Tom Wilsgaard


Professor

Job description

Professor in Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Head of the research group Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases


  • Marita Jenssen, Anne-Sofie Furberg, Rolf Jorde, Tom Wilsgaard, Kjersti Danielsen :
    Effect of vitamin D supplementation on psoriasis severity in patients with lower-range serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels : a randomized clinical trial
    JAMA dermatology 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Marit Katinka Busund, Giske Ursin, Eiliv Lund, Tom Wilsgaard, Karin Charlotta Maria Rylander :
    Trajectories of body mass index in adulthood and risk of subtypes of postmenopausal breast cancer
    Breast Cancer Research 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Linn Nilsen, Ekaterina Sharashova, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Goodarz Danaei, Tom Wilsgaard :
    Hypothetical interventions and risk of atrial fibrillation by sex and education: application of the parametric g-formula in the Tromsø Study
    European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC) 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Edvard Hamnvik Sagelv, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, Bente Morseth, Bjørge Hermann Hansen, Jostein Steene-Johannessen, Jonas Lars Johansson et al.:
    Device-measured physical activity, sedentary time, and risk of all-cause mortality: an individual participant data analysis of four prospective cohort studies
    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Mari Mikkelsen, Tom Wilsgaard, Sameline Grimsgaard, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, Patrik Hansson :
    Associations between postprandial triglyceride concentrations and sex, age, and body mass index: cross-sectional analyses from the Tromsø study 2015–2016
    Frontiers in Nutrition 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Olena Iakunchykova, Henrik Schirmer, Torgil Riise Vangberg, Yunpeng Wang, Ernest D. Benavente, René van Es et al.:
    Machine-learning-derived heart and brain age are independently associated with cognition
    European Journal of Neurology 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Chi Quynh Vo, Per-Jostein Samuelsen, Hilde Leikny Sommerseth, Torbjørn Wisløff, Tom Wilsgaard, Anne Elise Eggen :
    Comparing the sociodemographic characteristics of participants and non-participants in the population-based Tromsø Study
    BMC Public Health 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Anders Årnes, Christopher Sivert Nielsen, Audun Stubhaug, Mats Kirkeby Fjeld, Aslak Johansen, Bente Morseth et al.:
    Longitudinal relationships between habitual physical activity and pain tolerance in the general population
    PLOS ONE 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Line Veronika Hjelle, Marie Grøn Sælen, Erling Johan Aarsæther, Tore Knutsen, Sigve Andersen, Anne Gry Bentzen et al.:
    The Longitudinal Course of Prospectively Recorded Patient-reported Outcomes in Prostate Cancer Patients Treated with Surgery and Salvage Radiotherapy
    European Urology Open Science 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sondre Haakonson Arntsen, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Tom Wilsgaard, Inger Njølstad, Anne Helen Hansen :
    Time trends in body height according to educational level. A descriptive study from the Tromsø Study 1979-2016
    PLOS ONE 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Arne Johan Norheim, Einar Kristian Borud, James Mercer, Louis de Weerd, Thomas Weiss, Tom Wilsgaard :
    Botulinum Toxin A in the treatment of frostbite sequelae–results from a blinded, early-phase, comparative trial
    International Journal of Circumpolar Health 15. March 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Lola Neufcourt, Raphaele Castagne, Tom Wilsgaard, Anne Sameline Grimsgaard, Marc Chadeau-Hyam, Dragana Vuckovic et al.:
    Educational patterning in biological health seven years apart: Findings from the Tromsø Study
