Espen Bjertness

Datos Biográficos

ID6077362
NOMBREEspen Bjertness
NOMBRESEspen
APELLIDOBjertness
FIRMABJERTNESS E
AFILIACIONESSection for Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Oslo, Frederik Holsts hus, Ulleval terrasse, Kirkeveien 166, 0450 Oslo, Norway
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS38
TOTAL DE CITAS15
TOTAL COMO AUTOR38
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2001
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2024
ÍNDICE H3

  • Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022

    Open AccessNowell H Phelps, Rosie Singleton et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2024

    BACKGROUND: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. METHODS: ). For school-aged children and adolescents, we report thinness (BMI 2 SD above the median). FINDINGS: From 1990 to 20…

  • Is the degree of religiosity related to community belonging and trust in society? A cross-sectional study among Muslims in Norway

    Open AccessBushra Ishaq, Espen Bjertne et al.ARTICLESocial Sciences & Humanities Open2024

    It is unclear if the degree of religiosity within Muslim minority groups causes health inequality because of poor community belonging and lack of trust in society. We aimed to investigate the association of the degree of Muslim religiosity with community belonging and trust in society, including general trust and trust in political authorities, political power, media and monarchy. This study had a cross-sectional design, including a random sample…

  • Maternal mortality and fertility in Myanmar

    Open AccessMyint Myint Wai, Espen Bjertne et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2024

    Many women in developing countries are dying from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. These maternal deaths are attributed to the poor coverage of reproductive health services and high fertility levels. A holistic review of the reproductive health is necessary to reflect the country’s situation and progress of reproductive health and provide recommendations for areas that need an improvement. The aim of this paper is to provid…

  • Widening the knowledge of non-employment as a risk factor for suicide

    Open AccessCarine Øien-Ødegaard, Lars J Hauge et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    There is an association between non-employment and suicide risk. Compared to the employed both unemployed men and men and women with health-related non-employment have elevated suicide risk, and the duration of non-employment may be the driving force. Considering the large share of the working age population that are not employed, non-employment status should be considered in suicide risk assessment by health care professionals and welfare provid…

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019

    Open AccessBin Zhou, Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2021

    BACKGROUND: Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of hypertension and progress in its detection, treatment, and control from 1990 to 2019 for 200 countries and territories. METHODS: We used data from 1990 to 2019 on people aged 30-79 years from population-representative studies with measurement of blood pressure and data on blo…

  • Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories

    Open AccessAndrea Rodriguez-Martinez, Andrea Rodriguez‐Martinez et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2020

    BACKGROUND: Comparable global data on health and nutrition of school-aged children and adolescents are scarce. We aimed to estimate age trajectories and time trends in mean height and mean body-mass index (BMI), which measures weight gain beyond what is expected from height gain, for school-aged children and adolescents. METHODS: For this pooled analysis, we used a database of cardiometabolic risk factors collated by the Non-Communicable Disease …

  • The prevalence of mental distress and the association with education

    Open AccessWin Thuzar Aye, Lars Lien et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    The prevalence of mental distress is high, and there is an association between HSCL-10 score and education. Due to the scarcity of mental health services in Myanmar, the findings indicate a need for a mental health policy to handle the burden of mental health problems in Yangon, a burden which is probably high within the country

  • Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence and Association with Wealth in Myanmar

    Open AccessLise Wessel Larsen, Win Thuzar Aye et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2020Citada por: 3Referencias: 3

    This study explores the prevalence of physical, sexual and emotional intimate partner violence in Myanmar, attitudes towards violence, and the association between wealth and intimate partner violence. We analysed a nationally representative sample of 3425 married women aged 15–49 years from Myanmar Demographic and Health survey 2015–2016. In this cross-sectional study, data was collected by in-person interviews using a standardized questionnaire.…

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Open AccessNCD Risk Factor Collaboration, Honor Bixby et al.ARTICLENature2019

    Body-mass index (BMI) has increased steadily in most countries in parallel with a rise in the proportion of the population who live in cities 1,2 . This has led to a widely reported view that urbanization is one of the most important drivers of the global rise in obesity 3–6 . Here we use 2,009 population-based studies, with measurements of height and weight in more than 112 million adults, to report national, regional and global trends in mean B…

  • The prevalence of selected risk factors for non-communicable diseases in Hargeisa, Somaliland

    Open AccessSoheir H Ahmed, Haakon E Meyer et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    Most of the selected risk factors for noncommunicable diseases were high and increased by age in both women and men. Overweight and obesity and low physical activity needs intervention in women, while hypertension and low fruit and vegetable consumption needs intervention in both men and women. Somaliland health authorities should develop and/or strengthen health services that can help in treating persons with hypertension and hyperlipidaemia, an…

  • Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories

    Open AccessR Lozano, Nancy Fullman et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2018

    BACKGROUND: Efforts to establish the 2015 baseline and monitor early implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) highlight both great potential for and threats to improving health by 2030. To fully deliver on the SDG aim of "leaving no one behind", it is increasingly important to examine the health-related SDGs beyond national-level estimates. As part of the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017 (GBD 2…

  • Inequity in the utilization of antenatal and delivery care in Yangon region, Myanmar

    Open AccessAye Nyein Moe Myint, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2018

