• Alcohol consumption and risk of urothelial cell bladder cancer in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition cohort 

      Botteri, Edoardo; Ferrari, Pietro; Roswall, Nina; Tjønneland, Anne; Hjartåker, Anette; Huerta, José María; Fortner, Renée Turzanski; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Karakatsani, Anna; La Vecchia, Carlo; Pala, Valeria; Pérez-Cornago, Aurora; Sonestedt, Emily; Liedberg, Fredrik; Overvad, Kim; Sánchez, María-José; Gram, Inger Torhild; Stepien, Magdalena; Trijsburg, Laura; Ljungberg, Börje; Johansson, Mikael B.; Kühn, Tilman; Panico, Salvatore; Tumino, Rosario; Bueno-De-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Weiderpass, Elisabete (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-07-31)
      Findings on the association between alcohol consumption and bladder cancer are inconsistent. We investigated that association in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort. We included 476,160 individuals mostly aged 35-70 years, enrolled in ten countries and followed for 13.9 years on average. Hazard ratios (HR) for developing urothelial cell carcinoma (UCC; 1,802 ...
    • Alcohol consumption, endogenous estrogen and mammographic density among premenopausal women 

      Frydenberg, Hanne; Flote, Vidar Gordon; Larsson, Ine Marie; Barrett, Emily S.; Furberg, Anne-Sofie; Ursin, Giske; Wilsgaard, Tom; Ellison, Peter; McTiernan, Anne; Hjartåker, Anette; Jasienska, Grazyna; Thune, Inger (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-08-07)
      Introduction: Alcohol consumption may promote aromatization of androgens to estrogens, which may partly explain the observations linking alcohol consumption to higher breast cancer risk. Whether alcohol consumption is associated with endogenous estrogen levels, and mammographic density phenotypes in premenopausal women remains unclear.<p> <p>Methods: Alcohol consumption was collected by self-report ...
    • Associations of the 2018 World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute of Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) cancer prevention recommendations with stages of colorectal carcinogenesis 

      Kværner, Ane Sørlie; Andersen, Astrid Riseth; Henriksen, Hege Berg; Knudsen, Markus Dines; Johansen, Anne Marte Wetting; Hjartåker, Anette; Bøhn, Siv Kjølsrud; Paur, Ingvild; Wiedswang, Gro; Smeland, Sigbjørn; Rounge, Trine Ballestad; Blomhoff, Rune; Berstad, Paula (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-22)
      Background: While adherence to cancer prevention recommendations is linked to lower risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), few have studied associations across the entire spectrum of colorectal carcinogenesis. Here, we studied the relationship of the standardized 2018 World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) Score for cancer prevention recommendations with detection ...
    • Baseline and lifetime alcohol consumption and risk of differentiated thyroid carcinoma in the EPIC study 

      Sen, Abhijit; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.; Allen, Naomi E.; Rinaldi, Sabina; Appleby, Paul N.; Almquist, Martin; Schmidt, Julie A.; Dahm, Christina C.; Overvad, Kim; Tjønneland, Anne; Rostgaard-Hansen, Agnetha L.; Clavel-Chapelon, Françoise; Baglietto, Laura; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Kühn, Tilman; Katze, Verena A.; Boeing, Heiner; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Tsironis, Christos; Lagiou, Pagona; Palli, Domenico; Pala, Valeria; Panico, Salvatore; Tumino, Rosario; Vineis, Paolo; Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. Bas; Peeters, Petra H.; Hjartåker, Anette; Lund, Eiliv; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Quirós, J. Ramón; Agudo, Antonio; Sánchez, Mariá-José; Arriola, Larraitz; Gavrila, Diana; Gurrea, Aurelio Barricarte; Tosovic, Ada; Hennings, Joakim; Sandström, Maria; Romieu, Isabelle; Ferrari, Pietro; Zamora-Ros, Raul; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Riboli, Elio; Gunter, Marc; Franceschi, Silvia (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-08-27)
      Background: Results from several cohort and case–control studies suggest a protective association between current alcohol intake and risk of thyroid carcinoma, but the epidemiological evidence is not completely consistent and several questions remain unanswered.<p> <p>Methods: The association between alcohol consumption at recruitment and over the lifetime and risk of differentiated thyroid carcinoma ...
    • Body mass index, waist circumference and pre-frailty/frailty: the Tromsø study 1994−2016 