    Psychoneuroendocrinology 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sweta Tiwari, Ester Cerin, Tom Wilsgaard, Ola Løvsletten, Anne Sameline Grimsgaard, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock et al.:
    Lifestyle factors as mediators of area-level socioeconomic differentials in mental health and cognitive function: The Tromsø Study
    Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Bente Johnsen, Ieva Martinaityte, Tom Wilsgaard, Henrik Schirmer :
    Incidence of dementia over a period of 20 years in a Norwegian population
    Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Dolley Charles, Vivian Berg, Therese Haugdahl Nøst, Tom Wilsgaard, Ingvar A. Bergdahl, Sandra Huber et al.:
    Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in type 2 diabetes mellitus cases and controls: Repeated measurements prior to and after diagnosis
    International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Grethe Albrektsen, Tom Wilsgaard, Ivar Heuch, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Dag Steinar Thelle, Inger Njølstad et al.:
    Lipid Levels During Adult Lifetime in Men and Women With and Without a Subsequent Incident Myocardial Infarction: A Longitudinal Analysis of Data From the Tromsø Study 1974 to 2016
    Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Edvard Hamnvik Sagelv, Knut Eirik Dalene, Anne Elise Eggen, Ulf Ekelund, Marius Steiro Fimland, Kim Arne Heitmann et al.:
    Occupational physical activity and risk of mortality in women and men: the Tromsø Study 1986–2021
    British Journal of Sports Medicine 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Vasiliki Lagou, Longda Jiang, Anna Ulrich, Liudmila Zudina, Karla Sofia Gutiérrez González, Zhanna Balkhiyarova et al.:
    GWAS of random glucose in 476,326 individuals provide insights into diabetes pathophysiology, complications and treatment stratification
    Nature Genetics 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Edvard Hamnvik Sagelv, Andrea Casolo, Anne Elise Eggen, Kim Arne Heitmann, Kristoffer Robin Johansen, Maja-Lisa Løchen et al.:
    Females display lower risk of myocardial infarction from higher estimated cardiorespiratory fitness than males. The Tromsø Study 1994-2014
    Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes (MCP:IQ&O) 2023 ARKIV / FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Anu Mishra, Bin Zhou, Andrea Rodriguez-Martinez, Honor Bixby, Rosie K. Singleton, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco et al.:
    Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development
    Nature 2023 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kristoffer Robin Johansen, Anette Hylen Ranhoff, Eivind Sørensen, Bjarne Martens Nes, Silvana Bucher Sandbakk, Tom Wilsgaard et al.:
    Ten-year mortality among older male recreational endurance athletes in the Birkebeiner Aging Study in comparison with older men from the Tromsø Study
    Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports 2023 ARKIV / SAMMENDRAG / DOI
  • Giovanni Allaoui, Charlotta Rylander, Maria Averina, Tom Wilsgaard, Ole Martin Fuskevåg, Vivian Berg :
    Longitudinal changes in blood biomarkers and their ability to predict type 2 diabetes mellitus—The Tromsø study
    Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Einar Stikbakke, Tom Wilsgaard, Hege Sagstuen Haugnes, Mona Irene Pedersen, Tore Knutsen, Martin Støyten et al.:
    Expression of miR-24-1-5p in Tumor Tissue Influences Prostate Cancer Recurrence: The PROCA-life Study
    Cancers 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Agnethe Eltoft, Tom Wilsgaard, Melinda Berg Roaldsen, Mary-Helen Søyland, Erik Lundström, Jesper Petersson et al.:
    Statistical analysis plan for the randomized controlled trial Tenecteplase in Wake-up Ischaemic Stroke Trial (TWIST)
    Trials 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kristina Fladseth, Tom Wilsgaard, Haakon Lindekleiv, Andreas Kristensen, Jan Torbjørn Mannsverk, Maja-Lisa Løchen et al.:
