Department of Public Health and General Practice
The Department of Public Health and General Practice is involved in education and research within general practice, community medicine with social medicine, epidemiology and medical statistics, women's health, medical conduct and medical history.
The institute cooperates extensively with the Nord Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT), which is the main supplier of research data for the research groups.
The institute aims to be a national centre and strategic resource for studies in epidemiology.
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Getz L, Kirkengen AL, Petursson H, Sigurdsson JA
The royal road to healing: a bit of a saga
BMJ 2011, 343, published 19 December 2011
Nauman J, Janszky I, Vatten Lars J, Wisløff U
Temporal Changes in Resting Heart Rate and Death from Ischemic Heart Disease.
JAMA, dec 2011, vol. 306 (23) 2579-2587.
Knappskog S, Trovik J, Marcickiewicz J, Tingulstad S, Staff AC; MoMaTEC study group, Romundstad P, Hveem K, Vatten L, Salvesen HB, Lønning PE.
SNP285C modulates oestrogen receptor/Sp1 binding to the MDM2 promoter and reduces the risk of endometrial but not prostatic cancer.
Eur J Cancer. 2011 Nov 24. [Epub ahead of print]
Couto E, Qureshi SA, Hofvind S, Hilsen M, Aase H, Skaane P, Vatten L, Ursin G.
Hormone therapy use and mammographic density in postmenopausal Norwegian women.
Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2011 Nov 4. [Epub ahead of print]
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 Nov 15;77(20):1833-9. Epub 2011 Nov 2.ub ahead of print]
Petursson H, Sigurdsson JA, Bengtsson C, Nilsen TIL, Getz L. Body configuration as a predictor of mortality: Comparison of five anthropometric measures in a 12 year follow-up of the Norwegian HUNT 2 study. PLoS ONE 2011;6(10):e26621.
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Petursson H, Sigurdsson JA, Bengtsson C, Nilsen TIL, Getz L. Is the use of cholesterol in mortality risk algorithms in clinical guidelines valid? Ten years prospective data from the Norwegian HUNT 2 study. J Eval Clin Pract 2011. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01767.x. [Epub ahead of print]
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Steinsbekk A, Rise MB, Johnsen R
Changes among male and female visitors to practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine in a large adult Norwgian population from 1997 to 2008 (The HUNT studies)
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2011;11:61
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Steinsbekk A, Rise MB, Bishop F, Lewith G
Predictors for adolescent visits to practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine in a total population (the Young-HUNT studies)
PLoS ONE 6(10): e25719. doi:10.1371/jounral.pone.0025719.
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Rise MB, Solbjør M, Lara MC, Westerlund H, Grimstad H, Steinsbekk A.
Same description, different values. How service users and providers define patient and public involvement in health care.
Health Expectations 2011 . doi: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00713.x
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Roten LT, Fenstad MH, Forsmo S, Johnson MP, Moses EK, Austgulen R, Skorpen F
A low COMT activity haplotype is associated with recurrent preeclampsia in a Norwegian population cohort (HUNT2).
Molecular Human Reproduction 2011; 17 (7):439-446
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