      Uchai, Shreeshti; Andersen, Lene Frost; Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter; Hjartåker, Anette (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-23)
      Objective This study investigated the association between obesity, assessed using body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), and pre-frailty/frailty among older adults over 21 years of follow-up. <p>Design Prospective cohort study. <p>Setting Population-based study among communitydwelling adults in Tromsø municipality, Norway. <p>Participants 2340women and 2169 men aged ≥45 years ...
    • Dietary changes in early-stage breast cancer patients from pre-surgery and over the 12 months post-surgery 

      Brunvoll, Sonja Hjellegjerde; Thune, Inger; Bertheussen, Gro Falkener; Fjeldheim, Frøydis Nyborg; Flote, Vidar Gordon; Frydenberg, Hanne; Lundgren, Steinar; Skjerven, Helle; Lømo, Jon; Fagerland, Morten; McTiernan, Anne; Schlichting, Ellen; Hjartåker, Anette (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-19)
      The time after a breast cancer diagnosis is a potential period for making positive dietary changes, but previous results are conflicting. The main aim of the present study was to study breast cancer patients’ dietary changes during the 12 months post-surgery and from 12 months pre-surgery to 12 months post-surgery with repeated administration of a 7-d pre-coded food diary and an FFQ, respectively. ...
    • Dietary Fibre Intake and Risks of Cancers of the Colon and Rectum in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) 

      Murphy, Neil; Norat, Teresa; Ferrari, Pietro; Jenab, Mazda; Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. Bas; Skeie, Guri; Dahm, Christina C.; Overvad, Kim; Olsen, Anja; Tjønneland, Anne; Clavel-Chapelon, Françoise; Boutron-Ruault, Marie Christine; Racine, Antoine; Kaaks, Rudolf; Teucher, Birgit; Boeing, Heiner; Bergmann, Manuela M.; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Trichopoulos, Dimitrios; Lagiou, Pagona; Palli, Domenico; Pala, Valeria; Panico, Salvatore; Tumino, Rosario; Vineis, Paolo; Siersema, Peter D.; van Duijnhoven, Fränzel J.B.; Peeters, Petra H M; Hjartåker, Anette; Engeset, Dagrun; Gonzalez, Carlos A.; Sánchez, Maria-José; Dorronsoro, Miren; Navarro, Camen; Ardanaz, Eva; Quirós, José R.; Sonestedt, Emily; Ericson, Ulrika; Nilsson, Lena; Palmqvist, Richard; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Wareham, Nick; Key, Timothy J.; Crowe, Francesca L.; Fedirko, Veronika; Wark, Petra A.; Chuang, Shu-Chun; Riboli, Eilo (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Earlier analyses within the EPIC study showed that dietary fibre intake was inversely associated with colorectal cancer risk, but results from some large cohort studies do not support this finding. We explored whether the association remained after longer follow-up with a near threefold increase in colorectal cancer cases, and if the association varied by gender and tumour location. After a mean ...
    • Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Derived Adiposity Measures and Pre-Frailty/Frailty among Norwegian Adults: The Tromsø Study 2007–2015 

      Uchai, Shreeshti; Andersen, Lene Frost; Johansson, Jonas; Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter; Hjartåker, Anette (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-05-25)
      OBJECTIVES: Aging is associated with changes in body composition. Excess adiposity among older adults has been linked with metabolic syndromes and aggravated age-associated decline in physical functioning. Few longitudinal studies have explored the association between dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)-derived total as well as central adiposity measures and frailty. We examined the association ...
    • Duration of Lactation, Maternal Metabolic Profile, and Body Composition in the Norwegian EBBA I-Study 

      Tørris, Christine; Thune, Inger; Emaus, A; Finstad, SE; Bye, Asta; Furberg, AS; Barrett, Emily S.; Jasienska, G; Ellison, P; Hjartåker, Anette (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      There is conflicting evidence as to whether duration of lactation may decrease the risk of subsequent development of an unfavorable maternal metabolic profile, including overweight and obesity. We hypothesized that duration of lactation is associated with a more favorable metabolic profile and healthier anthropometric measurements. Ninety-eight parous women were studied from the Norwegian EBBAI-study ...
    • Energy and nutrient intakes in relation to National Nutrition Recommendations in a Norwegian population-based sample: the Tromsø Study 2015–16 

      Lundblad, Marie Wasmuth; Andersen, Lene Frost; Jacobsen, Bjarne Koster; Carlsen, Monica Hauger; Hjartåker, Anette; Grimsgaard, Sameline; Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-10)
      <i>Introduction</i>: According to the Global Burden of Disease project, unhealthy diet accounts for most of the disease burden in Norway. Current recommendations on nutrient intake in Norway reflect those published in the evidence-based Nordic Nutrition Recommendations from 2012 (NNR2012).<p> <p><i>Aim</i>: To study energy and nutrient intakes and compliance with the NNR2012 among women and men ...
    • Fish intake and pre-frailty in Norwegian older adults - a prospective cohort study: the Tromsø Study 1994–2016 

