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Assessing the prevalence of obesity in a Russian adult population by six indices and their associations with hypertension, diabetes mellitus and
hypercholesterolaemia
Kamila Kholmatova, Alexandra Krettek, Irina V. Dvoryashina, Sofia Malyutina, Alexander V. Kudryavtsev
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CIRCUMPOLAR HEALTH - 2024 -
A Qualitative Evaluation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Short Form of the Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC-13) in
Nepali
D. R. Thapa, M. Subedi, A. Ekström-Bergström, K. Areskoug Josefsson, Alexandra Krettek
Kathmandu University Medical Journal - 2023 -
Facilitators for and barriers to nurses' work-related health-a qualitative
study
D. R. Thapa, M. Subedi, A. Ekstrom-Bergstrom, K. A. Josefsson, Alexandra Krettek
Bmc Nursing - 2022 -
Obesity Prevalence and Associated Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Health Behaviors in Russia and
Norway
K. Kholmatova, Alexandra Krettek, D. A. Leon, S. Malyutina, S. Cook, L. A. Hopstock, O. Lovsletten, A. V. Kudryavtsev
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - 2022 -
Job demands, job resources, and health outcomes among nursing professionals in private and public healthcare sectors in Sweden - a prospective
study
D. R. Thapa, J. Stengard, A. Ekstrom-Bergstrom, K. A. Josefsson, Alexandra Krettek, A. Nyberg
Bmc Nursing - 2022 -
Staying True to the Core of Public Health Science in Times of
Change
K. A. Josefsson, Alexandra Krettek
Frontiers in Public Health - 2021 -
Support and resources to promote and sustain health among nurses and midwives in the workplace: A qualitative
study
D. R. Thapa, A. Ekström-Bergström, Alexandra Krettek, K. Areskoug-Josefsson
Nordic Journal of Nursing Research - 2021 -
Determination and evaluation of sense of coherence in women in semi-urban nepal: A part of the heart-health associated research, dissemination, and intervention in the community (hardic)
trial
D. R. Thapa, N. Oli, A. Vaidya, S. Suominen, A. Ekström-Bergström, K. Areskoug Josefsson, Alexandra Krettek
Kathmandu University Medical Journal - 2021 -
Genetic risk-factors for anxiety in healthy individuals: polymorphisms in genes important for the HPA
axis
H. Lindholm, I. Morrison, Alexandra Krettek, D. Malm, G. Novembre, L. Handlin
BMC Medical Genetics - 2020 -
Effectiveness of health promotion regarding diet and physical activity among Nepalese mothers and their young children: The Heart-health Associated Research, Dissemination, and Intervention in the Community (HARDIC)
trial
Natalia Oli, A. Vaidya, G. Eiben, Alexandra Krettek
Global Health Action - 2019 -
Risk Factors for hypospadias in Northwest Russia: A Murmansk County Birth Registry
Study
A. A. Kovalenko, T. Brenn, J. O. Odland, E. Nieboer, Alexandra Krettek, E. E. Anda
Plos One - 2019 -
Risk Factors for Ventricular Septal Defects in Murmansk County, Russia: A Registry-Based
Study
A. A. Kovalenko, E. E. Anda, J. O. Odland, E. Nieboer, T. Brenn, Alexandra Krettek
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - 2018 -
Knowledge, attitude and practice on diet and physical activity among mothers with young children in the Jhaukhel-Duwakot Health Demographic Surveillance Site,
Nepal
Natalia Oli, A. Vaidya, K. Pahkala, Gabriele Eiben, Alexandra Krettek
Plos One - 2018 -
Adolescents' knowledge and opinions about smoking: a qualitative study from the Jhaukhel-Duwakot Health Demographic Surveillance Site, Bhaktapur District,
Nepal.