    Outcomes after coronary angiography for unstable angina compared to stable angina, myocardial infarction and an asymptomatic general population
    International journal of cardiology: Heart and Vasculature (IJCHA) 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Raffaele Piccolo, Kaare Harald Bønaa, Orestis Efthimiou, Olivier Varenne, Andrea Baldo, Philip Urban et al.:
    Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis of Drug-eluting Versus Bare-metal Stents for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Chronic Versus Acute Coronary Syndromes
    American Journal of Cardiology 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, Sameline Grimsgaard, Heidi Johansen, kristin maren Kanstad, Tom Wilsgaard, Anne Elise Eggen :
    The seventh survey of the Tromsø Study (Tromsø7) 2015–2016: study design, data collection, attendance, and prevalence of risk factors and disease in a multipurpose population-based health survey
    Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Ekaterina Sharashova, Eva Gerdts, Jocasta Ball, Hilde Espnes, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, Simon Kildal et al.:
    Sex-specific time trends in incident atrial fibrillation and the contribution of risk factors: the Tromsø Study 1994-2016
    European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC) 14. October 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Joakim Knutsen Sejrup, Birgitte Gladsø Tøndel, Vania Maris Morelli, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Inger Njølstad, Ellisiv B. Mathiesen et al.:
    Joint effect of myocardial infarction and obesity on the risk of venous thromboembolism: The Tromsø Study
    Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Sweta Tiwari, Ester Cerin, Tom Wilsgaard, Ola Løvsletten, Inger Njølstad, Sameline Grimsgaard et al.:
    Lifestyle factors as mediators of area-level socio-economic differentials in cardiovascular disease risk factors. The Tromsø Study
    SSM - Population Health 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Åsne Svatun, Dag Steinar Thelle, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Tom Wilsgaard :
    Association between espresso coffee and serum total cholesterol: the Tromsø Study 2015-2016
    Open heart 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Giovanni Allaoui, Charlotta Rylander, Ole Martin Fuskevåg, Maria Averina, Tom Wilsgaard, Magritt Brustad et al.:
    Longitudinal changes in vitamin D concentrations and the association with type 2 diabetes mellitus: the Tromsø Study
    Acta Diabetologica 02. December 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • VW Zwartkruis, Ekaterina Sharashova, Tom Wilsgaard, RA De Boer, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Michiel Rienstra :
    Shift work is associated with 10-year incidence of atrial fibrillation in younger but not older individuals from the general population: results from the Tromsø Study
    Open heart 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Dolley Charles, Vivian Berg, Therese Haugdahl Nøst, Ingvar A. Bergdahl, Sandra Huber, Pierre Ayotte et al.:
    Longitudinal changes in concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (1986–2016) and their associations with type 2 diabetes mellitus
    Environmental Research 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Chi Quynh Vo, Per-Jostein Samuelsen, Hilde Leikny Sommerseth, Torbjørn Wisløff, Tom Wilsgaard, Anne Elise Eggen :
    Validity of self-reported educational level in the Tromsø Study
    Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Amalie Nilsen Hagen, Inger Kristine Holtermann Ariansen, Tove Aminda Hanssen, Knut Tore Lappegård, Anne Elise Eggen, Maja-Lisa Løchen et al.:
    Achievements of primary prevention targets in individuals with high risk of cardiovascular disease: an 8-year follow-up of the Tromsø study
    European Heart Journal Open (EHJ Open) 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Melinda Berg Roaldsen, Agnethe Eltoft, Tom Wilsgaard, Hanne Christensen, Stefan T. Engelter, Bent Indredavik et al.:
