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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
High dietary salt intake is associated with increased blood pressure (BP) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. The migration of Somalis from East Africa to Norway may have altered their dietary habits, making them ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Previous prospective studies assessing the relationship between circulating concentrations of vitamin D and prostate cancer risk have shown inconclusive results, particularly for risk of aggressive disease. In this study, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Background
Although a number of studies showed a lower risk of hip fractures with high-quality diets, few of them were conducted in the United States.
Objective
This prospective analysis examined the association ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Background and Aim: (e knowledge about the health status of Somalis in Norway and Somaliland is limited. (is paper reportsthe results of a comparative study on the prevalence and predictors of overweight/obesity among ...
(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 ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Summary: Use of anti-osteoporotic drugs (AODs) was examined in a Norwegian population 50–85 years. Among them with Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) score for major osteoporotic fracture ≥ 20, 25% of the women and 17% ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Background/Objectives: Excess mortality after hip fracture is higher in men than in women. The objective was to study whether comorbidity differs in men and women with hip fracture and to what degree differences in comorbidity ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Milk provides energy and nutrients considered protective for bone. Meta-analyses of cohort studies have found no clear association between milk drinking and risk of hip fracture, and results of recent studies are contradictory. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
We lack knowledge about iodine status in the Norwegian population in general, and particularly among immigrants. We aimed to estimate the iodine status and potentially associated factors in a Somali population in Norway. ...