
Merete Ellingjord-Dale
- Researcher (Epidemiology)
- +47 404 65 117
Publications 2022
Prevention of covid-19 and other acute respiratory infections with cod liver oil supplementation, a low dose vitamin D supplement: quadruple blinded, randomised placebo controlled trial
BMJ, 378, e071245
DOI 10.1136/bmj-2022-071245, PubMed 36215222
Post-acute symptoms 3-15 months after COVID-19 among unvaccinated and vaccinated individuals with a breakthrough infection
Int J Infect Dis, 126, 10-13
DOI 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.11.009, PubMed 36375693
The use of public transport and contraction of SARS-CoV-2 in a large prospective cohort in Norway
BMC Infect Dis, 22 (1), 252
DOI 10.1186/s12879-022-07233-5, PubMed 35287611
Publications 2021
Long-term weight change and risk of breast cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study
Int J Epidemiol, 50 (6), 1914-1926
DOI 10.1093/ije/dyab032, PubMed 34999853
Coffee consumption and risk of breast cancer: A Mendelian randomization study
PLoS One, 16 (1), e0236904
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0236904, PubMed 33465101
Self-reported Memory Problems 8 Months After COVID-19 Infection
JAMA Netw Open, 4 (7), e2118717
DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.18717, PubMed 34323987
Publications 2020
Weight change in middle adulthood and risk of cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort
Int J Cancer, 148 (7), 1637-1651
DOI 10.1002/ijc.33339, PubMed 33038275
A Body Shape Index (ABSI) achieves better mortality risk stratification than alternative indices of abdominal obesity: results from a large European cohort
Sci Rep, 10 (1), 14541
DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-71302-5, PubMed 32883969
Nutrient-wide association study of 92 foods and nutrients and breast cancer risk
Breast Cancer Res, 22 (1), 5
DOI 10.1186/s13058-019-1244-7, PubMed 31931881
Physical activity and risks of breast and colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomisation analysis
Nat Commun, 11 (1), 597
DOI 10.1038/s41467-020-14389-8, PubMed 32001714
Publications 2019
Mediation analysis of the alcohol-postmenopausal breast cancer relationship by sex hormones in the EPIC cohort
Int J Cancer, 146 (3), 759-768
DOI 10.1002/ijc.32324, PubMed 30968961
Adherence to the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research cancer prevention recommendations and risk of in situ breast cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort
BMC Med, 17 (1), 221
DOI 10.1186/s12916-019-1444-0, PubMed 31787099
Publications 2018
Number of Risky Lifestyle Behaviors and Breast Cancer Risk
JNCI Cancer Spectr, 2 (3), pky030
DOI 10.1093/jncics/pky030, PubMed 31360858
Volumetric Mammographic Density, Age-Related Decline, and Breast Cancer Risk Factors in a National Breast Cancer Screening Program
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 27 (9), 1065-1074
DOI 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-18-0151, PubMed 29925631
Breast cancer-specific survival by clinical subtype after 7 years follow-up of young and elderly women in a nationwide cohort
Int J Cancer, 144 (6), 1251-1261
DOI 10.1002/ijc.31950, PubMed 30367449
Publications 2017
Alcohol, Physical Activity, Smoking, and Breast Cancer Subtypes in a Large, Nested Case-Control Study from the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Program
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 26 (12), 1736-1744
DOI 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-0611, PubMed 28877889
Parity, hormones and breast cancer subtypes - results from a large nested case-control study in a national screening program
Breast Cancer Res, 19 (1), 10
DOI 10.1186/s13058-016-0798-x, PubMed 28114999
Publications 2015
Vitamin D intake, month the mammogram was taken and mammographic density in Norwegian women aged 50-69
PLoS One, 10 (5), e0123754
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0123754, PubMed 25938768
Evaluation of dietary patterns among Norwegian postmenopausal women using plasma carotenoids as biomarkers
Br J Nutr, 113 (4), 672-82
DOI 10.1017/S0007114514004103, PubMed 25622727
Feasibility of self-sampled dried blood spot and saliva samples sent by mail in a population-based study
BMC Cancer, 15, 265
DOI 10.1186/s12885-015-1275-0, PubMed 25886002
Publications 2014
Breast cancer susceptibility variants and mammographic density phenotypes in norwegian postmenopausal women
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 23 (9), 1752-63
DOI 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-1212, PubMed 25002657
Publications 2013
Variation in inflammatory cytokine/growth-factor genes and mammographic density in premenopausal women aged 50-55
PLoS One, 8 (6), e65313
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0065313, PubMed 23762340
Publications 2012
Polymorphisms in hormone metabolism and growth factor genes and mammographic density in Norwegian postmenopausal hormone therapy users and non-users
Breast Cancer Res, 14 (5), R135
DOI 10.1186/bcr3337, PubMed 23095343
Physical activity and mammographic density in a cohort of postmenopausal Norwegian women; a cross-sectional study
Springerplus, 1 (1), 75
DOI 10.1186/2193-1801-1-75, PubMed 23397025