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Selection bias affects Mendelian randomization investigations when selection into the study sample depends on a collider between the genetic variant and confounders of the risk factor–outcome association. However, the relative importance of selection bias for Mendelian randomization compared with other potential biases is unclear. New publication in International Journal of Epidemiology.Read more

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/contextualizing-selection-bias-mendelian-randomization-how-bad-it-likely-be - 2025-10-09

Cross-sectional normative dual energy X-ray absorptiometry data in 1052 men aged 18–28 years New publication in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders.Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/does-peak-bone-mass-correlate-peak-bone-strength - 2025-10-09

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) established the Patient Registry Initiative to explore ways of supporting the use of patient registries in generating high-quality data for regulatory decision making and to enable a systematic approach to their use. We review barriers and opportunities for using patient registries in medicines regulation. A key aspect is that early discussions between all parti

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/barriers-and-opportunities-use-patient-registries-medicines-regulation - 2025-10-09

Soil-transmitted helminth infections have been found to be associated with child development. The objective was to investigate hemoglobin levels and malnutrition as mediators of the association between Ascaris infection and intelligence quotient (IQ) scores in children. New publication in Epidemiology.Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/bayesian-methods-exposure-misclassification-adjustment-mediation-analysis - 2025-10-09

Establishment of orthopaedic registers started in 1975 and many registers have been initiated since. The main purpose of registers is to collect information on patients, implants and procedures in order to monitor and improve the outcome of the specific procedure. New publicatoin in Efort.Read more here

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/what-when-and-how-orthopaedic-registers-introduction-register-based-research-0 - 2025-10-09

Did you know that you can find papers on the quality of and uses for the Swedish National Patient Register on lupop.lu.se? To read more, go here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/validating-swedish-national-patient-register - 2025-10-09

The Research Symbiont Awards, given annually, recognize exemplars in the practice of data sharing. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/research-symbiont-awards - 2025-10-09

Lund University has a growing body and variety of population data and bioinformatic resources open for researchers to use. Learn more about how to access and use these for your research projects. Read more here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/brown-bag-lunch-resources-population-research-and-bioinformatics - 2025-10-09

New insights about the relationship and the importance of the measure of mental health Read the full paper here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/debt-and-mental-health - 2025-10-09

Preterm birth and early-term birth were associated with 53% and 19% increased relative risks of IHD at ages 30 to 43 years, respectively, compared with full-term birth. Read the full paper here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/association-preterm-birth-risk-ischemic-heart-disease-adulthood - 2025-10-09

Mapping socioeconomic disparities in opioid dispensations at Swedish pharmacies by Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (MAIHDA) Read the full paper here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/precision-public-health - 2025-10-09

A Nationwide Study on Current Characteristics With Special Reference to Breast Cancer Read the full paper here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/pituitary-metastases - 2025-10-09

Results from the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study Read the full paper here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/genetic-predisposition-renal-dysfunction-and-incidence-ckd - 2025-10-09

A significant association between mild to moderate impairment of renal function and echocardiographic markers of cardiac structure and diastolic function was observed, supporting the hypothesis that interaction between the kidney and heart exists even in the early stages of renal impairment. Read the full paper here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/echocardiographic-findings-patients-mild-moderate-chronic-kidney-disease-without-symptomatic-heart - 2025-10-09

Having unmet health-care needs at baseline was significantly associated with increased mortality for all causes, except CVD, in the following five year-period, particularly for people aged 65–80 years. Read the full paper here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/unmet-health-care-needs-and-mortality - 2025-10-09

Older people with ID may be prescribed antipsychotic medication without thorough psychiatric diagnosing. Thus, there is a need for improving the abilities of health care professionals to properly diagnose and manage psychiatric illness in this population. Read the full paper here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/demographic-and-diagnostic-profiles-older-people-intellectual-disability-and-prescription - 2025-10-09

The findings demonstrate that EOPC is diagnosed at a later stage and the matched survival analysis demonstrated reduced OS and CSS. Read the full paper here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/early-onset-pancreatic-cancer-population-based-study-using-seer-registry - 2025-10-09

It appears that selection into less preferred occupations or workplaces cannot explain the excess risk of poor health among immigrants from outside of Western world. Read the full paper here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/does-labor-market-position-explain-differences-self-rated-health-between-employed-immigrants-and - 2025-10-09

The use of HBCRs as sources of cancer information can improve knowledge on cancer diagnosis, treatment and survival in African countries. Read the full paper here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/importance-hospital-cancer-registries-africa - 2025-10-09

A statistical framework to define multivariable subgroups in complex population-based datasets Read the full paper here.

https://www.lupop.lu.se/article/numero - 2025-10-09