Blar i forfatter "Brenn, Tormod"

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    • 13-Type HPV DNA Test versus 5-Type HPV mRNA Test in Triage of Women Aged 25–33 Years with Minor Cytological Abnormalities–6 Years of Follow-Up 

      Rad, Amir; Sørbye, Sveinung; Brenn, Tormod; Tiwari, Sweta; Løchen, Maja-Lisa; Skjeldestad, Finn Egil (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-02-25)
      Background: A specific, cost-effective triage test for minor cytological abnormalities is essential for cervical cancer screening among younger women to reduce overmanagement and unnecessary healthcare utilization. We compared the triage performance of one 13-type human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA test and one 5-type HPV mRNA test. Methods: We included 4115 women aged 25–33 years with a screening ...

    • Activity Profiles by Position in Youth Elite Soccer Players in Official Matches 

      Pettersen, Svein Arne; Brenn, Tormod (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-28)
      <p>In order to investigate activity profiles and external load patterns in elite youth soccer players, we studied high-intensity activity patterns, maximum running speed, and temporary and end-of-match decline in external load in 54 U17 players (96 match observations) over a full season of official match play. <p>Wide midfielders covered most high-intensity running (HIR) distance (1044.2 m), most ...

    • Alcohol and suicide in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia 

      Sumarokov, Yury; Brenn, Tormod; Kudryavtsev, Alexander Valerievich; Sidorenkov, Oleg; Nilssen, Odd (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-01-23)
      Background. High suicide rates in the Russian North are coupled with high alcohol consumption in the described populations. Objective. To investigate the potential role of alcohol consumption on suicides in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) in 2002 2012 and to compare this information with corresponding data from the neighboring Arkhangelsk Oblast (AO). Design. Retrospective population-based ...

    • COVID-19: seroprevalence and adherence to preventive measures in Arkhangelsk, Northwest Russia 

      Krieger, Ekaterina Anatoljevna; Sharashova, Ekaterina; Kudryavtsev, Alexander V; Samodova, Olga; Kontsevaya, Anna; Brenn, Tormod; Postoev, Vitaly (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2023-03-15)
      Background - The published estimates of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Russia are few. The study aimed to assess the SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Arkhangelsk (Northwest Russia), in a year after the start of the pandemic, to evaluate the population adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), and to investigate characteristics associated with COVID-19 seropositive status.<p> <p>Methods - ...

    • Dental caries experience and determinants in young adults of the Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk, North-West Russia: a cross-sectional study 

      Drachev, Sergei; Brenn, Tormod; Trovik, Tordis A (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-28)
      <p><i>Background - </i>Little information exists about the experience of and risk factors for dental caries in young adults in Russia. We investigated dental caries experience and determinants in medical and dental students in North-West Russia. </p> <p><i>Methods - </i>This cross-sectional study included 442 medical and 309 dental undergraduate students of Russian nationality aged 18–25 years ...

    • Education Level and Self-Reported Cardiovascular Disease in Norway—The Tromsø Study, 1994–2016 

      Cathro, Celina Janene; Brenn, Tormod; Chen, Sairah Lai Fa (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-25)
      Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading source of morbidity and mortality, and research has shown education level to be a risk factor for the disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between education level and self-reported CVD in Tromsø, Norway. Methods: This prospective cohort study included 12,400 participants enrolled in the fourth and seventh surveys of ...

    • Healthy Choices in Midlife Predict Survival to Age 85 in Women: The Tromsø Study 1979–2019 

      Løvsletten, Ola; Brenn, Tormod (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-25)
      The aim of this study is to examine the association between single risk factors and multiple risk factors in midlife and older ages (up to 64 years) and survival to the age of 85 years in women. The study sample comprised 857 women who attended the second survey of the population-based Tromsø Study (Tromsø2, 1979–1980) at the ages of 45–49 years and were followed for all-cause mortality until 85 ...

    • How occupational health is assessed in mine workers in Murmansk Oblast 

      Skandfer, Morten; Siurin, Sergei; Talykova, Ljudmila; Øvrum, Arild; Brenn, Tormod; Vaktskjold, Arild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012-05-10)
      <i>Objectives</i>: We aimed to describe how work exposure and occupational health is assessed for mine workers in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. <p> <p><i>Study design</i>: A descriptive study based on current practice, laws and available literature. <p> <p><i>Methods</i>: The information and data were obtained from scientific publications, reports, regional and federal statistics, legal documents, ...

    • Is working in a cold environment associated with musculoskeletal complaints 7–8 years later? A longitudinal analysis from the Tromsø Study 

      Farbu, Erlend Hoftun; Höper, Anje Christina; Brenn, Tormod; Skandfer, Morten (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-23)
      <i>Objective</i> - Exposure to a cold environment at work is associated with a higher prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and chronic pain in cross-sectional studies. This study aims to determine the association between working in a cold environment ≥ 25% of the time and musculoskeletal complaints (MSC) 7–8 years later.<p> <p><i>Methods</i> - We followed participants from the sixth survey (Tromsø ...

    • Mid-life alcohol consumption and survival to age 90 in men: The Tromsø Study 1979–1980 with follow-up to 2019 

      Brenn, Tormod; Løvsletten, Ola (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-25)
      Aims: The Tromsø Study 1979–1980 collected information on alcohol (beer, wine and spirits) consumption frequency and inebriation frequency, and the oldest male participants (aged 50–54 years) were followed for all-cause mortality. This study aimed to identify the impact of habitual alcohol consumption in mid-life on reaching up to 90 years of age. Results: Among the study sample of 778, a total ...

    • Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Young Adults: A Survey of Russian Undergraduate Students 

      Drachev, Sergei; Brenn, Tormod; Trovik, Tordis A (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-11)
      <p><i>Background</i>: Oral health (OH) is poor among young adults in Russia, but there is little information on OH-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in this population. We investigated how socio-demographic factors, self-reported OH characteristics, oral health behaviour, and clinically-assessed OH are related to OHRQoL in medical and dental students in North-West Russia.</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: ...

    • A population based study on coronary heart disease in families : the Finnmark Study 1974-1989 

      Brenn, Tormod (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2000)

    • Prevalence of and factors associated with dental anxiety among medical and dental students of the Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk, North-West Russia 

      Drachev, Sergei; Brenn, Tormod; Trovik, Tordis A (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-22)
      The objective was to assess the prevalence of and factors associated with dental anxiety (DA) in medical and dental students in North-West Russia. This cross-sectional study included 422 medical and 285 dental undergraduate Russian students aged 18–25 years from the Northern State Medical University in Arkhangelsk. Corah’s Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) was applied to measure DA. Information on ...

    • Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components in Northwest Russia: the Arkhangelsk study 

      Sidorenkov, Oleg; Nilssen, Odd; Brenn, Tormod; Martiushov, Sergey; Arkhipovsky, Vadim L.; Grjibovski, Andrej (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2010-01-19)
      Background: The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of risk factors associated with morbidity from cardiovascular disease (CVD) and associated mortality. Russia has one of the highest CVD mortality rates in the world. However, the prevalence of MetS in Russia remains largely unknown. The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of MetS and its components in an urban ...

    • Resting heart rate trajectories and myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, ischaemic stroke and death in the general population: The Tromso Study 

      Sharashova, Ekaterina; Wilsgaard, Tom; Løchen, Maja-Lisa; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Njølstad, Inger; Brenn, Tormod (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-25)
      Background: <br>Resting heart rate (RHR) is an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), but long-term individual RHR trajectories and their effect on CVD morbidity and mortality have not yet been described. <br> Methods: <br>This large population-based longitudinal study included 14,208 men and women aged 20 years or older, not pregnant, and not using blood pressure medications, ...

    • Retrospective survival in elderly COPD patients receiving pulmonary rehabilitation; a study including maintenance rehabilitation 

      Hjalmarsen, Audhild; Brenn, Tormod; Risberg, Marijke Jongsma; Antonsen, Kathrine M.; Benum, Elisabeth K; Aasebø, Ulf (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)

    • Risk Factors for hypospadias in Northwest Russia: A Murmansk County Birth Registry Study 

      Kovalenko, Anton Alexandrovich; Brenn, Tormod; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Nieboer, Evert; Krettek, Alexandra; Anda, Erik Eik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-04-04)
      <i>Background</i> - Hypospadias is the most common congenital anomaly of the penis, but its causes are mainly unknown. Of the risk factors identified, the most plausible are hormonal and genetic. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for hypospadias in Northwest Russia based on registry data.<p> <p><i>Methods</i> - The study population included male infants registered in the Murmansk ...

    • Risk Factors for Ventricular Septal Defects in Murmansk County, Russia: A Registry-Based Study 

      Kovalenko, Anton Alexandrovich; Anda, Erik Eik; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Nieboer, Evert; Brenn, Tormod; Krettek, Alexandra (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-24)
      Cardiovascular malformations are one of the most common birth defects among newborns and constitute a leading cause of perinatal and infant mortality. Although some risk factors are recognized, the causes of cardiovascular malformations (CVMs) remain largely unknown. In this study, we aim to identify risk factors for ventricular septal defects (VSDs) in Northwest Russia. The study population ...

    • Scoping maternal care through the lens of maternal deaths: A retrospective analysis of maternal mortality in Georgia 

      Skhvitaridze, Natia; Anda, Erik Eik; Brenn, Tormod; Kintraia, Nikoloz; Gamkrelidze, Amiran (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-01)
      <i>Introduction</i> - Reduction of the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to 12 per 100,000 live births by 2030 is a priority target in Georgia. This study aims to assess and classify MM in Georgia by direct and indirect causes of death from 2014 to 2017, using data from the national surveillance system and in accordance with internationally approved criteria.<p> <p><i>Material and methods</i> - In ...

    • Seroprevalence of SARS-Cov-2 Antibodies in Adults, Arkhangelsk, Russia 

      Krieger, Ekaterina Anatoljevna; Kudryavtsev, Alexander V; Sharashova, Ekaterina; Postoev, Vitaly; Belova, Natalia; Shagrov, Leonid; Zvedina, Julia; Drapkina, Oxana; Kontsevaya, Anna; Shalnova, Svetlana; Brenn, Tormod; Shkolnikov, Vladimir M.; Eggo, Rosalind M.; Leon, David Adrew (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02)
      Population-based data on coronavirus disease in Russia and on the immunogenicity of the Sputnik V vaccine are sparse. In a survey of 1,080 residents of Arkhangelsk 40–75 years of age, 65% were seropositive for IgG. Fifteen percent of participants had been vaccinated; of those, 97% were seropositive.