Browsing Fakultet for helse- og sosialvitskap / Faculty of Health and Social Sciences by Subject "pregnancy"
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A history of previous childbirths is linked to women's white matter brain age in midlife and older age
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Maternal brain adaptations occur in response to pregnancy, but little is known about how parity impacts white matter and white matter ageing trajectories later in life. Utilising global and regional brain age prediction ... -
Paternal characteristics associated with maternal periconceptional use of folic acid supplementation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Maternal predictors of folic acid (FA) supplementation use to reduce offspring risk of neural tube defects are well known, while paternal determinants for maternal FA use are less known. Such knowledge is ... -
Preconception folic acid supplement use in immigrant women (1999-2016)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This study examines how preconception folic acid supplement use varied in immigrant women compared with non-immigrant women. We analyzed national population-based data from Norway from 1999–2016, including 1,055,886 ... -
Preconception leisure-time physical activity and family history of stroke and myocardial infarction associate with preterm delivery: findings from a Norwegian cohort
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Preterm birth poses short and long-term health consequences for mothers and offspring including cardiovascular disease sequelae. However, studies evaluating preexisting family history of cardiovascular disease ... -
Preeclampsia by maternal reasons for immigration: A population-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background To investigate whether the occurrence of preeclampsia varied by maternal reasons for immigration. Methods We included 1,287,270 singleton pregnancies (163,508 to immigrant women) in Norway during 1990–2013. ... -
Relationship Satisfaction Reduces the Risk of Maternal Infectious Diseases in Pregnancy: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-01-31)Objectives The aims of this study were to explore the degree to which relationship satisfaction predicts the risk of infectious diseases during pregnancy and to examine whether relationship satisfaction moderates the ... -
Sleep, evening light exposure and perceived stress in healthy nulliparous women in the third trimester of pregnancy.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Objective Sleep disturbances are common in pregnancy, and the prevalence increases during the third trimester. The aim of the present study was to assess sleep patterns, sleep behavior and prevalence of insomnia in pregnant ...