Faculty of Medicine: Recent submissions

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    • Life expectancy can increase by up to 10 years following sustained shifts towards healthier diets in the United Kingdom 

      Fadnes, Lars T.; Celis-Morales, Carlos; Økland, Jan-Magnus; Parra-Soto, Solange; Livingstone, Katherine M.; Ho, Frederick K.; Pell, Jill P.; Balakrishna, Rajiv; Javadi Arjmand, Elaheh; Johansson, Kjell Arne; Haaland, Øystein Ariansen; Mathers, John C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Adherence to healthy dietary patterns can prevent the development of non-communicable diseases and affect life expectancy. Here, using a prospective population-based cohort data from the UK Biobank, we show that sustained ...

    • Global burden of peripheral artery disease and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 

      Kim, Min Seo; Hwang, Jimin; Yon, Dong Keon; Lee, Seung Won; Jung, Se Yong; Park, Seoyeon; Johnson, Catherine Owens; Stark, Benjamin A.; Razo, Christian; Abbasian, Mohammadreza; Abbastabar, Hedayat; Abhari, Amir Parsa; Aboyans, Victor; Adane, Denberu Eshetie Adane; Adebayo, Oladimeji M.; Alahdab, Fares; Almustanyir, Sami; Aly, Hany; Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena; Anderson, Jason A.; Andrei, Catalina Liliana; Aryan, Zahra; Aujayeb, Avinash; Bagherieh, Sara; Baltatu, Ovidiu Constantin; Banach, Maciej; Bayileyegn, Nebiyou Simegnew; Bearne, Lindsay M.; Behnoush, Amir Hossein; Bensenor, Isabela M.; Bhaskar, Sonu; Bhat, Ajay Nagesh; Bhat, Vivek; Bikbov, Boris; Bintoro, Bagas Suryo; Burkart, Katrin; Cámera, Luis Alberto; Catapano, Alberico L.; Chandrasekar, Eeshwar K.; Charan, Jaykaran; Chattu, Vijay Kumar; Chi, Gerald; Chukwu, Isaac Sunday; Chung, Sheng-Chia; Cirillo, Massimo; Coberly, Kaleb; Costa, Vera Marisa; Dadras, Omid; Dai, Xiaochen; Do, Thanh Chi; Doshi, Rajkumar; Ekholuenetale, Michael; Elgendy, Islam Y.; Elhadi, Muhammed; Fagbamigbe, Adeniyi Francis; Feizkhah, Alireza; Fekadu, Ginenus; Gill, Paramjit Singh; Goldust, Mohamad; Golechha, Mahaveer; Guan, Shi-Yang; Gupta, Vivek Kumar; Hadei, Mostafa; Hadi, Najah R.; Hammoud, Ahmad; Hankey, Graeme J.; Harlianto, Netanja I.; Hasaballah, Ahmed I.; Hassan, Shoaib; Hassen, Mohammed Bheser; Heidari, Golnaz; Hostiuc, Mihaela; Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen; Iwagami, Masao; Jokar, Mohammad; Jonas, Jost B.; Joshua, Charity Ehimwenma; Jozwiak, Jacek Jerzy; Kazemian, Sina; Keykhaei, Mohammad; Khalaji, Amirmohammad; Khan, Moien A.B.; Khateri, Sorour; Kibret, Biruk Getahun; Korzh, Oleksii; Koulmane Laxminarayana, Sindhura Lakshmi; Krishan, Kewal; Kumar, Akshay; Kumar, Manoj; Kuttikkattu, Ambily; Laksono, Tri; Larijani, Bagher; Le, Thao Thi Thu; Lim, Stephen S.; Liu, Xuefeng; Lorkowski, Stefan; Magdy Abd El Razek, Hassan; Malhotra, Kashish; Manla, Yosef; Maugeri, Andrea; Mentis, Alexios-Fotios A.; Mestrovic, Tomislav; M. Gomide Nogueira de Sá, Ana Carolina; Mirica, Andreea; Mirrakhimov, Erkin M.; Misganaw, Awoke; Mishra, Manish; Mohammad, Yousef; Mokdad, Ali H.; Moni, Mohammad Ali; Montasir, Ahmed Al; Moradi, Yousef; Moraga, Paula; Morovatdar, Negar; Mousavi-Aghdas, Seyed Ali; Murray, Christopher J.L.; Naghavi, Mohsen; Nair, Tapas Sadasivan; Nassereldine, Hasan; Natto, Zuhair S.; Nguyen, Dang H.; Nguyen, Hien Quang; Nguyen, Van Thanh; Noubiap, Jean Jacques; Oancea, Bogdan; Oliveira, Gláucia Maria Moraes; Owolabi, Mayowa O.; Padron-Monedero, Alicia; Perico, Norberto; Petcu, Ionela-Roxana; Radfar, Amir; Rafferty, Quinn; Rahman, Mosiur; Rahman, Muhammad Aziz; Ram, Pradhum; Rashedi, Sina; Rashid, Ahmed Mustafa; Rawaf, Salman; Remuzzi, Giuseppe; Renzaho, Andre M.N.; Rezaee, Malihe; Roever, Leonardo; Saad, Aly M.A.; Saadatagah, Seyedmohammad; Sadeghi, Masoumeh; Sahebkar, Amirhossein; Saleh, Mohamed A.; Samy, Abdallah M.; Santric-Milicevic, Milena M.; Sepanlou, Sadaf G.; Seylani, Allen; Sharfaei, Sadaf; Shorofi, Seyed Afshin; Singh, Jasvinder A.; Singh, Paramdeep; Spartalis, Michael; Sundström, Johan; Tan, Ker-Kan; Teramoto, Masayuki; Tharwat, Samar; Tyrovolas, Stefanos; Valadan Tahbaz, Sahel; Van den Eynde, Jef; Vart, Priya; Wang, Cong; Wang, Fang; Westerman, Ronny; Xia, Juan; Xu, Suowen; Yada, Dereje Y.; Yamagishi, Kazumasa; Yonemoto, Naohiro; Zahir, Mazyar; Zangiabadian, Moein; Zarrintan, Armin; Zastrozhin, Mikhail Sergeevich; Zastrozhina, Anasthasia; Zoladl, Mohammad; Hay, Simon I.; Shin, Jae Il; Roth, Gregory A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Peripheral artery disease is a growing public health problem. We aimed to estimate the global disease burden of peripheral artery disease, its risk factors, and temporospatial trends to inform policy and ...