Lene Povlsen, Umesh R. Aryal, Max Petzold, Alexandra Krettek
International journal of adolescent medicine and health - 2018 -
Effect of smoking behavior before and during pregnancy on selected birth outcomes among singleton full-term pregnancy: A Murmansk county birth registry
study
O. A. Kharkova, A. M. Grjibovski, Alexandra Krettek, E. Nieboer, J. Ø Odland
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - 2017 -
Under-reporting of major birth defects in Northwest Russia: a registry-based
study
A. A. Kovalenko, T. Brenn, J. O. Odland, E. Nieboer, Alexandra Krettek, E. E. Anda
International Journal of Circumpolar Health - 2017 -
A cluster-randomized evaluation of an intervention to increase skilled birth attendant utilization in mid- and far-western
Nepal
Bishnu Choulagai, S. Onta, N. Subedi, D. N. Bhatta, B. Shrestha, Max Petzold, Alexandra Krettek
Health Policy and Planning - 2017 -
First-trimester smoking cessation in pregnancy did not increase the risk of preeclampsia/eclampsia: A Murmansk County Birth Registry
study
O. A. Kharkova, A. M. Grjibovski, Alexandra Krettek, E. Nieboer, J. O. Odland, V. P. Rdiovascular Health
Plos One - 2017 -
Risk factors for perinatal mortality in Murmansk County, Russia: a registry-based
study
A. A. Usynina, A. M. Grjibovski, Alexandra Krettek, J. O. Odland, A. V. Kudryavtsev, E. E. Anda
Global Health Action - 2017 -
Impact of a physical activity intervention on adolescents' subjective sleep quality: a pilot
study.
Birna Baldursdottir, Richard E Taehtinen, Inga Dora Sigfusdottir, Alexandra Krettek, Heiddis B Valdimarsdottir
Global health promotion - 2017 -
Age-related differences in physical activity and depressive symptoms among 10−19-year-old adolescents: A population based
study
Birna Baldursdottir, H. B. Valdimarsdottir, Alexandra Krettek, H. F. Gylfason, I. D. Sigfusdottir
Psychology of Sport And Exercise - 2017 -
Social correlates of term small for gestational age babies in a Russian Arctic
setting.
Anna A Usynina, Andrej M Grjibovski, Jon Øyvind Odland, Alexandra Krettek
International journal of circumpolar health - 2016 -
Prevalence of smoking before and during pregnancy and changes in this habit during pregnancy in Northwest Russia: a Murmansk county birth registry
study
O. A. Kharkova, Alexandra Krettek, A. M. Grjibovski, E. Nieboer, J. O. Odland
Reproductive Health - 2016 -
Maternal Risk Factors for Preterm Birth in Murmansk County, Russia: A Registry-Based
Study
A. A. Usynina, V. A. Postoev, A. M. Grjibovski, Alexandra Krettek, E. Nieboer, J. Ø Odland, E. E. Anda
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - 2016 -
Jhaukhel-Duwakot Health Demographic Surveillance Site, Nepal: 2012 follow-up survey and use of skilled birth
attendants
Bishnu Choulagai, Umesh R. Aryal, Binjwala Shrestha, Abhinav Vaidya, S. Onta, Max Petzold, Alexandra Krettek
Global Health Action - 2015 -
Diet and physical activity for children's health: a qualitative study of Nepalese mothers'
perceptions
Natalia Oli, A. Vaidya, M. Subedi, Gabriele Eiben, Alexandra Krettek
Bmj Open - 2015 -
The androgen receptor confers protection against diet-induced atherosclerosis, obesity, and dyslipidemia in female
mice.
