Vitenskapelige artikler Tromsøundersøkelsen

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Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 2015

Ahmed LA, Shigdel R, Joakimsen RM, Eldevik OP, Eriksen EF, Ghasem-Zadeh A,Bala Y, Zebaze R, Seeman E, Bjørnerem Å. Measurement of cortical porosity of the proximal femur improves identification of women with nonvertebral fragility fractures. Osteoporos Int. 2015; 26: 2137-46.

Benetou V, Orfanos P, Feskanich D, Michaëlsson K, Pettersson-Kymmer U, Ahmed  LA, Peasey A, Wolk A, Brenner H, Bobak M, Wilsgaard T, Schöttker B, Saum KU, Bellavia A, Grodstein F, Klinaki E, Valanou E, Papatesta EM, Boffetta P,Trichopoulou A. Education, marital status, and risk of hip fractures in older men and women: the CHANCES project. Osteoporos Int. 2015;26:1733-46.

Christoffersen T, Winther A, Nilsen OA, Ahmed LA, Furberg AS, Grimnes G, Dennison E, Emaus N. Does the frequency and intensity of physical activity in adolescence have an impact on bone? The Tromsø Study, Fit Futures. BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil. 2015;7:26. 

Dahl K, Ahmed LA, Joakimsen RM, Jørgensen L, Eggen AE, Eriksen EF, Bjørnerem Å. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein is an independent risk factor for non-vertebral fractures in women and men: The Tromsø Study. Bone. 2015;72:65-70.

Danielsen K, Wilsgaard T, Olsen AO, Eggen AE, Olsen K, Cassano PA, Furberg AS. Elevated odds of metabolic syndrome in psoriasis: a population-based study of age and sex differences. Br J Dermatol 2015;172:419-27.

Delcourt C, Korobelnik JF, Buitendijk GH, Foster PJ, Hammond CJ, Piermarocchi S, Peto T, Jansonius N, Mirshahi A, Hogg RE, Bretillon L, Topouzis F, Deak G, Grauslund J, Broe R, Souied EH, Creuzot-Garcher C, Sahel J, Daien V, Lehtimäki T, Hense HW, Prokofyeva E, Oexle K, Rahi JS, Cumberland PM, Schmitz-Valckenberg S, Fauser S, Bertelsen G, Hoyng C, Bergen A, Silva R, Wolf S, Lotery A, Chakravarthy U, Fletcher A, Klaver CC. Ophthalmic epidemiology in Europe: the "European Eye Epidemiology" (E3) consortium. Eur J Epidemiol. 2015 Dec 19. [Epub ahead of print] 

Echocardiographic Normal Ranges Meta-Analysis of the Left Heart Collaboration. Ethnic-Specific Normative Reference Values for Echocardiographic LA and LV Size, LV Mass, and Systolic Function: The EchoNoRMAL Study. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging.2015;8:656-65. 

Ellingsen TS, Lappegård J, Skjelbakken T, Brækkan SK, Hansen JB. Red cell distribution width is associated with incident venous thromboembolism (VTE) and case-fatality after VTE in a general population. Thromb Haemost 2015;113:193-200.

Ellingsen TS, Lappegård J, Skjelbakken T, Braekkan SK, Hansen JB. Impact of red cell distribution width on future risk of cancer and all-cause mortality among cancer patients - the Tromsø Study. Haematologica. 2015;100:e387-9.

Enga KF, Rye-Holmboe I, Hald EM, Løchen ML, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Brækkan SK, Hansen JB. Atrial fibrillation and future risk of venous thromboembolism: the Tromsø study. J Thromb Haemost. 2015;13:10-6.

Eriksen BO, Løchen ML, Arntzen KA, Bertelsen G, Winther Eilertsen BA, von Hanno T, Herder M, Jenssen TG, Mathisen UD, Melsom T, Njølstad I, Solbu MD, Mathiesen EB. Estimated and measured GFR associate differently with retinal vasculopathy in the general population. Nephron. 2015;131:175-84. 

Eveborn GW, Schirmer H, Heggelund G, Rasmussen K. Incidence of aortic stenosis in subjects with normal and slightly elevated aortic gradients and flow. Heart. 2015;101:1895-900. 

Falkegård M, Schirmer H, Løchen ML, Øian P, Acharya G. The validity of self-reported information about hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in a population-based survey: the Tromsø Study. Acta Obstetricia Gynecologica Scandinavica 2015; 94: 28-34.

Friborg O, Emaus N, Rosenvinge JH, Bilden U, Olsen JA, Pettersen G. Violence affects physical and mental health differently: the general population based Tromsø Study. PLoS One. 2015;10:e0136588. 

Gaulton KJ, Ferreira T, Lee Y, et al. Genetic fine mapping and genomic annotation defines causal mechanisms at type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci. Nat Genet. 2015;47:1415-25.

Hansen AH, Høye A. Gender differences in the use of psychiatric outpatient specialist services in Tromsø, Norway are dependent on age: a population-based cross-sectional survey. BMC Health Serv Res. 2015;15:477.

Hopstock LA, Bønaa KH, Eggen AE, Grimsgaard S, Jacobsen BK, Løchen ML, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T. Longitudinal and secular trends in blood pressure among women and men in birth cohorts born between 1905 and 1977: The Tromsø Study 1979 to 2008. Hypertension. 2015;66:496-501. 

Jacobsen BK, Aars NA. Changes in body mass index and the prevalence of obesity during 1994-2008: repeated cross-sectional surveys and longitudinal analyses. The Tromsø Study. BMJ Open. 2015;5:e007859. 

Jorde R, Mathiesen EB, Rogne S, Wilsgaard T, Kjærgaard M, Grimnes G, Schirmer H. Vitamin D and cognitive function: The Tromsø Study. J Neurol Sci. 2015;355:155-61.

Jorde R, Schirmer H, Wilsgaard T, Bøgeberg Mathiesen E, Njølstad I, Løchen ML, Joakimsen RM, Grimnes G. The DBP Phenotype Gc-1f/Gc-1f Is associated with reduced risk of cancer. The Tromsø Study. PLoS One. 2015;10:e0126359. 

Kvamme JM, Grønli O, Jacobsen BK, Florholmen J. Risk of malnutrition and zinc deficiency in community-living elderly men and women: the Tromsø Study. Public Health Nutr. 2015;18:1907-13. 

Lappegård J, Ellingsen TS, Vik A, Skjelbakken T, Brox J, Mathiesen EB, Johnsen SH, Brækkan SK, Hansen JB. Red cell distribution width and carotid atherosclerosis progression. The Tromsø Study. Thromb Haemost 2015;113:649-54.

Lappegård J, Ellingsen TS, Skjelbakken T, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Brox J, Brækkan SK, Hansen JB. Red cell distribution width is associated with future risk of incident stroke. The Tromsø Study. Thromb Haemost. 2015;115:126-34. 

Lerstad G, Enga KF, Jorde R, Brodin EE, Svartberg J, Brækkan SK, Hansen JB. Thyroid function, as assessed by TSH, and future risk of venous thromboembolism: the Tromsø study. Eur J Endocrinol. 2015;173:83-90.

Locke AE, Kahali B, Berndt SI, et al.  Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for
obesity biology. Nature. 2015;518:197-206.

Lorenz MW, Price JF, Robertson C, Bots ML, Polak JF, Poppert H, Kavousi M, Dörr M, Stensland E, et al.  Carotid Intima-Media Thickness progression and risk of vascular events in people with diabetes: Results From the PROG-IMT Collaboration. Diabetes Care. 2015;38:1921-9. 

Melsom T, Fuskevåg OM, Mathisen UD, Strand H, Schei J, Jenssen T, Solbu M, Eriksen BO. Estimated GFR is biased by non-traditional cardiovascular risk factors. Am J Nephrol. 2015;41:7-15. 

Melsom T, Schei J, Stefansson VT, Solbu MD, Jenssen TG, Mathisen UD, Wilsgaard T, Eriksen BO. Prediabetes and Risk of Glomerular Hyperfiltration and Albuminuria in the General Nondiabetic Population: A Prospective Cohort Study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2015 Dec 16. [Epub ahead of print] 

Mons U, Müezzinler A, Gellert C, Schöttker B, Abnet CC, Bobak M, de Groot L, Freedman ND, Jansen E, Kee F, Kromhout D, Kuulasmaa K, Laatikainen T, O'Doherty MG, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Orfanos P, Peters A, van der Schouw YT, Wilsgaard T, Wolk A, Trichopoulou A, Boffetta P, Brenner H; CHANCES consortium. Impact of smoking and smoking cessation on cardiovascular events and mortality among older adults: meta-analysis of individual participant data from prospective cohort studies of the CHANCES consortium. BMJ 2015;350:h1551.

Müezzinler A, Mons U, Gellert C, Schöttker B, Jansen E, Kee F, O'Doherty MG, Kuulasmaa K, Freedman ND, Abnet CC, Wolk A, Håkansson N, Orsini N, Wilsgaard T, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, van der Schouw YT, Peeters PH, de Groot LC, Peters A, Orfanos P, Linneberg A, Pisinger C, Tamosiunas A, Baceviciene M, Luksiene D,
Bernotiene G, Jousilahti P, Petterson-Kymmer U, Jansson JH, Söderberg S, Eriksson S, Jankovic N, Sánchez MJ, Veronesi G, Sans S, Drygas W, Trichopoulou A, Boffetta P, Brenner H. Smoking and All-cause Mortality in Older Adults: Results From the CHANCES Consortium. Am J Prev Med. 2015;49:e53-63. 

Ordóñez-Mena JM, Schöttker B, Fedirko V, Jenab M, Olsen A, Halkjær J, Kampman E, de Groot L, Jansen E, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Peeters PH, Siganos G, Wilsgaard T, Perna L, Holleczek B, Pettersson-Kymmer U, Orfanos P, Trichopoulou A, Boffetta P, Brenner H. Pre-diagnostic vitamin D concentrations and cancer risks in older individuals: an analysis of cohorts participating in the CHANCES consortium. Eur
J Epidemiol. 2015 May 15. [Epub ahead of print] 

Pers TH, Karjalainen JM, Chan Y, Westra HJ, Wood AR, Yang J, Lui JC, Vedantam S, Gustafsson S, Esko T, Frayling T, Speliotes EK; Genetic Investigation of ANthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium, Boehnke M, Raychaudhuri S, Fehrmann RS, Hirschhorn JN, Franke L. Biological interpretation of genome-wide Association studies using predicted gene functions. Nat Commun. 2015;6:5890. .

Samuelsen PJ, Slørdal L, Mathisen UD, Eggen AE. Analgesic use in a Norwegian general population: change over time and high-risk use--The Tromsø Study. BMC Pharmacol Toxicol. 2015;16:16. 

Sand AS, Emaus N, Lian O. Overweight and obesity in young adult women: A matter of health or appearance? The Tromsø study: Fit futures. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being. 2015;10:29026. 

Sharashova E, Wilsgaard T, Brenn T. Resting heart rate on the decline: the Tromsø Study 1986-2007. Int J Epidemiol. 2015; 44:1007-17. 

Shigdel R, Osima M, Ahmed LA, Joakimsen RM, Eriksen EF, Zebaze R, Bjørnerem Å. Bone turnover markers are associated with higher cortical porosity, thinner cortices, and larger size of the proximal femur and non-vertebral fractures. Bone. 2015;81:1-6. 

Shigdel R, Osima M, Lukic M, Ahmed LA, Joakimsen RM, Eriksen EF, Bjørnerem Å. Determinants of transitional zone area and porosity of the proximal femur quantified in vivo in postmenopausal women. J Bone Miner Res. 2015 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print].

Shungin D, Winkler TW, Croteau-Chonka DC, et al. New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution. Nature. 2015;518:187-96.

Starikova I, Jamaly S, Sorrentino A, Blondal T, Latysheva N, Sovershaev M, Hansen JB. Differential expression of plasma miRNAs in patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism and healthy control individuals. Thromb Res. 2015;136:566-72. 

Storhaug HM, Toft I, Norvik JV, Jenssen T, Eriksen BO, Melsom T, Løchen ML, Solbu MD. Uric acid is associated with microalbuminuria and decreased glomerular filtration rate in the general population during 7 and 13 years of follow-up: The Tromsø Study. BMC Nephrol. 2015;16:210. 

Søgaard AJ, Holvik K, Omsland TK, Tell GS, Dahl C, Schei B, Falch JA, Eisman JA, Meyer HE. Abdominal obesity increases the risk of hip fracture. A population-based study of 43,000 women and men aged 60-79 years followed for 8 years. Cohort of Norway. J Intern Med. 2015;277:306-17.

Tiwari S, Schirmer H, Jacobsen BK, Hopstock LA, Nyrnes A, Heggelund G, Njølstad I, Mathiesen EB, Løchen ML. Association between diastolic dysfunction and future atrial fibrillation in the Tromsø Study from 1994 to 2010. Heart. 2015;101:1302-8. 

Vik A, Brodin EE, Mathiesen EB, Brox J, Jørgensen L, Njølstad I, Brækkan SK, Hansen JB. Serum osteoprotegerin and future risk of cancer and cancer-related mortality in the general population: the Tromsø study. Eur J Epidemiol 2015; 30:219-30.

Vangen-Lønne AM, Wilsgaard T, Johnsen SH, Carlsson M, Mathiesen EB. Time trends in incidence and case fatality of ischemic stroke: The Tromsø Study 1977-2010. Stroke. 2015; 46:1173-1179.

Vold ML, Aasebø U, Wilsgaard T, Melbye H. Low oxygen saturation and mortality in an adult cohort: the Tromsø study. BMC Pulm Med 2015;15:9.

White IR, Rapsomaniki E; Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration. Covariate-adjusted measures of discrimination for survival data. Biom J. 2015;57:592-613. 

Williams KM, Bertelsen G, Cumberland P, Wolfram C, Verhoeven VJ,Anastasopoulos E, Buitendijk GH, Cougnard-Grégoire A, Creuzot-Garcher C, Erke MG, Hogg R, Höhn R, Hysi P, Khawaja AP, Korobelnik JF, Ried J, Vingerling JR, Bron A, Dartigues JF, Fletcher A, Hofman A, Kuijpers RW, Luben RN, Oxele K, Topouzis F, von Hanno T, Mirshahi A, Foster PJ, van Duijn CM, Pfeiffer N, Delcourt C, Klaver CC, Rahi J, Hammond CJ; European Eye Epidemiology (E(3)) Consortium. Increasing prevalence of myopia in Europe and the impact of education. Ophthalmology. 2015;122:1489-97. 

Williams KM, Verhoeven VJ, Cumberland P, Bertelsen G, Wolfram C, Buitendijk GH, Hofman A, van Duijn CM, Vingerling JR, Kuijpers RW, Höhn R, Mirshahi A, Khawaja AP, Luben RN, Erke MG, von Hanno T, Mahroo O, Hogg R, Gieger C, Cougnard-Grégoire A, Anastasopoulos E, Bron A, Dartigues JF, Korobelnik JF,Creuzot-Garcher C, Topouzis F, Delcourt C, Rahi J, Meitinger T, Fletcher A, Foster PJ, Pfeiffer N, Klaver CC, Hammond CJ. Prevalence of refractive error in Europe: the European Eye Epidemiology (E(3)) Consortium. Eur J Epidemiol 2015;30:305-15.

Winkler TW, Justice AE, Graff M, et al. The influence of age and sex on genetic associations with adult body size and shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study. PLoS Genet. 2015;11:e1005378. 

Winther A, Ahmed LA, Furberg AS, Grimnes G, Jorde R, Nilsen OA, Dennison E, Emaus N. Leisure time computer use and adolescent bone health--findings from the Tromsø Study, Fit Futures: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2015;5:e006665. 

Wilsgaard T, Mathiesen EB, Patwardhan A, Rowe MW, Schirmer H, Løchen ML, Sudduth-Klinger J, Hamren S, Bønaa KH, Njølstad I. Clinically significant novel biomarkers for prediction of first ever myocardial infarction: The Tromsø Study. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2015; 8: 363-71.

Wilsgaard T, Loehr LR, Mathiesen EB, Løchen ML, Bønaa KH, Njølstad I, Heiss G. Cardiovascular health and the modifiable burden of incident myocardial infarction: the Tromsø Study. BMC Public Health. 2015; 15:221

Zostautiene I, Jorde R, Schirmer H, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Løchen ML, Wilsgaard T, Joakimsen RM, Kamycheva E. Genetic variations in the vitamin D receptor predict Type 2 Diabetes and myocardial infarction in a community-based population: The Tromsø Study. PLoS One. 2015;10:e0145359.

Zykova SN, Storhaug HM, Toft I, Chadban SJ, Jenssen TG, White SL. Cross-sectional analysis of nutrition and serum uric acid in two Caucasian cohorts: the AusDiab Study and the Tromsø study. Nutr J. 2015;14:49. 

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 2014

Ahmed LA, Nguyen ND, Bjørnerem Å, Joakimsen RM, Jørgensen L, Størmer J, Bliuc D, Center JR, Eisman J, Nguyen T, et al. External validation of the Garvan nomograms for predicting absolute fracture risk: The Tromsø Study. PLoS ONE 2014; 9:e107695.

Andorsen O, Ahmed LA, Emaus N, Klouman E. High prevalence of chronic musculoskeletal complaints among women in a Norwegian general population: The Tromsø study. BMC Res Notes 2014;7:506.

Bertelsen G, Peto T, Lindekleiv H, Schirmer H, Solbu MD, Toft I, Sjølie AK, Njølstad I. Sex differences in risk factors for retinopathy in non-diabetic men and women: The Tromsø Eye Study. Acta Ophthalmol. 2014;92:316-22. 

Blix K, Brækkan SK, le Cessie S, Skjeldestad FE, Cannegieter SC, Hansen JB. The increased risk of venous thromboembolism by advancing age cannot be attributed to the higher incidence of cancer in the elderly: the Tromsø study. Eur J Epidemiol. 2014;29:277-84.

Boffetta P, Bobak M, Borsch-Supan A, Brenner H, Eriksson S, et al. The Consortium on Health and Ageing: Network of Cohorts in Europe and the United States (CHANCES) project—design, population and data harmonization of a large-scale, international study. Eur J Epidemiol 2014; 29: 929-936.

Carson A, Smith EN, Matsui H, Brækkan SF, Jepsen K, Hansen JB, Frazer K. Effective filtering strategies to improve data quality from population-based whole exome sequencing studies. BMC Bioinformatics 2014; 15:125

Dahl K, Ahmed LW, Joakimsen RM, Jørgensen L, Eggen AE, Eriksen EF, Bjørnerem Å. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein is an independent risk factor for non-vertebral fractures in women and men: The Tromsø Study. Bone 2014; 72: 65-70:

Dahl C, Søgaard AJ, Tell GS, Flaten TP, Hongve D, Omsland TK, Holvik K, Meyer HE, Aamodt G; Norwegian Epidemiologic Osteoporosis Study (NOREPOS) Core Research Group. Do cadmium, lead, and aluminum in drinking water increase the risk of hip fractures? A NOREPOS study. Biol Trace Elem Res 2014;157:14-23.

Deraas TS, Berntsen GR, Jones AP, Førde OH, Sund ER. Associations between primary healthcare and unplanned medical admissions in Norway: a multilevel analysis of the entire elderly population. BMJ Open. 2014;4:e004293.

Echocardiographic Normal Ranges Meta-Analysis of the Left heart (EchoNoRMAL) Collaboration. A meta-analysis of echocardiographic measurements of the left heart for the development of normative reference ranges in a large international cohort: the EchoNoRMAL study. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2014; 15:341-8.

Eggen AE, Mathiesen EB, Wilsgaard T, Jacobsen BK, Njølstad I. Trends in cardiovascular risk factors across levels of education in a general population: is the educational gap increasing? The Tromsø study 1994-2008. J Epidemiol Community Health 2014;68:712-9.

Emaus N, Wilsgaard T, Ahmed LA. Impacts of body mass index, physical activity, and smoking on femoral bone loss: The Tromsø Study. J Bone Mineral Res 2014; 29: 2080-9.

Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration, Di Angelantonio E, Gao P, Khan H, et al. Glycated hemoglobin measurement and prediction of cardiovascular disease. JAMA. 2014;311:1225-33.

Eriksen BO, Løchen ML, Arntzen KA, Bertelsen G, Eilertsen BA, von Hanno T, Herder M, Jenssen TG, Mathisen UD, Melsom T, Njølstad I, Solbu MD, Toft I, Mathiesen EB. Subclinical cardiovascular disease is associated with a high glomerular filtration rate in the nondiabetic general population. Kidney Int 2014;86:146-53.

Erke MG, Bertelsen G, Peto T, Sjølie AK; Lindekleiv H, Njølstad I. Cardiovascular risk factors associated with age-related macular degeneration: the Tromsø Study. Acta Ophthalmologica 2014; 92: 662-9.

Eveborn GDW, Schirmer H, Lunde P, Heggelund G, Hansen JB, Rasmussen K. Assessment of risk factors for developing incident aortic stenosis: The Tromsø Study. Eur J Epidemiol 2014; 29: 567-75.

Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases Collaboration (BMI Mediated Effects), Lu Y, Hajifathalian K, Ezzati M, Woodward M, Rimm EB, Danaei G. Metabolic mediators of the effects of body-mass index, overweight, and obesity on coronary heart disease and stroke: a pooled analysis of 97 prospective cohorts with 1•8 million participants. Lancet. 2014;383:970-83.

Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases Collaboration. Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mortality burden of cardiometabolic risk factors from 1980 to 2010: a comparative risk assessment. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2014;2:634-47. 

Graff-Iversen S, Wilsgaard T, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Løchen ML. Long-term cardiovascular consequences of Rose angina at age 20-54 years: 29-years' follow-up of the Tromsø study. J Epidemiol Comm Health 2014; 68: 754-759.

Grønli O, Kvamme JM, Jorde R, Wynn R. Vitamin D deficiency is common in psychogeriatric patients, independent of diagnosis. BMC Psychiatry 2014;14:134.

Hald EM, Enga KF, Løchen ML, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Brækkan SK, Hansen JB. Venous thromboembolism increases the risk of atrial fibrillation – the Tromsø Study. J Am Heart Assoc 2014;3:e000483.  

Hald EM, Lijfering W, Mathiesen EB, Johnsen SH, Løchen ML, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Rosendaal F, Brækkan SK, Hansen JB. Carotid atherosclerosis predicts future myocardial infarction, but not venous thromboembolism. The Tromsø Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2014;34:226-30. 

Hansen AH, Kristoffersen AE, Lian OS, Halvorsen PA. Continuity of GP care is associated with lower use of complementary and alternative medical providers: a population-based cross-sectional survey. BMC Health Serv Res 2014; 14: 629.

Hansen-Krone I, Enga KF, Sudduth-Klinger J, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Watkins SC, Brækkan SF, Hansen JB. High fish plus fish oil intake is associated with slightly reduced risk of venous thromboembolism: The Tromsø study. J Nutr 2014; 144: 861-7.

Holmen O, Zhang H, Fan Y, Hovelson DH, Schmidt EM, Zhou W; Guo Y, Zhang J, Langhammer A, Løchen ML, et al. Systematic evaluation of coding variation identifies a candidate causal variant in TM6SF2 influencing total cholesterol and myocardial infarction risk. Nature Genetics 2014; 46: 345-51.

Holmen O, Zhang H, Zhou W, Schmidt E, Hovelson DH, Langhammer A, Løchen ML, Ganesh SK, Mathiesen EB, Vatten LJ, et al. No large-effect low-frequency coding variation found for myocardial infarction. Human Molecular Genetics 2014; 23: 4721-8.

Holvik K, Gjesdal CG, Tell GS, Grimnes G, Schei B, Apalset EM, Samuelsen SO, Blomhoff R, Michaëlsson K, Meyer HE. Low serum concentrations of alpha-tocopherol are associated with increased risk of hip fracture. A NOREPOS study. Osteoporosis Int 2014; 25: 2545 - 2554.

Horvei LD, Brækkan SK, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Hansen JB. Obesity measures and risk of venous thromboembolism and myocardial infarction. Eur J Epidemiol 2014;29:821-30.

Jensvoll H, Blix K, Brækkan SK, Hansen JB. Platelet count measured prior to cancer development is a risk factor for future symptomatic venous thromboembolism: the Tromsø Study. PLoS One 2014;9:e92011.

Johansen A, Schirmer H, Stubhaug A, Nielsen CS. Persistent post-surgical pain and experimental pain sensitivity in the Tromsø study: Comorbid pain matters. Pain 2014; 155: 341-8.

Johnsen SH, Lilleng H, Bekkelund SI. Creatine kinase as predictor of blood pressure and hypertension.Is it all about body mass index? A follow-up study of 250 patients. J Clinical Hypertension 2014;16: 820-826.

Jorde R, Schirmer H, Wilsgaard T, Joakimsen R, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Løchen ML, Figenschau Y, Svartberg J, Hutchinson MS, Kjærgaard M, Jørgensen L, Grimnes G. The phosphodiesterase 8B gene rs4704397 is associated with thyroid function, risk of myocardial infarction and body height. The Tromsø Study.Thyroid. 2014;24:215-22. 

Kjærgaard M, Wang CE, Waterloo K, Jorde R. A study of the psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II, the Montgomery and Åsberg Depression Rating Scale, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in a sample from a healthy population. Scand J Psychology 2014; 55: 83-9.

Krefting EA, Jorde R, Christoffersen T, Grimnes G. Vitamin D and intraocular pressure - results from a case -control and an intervention study. Acta Ophthalmol. 2014;92:345-9.

Kristoffersen AE, Stub T, Musial F. Salamonsen A, Hamberg K. Gender differences in prevalence and associations for use of CAM in a large population study. BMC Complement Altern Med 2014, 14:463

Lind C, Flinterman LE, Enga KF, Severinsen MT, Kristensen SR, Brækkan SK, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Cannegieter S, Overvad K, Hansen JB. Impact of incident venous thromboembolism on risk of arterial thrombotic diseases. Circulation 2014;129:855-63.

Lind C, Enga KF, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Brækkan SK, Hansen JB. Family history of myocardial infarction and cause-specific risk of myocardial infarction and venous thromboembolism - The Tromsø Study. Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics 2014; 7:684-91.

Lerstad G, Brodin EE, Enga K, Jorde R, Schirmer H, Njølstad I, Svartberg J, Brækkan SF, Hansen JB. Hyperglycemia, assessed according to HbA1c, and future risk of venous thromboembolism: The Tromsø study. J Thromb Haemo 2014;12: 313-19.

Myrstad M, Løchen ML, Graff-Iversen S, Gulsvik AK, Thelle DS, Stigum H, Ranhoff AH. Increased risk of atrial fibrillation among elderly Norwegian men with a history of long-term endurance practice. Scand J Med Sci Sports 2014; 24:238-44

Nyrnes A, Toft I, Njølstad I, Mathiesen EB, Wilsgaard T, Hansen JB, Løchen ML. Uric acid is associated with future atrial fibrillation: an 11-year follow-up of 6308 men and women--the Tromsø Study. Europace. 2014;16:320-6. 

Nøst TH, Vestergren R, Berg V, Nieboer E, Odland JØ, Sandanger TM. Repeated measurements of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from 1979 to 2007 in males from Northern Norway: Assessing time trends, compound correlations and relations to age/birth cohort. Environ Int 2014; 67: 43-53.

O'Doherty MG, Jørgensen T, Borglykke A, Brenner H, Schöttker B, Wilsgaard T, Siganos G, Kavousi M, Hughes M, Muezzinler A, et al. Repeated measures of body mass index and C-reactive protein in relation to all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease: results from the consortium on health and ageing network of cohorts in Europe and the United States (CHANCES). Eur J Epidemiol 2014; 29: 887-97.

Olsen RB, Bruehl S, Nielsen CS, Rosseland LA, Eggen AE, Stubhaug A. Chronic pain and cardiovascular stress responses in a general population: the Tromsø Study. J Behav Med 2014; 37:1193-201.

Omsland TK, Emaus N, Tell GS, Magnus JH, Ahmed LA, Holvik K, Center J, Forsmo S, Gjesdal CG, Schei B et al. Mortality following the first hip fracture in Norwegian women and men (1999-2008): A NOREPOS study. Bone 2014; 63: 81-6.

Robertsen S, Grimnes G, Melbye H. Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration and symptoms of respiratory tract infection in a Norwegian population: The Tromso Study. Public Health Nutrition 2014; 17: 780 -6.

Strand BH, Langballe EM, Rosness TA, Bergem AL, Engedal K, Nafstad P, Tell GS, Ormstad H, Tambs K, Bjertness E; GENIDEM-group. Age, education and dementia related deaths. The Norwegian Counties Study and The Cohort of Norway. J Neurol Sci 2014;345:75-82.

Sheikh MA, Abelsen B, Olsen JA. Role of respondents' education as a mediator and moderator in the association between childhood socio-economic status and later health and wellbeing. BMC Public Health 2014; 14; 1172.

Skjelbakken T, Lappegård J, Ellingsen TS, Barrett-Connor E, Brox J, Løchen ML, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Mathiesen EB, Brækkan SK, Hansen JB. Red cell distribution width is associated with incident myocardial infarction in a general population: the Tromsø Study. J Am Heart Assoc 2014;3. pii: e001109.

Solbakken SM, Magnus JH, Meyer HE, Emaus N, Tell GS, Holvik K, Grimnes G, Forsmo S, Schei B, Søgaard AJ, Omsland TK. Impact of comorbidity, age, and gender on seasonal variation in hip fracture incidence. A NOREPOS study. Arch Osteoporos 2014; 9: 191.

Stabell N; Flægstad T, Stubhaug A, Nielsen CS. Associations between abdominal pain symptom dimensions and depression among adolescents. Scand J Pain 2014; 5:184-190.

Stabell N, Stubhaug A, Flægstad T, Mayer E, Naliboff BD, Nielsen CS.Widespread hyperalgesia in adolescents with symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome: results from a large population-based study. J Pain. 2014;15:898-906.

Sollid JU, Furberg AS, Hanssen AM, Johannessen M. Staphylococcus aureus: Determinants of human carriage. Infect Genet Evol. 2014 Jan;21:531-41.

Svartberg J, Schirmer H, Wilsgaard T, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Løchen ML,Jorde R. Single-nucleotide polymorphism, rs1799941 in the Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin (SHBG) gene, related to both serum testosterone and SHBG levels and the risk of myocardial infarction, type 2 diabetes, cancer and mortality in men: the Tromsø Study. Andrology 2014;2:212-8.

Søgaard AJ, Meyer HE, Emaus N, Grimnes G, Gjesdal CG, Forsmo S, Schei B, Tell GS. Cohort profile: Norwegian Epidemiologic Osteoporosis Studies (NOREPOS). Scand J Public Health 2014; 42: 804-13.

Vimaleswaran KS, Cavadino A, et al. Association of vitamin D status with arterial blood pressure and hypertension risk: A mendelian randomisation study. Lancet Diabet Endocrinol 2014; 2: 719 - 29.

von Hanno T, Bertelsen G, Sjølie AK, Mathiesen EB. Retinal vascular calibres are significantly associated with cardiovascular risk factors: the Tromsø Eye Study. Acta Ophthalmol. 2014;92:40-6. 

Willeit P, Thompson SG, Agewall S, Bergström G, Bickel H, Catapano AL, Chien KL, de Groot E, Empana JP, Etgen T, Franco OH, Iglseder B, Johnsen SH, Kavousi M, Lind L, Liu J, Mathiesen EB, Norata GD, Olsen MH, Papagianni A, Poppert H, Price JF, Sacco RL, Yanez DN, Zhao D, Schminke U, Bülbül A, Polak JF, Sitzer M, Hofman A, Grigore L, Dörr M, Su TC, Ducimetière P, Xie W, Ronkainen K, Kiechl S, Rundek T, Robertson C, Fagerberg B, Bokemark L, Steinmetz H, Ikram MA, Völzke H, Lin HJ,Plichart M, Tuomainen TP, Desvarieux M, McLachlan S, Schmidt C, Kauhanen J,Willeit J, Lorenz MW, Sander D; for the PROG-IMT study group. Inflammatory markers and extent and progression of early atherosclerosis: Meta-analysis of individual-participant-data from 20 prospective studies of the PROG-IMT collaboration. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2014 Nov 21. [Epub ahead of print]

Winther A, Dennison E, Ahmed LA, Furberg AS, Grimnes G, Jorde R Gjesdal CG, Emaus N. The Tromsø Study: Fit Futures: a study of Norwegian adolescents' lifestyle and bone health. Arch Osteoporos 2014; 9:185

Öberg J, Jorde R, Almås B, Emaus N, Grimnes G. Vitamin D deficiency and lifestyle risk factors in a Norwegian adolescent population. Scand J Public Health 2014; 42: 593-602

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 2013

Ahmed LA, Center JR, Bjørnerem A, Bluic D, Joakimsen RM, Jørgensen L, Meyer HE, Nguyen ND, Nguyen TV, Omsland TK, Størmer J, Tell GS, van Geel TA, Eisman JA, Emaus N. Progressively increasing fracture risk with advancing age following initial incident fragility fracture. The Tromsø Study. J Bone Miner Res. 2013 ;28:2214-21

Bakland G, Alsing R, Singh K, Nossent JC.  Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society Criteria for Axial Spondyloarthritis in Chronic Back Pain Patients With a High Prevalence of HLA-B27. Arthritis Care Res 2013; 65: 448-53.

Berndt SI, Gustafsson S, Mägi R, et al. Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture. Nat Genet. 2013;45:501-12.

Bertelsen G, Erke MG, von Hanno T, Mathiesen EB, Peto T, Sjølie AK, Njølstad I. The Tromsø Eye Study: Study design, methodology and results on visual acuity and refractive errors. Acta Ophthalmol 2013;91:635-42

Blix K, Jensvoll H, Brækkan SK, Hansen JB. White blood cell count measured prior to cancer development is associated with future risk of venous thromboembolism--the Tromsø study. PLoS One. 2013; 8:e73447. 

Brodin E, Lerstad G, Grimnes G, Brækkan SK, Vik A, Brox J, Svartberg J, Jorde R, Hansen JB. Serum levels of vitamin D are not associated with future risk of venous thromboembolism. The Tromsø Study. Thromb Haemost. 2013; 109:885-90.

Danaei G, Singh GM, Paciorek CJ, Lin JK, Cowan MJ, Finucane MM, Farzadfar F, Stevens GA, Riley LM, Lu Y, Rao M, Ezzati M; Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group. The global cardiovascular risk transition: associations of four metabolic risk factors with national income, urbanization, and Western diet in 1980 and 2008. Circulation. 2013;127:1493-502.

Danielsen K, Olsen AO, Wilsgaard T, Furberg AS. Is the prevalence of psoriasis increasing? A 30 year follow-up of a population-based cohort. Br J Dermatol. 2013; 168:1303-10.

Den Ruijter HM, Peters SAE, Groenewegen K, Anderson TJ, Britton AR, Dekker JM, Engstrom G, Eijkemans MJ, Evans GW, de Graaf J, Grobbee DE, Hedblad B, Hofman A, Holewijn S, Ikeda A, Kavousi M, Kitagawa K, Kitamura A, Koffijberg H, Lonn EM, Lorenz MW, Mathiesen EB, Nijpels G, Okazaki S, O’Leary DH, Polak JF, Price JF, Robertson C, Rembold CM, Rosvall R, Rundek T, Salonen JT, Sitzer M, Stehouwer CDA, Witteman JC, Moons KG, Bots ML. Common carotid intima-media thickness does not add to Framingham risk score in individuas with diabetes mellitus: the USE-IMT initiative. Diabetologia 2013;56:1494-502

Eggen AE, Mathiesen EB, Wilsgaard T, Jacobsen BK, Njølstad I. The sixth survey of the Tromsø Study (Tromsø 6) in 2007-08: Collaborative research in the interface between clinical medicine and epidemiology: Study objectives, design, data collection procedures, and attendance in a multipurpose population-based health survey. Scand J Public Health 2013;41:65-80.

Erke MG, Bertelsen G, Peto T, Sjølie AK, Lindekleiv H, Njølstad I. Lactation, female hormones and age-related macular degeneration: the Tromsø Study. Br J Ophthalmol. 2013;97:1036-9. 

Eveborn GW, Schirmer H, Heggelund G, Lunde P, Rasmussen K. The evolving epidemiology of valvular aortic stenosis. The Tromsø Study. Heart. 2013; 99:396-400.

Hald EM, Brækkan SK, Vik A, Brodin EE, Hansen JB. Postprandial lipemia is not increased in patients with previous unprovoked venous thromboembolism. J Clin Lipidol. 2013;7:48-55.

Hansen AH, Halvorsen PA, Aaraas IJ, Førde OH. Continuity of GP care is related to reduced specialist healthcare use: a cross-sectional survey. Br J Gen Pract. 2013; 63: 482-9. 

Herder M, Arntzen KA, Johnsen SH, Eggen AE, Mathiesen EB. Long-term use of lipid-lowering drugs slows progression of carotid atherosclerosis: The Tromsø Study 1994 to 2008. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2013; 33:858-62.

Hopstock LA, Barnett AG, Bønaa KH, Mannsverk J, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T. Seasonal variation in cardiovascular disease risk factors in a subarctic population: the Tromsø Study 1979-2008. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2013;67:113-8.

Hotvedt R, Førde OH. Doctors are to blame for perceived medical adverse events. A cross sectional population study. The Tromsø study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2013;13:46. 

Hu YJ, Berndt SI, Gustafsson S, Ganna A; Genetic Investigation of ANthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium, Hirschhorn J, North KE, Ingelsson E, Lin DY. Meta-analysis of Gene-Level Associations for Rare Variants Based on Single-Variant Statistics. Am J Hum Genet. 2013 ;93:236-48.

Hutchinson MS, Joakimsen RM, Njølstad I, Schirmer H, Figenschau Y, Svartberg J, Jorde R. Effects of age and sex on estimated diabetes prevalence using different diagnostic criteria: The Tromsø OGTT Study. Int J Endocrinol 2013;2013:613475.

Iversen B, Jacobsen BK, Løchen ML. Active and passive smoking and the risk of myocardial infarction in 24,968 men and women during 11 year of follow-up: the Tromsø Study. Eur J Epidemiol. 2013;  28:659-67.

Johnsen MT, Wynn R, Allebrandt K, Bratlid T. Lack of major seasonal variations in self reported sleep-wake rhythms and chronotypes among middle aged and older people at 69 degrees North: The Tromsø Study. Sleep Med. 2013;14:140-8.

Johnsen MT, Wynn R, Bratlid T. Optimal sleep duration in the subarctic with respect to obesity risk is 8-9 hours. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e56756.

Johnsen SH, Forsdahl SH, Solberg S, Singh K, Jacobsen BK. Carotid atherosclerosis and relation to growth of infrarenal aortic diameter and follow-up Diameter: The Tromsø Study. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2013;45:135-40.

Jorde R, Grimnes G, Hutchinson MS, Kjærgaard M, Kamycheva E, Svartberg J. Supplementation with Vitamin D Does not Increase Serum Testosterone Levels in Healthy Males. Horm Metab Res. 2013;45 :675-81.

Jorde R, Schirmer H, Njølstad I, Løchen ML, Mathiesen EB, Kamycheva E, Figenschau Y, Grimnes G. Serum calcium and the calcium-sensing receptor polymorphism rs17251221 in relation to coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, cancer and mortality: the Tromsø Study. Eur J Epidemiol. 2013; 28:569-78.

Jorde R, Strand Hutchinson M, Kjærgaard M, Sneve M, Grimnes G. Supplementation with High Doses of Vitamin D to Subjects without Vitamin D Deficiency May Have Negative Effects: Pooled Data from Four Intervention Trials in Tromsø. ISRN Endocrinol. 2013;2013:348705.