    • Responses of Rat Mesenchymal Stromal Cells to Nanocellulose with Different Functional Groups 

      Elsebahy, Ahmad Rashad; Grøndahl, Martha; Heggset, Ellinor Bævre; Mustafa, Kamal Babikeir Elnour; Syverud, Kristin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) are multiscale hydrophilic biocompatible polysaccharide materials derived from wood and plants. TEMPO-mediated oxidation of CNFs (TO-CNF) turns some of the primary hydroxyl groups to carboxylate ...

    • Stemness and osteogenic differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells generated in xeno-free conditions 

      Ali, Hassan Abdel-Raouf A. M. (Doctoral thesis, 2024-05-24)
      Mesenkymale stamceller (MSC) har lenge vært grunnleggende i strategiene for bein tissue engineering, og er viktige i dannelsen av nytt bein. Samtidig har disse cellene flere utfordringer som gjør grundig undersøkelse ganske ...

    • Esophageal and Head and Neck Cancer Patients Attending Ocean Road Cancer Institute in Tanzania from 2019 to 2021: An Observational Study 

      Mwelange, Luco Patson; Mamuya, Simon H.D.; Mwaiselage, Julius; Bråtveit, Magne; Moen, Bente Elisabeth (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background: Cancer in Africa is an emerging public health problem that needs urgent preventive measures, particularly in workplaces where exposure to carcinogens may occur. In Tanzania, the incidence rate of cancer and ...

