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Body weight, body size and early cardiovascular disease. Epidemiological studies using Swedish registries
(2021-05-04)
Background: Obesity is a known risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, as well as for atrial fibrillation and heart failure. While overweight and obesity have become increasingly more common in Sweden and ...
The importance of lifestyle factors for the outcome of gynecological surgery
(2017-04-06)
Background: Hysterectomy (HT), urinary incontinence- (UI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgery are common surgical procedures in women with benign disorders and more than 16 000 procedures are performed annually in ...
Risk factors in ischemic stroke
(2005)
Ischemic stroke is a complex disease in which environmental and genetic factors make about equal contributions to the etiology. However, knowledge regarding the molecular basis of the genetic influence and the impact of ...
Barriers and Facilitators of Health Promotion and Obesity Prevention in Early Childhood: A Focus on Parents Results from the IDEFICS Study
(2014-02-10)
Background: Childhood obesity has increased dramatically during the past thirty years. Parents are key persons in their children’s lives and their efforts to create healthy lifestyles are very important. However, social ...
Effects of gastric bypass surgery in patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes
(2019-05-17)
Background: The effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (GBP) have not been adequately explored in patients with concurrent obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) to the same extent as has occurred for individuals with ...
Physical activity among patients undergoing bariatric surgery
(2013-04-30)
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommend that adults should
perform ≥150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity or ≥75 minutes
of vigorous intensity physical activity or an equivalent combination of ...
Carbonic anhydrase activity in sleep apnea - a potential therapeutic mechanism for intervention
(2016-11-30)
There is no pharmacological treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in clinical practice. The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the effect of carbonic anhydrase (CA) enzyme activity on sleep apnea severity ...
Genes implicated in the development of obesity and obesity-related disease
(2001)
Obesity is a major health problem because of its dramatic increase in prevalence and the association of obesity with type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, hypertension and stroke. Although mutations in certain genes ...
The role of maternal nutrition and hormones in the regulation of placental nutrient transport and fetal growth
(2007)
Maternal nutrition during pregnancy is an important determinant of fetal growth. Undernutritionmay cause intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), whereas increased nutrient availability, such asseen in obese women, often ...
Metabolic effects of interleukin-6
(2005)
The levels of the cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) in the circulation are positively correlated with indices of obesity and metabolic disturbances. Paradoxically, plasma IL-6 levels increase markedly during prolonged and ...