Search for dissertations about: "Standard Mortality Ratio"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the words Standard Mortality Ratio.

  2. 1. Eating Disorders - Aspects of Treatment and Outcome

    Author : Agneta Rosling; Ingemar Swenne; Elisabet Wentz; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Anorexia Nervosa; Eating Disorders; Mortality; Standard Mortality Ratio; Adolescent; Family-Based Treatment; Out-patient; Olanzapine; Omega-3; Child and Youth Psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri;

    Abstract : Eating disorders (ED) usually develop during adolescence, and intervention to stop further weight loss is believed to improve outcome and long-term prognosis. Adolescents with ED who do not receive effective treatment risk poor outcome and even untimely death as adults. READ MORE

  4. 2. Cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality : influence of fitness, fatness and genetic factors

    Author : Gabriel Högström; Anna Nordström; Peter Nordström; Johan Sundström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; all-cause mortality; aerobic fitness; obesity; cardiovascular disease; stroke; myocardial infarction; Epidemiology; epidemiologi; Population studies; befolkningsstudier; Cardiology; kardiologi;

    Abstract : BackgroundLow aerobic fitness and obesity are associated with atherosclerosis, and thereforegreatly increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and early death. It has long been known that atherosclerosis my begin early in life. READ MORE

  5. 3. Blood pressure in very old age : determinants, adverse outcomes, and heterogeneity

    Author : Bodil Weidung; Yngve Gustafson; Håkan Littbrand; Bo Carlberg; Peter Nordström; Sölve Elmståhl; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Blood pressure; aged 80 and over; hypertension; hypotension; mortality; stroke; gait speed; cognition disorders; dementia; cohort study;

    Abstract : Background: High blood pressure (BP) is the leading risk factor for disease and mortality worldwide. However, risks associated with high BP in very old age (≥ 80 or ≥ 85 years) are not entirely understood, as the majority of scientific studies have been performed with younger populations and existing scientific knowledge about very old individuals is sometimes contradictory. READ MORE

  6. 4. Strategies for assessing health risks from two occupational cohorts within the domain of northern Sweden

    Author : Ove Björ; Tohr Nilsson; Håkan Jonsson; Lena Damber; Per Gustavsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Cohort; mortality; incidence; risk; rate; cancer; cerebrovascular diseases; exposure; occupational; mining; industry; worker; Poisson regression; Cox regression; SMR; causal inference; G-estimation; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; arbets- och miljömedicin; epidemiologi; Epidemiology;

    Abstract : Background: Studies based on a cohort design requires access to both subject-specific and period-specific information. In order to conduct an occupational cohort study, access to exposure information and the possibility and permission to link information on outcomes from other registers are generally necessary. READ MORE

  7. 5. Renal insufficiency, mortality and myocardial infarction

    Author : Martin Holzmann; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background: Patients with dialysis-dependent renal insufficiency (RI) have a markedly increased risk of dying or developing cardiovascular disease. Among patients who have coronary heart disease (CHD), moderate or severe RI is associated with increased mortality. READ MORE