Publications by authors named "Anne Von Ruesten"
Objective: To compare the survival of palliative stage IV colorectal cancer patients selected for primary tumor resection and systemic treatment (PTR+SYST) to patients with systemic treatment only (SYST).
Background: About 20-25% of all colorectal cancer patients are diagnosed with stage IV disease. The benefit of primary tumor resection in the palliative situation is therefore of high concern.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the consumption of seven healthy food items associated with the Nordic diet across ten European countries as part of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).
- Using a cross-sectional design, the research employed a 24-hour dietary recall method to analyze food intake, taking into account variations by sex and season.
- Findings showed that while some foods like dark bread and fish are strongly tied to Nordic traditions, items such as apples, berries, and root vegetables are widely consumed across Europe, suggesting their potential inclusion in public health initiatives.
Background: Pregnancy is a major life event for women and often connected with changes in diet and lifestyle and natural gestational weight gain. However, excessive weight gain during pregnancy may lead to postpartum weight retention and add to the burden of increasing obesity prevalence. Therefore, it is of interest to examine whether adherence to nutrient recommendations or food-based guidelines is associated with postpartum weight retention 6 months after birth.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Many epidemiological studies have examined fruit and vegetable consumption in relation to the risk of urothelial cell carcinoma (UCC) of the bladder, but results are inconsistent. The association between fruit and vegetable consumption and UCC risk may vary by bladder tumour aggressiveness. Therefore, we examined the relation between fruit and vegetable consumption and the risk of aggressive and non-aggressive UCC in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: In view of the reduced number of hours devoted to sleep in modern western societies the question arises what effects might result from sleep duration on occurrence of chronic diseases.
Methods: Data from 23 620 middle-aged participants of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Potsdam study, that were recruited between 1994-1998, were analyzed by using Cox proportional hazard regression to examine the association between self-reported sleep duration at baseline and incidence of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, myocardial infarction, stroke, and cancer.
Results: During a mean follow-up period of 7.
Objective: To investigate trends in obesity prevalence in recent years and to predict the obesity prevalence in 2015 in European populations.
Methods: Data of 97,942 participants from seven cohorts involved in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study participating in the Diogenes project (named as "Diogenes cohort" in the following) with weight measurements at baseline and follow-up were used to predict future obesity prevalence with logistic linear and non-linear (leveling off) regression models. In addition, linear and leveling off models were fitted to the EPIC-Potsdam dataset with five weight measures during the observation period to find out which of these two models might provide the more realistic prediction.
Objective: To investigate the association of antioxidant intakes from diet and supplements with elevated blood C-reactive protein (CRP) and homocysteine (Hcy) concentrations.
Design: A cross-sectional study. The main exposures were vitamins C and E, carotene, flavonoid and Se intakes from diet and supplements.