Grace Margrethe Egeland
Senior Researcher/Professor University of Bergen
Responsibilities
Chronic disease epidemiology (cardiometabolic diseases), pregnancy complications and outcomes, nutrition, and lifecourse epidemiology. Marginalized populations and health, and social disparities in health and disease.
Background
Ph.D. in Chronic disease epidemiology
Projects and publications
- Rachel Bedenis Forster, Camilla Kjellstadli, Tor Åge Myklebust, Grace M. Egeland, Gerhard Sulo, Tone Bjørge, Kaare Harald Bønaa, Pétur Benedikt Juliusson, Rune Kvåle, (2022). Treatment and 30-Day Mortality after Myocardial Infarction in Prostate Cancer Patients: A Population-Based Study from Norway. Cardiology s. 83-92. doi: 10.1159/000527636
- Kristin Øksendal Børresen, Hanne Rosendahl-Riise, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Grace M. Egeland, (2022). Intake of sucrose-sweetened beverages and risk of developing pharmacologically treated hypertension in women: cohort study. BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health s. 277-285. doi: 10.1136/bmjnph-2022-000426
- Tone Engen, Katrine Mari Owe, Julie Horn, Gerhard Sulo, Øyvind Erik Næss, Pétur Benedikt Juliusson, Nils-Halvdan Morken, Grace Margrethe Egeland, (2022). Preconception leisure-time physical activity and family history of stroke and myocardial infarction associate with preterm delivery: findings from a Norwegian cohort. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-04528-y
- Jannike Øyen, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Ole Jakob Nøstbakken, Kåre Inge Birkeland, Margaretha Haugen, Lise Madsen, Grace Margrethe Egeland, (2021). Intakes of Fish and Long-chain n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplements During Pregnancy and Subsequent Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in a Large Prospective Cohort Study of Norwegian Women. Diabetes Care s. 2337-2345. doi: 10.2337/dc21-0447
- Liv Grøtvedt, Grace M. Egeland, Liv Grimstvedt Kvalvik, Christian Madsen, (2020). Evaluation of incomplete maternal smoking data using machine learning algorithms: a study from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth s. 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12884-020-03384-y
- Teresa Risan Haugsgjerd, Grace M. Egeland, Ottar Nygård, Jannicke Igland, Gerhard Sulo, Vegard Lysne, Kathrine Vinknes, Kjetil Lauvland Bjørnevik, Grethe S. Tell, (2020). Intake of carbohydrates and SFA and risk of CHD in middle-age adults: The Hordaland Health Study (HUSK). Public Health Nutrition s. 1-15. doi: 10.1017/S1368980020003043
- Lars Jøran Kjerpeseth, Jannicke Igland, Randi Marie Selmer, Hanne Ellekjær, Arnljot Tveit, Trygve Berge, Silje Madeleine Kalstø, Ingrid E. Christophersen, Marius Myrstad, Eva Skovlund, Grace M. Egeland, Grethe Seppola Tell, Inger Ariansen, (2020). Prevalence and incidence rates of atrial fibrillation in Norway 2004-2014. Heart s. 201-207. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-316624
- Teresa Risan Haugsgjerd, Grace M. Egeland, Ottar Nygård, Kathrine Vinknes, Gerhard Sulo, Vegard Lysne, Jannicke Igland, Grethe S. Tell, (2020). Association of dietary vitamin K and risk of coronary heart disease in middle-age adults: the Hordaland Health Study Cohort. BMJ Open doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-035953
- Gerhard Sulo, Jannicke Igland, Simon Nygaard Øverland, Grace M. Egeland, Gregory A. Roth, Stein Emil Vollset, Grethe S. Tell, (2019). Heart failure in Norway, 2000-2014: analysing incident, total and readmission rates using data from the Cardiovascular Disease in Norway (CVDNOR) Project. European Journal of Heart Failure s. 241-248. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1609
- Gerhard Sulo, Jannicke Igland, Enxhela Sulo, Simon Nygaard Øverland, Grace M. Egeland, Stein Emil Vollset, Grethe S. Tell, (2019). Mortality following first-time hospitalization with acute myocardial infarction in Norway, 2001-2014: Time trends, underlying causes and place of death. International Journal of Cardiology s. 6-12. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.07.084
- Grace M. Egeland, Rupali Rajendra Akerkar, Rune Kvåle, Gerhard Sulo, Grethe S. Tell, Inger Johanne Landsjøåsen Bakken, Marta Ebbing, (2019). Hospitalised patients with unexplained chest pain: incidence and prognosis. Journal of Internal Medicine s. 562-572. doi: 10.1111/joim.12948
