Published 7 January 2021 Over half the children had postural asymmetries in sitting (n = 1,646; 60.2%) or supine (n = 1,467; 53.6%). These increased with age and as motor function decreased. Children were twice as likely to have pain if they had an asymmetric posture (OR 2.1–2.7), regardless of age, sex and motor function. Children unable to maintain or change position independently were at higher

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/postural-asymmetries-pain-and-ability-change-position-children-cerebral-palsy-sitting-and-supine - 2025-05-11

Published 7 January 2021 The results on a combined measure of the word and nonword decoding indicated that only 18% of the children had age-adequate decoding skills. The proportion of age-adequate decoders did not change noticeably with the school year. The participants’ decoding skills showed larger deviations to test norm means with higher school years. Hierarchical regression analysis showed th

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/description-and-prediction-reading-decoding-skills-swedish-children-developmental-language-disorder - 2025-05-11

Published 8 January 2021 Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is associated with increased risk of trauma and cardiovascular events. Recent studies have identified new genetic variants that influence orthostatic blood pressure (BP). The aim of this study was to investigate the associations of candidate gene loci with orthostatic BP responses in older adults. A total of 3,430 participants aged ≥50 years fr

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/orthostatic-hypotension-and-novel-blood-pressure-associated-gene-variants-older-adults-data-tilda - 2025-05-11

Published 8 January 2021 Wealth is highly correlated between parents and their children; however, little is known about the extent to which these relationships are genetic or determined by environmental factors. We use administrative data on the net wealth of a large sample of Swedish adoptees merged with similar information for their biological and adoptive parents. Comparing the relationship bet

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/poor-little-rich-kids-role-nature-versus-nurture-wealth-and-other-economic-outcomes-and-behaviours - 2025-05-11

Published 9 January 2021 The European Registry of Quality Outcomes of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (EUREQUO) contains data on baseline characteristics, surgery, and follow-up for cataract surgeries. Previous vitrectomy is included as a mandatory parameter in baseline characteristics. According to the protocol for EUREQUO, consecutive cases should be reported by participating units. Read more at

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/cataract-surgery-eyes-previous-vitrectomy-risks-and-benefits-reflected-european-registry-quality - 2025-05-11

Published 9 January 2021 Heavy drinking (HD) and binge drinking (BD) exhibit marked differences in their relationships with contextual‐level factors imbedded in geographical areas of residence. The objective is to identify sociodemographic factors, both at the individual and at the contextual level, associated with these 2 main hazardous consumption patterns. Read more at Individual and Contextual

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/individual-and-contextual-factors-associated-hazardous-drinking-spain-evidence-national-population - 2025-05-11

Published 10 January 2021 Of 1032 patients, 175 (17.0%) had fragrance allergy, with 57.7% of clinical relevance. FM I showed the highest prevalence (9.4%). The associated factors were being elderly, lesions on the extremities, metal allergy history, and long dermatitis duration. Contact allergies to epoxy resin and Compositae plants were significantly associated with fragrance allergy with an odds

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/prevalence-concomitant-reactions-and-factors-associated-fragrance-allergy-thailand - 2025-05-11

Published 4 April 2018 Sustainability and resilience – Tackling consequences of climate and environmental changes 2018 Syftet med bidraget är att du som forskare ges frihet att själv formulera forskningsidé, metod och utförande, samt att lösa en definierad forskningsuppgift inom en begränsad tid. Detta bidrag finansieras gemensamt av Vetenskapsrådet och Sida genom regeringens biståndsmedel, samt a

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/joint-call-proposals-vr-formas-forte-and-sida - 2025-05-11

Published 10 January 2021 Social insurance administrative officers’ decision‐making skills influence their efficiency at work and their general well‐being. At work their tasks are characterised by complexity and a need for order and accountability. Moreover, cases should usually be handled and finalised within the imposed time frames. We investigated skills related to decision‐making success among

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/association-between-decision-making-skills-and-subjective-decision-outcomes-among-administrative - 2025-05-11

Published 11 January 2021 Compression neuropathies (CN) in the upper extremity, the most common being carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and ulnar nerve entrapment (UNE), are frequent among patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Earlier studies have shown contradicting results regarding DM as a risk factor for CN. Thus, the aim of the present populationbased, longitudinal study was to explore potential a

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/diabetes-mellitus-risk-factor-compression-neuropathy-longitudinal-cohort-study-southern-sweden-1 - 2025-05-11

