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Social gradient in the metabolic syndrome not explained by psychosocial and behavioural factors: evidence from the Copenhagen City Heart StudyEva Prescott
The Copenhagen City Heart Study, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 14:405-12. 2007..Psychosocial stressors may mediate the effect of social status on the metabolic syndrome (MS). The paper explores this hypothesis in a random sample of the general population...- [Sudden cardiac death among young athletes--should we screen?]Eva I B Prescott
H S Bispebjerg Hospital, Kardiologisk Afdeling Y, København NV
Ugeskr Laeger 168:4537-9. 2006..This conclusion was based mainly on inadequate documentation of the effect of screening and on considerations regarding cost-effectiveness. We recommend other prophylactic measures and further research on this issue... 
Effects of a 14-month low-cost maintenance training program in patients with chronic systolic heart failure: a randomized studyEva Prescott
Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 16:430-7. 2009..Exercise training is known to be beneficial in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients but there is a lack of studies following patient groups for longer duration with maintenance training programs to defer deconditioning...- Major life events increase the risk of stroke but not of myocardial infarction: results from the Copenhagen City Heart StudyHenriette Kornerup
Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 17:113-8. 2010..More attention has been paid to psychosocial conditions as possible risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the impact of accumulated major life events (MLE) on the development of CVD has received little attention... 
Insulin resistance and exercise tolerance in heart failure patients: linkage to coronary flow reserve and peripheral vascular functionMartin Snoer
Dept Cardiology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cardiovasc Diabetol 11:97. 2012..The aim of this study was to assess the potential role of coronary flow reserve (CFR), endothelial function and arterial stiffness in explaining this linkage...- Vital exhaustion increases the risk of ischemic stroke in women but not in men: results from the Copenhagen City Heart StudyHenriette Kornerup
Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
J Psychosom Res 68:131-7. 2010..The aim of the present study was to describe whether vital exhaustion, a measure of fatigue and depression, prospectively predicts ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes in a large cohort, with particular focus on gender differences... - Job loss and broken partnerships: do the number of stressful life events influence the risk of ischemic heart disease in men?Margit Kriegbaum
Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ann Epidemiol 18:743-5. 2008..The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the accumulated number of job losses and broken partnerships (defined as the end of cohabitation) on the risk of fatal and nonfatal events of ischemic heart disease (IHD)... - Major life events and the risk of ischaemic heart disease: does accumulation increase the risk?Ingelise Andersen
Department of Social Medicine, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Int J Epidemiol 40:904-13. 2011..The participants were followed in a nationwide hospital discharge register until 2007... - Social ties and risk for cancer--a prospective cohort studyCorinna Bergelt
Danish Cancer Society, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Copenhagen, Denmark
Acta Oncol 48:1010-8. 2009..We investigated the association between social ties and risk for cancer... - Perceived stress and risk of ischemic heart disease: causation or bias?Naja Rod Nielsen
National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
Epidemiology 17:391-7. 2006.... - Exercise training in older patients with systolic heart failure: adherence, exercise capacity, inflammation and glycemic controlEva Prescott
Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Scand Cardiovasc J 43:249-55. 2009..Training improves exercise capacity in patients with heart failure (CHF) but most evidence is on selected younger patients with systolic CHF... - Cortisol, estrogens and risk of ischaemic heart disease, cancer and all-cause mortality in postmenopausal women: a prospective cohort studyNaja Hulvej Rod
Department of Social Medicine, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Task Consult, Copenhagen, Denmark
Int J Epidemiol 39:530-8. 2010..We aim to address a relation between the ratio of cortisol to estrogens (C/E) and risk of ischaemic heart disease (IHD), hormone-dependent cancers and all-cause mortality among postmenopausal women... - The total lifetime health cost savings of smoking cessation to societySusanne R Rasmussen
DSI Danish Institute for Health Services Research, Copenhagen, Denmark
Eur J Public Health 15:601-6. 2005..However, ex-smokers' total lifetime health costs and continuing smokers' costs remain uncompared, and hence the economic savings of smoking cessation to society have not been determined... - Income and risk of ischaemic heart disease in men and women in a Nordic welfare countryIngelise Andersen
Copenhagen Centre for Prospective Population Studies, Danish Epidemiology Science Centre at the Institute of Preventive Medicine, H S Kommunehospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Int J Epidemiol 32:367-74. 2003..The present study explores the associations between income and IHD in men and women in a Nordic country... - Effect of smoking reduction on lung cancer riskNina S Godtfredsen
The Copenhagen Centre for Prospective Population Studies, Danish Epidemiology Science Centre at the Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
JAMA 294:1505-10. 2005..A proposed means of harm reduction is to reduce the number of cigarettes smoked per day. However, it is not clear whether this strategy decreases the risk for tobacco-related diseases... - Chronic bronchitis in an elderly populationPeter Lange