Kamycheva E, Wilsgaard T, Schirmer H, Jorde R. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and left ventricular systolic function in a non-smoking population: the Tromsø Study.Eur J Heart Fail. 2013; 15:490-5.

Kamycheva E, Johnsen SH, Wilsgaard T, Jorde R, Mathiesen EB. Evaluation of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D as a predictor of carotid intima-media thickness and carotid total plaque area in non-smokers. The Tromsø Study. Int J Endocrinol 2013; 2013: 305141

Kristoffersen AE, Norheim AJ, Fønnebø VM. Complementary and alternative medicine use among Norwegian cancer survivors: Gender-specific prevalence and associations for use. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013:318781.

Lilleng H, Abeler K, Johnsen SH, Stensland E, Løseth S, Lindal S, Wilsgaard T, Bekkelund SI. Clinical impact of persistent hyperCKemia in a Norwegian general population: A case-control study. Neuromuscul Disord 2013;23:29-35.

Lindekleiv H, Erke MG, Bertelsen G, Peto T, Arntzen KA, Schirmer H, Wilsgaard T, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I. Cognitive function, drusen, and age-related macular degeneration: a cross-sectional study. Eye 2013; 27:1281-7.

Lindekleiv H, Løchen ML, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Schirmer H. Echocardiographic screening of the general population and long-term survival: A randomized clinical study. JAMA Intern Med 2013; 173: 1592-98. 

Morseth B, Melbye H, Waterloo S, Thomassen MR, Risberg MJ, Emaus N. Cross-sectional associations between prevalent vertebral fracture and pulmonary function in the sixth Tromsø study. BMC Geriatr 2013;13:116.

Nyrnes A, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Løchen ML. Palpitations are predictive of future atrial fibrillation. An 11-year follow-up of 22,815 men and women: the Tromsø Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2013;20:729-36. 

Nøst TH, Breivik K, Fuskevåg OM, Nieboer E, Odland JØ, Sandanger TM. Persistent Organic Pollutants in Norwegian Men from 1979 to 2007: Intraindividual Changes, Age–Period–Cohort Effects, and Model Predictions. Environmental Health Perspectives 2013; 121:1292-1298

Olsen RB, Bruehl S, Nielsen CS, Rosseland LA, Eggen AE, Stubhaug A. Hypertension prevalence and diminished blood pressure-related hypoalgesia in individuals reporting chronic pain in a general population: The Tromsø Study. Pain 2013;154:257-62.

Olsen RB, Bruehl S, Nielsen CS, Rosseland LA, Eggen AE, Stubhaug A. Gender differences in blood pressure-related hypoalgesia in a general population: the Tromsø Study. J Pain. 2013; 14:699-708. 

Olsen K, Danielsen K, Wilsgaard T, Sangvik M, Sollid JU, Thune I, Eggen AE, Simonsen GS, Furberg AS. Obesity and Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization among women and men in a general population. PLoS One. 2013;8:e63716.

Olsen K, Sangvik M, Simonsen GS, Sollid JU, Sundsfjord A, Thune I, Furberg AS. Prevalence and population structure of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in healthcare workers in a general population. The Tromsø Staph and Skin Study. Epidemiol Infect. 2013;141:143-52.

Omsland TK, Emaus N, Tell GS, Ahmed LA, Center JR, Nguyen ND, Gjesdal CG, Forsmo S, Schei B, Søgaard AJ, Meyer HE. Ten-year risk of second hip fracture. A NOREPOS study. Bone. 2013;52:493-7.

Randall JC, et al. Sex-stratified genome-wide association studies including 270,000 individuals show sexual dimorphism in genetic loci for anthropometric traits. PLoS Genet. 2013;9(6):e1003500.

RESCAN Collaborators, Bown MJ, Sweeting MJ, Brown LC, Powell JT, Thompson SG. Surveillance intervals for small abdominal aortic aneurysms: a meta-analysis. JAMA. 2013;309:806-13.

Rogne S, Vangberg T, Eldevik P, Wikran G, Mathiesen EB, Schirmer H. Mild cognitive impairment, risk factors and magnetic resonance volumetry: role of probable Alzheimer’s disease in the family. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2013;36:87-98

Rogne S, Solbu MD, Arntzen KA, Herder M, Mathiesen EB, Schirmer H. Albuminuria and carotid atherosclerosis as predictors of cognitive function in a general population . Eur J Neurology 2013; 70: 340-8

Stabell N, Stubhaug A, Flægstad T, Nielsen CS. Increased pain sensitivity among adults reporting irritable bowel syndrome symptoms in a large population-based study. Pain. 2013;154:385-92.

Storhaug HM, Norvik JV, Toft I, Eriksen BO, Løchen ML, Zykova S, Solbu M, White S, Chadban S, Jenssen T. Uric acid is a risk factor for ischemic stroke and all-cause mortality in the general population: a gender specific analysis from The Tromsø Study. BMC Cardiovasc Dis. 2013;13: 115.

Thompson SG, Brown LC, Sweeting MJ, Bown MJ, Kim LG, Glover MJ,et al. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the growth and rupture rates of small abdominal aortic aneurysms: implications for surveillance intervals and their cost-effectiveness. Health Technol Assess 2013;17 (41).

von Hanno T, Bertelsen G, Broderstad AR, Wilsgaard T, Mathiesen EB. Serum ferritin and hemoglobin are independently associated with wider retinal venular caliber: the Tromsø Study 2001-2008. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013; 54:7053-60. 

Waterloo S, Søgaard AJ, Ahmed LA, Damsgård E, Morseth B, Emaus N. Vertebral fractures and self-perceived health in elderly women and men in a population-based cross-sectional study: the Tromsø Study 2007-08. BMC Geriatr 2013;13:102.

Wu Y, Waite LL, Jackson AU, et al. KL. Trans-ethnic  fine-mapping of lipid Loci identifies population-specific signals and allelic heterogeneity that increases the trait variance explained. PLoS Genet. 2013;9:e1003379

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 2012

Andersgaard AB, Acharya G, Mathiesen EB, Johnsen SH, Straume B, Øian P. Recurrence and long-term maternal health risks of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a population-based study. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2012;206:143.e1-8.

Arntzen KA, Schirmer H, Johnsen SH, Wilsgaard T, Mathiesen EB. Carotid atherosclerosis predicts lower cognitive test results: a 7-year follow-up study of 4,371 stroke-free subjects - the Tromsø study. Cerebrovasc Dis 2012;33:159-65.

Arntzen KA, Schirmer H, Johnsen SH, Wilsgaard T, Mathiesen EB. Carotid artery plaque progression and cognitive decline: the Tromsø Study 1994-2008. Eur J Neurol. 2012;19:1318-24.

Basavaraj MG, Sovershaev MA, Egorina EM, Gruber FX, Bogdanov VY, Fallon JT, Østerud B, Mathiesen EB, Hansen JB. Circulating monocytes mirror the imbalance in TF and TFPI expression in carotid atherosclerotic plaques with lipid-rich and calcified morphology. Thromb Res. 2012;129:e134-41.

Bertelsen G, Peto T, Lindekleiv H, Schirmer H, Solbu MD, Toft I, Sjølie AK, Njølstad I. Tromsø eye study: prevalence and risk factors of diabetic retinopathy. Acta Ophthalmol. 2012 Sep 20. [Epub ahead of print]

Brækkan SK, Hald EM, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Rosendaal FR, Hansen JB. Competing risk of atherosclerotic risk factors for arterial and venous thrombosis in a general population: the Tromsø study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2012;32:487-91.

Brodin E, Braekkan SK, Vik A, Brox J, Hansen JB. Cystatin C is associated with risk of venous thromboembolism in subjects with normal kidney function - the Tromso Study. Haematologica. 2012; 97; 1008-13.

Den Ruijter HM, Peters SAE, Anderson TJ, et al. Common carotid intima-media thickness measurements in cardiovascular risk prediction. A meta-analysis. JAMA; 308: 796-803.

Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration. Adult height and the risk of cause-specific death and vascular morbidity in 1 million people: individual participant meta-analysis. Int J Epidemiol. 2012;41:1419-33.

Enga KF, Brækkan SK, Hansen-Krone IJ, Hansen JB. Emotional states and future risk of venous thromboembolism. The Tromsø Study. Thromb Haemost. 2012;107:485-93. 

Eriksen BO, Mathisen UD, Melsom T, Ingebretsen OC, Jenssen TG, Njølstad I, Solbu MD, Toft I. The role of Cystatin C in improving GFR estimation in the general population. Am J Kidney Dis. 2012; 59:32-40.

Erke MG, Bertelsen G, Peto T, Sjølie AK, Lindekleiv H, Njølstad I. Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in elderly Caucasians: the Tromsø Eye Study. Ophthalmology. 2012;119:1737-43.

Hansen AH, Halvorsen PA, Ringberg U, Førde OH. Socio-economic inequalities in health care utilisation in Norway: a population based cross-sectional survey. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012;12:336.

Hansen AH, Halvorsen PA, Førde OH. The ecology of medical care in Norway: wide use of general practitioners may not necessarily keep patients out of hospitals. J Public Health Res. 2012; 1: e28

Hansen-Krone IJ, Enga KF, Njølstad I, Hansen JB, Braekkan SK. Heart healthy diet and risk of myocardial infarction and venous thromboembolism. The Tromsø Study. Thromb Haemost. 2012; 108: 554-60.

Herder M, Arntzen KA, Johnsen SH, Mathiesen EB. The metabolic syndrome and progression of carotid atherosclerosis over 13 years. The Tromsø study. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2012;11:77.

Herder M, Johnsen SH, Arntzen KA, Mathiesen EB. Risk factors for progression of carotid intima-media thickness and total plaque area: a 13-year follow-up study: the Tromsø Study. Stroke. 2012;43: 1818-23.

Hopstock LA, Fors AS, Bønaa KH, Mannsverk J, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T. The effect of daily weather conditions on myocardial infarction incidence in a subarctic population: the Tromsø Study 1974-2004. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2012;66:815-20.

Hutchinson MS, Joakimsen RM, Njølstad I, Schirmer H, Figenschau Y, Jorde R. Glycated hemoglobin in diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and pre-diabetes; validation by oral glucose tolerance test. The Tromsø OGTT Study. J Endocrinol Invest. 2012;35:835-40.

Jacobsen BK, Eggen AE, Mathiesen EB, Wilsgaard T, Njølstad I. Cohort profile: The Tromsø Study. Int J Epidemiol 2012; 41: 961-7.

Johansen A, Romundstad L, Nielsen CS, Schirmer H, Stubhaug A. Persistent postsurgical pain in a general population: prevalence and predictors in the Tromsø study. Pain. 2012;153:1390-6.

Johnsen MT, Wynn R, Bratlid T. Is there a negative impact of winter on mental distress and sleeping problems in the subarctic: The Tromsø Study. BMC Psychiatry. 2012;12:225.

Jorde R, Schirmer H, Wilsgaard T, Joakimsen RM, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Løchen ML, Figenschau Y, Berg JP, Svartberg J, Grimnes G. Polymorphisms related to the serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level and risk of myocardial infarction,diabetes, cancer and mortality. The Tromsø Study. PLoS One. 2012;7:e37295.

Jorde R, Svartberg J, Joakimsen RM, Grimnes G. Associations between polymorphisms related to calcium metabolism and human height: the Tromsø Study. Ann Hum Genet. 2012;76:200-10.

Joseph J, Svartberg J, Njølstad I, Schirmer H. Change in cardiovascular risk factors in relation to diabetes status: the Tromsø Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol.2012;19:551-7.

Jørgensen L, Hansen JB, Ahmed LA, Bjørnerem Å, Emaus N, Joakimsen R, Mathiesen  E, Størmer J, Vik A, Jacobsen BK. Osteoprotegrin is associated with hip fracture incidence: the Tromsø Study. Int J Epidemiol 2012; 41: 1033-9.

Kjærgaard M, Eggen AE, Mathiesen EB, Jorde R. Association between headache and serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D; the Tromsø Study: Tromsø 6. Headache. 2012; 52; 1499-1505.

Kjærgaard M, Waterloo K, Wang CE, Almås B, Figenschau Y, Hutchinson MS, Svartberg J, Jorde R. Effect of vitamin D supplement on depression scores in people with low levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D: nested case-control study and randomised clinical trial. Br J Psychiatry. 2012; 201: 360-8.

Kristoffersen AE, Norheim AJ, Fønnebø VM. Any difference? Use of a CAM provider among cancer patients, coronary heart disease (CHD) patients and individuals with no cancer/CHD. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2012;12:1.

Kvamme JM, Holmen J,Wilsgaard T, Florholmen J, Midthjell K, Jacobsen BK. Body mass index and mortality in elderly men and women. The Tromsø and HUNT studies. J Epidemiol Comm Health 2012; 66: 611-7.

Lindekleiv H, Sandvei MS, Romundstad PR, Wilsgaard T, Njølstad I,Ingebrigtsen T, Vik A, Mathiesen EB. Joint effect of modifiable risk factors on the risk of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a cohort study. Stroke. 2012;43:1885-9.

Lindekleiv H, Wilsgaard T, Macfarlane PW, Løchen ML. QT interval and the risk of myocardial infarction and all-cause death: a cohort study. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2012;23:846-52

Lorenz MW, Polak JF, Kavousi M, Mathiesen EB, Völzke H, Tuomainen TP, Sander D, Plichart M, Catapano AL, Robertson CM, Kiechl S, Rundek T, Desvarieux M, Lind L, Schmid C, DasMahapatra P, Gao L, Ziegelbauer K, Bots ML, Thompson SG; PROG-IMT Study Group. Carotid intima-media thickness progression to predict cardiovascular events in the general population (the PROG-IMT collaborative project): a meta-analysis of individual participant data. Lancet. 2012;379:2053-62.

Mahmoodi BK, Gansevoort RT, Næss IA, Lutsey PL, Brækkan SK, Veeger NJ, Brodin EE, Meijer K, Sang Y, Matsushita K, Hallan SI, Hammerstrøm J, Cannegieter SC, Astor BC, Coresh J, Folsom AR, Hansen JB, Cushman M. Association of mild to moderate chronic kidney disease with venous thromboembolism: pooled analysis of five prospective general population cohorts. Circulation. 2012;126:1964-71.

Mannsverk J, Wilsgaard T, Njølstad I, Hopstock LA, Løchen ML, Mathiesen EB, Thelle DS, Rasmussen K, Bønaa KH. Age and gender differences in incidence and case fatality trends for myocardial infarction: a 30-year follow-up. The Tromsø Study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2012;19:927-34.

Mathisen UD, Melsom T, Ingebretsen OC, Jenssen TG, Njølstad I, Solbu MD, Toft I, Eriksen BO. Ambulatory blood pressure is associated with measured glomerular filtration rate in the general middle-aged population. J Hypertens. 2012;30:497-504.

Melbye H, Amundsen K, Brox J, Eggen AE. The association between self-reported symptoms of recent airway infection and CRP values in a general population. Inflammation. 2012;35:1015-22.

Melbye H, Joensen L, Risør MB, Halvorsen PA. Symptoms of respiratory tract infection and associated care-seeking in subjects with and without obstructive lung disease; The Tromsø Study: Tromsø 6. BMC Pulm Med. 2012;12: 51.

Melsom T, Mathisen UD, Eilertsen BA, Ingebretsen OC, Jenssen T, Njølstad I, Solbu MD, Toft I, Eriksen BO. Physical exercise, fasting glucose, and renal hyperfiltration in the general population: the Renal Iohexol Clearance Survey in Tromsø 6 (RENIS-T6). Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012;7:1801-10.

Morris AP, Voight BF, Teslovich TM, Ferreira T, et al. Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. Nat Genet. 2012;44:981-90.

Morseth B, Ahmed LA, Bjørnerem Å, Emaus N, Jacobsen BK, Joakimsen R, Størmer J, Wilsgaard T, Jørgensen L. Leisure time physical activity and risk of non-vertebral fracture in men and women aged 55 years and older: the Tromsø Study. Eur J Epidemiol. 2012;27:463-71

Nyrnes A, Njølstad I, Mathiesen EB, Wilsgaard T, Hansen JB, Skjelbakken T, Jørgensen L, Løchen ML. Inflammatory biomarkers as risk factors for future atrial fibrillation. An eleven-year follow-up of 6315 men and women: the Tromsø study. Gend Med. 2012;9:536-547.

Olsen K, Falch BM, Danielsen K, Johannessen M, Ericson Sollid JU, Thune I, Grimnes G, Jorde R, Simonsen GS, Furberg AS. Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage is associated with serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, gender and smoking status. The Tromsø Staph and Skin Study. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012;31:465-73.

Omsland TK, Holvik K, Meyer HE, Center JR, Emaus N, Tell GS, Schei B, Tverdal A, Gjesdal CG, Grimnes G, Forsmo S, Eisman JA, Søgaard AJ. Hip fractures in Norway 1999-2008: time trends in total incidence and second hip fracture rates: a NOREPOS study. Eur J Epidemiol. 2012;27:807-14.

Sandvei MS, Lindekleiv H, Romundstad PR, Müller TB, Vatten LJ, Ingebrigtsen T, Njølstad I, Mathiesen EB, Vik A. Risk factors for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage - BMI and serum lipids: 11-year follow-up of the HUNT and the Tromsø Study in Norway. Acta Neurol Scand. 2012;125:382-8.

Stevens GA, Singh GM, Lu Y, Danaei G, Lin JK, Finucane MM, Bahalim AN, McIntire RK, Gutierrez HR, Cowan M, Paciorek CJ, Farzadfar F, Riley L, Ezzati M; Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group (Body Mass Index). National, regional, and global trends in adult overweight and obesity prevalences. Popul Health Metr. 2012;10:22. 

Sweeting MJ, Thompson SG, Brown LC, Powell JT; on behalf of the RESCAN collaborators. Meta-analysis of individual patient data to examine factors affecting growth and rupture of small abdominal aortic aneurysms. Br J Surg. 2012;99:655-665.

Søgaard AJ, Meyer HE, Ahmed LA, Jørgensen L, Bjørnerem A, Joakimsen RM, Emaus N. Does recalled dieting increase the risk of non-vertebral osteoporotic fractures? The Tromsø Study. Osteoporos Int. 2012;23:2835-45.

Timofeeva MN, Hung RJ, Rafnar T, Christiani DC, et al. Influence of common genetic variation on lung cancer risk: meta-analysis of 14 900 cases and 29 485 controls. Hum Mol Genet. 2012; 21: 4980-95.

Toft I, Solbu M, Kronborg J, Mathisen UD, Eriksen BO, Storhaug H, Melsom T,Løchen ML, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Brox J. Cystatin C as risk factor for cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in the general population. The Tromsø Study. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2012;27:2780-7.

Vik A, Brodin E, Brækkan SK, Hansen JB. Serum osteoprotegerin and future risk of venous thromboembolism. The Tromsø study. Thromb Res. 2012;130:e236-7.

Vold ML, Aasebø U, Hjalmarsen A, Melbye H. Predictors of oxygen saturation ≤95% in a cross-sectional population based survey. Respir Med. 2012; 106:1551-8. 

Waterloo S, Nguyen T, Ahmed LA, Center JR, Morseth B, Nguyen ND, Eisman JA, Søgaard AJ, Emaus N. Important risk factors and attributable risk of vertebral fractures in the population-based Tromsø study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2012;13:163.

Waterloo S, Ahmed LA, Center JR, Eisman JA, Morseth B, Nguyen ND, Nguyen T, Søgaard AJ, Emaus N. Prevalence of vertebral fractures in women and men in the population-based Tromsø Study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2012;13:3.

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 2011

Arntzen KA, Schirmer H, Wilsgaard T, Mathiesen EB. Impact of cardiovascular risk factors on cognitive function: the Tromsø study. Eur J Neurol. 2011;18:737-43.

Basavaraj MG, Brækkan SK, Brodin E, Østerud B, Hansen JB. Monocyte count and procoagulant functions are associated with risk of venous thromboembolism: the Tromsø study. J Thromb Haemost. 2011;9:1673-6.

Berntsen RF, Bønaa KH, Huikuri HV, Rasmussen K. Determinants of cardiac vagal regulation: a cross-sectional study in a general population. Auton Neurosci. 2011;162:54-9.

