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norskBlar i forfatter "Jacobsen, Bjarne K."
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Fysisk aktivitet, risikofaktorer for hjerte- og karsykdommer og risiko for tidlig død blant samer og nordmenn i Finnmark
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2022-03-16)Hjerte- og karsykdommer er en av hovedårsakene til for tidlig død. Fokus på forebyggende tiltak er derfor viktig. Fysisk aktivitet er et gunstig forebyggende tiltak, men det er mangelfull kunnskap om sammenhengen mellom fysisk aktivitet, risikofaktorer for hjerte-og karsykdom og død hos urfolk, som eksempelvis samer. Historisk har den fleretniske befolkningen i nord hatt høyere hjerte- og kardødelighet ... -
The impact of changes in leisure time physical activity on changes in cardiovascular risk factors: results from The Finnmark 3 Study and SAMINOR 1, 1987–2003
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-15)Objective: <br>The aim of this study was to examine the associations between changes in leisure time physical activity and changes in cardiovascular risk factors over 16 years and whether they differ between two ethnic groups in Norway. <br>Methods: <br>Data were extracted from two population-based studies. Altogether, 3671 men and women participated in both surveys, and 30% reported being of ... -
Impact of parents' education on variation in hospital admissions for children: a population-based cohort study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-06-22)Objectives To assess the impact of parental educational level on hospital admissions for children, and to evaluate whether differences in parents' educational level can explain geographic variation in admission rates. Design National cohort study. Setting The 18 hospital referral areas for children in Norway. Participants All Norwegian children aged 1–16 years in the period 2008–2016 and ... -
Infant mortality and epidemic diseases. Wartime Finnmark in a comparative perspective
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-12-15)The effects of war on the health of the population have never been systematically studied. The article explores the impact of war on the general health condition of Finnmark’s population during the war years. The indicators chosen are infant mortality and the epidemic diseases diphtheria, scabies and acute gastroenteritis. The development of the indicators in Finnmark is compared with the averages ... -
Intimate partner violence and its association with mental health problems: The importance of childhood violence – The SAMINOR 2 Questionnaire Survey
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-06-30)Aims: This study aims to estimate the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) and its association with psychological distress and symptoms of post-traumatic stress (PTS) among Sami and non-Sami and to explore whether the association between IPV and mental health is modified by exposure to childhood violence (CV). These issues are scarcely studied among the Sami. Methods: This study was based ... -
Is age at menarche associated with total mortality? The Tromsø Study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-01)<p><i>Purpose</i>: Early age at menarche (AAM) has been associated with increased mortality and morbidity, including premature death from all causes, breast cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study was to examine the association between AAM and all-cause mortality.</p> <p><i>Subjects and methods</i>: A total of 12,409 women aged 25–94 years who took part in the fourth Tromsø Study ... -
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 ... -
Leisure time and occupational physical activity, resting heart rate, and mortality in the Arctic region of Norway: The Finnmark Study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-20)<p><i>Aims - </i>This study examined the association of leisure time physical activity, occupational physical activity, and resting heart rate with all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in Sami and non-Sami populations. <p><i>Study design - </i>This was a longitudinal, observational population-based study. <p><i>Methods - </i>The Finnmark 3 study cohort was examined in 1987–1988 and ... -
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 ... -
Longitudinal changes in desired body weight compared to changes in body weight: evidence of adaptation to weight gain?