Copenhagen City Heart Study, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen NV, Denmark
Age Ageing 32:636-42. 2003..in order to describe the prevalence and prognostic implications of chronic bronchitis in individuals 65 years or older we analysed data from The Copenhagen City Heart Study... - Self-reported physical inactivity predicts survival after hospitalization for heart diseaseBodil Oerkild
Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 18:475-80. 2011..001). This study emphasises the importance of physical activity among elderly heart patients and demonstrates that a group of sedentary patients, who are at high risk, can easily be identified and require special attention... - Smoking and subsequent risk of early retirement due to permanent disabilityLise Lotte N Husemoen
Copenhagen Centre for Prospective Population Studies, Danish Epidemiology Science Centre at the Institute of Preventive Medicine, Kommunehospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Eur J Public Health 14:86-92. 2004..The objective of the study is to determine the effects of smoking behaviour on early retirement due to permanent disability in a large sample of the general population... - No association between anxiety and depression and adverse clinical outcome among patients with cardiovascular disease: findings from the DANREHAB trialHenriette Kornerup
Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
J Psychosom Res 71:207-14. 2011..Anxiety and depression have been linked to adverse prognostic outcome in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) with mixed results. The timing of anxiety and depression measurement has received little attention so far... - Level of education and risk of heart failure: a prospective cohort study with echocardiography evaluationStefan Christensen
Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Eur Heart J 32:450-8. 2011..With increasing socioeconomic disparity in cardiovascular risk factors, there is a need to assess the role of socioeconomic factors in chronic heart failure (CHF) and to what extent this is caused by modifiable risk factors... - Smoking reduction, smoking cessation, and mortality: a 16-year follow-up of 19,732 men and women from The Copenhagen Centre for Prospective Population StudiesNina S Godtfredsen
The Copenhagen Centre for Prospective Population Studies, Danish Epidemiology Science Centre at the Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Am J Epidemiol 156:994-1001. 2002..These results suggest that smoking reduction is not associated with a decrease in mortality from tobacco-related diseases. The data confirm that smoking cessation reduces mortality risk... - Validity of stroke diagnoses in a National Register of PatientsLars Henrik Krarup
Department of Neurology, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Neuroepidemiology 28:150-4. 2007..In epidemiological research assessment of endpoints is often conducted via registers. In the present study we validated stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) diagnoses in the Danish National Register of Patients (DNRP)... - Home-based cardiac rehabilitation is as effective as centre-based cardiac rehabilitation among elderly with coronary heart disease: results from a randomised clinical trialBodil Oerkild
Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen NV, Denmark
Age Ageing 40:78-85. 2011..However, no studies have investigated the effect of home-based CR among a group of elderly patients with coronary heart disease with a long-term follow-up... - Right bundle branch block: prevalence, risk factors, and outcome in the general population: results from the Copenhagen City Heart StudyBarbara E Bussink
Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400 Copenhagen, Denmark
Eur Heart J 34:138-46. 2013..To determine the prevalence, predictors of newly acquired, and the prognostic value of right bundle branch block (RBBB) and incomplete RBBB (IRBBB) on a resting 12-lead electrocardiogram in men and women from the general population... - Occupational and leisure time physical activity: risk of all-cause mortality and myocardial infarction in the Copenhagen City Heart Study. A prospective cohort studyAndreas Holtermann
National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
BMJ Open 2:e000556. 2012..The association between occupational physical activity with cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality may also depend on leisure time physical activity... - Benefits of smoking cessation with focus on cardiovascular and respiratory comorbiditiesNina Skavlan Godtfredsen
Departments of Pulmonary Medicine Cardiology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, NV, Denmark
Clin Respir J 5:187-94. 2011..This review summarises the latest available data on health benefits of smoking cessation with focus on both common and infrequent cardiovascular and respiratory diseases... - Stable angina pectoris with no obstructive coronary artery disease is associated with increased risks of major adverse cardiovascular eventsLasse Jespersen
Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400 Copenhagen, Denmark
Eur Heart J 33:734-44. 2012..We investigated the prognostic implications of stable angina pectoris in relation to the presence and degree of CAD with no obstructive CAD in focus... - Ankle brachial index, C-reactive protein, and central augmentation index to identify individuals with severe atherosclerosisNikolaj Eldrup
Department of Vascular Surgery, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Eur Heart J 27:316-22. 2006..On a continuous scale, all three variables predicted severe atherosclerosis... - The total lifetime costs of smokingSusanne R Rasmussen
DSI Danish Institute for Health Services Research, Copenhagen, Denmark
Eur J Public Health 14:95-100. 2004..It has been proposed that the health-related costs of smoking are balanced by smaller expenditure due to shorter life expectancy... - Income inequality, individual income, and mortality in Danish adults: analysis of pooled data from two cohort studiesMerete Osler
