Estimates of excess mortality for the five Nordic countries during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020− 2021

KP Kepp, J Björk, V Kontis, RM Parks… - International Journal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic is of major scientific and
political interest. Methods We critically reviewed different estimates of all-cause excess …

The incidence and prevalence of IgA nephropathy in Europe

CJ Willey, R Coppo, F Schaefer… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background This study aimed to determine the incidence and prevalence of immunoglobulin
A nephropathy (IgAN) in Europe based on high-quality data from national registries …

Gut microbiome composition is predictive of incident type 2 diabetes in a population cohort of 5,572 Finnish adults

MO Ruuskanen, PP Erawijantari, AS Havulinna… - Diabetes …, 2022 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE To examine the previously unknown long-term association between gut
microbiome composition and incident type 2 diabetes in a representative population cohort …

Changes in life expectancy and disease burden in Norway, 1990–2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

B Clarsen, M Nylenna, ST Klitkou, SE Vollset… - The Lancet Public …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Geographical differences in health outcomes are reported in many countries.
Norway has led an active policy aiming for regional balance since the 1970s. Using data …

Birth weight, gestational age, and risk of cardiovascular disease in early adulthood: influence of familial factors

D Lu, Y Yu, JF Ludvigsson, AS Oberg… - American Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The association between intrauterine growth restriction and cardiovascular disease (CVD)
later in life might be confounded by familial factors. We conducted a binational register …

Long-term relative survival in uveal melanoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

G Stålhammar, C Herrspiegel - Communications Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Background A large proportion of patients with uveal melanoma develop metastases and
succumb to their disease. Reports on the size of this proportion vary considerably. Methods …

Growing income-based inequalities in old-age life expectancy in Sweden, 2006–2015

S Fors, JW Wastesson, L Morin - Demography, 2021 - read.dukeupress.edu
Sweden is known for high life expectancy and economic egalitarianism, yet in recent
decades it has lost ground in both respects. This study tracked income inequality in old-age …

[BOOK][B] Public policy to reduce inequalities across Europe: Hope versus reality

P Cairney, M Keating, S Kippin, E St Denny - 2022 - library.oapen.org
There is a broad consensus across European states and the EU that social and economic
inequality is a problem that needs to be addressed. Yet inequality policy is notoriously …

[HTML][HTML] The contribution of population age-sex structure to the excess mortality estimates of 2020–2021 in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden

KP Kepp, J Björk, L Emilsson, T Lallukka - SSM-Population Health, 2023 - Elsevier
The Nordic countries offer an ideal case study of the COVID-19 pandemic due to their
comparability, high data quality, and variable mitigations. We investigated the age-and sex …

Prevalence, characteristics, and mortality of patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy in the Nordic countries

R Lauppe, J Liseth Hansen, A Fornwall… - ESC heart …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR‐CM) is a progressive condition caused
by deposition of transthyretin amyloid fibrils in the heart and is associated with poor quality …