Published 17 January 2020 The caesarean section rate has increased rapidly in Sierra Leone, but the distribution remains uneven. Caesarean section mortality is high, but there is wide variation. More access to caesarean sections for maternal and neonatal complications is needed in underserved areas, and expansion should be coupled with efforts to limit late presentation, to offer assisted vaginal

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/rate-and-perioperative-mortality-caesarean-section-sierra-leone - 2025-04-30

Published 18 January 2020 Survival without major comorbidities among persons born extremely preterm (22-27 weeks), very preterm (28-33 weeks), late preterm (34-36 weeks), or early term (37-38 weeks), compared with full-term (39-41 weeks). Comorbidities were defined using the Adolescent and Young Adult Health Outcomes and Patient Experience (AYA HOPE) Comorbidity Index, which includes conditions th

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/prevalence-survival-without-major-comorbidities-among-adults-born-prematurely - 2025-04-30

Published 18 January 2020 In this large national cohort, preterm birth was associated with an increased risk of lipid disorders in early- to midadulthood. Persons born prematurely may need early preventive evaluation and long-term monitoring for lipid disorders to reduce their future cardiovascular risks. New publication in PLOS Medicine

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/association-preterm-birth-lipid-disorders-early-adulthood-swedish-cohort-study - 2025-04-30

Published 19 January 2020 Alcohol use disorders (AUD) is well known to aggregate in families and is associated with socioeconomic status (SES). The objective was to study the effect of education, income and neighborhood SES in adulthood on AUD, and to explore whether the potential associations were confounded by shared familial factors, by using a co-relative control design. New publication in PLO

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/socioeconomic-status-and-alcohol-use-disorders-across-lifespan-co-relative-control-study - 2025-04-30

Published 19 January 2020 Short sleep duration (<8 hours) was associated with poor self-reported health, increased screen time, and nighttime texting among respondents. These results provide information for parents, educators, and school health professionals to encourage young people to adopt healthy screen habits and sleep hygiene. New publication in SAGE Journals

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/sleep-duration-associated-self-reported-overall-health-screen-time-and-nighttime-texting-among - 2025-04-30

Published 20 January 2020 To ascertain the mortality rate and causes of death in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) within a defined region in southern Sweden during the time period 1981–2014 and determine whether these have changed over time. New publication in SAGE Journals

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/good-survival-rates-systemic-lupus-erythematosus-southern-sweden-while-mortality-rate-remains - 2025-04-30

Published 19 December 2017 The call consists of two parts, one focusing on syntheses and the other on research projects. There is a dialogue meeting on the 19th of January. The syntheses parts focuses on the knowledge needs for building sustainable communities and the research projects part focueses on the citizens and stakeholders in spatial planning. A requirement for the research projects part

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/formas-sustainable-spatial-planning-call-and-dialogue-meeting - 2025-04-30

Published 20 January 2020 With the rising prevalence of both diabetes mellitus (DM) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD), the aim of this project was to examine the association between dietary intake and lifestyle on the risk of developing PAD among individuals with DM. The Malmö Diet and Cancer study was a prospective cohort study with baseline examinations carried out between 1991 and 1996 in M

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/association-between-dietary-intake-lifestyle-and-incident-symptomatic-peripheral-arterial-disease - 2025-04-30

Published 21 January 2020 Comorbidity in stroke is common, but comprehensive reports are sparse. We describe prevalence of comorbidity and the prognostic impact on mortality and functional outcome in a large national ischemic stroke cohort. New publication in SAGE Journals

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/long-term-outcome-after-ischemic-stroke-relation-comorbidity-observational-study-swedish-stroke-0 - 2025-04-30

Published 21 January 2020 Preterm birth (gestational age <37 weeks) has been associated with insulin resistance early in life. However, no large population-based studies have examined risks of type 1 and type 2 diabetes and potential sex-specific differences from childhood into adulthood. Clinicians will increasingly encounter adults who were born prematurely and will need to understand their long

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/preterm-birth-and-risk-type-1-and-type-2-diabetes-national-cohort-study - 2025-04-30