    Safety and efficacy of tenecteplase in patients with wake-up stroke assessed by non-contrast CT (TWIST): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial.
    Lancet Neurology 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Geir F Lorem, Ida Marie Opdal, Tom Wilsgaard, Henrik Schirmer, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Ingrid Petrikke Olsen et al.:
    Assessment of mental health trajectories before and after myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation or stroke: analysis of a cohort study in Tromsø, Norway (Tromsø Study, 1994-2016)
    BMJ Open 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Kristoffer Robin Johansen, Anette Hylen Ranhoff, Eivind Sørensen, Bjarne Nes, Kim Arne Heitmann, Turid Apelland et al.:
    Risk of atrial fibrillation and stroke among older men exposed to prolonged endurance sport practice: a 10-year follow-up. The Birkebeiner Ageing Study and the Tromsø Study
    Open heart 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Chi Quynh Vo, Tom Wilsgaard, Per-Jostein Samuelsen, Ellisiv Bøgeberg Mathiesen, Hilde Leikny Sommerseth, Anne Elise Eggen et al.:
    Longitudinal cholesterol trends across educational groups: the influence of lipid-lowering drugs in the population-based Tromsø Study 1994-2016
    2023
  • Anders Årnes, Mats Kirkeby Fjeld, Tom Wilsgaard, Bente Morseth, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, T Graven-Nielsen et al.:
    The relationship between physical activity and cuff-pressure algometry tolerance: The Tromsø Study 2015-2016
    2022
  • Kristoffer Robin Johansen, Anette Hylen Ranhoff, Eivind Sørensen, Bjarne Nes, Silvana Bucher Sandbakk, Tom Wilsgaard et al.:
    Ten-year mortality among older male recreational endurance athletes in the Birkebeiner Ageing Study in comparison with older men from the Tromsø Study
    2022
  • Kristoffer Robin Johansen, Anette Hylen Ranhoff, Eivind Sørensen, Bjarne Nes, Kim Arne Heitmann, Turid Apelland et al.:
    Risk of atrial fibrillation and stroke among older men exposed to prolonged endurance sport practice – a 10-year follow-up. The Birkebeiner Ageing Study and the Tromsø Study
    2022
  • Kristoffer Robin Johansen, Anette Hylen Ranhoff, Eivind Sørensen, Bjarne Nes, Kim Arne Heitmann, Turid Apelland et al.:
    Risk of atrial fibrillation and stroke among older men exposed to prolonged endurance sport practice - a 10-year follow-up. The Birkebeiner Ageing Study and the Tromsø Study
    2022
  • Marko Lukic, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Guri Skeie, Ann Iren Solli, Sairah Lai Fa Chen, Patrik Hansson et al.:
    Slik introduserer vi forskning til studentene våre!
    31. March 2022 DATA
  • Ann Iren Solli, Marko Lukic, Kristin Benjaminsen Borch, Guri Skeie, Sairah Lai Fa Chen, Patrik Hansson et al.:
    Bioingeniørstudenter bidrar i forskningsprosjekt om kaffe og kolesterol
    08. January 2022 DATA
  • Linn Nilsen, Tom Wilsgaard :
    Hypothetical interventions and risk of atrial fibrillation in a general population of adults - Application of parametric g-formula to the Tromsø Study
    2022
  • Edvard Hamnvik Sagelv, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, Bente Morseth, Bjørge Hermann Hansen, Jostein Steene-Johannessen, Sigmund Alfred Anderssen et al.:
    Physical activity and mortality: Effect modification by sedentary time. An individual participant data analysis of four cohorts with accelerometry measured physical activity
    2022
  • Chi Quynh Vo, Per-Jostein Samuelsen, Hilde Leikny Sommerseth, Torbjørn Wisløff, Tom Wilsgaard, Anne Elise Eggen :
    Validity of self-reported educational level in the Tromsø Study
    2021
  • Sweta Tiwari, Ester Cerin, Tom Wilsgaard, Ola Løvsletten, Inger Njølstad, Sameline Grimsgaard et al.:
    Risk factors for cardiovascular disease and psycho-socioeconomic determinants according to various living areas with lifestyle factors as mediators. The Tromsø Study
    Dr.med. - Norwegian Journal of Epidemiology. Suppl. 04. November 2021

