Browsing ODA Open Digital Archive by Author "Nakstad, Britt"
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Anti-inflammatory MicroRNAs and their potential for inflammatory diseases treatment
Tahamtan, Alireza; Teymoori-Rad, Majid; Nakstad, Britt; Salimi, Vahid (Frontiers in immunology;9, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-25)Inflammation is a complicated biological and pathophysiological cascade of responses to infections and injuries, and inflammatory mechanisms are closely related to many diseases. The magnitude, the complicated network of ... -
Assessing severity in pediatric pneumonia. Predictors of the need for major medical interventions
Berg, Are Stuwitz; Inchley, Christopher; Fjærli, Hans Olav; Leegaard, Truls Michael; Nakstad, Britt (Pediatric emergency care;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Objective: The aim of this study was to determine potential predictors of the need for major medical interventions in the context of assessing severity in pediatric pneumonia. Methods: This was a prospective, cohort ... -
Clinical features and inflammatory markers in pediatric pneumonia: a prospective study
Inchley, Christopher; Fjærli, Hans Olav; Leegaard, Truls Michael; Lindbæk, Morten; Nakstad, Britt (European journal of pediatrics;176(5), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-03-09)Abstract In this prospective, observational study on previously healthy children <18 years, we aimed to study the diagnostic ability of clinical features and inflammatory markers to (i) predict pathologic chest radiography ... -
Ethnic differences in neonatal body composition in a multi-ethnic population and the impact of parental factors: a population-based cohort study
Sletner, Line; Nakstad, Britt; Yajnik, Chittaranjan S.; Mørkrid, Kjersti; Vangen, Siri; Vårdal, Mari H; Holme, Ingar Morten K; Birkeland, Kåre I.; Jenum, Anne Karen (PloS one;8(8), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-08-29)Background Neonates from low and middle income countries (LAMIC) tend to have lower birth weight compared with Western European (WE) neonates. Parental height, BMI and maternal parity, age and educational level often ... -
Failure to increase insulin secretory capacity during pregnancy-induced insulin resistance is associated with ethnicity and gestational diabetes
Mørkrid, Kjersti; Jenum, Anne K; Sletner, Line; Vårdal, Mari H; Waage, Christin W; Nakstad, Britt; Vangen, Siri; C Kåre I (European Journal of Endocrinology, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-08-13)Objective To assess changes in insulin resistance and β-cell function in a multiethnic cohort of women in Oslo, Norway, from early to 28 weeks' gestation and 3 months post partum and relate the findings to gestational ... -
Fecal microbiota profiles in treatment-naive pediatric inflammatory bowel disease ? associations with disease phenotype, treatment, and outcome
Olbjørn, Christine; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Thiis-Evensen, Espen; Nakstad, Britt; Vatn, Morten H; Jahnsen, Jørgen; Ricanek, Petr; Vatn, Simen Svendsen; Moen, Aina Elisabeth Fossum; Tannæs, Tone Møller; Lindstrøm, Jonas Christoffer; Söderholm, Johan D.; Halfvarson, Jonas; Gomollón, Fernando; Casén, Christina; Karlsson, Magdalena Kauczynska; Kalla, Rahul; Adams, Alex T.; Satsangi, Jack; Perminow, Gøri Margrete (Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology;Volume 12, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-13)Purpose: Imbalance in the microbiota, dysbiosis, has been identified in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We explored the fecal microbiota in pediatric patients with treatment-naïve IBD, non-IBD patients with gastrointestinal ... -
Fetal growth trajectories in pregnancies of European and South Asian mothers with and without gestational diabetes, a population-based cohort study
Sletner, Line; Jenum, Anne Karen; Yajnik, Chittaranjan S; Mørkrid, Kjersti; Nakstad, Britt; Jensen, Odd H.; Birkeland, Kåre I.; Vangen, Siri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Objective Our aim was to examine the impact of gestational diabetes (GDM), from before the GDM-diagnosis is made, on fetal growth trajectories, and to compare it in Europeans and South Asians; two ethnic groups with ... -
Impact of ethnicity on gestational diabetes identified with the WHO and the modified International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups criteria: a population-based cohort study
Jenum, Anne Karen; Mørkrid, Kjersti; Sletner, Line; Vangen, Siri; Torper, Johan; Nakstad, Britt; Voldner, Nanna; Rognerud-jensen, Odd H,; Stølevik, Sveinung Berntsen; Mosdøl, Annhild; Skrivarhaug, Torild; Vårdal, Mari H.; Holme, Ingar Morten K.; Yajnik, Chittaranjan S.; Birkeland, Kåre I. (European Journal of Endocrinology;2011, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Objective The International Association of Diabetes and Pregnancy Study Groups (IADPSG) recently proposed new criteria for diagnosing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). We compared prevalence rates, risk factors, and the ... -
Right and left ventricular function in hospitalized children with respiratory syncytial virus infection
Horter, Thorsten; Nakstad, Britt; Ashtari, Omid; Solevåg, Anne Lee (Infection and Drug Resistance;10, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-07)Background: Extrapulmonary manifestations including cardiac dysfunction have been demonstrated in children with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection requiring intensive care. The aim of this study was to examine ... -
Serological markers in diagnosis of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease and as predictors for early tumor necrosis factor blocker therapy
Olbjørn, Christine; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Thiis-Evensen, Espen; Nakstad, Britt; Vatn, Morten H; Perminow, Gøri Margrete (Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology;Volume 52, 2017 - Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-11-25)Objective: To describe the prevalence of serological markers in newly diagnosed treatment naïve pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), their utility in differentiating Crohn’s disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC) ...