• Association between paradoxical HDL cholesterol decrease and risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients initiated on statin treatment in a primary care setting 

      Hasvold, Pål; Thuresson, Marcus; Sundström, Johan; Hammar, Niklas; Kjeldsen, Sverre E.; Johansson, Gunnar; Holme, Ingar Morten K.; Bodegård, Johan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-12-30)
      Background and Objectives: Statin-induced changes in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) are unrelated. Many patients initiated on statins experience a paradoxical ...
    • Challenges for conducting blood collection and biochemical analysis in a large multicenter school-based study with adolescents: Lessons from ERICA in Brazil 

      Cureau, Felipe Vogt; Bloch, Katia Vergetti; Henz, Aline; Schaan, Camila W.; Klein, Carlos Henrique; de Oliveira, Cecilia Lacroix; Giannini, Denise Tavares; de Leon, Elisa Brosina; Abreu, Gabriela de Azevedo; Telo, Gabriela Heiden; Dias, Glauber Monteiro; de Carvalho, Kênia Mara Baiocchi; Barufaldi, Laura Augusta; Kuschnir, Maria Cristina Caetano; Szklo, Moyses; Montenegro Jr., Renan; da Sliva, Thiago Luiz Nogueira; Ekelund, Ulf; Schaan, Beatriz D. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-05-18)
      The Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents (ERICA) is a pioneering study that aimed to assess the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, including metabolic syndrome components in Brazilian adolescents. This study ...
    • Clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors and the continuous cardiometabolic risk score in children from Southern Brazil: a cross-sectional study 

      Reuter, Cézane Priscila; Renner, Jane Dagmar Pollo; de Castro Silveira, João Francisco; da Silva, Priscila Tatiana; Lima, Rodrigo Antunes; Pfeiffer, Karin Allor; Andersen, Lars Bo; de Mello, Elza Daniel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Purpose: The present study aimed to verify the clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and its relationship with the continuous cardiometabolic risk score (cMetS). Methods: Cross-sectional ...
    • Cystatin B, cathepsin L and D related to surrogate markers for cardiovascular disease in children 

      Dencker, Magnus; Tanha, Tina; Karlsson, Magnus K.; Wollmer, Per; Andersen, Lars Bo; Thorsson, Ola (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Objective: This study investigated potential associations between novel biomarkers for cardiovascular disease and other surrogate markers for health. Methods: Community sample of 170 (92 boys and 78 girls) children aged ...
    • Cytokines and clustered cardiovascular risk factors in children 

      Andersen, Lars Bo; Müller, Klaus; Eiberg, Stig; Froberg, Karsten; Andersen, Johnny Fredsbo Børm; Bugge, Anna; Hermansen, Bianca El-Namaan; McMurray, Robert G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-04)
      The aim was to evaluate the possible role of tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein (CRP), low fitness, and fatness in the early development of clustering of cardiovascular disease (CVD) ...
    • Does physical activity attenuate, or even eliminate, the detrimental association of sitting time with mortality? A harmonised meta-analysis of data from more than 1 million men and women 

      Ekelund, Ulf; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Brown, Wendy J.; Fagerland, Morten Wang; Owen, Neville; Powell, Kenneth E.; Bauman, Adrian; Lee, I-Min (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-09)
      Background: High amounts of sedentary behaviour have been associated with increased risks of several chronic conditions and mortality. However, it is unclear whether physical activity attenuates or even eliminates the ...
    • The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Consensus Statement on periodic health evaluation of elite athletes March 2009 

      Ljungqvist, Arne; Jenoure, Peter; Engebretsen, Lars; Alonso, Juan Manuel; Bahr, Roald; Clough, Anthony; De Bondt, Guido; Dvorak, Jiri; Maloley, Robert; Matheson, Gordon; Meeuwisse, Willem; Meijboom, Erik; Mountjoy, Margo; Pelliccia, Antonio; Schwellnus, Martin; Sprumont, Dominique; Schamasch, Patrick; Gauthier, Jean-Benoit; Dubi, Christophe; Stupp, Howard; Thill, Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)
      The Olympic Games is the largest sport event in the world. In Beijing, 10 500 athletes competed, selected from a large group of elite athletes in 204 countries. Sports participation on the elite level, aside from winning ...
    • Joint associations of device-measured physical activity and abdominal obesity with incident cardiovascular disease: A prospective cohort study 

      Sanchez-Lastra, Miguel Adriano; Ding, Ding; Dalene, Knut Eirik; Ayán, Carlos; Ekelund, Ulf; Cruz, Borja del Pozo; Tarp, Jakob (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Objective: To examine the joint associations between physical activity and abdominal obesity with the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. Methods: We included 70 830 UK Biobank participants (mean age±SD=61.6 ± ...
    • Long-term leisure-time physical activity and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: Dose-response associations in a prospective cohort study of 210 327 Taiwanese adults 