- Nihal A. Natour, Suzanne N. Morin, Grace M. Egeland, Hope A. Weiler, (2019). Forearm bone density is not elevated in Inuit women with impaired fasting glucose or type 2 diabetes mellitus. International Journal of Circumpolar Health doi: 10.1080/22423982.2019.1601056
- Hilde Kristin Refvik Riise, Gerhard Sulo, Grethe S. Tell, Jannicke Igland, Grace M. Egeland, Ottar Nygård, Randi Marie Selmer, Ann-Charlotte Iversen, Anne Kjersti Daltveit, (2019). Hypertensive pregnancy disorders increase the risk of maternal cardiovascular disease after adjustment for cardiovascular risk factors. International Journal of Cardiology s. 81-87. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.01.097
- Kait Duncan, Anders C. Erickson, Grace M. Egeland, Hope A. Weiler, Laura Arbour, (2018). Red blood cell folate Levels in Canadian Inuit women of childbearing years: invluence of Food insecurity, body mass index, smoking, education, and vitamin use.. Canadian journal of public health s. 684-691. doi: 10.17269/s41997-018-0085-y
- Grace M. Egeland, Solveig Sakshaug, Randi Selmer, Inger Kristine Holtermann Ariansen, (2018). Hjerte- og karsykdommer i Norge.
- Gerhard Sulo, Jannicke Igland, Stein Emil Vollset, Marta Ebbing, Grace M. Egeland, Inger Kristine Holtermann Ariansen, Grethe S. Tell, (2018). Trends in incident acute myocardial infarction in Norway: An updated analysis to 2014 using national data from the CVDNOR project. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC) s. 1031-1039. doi: 10.1177/2047487318780033
- Grace M. Egeland, Svetlana Skurtveit, Anne Cathrine Staff, Geir Egil Eide, Anne Kjersti Daltveit, Kari Klungsøyr, Lill Trogstad, Per Magnus, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Margaretha Haugen, (2018). Pregnancy-related risk factors are associated with a significant burden of treated hypertension within 10 years of delivery: Findings from a population-based Norwegian Cohort. Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.008318
- Grace M. Egeland, Grethe S. Tell, Øyvind Næss, Jannicke Igland, Kari Klungsøyr, (2017). Association between pregravid physical activity and family history of stroke and risk of stillbirth: Population-based cohort study. BMJ Open s. 1-8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017034
- Grace M Egeland, Svetlana Skurtveit, Solveig Sakshaug, Anne Kjersti Daltveit, Bjørn Egil Vikse, Margaretha Haugen, (2017). Low calcium intake in midpregnancy is associated with hypertension development within 10 years after pregnancy: The Norwegian mother and Child cohort study. Journal of Nutrition s. 1757-1763. doi: 10.3945/jn.117.251520
- Hans-Ragnar Skogli, Dominique Geoffroy, Hope A Weiler, Grethe S. Tell, Laurence J Kirmayer, Grace M Egeland, (2017). Associations between omega-3 fatty acids and 25(OH)D and psychological distress among Inuit in Canada. International Journal of Circumpolar Health doi: 10.1080/22423982.2017.1302684
- Gerhard Sulo, Jannicke Igland, Ottar Nygård, Stein Emil Vollset, Marta Ebbing, Neil Poulter, G.M. Egeland, Charlotte Cerqueira, Torben Jørgensen, Grethe S. Tell, (2017). Prognostic impact of in-hospital and postdischarge heart failure in patients with acute myocardial infarction: a nationwide analysis using data from the Cardiovascular Disease in Norway (CVDNOR) Project. Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) doi: 10.1161/JAHA.116.005277
- Gerhard Sulo, Jannicke Igland, Ottar Nygård, Stein Emil Vollset, Marta Ebbing, Charlotte Cerqueira, Grace M. Egeland, Torben Jørgensen, Grethe S Tell, (2017). Trends in the risk of early and late-onset heart failure as an adverse outcome of acute myocardial infarction: A Cardiovascular Disease in Norway project. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC) s. 971-980. doi: 10.1177/2047487317698568
- Liv Grøtvedt, Liv Grimstvedt Kvalvik, Else-Karin Grøholt, Rupali Akerkar, Grace M Egeland, (2017). Development of social and demographic differences in maternal smoking between 1999 and 2014 in Norway. Nicotine & Tobacco Research s. 539-546. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntw313
- Rupali Akerkar, Marta Ebbing, Gerhard Sulo, Inger Kristine Ariansen, Jannicke Igland, Grethe S. Tell, G.M. Egeland, (2016). Educational inequalities in mortality of patients with atrial fibrillation in Norway. Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal s. 82-87. doi: 10.1080/14017431.2016.1268711