    • An interdisciplinary intervention for children and adolescents with multiple referrals and complex health complaints: a feasibility study 

      Lygre, Ragnhild Bentung; Gjestad, Rolf; Norekvål, Tone Merete; Mercer, Stewart W.; Elgen, Irene Bircow (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-11-11)
      Background: Children and adolescents with complex health complaints are often referred to several different healthcare specialists for assessments and treatment. This may result in fragmented care, higher risks of medical ...

    • Extending protein interaction networks using proteoforms and small molecules 

      Sanchez, Luis Francisco Hernandez; Burger, Bram; Campos, Rodrigo Alexander Castro; Johansson, Stefan; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Barsnes, Harald; Vaudel, Marc (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Motivation: Biological network analysis for high-throughput biomedical data interpretation relies heavily on topological characteristics. Networks are commonly composed of nodes representing genes or proteins that are ...

    • Cancer risk in the siblings of individuals with major birth defects: a large Nordic population-based case-control study 

      Daltveit, Dagrun Slettebø; Klungsøyr, Kari; Engeland, Anders; Ekbom, Anders; Gissler, Mika; Glimelius, Ingrid; Grotmol, Tom; Madanat-Harjuoja, Laura; Ording, Anne Gulbech; Sørensen, Henrik Toft; Troisi, Rebecca; Bjørge, Tone (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 ...

    • Allogenous Bone Grafting Technique for Staged Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery 

      Vindfeld, Søren; Lindanger, Line; Inderhaug, Eivind (Journal article, 2023)
      Background: Tunnel widening, slightly malplaced former tunnels or bone loss due to hardware removal might prevent a 1-stage anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) revision procedure due to tunnel convergence or challenging graft ...

    • Impact of long-term exposure to ambient ozone on lung function over a course of 20 years (The ECRHS study): a prospective cohort study in adults 

      Zhao, Tianyu; Markevych, Iana; Fuertes, Elaine; de Hoogh, Kees; Accordini, Simone; Boudier, Anne; Casas, Lidia; Forsberg, Bertil; Garcia Aymerich, Judith; Gnesi, Marco; Holm, Mathias; Janson, Christer; Jarvis, Deborah; Johannessen, Ane; Jörres, Rudolf A.; Karrasch, Stefan; Leynaert, Benedicte; Maldonado Perez, José Antonio; Malinovschi, Andrei; Martínez-Moratalla, Jesús; Modig, Lars; Nowak, Dennis; Potts, James; Probst-Hensch, Nicole; Sánchez-Ramos, José Luis; Siroux, Valerie; Urrutia Landa, Isabel; Vienneau, Danielle; Villani, Simona; Jacquemin, Bénédicte; Heinrich, Joachim (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background While the adverse effects of short-term ambient ozone exposure on lung function are well-documented, the impact of long-term exposure remains poorly understood, especially in adults. Methods We aimed to ...

    • Evaluation of the pilot wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Norway, June 2022 – March 2023 

      Amato, Ettore; Hyllestad, Susanne; Heradstveit, Petter; Langlete, Petter; Moen, Line Victoria; Rohringer, Andreas; Pires, Joao; Baz-Lomba, Jose Antonio; Bragstad, Karoline; Feruglio, Siri Laura; Aavitsland, Preben; Madslien, Elisabeth Henie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-04)
      Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater-based surveillance gained great international interest as an additional tool to monitor SARS-CoV-2. In autumn 2021, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health decided to ...

    • Variation in antibiotic consumption in very preterm infants-a 10 year population-based study 

      Huncikova, Zuzana; Stensvold, Hans Jørgen; Øymar, Knut Asbjørn Alexander; Vatne, Anlaug; Lang, Astri Maria; Støen, Ragnhild; Brigtsen, Anne Karin; Moster, Dag; Eriksen, Beate Horsberg; Selberg, Terje Reidar; Rønnestad, Arild Erland; Klingenberg, Claus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Objectives Wide variations in antibiotic use in very preterm infants have been reported across centres despite similar rates of infection. We describe 10 year trends in use of antibiotics and regional variations among ...

    • Health workers’ experience of providing second-trimester abortion care in Ethiopia: a qualitative study 

      Mclean, Emily; Blystad, Astrid; Mirkuzie, Alemnesh Hailemariam; Miljeteig, Ingrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Second-trimester abortions are less common than abortions in the first trimester, yet they disproportionately account for a higher burden of abortion-related mortality and morbidity worldwide. Health workers ...

