Background: The role of diet in breast cancer (BrCa) aetiology has been studied widely. Although the results are inconsistent, dietary components have been implicated through their effects on inflammation. We examined the association between a dietary inflammatory index (DII) and BrCa incidence in the Swedish Women’s Lifestyle Study.<p> <p>Methods: The DII was computed at baseline from a validated ...

Proteome-wide Mendelian randomization (MR) shows value in prioritizing drug targets in Europeans but with limited evidence in other ancestries. Here, we present a multi-ancestry proteome-wide MR analysis based on cross-population data from the Global Biobank Meta-analysis Initiative (GBMI). We estimated the putative causal effects of 1,545 proteins on eight diseases in African (32,658) and European ...

BAKGRUNN - PSA-testing og risiko for overdiagnostisering av prostatakreft har fått økende oppmerksomhet. Vi undersøker her hvordan antallet PSA-prøver har utviklet seg over tid i norske fylker og relaterer denne utviklingen til den fylkesvise kreftinsidensen samt ratene for prostatacancerkirurgi.<p> <p>MATERIALE OG METODE - Data for insidens, overlevelse og dødelighet ble innhentet fra offentlige ...

<p><i>Objective</i>: The aim of this study was to assess the mediating role of dissatisfaction with friendships in adulthood in the associations between psychological abuse in childhood, substance abuse distress in childhood, and incident psychiatric problems (IPPs) in adulthood over 13 years of follow-up.</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: We used data collected from 1994 to 2008 within the framework of the ...

<p>Festskriftet Psykomotorisk fysioterapi – en praksis i bevegelse ble skrevet i anledning Gudrun Øvreberg sin 80 års dag. Vi ønsket å hylle og takke henne for det hun har betydd og delt av sin kunnskap i klinikk, undervisning og formidling av psykomotorisk fysioterapi. Samtidig var det en anledning til å skrive og formidle nye fagtekster, og en mulighet til å synliggjøre og videreutvikle det særegne ...

Background - In families where one of the siblings has an eating disorder (ED), research indicates that the siblings without eating disorders (EDs) experience insufficient care and negative changes in family life. The illness then takes up a great deal of space within the family. Support from the siblings without EDs is considered to be important for the recovery of the sibling with ED. A key issue ...

Within 2021, Norway intends to complete implementation of HPV DNA-based primary screening for cervical cancer for women 34–69 years, while continue cytology-based screening for women 25–33 years. Over the recent years, the incidence of cervical cancer has increased by 30% among women younger than 40 years. In this subset of women, nearly 30% were diagnosed with a normal smear, as most recent smear, ...

Background: High quality of surveillance systems for surgical site infections (SSIs) is the key to their usefulness. The Norwegian Surveillance System for Antibiotic Consumption and Healthcare-Associated Infections (NOIS) was introduced by regulation in 2005, and is based largely on automated extraction of data from underlying systems in the hospitals. <p>Methods: This study investigates the ...

Psoriasis (skin psoriasis, PsO) is a chronic inflammatory condition. In about one-third of cases, the joints are affected (psoriatic arthritis, PsA). Both conditions, especially PsA, profoundly impact patients’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL). To describe the impact of psoriasis on HRQoL and patients’ contact with the healthcare system in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, the NORdic PAtient survey ...

Surprisingly few attempts have been made to quantify the simultaneous contribution of well-established risk factors to CVD mortality differences between countries. We aimed to develop and critically appraise an approach to doing so, applying it to the substantial CVD mortality gap between Russia and Norway using survey data in three cities and mortality risks from the Emerging Risk Factor Collaboration. ...