- Gerhard Sulo, Ottar Nygård, Stein Emil Vollset, Jannicke Igland, Marta Ebbing, Enxhela Sulo, Grace M. Egeland, Grethe S. Tell, (2016). Higher education is associated with reduced risk of heart failure among patients with acute myocardial infarction: A nationwide analysis using data from the CVDNOR project. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC) s. 1743-1750. doi: 10.1177/2047487316655910
- Jennifer A. Jamieson, Hope A. Weiler, Harriet V. Kuhnlein, Grace M. Egeland, (2016). Prevalence of unexplained anaemia in Inuit men and Inuit post-menopausal women in Northern Labrador: International Polar Year Inuit Health Survey. Canadian journal of public health s. e81-e87. doi: 10.17269/CJPH.107.5173
- Saghar Sefidbakht, Louise Johnson-Down, T. Kue Young, Grace M. Egeland, (2016). High protein and cholesterol intakes associated with emergence of glucose intolerance in a low-risk Canadian Inuit population. Public Health Nutrition s. 1804-1811. doi: 10.1017/S1368980015003080
- Grace M. Egeland, Kari Klungsøyr, Nina Øyen, Grethe Seppola Tell, Øyvind Næss, Rolv Skjaerven, (2016). Preconception cardiovascular risk factor differences between gestational hypertension and preeclampsia: Cohort Norway study. Hypertension s. 1173-1180. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.07099
- Grace M. Egeland, Jannicke Igland, Stein Emil Vollset, Gerhard Sulo, Geir Egil Eide, Grethe Seppola Tell, (2016). High population attributable fractions of myocardial infarction associated with waist-hip ratio. Obesity s. 1162-1169. doi: 10.1002/oby.21452
- Enxhela Sulo, Ottar Nygård, Stein Emil Vollset, Jannicke Igland, Gerhard Sulo, Marta Ebbing, Grace M. Egeland, Nathaniel M. Hawkins, Grethe Seppola Tell, (2016). Coronary angiography and myocardial revascularization following the first acute myocardial infarction in Norway during 2001-2009: Analyzing time trends and educational inequalities using data from the CVDNOR project. International Journal of Cardiology s. 122-128. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.03.050
- Gerhard Sulo, Jannicke Igland, Stein Emil Vollset, Ottar Nygård, Marta Ebbing, Enxhela Sulo, Grace M. Egeland, Grethe Seppola Tell, (2016). Heart Failure Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction; Burden and Timing of Occurrence: A Nation-wide Analysis Including 86 771 Patients From the Cardiovascular Disease in Norway (CVDNOR) Project. Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) doi: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002667
- Cassandra Racinot-Matta, Markus Wilcke, Grace M. Egeland, (2016). Development of radio dramas for health communication pilot intervention in Canadian Inuit communities. Health Promotion International s. 175-186. doi: 10.1093/heapro/dau024
- Grace M. Egeland, Jannicke Igland, Ottar Nygård, Gerhard Sulo, Grethe Seppola Tell, (2015). Hypertriglyceridemic-Waist Phenotype is a Useful Global Assessment Tool for Predicting Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis s. 1-6. doi: 10.4172/2329-9517.1000207
- J Poirier, S Kubow, M Noël, C Dupont, Grace M. Egeland, (2015). The hypertriglyceridemic-waist phenotype is associated with the Framingham risk score and subclinical atherosclerosis in Canadian Cree. NMCD. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases s. 1050-1055. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2015.09.004
- Tracey Galloway, Louise Johnson-Down, Grace M. Egeland, (2015). Socioeconomic and cultural correlates of diet quality in the canadian arctic: Results from the 2007-2008 inuit health survey. Canadian journal of dietetic practice and research s. 117-125. doi: 10.3148/cjdpr-2015-006
- Gerhard Sulo, Jannicke Igland, Stein Emil Vollset, Ottar Nygård, Grace M. Egeland, Marta Ebbing, Enxhela Sulo, Grethe Seppola Tell, (2015). Effect of the Lookback period's length used to identify incident acute myocardial infarction on the observed trends on incidence rates and survival: cardiovascular disease in Norway project. Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes s. 376-382. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.114.001703
- Enxhela Sulo, Stein Emil Vollset, Ottar Nygård, Gerhard Sulo, Jannicke Igland, Grace M. Egeland, Marta Ebbing, Grethe Seppola Tell, (2015). Trends in 28-day and 1-year mortality rates in patients hospitalized for a first acute myocardial infarction in Norway during 2001-2009: A Cardiovascular disease in Norway (CVDNOR) project. Journal of Internal Medicine s. 353-361. doi: 10.1111/joim.12266