    There was no overall inequity in the utilization of ANC but substantial inequities in delivery by CS and SBA were shown. Social determinants of health, particularly age and education, were associated with inequities in the utilization of delivery care. Adolescent pregnant women were found to be particularly vulnerable, and thus should be a target group for strategic plans to reduce inequities in utilization of delivery care

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015

    Open AccessBin Zhou, James Bentham et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2017

    BACKGROUND: Raised blood pressure is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease. We estimated worldwide trends in mean systolic and mean diastolic blood pressure, and the prevalence of, and number of people with, raised blood pressure, defined as systolic blood pressure of 140 mm Hg or higher or diastolic blood pressure of 90 mm Hg or higher. METHODS: For this analysis, we pooled national, subnational, or comm…

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016

    Open AccessLeandra Abarca-Gómez, Ziad Abdeen et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2017

    BACKGROUND: Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate worldwide trends in mean body-mass index (BMI) and a comprehensive set of BMI categories that cover underweight to obesity in children and adolescents, and to compare trends with those of adults. METHODS: We pooled 2416 population-based studies with measurements of height…

  • Changes in prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension from 2004 to 2014 among 25-74-year-old citizens in the Yangon Region, Myanmar

    Open AccessAung Soe Htet, Marius B Bjertness et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    The prevalence of hypertension has risen from 2004 to 2014 in both urban and rural areas of the Yangon Region, while, the awareness, treatment and control rate of hypertension remains low in urban and rural areas among both males and females. It is likely that changes in the metabolic variables, BMI and hypercholesterolemia have contributed to an increase in the prevalence of hypertension from 2004 to 2014. Factors associated with hypertension in…

  • Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980–2015

    Open AccessHaidong Wang, Zulfiqar A Bhutta et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2016

    BACKGROUND: Established in 2000, Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG4) catalysed extraordinary political, financial, and social commitments to reduce under-5 mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015. At the country level, the pace of progress in improving child survival has varied markedly, highlighting a crucial need to further examine potential drivers of accelerated or slowed decreases in child mortality. The Global Burden of Disease 2015 …

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (Dalys) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (Hale), 1990–2015

    Open AccessNicholas J Kassebaum, Megha Arora et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2016

    BACKGROUND: Healthy life expectancy (HALE) and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) provide summary measures of health across geographies and time that can inform assessments of epidemiological patterns and health system performance, help to prioritise investments in research and development, and monitor progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We aimed to provide updated HALE and DALYs for geographies worldwide and evaluate ho…

  • Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015

    Open AccessNicholas J Kassebaum, Ryan M Barber et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2016

    BACKGROUND: In transitioning from the Millennium Development Goal to the Sustainable Development Goal era, it is imperative to comprehensively assess progress toward reducing maternal mortality to identify areas of success, remaining challenges, and frame policy discussions. We aimed to quantify maternal mortality throughout the world by underlying cause and age from 1990 to 2015. METHODS: We estimated maternal mortality at the global, regional, …

  • Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries

    Open AccessStephen S Lim, Kate Allen et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2016

    BACKGROUND: In September, 2015, the UN General Assembly established the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs specify 17 universal goals, 169 targets, and 230 indicators leading up to 2030. We provide an analysis of 33 health-related SDG indicators based on the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 (GBD 2015). METHODS: We applied statistical methods to systematically compiled data to estimate the performance of…

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015

    Open AccessHaidong Wang, Mohsen Naghavi et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2016

    BACKGROUND: Improving survival and extending the longevity of life for all populations requires timely, robust evidence on local mortality levels and trends. The Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study (GBD 2015) provides a comprehensive assessment of all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes in 195 countries and territories from 1980 to 2015. These results informed an in-depth investigation of observed and expected mortality patterns bas…

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015

    Open AccessMohammad H Forouzanfar, Ashkan Afshin et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2016

    BACKGROUND: The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 provides an up-to-date synthesis of the evidence for risk factor exposure and the attributable burden of disease. By providing national and subnational assessments spanning the past 25 years, this study can inform debates on the importance of addressing risks in context. METHODS: We used the comparative risk assessment framework developed for previous iterations of t…

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015

    Open AccessTheo Vos, Christine Allen et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2016

    BACKGROUND: Non-fatal outcomes of disease and injury increasingly detract from the ability of the world's population to live in full health, a trend largely attributable to an epidemiological transition in many countries from causes affecting children, to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) more common in adults. For the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 (GBD 2015), we estimated the incidence, prevalence, and years liv…

  • Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration)

    Open AccessIan Anderson, Bridget Robson et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2016

  • Prevalence and determinants of hypertension in Myanmar - a nationwide cross-sectional study

    Open AccessMarius B Bjertness, Aung Soe Htet et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    The prevalence of hypertension was high and associated with metabolic-, behavioral- and socio-demographic factors. Due to expected rapid economic growth in Myanmar we recommend similar studies in the future to follow up and describe trends in the risk factors, especially modifiable factors, which will most likely be on rise. Studies on effectiveness on interventions are needed, and policies to reduce the burden of NCD risk factors should be imple…

  • Urban-rural differences in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases risk factors among 25–74 years old citizens in Yangon Region, Myanmar

    Open AccessAung Soe Htet, Marius B Bjertness et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    The metabolic risk factors, as well as a moderate or high ten-year risk of CHD were more common among urban residents whereas behavioral risk factors levels were higher in among the rural people of Yangon Region. The high prevalences of NCD risk factors in both urban and rural areas call for preventive measures to reduce the future risk of NCDs in Myanmar