      Konglevoll, Dina Moxness; Andersen, Lene Frost; Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter; Strand, Bjørn Heine; Thoresen, Magne; Totland, Torunn Holm; Hjartåker, Anette; Carlsen, Monica Hauger (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-07-05)
      Background Pre-frailty is an intermediate, potentially reversible state before the onset of frailty. Healthy dietary choices may prevent pre-frailty. Fish is included in most healthy diets, but little is known about the association between long-term habitual fish intake and pre-frailty. We aimed to elucidate the longitudinal association between the frequency of fish intake and pre-frailty in a ...
    • Milk and risk of colorectal, colon and rectal cancer in the Norwegian Women and Cancer (NOWAC) Cohort Study 

      Bakken, Toril; Braaten, Tonje; Olsen, Anja; Hjartåker, Anette; Lund, Eiliv; Skeie, Guri (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-17)
      According to World Cancer Research Fund International/American Institute for Cancer Research, it is ‘probable’ that dairy products decrease the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, meta-analyses restricted to women have not shown associations between milk intake and risk of CRC. The aim of this study was to examine the association between milk intake and risk of CRC, colon cancer and rectal ...
    • Normal and unusual days for dietary intake during the 12 months after a breast cancer diagnosis in women 

      Brunvoll, Sonja Hjellegjerde; Flote, Vidar Gordon; Halset, Eline Holli; Bertheussen, Gro Falkener; Skjerven, Helle; Lømo, Jon; Thune, Inger; Hjartåker, Anette (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-24)
      Purpose There are several reasons to report days as being unusual with regard to dietary intake, including special occasions and celebrations. For breast cancer patients during the 12 month post-surgery period, unusual days may also include days that are afected by being a cancer patient. The aim of this study was to study dietary intake on “normal” and “unusual” days, and to study what is reported ...
    • Nutrient patterns and their food sources in an international study setting: Report from the EPIC study 

      Moskal, Aurelie; Pisa, Pedro T; Ferrari, Pietro; Byrnes, Graham; Freisling, Heinz; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Cadeau, Claire; Nailler, Laura; Wendt, Andrea; Kühn, Tilman; Boeing, Heiner; Buijsse, Brian; Tjønneland, Anne; Halkjær, Jytte; Dahm, Christina C; Chiuve, Stephanie E; Quirós, Jose R; Buckland, Genevieve; Molina-Montes, Esther; Amiano, Pilar; Huerta Castaño, José M; Gurrea, Aurelio Barricarte; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Lentjes, Marleen A; Key, Timothy J; Romaguera, Dora; Vergnaud, Anne-Claire; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Bamia, Christina; Orfanos, Philippos; Palli, Domenico; Pala, Valeria; Tumino, Rosario; Sacerdote, Carlotta; De Magistris, Maria Santucci; Bueno-de-Mesquita, H Bas; Ocké, Marga C; Beulens, Joline W J; Ericson, Ulrika; Drake, Isabel; Nilsson, Lena M; Winkvist, Anna; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Hjartåker, Anette; Riboli, Elio; Slimani, Nadia (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
    • Nutritional quality of food as represented by the FSAm-NPS nutrient profiling system underlying the Nutri-Score label and cancer risk in Europe: Results from the EPIC prospective cohort study 

      Deschasaux, Mélanie; Huybrechts, Inge; Murphy, Neil; Julia, Chantal; Hercberg, Serge; Srour, Bernard; Kesse-Guyot, Emmanuelle; Latino-Martel, Paule; Biessy, Carine; Casagrande, Corinne; Jenab, Mazda; Ward, Heather; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Dahm, Christina C.; Overvad, Kim; Kyrø, Cecilie; Olsen, Anja; Affret, Aurélie; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Mahamat-Saleh, Yahya; Kaaks, Rudolf; Kühn, Tilman; Boeing, Heiner; Schwingshackl, Lukas; Bamia, Christina; Peppa, Eleni; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Masala, Giovanna; Krogh, Vittorio; Panico, Salvatore; Tumino, Rosario; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Bueno-De-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Peeters, Petra H.; Hjartåker, Anette; Rylander, Charlotta; Skeie, Guri; Ramõn Quirõs, Jose; Jakszyn, Paula; Salamanca-Fernández, Elena; Huerta, José María; Ardanaz, Eva; Amiano, Pilar; Ericson, Ulrika; Sonestedt, Emily; Huseinovic, Ena; Johansson, Ingegerd; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Wareham, Nick; Bradbury, Kathryn E.; Perez-Cornago, Aurora; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.; Ferrari, Pietro; Riboli, Elio; Gunter, Mark J.; Touvier, Mathilde (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-18)
      <p><i>Background - </i>Helping consumers make healthier food choices is a key issue for the prevention of cancer and other diseases. In many countries, political authorities are considering the implementation of a simplified labelling system to reflect the nutritional quality of food products. The Nutri-Score, a five-colour nutrition label, is derived from the Nutrient Profiling System of the British ...
    • A prospective evaluation of plasma phospholipid fatty acids and breast cancer risk in the EPIC study 