Johan Bourghardt Fagman, Anna S K Wilhelmson, Benedetta Maria Motta, Carlo Pirazzi, Camilla Alexanderson, Karel De Gendt, Guido Verhoeven, Agneta Holmäng, Fredrik Anesten, John-Olov Jansson, Malin Levin, Jan Borén, Claes Ohlsson, Alexandra Krettek, Stefano Romeo, Åsa Tivesten
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 2015 -
Nordic School of Public Health NHV and its legacy in global
health
Alexandra Krettek, L. E. Karlsson, T. K. Toan, N. T. K. Chuc
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - 2015 -
Uterine prolapse and its impact on quality of life in the Jhaukhel-Duwakot Health Demographic Surveillance Site, Bhaktapur,
Nepal
Binjwala Shrestha, S. Onta, Bishnu Choulagai, R. Paudel, Max Petzold, Alexandra Krettek
Global Health Action - 2015 -
Visual status in primary open-angle glaucoma: a hospital-based report from
Nepal
Suraj Shakya-Vaidya, Umesh R. Aryal, AM Grjibovski, Alexandra Krettek
Journal of Kathmandu Medical College - 2014 -
Women's experiences and health care-seeking practices in relation to uterine prolapse in a hill district of
Nepal
Binjwala Shrestha, Sharad Onta, Bishnu Choulagai, Amod Poudyal, Durga P Pahari, Aruna Uprety, Max Petzold, Alexandra Krettek
BMC Women's Health - 2014 -
Physical activity level and its sociodemographic correlates in a peri-urban Nepalese population: a cross-sectional study from the Jhaukhel-Duwakot health demographic surveillance
site
Abhinav Vaidya, Alexandra Krettek
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity - 2014 -
Perceptions of users and providers on barriers to utilizing skilled birth care in mid- and far-western Nepal: a qualitative
study
S. Onta, Bishnu Choulagai, Binjwala Shrestha, N. Subedi, G. P. Bhandari, Alexandra Krettek
Global Health Action - 2014 -
Knowledge on uterine prolapse among married women of reproductive age in
Nepal
Binjwala Shrestha, B. Devkota, B. B. Khadka, Bishnu Choulagai, D. P. Pahari, S. Onta, Max Petzold, Alexandra Krettek
International Journal of Women's Health - 2014 -
Knowledge, prevalence and treatment practices of uterine prolapse among women of reproductive age in the Jhaukhel-Duwakot Health Demographic Surveillance Site, Bhaktapur,
Nepal
Binjwala Shrestha, Sharad Onta, Bishnu Choulagai, Khadga B Shrestha, Max Petzold, Alexandra Krettek
Journal of Kathmandu Medical College - 2014 -
Understanding and living with glaucoma and non-communicable diseases like hypertension and diabetes in the Jhaukhel-Duwakot Health Demographic Surveillance Site: a qualitative study from
Nepal
Suraj Shakya-Vaidya, L. Povlsen, Binjwala Shrestha, A. M. Grjibovski, Alexandra Krettek
Global Health Action - 2014 -
Correlates of smoking susceptibility among adolescents in a peri-urban area of Nepal: a population-based cross-sectional study in the Jhaukhel-Duwakot Health Demographic Surveillance
Site
Umesh R. Aryal, Max Petzold, Göran Bondjers, Alexandra Krettek
Global Health Action - 2014 -
Experiences and perceptions about cause and prevention of cardiovascular disease among people with cardiometabolic conditions: findings of in-depth interviews from a peri-urban Nepalese
community
Natalia Oli, Abhinav Vaidya, M. Subedi, Alexandra Krettek
Global Health Action - 2014 -
Hepatitis B and C viruses and survival from hepatocellular carcinoma in the Arkhangelsk region: a Russian registry-based
study
M. Makarova, Alexandra Krettek, M. Y. Valkov, A. M. Grjibovski
International Journal of Circumpolar Health - 2013 -
Disparities in fruit and vegetable intake by socio-demographic characteristics in peri-urban Nepalese adults: findings from the Heart-Health Associated Research and Dissemination in the Community (HARDIC) Study, Bhaktapur,
Nepal
Abhinav Vaidya, Natalia Oli, Umesh R. Aryal, DB Karki, Alexandra Krettek
Journal of Kathmandu Medical College - 2013 -
Perceived risks and benefits of cigarette smoking among Nepalese adolescents: a population-based cross-sectional
study.
Umesh R. Aryal, Max Petzold, Alexandra Krettek
BMC public health - 2013 -
Do non-communicable diseases such as hypertension and diabetes associate with primary open-angle glaucoma? Insights from a case-control study in
Nepal.
