Browsing Institutt for helse og samfunn by Author "Rabanal, Kjersti Stormark"
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Rabanal, Kjersti Stormark; Meyer, Haakon E; Tell, Grethe S.; Igland, Jannicke; Pylypchuk, Romana; Mehta, Suneela; Kumar, Bernadette; Jenum, Anne Karen; Selmer, Randi; Jackson, Rod (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)Objectives: The objective was to prospectively examine potential differences in the risk of first cardiovascular disease (CVD) events between South Asians and Europeans living in Norway and New Zealand, and to investigate ...
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Rabanal, Kjersti Stormark (Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2019)The burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among immigrants in Norway has not been described previously. Our knowledge about cardiovascular risk factors is largely based on information from European populations. Thus, the ...
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Rabanal, Kjersti Stormark; Selmer, Randi; Igland, Jannicke; Tell, Grethe Seppola; Meyer, Haakon E (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background Immigrants to Norway from South Asia and Former Yugoslavia have high levels of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. Yet, the incidence of CVD among immigrants in Norway has never been studied. Our aim was ...
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Rabanal, Kjersti Stormark; Meyer, Haakon E; Pylypchuk, Romana; Mehta, Suneela; Selmer, Randi; Jackson, Rodney T (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Objectives To evaluate a Framingham 5-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk score in Indians and Europeans in New Zealand, and determine whether body mass index (BMI) and socioeconomic deprivation were independent predictors ...