Search for dissertations about: "standardized relative risk."

Showing result 21 - 25 of 43 swedish dissertations containing the words standardized relative risk..

  2. 21. Etiology and prognosis of gastroesophageal cancers

    Author : Isabella Ekheden; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Gastric and esophageal cancer – gastroesophageal cancers, belong to the most fatal malignancies in the world. Understanding the cause of these diseases is key to interventions such as primary prevention and/or surveillance with the potential of lowering the disease burden. READ MORE

  4. 22. Acute kidney injury, outcome studies

    Author : Max Bell; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a complex syndrome for which no effective treatment exists, and our understanding of this condition is limited. If the acute kidney injury is severe enough to require renal replacement therapy, mortality rates at six months are around 60%. READ MORE

  5. 23. Tobacco smoking and periodontal health in a Saudi Arabian population

    Author : Suzan Bakur Natto; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Background & Aim: Tobacco smoking exerts a harmful effect on the periodontal tissues manifested by periodontal pockets, attachment loss and periodontal bone loss. Current evidences on the effects of tobacco on periodontal health mainly concern cigarette smoking. READ MORE

  6. 24. Social and emotional influences on cardiovascular vulnerability in women : exploration of biological mechanisms

    Author : Myriam Horsten; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Psychosocial factors; Social support; Depression; Marital stress; Work stress; Heart rate variability; Metabolic syndrome; Coronary heart disease; Prognosis; Women;

    Abstract : Background: During the last decades evidence has been accumulating that psychosocial factors including social isolation, depressive symptoms and work stress increase risk for CHD incidence and prognosis. Although depression has been shown to be around twice as common in women as in men and women with CHD have a poorer prognosis than men in terms of both physical health and psychosocial recovery, most studies of psychosocial risk factors and CHD, have been performed in predominantly male populations. READ MORE

  7. 25. Uveal melanoma : epidemiological and clinical aspects

    Author : Louise Bergman; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Melanoma; uveal; choroidal; epidemiology; population-based registry; incidence; survival; familial; ruthenium brachytherapy;

    Abstract : A major purpose with this thesis was to assess the incidence and mortality rates of uveal melanoma in Sweden during the period 1960 to 1998, using population-based registry data. In total, 2,995 patients (1,541 males and 1,454 females) were diagnosed with uveal melanoma. READ MORE