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-09-21)<b>Background: </b>Overweight individuals desire a lower weight than they actually have. Little is known on the extent to which this discrepancy is reduced over time due to adaptation or resignation. The aim of this study is to describe cross-sectional relationships and longitudinal changes in desired body weight and differences between actual and desired body weight according to gender, age and ... -
Major postoperative complications are associated with impaired long-term survival after gastro-esophageal and pancreatic cancer surgery: a complete national cohort study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-05-18)Background: Some studies have reported an association between complications and impaired long-term survival after cancer surgery. We aimed to investigate how major complications are associated with overall survival after gastro-esophageal and pancreatic cancer surgery in a complete national cohort. <br> Methods: All esophageal-, gastric- and pancreatic resections performed for cancer in Norway ... -
Mental distress in subjects who did, or did not, move from rural Sami core areas to cities in Norway: The impact of Sami ethnicity
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-12)The aim of the study was to compare the level of mental distress of Sami and non-Sami residents in rural Sami core areas with that of people who have moved from these areas to cities in Norway. Previous research on mental health among the adult Sami population has mainly been conducted in rural areas, and there is a knowledge gap concerning the mental health of urban Sami. This study has a ... -
Norske pasienter med tykktarmskreft kommer for seint i gang med tilleggsbehandling
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-01-12)BAKGRUNN - For pasienter med tykktarmskreft som ifølge nasjonale retningslinjer skal ha tilleggsbehandling med kjemoterapi, skal denne igangsettes innen 4 – 6 uker etter det kirurgiske inngrepet. Vi ønsket å undersøke om retningslinjene ble fulgt. Vi ønsket også å undersøke om hvorvidt type kirurgisk behandling (åpen eller laparoskopisk) hadde betydning for tid til oppstart av tilleggsbehandling.< ... -
Physical activity, resting heart rate, and atrial fibrillation: the Tromsø Study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-10)Aims: The objective was to examine the association of physical activity and resting heart rate (RHR) with hospital-diagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF) in a Norwegian cohort. <p> Methods and Results: This prospective study included 20 484 adults (50.3% men) who participated in the third Tromsø Study survey in 1986-1987. At baseline, physical activity was assessed by a validated questionnaire, and ... -
Replacing red and processed meat with lean or fatty fish and all-cause and cause specific mortality in Norwegian women. the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study (NOWAC): A prospective cohort study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-11)Nordic Nutrition Recommendations recommend reducing red and processed meat and increasing fish consumption, but the impact of this replacement on mortality is understudied. This study investigated the replacement of red and processed meat with fish in relation to mortality. Of 83 304 women in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study (NOWAC) study, 9420 died during a median of 21·0 years of follow-up. ... -
The reproducibility of self-reported age at menarche: The Tromsø Study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-08-22)Background: Previous studies of the reproducibility of self-reported age at menarche have been limited because of small study samples, short follow-up and the limited age span of the women included. Methods: The present study assessed the reproducibility of age at menarche in 6731 women with a wide variation of age when giving the information about age at menarche. The women reported age at ... -
Risikofaktorer og risiko for hjerte- og karsykdommer
(Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2022-03-16)Kapittelet beskriver risiko for hjerte- og karsykdommer blant samer og ikke-samer i Nord-Norge og bygger i hovedsak på tre artikler som er inkludert i doktorgradsavhandlingen til Susanna Ragnhild Andersdatter Siri. Datagrunnlaget er informasjon fra spørreskjema, kliniske undersøkelser og blodprøver som ble samlet inn ved helse- og levekårsundersøkelsene SAMINOR 1 og 2, som ble utført i henholdsvis ... -
Secular trends and correlates of physical activity: The Tromsø Study 1979-2008
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-12-03)<b>Background: </b>The aim was to describe secular trends in leisure time physical activity (LTPA) and work related physical activity (WPA) from 1979 to 2008. Additionally, we explored potential cross-sectional and longitudinal correlates of LTPA and WPA.<br> <b>Methods:</b> Data are collected from 34,898 individuals (49.7% men) aged >20 years who participated in at least one Tromsø Study survey ... -
Sex differences in mortality among patients admitted with affective disorders in North Norway: A 33-year prospective register study
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-05-26)Objective: Previous studies from North Norway showed significantly increased mortality in patients with schizophrenia and personality disorder. The aim of the present study was to investigate total and cause- specific mortality in inpatients with affective disorder in a 33-year follow- up cohort, with a specific focus on sex differences. <p> Methods: Based on a hospital case register covering all ... -
Sex-specific time trends in incident atrial fibrillation and the contribution of risk factors: the Tromsø Study 1994-2016
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-14)Aims To explore sex-specific time trends in atrial fibrillation (AF) incidence and to estimate the impact of changes in risk factor levels using individual participant-level data from the population-based Tromsø Study 1994–2016.<p> <p>Methods and results A total of 14 818 women and 13 225 men aged 25 years or older without AF were enrolled in the Tromsø Study between 1994 and 2008 and followed ...
