Blar i Department of Clinical Medicine på emneord "Epidemiology"
Viser treff 1-11 av 11
-
Assessing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis prevalence in Norway from 2009 to 2015 from compulsory nationwide health registers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Objective: In Norway, diagnoses from specialist health care visits, drug prescriptions, and causes of deaths are registered in compulsory health registers. We aimed to determine amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) prevalence ... -
The causal role of smoking on the risk of hip or knee replacement due to primary osteoarthritis: a Mendelian randomisation analysis of the HUNT study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-06)Objective: Smoking has been associated with a reduced risk of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) and subsequent joint replacement. The aim of the present study was to assess whether the observed association is likely to be ... -
Epidemiology of benign external hydrocephalus in Norway - a population-based study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-08)Background: Benign external hydrocephalus is defined as a rapidly increasing head circumference (occipitofrontal circumference) with characteristic radiological findings of increased subarachnoid cerebrospinal fluid spaces ... -
Fatal injury as a function of rurality - a tale of two Norwegian counties
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-03-02)Background: Many studies indicate rural location as a separate risk for dying from injuries. For decades, Finnmark, the northernmost and most rural county in Norway, has topped the injury mortality statistics in Norway. ... -
Global epidemiology of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST): A systematic review of population-based cohort studies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-02)Background: Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are rare, yet the most common mesenchymal tumour within the digestive tract. Lack of diagnostic criteria and no specific code in the ICD system has prevented epidemiological ... -
High mortality due to cutaneous melanoma in norway: A study of prognostic factors in a nationwide cancer registry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05-09)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine why Norway has the highest rate of mortality due to cutaneous melanoma (CM) in Europe. The Norwegian Malignant Melanoma Registry (NMMR) enables the study of clinical and ... -
Is infertility really associated with higher levels of mental distress in the female population? Results from the North-Trondelag Health Study and the Medical Birth Registry of Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Objective: To explore the effect of ever having tried to conceive for more than 12 months on levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms and to investigate if symptom levels of anxiety and depression in infertile women who ... -
No increase in response rate by adding a web response option to a postal population survey: A randomized trial
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2007-12-31)Background: There is substantial interest in use of the Internet for surveys, but there have been few health-oriented, large, randomized trials of general population surveys on the Internet. It is unclear whether providing ... -
One-year versus five-year hospital readmission after ischemic stroke and TIA
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-29)Background: The burden of hospital readmission after stroke is substantial, but little knowledge exists on factors associated with long-term readmission after stroke. In a cohort comprising patients with ischemic stroke ... -
Risk factors for knee replacement due to primary osteoarthritis, a population based, prospective cohort study of 315,495 individuals
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-06-23)Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is a common and disabling condition. We wanted to investigate the modifiable risk factors Body Mass Index (BMI) and physical activity, using knee replacement (KR) as a marker for ... -
Validation of the multiple sclerosis diagnosis in the Norwegian Patient Registry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-11-13)Background: Health registries may yield important data for epidemiological studies. However, in order to be a valuable source for information, the registered data have to be correct. Objectives: The aim of the study was ...