Search for dissertations about: "population-study"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 115 swedish dissertations containing the word population-study.

2. 1. Homocysteine and vascular morbidity and dementia in women. A prospective population study

   Author : Dimitri Zylberstein; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Women; population study; dementia; Homocysteine; MTHFR; myocardial infarctions; lacunar infarcts; epidemiology;

   Abstract : Homocysteine and cardiovascular morbidity and dementia in women - A prospective population study Dimitri Edin Zylberstein Institute of Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Primary Health Care, University of Gothenburg Abstract Purpose. The purpose of this thesis was to study cardiovascular morbidity and dementia in relation to homocysteine levels in women in a longitudinal, prospective population study over several decades. READ MORE

4. 2. A population study of glucose intolerance : with aspects concerning non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and hypertension

   Author : Jan Cederholm; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

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5. 3. Psychotic symptoms and paranoid ideation in the non-demented elderly. A population study on prevalence, incidence, and associated factors, and their relationship to cognitive functioning and prognosis

   Author : Svante Östling; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : hallucinations; delusions; psychotic symptoms; paranoid ideation; incidence; prevalence; psychometric tests; computed tomography; basal ganglia calcification; population study; elderly;

   Abstract : Background: Psychotic symptoms and paranoid ideation are not commonly reported in non-demented elderly, and may be underrated in traditional epidemiological studies.Aims: The aims of this study are to characterize the incidence and prevalence of psychotic symptoms and paranoid ideation and associated factors; the relationship between neuropsychological performance and psychotic symptoms and paranoid ideation and the prognosis of psychotic symptoms and paranoid ideation in non-demented elderly. READ MORE

6. 4. Epidemiological aspects of the menopause

   Author : Kerstin Rödström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Population study; menopause; epidemiology; hot flushes; hormone replacement therapy; secular trend; reproducibility;

   Abstract : During the time in a woman's life when menopause occurs, other changes, unrelated to the cessation of menstruation occur. Despite a large number of epidemiological studies, there is still conflicting information concerning the direct effects of the menopause as opposed to effects of aging per se and related psychosocial changes. READ MORE

7. 5. Accessing Genetic Variation by Microarray Technology

   Author : Katarina Lindroos; Edwin Southern; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Medical sciences; microarrays; SNPs; minisequencing; four-colour detection; allele frequency; population study; evolutionary biology; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Molekylär medicin; Molecular Medicine;

   Abstract : Microarray technology is a promising approach for the simultaneous analysis of multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which are the most abundant form of genetic variation. In this thesis enzyme-assisted microarray-based methods were developed to improve the accuracy and genotype discrimination power of the current methods for SNP genotyping. READ MORE