- Louise Johnson-Down, Marie-Ève Labonté, Ian D. Martin, Leonard J.S. Tsuji, Evert Nieboer, Éric Dewailly, Grace M. Egeland, Michel Lucas, (2015). Quality of diet is associated with insulin resistance in the Cree (Eeyouch) indigenous population of northern Québec. NMCD. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases s. 85-92. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2014.08.002
- Bendik Seth Fiskå, Inger Ariansen, Sidsel Graff-Iversen, Grethe Seppola Tell, Grace M. Egeland, Øyvind Næss, (2015). Family history of premature myocardial infarction, life course socioeconomic position and coronary heart disease mortality - a Cohort of Norway (CONOR) study. International Journal of Cardiology s. 302-307. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.160
- Grace M. Egeland, Jannicke Igland, Gerhard Sulo, Ottar Nygård, Marta Ebbing, Grethe Seppola Tell, (2015). Non-fasting triglycerides predict incident acute myocardial infarction among those with favourable HDL-cholesterol: Cohort Norway.. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC) s. 872-881. doi: 10.1177/2047487314535681
- Gerhard Sulo, Stein Emil Vollset, Ottar Nygård, Jannicke Igland, Grace M. Egeland, Marta Ebbing, Grethe Seppola Tell, (2014). Trends in acute myocardial infarction event rates and risk of recurrences after an incident event in Norway 1994 to 2009 (from a cardiovascular disease in Norway project). American Journal of Cardiology s. 1777-1781. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.03.006
- Helga Bjørnøy Urke, Zhirong R. Cao, Grace M. Egeland, (2014). Validity of a single item food security questionnaire in Arctic Canada. Pediatrics s. e1616-e1623. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-3663
- Grace M Egeland, Vernar Sundvor, Jannicke Igland, Ingvei Helen Seliussen, Yngve Klakegg, Rupali Akerkar, Stein Emil Vollset, Grethe S Tell, Marta Ebbing, (2013). Opportunities for diabetes research using the Norwegian Cardiovascular Disease Registry. Norsk Epidemiologi s. 95-100. doi: 10.5324/nje.v23i1.1608
- Dalal Alkazemi, Grace M Egeland, Lyman Jackson Roberts, Hing M. Chan, Stan Kubow, (2013). New insights regarding tissue Se and Hg interactions on oxidative stress from plasma IsoP and IsoF measures in the Canadian Inuit population. Journal of Lipid Research s. 1972-1979. doi: 10.1194/jlr.M033068
- Jennifer A. Jamieson, Harriet V. Kuhnlein, Hope A. Weiler, Grace M Egeland, (2013). Higher n3-fatty acid status is associated with lower risk of iron depletion among food insecure Canadian Inuit women. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-289
- Natalia Zienczuk, T. Kue Young, Zhirong Cao, Grace M Egeland, (2012). Dietary correlates of an at-risk BMI among Inuit adults in the Canadian high arctic: cross-sectional international polar year Inuit health survey, 2007-2008. Nutrition Journal doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-11-73
- Helga Saudny, Zhirong Cao, Grace M Egeland, (2012). Poor self-reported health and its association with biomarkers among Canadian Inuit. International Journal of Circumpolar Health doi: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18589
- Dalal Alkazemi, Grace M Egeland, Lyman Jackson Roberts, Stan Kubow, (2012). Isoprostanes and isofurans as non-traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease among Canadian Inuit. Free radical research s. 1258-1266. doi: 10.3109/10715762.2012.702900
- Helga Saudny, Donna Leggee, Grace M Egeland, (2012). Design and methods of the Adult Inuit Health Survey 2007-2008. International Journal of Circumpolar Health doi: 10.3402/ijch.v71i0.19752
- Marie-Ludivine Chateau-Degat, David A. Dannenbaum, Grace Egeland, Evert Nieboer, Elhadji A. Laouan Sidi, Belkacem Abdous, Eric Dewailly, (2011). A Comparison of the Metabolic Response to Abdominal Obesity in Two Canadian Inuit and First Nations Population. Obesity s. 2254-2260. doi: 10.1038/oby.2011.77
- Jennifer A. Hutcheon, Grace M. Egeland, Lucie Morin, Sara J. Meltzer, Geir Wenberg Jacobsen, Robert W. Platt, (2010). The predictive ability of conditional fetal growth percentiles. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology s. 131-139. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2010.01101.x
- Bjørg Eli Hollund, Bente E. Moen, Grace Egeland, Erik Florvaag, (2003). Prevalence of airway symptoms and total serum immunoglobulin E among hairdressers in Bergen: A four-year prospective study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine s. 1201-1206.
