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Nina Øyen

Professor, MD, MPH, DrMed, Specialist Medical Genetics. Principal investigator Congenital heart defects in Norway
  • E-mailnina.oyen@uib.no
  • Phone+47 55 58 85 25
  • Visitor Address
    Alrek helseklynge, blokk D, Årstadveien 17
    5009 Bergen
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7804
    5020 Bergen

Spedbarn skal sove på rygg – en epidemiologisk suksesshistorie. 
Denne side opp – om krybbedødsepidemien i Norge (Sudden infant death syndrome and sleeping position)
Permanent Exhibition Worldviews - Knowledge that shapers society "Verdsbilete", at  University Museum of Bergen, Natural History, 2019

Leader of the Heart Foundation's council at the University of Bergen

 

Epidemiologic principles and methods at PhD and Master levels, Course leader and teaching
Counting every child, Bergen Summer Research School 2023, Course leader and teaching
Preventive Medicine, Course leader and teaching
Cardiac Genetics, teaching

Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2022). Risk of Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring of Affected Mothers and Fathers. Circulation: Genomic and precision medicine. 287-294.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Oral corticosteroids during pregnancy and offspring risk of congenital heart defects: a nationwide cohort study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 638-647.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Maternal use of folic acid and multivitamin supplements and infant risk of birth defects in Norway, 1999–2013. British Journal of Nutrition. 316-329.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Dietary glycemic index and glycemic load during pregnancy and offspring risk of congenital heart defects: A prospective cohort study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 526-535.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Intake of sucrose‑sweetened soft beverages during pregnancy and risk of congenital heart defects (CHD) in offspring: A Norwegian pregnancy cohort study. European Journal of Epidemiology (EJE). 383-396.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Association Between Maternal Folic Acid Supplementation and Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring in Birth Cohorts From Denmark and Norway. Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA). 29 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2018). The five-year survival of children with Down syndrome in Norway 1994-2009 differed by associated congenital heart defects and extracardiac malformations. Acta Paediatrica. 845-853.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Pregnancy duration and breast cancer risk. Nature Communications. 1-7.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Paternal characteristics associated with maternal periconceptional use of folic acid supplementation. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 1-8.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Recurrence of congenital heart defects among siblings - a nationwide study. American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 1575-1585.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Association between fetal congenital heart Defects and maternal risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in the same pregnancy and across pregnancies. Circulation. 39-48.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Trends in Mortality of Congenital Heart Defects. Congenital Heart Disease. 160-168.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Supplemental folic acid in pregnancy and childhood cancer risk. British Journal of Cancer. 71-75.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Sudden unexpected death in children with congenital heart defects. European Heart Journal. 621-626.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Prepregnancy Diabetes and Offspring Risk of Congenital Heart Disease: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Circulation. 2243-2253.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Preconception cardiovascular risk factor differences between gestational hypertension and preeclampsia: Cohort Norway study. Hypertension. 1173-1180.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Mortality and complications in 3495 children with isolated ventricular septal defects. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 808-813.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Maternal use of folic acid supplements and infant risk of neural tube defects in Norway 1999-2013. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 619-626.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Supplemental folic acid in pregnancy and maternal cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiology. 805-811.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Risk of cardiomyopathy in younger persons with a family history of death from cardiomyopathy: A nationwide family study in a cohort of 3.9 million persons. Circulation. 1013-1019.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Possible Common Aetiology behind Maternal Preeclampsia and Congenital Heart Defects in the Child: a Cardiovascular Diseases in Norway Project Study. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 76-85.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Periconceptional folic acid supplementation and infant risk of congenital heart defects in Norway 1999-2009. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 391-400.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Folic acid supplements and risk of oral clefts in the newborn: A population-based study. British Journal of Nutrition. 1456-1463.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Birth prevalence of congenital heart defects in Norway 1994-2009 - A nationwide study. American Heart Journal. 956-964.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus in Norway during 1994 -2009: CVDNOR - nationwide research project. Norsk Epidemiologi. 101-107.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Predictors of Heart-Focused Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Genetic Investigation and Counseling of Long QT Syndrome or Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: A One Year Follow-up. Journal of Genetic Counseling. 72-84.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Familial Aggregation of Lone Atrial Fibrillation in Young Persons. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 917-921.