Published 11 January 2021 A total of 20 684 aortic events occurred during the study period. Non-O donors and patients had similar incidence of aortic events when compared with blood group O donors and patients with an IRR of 0.98 (95% CI, 0.93–1.04) and 1.00 (95% CI, 0.97–1.03), respectively. There were no differences between non-O and blood group O individuals when aortic dissections and aortic a

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/abo-blood-group-and-risk-aortic-disease-nationwide-cohort-study - 2025-05-11

Published 26 December 2020 Formas skärper kraven på öppen vetenskaplig publicering för de utlysningar som öppnar efter 1 januari 2021. Kraven innebär att all vetenskaplig publicering som är resultat av projekt som finansierats av Formas ska publiceras öppet tillgängligt, utan fördröjning. De skärpta kraven beskriver också på vilka sätt publiceringen ska ske. Läs mer på https://formas.se/arkiv/nyhe

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/formas-skarper-krav-pa-vetenskaplig-publicering - 2025-05-11

Published 27 December 2020 I propositionen presenterar regeringen forskningspolitiken för åren 2021– 2024. Den omfattar frågor om såväl forskning och innovation som högre utbildning. Politiken utgår från målet att Sverige ska vara ett av världens främsta forsknings-och innovationsländer och en framstående kunskapsnation. Läs mer på https://www.regeringen.se/rattsliga-dokument/proposition/2020/12/f

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/forskning-frihet-framtid-kunskap-och-innovation-sverige - 2025-05-11

Published 29 December 2020 Den årliga öppna utlysningen är öppen för ansökningar inom Fortes övergripande ansvarsområden: hälsa, arbetsliv och välfärd. Syftet är att möjliggöra analys av och bidra till en fördjupad kunskap inom avgränsade forskningsområden eller frågeställningar. Läs mer på https://forte.se/utlysning/arliga-oppna-utlysningen-2021.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/fortes-arliga-utlysning-2021 - 2025-05-11

Published 2 January 2021 I den här utlysningen kan du ansöka om deltagande i sommarskolan ”Summer Program in Aging 2021” (SPA 2021) på temat longitudinella studier om åldrande. Denna utlysning är ett samarbete mellan the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – Institute of Aging och Forte. Forte finansierar anmälningsavgiften. Läs mer på https://forte.se/utlysning/spa-2021/.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/digital-sommarskola-kring-longitudinella-studier-om-aldrande - 2025-05-11

Published 12 January 2021 A total of 20 684 aortic events occurred duringthe study period. Non-O donors and patients had similar incidence of aortic events when compared with blood group O donors and patients with an IRR of 0.98 (95% CI, 0.93–1.04) and 1.00 (95% CI, 0.97–1.03), respectively. There were no differences between non-O and blood group O individuals when aortic dissections and aortic an

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/abo-blood-group-and-risk-aortic-disease-nationwide-cohort-study-0 - 2025-05-11

Published 12 January 2021 Osteoarthritis (OA) of the first carpometacarpal (CMC-1) joint is a common hand disorder with symptoms including pain and weakness of the thumb. Previous studies have associated high BMI with OA of weight-bearing joints, whereas studies regarding non-weight-bearing joints have shown conflicting results. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the influence of overw

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/high-body-mass-index-associated-increased-risk-osteoarthritis-first-carpometacarpal-joint-during - 2025-05-11

Published 13 January 2021 Certain groups of informal caregivers have been shown to have worse health compared to noncaregivers. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to explore the health and gender aspects of caregiving in an older Swedish population. Methods. Our study included 5457 participants from the longitudinal, general population study “Good Aging in Skåne.” A total of 33 self-reporte

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/high-burden-among-older-family-caregivers-associated-high-prevalence-symptoms-data-swedish-study - 2025-05-11

Published 13 January 2021 Three sources of parent-child resemblance (genes plus rearing, genes only, and rearing only) were examined in parents and offspring from four family types from Swedish national samples: intact nuclear families, families with a not-lived-with biological father, families with a stepfather, and adoptees and their biological and adoptive parents. Parent-child resemblance was

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/sources-parent-child-transmission-risk-suicide-attempt-and-deaths-suicide-swedish-national-samples - 2025-05-11

Published 14 January 2021 Specific medical guidelines for health surveillance exist for people with Down syndrome (DS) since 25 years but knowledge of adherence to the guidelines is lacking. The guidelines were developed to avoid unnecessary suffering from preventable conditions. The aims of the study were to investigate 1) planned health care visits in relation to the co-morbidities described in

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/health-care-utilisation-among-older-people-down-syndrome-compared-specific-medical-guidelines-health - 2025-05-11