- Bjørg Eli Hollund, Bente E. Moen, Grace Egeland, Erik Florvaag, Ernst Omenaas, (2002). Occupational exposure to hairdressing chemicals and immunoglobulin E synthesis. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health s. 264-269.
- Grace Egeland Hovda, HE Meyer, R Selmer, A Tverdal, Stein Emil Vollset, (2001). Cod liver oil consumption, smoking and coronary heart disease mortality: three counties, Norway. International Journal of Circumpolar Health s. 143-149.
- Grace Egeland, HE Meyer, R Selmer, A Tverdal, Stein Emil Vollset, (2001). Cod liver oil consumption, smoking and coronary heart disease mortality: Three counties, Norway. International Journal of Circumpolar Health s. 143-149.
- Grace Egeland, Rolv Skjærven, Lorentz Irgens, (2000). Birth characteristics of women who develop gestational diabetes: population based study. BMJ. British Medical Journal s. 546-547.
- MG Landen, BJ McCumber, ED Asay, Grace Egeland, (2000). Outbreak of boils in an Alaskan village: a case-control study. Western Journal of Medicine s. 235-239.
- Grace M Egeland, Rolv Skjærven, Lorentz Irgens, (2000). Birth characteristics of women who develop gestational diabetes: population based study. BMJ. British Medical Journal s. 546-547.
- MG Landen, BJ McCumber, ED Asay, Grace M Egeland, (2000). Outbreak of boils in an Alaskan village: a case-control study. Western Journal of Medicine s. 235-239.
- Rupali Rajendra Akerkar, Grace M. Egeland, Janne Dyngeland, Rune Kvåle, Marta Ebbing, Truc Trung Nguyen, Inger Johanne Bakken, Gunhild Forland, (2018). Hjerte- og karregisteret: Rapport for 2012–2016
- Rupali Rajendra Akerkar, Bjug Olav Bøyum, Janne Dyngeland, Marta Ebbing, Grace M. Egeland, Jan Arild Eileng, Øystein Aalstad Jonasson, Yngve Klakegg, Rune Kvåle, Truc Trung Nguyen, Eivind Reikerås, Ingvei Helen Seliussen, Vernar Sundvor, (2016). Hjerte og karregisteret, rapport for 2015
- Rupali Rajendra Akerkar, Janne Dyngeland, Marta Ebbing, Ole-Henrik Edland, Grace M. Egeland, Jan Arild Eileng, Christian Lycke Ellingsen, Yngve Klakegg, Rune Kvåle, Eivind Reikerås, Ingvei Helen Seliussen, Vernar Sundvor, (2015). Hjerte- og karregisteret. Rapport for 2013
- Rupali Rajendra Akerkar, Bjug Olav Bøyum, Janne Dyngeland, Marta Ebbing, Ole-Henrik Edland, Grace M. Egeland, Jan Arild Eileng, Yngve Klakegg, Rune Kvåle, Truc Trung Nguyen, Eivind Reikerås, Ingvei Helen Seliussen, Vernar Sundvor, (2015). Hjerte- og karregisteret. Rapport for 2014.
- Ana Duerr, Christian Lycke Ellingsen, Grace M. Egeland, Grethe S. Tell, Ingvei Helen Seliussen, Jannicke Igland, Marta Ebbing, Ole-Henrik Edland, Rupali Rajendra Akerkar, Vernar Sundvor, Yngve Klakegg, (2014). Hjerte- og karregisteret - rapport for 2012
- Teresa Risan Haugsgjerd, Grace M. Egeland, Ottar K Nygård, Gerhard Sulo, Kjetil Lauvland Bjørnevik, Jannicke Igland, Grethe S. Tell, (2018). Intake of saturated and monounsaturated fat and risk of coronary heart disease in Norwegian middle-aged adults. The Hordaland Health Studies (HUSK) .
- Grace Egeland, Lorentz Irgens, (2001). Is a multiple birth pregnancy a risk factor for gestational diabetes? (letter). American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology s. 1275-1276.