Vitamin K2 supplementation does not influence bone loss in early menopausal women: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trialN Emaus
Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, 9037, Norway
Osteoporos Int 21:1731-40. 2010
..In this randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial among healthy postmenopausal Norwegian women, 1 year supplementation of vitamin K2 in the form of Natto capsules had no effect on bone loss rates...
- Hip fractures in a city in Northern Norway over 15 years: time trends, seasonal variation and mortality : the Harstad Injury Prevention Study
N Emaus
Centre for Clinical Documentation and Evaluation, Northern Norway Regional Health Authority, Tromsø, Norway
Osteoporos Int 22:2603-10. 2011
..Age-adjusted hip fracture rates was lower compared to reported rates from the Norwegian capital Oslo, indicating regional differences within the country...
- Methodological challenges in hip fracture registration: the Harstad Injury Registry
Nina Emaus
Department of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway
Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot 18:135-42. 2011
..Well-functioning patient administrative systems may be used to study numbers of hip fractures...
- Bone loss and the risk of non-vertebral fractures in women and men: the Tromsø study
L A Ahmed
Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
Osteoporos Int 21:1503-11. 2010
..Bone loss at the distal forearm predicted fractures, independently of baseline BMD, but not independently of follow-up BMD in women. The BMD level where an individual ends up is the significant predictor of fracture risk...
- Baseline serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in the Tromsø Study 1994-95 and risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus during 11 years of follow-up
G Grimnes
Medical Clinic, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Diabet Med 27:1107-15. 2010
..We wanted to test the hypothesis that low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations are associated with increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in a population-based cohort during 11 years of follow-up...
- Longitudinal changes in forearm bone mineral density in women and men aged 45-84 years: the Tromso Study, a population-based study
N Emaus
Institute of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Am J Epidemiol 163:441-9. 2006
..Although the study population live above the polar circle, the rate of bone loss was not higher at the distal and ultradistal forearm sites compared with that of other cohorts...
- Bone loss in relation to serum levels of osteoprotegerin and nuclear factor-kappaB ligand: the Tromsø Study
L Jørgensen
Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
Osteoporos Int 21:931-8. 2010
..In postmenopausal women not using hormone replacement therapy (HRT), bone-loss increased with increasing osteoprotegerin levels, whereas no relationship was found in men, premenopausal women, or postmenopausal women taking HRT...
- Longitudinal changes in forearm bone mineral density in women and men aged 25-44 years: the Tromsø study: a population-based study
N Emaus
Institute of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Am J Epidemiol 162:633-43. 2005
..This finding might represent physiologic compensation preserving bone strength. No cohort effects were observed when 1994 and 2001 measures from similar age groups were compared...
- High serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are associated with a favorable serum lipid profile
R Jorde
Tromsø Endocrine Research Group, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Eur J Clin Nutr 64:1457-64. 2010
..Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations are related to increased mortality. One possible explanation could be an association between serum 25(OH)D and serum lipids...