Berglund LH, Prytz HS, Perski A, Svartberg J. Testosterone levels and psychological health status in men from a general population: the Tromsø Study. Aging Male 2011; 14:37-41.

Berndt SI, Sampson J, Yeager M, Jacobs KB, Wang Z, Hutchinson A, Chung C, Orr N, Wacholder S, Chatterjee N, Yu K, Kraft P, Feigelson HS, Thun MJ, Diver WR, Albanes D, Virtamo J, Weinstein S, Schumacher FR, Cancel-Tassin G, Cussenot O,Valeri A, Andriole GL, Crawford ED, Haiman C, Henderson B, Kolonel L, Le Marchand L, Siddiq A, Riboli E, Travis RC, Kaaks R, Isaacs W, Isaacs S, Wiley KE, Gronberg H, Wiklund F, Stattin P, Xu J, Zheng SL, Sun J, Vatten LJ, Hveem K, Njølstad I,Gerhard DS, Tucker M, Hayes RB, Hoover RN, Fraumeni JF Jr, Hunter DJ, Thomas G,Chanock SJ. Large-scale fine mapping of the HNF1B locus and prostate cancer risk. Hum Mol Genet. 2011;20:3322-9.

Bjørnerem Å, Ahmed LA, Jørgensen L, Størmer J, Joakimsen RM. Breastfeeding protects against hip fracture in postmenopausal women: the Tromsø study. J Bone Miner Res. 2011;26:2843-50.

Borch KH, Nyegaard C, Hansen JB, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Brækkan SK. Joint effects of obesity and body height on the risk of venous thromboembolism: the Tromsø Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2011;31:1439-44.

Broderstad AR, Smith-Sivertsen T, Dahl IM, Ingebretsen OC, Lund E. Low prevalence of hereditary hemochromatosis in multiethnic populations in Northern Norway. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2011;46: 350-7.

Chung CC, Ciampa J, Yeager M, Jacobs KB, Berndt SI, Hayes RB, Gonzalez-Bosquet J, Kraft P, Wacholder S, Orr N, Yu K, Hutchinson A, Boland J, Chen Q, Feigelson HS, Thun MJ, Diver WR, Albanes D, Virtamo J, Weinstein S, Schumacher FR, Cancel-Tassin G, Cussenot O, Valeri A, Andriole GL, Crawford ED, Haiman CA, Henderson BE, Kolonel L, Le Marchand L, Siddiq A, Riboli E, Key TJ, Kaaks R, Isaacs WB, Isaacs SD, Grönberg H, Wiklund F, Xu J, Vatten LJ, Hveem K, Njølstad I, Gerhard DS, Tucker M, Hoover RN, Fraumeni JF Jr, Hunter DJ, Thomas G, Chatterjee N, Chanock SJ. Fine mapping of a region of chromosome 11q13 reveals multiple independent loci associated with risk of prostate cancer. Hum Mol Genet. 2011;20:2869-78.

Dudina A, Cooney MT, Bacquer DD, Backer GD, Ducimetière P, Jousilahti P, Keil U, Menotti A, Njølstad I, Oganov R, Sans S, Thomsen T, Tverdal A, Wedel H, Whincup P, Wilhelmsen L, Conroy R, Fitzgerald A, Graham I; SCORE investigators. Relationships between body mass index, cardiovascular mortality, and risk factors: a report from the SCORE investigators. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2011;18:731-42.

Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration, Seshasai SR, Kaptoge S, Thompson A, Di Angelantonio E, Gao P, Sarwar N, Whincup PH, Mukamal KJ, Gillum RF, Holme I, Njølstad I, Fletcher A, Nilsson P, Lewington S, Collins R, Gudnason V, Thompson SG, Sattar N, Selvin E, Hu FB, Danesh J. Diabetes mellitus, fasting glucose, and risk of cause-specific death. N Engl J Med. 2011;364:829-41.

Enga KF, Braekkan SK, Hansen-Krone IJ, Wilsgaard T, Hansen JB. Coffee consumption and the risk of venous thromboembolism: the Tromsø study. J Thromb Haemost. 2011;9:1334-9.

Finucane MM, Stevens GA, Cowan MJ, Danaei G, Lin JK, Paciorek CJ, Singh GM, Gutierrez HR, Lu Y, Bahalim AN, Farzadfar F, Riley LM, Ezzati M; Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group (Body Mass Index). National, regional, and global trends in body-mass index since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 960 country-years and 9.1 million participants. Lancet. 2011;377:557-67.

Grimnes G, Figenschau Y, Almås B, Jorde R. Vitamin D, insulin secretion, sensitivity, and lipids: results from a case-control study and a randomized controlled trial using hyperglycemic clamp technique. Diabetes. 2011;60:2748-57.

Hald EM, Brækkan SK, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Brox J, Hansen JB. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein is not a risk factor for venous thromboembolism: the Tromsø study. Haematologica. 2011;96:1189-94.

Hansen JB, Fernández JA, Notø AT, Deguchi H, Björkegren J, Mathiesen EB. The apolipoprotein C-I content of very-low-density lipoproteins is associated with fasting triglycerides, postprandial lipemia, and carotid atherosclerosis. J Lipids. 2011;2011:271062.

Hansen-Krone IJ, Brækkan SK, Enga KF, Wilsgaard T, Hansen JB. Alcohol consumption, types of alcoholic beverages and risk of venous thromboembolism - the Tromsø Study. Thromb Haemost. 2011;106:272-8.

Hopstock LA, Wilsgaard T, Njølstad I, Mannsverk J, Mathiesen EB, Løchen ML, Bønaa KH. Seasonal variation in incidence of acute myocardial infarction in a sub-Arctic population: the Tromsø Study 1974-2004. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2011;18:320-5.

Hutchinson MS, Figenschau Y, Njølstad I, Schirmer H, Jorde R. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels are inversely associated with glycated haemoglobin (HbA(1c)). The Tromsø Study. Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 2011;71:399-406.

Johnsen SH, Lilleng H, Wilsgaard T, Bekkelund SI. Creatine kinase activity and blood pressure in a normal population: the Tromsø Study. J Hypertens. 2011;29:36-42.

Jørgensen L, Joakimsen R, Ahmed L, Størmer J, Jacobsen BK. Smoking is a strong risk factor for non-vertebral fractures in women with diabetes: the Tromsø Study. Osteoporos Int. 2011; 22:1247-53.

Jørgensen L, Hansen JB, Brox J, Mathiesen EB, Vik A, Jacobsen BK. Serum osteoprotegerin levels are related to height loss. The Tromsø Study. Eur J Epidemiol. 2011;26:305-12.

Joseph J, Svartberg J, Njølstad I, Schirmer H. Risk factors for type 2 diabetes in groups stratified according to metabolic syndrome: a 10-year follow-up of The Tromsø Study. Eur J Epidemiol. 2011;26:117-24.

Kjærgaard M, Joakimsen R, Jorde R. Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels are associated with depression in an adult Norwegian population. Psychiatry Res. 2011;190:221-5.

Kvamme JM, Grønli O, Florholmen J, Jacobsen BK. Risk of malnutrition is associated with mental health symptoms in community living elderly men and women: the Tromsø study. BMC Psychiatry. 2011;11:112.

Kvamme JM, Olsen JA, Florholmen J, Jacobsen BK. Risk of malnutrition and health-related quality of life in community-living elderly men and women: the Tromsø study. Qual Life Res. 2011;20:575-82.

Lilleng H, Abeler K, Johnsen SH, Stensland E, Løseth S, Jorde R, FigenschauY, Lindal S, Wilsgaard T, Bekkelund SI. Variation of serum creatine kinase (CK) levels and prevalence of persistent hyperCKemia in a Norwegian normal population.The Tromsø Study. Neuromuscul Disord. 2011; 21:494-500.

Lilleng H, Johnsen SH, Wilsgaard T, Bekkelund SI. Are the currently used reference intervals for creatine kinase (CK) reflecting the general population? The Tromsø Study. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2011; 50; 879-84

Lindekleiv H, Sandvei MS, Njølstad I, Løchen ML, Romundstad PR, Vatten L, Ingebrigtsen T, Vik A, Mathiesen EB. Sex differences in risk factors for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: A cohort study. Neurology. 2011;76:637-43.

Mathiesen EB, Johnsen SH, Wilsgaard T, Bønaa KH, Løchen ML, Njølstad I. Carotid plaque area and Intima-Media Thickness in prediction of first-ever Ischemic stroke: A 10-year follow-up of 6584 men and women: The Tromsø Study. Stroke. 2011;42: 972-978.

Mathisen UD, Melsom T, Ingebretsen OC, Jenssen T, Njølstad I, Solbu MD, Toft I, Eriksen BO. Estimated GFR associates with cardiovascular risk factors independently of measured GFR. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011 May;22:927-37.

McKay JD, Truong T, Gaborieau V, Chabrier A, Chuang SC, Byrnes G, Zaridze D,Shangina O, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Lissowska J, Rudnai P, Fabianova E, Bucur A, Bencko V, Holcatova I, Janout V, Foretova L, Lagiou P, Trichopoulos D, Benhamou S, Bouchardy C, Ahrens W, Merletti F, Richiardi L, Talamini R, Barzan L, Kjaerheim K, Macfarlane GJ, Macfarlane TV, Simonato L, Canova C, Agudo A, Castellsagué X, Lowry R, Conway DI, McKinney PA, Healy CM, Toner ME, Znaor A, Curado MP, Koifman S, Menezes A, Wünsch-Filho V, Neto JE, Garrote LF, Boccia S, Cadoni G, Arzani D, Olshan AF, Weissler MC, Funkhouser WK, Luo J, Lubiński J,Trubicka J, Lener M, Oszutowska D, Schwartz SM, Chen C, Fish S, Doody DR, Muscat JE, Lazarus P, Gallagher CJ, Chang SC, Zhang ZF, Wei Q, Sturgis EM, Wang LE,Franceschi S, Herrero R, Kelsey KT, McClean MD, Marsit CJ, Nelson HH, Romkes M, Buch S, Nukui T, Zhong S, Lacko M, Manni JJ, Peters WH, Hung RJ, McLaughlin J, Vatten L, Njølstad I, Goodman GE, Field JK, Liloglou T, Vineis P, Clavel-Chapelon F, Palli D, Tumino R, Krogh V, Panico S, González CA, Quirós JR, Martínez C, Navarro C, Ardanaz E, Larrañaga N, Khaw KT, Key T, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Peeters PH, Trichopoulou A, Linseisen J, Boeing H, Hallmans G, Overvad K, Tjønneland A, Kumle M, Riboli E, Välk K, Vooder T, Metspalu A, Zelenika D, Boland A, Delepine M, Foglio M, Lechner D, Blanché H, Gut IG, Galan P, Heath S, Hashibe M, Hayes RB, Boffetta P, Lathrop M, Brennan P. A genome-wide association study of upper aerodigestive tract cancers conducted within the INHANCE consortium. PLoS Genet. 2011;7:e1001333.

Melsom T, Mathisen UD, Ingebretsen OC, Jenssen TG, Njølstad I, Solbu MD, Toft I, Eriksen BO. Impaired fasting glucose is associated with renal hyperfiltration in the general population. Diabetes Care. 2011;34:1546-51.

Morseth B, Jørgensen L, Emaus N, Jacobsen BK, Wilsgaard T. Tracking of leisure time physical activity during 28 yr in adults: the Tromsø study. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2011;43:1229-34.

Omsland TK, Ahmed LA, Grønskag A, Schei B, Emaus N, Langhammer A, Joakimsen RM, Jørgensen L, Søgaard AJ, Gjesdal CG, Meyer HE. More forearm fractures among urban than rural women: the NOREPOS study based on the Tromsø study and the HUNT study. J Bone Miner Res. 2011;26:850-6.

Parikh H, Wang Z, Pettigrew KA, Jia J, Daugherty S, Yeager M, Jacobs KB, Hutchinson A, Burdett L, Cullen M, Qi L, Boland J, Collins I, Albert TJ, Vatten LJ, Hveem K, Njølstad I, Cancel-Tassin G, Cussenot O, Valeri A, Virtamo J, Thun MJ, Feigelson HS, Diver WR, Chatterjee N, Thomas G, Albanes D, Chanock SJ, Hunter DJ, Hoover R, Hayes RB, Berndt SI, Sampson J, Amundadottir L. Fine mapping the KLK3 locus on chromosome 19q13.33 associated with prostate cancer susceptibility and PSA levels. Hum Genet. 2011;129:675-85.

Purdue MP, Johansson M, Zelenika D, Toro JR, Scelo G, Moore LE, Prokhortchouk E, Wu X, Kiemeney LA, Gaborieau V, Jacobs KB, Chow WH, Zaridze D, Matveev V, Lubinski J, Trubicka J, Szeszenia-Dabrowska N, Lissowska J, Rudnai P, Fabianova E, Bucur A, Bencko V, Foretova L, Janout V, Boffetta P, Colt JS, Davis FG, Schwartz KL, Banks RE, Selby PJ, Harnden P, Berg CD, Hsing AW, Grubb RL 3rd, Boeing H, Vineis P, Clavel-Chapelon F, Palli D, Tumino R, Krogh V, Panico S, Duell EJ, Quirós JR, Sanchez MJ, Navarro C, Ardanaz E, Dorronsoro M, Khaw KT, Allen NE, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Peeters PH, Trichopoulos D, Linseisen J, Ljungberg B, Overvad K, Tjønneland A, Romieu I, Riboli E, Mukeria A, Shangina O, Stevens VL, Thun MJ, Diver WR, Gapstur SM, Pharoah PD, Easton DF, Albanes D,Weinstein SJ, Virtamo J, Vatten L, Hveem K, Njølstad I, Tell GS, Stoltenberg C, Kumar R, Koppova K, Cussenot O, Benhamou S, Oosterwijk E, Vermeulen SH, Aben KK, van der Marel SL, Ye Y, Wood CG, Pu X, Mazur AM, Boulygina ES, Chekanov NN, Foglio M, Lechner D, Gut I, Heath S, Blanche H, Hutchinson A, Thomas G, Wang Z, Yeager M, Fraumeni JF Jr, Skryabin KG, McKay JD, Rothman N, Chanock SJ, Lathrop M, Brennan P. Genome-wide association study of renal cell carcinoma identifies two susceptibility loci on 2p21 and 11q13.3. Nat Genet. 2011;43:60-5.

Sandvei MS, Mathiesen EB, Vatten LJ, Müller TB, Lindekleiv H, Ingebrigtsen T, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Løchen ML, Vik A, Romundstad PR. Incidence and mortality of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in two Norwegian cohorts, 1984-2007. Neurology. 2011;77:1833-9.

Spronk S, van Kempen BJ, Boll AP, Jørgensen JJ, Hunink MG, Kristiansen IS. Cost-effectiveness of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in the Netherlands and Norway. Br J Surg. 2011;98:1546-55. 

The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration, Seshasai SR, Kaptoge S, Thompson A, Di Angelantonio E, Gao P, Sarwar N, Whincup PH, Mukamal KJ, Gillum RF, Holme I, Njølstad I, Fletcher A, Nilsson P, Lewington S, Collins R, Gudnason V, Thompson SG, Sattar N, Selvin E, Hu FB, Danesh J. Diabetes mellitus, fasting glucose, and risk of cause-specific mortality. N Engl J Med. 2011;364:829-41.

Vik A, Mathiesen EB, Brox J, Wilsgaard T, Njølstad I, Jørgensen L, Hansen JB. Serum osteoprotegerin is a predictor for incident cardiovascular disease and mortality in a general population: the Tromsø Study. J Thromb Haemost. 2011;9:638-44.

Wilsgaard T, Jacobsen BK, Ahmed LA, Joakimsen RM, Størmer J, Jørgensen L. BMI change is associated with fracture incidence, but only in non-smokers. The Tromsø Study. Osteoporos Int. 2011;22:1237-45.

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 2010

Ahmed LA, Emaus N, Berntsen GKR, Bjørnerem Å, Fønnebø V, Jørgensen L, Schirmer H,  Størmer J, Joakimsen RM. Bone loss and the risk of non-vertebral fractures in women and men: The Tromsø Study. Osteoporos Int 2010; 21: 1503-1511. 

Arntzen KA, Schirmer H, Wilsgaard T, Mathiesen EB. Moderate wine consumption is associated with better cognitive test results: a 7 year follow up of 5033 subjects in the Tromsø Study. Acta Neurol Scand Suppl 2010;190:23-29.
 
Borch KH, Hansen-Krone I, Brækkan S, Mathiesen E, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Hansen JB. Physical activity and risk of venous thromboembolism. The Tromsø Study. Haematologica. 2010; 95:2088-94
 
Borch KH, Brækkan SK, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Størmer J, Hansen JB. Anthropometric measures of obesity and risk of venous thromboembolism: the Tromsø Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2010; 30: 121-7.
 
Borglykke A, Jørgensen T, Andreasen AH, Wilsgaard T, Mathiesen EB, Løchen ML, Njølstad I. Cardiovascular risk estimation tailored to different clinical settings - the Tromsø Study. Scand Cardiovasc J 2010;44:245-50.
 
Bryhni B, Arnesen E, Jenssen TG. Associations of age with serum insulin, proinsulin and the proinsulin-to-insulin ratio: a cross-sectional study. BMC Endocr Disord. 2010;10:21.
 
Brækkan SK, Borch KH, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Hansen JB. Body height and risk of venous thromboembolism: The Tromsø Study. Am J Epidemiol 2010;171:1109-1115.
 
Brækkan SK, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Hansen JB. Hematocrit and risk of venous thromboembolism in a general population. The Tromsø Study. Haematologica 2010;95:270-275.
 
Brækkan SK, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Størmer J, Hansen JB. Mean platelet volume is a risk factor for venous thromboembolism - the Tromsø study. J Thromb Haemost. 2010;8:157-62.
 
de Weerd M, Greving JP, Hedblad B, Lorenz MW, Mathiesen EB, O'Leary DH, Rosvall M, Sitzer M, Buskens E, Bots ML. Prevalence of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis in the general population: an individual participant data meta-analysis. Stroke. 2010;41:1294-7.

Haugnes HS, Wethal T, Aass N, Dahl O, Klepp O, Langberg CW, Wilsgaard T, Bremnes RM, Fosså SD. Cardiovascular risk factors and morbidity in long-term survivors of testicular cancer: a 20-year follow-up study. J Clin Oncol. 2010;28:4649-57.
 
Emaus A, Degerstrøm J, Wilsgaard T, Hansen BH, Dieli-Conwright CM, Furberg AS, Pettersen SA, Andersen LB, Eggen AE, Bernstein L, Thune I. Does a variation in self-reported physical activity reflect variation in objectively measured physical activity, resting heart rate, and physical fitness? Results from the Tromsø study. Scand J Public Health. 2010;38 (5 Suppl):105-18.
 
Eriksen BO, Mathisen UD, Melsom T, Ingebretsen OC, Jenssen TG, Njølstad I, Solbu MD, Toft I. Cystatin C is not a better estimator of GFR than plasma creatinine in the general population. Kidney Int. 2010;78:1305-11.
 
Forsdahl SH, Singh K, Solberg S, Jacobsen BK. Abdominal aortic aneurysms or relatively large diameter of non-aneurysmal aortas increase total and cardiovascular mortality: The Tromsø study. Int J Epidemiol 2010; 39: 225-32.

Forsdahl SH, Singh K, Solberg S, Jacobsen B. Response to Letters Regarding Article, "Risk Factors for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A 7-Year Prospective Study: The Tromsø Study". Circulation 2010;121:E8

Grimnes G, Almaas B, Eggen AE, Emaus N, Figenschau Y, Hopstock LA, Hutchinson MS, Methlie P, Mihailova A, Sneve M, Torjesen P, Wilsgaard T, Jorde R. Effect of smoking on the serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D depends on the assay employed. Eur J Endocrinol 2010; 163; 339-348.
 
Grimnes G, Emaus N, Joakimsen RM, Figenschau Y, Jenssen T, Njølstad I, Schirmer H, Jorde R.Baseline serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in the Tromsø Study 1994-95 and risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus during 11 years of follow-up. Diabet Med 2010;27: 1107-15.
 
