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Longitudinal and secular trends in total cholesterol levels and impact of lipid-lowering drug use among Norwegian women and men born in 1905–1977 in the population-based Tromsø Study 1979–2016
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-08-21)
Objectives: <br> Elevated blood cholesterol is a modifiable
risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Cholesterol level
surveillance is necessary to study population disease
burden, consider priorities for prevention and intervention
and understand the effect of diet, lifestyle and treatment.
Previous studies show a cholesterol decline in recent
decades but lack data to follow individuals born ...
Is the ongoing obesity epidemic partly explained by concurrent decline in cigarette smoking? Insights from a longitudinal population study. The Tromsø Study 1994–2016
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-03-23)
<p>The increase of obesity coincides with a substantial decrease in cigarette smoking. We assessed post-cessation weight change and its contribution to the obesity epidemic in a general population in Norway. A total of 14,453 participants (52.6% women), aged 25–54 years in 1994, who attended at least two of four surveys in the Tromsø Study between 1994 and 2016, were included in the analysis. Hereof ...