Blar i forfatter Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet "Jacobsen, Bjarne Koster"

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    • Secular and longitudinal trends in body composition: The Tromsø Study, 2001 to 2016 

      Lundblad, Marie Wasmuth; Johansson, Jonas; Jacobsen, Bjarne Koster; Grimsgaard, Sameline; Andersen, Lene Frost; Wilsgaard, Tom; Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-09-14)
      <p><i>Objective - </i>Overweight, defined as excessive fat mass, is a long-standing worldwide public health challenge. Traditional anthropometric measures used to identify overweight and obesity do not assess body composition. The aim of this study was to examine population trends in general and abdominal fat mass during the past two decades. <p><i>Methods - </i>This study included participants ...

    • Serum osteoprotegerin levels are related to height loss : the Tromsø Study 

      Jørgensen, Lone; Hansen, John-Bjarne; Brox, Jan; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Vik, Anders; Jacobsen, Bjarne Koster (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Severe loss of body height is often a consequence of osteoporotic vertebral fractures. Osteoprotegerin (OPG) and receptor activator of nuclear factor-kB ligand (RANKL) are cytokines essential for the regulation of bone resorption. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the OPG/RANKL system and height loss. A total of 4,435 inhabitants from the municipality of Tromsø, ...

    • Sex differences in mortality of admitted patients with personality disorders in North Norway - a prospective register study. 

      Høye, Anne; Jacobsen, Bjarne Koster; Hansen, Vidje (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      It is well established that patients with serious mental disorders have higher mortality than the general population, yet there are few studies on mortality of both natural and unnatural causes in patients with personality disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the mortality of in-patients with personality disorder diagnosis in a 27-year follow-up cohort in North Norway, with a special ...

    • Soy isoflavone intake and the likelihood of ever becoming a mother: the Adventist Health Study-2 

      Jacobsen, Bjarne Koster; Jaceldo-Siegl, Karen; Knutsen, Synnøve Fønnebø; Fan, Jing; Oda, Keiji; Fraser, Gary E. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Objectives: As little is known about the possible relationship between the intake of phytoestrogens and female fertility, we investigated the relationship between soy isoflavone intake and the risk of nulliparity and nulligravidity. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 11,688 North American Adventist women aged 30–50 years old with data regarding childbearing. These women were, as a group, characterized ...

    • Transition From Substance-Induced Psychosis to Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder or Bipolar Disorder 

      Rognli, Eline B.; Heiberg, Ina Heidi; Jacobsen, Bjarne Koster; Høye, Anne; Bramness, Jørgen Gustav (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-03)
      Objective: The authors investigated transitions to schizophrenia spectrum or bipolar disorder following different types of substance-induced psychosis and the impact of gender, age, number of emergency admissions related to substance-induced psychosis, and type of substance-induced psychosis on such transitions. <p> <p>Methods: All patients in the Norwegian Patient Registry with a diagnosis of ...

    • The use of self-administered questionaires about food habits. 

      Jacobsen, Bjarne Koster (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 1988)