Holm H, Gudbjartsson DF, Arnar DO, Thorleifsson G, Thorgeirsson G, Stefansdottir H, Gudjonsson SA, Jonasdottir A, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Nyrnes A, Wilsgaard T, Hald EM,Hveem K, Stoltenberg C, Løchen ML, Kong A, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stefansson K. Several common variants modulate heart rate, PR interval and QRS duration. Nat Genet 2010;42:117-22.
 
Hutchinson MS, Grimnes G, Joakimsen RM, Figenschau Y, Jorde R. Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels are associated with increased all-cause mortality risk in a general population: the Tromsø study. Eur J Endocrinol 2010;162:935-42.
 
Johnsen SH, Forsdahl SH, Singh K, Jacobsen BK. Atherosclerosis in abdominal aortic aneurysms: A causal event or a process running in parallel? The Tromsø Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2010; 30: 1263-8.
 
Jorde R, Figenschau Y, Emaus N, Hutchinson M, Grimnes G. Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D levels are strongly related to systolic blood pressure but do not predict future hypertension. Hypertension. 2010; 55: 792-8
 
Jorde R, Figenschau Y, Hutchinson M, Emaus N, Grimnes G. High serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are associated with a favorable serum lipid profile. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2010;64:1457-64.
 
Jorde R, Sneve M, Hutchinson M, Emaus N, Figenschau Y, Grimnes G. Tracking of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels during 14 years in a population-based study and during 12 months in an intervention study. Am J Epidemiol. 2010;171:903-8.
 
Jorde R, Sneve M, Emaus N, Figenschau Y, Grimnes G. Cross-sectional and longitudinal relation between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and body mass index: the Tromsø Study. Eur J Nutr. 2010;49:401-7.
 
Joseph J, Svartberg J, Njølstad I, Schirmer H. Incidence of and risk factors for type-2 diabetes in a general population: The Tromsø Study. Scand J Public Health 2010;38:768-75.
 
Lorenz MW, Bickel H, Bots ML, Breteler MM, Catapano AL, Desvarieux M, Hedblad B, Iglseder B, Johnsen SH, Juraska M, Kiechl S, Mathiesen EB, Norata GD, Grigore L, Polak J, Poppert H, Rosvall M, Rundek T, Sacco RL, Sander D, Sitzer M, Steinmetz H, Stensland E, Willeit J, Witteman J, Yanez D, Thompson SG; PROG-IMT Study Group. Individual progression of carotid intima media thickness as a surrogate for vascular risk (PROG-IMT): Rationale and design of a meta-analysis project. Am Heart J. 2010;159:730-736.
 
Jørgensen L, Skjelbakken T, Løchen ML, Ahmed L, Bjørnerem Å, Joakimsen R, Jacobsen BK. Anemia and the risk of non-vertebral fractures. The Tromsø study. Osteoporos Int 2010; 21: 1761-68.
 
Jørgensen L, Vik A, Emaus N, Brox J, Hansen JB, Mathiesen EB, Vestergaard P. Bone loss in relation to serum levels of osteoprotegerin and nuclear factor-kB ligand. The Tromsø Study. Osteoporos Int 2010;21:931-8.

Kvamme JM, Wilsgaard T, Florholmen J, Jacobsen BK. Body mass index and disease burden in elderly men and women: the Tromsø Study. Eur J Epidemiol 2010; 25:183-93.
 
Morseth B, Emaus N, Wilsgaard T, Jacobsen BK, Jørgensen L. Leisure time physical activity in adulthood is positively associated with bone mineral density 22 years later. The Tromsø study. Eur J Epidemiol 2010;25:325-331.
 
Skjelbakken T, Dahl IMS, Løchen ML. Changes in body mass index and smoking habits have a different impact on haemoglobin concentration in men and women: a longitudinal follow-up of the Tromsø Study 1994-2002. Gend Med 2010;7:230-9.
 
Skjærpe PA, Giwercman YL, Giwercman A, Svartberg J. Androgen receptor gene polymorphism and the metabolic syndrome in 60-80 years old Norwegian men. Int J Androl 2010;33:500-6.
 
Solberg S, Forsdahl SH, Singh K, Jacobsen BK. Diameter of the infrarenal aorta as a risk factor for abdominal aortic aneurysm. The Tromsø Study, 1994-2001. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2010; 39: 280-4.
 
The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration, Kaptoge S, Di Angelantonio E, Lowe G, Pepys MB, Thompson SG, Collins R, Danesh J. C-reactive protein concentration and risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, and mortality: an individual participant meta-analysis. Lancet 2010;375:132-40.
 
The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration. Diabetes mellitus, fasting blood glucose concentration, and risk of vascular disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of 102 prospective studies. Lancet 2010; 375:2215-2222.
 
Triglyceride Coronary Disease Genetics Consortium and Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration, Sarwar N, Sandhu MS, Ricketts SL, Butterworth AS, Di Angelantonio E, Boekholdt SM, Ouwehand W, Watkins H, Samani NJ, Saleheen D, Lawlor D, Reilly MP, Hingorani AD, Talmud PJ, Danesh J. Triglyceride-mediated pathways and coronary disease: collaborative analysis of 101 studies. Lancet 2010;375:1634-1639
 
Thompson S, Kaptoge S, White I, Wood A, Perry P, Danesh J; Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration. Statistical methods for the time-to-event analysis of individual participant data from multiple epidemiological studies. Int J Epidemiol. 2010;39:1345-59.
 
Vik A, Mathiesen EB, Johnsen SH, Brox J, Wilsgaard T, Njølstad I, Hansen JB. Serum osteoprotegerin, sRANKL, and carotid plaque formation and growth – the Tromsø Study. .J Thromb Haemost 2010:898-905.
 
Vik A, Mathiesen EB, Brox J, Wilsgaard T, Njølstad I, Jørgensen L, Hansen JB. Relation between serum osteoprotegerin and carotid intima media thickness in a general population - the Tromsø Study. J Thromb Haemost. 2010;8:2133-9.
 
Vikan T, Schirmer H, Njølstad I, Svartberg J. Low testosterone and sex-hormone binding  globulin and high estradiol levels are independent predictors of type -2 diabetes in men. Eur J Endocrin 2010;162:747-54

Haugnes HS, Wethal T, Aass N, Dahl O, Klepp O, Langberg CW, Wilsgaard T,     Bremnes RM, Fosså SD. Cardiovascular risk factors and morbidity in long-term survivors of testicular cancer: a 20-year follow-up study. J Clin Oncol 2010; 28: 4649-57.

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 2009

Agledahl I, Brodin E, Svartberg J, Hansen JB. Plasma free tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) levels and TF-induced thrombin generation ex vivo in men with low testosterone levels. Thromb Haemost. 2009;101:471-7.

Agledahl I, Brodin E, Svartberg J, Hansen JB. Impact of long-term testosterone treatment on plasma free TFPI levels and TF-induced thrombin generation ex vivo in elderly men with low testosterone levels. Thromb Haemost 2009; 102: 945-950

Ahmed LA, Schirmer H, Bjørnerem A, Emaus N, Jørgensen L, Størmer J, Joakimsen RM. The gender- and age-specific 10-year and lifetime absolute fracture risk in Tromsø, Norway. Eur J Epidemiol. 2009;24:441-8.

Borch KH, Brækkan SK, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Størmer J, Hansen JB. Abdominal obesity is essential for the risk of venous thromboembolism in the metabolic syndrome - the Tromsø study. J Thromb Haemost. 2009;7:739-745

Brækkan SK, Borch KH, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Hansen JB. HDL-cholesterol and future risk of venous thromboembolism: the Tromsø Study. J Thromb Haemost. 2009;7:1428-30.

Cooney MT, Dudina A, De Bacquer D, et al, for the SCORE Investigators. How much does HDL cholesterol add to risk estimation? A report from the SCORE Investigators. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2009;16:304-14.

Emaus N, Omsland TK, Ahmed LA, Grimnes G, Sneve M, Berntsen GKR Bone mineral density at the hip in Norwegian women and men. Prevalence of osteoporosis depends on chosen references. The Tromsø Study. Eur J Epidemiol 2009;24: 321-8.

Forsdahl SH, Singh K, Solberg S, Jacobsen BK. Risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysms. A 7-year prospective study. The Tromsø study, 1994-2001. Circulation 2009; 119: 2202-8.
 
Gudbjartsson DF, Holm H, Gretarsdottir S, Thorleifsson G, Walters GB, Thorgeirsson G, Gulcher J, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Nyrnes A, Wilsgaard T, Hald EM, Hveem K, Stoltenberg C, Kucera G, Stubblefield T, Carter S, Roden D, Ng MC, Baum L, So WY, Wong KS, Chan JC, Gieger C, Wichmann HE, Gschwendtner A, Dichgans M, Kuhlenbäumer G, Berger K, Ringelstein EB, Bevan S, Markus HS, Kostulas K, Hillert J, Sveinbjörnsdóttir S, Valdimarsson EM, Løchen ML, Ma RC, Darbar D, Kong A, Arnar DO, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stefansson K. A sequence variant in ZFHX3 on 16q22 associates with atrial fibrillation and ischemic stroke. Nat Genet. 2009;41:876-8.
 
Halvorsen DS, Johnsen SH, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I. The association between inflammatory markers and carotid atherosclerosis is sex dependent: the Tromsø Study. Cerebrovasc Dis 2009;27:392-397.

Johnsen SH, Joakimsen O, Singh K, Stensland E, Forsdahl SH, Jacobsen BK. Relation of common carotid artery lumen diameter to general arterial dilating diathesis and abdominal aortic aneurysms: the Tromsø Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2009;169:330-8.

Johnsen SH, Mathiesen EB. Carotid plaque compared to intimal medial thickness as predictor of coronary and cerebrovascular disease. Curr Cardiol Rep 2009;11:21-27
 
Johnsen SH, Mathiesen EB. Ultrasound imaging of carotid atherosclerosis in a normal population. The Tromsø Study. Nor J Epidemiol 2009;19:17-28
 
Landi MT, Chatterjee N, Yu K, Goldin LR, Goldstein AM, Rotunno M, Mirabello L, Jacobs K, Wheeler W, Yeager M, Bergen AW, Li Q, Consonni D, Pesatori AC, Wacholder S, Thun M, Diver R, Oken M, Virtamo J, Albanes D, Wang Z, Burdette L, Doheny KF, Pugh EW, Laurie C, Brennan P, Hung R, Gaborieau V, McKay JD, Lathrop M, McLaughlin J, Wang Y, Tsao MS, Spitz MR, Wang Y, Krokan H, Vatten L, Skorpen F, Arnesen E, Benhamou S, Bouchard C, Metsapalu A, Vooder T, Nelis M, Välk K, Field JK, Chen C, Goodman G, Sulem P, Thorleifsson G, Rafnar T, Eisen T, Sauter W, Rosenberger A, Bickeböller H, Risch A, Chang-Claude J, Wichmann HE, Stefansson K, Houlston R, Amos CI, Fraumeni JF Jr, Savage SA, Bertazzi PA, Tucker MA, Chanock S, Caporaso NE. A genome-wide association study of lung cancer identifies a region of chromosome 5p15 associated with risk for adenocarcinoma. Am J Hum Genet 2009;85:679-91.
 
Mathiesen EB, Johnsen SH. Ultrasonographic measurements of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in prediction of ischemic stroke. Acta Neurol Scand 2009;120(Suppl 189):68-72
 
Michelsen AE, Notø AT, Brodin E, Mathiesen EB, Brosstad F, Hansen JB.Elevated levels of platelet microparticles in carotid atherosclerosis and during the postprandial state. Thromb Res. 2009; 123;881-6
 
Omsland TK, Gjesdal CG, Emaus N, Tell GS, Meyer HE. Regional differences in hip bone mineral density levels in Norway: the NOREPOS study. Osteoporos Int 2009; 20:631-8
 
Prospective Studies Collaboration, Whitlock G, Lewington S, Sherliker P, Clarke R, Emberson J, Halsey J, Qizilbash N, Collins R, Peto R. Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in    900 000 adults: collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies. Lancet. 2009;373:1083-96.

Skjærpe P-A, Giwercman YL, Giwercman A, Svartberg J. Androgen receptor gene polymorphism and sex hormones in elderly men. The Tromsø study. Asian J Androl  2009; 11:222-228.
 
Solbu MD, Kronborg J, Jenssen TG, Njølstad I, Løchen ML, Mathiesen EB, Wilsgaard T, Eriksen BO, Toft I. Albuminuria, metabolic syndrome and the risk of mortality and cardiovascular events. Atherosclerosis. 2009; 204: 503-8
 
Svartberg J, Brækkan SK, Laughlin GA, Hansen JB. Endogenous sex hormone levels in men are not associated with the risk of venous thromboembolism. The Tromsø Study. Eur J Endocrinol 2009; 160:833-838.
 
The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration. Lipoprotein(a) concentration and the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke and nonvascular mortality. Individual data analysis of 121,944 participants from 34 cohorts. JAMA 2009;302:412-423
 
The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration, Di Angelantonio E, Sarwar N, Perry P,Kaptoge S, Ray KK, Thompson A, Wood AM, Lewington S, Sattar N, Packard CJ, Collins R, Thompson SG, Danesh J. Major lipids, apolipoproteins, and risk of vascular disease. JAMA. 2009;302:1993-2000.

Vikan T, Johnsen SH, Schirmer H, Njølstad I, Svartberg J. Endogenous testosterone and the prospective association with carotid atherosclerosis in men: the Tromsø study. Eur J Epidemiol. 2009; 24: 289-95
 
Vikan T, Schirmer H, Njølstad I, Svartberg J.Endogenous sex hormones and the prospective association with cardiovascular disease and mortality in men: the Tromsø Study. Eur J Endocrinol. 2009;161:435-42
 
Wilsgaard T, Jacobsen BK, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I. Weight loss and mortality: A gender-specific analysis of the Tromsø Study. Gender Med 2009;6:575-586
 
Wilsgaard T, Emaus N, Ahmed LA, Grimnes G, Joakimsen RM, Omsland TK, Berntsen GR. Lifestyle impact on lifetime bone loss in women and men: The Tromsø Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2009; 169:877-86

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 2008

Agledahl I, Hansen JB, Svartberg J. Impact of testosterone treatment on postprandial triglyceride metabolism in elderly men with subnormal testosterone levels. Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 2008; 68:641-8

Agledahl I, Hansen JB, Svartberg J. Postprandial triglyceride metabolism in elderly men with subnormal testosterone levels. Asian J Androl 2008; 10: 542-9.

Agledahl I, Skjærpe PA, Hansen JB, Svartberg J. Low serum testosterone in men is inversely associated with non-fasting serum triglycerides: the Tromsø study. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2008;18:256-62

Anderssen SA, Engeland A, Søgaard AJ, Nystad W, Graff-Iversen S, Holme I. Changes in physical activity behavior and the development of body mass index during the last 30 years in Norway. Scand J Med Sci Sports 2008; 18:309-17.

Bjørndal MM, Sandmo Wilhelmsen K, Lu T, Jorde R. Prevalence and causes of undiagnosed hyperthyroidism in an adult healthy population. The Tromsø study. J Endocrinol Invest 2008; 31: 856-860.

Brækkan SK, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T, Størmer J, Hansen JB. Family history of myocardial infarction is an independent risk factor for venous thromboembolism - the Tromsø study. J Thromb Haemost 2008; 6:1851-7.

Grimnes G, Emaus N, Joakimsen RM, Figenschau Y, Jorde R. The relationship between serum TSH and bone mineral density in men and postmenopausal women-the Tromsø Study. Thyroid. 2008; 18:1147-55.

Fetveit A, Straand J, Bjorvatn B. Sleep disturbances in an arctic population: The Tromsø Study. BMC Health Services Research 2008, 8:117.

Forsén L, Berntsen GK, Meyer HE, Tell GS, Fønnebø V; NOREPOS Core Research Group. Differences in precision in bone mineral density measured by SXA and DXA: the NOREPOS study. Eur J Epidemiol 2008; 23: 615-24.

Hung RJ, McKay JD, Gaborieau V, et al. A susceptibility locus for lung cancer maps to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes on 15q25. Nature 2008; 452: 633-7.

Jorde R, Joakimsen O, Johnsen SH, Mathiesen EB. Lack of significant association between intima-media thickness in the carotid artery and serum TSH level. The Tromsø Study. Thyroid 2008; 18: 21-5

Jørgensen L, Heuch I, Jenssen T, Jacobsen BK. Association of albuminuria and cancer incidence. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008; 19: 992-8.

Jørgensen L, Jenssen T, Heuch I, Jacobsen BK. The combined effect of albuminuria and inflammation on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in nondiabetic persons. J Intern Med 2008; 264; 493-501.

Kronborg J, Solbu M, Njølstad I, Toft I, Eriksen BO, Jenssen T. Predictors of change in estimated GFR: a population-based 7-year follow-up from the Tromsø study. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008; 23: 2818-26.

Kay JD, Hung RJ, Gaborieau V, et al. Lung cancer susceptibility locus at 5p15.33. Nat Genet 2008; 40: 1404-6.

Meyer HE, Søgaard AJ, Falch JA, Jørgensen L, Emaus N. Weight change over three decades and the risk of osteoporosis in men. Am J Epidemiol 2008; 168: 454-60

Michelsen AE, Brodin E, Brosstad F, Hansen JB. Increased level of platelet microparticles in survivors of myocardial infarction. Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 2008; 68: 386-92.

Næss O, Søgaard AJ, Arnesen E, Beckstrøm AC, Bjertness E, Engeland A, Hjort PF, Holmen J, Magnus P, Njølstad I, Tell GS, Vatten L, Vollset SE, Aamodt G. Cohort Profile: Cohort of Norway (CONOR). Int J Epidemiol. 2008; 37:481-5.

Notø ATW, Mathiesen EB, Østerud B, Amiral J, Vissac AM, Hansen JB. Increased thrombin generation in persons with echogenic carotid plaques. Thromb Haemost. 2008; 99: 602-8.

Notø AT, Mathiesen EB, Brox J, Björkegren J, Hansen JB. Delayed metabolism of postprandial triglyceride-rich lipoproteins in subjects with echolucent carotid plaques. Lipids. 2008; 43: 353-60.

Notø ATW, Mathiesen EB, Brox J, Björkegren J, Hansen JB. The Apo C-I content of VLDL particles is associated with plaque size in persons with carotid atherosclerosis. Lipids 2008; 43:673-9.

Omsland TK, Emaus N, Gjesdal CG, Falch JA, Tell GS, Forsen L, Berntsen GK, Meyer HE. In vivo and in vitro comparison of densitometers in the NOREPOS study. J Clin Densitom 2008; 11: 276-82.

Selmer R, Lindman AS, Tverdal A, Pedersen JI, Njølstad I, Veierød MB. Modell for estimering av kardiovaskulær risiko i Norge. Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen. 2008; 31; 128: 286-90.

Sneve M, Emaus N, Joakimsen RM, Jorde R. The association between serum parathyroid hormone and bone mineral density, and the impact of smoking: the Tromsø Study. Eur J Endocrinol. 2008; 158: 401-9.

Sneve M, Jorde R. Cross-sectional study on the relationship between body mass index and smoking, and longitudinal changes in body mass index in relation to change in smoking
status: the Tromsø Study. Scand J Public Health. 2008; 36: 397-407.

Solbu MD, Kronborg J, Eriksen BO, Jenssen TG, Toft I. Cardiovascular risk-factors predict progression of urinary albumin-excretion in a general, non-diabetic population A gender-specific follow-up study. Atherosclerosis. 2008; 201; 398-406.

Svartberg J, Agledahl I, Figenschau Y, Sildnes T, Waterloo K, Jorde R. Testosterone treatment in elderly men with subnormal testosterone levels improves body composition and BMD in the hip. Int J Impot Res 2008; 20: 378-87

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 2007

Bjørnerem A, Emaus N, Berntsen GK, Joakimsen RM, Fønnebø V, Wilsgaard T, Øian P, Seeman E, Straume B. Circulating sex steroids, sex hormone-binding globulin, and longitudinal changes in forearm bone mineral density in postmenopausal women and men: the Tromsø Study. Calcif Tissue Int. 2007; 81:65-72.