    • New strides towards fair processes for financing universal health coverage 

      Kurowski, Christoph; Evans, David B.; Ottersen, Trygve; Gopinathan, Unni; Dale, Elina; Norheim, Ole Frithjof (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Fair processes in health financing decisions should not be undervalued or perceived as secondary to the goals of universal health coverage. By integrating fair-process principles and criteria into health financing decisions, ...

    • Machine learning approaches in microbiome research: challenges and best practices 

      Papoutsoglou, Georgios; Tarazona, Sonia; Lopes, Marta B.; Klammsteiner, Thomas; Ibrahimi, Eliana; Eckenberger, Julia; Novielli, Pierfrancesco; Tonda, Alberto; Simeon, Andrea; Shigdel, Rajesh; Béreux, Stéphane; Vitali, Giacomo; Tangaro, Sabina; Lahti, Leo; Temko, Andriy; Claesson, Marcus J.; Berland, Magali (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Microbiome data predictive analysis within a machine learning (ML) workflow presents numerous domain-specific challenges involving preprocessing, feature selection, predictive modeling, performance estimation, model ...

    • The association between different sleep health dimensions and sex, age, education, circadian preference, and chronic insomnia: a representative population-based study 

      Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Waage, Siri; Pallesen, Ståle; Buysse, Daniel J.; Saxvig, Ingvild W. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Objectives The aims were to explore multidimensional sleep health and the different dimensions of sleep health in the adult Norwegian population in relation to sex, age, education, circadian preference, and chronic ...

    • Intimate Partner Violence and Children Under 5 Morbidities and Mortality in Afghanistan: Findings From a National Survey 

      Dadras, Omid; Hazratzai, Mohammadsediq; Dadras, Fateme (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Limited knowledge exists concerning the prevalence and drivers of intimate partner violence (IPV) against Afghan women and its association with child morbidity and mortality in Afghanistan. The study used data from the ...

    • Quality improvement dashboard for healthcare providers and targeted client communication to pregnant women to improve timely attendance and quality of antenatal care: A multi-arm cluster randomized trial (the eRegCom trial) 

      Blom-Bakke, Kjersti Mørkrid; Ghanem, Buthaina; Abbas, Eatimad; Khader, Khadija Abu; Ward, Itimad Abu; Ataallah, Amjad; Baniode, Mohammad; Bogale, Binyam; Hijaz, Taghreed; Frost, Kimberly; Frost, Michael James; Isbeih, Mervett; Issawi, Sally; Nazzal, Zaher A.S.; O’Donnell, Brian; Papadopoulou, Eleni Zoumpoulia; Qaddomi, Sharif; Rabah, Yousef; Rose, Christopher James; Venkateswaran, Mahima; Frøen, Jahn Frederik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background: Digital health interventions can strengthen coverage and quality of care. Our aim was to assess the effectiveness of targeted client communication (TCC) to pregnant women via text messages, health care provider ...

    • Safety profile of herbal medicines submitted for marketing authorization in Tanzania: a cross-sectional retrospective study 

      Mssusa, Alambo Kanduru; Holst, Lone; Kagashe, Godeliver; Maregesi, Sheila (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background The popular use of herbal medicines necessitates national regulatory authorities to have efficient mechanisms for the control of these products including marketing authorization (MA) and safety follow-up. ...

    • Cultural beliefs and practices on perinatal death: a qualitative study among the Lango community in Northern Uganda 

      Arach, Anna Agnes Ojok; Nakasujja, Noeline; Rujumba, Joseph; Mukunya, David; Odongkara, Beatrice; Musaba, Milton W.; Napyo, Agnes Kasede; Tumwine, James K; Nankabirwa, Victoria; Ndeezi, Grace; Kiguli, Juliet (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Perinatal death has profound psychosocial effects on women and their families. Sociocultural contexts influence the burden, rituals and bereaved’s support. Little is known about cultural beliefs and practices ...