Publicationslist for the year 2003
Older publications lists are in our annual reports (Ársskýrslur)
1. I.S. Thrainsdottir; Th. Harðarson, G. Thorgeirsson, H. Sigvaldason, N. Sigfusson.
Survival and trends of occurrence of left ventricular hypertrophy gender differences, 1967-92: The Reykjavik Study. Journal of Internal Medicine 2003; 253: 418-424.
2. Nikulás Sigfússon, Gunnar Sigurðsson, Helgi Sigvaldason, Vilmundur Guðnason.
Breytingar á reykingavenjum miðaldra og eldri Íslendinga síðastliðin þrjátíu ár og ástæður. Niðurstöður úr hóprannsókn Hjartaverndar. Læknablaðið 2003; 89: 489-98.
3. Kristín Siggeirsdóttir, Unnur Alfreðsdóttir, Guðrún Einarsdóttir, Brynjólfur Y. Jónsson. A new approach in vocational rehabilitation in Iceland, preliminary report. Work;2003;8
4. Bolli Thorsson, Gunnar Sigurðsson, Vilmundur Gudnason. Systematic Family Screening for Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Iceland. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2003, 1;23(2):335-36.
5. Thjodleifsson B, Sigthorsson G, Cariglia N, Reynisdottir I, Gudbjartsson DF, Kristjansson K, Meddings JB, Gudnason V, Wandall JH, Andersen LP, Sherwood R, Kjeld M, Oddsson E, Gudjonsson H, Bjarnason I .Subclinical intestinal inflammation: An inherited abnormality in Crohn's disease relatives? Gastroenterology. 2003;124(7):1728-37.
6. Reynisdottir I, Thorleifsson G, Benediktsson R, Sigurdsson G, Emilsson V, Einarsdottir AS, Hjorleifsdottir EE, Orlygsdottir GT, Bjornsdottir GT, Saemundsdottir J, Halldorsson S, Hrafnkelsdottir S, Sigurjonsdottir SB, Steinsdottir S, Martin M, Kochan JP, Rhees BK, Grant SF, Frigge ML, Kong A, Gudnason V, Stefansson K, Gulcher JR. Localization of a Susceptibility Gene for Type 2 Diabetes to Chromosome 5q34-q35.2. Am J Hum Genet. 2003 Aug;73(2):323-35. Epub. 2003 Jul 08.
7. Anna Birna Almarsdóttir, Magnús Sigurðsson, Vilmundur Guðnason. Notkun náttúruefna, fæðubótarefna og lausasölulyfja -hönnun og prófun spurningalista. Læknablaðið 10. tbl. 89 árg. 2003.
8. Nikulás Sigfússon, Gunnar Sigurðsson, Helgi Sigvaldason, Vilmundur Guðnason Breytingar á reykingavenjum miðaldra og eldri Íslendinga síðastliðin þrjátíu ár og ástæður þeirra. Niðurstöður úr hóprannsóknum Hjartaverndar. Læknablaðið 6. tbl. 89 árg. 2003.
9. Gretarsdottir S, Thorleifsson G, Reynisdottir ST, Manolescu A, Jonsdottir S, Jonsdottir T, Gudmundsdottir T, Bjarnadottir SM, Einarsson OB, Gudjonsdottir HM, Hawkins M, Gudmundsson G, Gudmundsdottir H, Andrason H, Gudmundsdottir AS, Sigurdardottir M, Chou TT, Nahmias J, Goss S, Sveinbjornsdottir S, Valdimarsson EM, Jakobsson F, Agnarsson U, Gudnason V, Thorgeirsson G, Fingerle J, Gurney M, Gudbjartsson D, Frigge ML, Kong A, Stefansson K, Gulcher JR. The gene encoding phosphodiesterase 4D confers risk of ischemic stroke. Nat Genet. 2003 Oct;35(2):131-8. Epub 2003 Sep 21.
10. Andresdottir MB, Sigfusson N, Sigvaldason H, Gudnason V. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, an independent predictor of coronary heart disease in men and women: The Reykjavik Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2003 Nov 1;158(9):844-51.
11. Sigurðsson EL, Pálsdóttir K, Sigurðsson B, Jónsdóttir S, Guðnason V. Áhættuþættir hjarta- og æðasjúkdóma meðal fimmtugra á Akureyri og í Hafnarfirði. Staða og áhrif einfaldrar íhlutunar. Læknablaðið 2003; 89: 859-64.