Bjørnerem A, Ahmed LA, Joakimsen RM, Berntsen GK, Fønnebø V, Jørgensen L, Øian P, Seeman E, Straume B. A prospective study of sex steroids, sex hormone-binding globulin, and non-vertebral fractures in women and men: the Tromsø Study. Eur J Endocrinol. 2007; 157: 119-25.

Cervical cancer and hormonal contraceptives: collaborative reanalysis of individual data for 16573 women with cervical cancer and 35509 women without cervical cancer from 24 epidemiological studies. Lancet 2007;370:1609-21.

Halvorsen DS, Karlsen J, Noto AT, Mathiesen EB, Njølstad I, Gutteberg TJ, Vorland LH, Hansen JB. No detectable Chlamydia pneumoniae and cytomegalovirus DNA in leukocytes in subjects with echolucent and echogenic carotid artery plaques. Int J Cardiol.2007;117:388-94 (V)

Hartz I, Sakshaug S, Furu K, Engeland A, Eggen AE, Njølstad I, Skurtveit S. Aspects of statin prescribing in Norwegian counties with high, average and low statin consumption - an individual-level prescription database study. BMC Clin Pharmacol 2007;7:14.

Haugnes HS, Aass N, Fosså S, Dahl O, Klepp O, Wist E, Svartberg J, Wilsgaard T, Bremnes RM. Components of the metabolic syndrome in long-term survivors of testicular cancer. Ann Oncol. 2007; 18: 241-8.

Iqbal A, Schirmer H, Lunde P, Figenschau Y, Rasmussen K, Jorde R. Thyroid stimulating hormone and left ventricular function. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007; 92:3504-10.

Jacobsen BK, Njølstad I. Upresist om fedme i Tromsø-undersøkelsen. Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen; 2007; 127; 458-9.

Jacobsen BK, Heuch I, Kvåle G. Association of low age at menarche with increased all-cause mortality: A 37-year follow-up of 61,319 Norwegian women. Am J Epidemiol. 2007; 166:1431-7

Johnsen SH, Mathiesen EB, Joakimsen O, Stensland E, Wilsgaard T, Løchen ML, Njølstad I, Arnesen E. Carotid atherosclerosis is a stronger predictor of myocardial infarction in women than in men: a 6-year follow-up study of 6226 persons: the Tromsø Study. Stroke. 2007; 38: 2873-80.

Jorde R, Haug E, Figenschau Y, Hansen JB. Serum levels of vitamin D and haemostatic factors in healthy subjects: the Tromsø study. Acta Haematol 2007;117:91-7. (V)

Jørgensen L, Jenssen T, Johnsen SH, Mathiesen EB, Heuch I, Joakimsen O, Fosse E, Jacobsen BK. Albuminuria as risk factor for initiation and progression of carotid atherosclerosis in non-diabetic persons: the Tromsø Study. Eur Heart J 2007;28: 363-9. (IV,V)

Jørgensen L, Jenssen T, Ahmed L, Bjørnerem Å, Joakimsen R, Jacobsen BK. Albuminuria and risk of nonvertebral fractures. Arch Intern Med 2007; 167:1379-85 (IV)

Kamycheva E, Jorde R, Figenschau Y, Haug E. Insulin sensitivity in subjects with secondary hyperparathyroidism and the effect of a low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level on insulin sensitivity. J Endocrinol Invest. 2007; 30: 126-32.

Kronborg J, Johnsen SH, Njølstad I, Toft I, Eriksen BO, Jenssen T. Proinsulin:insulin and insulin:glucose ratios as predictors of carotid plaque growth: a population-based 7 year follow-up of the Tromsø Study. Diabetologia. 2007; 50: 1607-14.

Kronborg J, Jenssen T, Njølstad I, Toft I, Eriksen BO, Metabolic risk factors associated with serum creatinine in a non-diabetic population. Eur J Epidemiol. 2007; 22: 707-13.

Lindman AS, Veierød MB, Pedersen JI, Tverdal A, Njølstad I, Selmer R. The ability of the SCORE high-risk model to predict 10-year cardiovascular disease mortality in Norway. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil  2007; 14: 501-7.

Medbø A, Melbye H. Lung function testing in the elderly- Can we still use FEV(1)/FVC<70% as a criterion of COPD? Respir Med 2007; 101:1097-105 (V).

Melbye H, Halvorsen DS, Hartz I, Medbø A, Brox J, Eggen AE, Njølstad I. Bronchial airflow limitation, smoking, body mass index, and statin use are strongly associated with the C-reactive protein level in the elderly. The Tromsø Study 2001. Respir Med. 2007; 101: 2541-9.

Prospective Studies Collaboration, Lewington S, Whitlock G, Clarke R, Sherliker P, Emberson J, Halsey J, Qizilbash N, Peto R, Collins R. Blood cholesterol and vascular mortality by age, sex, and blood pressure: a meta-analysis of individual data from 61 prospective studies with 55,000 vascular deaths. Lancet. 2007; 370: 1829-39.

Svartberg J. Epidemiology: testosterone and the metabolic syndrome. Int J Impot Res 2007; 19: 124-8.

Svartberg J, Jorde R. Measuring gonadotropins is of limited value in detecting hypogonadism in ageing men: the Tromsø study. Int J Androl. 2007; 30:445-51  (IV,V)

Svartberg J, Jorde R. Endogenous testosterone levels and smoking in men. The fifth Tromsø study. Int J Androl 2007; 30:137-43. (V)

Svartberg J, Schirmer H, Medbø A, Melbye H, Aasebø U. Reduced pulmonary function is associated with lower levels of endogenous total and free testosterone. The Tromsø Study. Eur J Epidemiol 2007; 22:107-12 (V)

Søgaard AJ, Gustad TK, Bjertness E, Tell GS, Schei B, Emaus N, Meyer HE; On behalf of the Norwegian Epidemiological Osteoporosis Studies (NOREPOS) Research Group. Urban-rural differences in distal forearm fractures: Cohort Norway. Osteoporos Int. 2007; 18:1063-72.

The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration. The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration: analysis of individual data on lipid and inflammatory markers in over 1.1 million participants in 104 prospective studies of cardiovascular diseases. Eur J Epidemiol 2007; 22: 839-69.

Thrane G, Joakimsen RM, Thornquist E. The association between timed up and go test and history of falls: the Tromsø study. BMC Geriatr 2007;7:1 doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-7-1. (V)

Vik A, Mathiesen EB, Notø AT, Sveinbjørnsson B, Brox J, Hansen JB. Serum osteoprotegerin is inversely associated with carotid plaque echogenicity in humans. Atherosclerosis 2007; 191; 128-34. (V)

Wilsgaard T, Arnesen E.Body mass index and coronary heart disease risk score: The Tromsø Study, 1979 to 2001. Ann Epidemiol 2007;17:100-5. (II, III, IV, V)

Wilsgaard T, Jacobsen BK. Lifestyle factors and incident metabolic syndrome. The Tromsø Study 1979 - 2001. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2007; 78: 217-24. (II, III, IV, V)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 2006

Ahmed L, Schirmer H, Berntsen G, Fønnebø V, Joakimsen RM. Features of the metabolic syndrome and the risk of non-vertebral fractures: The Tromsø study. Osteoporosis Int 2006;17:426-432 (IV)

Ahmed LA, Schirmer H, Berntsen GK, Fønnebø V, Joakimsen RM. Self-reported diseases and the risk of non-vertebral fractures: the Tromsø study. Osteoporos Int 2006; 17; 46-53 (IV)

Ahmed L, Joakimsen RM, Berntsen G, Fønnebø VM, Schirmer H. Diabetes mellitus and the risk on non-vertebral fractures: the Tromsø study. Osteoporosis Int 2006; 17:495-500.

Ahmed LA, Schirmer H, Fønnebø V, Joakimsen RM, Berntsen G. Validation of the Cummings' risk score; how well does it identify women with high risk of hip fracture: The Tromsø Study. Eur J Epidemiol 2006;21:815-822 (IV)

Bjørnerem Å, Straume B, Øian P, Berntsen G. Seasonal variation of estradiol, follicle stimulating hormone, and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate in women and men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006;91:3798-3802 (IV)

Emaus N, Berntsen GK, Joakimsen R, Fønnebø V. Longitudinal changes in forearm bone mineral density in women and men aged 45-84 years: The Tromsø Study, a population-based study. Am J Epidemiol 2006; 163: 441-9. (IV, V)

Bjørge T, Tretli S, Lie K, Engeland A. The impact of height and body mass index on the risk of testicular cancer in 600,000 Norwegian men. Cancer Causes Control 2006; 17: 983-7.

England A, Tretli S, Akslen LA, Bjørge T. Body size and thyroid cancer in two million Norwegian men and women. Br J Cancer 2006; 95: 366-70.

Fosse E, Johnsen SH, Stensland-Bugge E, Joakimsen O, Mathiesen EB, Arnesen E, Njølstad I. Repeated visual and computer-assisted carotid plaque characterization in a longitudinal population-based ultrasound study. The Tromsø Study. Ultrasound Med Biol 2006;32:3-11 (V)

Iqbal A, Jorde R, Lunde P, Sundsfjord J, Rasmussen K. Left ventricular dysfunction in subjects with mild secondary hyperparathyroidism detected with pulsed wave tissue Doppler echocardiography. Cardiology 2006;105:1-8. (V)

Iqbal A, Jorde R, Figenschau Y. Serum lipid levels in relation to serum thyroid-stimulating hormone and the effect of thyroxine treatment on serum lipid levels in subjects with subclinical hypothyroidism: the Tromsø Study. J Intern Med 2006;260:53-61. (V)

Iqbal A, Figenschau Y, Jorde R. Blood pressure in relation to serum thyrotropin: The Tromsø study. J Hum Hypertens 2006;20:932-6. (V)

Johnsen SH, Mathiesen EB, Fosse E, Joakimsen O, Stensland-Bugge E, Njølstad I, Arnesen E. Elevated high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and carotid atherosclerosis. Cardiol Rev 2006;23:20-26

Jorde R, Figenschau Y, Hansen JB. Haemostatic function in subjects with mild subclinical hypothyroidism. The Tromsø study. Thromb Haemost 2006;95:750-1.(V)

Jorde R, Waterloo K, Saleh F, Haug E, Svartberg J. Neuropsychological function in relation to serum parathyroid hormone and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels : The Tromsø study. J Neurol 2006;253:464-70. (V)

Jorde R, Waterloo K, Storhaug H, Nyrnes A, Sundsfjord J, Jenssen TG. Neuropsychological function and symptoms in subjects with subclinical hypothyroidism and the effect of thyroxine treatment. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006;91:145-53. (V)

Jorde R, Sundsfjord J. Serum TSH levels in smokers and non-smokers. The 5th Tromsø study. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 2006;114: 343-7. (V)

Jorde R. The relation between serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) and blood pressure. The Tromsø Study. Norsk Epidemiologi 2006;16:105-109.

Jørgensen L, Joakimsen O, Mathiesen EB, Ahmed L, Berntsen GKR, Fønnebø V, Joakimsen R, Njølstad I, Schirmer H, Jacobsen BK. Carotid plaque echogenicity and risk of nonvertebral fractures in women: A longitudinal population-based study. Calcified Tissue Int 2006; 79: 207-13 (IV).

Melbye H, Medbø A, Crockett A. The FEV1/FEV6 ratio is a good substitute for the FEV1/FVC ratio in the elderly. Prim Care Respir J 2006;15: 294-8. (V)

Nyrnes A, Jorde R, Sundsfjord J. Serum TSH is positively associated with BMI. Int J Obes 2006;30: 100-5. (IV,V)

Rajkumar T, Appleby P, Barnabas R, Beral V, Gonzales A, Bull D, Canfell K, Crossley B, Green J, Reeves G, Gram IT et al.. Cervical carcinoma and reproductive factors: Collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 16,563 women with cervical carcinoma and 33,542 women without cervical carcinoma from 25 epidemiological studies. Int J Cancer 2006:118;1108-1124. (II, III)

Rajkumar T, Appleby P, Beral V, Berrington DA, Bull D, Crossley B, Green J, Reeves G, Sweetland S, Kjær S, Peto J, Gram IT et al.. Carcinoma of the cervix and tobacco smoking: Collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 13,541 women with carcinoma of the cervix and 23,017 women without carcinoma of the cervix from 23 epidemiological studies - International collaboration of epidemiological studies of cervical cancer. Int J Cancer 2006;118:1481-1495. (II, III)

Saleh F, Jorde R, Svartberg J, Sundsfjord J. The relationship between blood pressure and serum parathyroid hormone with special reference to urinary calcium excretion: the Tromsø study. J Endocrinol Invest. 2006;29:214-20. (V)

Saleh F, Jorde R, Sundsfjord J, Haug E, Figenschau Y. Causes of secondary hyperparathyroidism in a healthy population: the Tromsø study. J Bone Miner Metab 2006;24:58-64. (V)

Skjelbakken T, Dahl IM, Wilsgaard T, Langbakk B, Løchen ML. Changes in haemoglobin levels according to changes in body mass index and smoking habits, a 20-year follow-up of a male cohort: The TromsTromsø Study 1974-1995. Eur J Epidemiol 2006;21:493-499. (I, IV)

Skjelbakken T, Wilsgaard T, Førde OH, Arnesen E, Løchen ML. Haemoglobin predicts total mortality in a general young and middle-aged male population. The Tromsø Study. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 2006;66:567-576. (I)

Svartberg J, von Muhlen D, Mathiesen E, Joakimsen O, Bønaa KH, Stensland-Bugge E. Low testosterone levels are associated with carotid atherosclerosis in men. J Intern Med 2006;259:576-82. (IV)

Notø AT, Mathiesen EB, Amiral J, Vissac AM, Hansen JB. Endothelial dysfunction and systemic inflammation in persons with echolucent carotid plaques. Thromb Haemost 2006;96:53-9. (IV)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 2005

Bjørge T, Tretli S, Engeland A. Height and body mass index in relation to cancer of the small intestine in two million Norwegian men and women. Br J Cancer 2005; 93: 807-10.

Bryhni B, Jenssen TG, Olafsen K, Bendikssen A. Oxidative and nonoxidative glucose disposal in elderly vs younger men with similar and smaller body mass indices and waist circumferences. Metabolism 2005;54:748-55.

Emaus N, Berntsen GK, Joakimsen R, Fønnebø V. Bone mineral density measures in longitudinal studies: The choice of phantom is crucial for quality assessment. The Tromsø study, a population-based study. Osteoporos Int 2005; 16:1597-603

Emaus N, Berntsen GKR, Joakimsen RM, Fønnebø V. Longitudinal changes in forearm bone mineral density in women and men aged 25-44 years. The Tromsø Study. American Journal of Epidemiology 2005; 162: 633-643.

Engeland A, Tretli S, Austad G, Bjørge T. Height and body mass index in relation to colorectal and gallbladder cancer in two million Norwegian men and women. Cancer Causes and Control 2005; 16: 987-996.

Hartz I, Njølstad I, Eggen AE. Does the implementation of the European guidelines based on the SCORE model will double the number of Norwegian adults on cardiovascular drugs for primary prevention? The Tromsø Study 2001. Eur Heart J 2005; 26:2673-80. (V)

Jimenez C, Yang Y, Kim HW, Al-Sagier F, Berry DA, El-Naggar AK, Patel S, Vassilopoulou-Sellin R, Gagel RF. Primary hyperparathyroidism and osteosarcoma: examination of a large cohort identifies three cases of fibroblastic osteosarcoma. J Bone Miner Res 2005;20:1562-8.

Johnsen SH, Mathiesen EB, Fosse E, Joakimsen O, Stensland-Bugge E, Njølstad I, Arnesen E. Elevated high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels are protective against plaque progression: a follow-up study of 1952 persons with carotid atherosclerosis: The Tromsø study. Circulation 2005; 112: 498-504. (IV,V)

Johnsen SH, Fosse E, Joakimsen O, Mathiesen EB, Stensland-Bugge E, Njølstad I, Arnesen E. Monocyte count is a predictor of novel plaque formation: a 7-year follow-up study of 2610 persons without carotid plaque at baseline. The Tromsø Study. Stroke 2005; 36: 715-9 (IV,V)

Johnsen SH, Joakimsen O, Fosse E, Arnesen E. Sex differences in plaque morphology may explain the higher male prevalence of myocardial infarction compared to angina pectoris. The Tromsø Study. Scand Cardiovasc J 2005; 39: 36-41. (IV)

Jorde R, Saleh F, Sundsfjord J, Haug E, Skogen B. Coeliac disease in subjects with secondary hyperparathyroidism. Scand J Gastroenterol 2005; 40:178-82. (V)

Jorde R, Saleh F, Figenschau Y, Kamycheva E, Haug E, Sundsfjord J. Serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels in smokers and non-smokers. The fifth Tromsø study. Eur J Endocrinol 2005;152:39-45. (V)

Jorde R, Svartberg J, Sundsfjord J. Serum parathyroid hormone as a predictor of increase in systolic blood pressure in men. J Hypertens 2005;23:1639-44. (IV,V)

Jørgensen L, Engstad T, Jacobsen BK. Self-reported urinary incontinence in non-institutionalized long-term stroke survivors. A population based study. Arch Physical Med Rehab 2005;86:416-420 (IV)

Kamycheva E, Jorde R, Haug E, Sager G, Sundsfjord J. Effects of acute hypercalcemia on blood pressure in subjects with and without parathyroid hormone secretion. Acta Physiol Scand 2005184: 113-9.

Meyer HE, Tverdal A. Development of body weight in the Norwegian population. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2005; 73: 3-7. (IV,V)

Sagstuen H, Aass N, Fossa SD, Dahl O, Klepp O, Wist EA, Wilsgaard T, Bremnes RM. Blood pressure and body mass index in long-term survivors of testicular cancer. J Clin Oncol 2005; 23:4980-90.

Skjelbakken T, Langbakk B, Dahl IMS, Løchen ML. Haemoglobin and anaemia in a gender perspective. The Tromsø Study. Eur J Haematol 2005; 74:381-8 (IV)

Solberg S, Singh K, Wilsgaard T, Jacobsen BK. Increased growth rate of abdominal aortic aneurysms in women. The Tromsø study. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2005; 29: 145-9. (IV)

Søgaard AJ, Joakimsen RM, Tverdal A, Fønnebo V, Magnus JH, Berntsen GK. Long-term mental distress, bone mineral density and non-vertebral fractures. The Tromsø Study. Osteoporos Int 2005;16:887-97. (II,III,IV)

Wilsgaard T, Jacobsen BK, Arnesen E. Determining lifestyle correlates of body mass index using multilevel analyses: The Tromsø Study,1979-2001 Am J Epidemiol 2005; 162: 1179-88. (II,III,IV,V)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 2004

Bjørge T, Tretli S, Engeland A. Relation of height and body mass index to renal cell carcinoma in two million Norwegian men and women. Am J Epidemiol 2004;160: 1168-76.

Bjørnerem A, Straume B, Midtby M, Fønnebo V, Sundsfjord J, Svartberg J, Acharya G, Øian P, Berntsen GK. Endogenous sex hormones in relation to age, sex, lifestyle factors, and chronic diseases in a general population: the Tromsø Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2004; 89: 6039-47.

Engeland A, Bjørge T, Tverdal A, Søgaard AJ. Obesity in adolescence and adulthood and the risk of adult mortality. Epidemiology 2004; 15: 79-85.

Engeland A, Tretli S, Bjørge T. Height and body mass index in relation to esophageal cancer; 23-year follow-up of two million Norwegian men and women. Cancer Causes Control 2004;15: 837-43.

Hartz I, Eggen AE, Grimsgaard S, Skjold F, Njølstad I. Whom are we treating with lipid-lowering drugs? Are we following the guidelines? Evidence from a population-based study: the Tromsø study 2001. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2004; 60: 643-9.

