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Chemoattractants as causative agents, biomarkers and therapeutic targets in vascular pathology
(2006-09-22)
Atherosclerosis and restenosis are driven by chronic immune response in the vascular wall. This involves cell migration into and within the vessel wall, cell proliferation as well as accumulation of lipids in the vessel ...
Protein folding, stability and recognition
(2004-10-29)
Proteins make up for most of the dry mass of a cell and they are highly involved in virtually all cellular processes. The importance of the proteins is reflected by frequent association between dysfunctional proteins and ...
Bad breath : prevalence, periodontal disease, microflora and inflammatory markers
(2005-03-29)
periodontal disease and bad breath demonstrated a higher percentage of teeth with pockets =5 mm than did individuals without bad breath (p<0.001). Moreover subjects with foetor ex ore showed significantly higher levels of plaque and calculus values than did...
Coronary heart disease in Swedish twins : quantitative genetic studies
(2006-08-24)
in higher concordances for CHD in monozygotic (MZ) than dizygotic (M) twins as well as in higher estimates at younger ages. 1 Heritability for CHD-death was estimated to 0.57 (95 % Cl 0.45-0.69) among males and 0.38 (0.26-0.50) among females, and extension...
Psychosocial factors in relation to development of dementia in late-life : a life course approach within the Kungsholmen project
(2005-11-18)
-weekly) engagement in mental, social, or productive activities was inversely related to dementia incidence. Relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were 0.54 (95% CI: 0.34-0.87), 0.58 (95% CI: 0.37-0.91), and 0.58 (95% CI: 0.38-0.91), respectively...
Dietary and genetic factors in the etiology of prostate cancer
(2006-05-19)
The etiology of prostate cancer is poorly understood. However, genetic factors may be more important than for many other malignancies. In addition, several studies suggest that dietary factors axe of etiologic importance. ...
Modeling individual behavioral changes : the case of tobacco uptake in a cohort of school children
(2005-08-25)
The aim of this thesis was to elucidate preventable determinants of smoking and smokeless tobacco use in adolescence in the frame of a longitudinal study (BROMS cohort). The study population encompasses 3019 children ...
The impact of age and gender with respect to general joint laxity, shoulder joint laxity and rotation : a study of 9, 12 and 15 year old students
(2005-03-25)
The overall aim of this thesis was to study the natural development of general joint laxity, shoulder joint laxity and shoulder joint rotation in young students, and compare these to age-matched competitive swimmers to ...
Diabetes, physical activity and endometrial cancer
(2006-11-22)
of total physical activity to the lowest one were 0.80 (95% CI 0.541.18); 0.87 (95% CI 0.59-1.28); 0.79 (95% CI 0.53-1.17) respectively. High leisure time inactivity (watching TV/sitting 5 hours or more a day) compared to low was associated with increased...
Non-conventional risk and prognostic factors in coronary heart disease : studies on heart rate variability, alcohol consumption, inflammation and depression
(2005-04-01)
Background and aims: Although, there has been a drop in age-specific coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence, and its prognosis has improved considerably in most parts of the industrialized world, CHD is still by far the ...