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Physical activity in the severely obese : studies on measurement and promotion
(2007-03-26)
Background: The amount and quality of evidence on how to effectively
promote physical activity (PA) is low compared to what is known about the
health effects of regular PA, especially in obese individuals.
Aim : ...
Helminths and immunity against tuberculosis
(2006-11-27)
The efficacy of Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) is low and incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is high in those areas where helminths are endemic. Protection against tuberculosis requires strong cell mediated immunity while chronic ...
Symptoms of food hypersensitivity in relation to sensitization to food and health-related quality of life in children
(2008-01-04)
of this thesis was to characterize children reported by their parents to have FHS with regards to symptoms, sensitization, different phenotypes and the impact on HRQL, employing a population-based study design. A prospective birth cohort (BAMSE) of 4,089 children...
Caesarean section on maternal request : personality, fear of childbirth and signs of depression among first-time mothers
(2007-05-15)
Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to study healthy first-time mothers
requesting and undergoing an elective caesarean section (CS) and to
compare these to healthy first-time mothers planning a vaginal delivery.
The ...
Parental smoking, wheezing and sensitisation in early childhood
(2008-01-18)
The aim of this thesis is to explore the possible effects of exposure to cigarette smoking during foetal and early postnatal life on lower respiratory disease and sensitisation in children up to four years of age. A prospective birth cohort of 4...
Aspects of the role of mineral oil as immunological adjuvants in rheumatoid arthritis
(2007-02-16)
.0-1.7). Mineral oil exposure was associated with a particularly high risk of developing rheumatoid factor positive RA (RR =1.4, 95% CI =1.0-2.0) and anti-citrulline positive RA (anti-CCP+RA) (RR =1.6, 95% CI=1.1-2.2). The highest risk of developing anti- CCP...
Strategies to improve macroencapsulated islet graft survival
(2007-10-05)
the effects of exendin-4 treatment on
the metabolic outcome after islet transplantation. Exendin-4 inhibits
islet apoptosis, stimulates islet differentiation and regeneration and
has beneficial effects on peripheral tissues. We found that exendin-4
treatment...
Genetic and cellular studies of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
(2007-11-23)
in order to search for genotype-phenotype correlations. Patients carrying PRF1 mutations had significantly higher risk of early onset (age <6 months) compared with patients carrying mutations in STX11 [adjusted odds ratio 8.23 (95% CI=1.20-56.40), p=0.035...
Gene expression and genetic association studies in eczema
(2007-12-28)
Eczema is an itching relapsing and often chronic inflammatory skin
disorder associated with cutaneous hyper reactivity to environmental
triggers that are innocuous to normal individuals.
The differentiation of ...
Human serum transferrin glycosylation pattern : population differences, analytical methodology and application as a biomarker for testing of alcohol abuse and CDG
(2007-11-16)
Alcohol use and abuse is a major social and economic problem in many
societies. Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) is a widely used and
highly specific biochemical alcohol marker of prolonged alcohol abuse.
Increased ...