Published 23 July 2020 Central arterial stiffness is a surrogate of cardiovascular risk and predicts cardiovascular mortality. Apolipoprotein B lipoproteins are also established cardiovascular risk factors. It is not known whether specific lipoprotein subclasses measured in the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study and previously shown to be associated with coronary heart disease also predict arterial stiff

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/lipoprotein-particle-predictors-arterial-stiffness-after-17-years-follow-malmo-diet-and-cancer-study - 2025-01-17

Published 23 July 2020 Excess weight gain throughout adulthood can lead to adverse clinical outcomes and are influenced by complex factors that are difficult to measure in free-living individuals. Metabolite profiling offers an opportunity to systematically discover new predictors for weight gain that are relatively easy to measure compared to traditional approaches. New publication in PLOS ONE

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/using-metabolite-profiling-construct-and-validate-metabolite-risk-score-predicting-future-weight - 2025-01-17

Published 24 July 2020 This 7.5-year prospective controlled exercise intervention study assessed if daily school physical activity (PA), from before to after puberty, improved musculoskeletal traits. There were 63 boys and 34 girls in the intervention group (40 min PA/day), and 26 boys and 17 girls in the control group (60 min PA/week). We measured musculoskeletal traits at the start and end of th

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/daily-school-physical-activity-after-puberty-improves-bone-mass-and-musculoskeletal-composite-risk - 2025-01-17

Published 24 July 2020 Compression neuropathies (CN) in the upper extremity, the most common being carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and ulnar nerve entrapment (UNE), are frequent among patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Earlier studies have shown contradicting results regarding DM as a risk factor for CN. Thus, the aim of the present population-based, longitudinal study was to explore potential ass

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/diabetes-mellitus-risk-factor-compression-neuropathy-longitudinal-cohort-study-southern-sweden - 2025-01-17

Published 18 June 2020 You can now sign up for participation - in person or online - in Lund Population Day 2020: Healthy Aging. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/registration-open-lund-population-day-2020 - 2025-01-17

Published 25 July 2020 Sports‐related injuries and illnesses in Paralympic sport (SRIIPS) are a concern, but knowledge about the etiology and risk factors is limited. The aim of this study was to describe the annual incidence, type, and severity of injuries and illnesses among Swedish Paralympic athletes and to assess risk factors. New publication in Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in S

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/injuries-and-illnesses-swedish-paralympic-athletes-52-week-prospective-study-incidence-and-risk - 2025-01-17

Published 25 July 2020 In addition to a breast density category, temporal changes in breast density have gained attention as a dynamic breast cancer risk marker. This case-control study aimed to investigate a potential change in breast density preceding tumor development and the relationship of this potential change to prognostic pathological tumor variables. New publication in European Journal of

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/changes-breast-density-over-serial-mammograms-case-control-study - 2025-01-17

Published 26 July 2020 A total of 37 items operationalizing participation were administered via a questionnaire to 364 next of kin of older people in nursing homes. Measurement properties were tested with factor analysis and Rasch model analysis. New publication in PLOS ONE

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/measuring-next-kins-experience-participation-care-older-people-nursing-homes - 2025-01-17

Published 26 July 2020 In Sub-Saharan Africa, being overweight in childhood is rapidly rising while stunting is still remaining at unacceptable levels. A key contributor to this double burden of malnutrition is dietary changes associated with nutrition transition. Although the importance of socio-economic drivers is known, there is limited knowledge about their stratification and relative importan

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/social-stratification-diet-diversity-and-malnutrition-among-preschoolers-survey-addis-ababa-ethiopia - 2025-01-17

Published 27 July 2020 Clinical practice improvements based on quality-register data are influenced by multiple factors. Although there is agreement that information from quality registers is valuable for quality improvement, practical ways of organising register use have been notoriously difficult to realise. The present study sought to investigate the mechanisms that lead various clinicians to u

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/role-professional-logics-quality-register-use-realist-evaluation-0 - 2025-01-17

Published 27 July 2020 Sun exposure in combination with skin pigmentation is the main determinant for vitamin D status. Human skin color seems to be adapted and optimized for regional sun ultraviolet (UV) intensity. However, we do not know if fair, UV-sensitive skin is a survival advantage in regions with low UV radiation. New publication in PLOS ONE

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/women-fair-phenotypes-seem-confer-survival-advantage-low-uv-milieu-nested-matched-case-control-study - 2025-01-17

