Browsing Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care by Journals "International Journal of Epidemiology"
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Birthweight in offspring and cardiovascular mortality in their parents, aunts and uncles: a family-based cohort study of 1.35 million births
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background A link between suboptimal fetal growth and higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is well documented. It has been difficult to assess the contribution of environmental versus genetic factors to the ... -
Cancer risk in the siblings of individuals with major birth defects: a large Nordic population-based case-control study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background: Individuals with major birth defects are at increased risk of developing cancer, indicating a common aetiology. However, whether the siblings of individuals with birth defects are also at an increased risk of ... -
Cohort Profile: Pregnancy And Childhood Epigenetics (PACE) Consortium
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Cohort Profile: The Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers (NOPW) Cohort
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Maternal alcohol use during pregnancy and offspring attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a prospective sibling control study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-10)Background: Maternal alcohol use during pregnancy has repeatedly been associated with development of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the offspring. It is, however not known whether this reflects a direct ... -
Parental socioeconomic status and risk of cerebral palsy in the child: evidence from two Nordic population-based cohorts
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-06-26)Background We investigated whether the risk of cerebral palsy (CP) in the child varies by parents’ socioeconomic status, in Denmark and Norway. Methods We included almost 1.3 million children born in Demark during 1981–2007 ... -
Sex differences in childhood cancer risk among children with major birth defects: a Nordic population-based nested case-control study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Childhood cancer is more common among children with birth defects, suggesting a common aetiology. Whether this association differs by sex is unclear. Methods We performed a population-based nested case-control ... -
The triglyceride-glucose index as a measure of insulin resistance and risk of obesity-related cancers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: The role of insulin resistance as a mediator in the association of body mass index (BMI) with site-specific cancer risk has, to our knowledge, never been systematically quantified. Methods: Altogether 510 471 ...