Jacobsen, B K, Oda, K, Knutsen, S F, Fraser, G E
Background Little is known about the relationship between age at menarche and total mortality and mortality from ischaemic heart disease and stroke. Methods A cohort study of 19 462 Californian...
Singh, K., Bønaa, K. H., Jacobsen, B. K., Bjørk, L., Solberg, S.
In a population-based study of 6,386 men and women aged 25–84 years in Tromsø, Norway, in 1994–1995, the authors assessed the age- and sex-specific distribution of the abdominal aortic diameter...
Gran, J. T., Myklebust, G., Wilsgaard, T., Jacobsen, B. K.
Objective. To estimate survival in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and temporal arteritis (TA). Methods. The present study encompassed 338 incident cases who were diagnosed at...
Serum selenium concentration associated with risk of cancer.
Ringstad, J, Jacobsen, B K, Tretli, S, Thomassen, Y
The association between serum selenium concentration and risk of cancer was studied in a nested case control study. Case control pairs came from a population of 9364 people examined in 1979. During...
Johnsen, R, Jacobsen, B K, Førde, O H
In a survey of risk factors for coronary heart disease 14 102 middle aged men and women answered a questionnaire on lifestyle, diet, and health, including symptoms of functional abdominal disorders....
Serum selenium concentration associated with risk of cancer.
Ringstad, J, Jacobsen, B K, Tretli, S, Thomassen, Y
The association between serum selenium concentration and risk of cancer was studied in a nested case control study. Case control pairs came from a population of 9364 people examined in 1979. During...
Johnsen, R, Jacobsen, B K, Førde, O H
In a survey of risk factors for coronary heart disease 14 102 middle aged men and women answered a questionnaire on lifestyle, diet, and health, including symptoms of functional abdominal disorders....
Mental distress and social conditions and lifestyle in northern Norway.
In a cross sectional survey of risk factors for coronary heart disease three questions about mental distress were included in a questionnaire completed by 13,704 people, 64% of the total population...
Ringstad, J, Jacobsen, B K, Thomassen, Y, Thelle, D S
The association between serum selenium concentration and the risk of myocardial infarction was studied in a nested case-control study. Altogether 59 men, initially free of disease, aged 28-54 at the...
Childbearing and use of oral contraceptives: impact of educational level. The Nordland Health Study.
Jacobsen, B K, Lund, E, Kvåle, G
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to correlate the level of education to childbearing pattern and previous use of oral contraceptives in middle aged women. DESIGN AND SETTING--The study was a cross...
Reproductive factors and fatal hip fractures. A Norwegian prospective study of 63,000 women
Jacobsen, B. K., Nilssen, S., Heuch, I., Kvale, G.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of reproductive variables (age at menarche, menopause, first and last birth as well as parity, lactation, and abortions) on hip...
Early origin of coronary heart disease. Earlier published work supports the "Barker hypothesis".
Gram, I. T., Jacobsen, B. K., Straume, B., Arnesen, E., Løchen, M. L., Lund, E.
Use of alcohol, tobacco and coffee, and risk of pancreatic cancer.
Heuch, I., Kvåle, G., Jacobsen, B. K., Bjelke, E.
Associations between pancreatic cancer and use of alcohol, tobacco and coffee were examined in a Norwegian prospective study of 16,713 individuals in which 63 cases occurred. The associations were...
Reproductive factors and pancreatic cancer risk: a Norwegian cohort study
Heuch, I, Jacobsen, B K, Albrektsen, G, Kvåle, G
A cohort of 63 090 Norwegian women born 1886–1928 was followed more than 38 years, and relations between reproductive factors and risk of pancreatic cancer were explored; 449 cases were recorded...