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    Research interests

    Cardiovascular disease; Cardiometabolic disease

    Cohort studies; Longitudinal analyses; clinical trials; Repeated measures; Generalized linear models; Mixed models; Analyses of survival data, Mediation

    Teaching

    Medical statistics; Linear and logistic regression; Analysis of survival data; Power calculations




    CV

    Personal:
    Name: Tom Wilsgaard.
    Born: 29. May 1967.

    Education and degrees
    2002: PhD, University of Tromsø (UiT), Norway
    1994: MSc in mathematical statistics, UiT

    Positions held
    2012 – present : Professor, Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
    2013 – 2014 and
    2018 – 2019 : Research Scholar, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
    2005 – 2012 : Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, UiT
    2002 – 2005 : Post-doctoral research fellow (epidemiology and medical statistics), Department of Community Medicine, UiT
    1999 – present : Statistical consultant at the Clinical Research Department, University Hospital Nothern-Norway, 20 % position
    1998 – 2002 : Research fellow, Department of Community Medicine, UiT
    1995 – 1997 : Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, UiT
    1994 – 1995 : Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UiT
    1991 – 1994 : Research assistant, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UiT

    Posts and affiliations
    2019 – present : Head of the research group “Epidemiology of chronic diseases”
    2017 - 2018 : Head of the research group “Epidemiology of chronic diseases”
    2005 – 2019 : Member of the working committee, the Tromsø Study.
    2019 – present : Member of the leader group, the Tromsø Study.
    2010 – 2015 : Member of the board at the Department of Community Medicine, UiT
    2011 – 2014 : Member of the board for the master program in Public Health the Department of Community Medicine, UiT.
    2014 – present : Chair of the data and publication committee, the Tromsø Study.
    2007 – 2014 : Member of the data and publication committee, the Tromsø Study.
    2006 – 2009 : Chair of the survey committee, the sixth survey of the Tromsø Study.
    2005 – present : Member of the data committee, the Tromsø Study.
    2004 – 2005 : Member of the WEB committee, Department of Community Medicine, UiT
    2000 – present : Member of the end-point committee, the Tromsø Study
    2002 – 2004 : Member of the IT-committee at the Department of Community Medicine, UiT
    2000 : Member of the board at the Department of Community Medicine, UiT


    Biographics:
    Ph.D. ,thesis: Longitudinal analyses of cardiovascular risk factors. The Tromsø Study 1974 – 1995.
    MSc, statistics.
    Teaching
    Medical statistics for various graduate study programs. Courses in linear mixed models, survival analyses, Cox regression, linear and logistic regression, and power calculations for researchers and PhD students.
    Since 1998 I have been employed in a 20% position as research and statistics consultant at Clinical Research Department, University Hospital of North Norway. The tasks have stretched over a wide range that includes research design, protocol preparation, power calculations, applying for research grants, and selection of appropriate statistical analysis methods and use of statistical analysis tools.

    PhD-candidates (main – or co-supervisor):
    22 PhD students (9 are ongoing)

    Main research activities
    The Tromsø Study. Epidemiological and biostatistical papers on MI, stroke, diabetes, carotid atherosclerosis, VTE, and bone mineral density
    Funding
    HNF1636-22, grant from Northern Norway Regional Health Authority, 2022-2025
    Investigation of a novel biomarker of vascular ageing based on AI analysis of electrocardiograms with potential applications in clinical decision making. Role: PI

    Faculty research grant, UiT 2021-2024. Atrial fibrillation in the Tromsø Study. Hypothetical interventions, social inequality and association with myocardial infarction. Role: PI

    Healthy Choices and the social gradient, from Norwegian Research Council (Bedre Helse) 2018-2025 (NOK 50 mill), Role: Leader of WP2 Research data management and availability

    HST950-10, grant from Northern Norway Regional Health Authority, 2010-2019. Decentralization of orthopedic consultations using telemedicine
    The goal of this RCT study is to investigate whether decentralization of orthopedic activities can provide a better or equal health care to the population in four municipalities. Three endpoints are assessed: professional quality, patient satisfaction and costs. Role: PI

    Faculty research grant, UiT 2012-2015. Heart rate decline: Association with other variables and the role in cardiovascular disease
    The goals were: 1. To describe the nature and extent of the heart rate decline that is observed in a large population based longitudinal survey. 2. To explain the heart rate association with possible determinants and other relevant risk factors and estimate the effect of the reduction related to increased physical activity, reduced smoking and possible other factors. 3. To estimate the role of heart rate in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Role: PI

    Grant from the Norwegian Research Council, 2002-2005. Association between time trends in CVD risk factors and cardiovascular outcomes. Role: Post doc.

    International research collaboration
    • NCD-RisC, The NonCommunicable Diseases Risk Factor Collaboration. A worldwide network of clinical and public health researchers who have focused on analysing worldwide trends and health effects of cardiometabolic risk factors.
    • MORGAM – Monica, Risk, Genetics, Archiving and Monograph (PI: prof Alun Evans, Belfast). (myocardial infarction and stroke) EU –funded 7th framework.
    • CHANCES - Cohorts of Health and Ageing in Europe and the US: EU –funded project from 2010. (7th framework). The Tromsø Study is one of 15 partners
    • BiomarCaRE – Biomarkers for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Europe: EU-funded project from 2011 (7th framework), 11 participants. The Tromsø Study is a Third Party.
    • Tethys Biosciences Inc, California, US. Novel biomarkers for MI, Stroke and VTE Bilateral collaboration Tromsø Study – Tethys
    • FUSION – Finland-US Investigation of NIDDM Genetics (diabetes) Funded by NIH. The Tromsø Study has joined the consortium along with the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study
    • ERFC Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration (PI: prof John Danesh). The Tromsø Study is one of approx 100 participating cohorts and trials
    • deCODE Genetics, Iceland (genetics of atrial fibrillation) (PI: Kari Stefansson), a Biohealth Norway – deCODE collaboration where all Norwegian data are from the Tromsø Study