      Chajès, Véronique; Assi, Nada; Biessy, Carine; Ferrari, P.; Rinaldi, Sabina; Slimani, Nadia; Lenoir, GM; Baglietto, L; His, Mathilde; Boutron-Ruault, M.C.; Trichopoulou, A; Lagiou, P.; Katsoulis, M; Kaaks, R.; Kuhn, T.; Panico, S.; Pala, V; Masala, G; Bueno-De-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Peeters, P.H.; van Gils, Carla; Hjartåker, Anette; Olsen, Karina Standahl; Borgund Barnung, Runa; Barricarte, A; Redondo-Sánchez, Daniel; Menéndez, V; Amiano, P.; Wennberg, Maria; Key, T.; Khaw, K.T.; Merritt, M.A.; Riboli, E.; Gunter, M.J.; Romieu, I. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-09-18)
      <p><i>Background</i>: Intakes of specific fatty acids have been postulated to impact breast cancer risk but epidemiological data based on dietary questionnaires remain conflicting.</p> <p><i>Materials and methods</i>: We assessed the association between plasma phospholipid fatty acids and breast cancer risk in a case–control study nested within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer ...
    • Protein Intake and the Risk of Pre-Frailty and Frailty in Norwegian Older Adults. The Tromsø Study 1994–2016 

      Konglevoll, Dina Moxness; Hjartåker, Anette; Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter; Strand, Bjørn Heine; Thoresen, Magne; Andersen, Lene Frost; Carlsen, Monica Hauger (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-01)
      BACKGROUND: Protein intake is suggested as an important dietary factor in the prevention of frailty, however, the infuence of lifelong intake remains unclear.<p> <p>OBJECTIVES: The present study investigated the relationship between daily protein intake and patterns of protein intake over 21 years and the risk of pre-frailty/frailty. <p>DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. <p>SETTING: The ...
    • Regression analysis with categorized regression calibrated exposure. Some interesting findings 

      Dalen, Ingvild; Hjartåker, Anette; Buonaccorsi, John P.; Laake, Petter; Thoresen, Magne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2006-07-04)
      Background: Regression calibration as a method for handling measurement error is becoming increasingly well-known and used in epidemiologic research. However, the standard version of the method is not appropriate for exposure analyzed on a categorical (e.g. quintile) scale, an approach commonly used in epidemiologic studies. A tempting solution could then be to use the predicted continuous ...
    • Test-retest reproducibility of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and estimated effects on disease risk in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study (NOWAC) 

      Parr, Christine L.; Lund, Eiliv; Veierød, Marit B.; Laake, Petter; Hjartåker, Anette (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2006-01-31)
      Background: The Norwegian Women and Cancer Study (NOWAC) is a national population-based cohort study with 102 443 women enrolled at age 30–70 y from 1991 to 1997. The present study was a methodological sub-study to assess the test-retest reproducibility of the NOWAC food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), and to study how measurement errors in the data can affect estimates of disease risk. Methods: A ...
    • Validation of repeated self-reported n-3 PUFA intake using serum phospholipid fatty acids as a biomarker in breast cancer patients during treatment 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis 

      Brunvoll, Sonja Hjellegjerde; Thune, Inger; Frydenberg, Hanne; Flote, Vidar Gordon; Bertheussen, Gro Falkener; Schlichting, Ellen; Bjerve, Kristian S; Hjartåker, Anette (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      <p><i>Background</i>: The role of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in breast cancer is not clear and under debate. To explore this relationship it is important to have proper validated dietary assessment methods for measuring the intake of n-3 PUFAs. The aim of the current study is to validate two different methods used to assess the intake of selected n-3 PUFAs as well as food sources of ...