Published 22 January 2020 In an increasing but changing population of gestational diabetes women in our region, with more hereditary and non‐Scandinavian origins, but with fewer smokers, metabolic control has improved with maintained favorable pregnancy outcomes, with more frequent use of metformin and substantially less use of insulin treatment. New publication in Obstetrics & Gynaecology

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/pregnancy-outcome-women-gestational-diabetes-longitudinal-study-changes-demography-and-treatment - 2025-04-30

Published 22 January 2020 Sleep apnea is increasing in prevalence, and is an important cause of cardiometabolic diseases and mortality worldwide. Its only established modifiable risk factor is obesity; however, up to half of all sleep apnea cases may occur in non‐obese persons, and hence there is a pressing need to identify other modifiable risk factors to facilitate more effective prevention. We

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/cardiorespiratory-fitness-and-long-term-risk-sleep-apnea-national-cohort-study - 2025-04-30

Published 23 January 2020 Snus use at admission for a first PCI was not associated with a higher occurrence of all-cause mortality, new revascularisation or heart failure hospitalisation. Discontinuing snus after a first PCI was associated with a significantly longer duration to a subsequent PCI. New publication in Interventional cardiology

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/smokeless-tobacco-snus-admission-percutaneous-coronary-intervention-and-future-risk-cardiac-events - 2025-04-30

Published 23 January 2020 More remains to be understood about attitudes towards treatment for gambling disorder and where to seek treatment. Given the low degree of treatment seeking behaviour in this condition, it may be of interest to study people’s perception about where to seek help in case of problem gambling. From a study originally aiming to address health correlates of problem gambling, th

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/general-populations-view-where-seek-treatment-gambling-disorder-general-population-survey - 2025-04-30

Published 24 January 2020 No study to date, as far as we know, has analyzed the potential effect of neighborhood-level deprivation on autoimmune disorders (ADs), when adjusted for individual-level characteristics. Methods: A total of 5.4 million individuals from 8363 neighborhoods, comprising the whole Swedish population (ages 25–74 years), were followed for the period 1 January 2000, until admiss

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/neighborhood-deprivation-and-risks-autoimmune-disorders-national-cohort-study-sweden - 2025-04-30

Published 24 January 2020 An increasing number of women are evaluated for potential breast cancer and may experience mental distress during evaluation. We aim to assess the risks of psychiatric disorders and cardiovascular diseases during the diagnostic workup of potential breast cancer. New publication in Breast Cancer Research

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/psychiatric-disorders-and-cardiovascular-diseases-during-diagnostic-workup-potential-breast-cancer - 2025-04-30

Published 25 January 2020 Studies on partners' mutual receipt of benefits constitute a growing research field in the way individual health and health-related decisions depend on social relations. This paper provides the first study on the mutual receipt of sickness allowance. We analysed married and cohabiting couples' receipt of sickness allowance and disability pension by estimating discrete-tim

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/sickness-or-health-register-based-evidence-partners-mutual-receipt-sickness-allowance-and-disability - 2025-04-30

Published 26 September 2019 Clinical auditing is an emerging instrument for quality assessment and improvement.Moreover, clinical registries facilitate medical research as they provide ‘real world’ data. It is importantthat entered data are robust and reliable. The aim of this study was to describe the evolving procedureand results of data verication within the Dutch Institute for Clinical Auditi

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/data-verification-nationwide-clinical-quality-registries - 2025-04-30

Published 27 September 2019 Liver cirrhosis is a risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). While the HCC risk is thought to be highest in hepatitis B and hepatitis C, the risk in other cirrhosis etiologies is not fully established. Therefore, we aimed to study the risk and outcome of HCC in alcoholic cirrhosis compared to cirrhosis of other etiologies, in Sweden. New publication in Scandinav

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/risk-and-outcome-hepatocellular-carcinoma-liver-cirrhosis-southern-sweden-population-based-study - 2025-04-30

Published 26 September 2019 Want research in Europe to be more FAIR? Your views count! FAIRsFAIR Open Consultation is open. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/fair-data-policies-and-practices - 2025-04-30