Jørgensen L, Singh K, Berntsen GKR, Jacobsen BK. A population-based study of the revalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms in relation to bone mineral density. The Tromsø study. Am J Epidemiol 2004; 159; 945-9. (IV)

Jørgensen L, Joakimsen O, Heuch I, Berntsen GR, Jacobsen BK. Low bone mineral density is related to echogenic carotid artery plaques. A population-based study. Am J Epidemiol 2004; 160: 549-56. (IV)

Jørgensen L, Joakimsen O, Heuch I, Jenssen T, Engebretsen OC, Jacobsen BK. Glycated hemoglobin level is strongly related to the prevalence of carotid artery plaques with high echogenicity in nondiabetic individuals. The Tromsø Study. Circulation 2004; 110; 466-70. (IV)

Kamycheva E, Sundsfjord J, Jorde R. Serum parathyroid hormone level is associated with body mass index. The 5th Tromsø study. Eur J Endocrinol 2004; 151: 167-72 (V)

Kamycheva E, Sundsfjord J, Jorde R. Serum parathyroid hormone levels predict coronary heart disease: the Tromsø Study. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2004;11: 69-74. (IV)

Mathiesen EB, Waterloo K, Joakimsen O, Bakke SJ, Jacobsen EA, Bønaa KH: Reduced neuropsychological test performance in asymptomatic carotid stenosis. The Tromsø Study. Neurology 2004; 62: 695-701 (IV)

Meyer HE, Berntsen GK, Søgaard AJ, Langhammer A, Schei B, Fønnebø V, Forsmo S, Tell GS; Norwegian Epidemiological Osteoporosis Studies (NOREPOS) Research Group. Higher bone mineral density in rural compared with urban dwellers: the NOREPOS study. Am J Epidemiol 2004; 160: 1039-46. (IV)

Nilssen O. Long-term effect of brief intervention in at-risk alcohol drinkers: a 9-year follow-up study. Alcohol Alcohol 2004; 39: 548-51.

Nystad W, Meyer HE, Nafstad P, Tverdal A, Engeland A. Body mass index in relation to adult asthma among 135,000 Norwegian men and women. Am J Epidemiol 2004; 160: 969-76.

Singh K, Jacobsen BK, Solberg S, Kumar S, Arnesen E. The difference between ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) measurements of aortic diameter increases with aortic diameter: Analysis of axial images of abdominal aortic and common iliac artery diameter in normal and aneurismal aortas. The Tromsø Study, 1994-95. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2004; 28: 158-67. (IV)

Stene LC, Midthjell K, Jenum AK, Skeie S, Birkeland KI, Lund E, Joner G, Tell GS, Schirmer H. Hvor mange har diabetes mellitus i Norge? Tidskr Nor Lægeforen 2004;124: 1511-4 (IV,V)

Svartberg J, von Muhlen D, Schirmer H, Barrett-Connor E, Sundfjord J, Jorde R. Association of endogenous testosterone with blood pressure and left ventricular mass in men. The Tromsø Study. Eur J Endocrinol 2004; 150: 65-71. (IV)

Svartberg J, von Muhlen D, Sundsfjord J, Jorde R. Waist circumference and testosterone levels in community dwelling men. The Tromsø study. Eur J Epidemiol 2004; 19: 657-63. (IV)

Svartberg J, Jenssen T, Sundsfjord J, Jorde R. The associations of endogenous testosterone and sex hormone-binding globulin with glycosylated hemoglobin levels, in community dwelling men. The Tromsø Study. Diabetes Metab 2004; 30: 29-34. (IV)

Søgaard AJ, Joakimsen RM, Tverdal A, Fønnebø V, Magnus JH, Berntsen GK. Long-term mental distress, bone mineral density and non-vertebral fractures. The Tromsø Study. Osteoporos Int 2004 Dec 24; (III, IV)

Wilsgaard T, Arnesen E. Change in serum lipids and body mass index by age, sex, and smoking status: the Tromsø study 1986-1995. Ann Epidemiol. 2004; 14: 265-73. (III, IV)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 2003

Bryhni B, Jenssen TG, Olafsen K, Eikrem JH. Age or waist as determinant of insulin action. Metabolism 2003; 52: 850-57.

Engeland A, Børge T, Selmer RM, Tverdal A. Height and body mass index in relation to total mortality. Epidemiology 2003; 14: 293-9.

Engeland A, Tretli S, Bjørge T. Height, body mass index, and ovarian cancer: a follow-up of 1.1 million Norwegian women. J Natl Cancer Inst 2003; 95: 1244-8.

Engeland A, Tretli S, Bjørge T. Height, body mass index, and prostate cancer: a follow-up of 950000 Norwegian men. Br J Cancer 2003; 89: 1237-42.

Engstad T, Viitanen M, Arnesen E. Predictors of death among long-term stroke survivors. Stroke 2003; 34: 2876-80. (IV)

Engstad T, Almkvist O, Viitanen M, Arnesen E. Impaired motor speed, visuospatial episodic memory and verbal fluency characterize cognition in long-term stroke survivors: the Tromsø Study. Neuroepidemiology 2003; 22: 326-31. (IV)

Kamycheva E, Joakimsen RM, Jorde R. Intakes of calcium and vitamin d predict body mass index in the population of Northern Norway. J Nutr 2003; 133: 102-6. (IV)

Mathiesen EB. Risiko for hjerneslag ved carotisstenose - hvilken betydning har plakkmorfologi? Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen 2003;123: 782-4.

Saleh FN, Schirmer H, Sundsfjord J, Jorde R. Parathyroid hormone and left ventricular hypertrophy. Eur Heart J 2003;24: 2054-60. (IV)

Saleh F, Jorde R, Sundsfjord J. Effect of calcium supplementation on blood pressure in patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism. J Endocrinol Invest 2003; 26: 35-41 (IV)

Singh K, Jacobsen BK, Solberg S, Bønaa KH, Kumar S, Bajic R, Arnesen E. Intra- and interobserver variablity in the measurements of abdominal aortic and common iliac artery diameter with computed tomography. The Tromsø Study. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2003; 25: 399-407. (IV)

Svartberg J, Midtby M, Bønaa KH, Sundsfjord J, Joakimsen RM, Jorde R. The associations of age, lifestyle factors and chronic disease with testosterone in men: the Tromsø Study. Eur J Endocrinol 2003;149: 145-52. (IV)

Svartberg J, Jorde R, Sundsfjord J, Bønaa KH, Barrett-Connor E. Seasonal variation of testosterone and waist to hip ratio in men: the Tromsø study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003;88: 3099-104. (IV)

Toft I, Lindal S, Bønaa KH, Jenssen T. Quantitative measurement of muscle fiber composition in a normal population. Muscle Nerve 2003; 28: 101-8. (IV)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 2002

Halvorsen DS, Børvik T, Njølstad I, Gutteberg TJ, Vorland LH, Hansen JB. Chlamydia pneumoniae IgA- and IgG antibodies in young survivors of myocardial infarction. A comparison of antibody detection by a microimmunofluorescence test and an enzyme immunoassay. J Intern Med 2002;251:142-7. (IV)

Isaksen J, Egge A, Waterloo K, Rommer B, Ingebrigtsen T. Risk factors for aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: the Tromsø study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:185-7. (IV)

Jacobsen BK, Bønaa KH, Njølstad I. Cardiovascular risk factors, change in risk factors over 7 years, and the risk of clinical diabetes mellitus type 2. The Tromsø Study. J Clin Epidemiol 2002;55: 647-53. (II, III, IV)

Jorde R, Szumlas K, Haug E, Sundsfjord J. The effects of calcium supplementation to patients with hyperparathyroidism and a low calcium intake. Eur J Nutr 2002;41:258-63. (IV)

Jorde R, Sundsfjord J, Bønaa KH. Determinants of serum calcium in men and women. The Tromsø study. Eur J Epidemiol 2002; 17:1117-1123 (IV)

Jørgensen L, Engstad T, Jacobsen BK. Higher incidence of falls in long-term stroke survivors than in population controls: depressive symptoms predict falls after stroke. Stroke 2002; 33: 321-2. (IV)

Mathiesen EB. The role of plaque echogenicity in carotid stenosis: Increased risk of ischemic stroke in persons with echolucent plaques. Cardiovasc Rev Rep 2002;23: 561-4.

Mathiesen EB, Bønaa KH, Joakimsen O. Cholesterol and carotid stenosis (Authors reply). Stroke 2002; 33: 321-2.

Prospective Studies Collaboration. Age-specific relevance of usual blood pressure to vascular mortality: a meta-analysis of individual data for one million adults in 61 prospective studies. Lancet 2002; 360; 1903-13.

Skjelbakken T, Løchen ML, Dahl IM. Haematological malignancies in a general population, based on information collected from a population study, hospital records, and the cancer Registry of Norway: the Tromsø Study. Eur J Haematol 2002;69:67-75. (IV)

Toft I, Bønaa KH, Eikrem J, Bendiksen AL, Iversen H, Jenssen T. Microalbuminuria in hypertension is not a determinant of insulin resistance. Kidney Int 2002;61:1445-52. (III)

The Homocysteine Studies Collaboration. Homocysteine and risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke. A meta-analysis. JAMA 2002; 288: 2015-20. (III)

Wilsgaard T, Jacobsen BK, Schirmer H, Thune I , Løchen ML, Njølstad I, Arnesen E. RE: Tracking of cardiovascular risk factors. The Tromsø Study, 1979-1995 (The authors' reply). Am J Epidemiol 2002; 155; 1145.

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 2001

Berntsen GKR, Fønnebø V, Tollan A, Søgaard AJ, Magnus JH. Forearm bone mineral density by age in 7,620 men and women: the Tromsø study, a population-based study. Am J Epidemiol 2001;153:465-73. (IV)

Hansen V, Jacobsen BK, Arnesen E. Prevalence of serious psychiatric morbidity in attenders and nonattenders to a health survey of a general population: the Tromsø Health Study. Am J Epidemiol 2001;154:891-4. (II)

Jacobsen BK, Njølstad I, Thune I, Wilsgaard T, Løchen ML, Schirmer H. Increase in weight in all birth cohorts in a general population. The Tromsø Study 1974-1994. Arch Intern Med. 2001;161:466-472.(I, II, III, IV)

Joakimsen RM, Fønnebø V, Søgaard AJ, Tollan A, Størmer J, Magnus JH. The Tromsø Study: registration of fractures, how good are self-reports, a computerized radiographic register and a discharge register? Osteopor Int 2001;12:1001-5. (III)

Jorde R, Sundsfjord J, Bønaa KH. Determinants of serum calcium in men and women. The Tromsø study. Eur J Epidemiol 2001; 17: 1117-23. (IV)

Jørgensen L, Engstad T, Jacobsen BK. Bone mineral density in acute stroke patients: low bone mineral may predict first stroke in women. Stroke 2001;32:47-51. (IV)

Mathiesen EB, Joakimsen O, Bønaa KH. Prevalence of and risk factors associated with carotid artery stenosis. The Tromsø Study. Cerebrovasc Dis 2001;12:44-50 (IV)

Mathiesen EB, Bønaa KH, Joakimsen O. Echolucent plaques are associated with high risk of ischemic cerebrovascular events in carotid stenosis. The Tromsø Study. Circulation 2001;103:2171-2175 (IV)

Mathiesen EB, Bønaa KH, Joakimsen O. Low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol are associated with echolucent carotid artery plaques: The Tromsø Study. Stroke 2001; 32: 1960-5 (IV)

Midtby M, Magnus JG, Joakimsen RM. The Tromsø Study: a population-based study on the variation in bone formation markers with age, gender, anthropometry and season in both men and women. Osteoporos Int 2001;12:835-43. (IV)

Singh K, Bønaa KH, Jacobsen BK, Bjørk L, Solberg S. Prevalence of and risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysms in a population-based study: the Tromsø Study. Am J Epidemiol 2001;154:236-44. (IV)

Stensland-Bugge E, Bønaa KH, Joakimsen O. Age and sex differences in inherited and lifestyle risk factors for subclinical atherosclerosis. The Tromsø Study. Atherosclerosis 2001; 154;437-448. (IV)

Wilsgaard T, Jacobsen BK, Schirmer H, Thune I, Løchen ML, Njølstad I, Arnesen E. Tracking of cardiovascular risk factors. The Tromsø Study, 1979-1995. Am J Epidemiol 2001;154:418-426. (II, III, IV)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 2000

Berntsen GKR, Fønnebø V, Tollan A, Søgaard AJ, Joakimsen RM, Magnus JH. The Tromsø Study: determinants of precision in bone densitometry. J Clin Epidemiol 2000;53:1104-12. (IV)

Engstad T, Bønaa KH, Viitanen M. Validity of self-reported stroke. The Tromsø Study. Stroke 2000;31:1602-1607. (IV)

Jacobsen BK, Nilsen H. High education is associated with low fat and high fibre, beta-carotene and vitamin C. Computation of nutrient intake based on a short food frequency questionnaire in 17,256 men and women in the Tromsø Study. Nor J Epidemiol 2000;10:57-62.

Joakimsen O, Bønaa KH, Stensland-Bugge E, Jacobsen BK. Population-based study of age at menopause and ultrasound assessed carotid atherosclerosis. The Tromsø Study. J Clin Epidemiol 2000;53:525-530.(IV)

Joakimsen O, Bønaa KH, Mathiesen EB, Stensland-Bugge E, Arnesen E. Prediction of mortality by ultrasound screening of a general population for carotid stenosis. The Tromsø Study. Stroke 2000;31:1871-1876. (IV)

Jorde R, Bønaa KH. Calcium from dairy products, vitamin D intake, and blood pressure: The Tromsø Study. Am J Clin Nutr 2000;71:1530-1535. (IV)

Jorde R, Bønaa KH, Sundsfjord J. Primary hyperparathyroidism detected in a health screening. The Tromsø Study. J Clin Epidemiol 2000;53:1164-9 (IV).

Jorde R, Sundsfjord J, Haug E, Bønaa KH. Relation between low calcium intake, parathyroid hormone, and blood pressure. Hypertension 2000; 35: 1154-1159. (IV)

Jorde R, Sundsfjord J. Bone mineral density and blood pressure in patients with asymptomatic hyperparathyroidism. The Tromsø Study. J Intern Med 2000;247:325-330 (IV)

Jorde R, Bonaa KH, Sundsfjord J. Primary hyperparathyroidism detected in a health screening. The Tromso Study. J Clin Epidemiol 2000;53:1164-9 (IV).

Mathiesen EB, Joakimsen O, Bønaa KH. Intersonographer reproducibility and intermethod variability of ultrasound measurements of carotid artery stenosis. The Tromsø Study. Cerebrovasc Dis 2000;10:207-213 (IV)

Schirmer H, Lunde P, Rasmussen K. Mitral flow derived Doppler indices of left ventricular diastolic function. The Tromsø Study. Eur Heart J 2000;21:1376-1386. (IV)

Stensland-Bugge E, Bønaa KH, Joakimsen O, Njølstad I. Sex differences in the relationship of risk factors to subclinical carotid atherosclerosis measured 15 years later. The Tromsø Study. Stroke 2000;31:574-581. (II, IV)

Wilsgaard T, Schirmer H, Arnesen E. Impact of body weight on blood pressure with a focus on gender differences. The Tromsø Study 1986 - 1995. Arch Intern Med 2000;160:2847-2853. (III, IV)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 1999

Berntsen GKR, Tollan A, Magnus JH, Søgaard AJ, Ringberg T, Fønnebø V. The Tromsø Study: artifacts in forearm bone densitometry - prevalence and effect. Osteoporos Int 1999;10:425-432. (IV)

Gram IT, Funkhouser E, Tabar L. Moderate physical activity in relation to mammographic patterns. Cancer Epidemiol Biomark Prev 1999;8:117-122. (II, III)

Joakimsen O, Bønaa KH, Stensland-Bugge E, Jacobsen BK. Age and sex differences in the distribution and ultrasound morphology of carotid atherosclerosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1999;19:3007-3013. (IV)

Jorde R, Bønaa KH, Sundsfjord J. Population based study on serum ionised calcium, serum parathyroid hormone, and blood pressure. The Tromsø study. Eur J Endocrin 1999;141:350-357. (IV)

Jorde R, Sundsfjord J, Fitzgerald P, Bønaa KH. Serum calcium and cardiovascular risk factors and diseases: the Tromsø study. Hypertension 1999;34:484-490. (IV)

Løchen ML, Rasmussen K, MacFarlane PW, Arnesen E. Can single lead computerized electrocardiography predict myocardial infarction in young and middle-aged men? The Tromsø Study. J Cardiovasc Risk 1999;6:273-278.

Løchen ML, Njølstad I. Blir kvinner utelatt fra medisinsk forskning? Myter og realiteter. Tromsø: Universitetet i Tromsø. Ottar 1999; Nr 226. 49-56. (III)

Løchen ML, Njølstad I. Does medical research ignore women? Myth and reality. (simultanpublikasjon). Tromsø: University of Tromsø. Ottar 1999; No 226. 49-56. (III)

Schirmer H, Lunde P, Rasmussen K. Prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in a general population. The Tromsø Study. Eur Heart J 1999;20:428-437. (IV)

Schirmer H, Omland T. Circulation N-terminal pro-atrial natriuretic peptide is an independent predictor of left ventricular hypertrophy in the general population. The Tromsø Study. Eur Heart J 1999;20:755-763. (IV)

Schirmer H, Lunde P, Rasmussen K. What determines echogenisity in a general population? J Am Soc Echocardiography 1999;12:314-318. (IV)

Smith-Sivertsen T, Dotterud LK, Lund E. Nickel allergy and its relationship with local nickel pollution, ear piercing, and atopic dermatitis: A population-based study from Norway. J Am Acad Dermatol 1999;40:726-735. (IV)

Thune I, Njølstad I, Løchen ML. Cardiovascular risk factors and physical activity: how much is enough? Letter. Arch Intern Med 1999;159:882-883.

Toft I, Bønaa KH, Lindal S, Berg TJ, Jenssen T. Population-based study of the relationship among muscle morphology, insulin action, and hypertension. Am J Hypertens 1999;12:1209-1216. (III)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 1998

Grimsgaard S, Bønaa KH, Hansen JB, Myhre ES. Effects of highly purified eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid on hemodynamics in humans. Am J Clin Nutr 1998;68:52-59.
(III)

Joakimsen RM, Fønnebø V, Magnus JH, Tollan A, Søgaard AJ. The Tromsø Study: Body height, body mass index and fractures. Osteoporos Int 1998;8:436-442. (II,III, IV)

Joakimsen RM, Fønnebø V, Magnus JH, Størmer J, Tollan A, Søgaard AJ. The Tromsø Study: Physical activity and the incidence of fractures in a middle-aged population. J Bone Miner Res 1998;13:1149-1157 (II, III, IV)

Singh K, Bønaa KH, Solberg S, Sørlie DG, Bjørk L. Intra- and interobserver variability in ultrasound measurements of abdominal aortic diameter. The Tromsø Study. Eur Vasc Endovasc Surg 1998;15:497-504. (IV)

Smith-Sivertsen T, Tchachtchine V, Lund E, Bykov V, Thomassen Y, Norseth T. Urinary nickel excretion in populations living in the proximity of two Russian nickel refineries: A Norwegian-Russian population-based study. Environ Health Perspect 1998;106:503-511.
(IV)

Thune I, Njølstad I, Løchen ML, Førde OH. Physical activity improves the metabolic risk profiles in men and women: The Tromsø Study. Arch Intern Med 1998;158:1633-1640. (II, III)

Toft I, Bønaa KH, Jenssen T. Insulin resistance in hypertension is asociated with body fat rather than blood pressure. Hypertension 1998;32:115-122. (III)

Toft I, Bønaa KH, Lindal S, Jenssen T. Insulin kinetics, insulin action and muscle morphology in lean or slightly overweight persons with impaired glucose tolerance. Metabolism 1998;47:848-854. (III)

Wilsgaard T, Brenn T, Arnesen E. Tracking of blood pressure in adult men: the Tromsø Study 1974-1986. J Epidemiol Biostat 1998;3:269-273. (I, II, III)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 1997

Gram IT, Funkhouser E, Tabár L. Anthropometric indices in relation to mammographic patterns among peri-menopausal women. Int J Cancer 1997;73:323-326. (III)

Gram IT, Riise T, Honda Y. Rheumatoid arthritis: a commonly misused diagnosis by the general population. Clin Rheumatol 1997;16:264-266. (II)

Gram IT, Funkhouser E, Tabar L. The Tabár classification of mammographic parenchymal patterns. Eur J Radiol 1997;24:131-136. (III)

Grimsgaard S, Bønaa KH, Hansen JB, Nordøy A. Highly purified eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid in humans have similar triacylglycerol-lowering effects but divergent effects on serum fatty acids. Am J Clin Nutr 1997;66:649-659. (III)

Joakimsen O, Bønaa KH, Stensland-Bugge E. Reproducibility of ultrasound assessment of carotid plaque occurrence, thickness, and morphology. The Tromsø Study. Stroke 1997;28:2201-2207. (IV)

Stensland-Bugge E, Bønaa KH, Joakimsen O. Reproducibility of ultrasonographically determined intima-media thickness is dependent on arterial wall thickness. The Tromsø Study. Stroke 1997;28:1972-1980. (IV)

Thune I, Lund E. The influence of physical activity on lung-cancer risk. A prospective study of 81,516 men and women. Int J Cancer 1997;70:57-62. (I)

Toft I, Bønaa KH, Ingebretsen OC, Nordøy A, Jenssen T. Fibrinolytic function after dietary supplementation with (omega) 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1997;17:814-819. (III)

Toft I, Bønaa KH, Ingebretsen OC, Nordøy A, Birkeland KI, Jenssen T. Gender differences in the relationships between plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 activity and factors linked to the insulin resistance syndrome in essential hypertension. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1997;17:553-559. (III)

Tverdal A, Åsberg A, Bønaa KH, Stensvold I, Grudt G, Ingebretsen OH, Urdal P. Sammenligning av to blodprøver fra samme person analysert ved to laboratorier. Norsk Epidemiologi 1997;7:283-286.