Department of Social Medicine, Copenhagen Center of Prospective Population Studies, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 N, Denmark, Copenhagen
BMJ 324:13-6. 2002..To analyse the association between area income inequality and mortality after adjustment for individual income and other established risk factors... - Income inequality and ischaemic heart disease in Danish men and womenMerete Osler
Department of Social Medicine, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 N, Denmark
Int J Epidemiol 32:375-80. 2003..8 years. Information on median income share at parish and municipality levels was obtained from population registers... - A prospective study linked both alcohol and tobacco to Dupuytren's diseaseNina S Godtfredsen
Copenhagen Centre for Prospective Population Studies, Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, , DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
J Clin Epidemiol 57:858-63. 2004..CONCLUSION: Alcohol intake and tobacco smoking are independently associated with increased risk of Dupuytren's disease, and the combination of the two conveys a very large risk... - Does educational level influence the effects of smoking, alcohol, physical activity, and obesity on mortality? A prospective population studyChristina Schnohr
Copenhagen Centre for Prospective Population Studies, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Scand J Public Health 32:250-6. 2004..This study aims at examining whether the relation between established risk factors and mortality differs with socioeconomic status as measured by level of education... - Vital exhaustion as a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and all-cause mortality in a community sample. A prospective study of 4084 men and 5479 women in the Copenhagen City Heart StudyEva Prescott
Danish Epidemiology Science Centre at the Institute of Preventive Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Int J Epidemiol 32:990-7. 2003..The aim of this study is to describe prevalence of these symptoms in a community sample and determine whether they prospectively predict increased risk of IHD and all-cause mortality in men and women... - Association between atherosclerosis and female lung cancer--a Danish cohort studyLene Dreyer
Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, DK 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Lung Cancer 42:247-54. 2003..93 (95% CI: 0.64-1.35). We hypothesize that oxidative stress due to episodes of ischemia/reperfusion increases the risk of lung cancer in atherosclerotic females because of a gender specific susceptibility to oxidative DNA damage... - Social network diversity and risks of ischemic heart disease and total mortality: findings from the Copenhagen City Heart StudyJohn C Barefoot
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Am J Epidemiol 161:960-7. 2005..83 (95% CI: 0.73, 0.95) and 0.82 (95% CI: 0.67, 1.00). These data suggest that health benefits are derived from the diversity of social roles, especially those involving intimate relationships... - Smoking reduction and biomarkers in two longitudinal studiesNina S Godtfredsen
The Copenhagen Centre for Prospective Population Studies, Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
Addiction 101:1516-22. 2006..To measure reduction in exposure to smoke in two population-based studies of self-reported smoking reduction not using nicotine replacement... - Vital exhaustion and risk for cancer: a prospective cohort study on the association between depressive feelings, fatigue, and risk of cancerCorinna Bergelt
Danish Cancer Society, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Copenhagen
Cancer 104:1288-95. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: The results did not support the hypothesis that symptoms of fatigue and depression, as ascertained in the vital exhaustion index, increased the risk for cancer... - Body mass, fat-free body mass, and prognosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from a random population sample: findings from the Copenhagen City Heart StudyJørgen Vestbo
Department of Cardiology and Respiratory Medicine, 253 Hvidovre Hospital, Kettegaard Alle 30, DK 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 173:79-83. 2006..In the general population, the harmful effect of low BMI is due to the deleterious effects of a low fat-free mass index (FFMI; fat-free mass/weight(2))... - [Smoking reduction is associated with a reduced the risk of lung cancer--a secondary publication]Nina S Godtfredsen
Københavns Kommunehospital, Institut for Sygdomsforebyggelse, Hovedstadens Center for Prospektive Befolkningsstudier, H S Rigshospitalet, Kardiologisk Afdeling, og Københavns Universitet
Ugeskr Laeger 168:695-7. 2006..Results showed that compared to sustained heavy smokers, smoking reduction by at least 50% reduced lung cancer incidence by 27%. We conclude that smoking reduction is associated with a significantly reduced risk of lung cancer... - Genetic and environmental influences on the relation between parental social class and mortalityMerete Osler
Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
Int J Epidemiol 35:1272-7. 2006.... - Cardiovascular pre-participation screening of young competitive athletes for prevention of sudden death: proposal for a common European protocolEva Prescott
Eur Heart J 27:2904-5; author reply 2905-6. 2006 - Income as mediator of the effect of occupation on the risk of myocardial infarction: does the income measurement matter?Ingelise Andersen
Institute of Preventive Medicine, Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, H S Kommunehospitalet, DK 1399 Copenhagen, Denmark
J Epidemiol Community Health 59:1080-5. 2005..To investigate whether the effect of occupational grade on the risk of myocardial infarction (MI) is mediated by income with different aspects of income taken into account...