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| Anette HjartåkerSummaryAffiliation: Cancer Registry of Norway Country: Norway Publications
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Meat, vegetables and genetic polymorphisms and the risk of colorectal carcinomas and adenomasCamilla F Skjelbred
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Section of Medical Genetics, Telemark Hospital, N 3710 Skien, Norway
BMC Cancer 7:228. 2007..In this study we aimed to evaluate the role of dietary factors in combination with genetic factors in the different stages of colorectal carcinogenesis in a Norwegian population...
Dairy consumption and calcium intake and risk of breast cancer in a prospective cohort: the Norwegian Women and Cancer studyAnette Hjartåker
Department of Etiological Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Post box 5313, Majorstua, N 0304 Oslo, Norway
Cancer Causes Control 21:1875-85. 2010..To study the association between consumption of dairy products and calcium intake and risk of breast cancer risk according to menopausal status...
Comparison of diet measures from a food-frequency questionnaire with measures from repeated 24-hour dietary recalls. The Norwegian Women and Cancer StudyAnette Hjartåker
Department of Biostatistics, Institute for Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Public Health Nutr 10:1094-103. 2007..To compare diet measures from a food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) with measures from 24-hour dietary recalls (24HDRs)...
Alcohol and gynecological cancers: an overviewAnette Hjartåker
Department of Etiological Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway
Eur J Cancer Prev 19:1-10. 2010..In conclusion, the current body of evidence, which is inadequate for several sites, suggests no association between alcohol consumption and risk of gynecological cancers...
Recall bias in melanoma risk factors and measurement error effects: a nested case-control study within the Norwegian Women and Cancer StudyChristine L Parr
Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Am J Epidemiol 169:257-66. 2009..The authors conclude that indications of recall bias were found in this sample of Norwegian women, but that the results were inconsistent for the different exposures...
Test-retest reproducibility of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and estimated effects on disease risk in the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study (NOWAC)Christine L Parr
Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo, PO Box 1122 Blindern, N 0317 Oslo, Norway
Nutr J 5:4. 2006..The present study was a methodological sub-study to assess the test-retest reproducibility of the NOWAC food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), and to study how measurement errors in the data can affect estimates of disease risk...
Comparing methods for handling missing values in food-frequency questionnaires and proposing k nearest neighbours imputation: effects on dietary intake in the Norwegian Women and Cancer study (NOWAC)Christine L Parr
Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo, PO Box 1122 Blindern, N 0317 Oslo, Norway
Public Health Nutr 11:361-70. 2008..We have adapted and probably for the first time applied k nearest neighbours (KNN) imputation to FFQ data...
Reproducibility of self-reported melanoma risk factors in a large cohort study of Norwegian womenMarit B Veierød
Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo, Norway
Melanoma Res 18:1-9. 2008..In conclusion, the overall reproducibility of the questionnaire was acceptable and not affected by age, education or skin color. In particular, our study has added new knowledge about the reproducibility of sunscreen use and SPF...
Obesity and diabetes epidemics: cancer repercussionsAnette Hjartåker
Department of Etiological Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway
Adv Exp Med Biol 630:72-93. 2008..Substantial public investments in preventing overweight, obesity and type II diabetes mellitus are both appropriate and necessary in order to have a major impact on their adverse health effects including cancer...
Body mass index and mortality in a prospectively studied cohort of Scandinavian women: the women's lifestyle and health cohort studyAnette Hjartåker
Department of Biostatistics, Institute for Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, PO Box 1122, N 0317 Oslo, Blindern, Norway
Eur J Epidemiol 20:747-54. 2005..No excess risk was found for underweight premenopausal women. The data indicate that the rapidly growing prevalence of obesity in many Western countries will substantially increase premature deaths among young women...
