Publications by authors named "L Diederichsen"
To investigate if progression of coronary artery calcification (CAC) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is associated with renal and traditional cardiovascular risk factors as well as incidence of myocardial infarctions. CAC progression was evaluated by cardiac computed tomography (CT) at baseline and after 5 years. Multivariable Poisson regression was applied to investigate associations between CAC progression and baseline values for traditional cardiovascular risk factors, CAC, SLE disease duration, lupus nephritis, and renal function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMulticentre investigation on the effect of decompressive surgery on Balance and physical ActiviTy Levels amongst patients with lumbar Spinal stenosis (B-ATLAS): protocol for a prospective cohort study.
BMJ Open
September 2024
Introduction: Patients with lumbar spinal stenosis may have poor balance, decreased physical function and problems maintaining physical activity levels due to radiculopathy. Decompressive surgery is often indicated if conservative management fails to achieve a satisfactory clinical outcome. While surgical management has proven effective at treating radiculopathy, and patients report increased physical function postoperatively, objective measures of postural control and physical activity remain sparse.
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- This study investigates the genetics behind systemic inflammatory autoimmune diseases (SIADs), like systemic lupus erythematosus, primary Sjögren's disease, and myositis, which share similar autoantibodies and symptoms.
- Researchers sequenced DNA from immune-related genes in over 2,200 Scandinavian patients and 1,200 controls to identify genetic variants connected to these diseases.
- Findings revealed both known and new genetic loci associated with SIADs and highlighted that different patient subgroups have distinct genetic traits, influencing their clinical features and possibly leading to anti-inflammatory effects related to skin manifestations.
Myositis is associated with reduced quality of life, which is accompanied by significant impairments in muscle endurance and strength, altogether representing cardinal traits in patients with myositis. This randomised controlled trial aimed to investigate the effect of high-intensity resistance training on quality of life in patients with myositis. Thirty-two patients with established, stable myositis were randomised to 16 weeks of high-intensity resistance training (intervention group) or 16 weeks of usual care (control group).
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- The study aimed to analyze how damage from idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) changes over time and its relationship with different autoantibody subgroups using data from a large patient registry.
- Researchers examined data from 757 patients classified by their autoantibody profiles and found that damage increased over the years, with varying rates depending on the type of autoantibody present.
- Results indicated that patients with dermatomyositis-specific autoantibodies exhibited less damage per year, while those with anti-PM/Scl autoantibodies experienced greater damage, highlighting significant differences among the groups over a five-year follow-up.