Published 28 July 2020 Spatial epidemiological analyses primarily depend on spatially-indexed medical records. Some countries have devised ways of capturing patient-specific spatial details using ZIP codes, postcodes or personal numbers, which are geocoded. However, for most resource-constrained African countries, the absence of a means to capture patient resident location as well as inexistence o

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/establishing-spatially-enabled-health-registry-systems-using-implicit-spatial-data-pools-case-study-0 - 2025-01-17

Av asa [dot] hansdotter [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Åsa Hansdotter) - publicerad 12 november 2020 Anna Hagström, Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin, får tre miljoner under tre år för att studera uppkomsten och utvecklingen av akut leukemi.  Anna Hagström. Foto: Åsa Hansdotter Anna Hagströms forskningsprojekt handlar om akuta leukemier, blodcancer, där en genetisk förändring i KMT2A-genen är den

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/mer-ljus-pa-svarbotad-cancer-bland-spadbarn - 2025-01-17

Av agata [dot] garpenlind [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Agata Garpenlind) - publicerad 12 november 2020 Lundaforskaren Mauno Vihinen har fått ett anslag från Cancerfonden för att utveckla AI-metoder som i förlängningen möjliggör förbättrad cancerdiagnostik. Se bildgrafik i större format: Skadliga varianter i cellulära nätverk delade av olika former av cancer (nytt fönster)En av forskarna som fått an

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/forbattrade-och-skraddarsydda-prediktionsmetoder-cancer - 2025-01-17

Av sara [dot] liedholm [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sara Liedholm) - publicerad 13 november 2020 Stort grattis till Cheng Luan, forskningsingenjör från Kina och postdok i forskargruppen Diabetes – Öcellspatofysiologi, som prisas av den kinesiska regeringen för sin framstående forskning. "Ett av de största ögonblicken i mitt liv" säger Cheng Luan om utmärkelsen. Bild: Tove Gilvad – Jag glömmer aldri

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/kinesiskt-pris-framstaende-forskning - 2025-01-17

Av olle [dot] dahlback [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Olle Dahlbäck) - publicerad 13 november 2020 Zaal Kokaia fick på lite distans, i den corona-tid vi lever i, ta emot Bengt Falcks pris av Medicinska fakultetens dekanus Erik Renström. Foto: Olle Dahlbäck Zaal Kokaia, professor i neurologi vid Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper i Lund och Stamcellscentrum (SCC), är årets pristagare av Bengt Falc

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/strokeforskare-far-bengt-falcks-pris - 2025-01-17

Av sofia_b [dot] liljedahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Sofia B Liljedahl) - publicerad 13 november 2020 Professor Kristina Åkesson och professor Martin L Olsson blir dekan och prodekan för Medicinska fakulteten i januari 2021. Nu är det klart! Rektor har beslutat att tillsätta framröstat dekanpar vid fakulteten. Professor Kristina Åkesson blir dekan och professor Martin L Olsson blir prodekan, med

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/faktultetens-nya-dekan-och-prodekan - 2025-01-17

Av tove [dot] smeds [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Smeds) - publicerad 17 november 2020 Johan Agorelius, Alexander Dontsios Holmkvist och Jens Schouenborg vid det tvärvetenskapliga forskningscentrumet Neuronano Research Center. Foto: Tove Smeds. En ny metod som långsamt frisätter läkemedel lokalt i hjärnan har tagits fram av forskare vid Lunds universitet. Läkemedlet kapslas in i nanopartiklar o

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/nanopartiklar-kommer-lastade-med-lakemedel-till-hjarnan - 2025-01-17

Av johanna [dot] sandahl [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Johanna Sandahl) - publicerad 18 november 2020 Darcy Wagner utvecklar behandlingar för patienter med lungsjuksommar. “Detta kan hjälpa oss runt bristen på donerad vävnad som är tillgänglig för patienter och kan dessutom förbättra överlevnaden på lång sikt." Darcy Wagner är en av forskarna på Wallenberg centrum för molekylär medicinsk forskning v

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/mot-veckans-wallenbergforskare-darcy-wagner - 2025-01-17

Av tove [dot] gilvad [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Tove Gilvad) - publicerad 18 november 2020 Martin Magnusson och Amra Jujic står bakom studien vars resultat de tror kan spela en avgörande roll för framtida studier och behandling av diabetes. Foto: Tove Gilvad Diabetes behandlas i dag med inkretinhormoner för att minska risken för hjärtkärlsjukdomar och andra riskfaktorer sjukdomen kan ge upphov ti

https://www.medicin.lu.se/artikel/hormoner-kopplas-till-aderforkalkning-forskare-vill-oka-kunskap-om-diabetesbehandling - 2025-01-17