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 1996

Bryhni B, Aanderud S, Sundsfjord J, Rekvig OP, Jorde R. Thyroid antibodies in northern Norway: prevalence, persistence and relevance. J Intern Med 1996;239:517-523.(II, III)

Eggen AE. The use of controlled analgesics in a general population (15 - 59 years) - the influence of age, gender, morbidity, lifestyle and sociodemographic factors. Pharmacoepid Drug Safety 1996;5:101-111. (III)

Hasvold T, Johnsen R, Førde OH. Non-migrainous headache, neck or shoulder pain, and migraine - differences in association with background factors in a city population. Scand J Prim Health Care 1996;14:92-99. (III)

Thune I, Lund E. Physical activity and risk of colorectal cancer in men and women. Br J Cancer 1996;73:1134-1140. (I)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 1995

Arnesen E, Refsum H, Bønaa KH, Ueland PM, Førde OH, Nordrehaug JE. Serum total homocysteine and coronary heart disease. Int J Epidemiol 1995;24:704-709. (III)

Gram IT, Funkhouser E, Tabár L. Reproductive and menstrual factors in relation to mammographic parenchymal patterns among perimenopausal women. Br J Cancer 1995;71:647-650. (III)

Toft I, Bønaa KH, Ingebretsen OC, Nordøy A, Jenssen T. Effects of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on glucose homeostasis and blood pressure in essential hypertension. A randomized, controlled trial. Ann Intern Med 1995;123:911-918. (III)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 1994

Eggen AE. Pattern of drug use in a general population: Prevalence and predicting factors. The Tromsø Study. Int J Epidemiol 1994;23:1262-1272. (III)

Johnsen R, Førde OH, Straume B, Burhol PG. On the etiology of peptic ulcer: a prospective population study. J Epidemiol Community Health 1994;48:156-160. (II)

Løchen ML, Snaprud T, Zhang W, Rasmussen K. Arrhythmias in subjects with and without a history of palpitations: the Tromsø study. Eur Heart J 1994;15:345-349. (III)

Nilssen O, Førde OH. Seven-year population study of change in gamma-glutamyltransferase: The Tromsø Study. Am J Epidemiol 1994;139:787-792. (II, III)

Thune I, Lund E. Physical activity and the risk of prostate and testicular cancer: a cohort study of 53,000 Norwegian men. Cancer Causes Control 1994;5:549-556. (I)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 1993

Eggen AE. The Tromsø Study: frequency and predicting factors of analgesic drug use in a free-living population (12-56 years). J Clin Epidemiol 1993;11:1297-1304. (III)

Hasvold T, Johnsen R. Headache and neck or shoulder pain - frequent and disabling complaints in the general population. Scand J Prim Health Care 1993;11:219-224. (III)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 1992

Bønaa KH, Bjerve KS, Nordøy A. Docosahexaenoic and eicosapentaenoic acids in plasma phospholipids are divergently assoicated with high density lipoprotein in humans. Arterioscler Thromb 1992;12:675-681. (III)

Bønaa KH, Bjerve KS, Nordøy A. Habitual fish consumption, plasma phospholipid fatty acids, and serum lipids: the Tromsø Study. Am J Clin Nutr 1992;55:1126-1134. (III)

Bønaa KH, Arnesen E. Association between heart rate and atherogenic blood lipid fractions in a population. The Tromsø Study. Circulation 1992;86:394-405. (III)

Gram IT, Austin H, Stalsberg H. Cigarette smoking and the incidence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, grade III, and cancer of the cervix uteri. Am J Epidemiol 1992;135:341-346. (II)

Gram IT, Macaluso M, Stalsberg H. Oral contraceptive use and the incidence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1992;167:40-44. (II)

Gram IT, Slenker SE. Cancer anxiety and attitudes toward mammography among screening attenders, nonattenders, and women never invited. Am J Public Health 1992;82:249-251. (III)

Johnsen R, Straume B, Førde OH, Burhol PG. Changing incidence of peptic ulcer - facts or artifacts? A cohort study from Tromsø. J Epidemiol Community Health 1992;46:433-436. (II)

Løchen ML. The Tromsø Study: the prevalence of exercise-induced silent myocardial ischaemia and relation to risk factors for coronary heart disease in an apparently healthy population. Eur Heart J 1992;13:728-731. (III)

Løchen ML, Rasmussen K. The Tromsø study: physical fitness, self reported physical activity, and their relationship to other coronary risk factors. J Epidemiol Community Health 1992;26:103-107. (III)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 1991

Bønaa K, Thelle DS. Association between blood pressure and serum lipids in a population. The Tromsø Study. Circulation 1991;83:1305-1314. (II)

Fylkesnes K, Førde OH. The Tromsø Study: Predictors of self-evaluated health - has society adopted the expanded health concept? Soc Sci Med 1991;32:141-146. (III)

Hansen V, Jacobsen BK, Husby R. Mental distress during winter. An epidemiologic study of 7759 adults north of Arctic Circle. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1991:84:137-141. (II)

Knutsen SF, Knutsen R. The Tromsø Survey: The Family Intervention Study. Effect of intervention on some coronary risk factors and dietary habits. 6-year follow up. Prev Med 1991;20:197-212. (II,III)

Løchen ML. The Tromsø Study: Associations between self-reported arrhythmia, psychological conditions, and lifestyle. Scand J Prim Health Care 1991;9:265-270. (III)

Nilssen O, Førde OH. The Tromsø Study: the positive predictive value of gamma-glutamyltransferase and an alcohol questionnaire in the detection of early-stage risk drinkers. J Intern Med 1991;229:497-500. (III)

Nilssen O. The Tromsø Study: Identification of and a controlled intervention on a population of early-stage risk drinkers. Prev Med 1991;20:518-528. (III)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 1990

Bønaa KH, Bjerve KS, Straume B, Gram IT, Thelle D. Effect of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids on blood pressure in hypertension. A population-based intervention trial from the Tromsø Study. N Engl J Med 1990;322:795-801. (III)

Gram IT, Lund E, Slenker SE. Quality of life following a false positive mammogram. Br J Cancer 1990;62:1018-1022. (III)

Husby R, Lingjærde O. Prevalence of reported sleeplessness in northern Norway in relation to sex, age and season. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1990;81:542-547. (II)

Jacobsen BK, Bønaa KH. The reproducibility of dietary data from a self-administered questionnaire. The Tromsø Study. Int J Epidemiol 1990;19:349-353. (III)

Jacobsen BK, Lund E. Level of education, use of oral contraceptives and reproductive factors: The Tromsø study. Int J Epidemiol 1990;19:967-970. (III)

Knutsen SF, Knutsen R. Wives of coronary high-risk men - are they also at higher risk? The Tromsø Heart Study. J Intern Med 1990;228:333-337. (II)

Nilssen O, Førde OH, Brenn T. The Tromsø Study. Distribution and population determinants of gamma-glutamyltransferase. Am J Epidemiol 1990;132:318-326. (III)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 1989

Bjørndal A, Forsén L. En pille for alt som er ille? En analyse av psykofarmakaforbruket i Helseundersøkelsen i Nord-Trøndelag 1984-86. Seksjon for helsetjenesteforskning, SIFF. Rapport nr. 7/1989. (III)

Gram IT, Lund-Larsen PG, Rosenlund AF, Størmer J. Mammografiscreening i Tromsø. Gjennomføring og resultat av den første mammografiscreening i Norge. Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen 1989;109:1040-1042. (III)

Hansen V, Jacobsen BK. Mental distress and social conditions and lifestyle in northern Norway. BMJ 1989;299:85-88. (II)

Jacobsen BK. Frequency of alcohol use and the level of education. J Intern Med 1989;225:417-422. (II)

Jacobsen BK, Hansen V. Mental problems and frequent use of analgesics. Letter. Lancet 1989;i:273. (II)

Knutsen SF, Knutsen R. The Tromsø Heart Study: Family approach to intervention on CHD. Scand J Soc Med 1989;17:109-119. (II)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 1988

Bønaa KH, Arnesen E, Thelle DS, Førde OH. Coffee and cholesterol: is it all in the brewing? The Tromsø Study. Br Med J 1988;297:1103-1104. (III)

Fønnebø V. The Tromsø Heart Study. Diet, religion and risk factors for coronary heart disease. Am J Clin Nutr 1988;48:826-829. (II)

Jacobsen BK, Hansen V. Caffeine and health. Letter. Br Med J 1988;296:291. (II)

Jacobsen BK, Thelle DS. The Tromsø Heart Study: responders and non-responders to a health questionnaire, do they differ? Scand J Soc Med 1988;16:101-104.(II)

Jacobsen BK, Thelle DS. Risk factors for coronary heart disease and level of education . The Tromsø Heart Study. Am J Epidemiol 1988;127:923-932. (II)

Johnsen R, Straume B, Førde OH. Peptic ulcer and non-ulcer dyspepsia - a disease and a disorder. Scand J Prim Health Care 1988;6:239-243. (II)

Løchen ML. The Tromsø Heart Study: coronary risk factor levels in treated and untreated hypertension. Acta Med Scand 1988;224:515-521. (II)

Ringstad J, Jacobsen BK, Tretli S, Thomassen Y. Serum selenium concentration associated with risk of cancer. J Clin Pathol 1988;41:454-457. (II)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 1987

Gran JT, Husby G. On the prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis. (Letter). J Rheumatol 1987;14:174-175. (II)

Jacobsen BK, Thelle DS. The Tromsø Heart Study: food habits, serum total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides. Am J Epidemiol 1987;125:622-630. (II)

Jacobsen BK, Knutsen SF, Knutsen R. The Tromsø Heart Study: Comparison of information from a short food frequency questionnaire with a dietary history survey. Scand J Soc Med 1987;15:41-47. (II)

Jacobsen BK, Thelle DS. The Tromsø Heart Study: Is coffee drinking an indicator of a life style with high risk for ischemic heart disease? Acta Med Scand 1987;222:215-221. (II)

Jacobsen BK, Thelle DS. The Tromsø Heart Study: the relationship between food habits and the body mass index. J Chron Dis 1987;40:795-800. (II)

Jacobsen BK, Bønaa KH. Re: Employment status and women's protection against coronary heart disease. Letter. Am J Epidemiol 1987;126:159-160.

Ringstad J, Jacobsen BK, Thomassen Y. The Tromsø Heart Study: Relationships between the concentration of selenium in serum and risk factors for coronary heart disease. J Trace Elem Electrolytes Health Dis 1987;1:27-31. (II)

Ringstad J, Fønnebø V. The Tromsø Heart Study: serum selenium in a low-risk population for cardiovascular disease and cancer and matched controls. Ann Clin Res 1987;19:351-354.
(II)

Ringstad J, Jacobsen BK, Thomassen Y, Thelle DS. The Tromsø Heart Study: serum selenium and risk of myocardial infarction in a nested case-control study. J Epidemiology Community Health 1987;41:329-332. (II)

Thelle DS. Kaffe og kolesterol. Gjennomgang av publiserte epidemiologiske og eksperimentelle undersøkelser. Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen 1987;107:2429-2430. (II)

Thelle DS, Heyden S, Fodoer JG. Coffee and cholesterol in epidemiological and experimental studies. Review article. Atherosclerosis 1987;67:97-103. (II)

Tretli S, Langmark F, Thelle DS. Har De noen gang hatt kreftsykdom? En sammenligning av svar på dette spørsmål gitt ved hjerte- og karundersøkelsen i Tromsø og data registrert ved Kreftregisteret. Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen 1987;107:1780-1782. (II)

Tverdal A. Systolic and diastolic blood pressures as predictors of coronary heart disease in middle aged Norwegian men. Br Med J 1987;294:671-673. (I)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 1986

Arnesen E, Huseby NE, Brenn T, Try K. The Tromsø Heart Study: distribution of, and determinants for, gamma-glutamyltransferase in a free-living population. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 1986;46:63-70. (II)

Brenn T. The Tromsø Heart Study: alcoholic beverages and coronary risk factors. J Epidemiol Community Health 1986;40:249-256. (II)

Gran JT, Lerang F, Lægreid IK, Hansen J, Husby G, Hordvik M: Epidemiologiske forhold ved Bechterews sykdom. Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen 1986;106:1677-1679. (II)

Gran JT, Østensen M, Husby G. Bechterews sykdom hos kvinner. Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen 1986;106:2235-2237. (II)

Johnsen R, Jacobsen BK, Førde OH. Associations between symptoms of irritable colon and psychological and social conditions and lifestyle. Br Med J 1986;292:1633-1635. (II)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 1985

Arnesen E, Forsdahl A. The Tromsø Heart Study: coronary risk factors and their association with living conditions during childhood. J Epidemiol Community Health 1985;39:210-214.
(II)

Brenn T, Arnesen E. Selecting risk factors: a comparison of discriminant analysis, logistic regression and Cox's regression model using data from the Tromsø Heart Study. Stat Med 1985;4:413-423. (I)

Fønnebø V. The Tromsø Heart Study: coronary risk factors in Seventh-Day Adventists. Am J Epidemiol 1985;122:789-793.

Førde OH, Knutsen SF, Arnesen E, Thelle DS. The Tromsø Heart Study: coffee consumption and serum lipid concentrations in men with hypercholesterolaemia: a randomised intervention study. Br Med J 1985;290:893-895. (II)

Gran JT. An epidemiological survey of the signs and symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis. Clin Rheum 1985;4:161-169. (II)

Gran JT, Husby G, Hordvik M. Prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis in males and females in a young middle-aged population of Tromsø, northern Norway. Ann Rheum Dis 1985;44:359-367.(II)

Gran JT, Husby G, Hordvik M. Spinal ankylosing spondylitis: a variant form of ankylosing spondylitis or a distinct disease entity? Ann Rheum Dis 1985;44:368-371.(II)

Gran JT, Østensen M, Husby G. A clinical comparison between males and females with ankylosing spondylitis. J Rheumatol 1985;12:126-129. (II)

Gran JT, Husby G, Thorsby E. The prevalence of HLA-DR4 and HLA-DR3 in healthy persons with rheumatoid factor. Scand J Rheumatol 1985;14:79-82. (II)

Gran JT, Gaarder PI, Husby G. IgG heavy chain (Gm) allotypes in ankylosing spondylitis. Clin Rheum 1985;4:73-75. (II)

Kavli G, Førde OH, Arnesen E, Stenvold SE. Psoriasis: familial predisposition and environmental factors. Br Med J Clin Res Ed 1985;291:999-1000. (II)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 1984

Arnesen E, Førde OH, Thelle DS. Coffee and serum cholesterol. Br Med J 1984;288:1960.

Gran JT, Husby G. Ankylosing spondylitis. A comparative study of patients in an epidemiological survey, and those admitted to a department of rheumatology. J Rheumatol 1984;11:788-793. (II)

Gran JT, Hordvik M, Husby G. Roentgenological features of ankylosing spondylitis. A comparison between patients attending hospital and cases selected through an epidemiological survey. Clin Rheumatol 1984;3:467-472. (II)

Gran JT, Husby G, Hordvik M, Størmer J, Romberg-Andersen Ø. Radiological changes in men and women with ankylosing spondylitis. Ann Rheum Dis 1984;43:570-575. (II)

Gran JT, Johannessen A, Husby G. A study of IgM rheumatoid factor in a middle-aged population of Northern Norway. Clin Rheumatol 1984;3:163-168. (II)

Gran JT, Husby G, Johannessen A. Epidemiologiske og genetiske aspekter ved revmatoide faktorer. Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen 1984;104:1222-1224. (II)

Gran JT, Husby G. Symptomer og funn ved Bechterews sykdom. Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen 1984;104:1291-1294. (II)

Kavli G, Førde OH. Hand dermatoses and sick-leave: relationship between educational level, physical activity at work and housework as main occupation. Contact Dermatitis 1984;11:70-73. (II)

Kavli G, Førde OH. Hand dermatoses in Tromsø. Contact Dermatitis 1984;10:174-177. (II)

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner 1975-1983

Linden V. Vitamin D and serum cholesterol. Scand J Soc Med. 1975; 3: 83-5 (I)

Thelle DS, Førde OH. The Tromsø Heart Study. Methods and main results of the cross-sectional study. Acta Med Scand 1976;200:107-118. (I)

Førde OH, Thelle DS. The Tromsø Heart Study: risk factors for coronary heart disease related to the occurrence of myocardial infarction in first degree relatives. Am J Epidemiol 1977;105:192-199. (I)

Miller NE, Førde OH, Thelle DS, Mjøs OD. The Tromsø Heart Study. High-density lipoprotein and coronary heart disease: a prospective case-control study. Lancet 1977;i:965-968. (I)

Mjøs OD, Thelle DS, Førde OH, Vik-Mo H. Family study of high density lipoprotein cholesterol and the relation to age and sex. Acta Med Scand 1977;201:323-329. (I)

Førde OH, Thelle DS, Miller NE, Mjøs OD. The Tromsø Heart Study. Distribution of serum cholesterol between high density and lower density lipoproteins in subjects of Norse, Finnish and Lappish ethnic origin. Acta Med Scand 1978;203:21-26. (I)

Ishikawa T, Fidge N, Thelle DS, Førde OH, Miller NE. The Tromsø Heart Study: serum apolipoprotein AI concentration in relation to future coronary heart disease. Eur J Clin Invest 1978;8:179-182. (I)

Thelle DS, Førde OH. The Tromsø Heart Study: the consequences of blood pressure screening in men aged 20-49 years. Acta Med Scand Suppl 1979;626:13-16. (I)

Vik B, Try K, Thelle DS, Førde OH. Tromsø Heart Study: vitamin D metabolism and myocardial infarction. Br Med J 1979;282:176-177. (I)

Førde OH, Thelle DS. The Tromsø Heart Study. A multiple regression analysis of the relationship between coronary risk factors and some physical and social variables. Scand J Soc Med 1980;8:49-54. (I)

Thelle DS, Arnesen E, Førde OH. The Tromsø Heart Study. Does coffee raise serum cholesterol? N Engl J Med 1983;308:1454-1457. (II)