Suraj Shakya-Vaidya, Umesh R. Aryal, Madan Upadhyay, Alexandra Krettek
Global health action - 2013 -
Cardiovascular health knowledge, attitude and practice/behaviour in an urbanising community of Nepal: a population-based cross-sectional study from Jhaukhel-Duwakot Health Demographic Surveillance
Site.
Abhinav Vaidya, Umesh R. Aryal, Alexandra Krettek
BMJ open - 2013 -
Barriers to using skilled birth attendants' services in mid- and far-western Nepal: a cross-sectional
study.
Bishnu Choulagai, Sharad Onta, Narayan Subedi, Suresh Mehata, Gajananda P Bhandari, Amod Poudyal, Binjwala Shrestha, Matthews Mathai, Max Petzold, Alexandra Krettek
BMC international health and human rights - 2013 -
Establishing a health demographic surveillance site in Bhaktapur district, Nepal: initial experiences and
findings.
Umesh R. Aryal, Abhinav Vaidya, Suraj Shakya-Vaidya, Max Petzold, Alexandra Krettek
BMC research notes - 2012 -
Is health promotion the starting point of primary cardiovascular care in low- and middle-income countries like
Nepal?
Abhinav Vaidya, Alexandra Krettek
Health promotion practice - 2012 -
Accelerated atherosclerosis in female mice lacking the androgen
receptor
Johan Bourghardt Fagman, Anna S K Wilhelmson, Camilla Alexanderson, K De Gendt, G Verhoeven, Agneta Holmäng, Alexandra Krettek, Sven-Olof Olofsson, Claes Ohlsson, Åsa Tivesten
Atherosclerosis Supplements, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2011, Page 64 - 2011 -
Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy of human smooth muscle cells in bioengineered tissue
scaffolds
Christian Brackmann, Maricris Esguerra, Daniel Olausson, Dick Delbro, Alexandra Krettek, Paul Gatenholm, Annika Enejder
Journal of Biomedical Optics - 2011 -
Transdisciplinary Higher Education – A Challenge for Public Health
Science
Alexandra Krettek, Stefan Thorpenberg
Education Research International - 2011 -
Bacterial cellulose modified with xyloglucan bearing the adhesion peptide RGD promotes endothelial cell adhesion and metabolism--a promising modification for vascular
grafts.
Helen Fink, Lage Ahrenstedt, Aase Bodin, Harry Brumer, Paul Gatenholm, Alexandra Krettek, Bo Risberg
Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine - 2011 -
Accelerated atherosclerosis associated with hypertriglyceridemia, insulin resistance and obesity in female mice lacking the androgen
receptor
Johan Bourghardt Fagman, Anna S K Wilhelmson, Camilla Alexanderson, K De Gendt, G Verhoeven, Agneta Holmäng, Alexandra Krettek, Claes Ohlsson, Åsa Tivesten
Endocrine Reviews, Supplement 1, June 2010, 31[3]: S873 - 2010 -
Obesity Prevalence in Nepal: Public Health Challenges in a Low-Income Nation during an Alarming Worldwide
Trend
Abhinav Vaidya, Suraj Shakya, Alexandra Krettek
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH - 2010 -
Androgen receptor-dependent and independent atheroprotection by testosterone in male
mice.
Johan Bourghardt Fagman, Anna S K Wilhelmson, Camilla Alexanderson, Karel De Gendt, Guido Verhoeven, Alexandra Krettek, Claes Ohlsson, Åsa Tivesten
Endocrinology - 2010 -
The androgen receptor is involved in gonadal atheroprotection in both male and female
mice
Johan Bourghardt Fagman, Anna S K Wilhelmson, K De Gendt, G Verhoeven, Alexandra Krettek, Claes Ohlsson, Åsa Tivesten
15th Annual Scandinavian Atherosclerosis Conference. Humlebaek, Denmark - 2009 -
The androgen receptor is involved in gonadal atheroprotection in both male and female
mice
Johan Bourghardt Fagman, Anna S K Wilhelmson, K De Gendt, G Verhoeven, Alexandra Krettek, Claes Ohlsson, Åsa Tivesten
Atherosclerosis Supplements, Volume 10, Issue 2, 2009, Page e476 - 2009 -
CD44-deficiency on hematopoietic cells limits T-cell number but does not protect against atherogenesis in LDL receptor-deficient
mice.
