Publications by authors named "B K Lind"
Background: Adult Changes in Thought (ACT), a prospective cohort study, enrolls older adult members of Kaiser Permanente Washington. We describe an ambitious project to abstract medical records facilitating epidemiological investigation.
Methods: Abstracted data include medications; laboratory results; women's health; blood pressure; physical injuries; cardiovascular, neurological, psychiatric and other medical conditions.
Objective: To evaluate the impact of a compulsory pop-up form on the ordering pattern of proBNP blood tests by general practitioners in the Capital Region of Denmark.
Design: A follow-up study comparing the average number of proBNP tests ordered before and after the implementation of an intervention.
Setting And Subjects: From 2016 to 2021, the average number of proBNP tests increased by over 300%.
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to assess whether plasma Vitamin D levels (25(OH)D) can predict the onset of type 2 diabetes in a large cohort of over 222,000 individuals from Denmark's primary healthcare system.
- - Analyzed data showed that out of the participants, 3.4% developed type 2 diabetes, and those affected had significantly lower Vitamin D levels compared to those who did not develop the condition.
- - The results indicated a 15% increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes for every 10 nmol/L decrease in Vitamin D level, suggesting a need for further research to explore causation and potential benefits of Vitamin D supplementation.
The accuracy of predicting maladaptation to new environments with genomic data.
Mol Ecol Resour
August 2024
Rapid environmental change poses unprecedented challenges to species persistence. To understand the extent that continued change could have, genomic offset methods have been used to forecast maladaptation of natural populations to future environmental change. However, while their use has become increasingly common, little is known regarding their predictive performance across a wide array of realistic and challenging scenarios.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClosely related species often use the same genes to adapt to similar environments. However, we know little about why such genes possess increased adaptive potential and whether this is conserved across deeper evolutionary lineages. Adaptation to climate presents a natural laboratory to test these ideas, as even distantly related species must contend with similar stresses.
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