Sökning: "population-based twin study"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 48 avhandlingar innehållade orden population-based twin study.

1. 1. Body mass index, cognitive ability, and dementia : prospective associations and methodological issues in late life

   Författare :Anna Dahl; Stig Berg; Bo Malmberg; Linda Hassing; Eleonor Fransson; Sven Nilsson; Åke Wahlin; Jönköping University; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; aging; body mass index; cognition; dementia; epidemiology; longitudinal; population-based; prospective; Older people and ageing; Äldre och åldrande;

   Sammanfattning : The aims of the present study were to investigate the association between overweight and cognitive ability and dementia, and to evaluate the usefulness of self-reported body mass index (BMI) in late life and various data sources commonly used in epidemiological studies to identify persons with dementia. Data were drawn from three population-based studies: the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA), Aging in Women and Men: A Longitudinal Study of Gender Differences in Health Behaviour and Health among Elderly (the Gender Study), and the Finnish Lieto Study. LÄS MER

3. 2. Socioeconomic consequences of obesity : population-based longitudinal studies of Swedish men

   Författare :Nina Karnehed; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the thesis was to study if Swedish obese male adolescents become socioeconomicly disadvantaged in later life. Among Swedish men born 1951-79, who went through military conscription examination at age 18-20 years, the associations between obesity and attained education, occupation, income, and disability pension have been studied. LÄS MER

4. 3. Population-based studies of body mass index, overweight and systolic blood pressure among Swedish young men

   Författare :Malin Kark; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Nyckelord :Blood pressure; Epidemiology; Fetal growth; Fetal origins hypothesis; International adoptees; Overweight; Population-based study; Twins; Young men.;

   Sammanfattning : Overweight and obesity has increased in Sweden and worldwide in recent decades. Lifestyle and environmental changes, genetic susceptibility and interactions between these factors are believed to be important. A theoretical framework often referred to, as the fetal origins hypothesis has been extensively debated over the last 15 years. LÄS MER

5. 4. Diet and other environmental factors and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis in a population-based prospective cohort study

   Författare :Daniela Di Giuseppe; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Sammanfattning : Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease that affects primarily the joints. RA leads to cartilage destruction and bone erosion, with substantial loss of quality of life. RA is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, gastrointestinal disorders, thus increasing disability and mortality. LÄS MER

7. 5. Cardiovascular disease and hypertension : Population-based studies on self-rated health and health-related quality of life in Sweden

   Författare :Carola Bardage; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Pharmacy; Cardiovascular disease; hypertension; antihypertensive treatment; side effects; self-rated health; health-related quality of life; health-state utilities; SF-36 Health Survey; rating scale; time trade-off; general population; twins; FARMACI; PHARMACY; FARMACI; Social Pharmacy; samhällsfarmaci;

   Sammanfattning : The aim with this thesis was to study cardiovascular disease and hypertension, use of drugs and health from an epidemiological perspective. Various methods - self-rated health (SRH), health related quality of life (HRQL) - the 36-item short form questionnaire (SF-36) - and health utility measurements - the rating scale (RS) and the time-trade off (TTO) methods - were employed. LÄS MER