Sidsel Graff-Iversen

Summary

Affiliation: Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Country: Norway

Publications

  1. ncbi Hormone therapy and mortality during a 14-year follow-up of 14 324 Norwegian women
    S Graff-Iversen
    Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    J Intern Med 256:437-45. 2004
  2. ncbi Serum lipids, blood pressure and body weight around the age of the menopause
    Sidsel Graff-Iversen
    Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 15:83-8. 2008
  3. ncbi Use of oral contraceptives and mortality during 14 years' follow-up of Norwegian women
    Sidsel Graff-Iversen
    Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    Scand J Public Health 34:11-6. 2006
  4. ncbi Use of progestogen-only contraceptives/medications and lipid parameters in women age 40 to 42 years: results of a population-based cross-sectional Norwegian Survey
    Sidsel Graff-Iversen
    National Health Screening Service, Oslo, Norway
    Contraception 66:7-13. 2002
  5. ncbi Promoting physical activity in a low-income multiethnic district: effects of a community intervention study to reduce risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease: a community intervention reducing inactivity
    Anne Karen Jenum
    Diabetes Research Centre, Aker University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    Diabetes Care 29:1605-12. 2006
  6. ncbi Two short questionnaires on leisure-time physical activity compared with serum lipids, anthropometric measurements and aerobic power in a suburban population from Oslo, Norway
    Sidsel Graff-Iversen
    Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403, Oslo, Norway
    Eur J Epidemiol 23:167-74. 2008
  7. ncbi [Risk factors for myocardial infarction, stroke and diabetes in Norway]
    Sidsel Graff-Iversen
    Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt, Postboks 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 127:2537-41. 2007
  8. ncbi Controlling for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol does not affect the magnitude of the relationship between alcohol and coronary heart disease
    Per Magnus
    Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway
    Circulation 124:2296-302. 2011
  9. ncbi Educational inequalities in mortality over four decades in Norway: prospective study of middle aged men and women followed for cause specific mortality, 1960-2000
    Bjørn Heine Strand
    Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404 Nydalen, NO 0403 Oslo, Norway
    BMJ 340:c654. 2010
  10. ncbi Social differences in smoking and snuff use among Norwegian adolescents: a population based survey
    Liv Grotvedt
    Department of Health Statistics, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    BMC Public Health 8:322. 2008