Sara Sjöberg, EE Eriksson, Åsa Tivesten, Annelie Carlsson, A Klasson, Max Levin, Jan Borén, Alexandra Krettek
Atherosclerosis - 2009 -
CD44 - a new cardiovascular drug target or merely an innocent
bystander?
Alexandra Krettek, Sara Sjöberg
Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets - 2009 -
Possible mechanisms for the anti-atherogenic effect of the estradiol metabolite
2-methoxyestradiol
Johan Bourghardt Fagman, Lillemor Mattsson Hultén, Sara Sjöberg, Alexandra Krettek, Åsa Tivesten
14th Annual Scandinavian Atheroclserosis Conference, Humlebæk, Denmark - 2008 -
An apple a day keeps the doctor away: interdisciplinary approaches to solving major public health
threats.
Jennie Medin, Alexandra Krettek
Scandinavian journal of public health - 2008 -
Trans Fatty Acids and Health: A Review of Health Hazards and Existing
Legislation
Alexandra Krettek, Stefan Thorpenberg, Göran Bondjers
2008 -
The endogenous estradiol metabolite 2-methoxyestradiol reduces atherosclerotic lesion formation in female apolipoprotein E-deficient
mice
Johan Bourghardt Fagman, Göran Bergström, Alexandra Krettek, Sara Sjöberg, Jan Borén, Åsa Tivesten
Endocrinology - 2007 -
Augmented levels of CD44 in macrophages from atherosclerotic subjects: a possible IL-6-CD44 feedback
loop?
Daniel Hägg, Sara Sjöberg, Lillemor Mattsson Hultén, Björn Fagerberg, Olov Wiklund, Annika Rosengren, Lena M S Carlsson, Jan Borén, Per-Arne Svensson, Alexandra Krettek
Atherosclerosis - 2007 -
IFNgamma regulates PDGF-receptor alpha expression in macrophages, THP-1 cells, and arterial smooth muscle
cells.
Paula I Morelli, Sofia Martinsson, Gunnel Östergren Lundén, Vincent Fridén, Jonatan Moses, Göran Bondjers, Alexandra Krettek, Florentina Lustig
Atherosclerosis - 2006 -
Human macrophages limit oxidation products in low density
lipoprotein
Lillemor Mattsson Hultén, Christina Ullström, Alexandra Krettek, D. van Reyk, S. L. Marklund, Claes Dahlgren, Olov Wiklund
Lipids Health Dis - 2005 -
Circulating soluble CD44 is higher among women than men and is not associated with cardiovascular risk factors or subclinical
atherosclerosis
Sara Sjöberg, Linda Fogelstrand, Johannes Hulthe, Björn Fagerberg, Alexandra Krettek
Metabolism - 2005 -
Hypoxia increases LDL oxidation and expression of 15-lipoxygenase-2 in human
macrophages
Ellen Knutsen Rydberg, Alexandra Krettek, Christina Ullström, Karin Ekström, Per-Arne Svensson, Lena M S Carlsson, Ann-Christine Jönsson-Rylander, G.I Hansson, W. McPheat, Olov Wiklund, Bertil Ohlsson, Lillemor Mattsson Hultén
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol - 2004 -
Characterisation and application of antibodies specific for the long platelet-derived growth factor A and B
chains.
Gunnel Östergren Lundén, Raquel G Olivas, Pierre Eftekhari, Alexandra Krettek, Xavier Sanjuan, Gunnar Fager, Senén Vilaró, Florentina Lustig, Johan Hoebeke
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology - 2004