; Mukaka, Mavuto; Idro, Richard; Opoka, Robert; Banda, Saidon; Kühl, Melf-Jakob; Ter Kuile, Feiko O.; Blomberg, Bjørn; Phiri, Kamija S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-10)

  Background: The provision of post-discharge malaria chemoprevention (PMC) in children recently admitted with severe anemia reduces the risk of death and re-admissions in malaria endemic countries. The main objective of ...

• Pregnancy and risk of COVID-19: a Norwegian registry-linkage study 

  Magnus, Maria Christine; Oakley, Laura L.; Gjessing, Håkon K.; Stephansson, Olof; Engjom, Hilde Marie; Macsali, Ferenc; Juliusson, Pétur Benedikt; Nybo Andersen, Anne-Marie; Håberg, Siri Eldevik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Objective: To compare the risk of acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and contact with specialist healthcare services for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) between pregnant and non-pregnant ...

• Acetaminophen use during pregnancy and offspring attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - a longitudinal sibling control study 

  Gustavson, Kristin; Ystrøm, Eivind; Ask, Helga; Torvik, Fartein Ask; Hornig, Mady; Susser, Ezra; Lipkin, Ian; Lupattelli, Angela; Stoltenberg, Camilla; Magnus, Per Minor; Mjaaland, Siri; Askeland, Ragna Bugge; Walle, Kjersti Mæhlum; Bresnahan, Michaeline; Nordeng, Hedvig Marie Egeland; Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ted (Journal article, 2021)

  Background: Maternal acetaminophen use during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of ADHD in the child. This could reflect causal influence of acetaminophen on fetal neurodevelopment or could be due to confounding ...

• Social determinants and changes in energy drink consumption among adolescents in Norway, 2017-2019: a cross-sectional study 

  Kaldenbach, Siri; Strand, Tor Arne; Solvik, Beate Stokke; Holten-Andersen, Mads Nikolaj (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Objectives: To describe the social determinants and development in energy drink consumption among Norwegian adolescents in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Design: Cross-sectional, online, annual, nationwide surveys (Ungdata). ...

• Use of sildenafil and other phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors among pregnant women in Scandinavia 

  Cesta, Carolyn E.; Segovia Chacón, Silvia; Engeland, Anders; Broe, Anne; Damkier, Per; Furu, Kari; Kieler, Helle; Karlsson, Pär (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Introduction For phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors, such as sildenafil, the only approved indication in women is for pulmonary arterial hypertension. These drugs are increasingly being proposed and tested for ...

• Wavelet Screening: a novel approach to analyzing GWAS data 

  Denault, William Robert Paul; Gjessing, Håkon K.; Juodakis, Julius; Jacobsson, Bo; Jugessur, Astanand (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Background Traditional methods for single-variant genome-wide association study (GWAS) incur a substantial multiple-testing burden because of the need to test for associations with a vast number of single-nucleotide ...

• Dying with dignity – Dignity-preserving care for older women living with incurable cancer at home 

  Staats, Katrine (Doctoral thesis, 2021-12-08)

  Background: the global population is ageing rapidly and most older people are women. They live longer than men, report more illnesses and have a poorer health status. When living with incurable cancer, gender perspectives ...

• Determinants of utilization of antenatal and delivery care at the community level in rural Bangladesh 

  Pervin, Jesmin; Venkateswaran, Mahima; Nu, U. Tin; Rahman, Monjur; O’Donnell, Brian F.; Friberg, Ingrid Kristina; Rahman, Anisur; Frøen, J. Frederik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-28)

  Background: Timely utilization of antenatal care and delivery services supports the health of mothers and babies. Few studies exist on the utilization and determinants of timely ANC and use of different types of health ...

• MPT64 antigen detection test improves diagnosis of pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Mbeya, Tanzania 

  Grønningen, Erlend; Nanyaro, Marywinnie; Sviland, Lisbet; Ngadaya, Esther; Muller, William; Torres, Lisete; Mfinanga, Sayoki; Mustafa, Tehmina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) is a diagnostic challenge. A new immunochemistry based MPT64 antigen detection test has shown improved sensitivity compared to current laboratory tests. The aim of this study ...

• Immunochemistry-Based Diagnosis of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: A Strategy for Large-Scale Production of MPT64-Antibodies for Use in the MPT64 Antigen Detection Test 

  Hoel, Ida Marie; Ali, Iman A Mohammed; Ishtiaq, Sheeba; Sviland, Lisbet; Wiker, Harald Gotten; Mustafa, Tehmina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Tuberculosis (TB) is a global health problem. The immunohistochemistry (IHC)-based MPT64 antigen detection test has shown promising results for diagnosing extrapulmonary TB in previous studies. However, the anti-MPT64 ...

• Komplekse problemstillinger – allmennlegens ekspertområde 

  Getz, Linn Okkenhaug; Hjørleifsson, Stefan; Saxtrup, Niels; Hvas, Lotte (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  En allmennlege er en generalist. I litteraturen omtales generalisttilnærmingen gjerne som biopsykososial, personsentert eller holistisk. Uansett navn innebærer det en kombinasjon av generell biomedisinsk kunnskap og ...

• Prevention of Neural Tube Defects in Europe: A Public Health Failure 

  Morris, Joan K.; Addor, Marie-Claude; Ballardini, Elisa; Barisic, Ingeborg; Barrachina-Bonet, Laia; Braz, Paula; Cavero-Carbonell, Clara; Den Hond, Elly; Garne, Ester; Gatt, Miriam; Haeusler, Martin; Khoshnood, Babak; Lelong, Nathalie; Kinsner-Ovaskainen, Agnieszka; Kiuru-Kuhlefelt, Sonja; Klungsøyr, Kari; Latos-Bielenska, Anna; Limb, Elisabeth; O'Mahony, Mary T.; Perthus, Isabelle; Pierini, Anna; Rankin, Judith; Rissmann, Anke; Rouget, Florence; Sayers, Gerardine; Sipek, Antonin; Stevens, Sarah; Tucker, David; Verellen-Dumoulin, Christine; de Walle, Hermien E.K.; Wellesley, Diana; Wertelecki, Wladimir; Bermejo-Sanchez, Eva (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Objective: Thirty years ago it was demonstrated that folic acid taken before pregnancy and in early pregnancy reduced the risk of a neural tube defect (NTD). Despite Public Health Initiatives across Europe recommending ...

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