The Oslo health study: cheese intake was negatively associated with the metabolic syndrome.

Objective: We previously reported that the frequency of cheese intake (FCI) was negatively associated with serum triglycerides and positively associated with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), both components of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). We therefore wanted to study whether FCI is associated with MetS.

Methods: The Oslo Health Study (18,770 subjects), obtained data from 7815 men and 9685 women on cheese intake and risk factors for MetS, except for fasting glucose.

Resistance training in overweight women on a ketogenic diet conserved lean body mass while reducing body fat.

Background: The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of 10 weeks resistance training in combination with either a regular diet (Ex) or a low carbohydrate, ketogenic diet (Lc+Ex) in overweight women on body weight and body composition.

Methods: 18 untrained women between 20 and 40 years with BMI >/= 25 kg*m-2 were randomly assigned into the Ex or Lc+Ex group. Both groups performed 60-100 min of varied resistance exercise twice weekly.

Slow postmeal walking reduces postprandial glycemia in middle-aged women.

Postprandial blood glucose concentration is a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, even at states well below hyperglycemic levels. A previous study has shown that postmeal exercise of moderate intensity blunts the blood glucose increase after carbohydrate intake (Høstmark et al. Prev.

Cola intake and serum lipids in the Oslo Health Study.

Soft drinks can be a major source of sucrose, which may influence serum lipid concentration. We have examined the association between intake frequency of various types of soft drinks and the concentration of serum triglycerides (TG) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in the cross-sectional Oslo Health Study. A total of 14 188 subjects of the altogether 18,770 participants of the study had data on intake frequency of colas and non-colas, with or without sugar.

Serum vitamin E concentration and osmotic fragility in female long-distance runners.

The objective of this study was to assess the nutritional adequacy of sub-elite runners with irregular menstrual function (n=10) and that of a comparable group of runners with regular menstrual function (n=10), with a special focus on vitamin E. Based on 3 days' records of weighed dietary intake, the mean energy intakes of micro- and macronutrients were estimated. Both estimated daily energy intake (irregular: 9.

Self-rated health showed a consistent association with serum HDL-cholesterol in the cross-sectional Oslo Health Study.

Objective: To examine the association between serum HDL-cholesterol concentration (HDL-C) and self rated health (SRH) in several age groups of men and women.

Study Design And Setting: The study had a cross-sectional design and included 18,770 men and women of the Oslo Health Study aged 30; 40 and 45; 69-60; 75-76 years.

Results: In both sexes and all age groups, SRH (3 categories: poor, good, very good) was positively correlated with HDL-C.

Serum albumin and self-reported prevalence of stroke: a population-based, cross-sectional study.

Background: Since information about the association between serum albumin and risk of stroke is limited the purpose of the present paper was to re-investigate this relationship.

Design: The study followed a cross-sectional design.

Methods: In the cross-sectional Norwegian Oslo Health Study the concentration of serum albumin and blood pressure was determined in a random sample of 5071 men and women, 30-75 years of age.

Serum albumin and blood pressure: a population-based, cross-sectional study.

Background And Purpose: Information about the association between serum albumin and blood pressure is limited. The purpose of the present paper was to investigate this relationship in different age groups in males and females.

Methods: In the cross-sectional Norwegian Oslo Health Study, the concentration of serum albumin and blood pressure was determined in 5071 men and women 30-75 years of age.