      Martinez-Gomez, David; Cabanas-Sanchez, Veronica; Yu, Tsung; Rodriguez-Artalejo, Fernando; Ding, Ding; Lee, I-Min; Ekelund, Ulf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Objectives: We aimed to investigate the dose–response associations of long-term leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) obtained from repeated measures with all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality outcomes in ...
    • Occupational physical activity and risk of mortality in women and men: the Tromsø Study 1986–2021 

      Sagelv, Edvard Hamnvik; Dalene, Knut Eirik; Eggen, Anne Elise; Ekelund, Ulf; Fimland, Marius Steiro; Heitmann, Kim Arne; Holtermann, Andreas; Johansen, Kristoffer Robin; Løchen, Maja-Lisa; Morseth, Bente; Wilsgaard, Tom (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Objective: Associations between occupational physical activity (OPA) and mortality risks are inconclusive. We aimed to examine associations between (1) OPA separately and (2) jointly with leisure time physical activity ...
    • Recommended aerobic fitness level for metabolic health in children and adolescents: a study of diagnostic accuracy 

      Adegboye, Amanda R. A.; Anderssen, Sigmund A.; Froberg, Karsten; Sardinha, Luis B.; Heitmann, Berit L.; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Kolle, Elin; Andersen, Lars Bo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      Objective To define the optimal cut-off for low aerobic fitness and to evaluate its accuracy to predict clustering of risk factors for cardiovascular disease in children and adolescents. Design Study of diagnostic ...
    • Reduction in BMI z-score and improvement in cardiometabolic risk factors in obese children and adolescents. The Oslo Adiposity Intervention Study - a hospital/public health nurse combined treatment 

      Kolsgaard, Magnhild L Pollestad; Joner, Geir; Brunborg, Cathrine; Anderssen, Sigmund A.; Tonstad, Serena; Andersen, Lene F. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-05-27)
      Background: Weight loss and increased physical fitness are established approaches to reduce cardiovascular risk factors. We studied the reduction in BMI z-score associated with improvement in cardiometabolic risk factors ...
    • Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol 

      Taddei, Cristina; Zhou, Bin; Bixby, Honor; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M.; Danaei, Goodarz; Jackson, Rod T.; Ahmed, Soheir H; Andersen, Lars Bo; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Ariansen, Inger Kristine Holtermann; Bjertness, Espen; Bjertness, Marius Bergsmark; Graff-Iversen, Sidsel; Haugsgjerd, Teresa Risan; Janszky, Imre; Krokstad, Steinar; Laugsand, Lars Erik; Madar, Ahmed Ali; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Sen, Abhijit; Tell, Grete S.; Vatten, Lars Johan; Wilsgaard, Tom; Farzadfar, Farshad; Sophiea, Marisa K.; Di Cesare, Mariachiara; Iurilli, Maria L. C.; Martinez, Andrea Rodriguez; Asghari, Golaleh; Dhana, Klodian; Gulayin, Pablo; Kakarmath, Sujay; Santero, Marilina; Voortman, Trudy; Riley, Leanne M.; Cowan, Melanie J.; Savin, Stefan; Bennett, James E.; Stevens, Gretchen A.; Paciorek, Christopher J.; Aekplakorn, Wichai; Cifkova, Renata; Giampaoli, Simona; Kengne, Andre Pascal; Khang, Young-Ho; Kuulasmaa, Kari; Laxmaiah, Avula; Margozzini, Paula; Mathur, Prashant; Meyer, Haakon E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      High blood cholesterol is typically considered a feature of wealthy western countries. However, dietary and behavioural determinants of blood cholesterol are changing rapidly throughout the world and countries are using ...
    • Tracking of cardiometabolic risk in a Brazilian schoolchildren cohort: A 3-year longitudinal study 

      Silveira, João F.; Reuter, Cézane Priscila; Welser, Letícia; Pfeiffer, Karin Allor; Andersen, Lars Bo; Pohl, Hildegard H.; Lima, Rodrigo Antunes (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: Clustering of cardiometabolic risk factors is a sign of detrimental health. Tracking is a term used to describe a variable longitudinal stability across time. High tracking provides the chance to determine which ...
    • Waist circumference is related to low-grade inflammation in youth 

      Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Kolle, Elin; Reseland, Janne E.; Anderssen, Sigmund A.; Andersen, Lars Bo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      Objectives. To examine markers of infl ammation in 9- and 15-year-olds with high waist circumference and compare these with controls, and to examine the relationships between infl ammatory markers and cardiovascular disease ...
    • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: A pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants 

      Zhou, Bin; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M.; Danaei, Goodarz; Riley, Leanne M.; Paciorek, Christopher J.; Stevens, Gretchen A.; Gregg, Edward W.; Bennett, James E.; Solomon, Bethlehem; Singleton, Rosie K.; Sophiea, Marisa K.; Iurilli, Maria L. C.; Lhoste, Victor P. F.; Cowan, Melanie J.; Savin, Stefan; Woodward, Mark; Balanova, Yulia; Cifkova, Renata; Damasceno, Albertino; Elliott, Paul; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Ekelund, Ulf; Kolle, Elin; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Ezzati, Majid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of hypertension and progress in its detection, ...