12. Andresdottir MB, Sigurdsson G, Aspelund T, Gudnason V. Well-documented parental history of MI is associated with an increased risk of coronary events in offspring, which cannot be explained by differences in conventional risk factors. The Reykjavik Offspring Study, 5th ICCAD congress, Flórens, Ítalíu 19-22 október 2003.
13. Andresdottir MB, Sigurdsson G, Sigvaldason H, Gudnason V. Fifteen percent of myocardial infarctions and coronary revascularizations explained by family history unrelated to conventional risk factors. 5th ICCAD congress, Flórens, Ítalíu, 19-22 október 2003.
14. Sigurdsson G. Effect of smoking on health in Iceland. Málþing: Hvernig halda áramótaheitin? Að styðja fólk til breytinga á lífsstíl. Læknadagar 13.-17. janúar 2003, Reykjavík
15. Sigurdsson G. Skaðsemi reykinga á Íslandi. Fræðslufundur lyflæknadeilda Landspítala – háskólasjúkrahúss, 7. febrúar 2003, Reykjavík
16. Sigurdsson G. Forvarnir– Getum við minnkað nýgengi sykursýki af tegund 2. Pfizer Plus. Símenntun fyrir heimilislækna. Málþing 4.-5. apríl 2003. Reykjavík.
17. Sigurðsson G. Ezeimibe handa FH-sjúklingum. Kynningarfundur Farmasíu ehf. 28. maí 2003. Reykjavík.
18. Sigurdsson G, Arnar DO, Andersen K. Dánartíðni vegna kransæðastíflu hefur lækkað 63% á tveimur áratugum. Um 380 yngri en 75 ára greinast árlega. Morgunblaðið 21. janúar 2003.
19. Sigurdsson G. Þriðja hvert dauðsfall 35-70 ára má rekja til reykinga. Þeir sem hætta að reykja geta dregið úr áhættunni. Morgunblaðið 23. janúar 2003.
20. Kristin Siggeirsdottir, Örn Olafsson, Halldor Jonsson jr, Susanne Iwarsson, Vilmundur Gudnason, Brynjolfur Y. Jonsson. Short hospital stay augmented with education and home based rehabilitation improves function and quality of life after hip replacement: Randomized prospective study of 50 patients with six month´s follow up. Sigtuna Svíþjóð, 11-13. desember, 2003.
21. Uggi Agnarsson, Gunnar Sigurdsson, Helgi Sigvaldason, Guðmundur Þorgeirsson, Nikulás Sigfússon, Vilmundur Gudnason.. Leisure-time physical and risk for myocardial infarction, cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in men and women. The Reykjavik Study Nordic cardiology congress NNC 2003 júní Odinsve; Danmörku
22. Agnes Guðmundsdóttir. Geislaálag vegna notkunar TS tækis í Öldrunarrannsókn Hjartaverndar - notkun straummótunarbúnaðar. BSc verkefni í geislafræði. Óútgefið námsefni, bókasafn THÍ.
23. LSG. Gudmundsson, G. Thorgeirsson, N. Sigfusson, H. Sigvaldason, M. Johannsson Migraine Patients have lower Pulse Pressure compared with Controls in a Population-based Study of 21537 Subjects. The Reykjavik Study. The 2003 World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences — FIP's 63rd World Congress Sydney, Australia, from 4 to 9 September.
24. Gudny Eiriksdottir, Helga Eyjolfsdottir, Kristjana Bjarnadottir, Vilmundur Gudnason. The GST null allele enhances the risk of smoking for developing myocardial infarction in Icelandic women: The Reykjavik Study. XIIIth International Symposium on Atherosclerosis Sept 28-Oct. 2, 2003, Kyoto Japan. Atherosclerosis Suppl. 4 (2), 2003, 23.
25. Vilmundur Gudnason, Thor Aspelund, Gunnar Sigurdsson, Gudny Eiriksdottir. Risk of cardiovascular events in young males in Iceland: A prospective study. XIIIth International Symposium on Atherosclerosis Sept 28-Oct. 2, 2003, Kyoto Japan. Athersclerosis Suppl. 4 (2), 2003, 33.