    Publications
    403 publications in peer reviewed journals.

    10 selected publications, sorted by publication year.
    1. Albrektsen G, Wilsgaard T, Heuch I, Løchen ML, Thelle DS, Njølstad I, Grimsgaard S, Bønaa KH. Lipid Levels During Adult Lifetime in Men and Women With and Without a Subsequent Incident Myocardial Infarction: A Longitudinal Analysis of Data From the Tromsø Study 1974 to 2016. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023;12(14):e030010
    2. Wilsgaard T, Vangen-Lønne AM, Mathiesen EB, Løchen ML, Njølstad I, Heiss G, Danaei G. Hypothetical interventions and risk of myocardial infarction in a general population. Application of the parametric g-formula in a longitudinal cohort study: The Tromsø Study. BMJ Open 2020;10(5):e035584.
    3. Sharashova E, Wilsgaard T, Ball J, Morseth B, Gerdts E, Hopstock LA, Mathiesen EB, Schirmer H, Løchen ML. Long-term blood pressure trajectories and incident atrial fibrillation in women and men: The Tromsø Study. Eur Heart J. 2020;41:1554-1562.
    4. Bønaa KH, Mannsverk J, Wiseth R, Aaberge L, Myreng Y, Nygård O, Nilsen DW, Kløw NE, Uchto M, Trovik T, Bendz B, Stavnes S, Bjørnerheim R, Larsen AI, Slette M, Steigen T, Jakobsen OJ, Bleie Ø, Fossum E, Hanssen TA, Dahl-Eriksen Ø, Njølstad I, Rasmussen K, Wilsgaard T, Nordrehaug JE; NORSTENT Investigators. Drug-Eluting or Bare-Metal Stents for Coronary Artery Disease. N Engl J Med. 2016;375:1242-1252.
    5. Mannsverk J, Wilsgaard T, Mathiesen EB, Løchen ML, Rasmussen K, Thelle DS, Njølstad I, Hopstock LA, Bønaa KH. Trends in Modifiable Risk Factors Are Associated With Declining Incidence of Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized Acute Coronary Heart Disease in a Population. Circulation 2016;133:74-81.
    6. Albrektsen G, Heuch I, Løchen ML, Thelle DS, Wilsgaard T, Njølstad I, Bønaa KH. Lifelong Gender Gap in Risk of Incident Myocardial Infarction. The Tromsø Study. JAMA Int Med. 2016;176:1673-1679.
    7. Wilsgaard T, Loehr L, Mathiesen EB, Løchen ML, Bønaa KH, Njølstad I, Heiss G. Cardiovascular health and the modifiable burden of incident myocardial infarction: the Tromsø Study. BMC P Health 2015;15:221.
    8. Wilsgaard T, Mathiesen EB, Patwardhan A, Rowe MW, Schirmer H, Løchen ML, Sudduth-Klinger J, Hamren S, Bønaa KH, Njølstad I. Clinically Significant Novel Biomarkers for Prediction of First Ever Myocardial Infarction. The Tromsø Study. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2015;8:363-371.
    9. Hopstock LA, Barnett AG, Bønaa KH, Mannsverk J, Njølstad I, Wilsgaard T. Seasonal variation in cardiovascular disease risk factors in a subarctic population: the Tromsø Study 1979-2008. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2013;67:113-118.
    10. Morseth B, Jørgensen L, Emaus N, Jacobsen BK, Wilsgaard T. Tracking Of Leisure Time Physical Activity Over 28 Years in Adults. The Tromsø Study. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2011;43:1229-1234.