Detail Information

Publications19

  1. ncbi Hormone therapy and mortality during a 14-year follow-up of 14 324 Norwegian women
    S Graff-Iversen
    Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    J Intern Med 256:437-45. 2004
    ..We evaluated mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD) and all causes in relation to use of any hormone therapy (HT) and HT with oestradiol and norethisterone or levonorgestrel...
  2. ncbi Serum lipids, blood pressure and body weight around the age of the menopause
    Sidsel Graff-Iversen
    Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 15:83-8. 2008
    ..We sought to study these associations in data collected before the widespread use of lipid lowering drugs and hormone therapy...
  3. ncbi Use of oral contraceptives and mortality during 14 years' follow-up of Norwegian women
    Sidsel Graff-Iversen
    Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    Scand J Public Health 34:11-6. 2006
    ..The aim was to evaluate total and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in relation to use of oral contraceptives (OC) in a cohort of women with a relatively high prevalence of smoking and high serum lipid levels...
  4. ncbi Use of progestogen-only contraceptives/medications and lipid parameters in women age 40 to 42 years: results of a population-based cross-sectional Norwegian Survey
    Sidsel Graff-Iversen
    National Health Screening Service, Oslo, Norway
    Contraception 66:7-13. 2002
    ..Use of the IUD with levonorgestrel was also linked with a decreased risk of high serum triglycerides and of high non-HDL-cholesterol concentrations and a total/HDL-cholesterol ratio similar to that of nonusers of hormones...
  5. ncbi Promoting physical activity in a low-income multiethnic district: effects of a community intervention study to reduce risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease: a community intervention reducing inactivity
    Anne Karen Jenum
    Diabetes Research Centre, Aker University Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    Diabetes Care 29:1605-12. 2006
    ..The aim was to assess the net effects on risk factors for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease of a community-based 3-year intervention to increase physical activity...
  6. ncbi Two short questionnaires on leisure-time physical activity compared with serum lipids, anthropometric measurements and aerobic power in a suburban population from Oslo, Norway
    Sidsel Graff-Iversen
    Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403, Oslo, Norway
    Eur J Epidemiol 23:167-74. 2008
    ..The aim was to indirectly validate two short postal questionnaires measuring leisure-time physical activity (LPA) by comparing the answers with serum lipids and anthropometric measurements...
  7. ncbi [Risk factors for myocardial infarction, stroke and diabetes in Norway]
    Sidsel Graff-Iversen
    Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt, Postboks 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 127:2537-41. 2007
    ..Frequency of and mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) have decreased,but type 2 diabetes is on the rise. Risk factors measured in health surveys 2000-2003 are presented and compared with recommended or ideal levels...
  8. ncbi Controlling for high-density lipoprotein cholesterol does not affect the magnitude of the relationship between alcohol and coronary heart disease
    Per Magnus
    Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway
    Circulation 124:2296-302. 2011
    ..This study tested the hypothesis that moderate alcohol intake exerts its cardioprotective effect mainly through an increase in the serum level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol...
  9. ncbi Educational inequalities in mortality over four decades in Norway: prospective study of middle aged men and women followed for cause specific mortality, 1960-2000
    Bjørn Heine Strand
    Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 4404 Nydalen, NO 0403 Oslo, Norway
    BMJ 340:c654. 2010
    ..To determine the extent to which educational inequalities in relation to mortality widened in Norway during 1960-2000 and which causes of death were the main drivers of this disparity...
  10. ncbi Social differences in smoking and snuff use among Norwegian adolescents: a population based survey
    Liv Grotvedt
    Department of Health Statistics, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    BMC Public Health 8:322. 2008
    ..Our aim was to study different types of tobacco use among adolescents according to gender, educational ambitions, family background factors, and urbanization...
  11. ncbi Increased self-awareness in the process of returning to work
    Karen Therese Sulheim Haugstvedt
    Center for Health Promotion, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
    Scand J Caring Sci 25:762-70. 2011
    ..A group of employees on sick leave, living in the Oslo area, Norway, was offered participation in a counselling programme, based on Gestalt theory, mindfulness and phenomenological understanding of the body...
  12. ncbi Occupational physical activity, overweight, and mortality: a follow-up study of 47,405 Norwegian women and men
    Sidsel Graff-Iversen
    Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
    Res Q Exerc Sport 78:151-61. 2007
    ..52-0.91) for women. This observational study, with OPA recorded in the 1970s and 1980s, suggested a slight protective effect for overweight by nonsedentary work for men and lower mortality by heavy OPA for both genders...
  13. ncbi [Risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes through three decades]
    Anne Karen Jenum
    Diabetesforskningssenteret, Aker universitetssykehus, 0514 Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 127:2532-6. 2007
    ..Trends in risk factors provide important information for public health programmes. The relative importance of risk factors may change in new generations. It is essential to discover unfavourable trends...
  14. ncbi Early menopause, association with tobacco smoking, coffee consumption and other lifestyle factors: a cross-sectional study
    Thea F Mikkelsen
    Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway
    BMC Public Health 7:149. 2007
    ..The objective was primarily to investigate the association between early menopause and current, past active and passive smoking. A second aim was to investigate the association between coffee and alcohol consumption and early menopause...
  15. ncbi [Health surveys in a new time]
    Liv Grøtvedt
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 124:3036. 2004
  16. ncbi [Empowerment in health promotion work]
    Marit Sørensen
    Norges idrettshøgskole Postboks 4014 Ullevål Stadion 0806 Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 122:2379-83. 2002
  17. ncbi [Smoking as a theme in popular health literature 1940-1960]
    Nikolaj Kunøe
    Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt Postboks 4404 Nydalen 0403 Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 122:306-9. 2002
    ..in our study were: How much information on the health hazards of smoking was available to non-professionals in Norway between 1940 and 1960? What characterised this information, and did it change in quantity or quality over this period?..
  18. ncbi Cardiovascular surveys: manual of operations
    Paola Primatesta
    University College London Medical School, London, UK
    Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 14:S43-61. 2007
    ..This manual of operations is intended for health professionals and policy makers and provides a standardized and simple model for the implementation of a CVD survey...
  19. ncbi [Could persons on sick leave learn to think differently about themselves and increase their participation in the workplace?]
    Karen Therese Sulheim Haugstvedt
    Nasjonalt folkehelseinstitutt, Oslo
    Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 124:2885-7. 2004
    ..In their opinion, the improvement was due to the intervention. This paper relates their experiences and gives an account of their work participation one year later...