  • Show author(s) (2011). General anxiety, depression,and physical health in relation to symptoms of heart-focused anxiety- a cross sectional study among patients living with the risk of serious arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes.
  • Show author(s) (2011). A De Novo 1.5 Mb Microdeletion on Chromosome 14q23.2-23.3 in a Patient With Autism and Spherocytosis. Autism Research. 221-227.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Stigmatization and Male Identity: Norwegian Males' Experience after Identification as BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers. Journal of Genetic Counseling. 360-370.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Recurrence of discordant congenital heart defects in families. Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics. 122-128.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Health status in patients at risk of inherited arrhythmias and sudden unexpected death compared to the general population. BMC Medical Genetics. 10 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Familial Aggregation and Heritability of Pyloric Stenosis. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). 2393-2399.
  • Show author(s) (2009). The Clustering of Premature Deaths in Families. Epidemiology. 757-765.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Recurrence of Congenital Heart Defects in Families. Circulation. 295-301.
  • Show author(s) (2009). National time trends in congenital heart defects, Denmark, 1977-2005. American Heart Journal. 467-473.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Familial recurrence of midline birth defects - A nationwide Danish cohort study. American Journal of Epidemiology. 46-52.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Sykehusinnleggelser for hjerte- og karsykdom i Helse Vest i perioden 1992-2001. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 17-23.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Living with Long QT Syndrome: A Qualitative Study of Coping with Increased Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death. Journal of Genetic Counseling. 489-498.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Infertility and Spontaneous Abortion Among Female Hairdressers: The Hordaland Health Study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 1371-1377.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Risk perception, worry and satisfaction related to genetic counseling for hereditary cancer. Journal of Genetic Counseling. 211-222.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Maternal epilepsy and offsprings' adult intelligence: A population-based study from Norway. Epilepsia. 1731-1738.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Associations of birth size, gestational age, and adult size with intellectual performance: evidence from a cohort of Norwegian men. Pediatric Research. 636-642.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Associations of birth size, gestational age, and adult size with intellectual performance: Evidence from a cohort of Norwegian men. Pediatric Research. 636-642.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Pregnancy complications by overweight and residential area. A prospective study of an urban Norwegian cohort. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 526-533.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Associations of birth defects with adult intellectual performance, disability and mortality: Population-based cohort study. Pediatric Research. 848-853.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Size at birth and gestational age as predictors of adult height and weight. Epidemiology. 175-181.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Size at birth and gestational age as predictors of adult height and weight. Epidemiology. 175-181.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Predictors of adult height and weight - a population based study of 348,706 male conscripts in Norway, 1967-99. Epidemiology. 175-181.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Mutations in the HERG K+-Ion channel: A novel link between long QT syndrome and sudden infant death syndrome. American Journal of Cardiology. 433-434.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Maternal anthropometric and metabolic factors in the first half of pregnancy and risk of neonatal macrosomia in term pregnancies. A prospective study. European Journal of Endocrinology (EJE). 887-894.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Breech delivery and intelligence: A population-based study of 8,738 breech infants. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 4-11.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Breech delivery and intelligence: A Population-Based Study of 8,738 breech infants. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 4-11.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Circadian variations in sudden infant death syndrome: associations with maternal smoking, sleeping position and infections. The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study. Acta Paediatrica. 1007-1013.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Circadian variations in sudden infant death syndrome: associations with maternal smoking, sleeping position and infections. The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study. Acta Paediatrica. 1007-1013.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Families with a perinatal death: is there an association between the loss and the birthweight of surviving siblings? Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 23-32.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Changes in the epidemiology of sudden infant death syndrome in Sweden 1973-1996. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 24-30.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Changes in the epidemiology of sudden infant death syndrome in Sweden 1973-1996. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 24-30.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Infant's length at birth: an independent effect on perinatal mortality. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 459-464.
  • Show author(s) (2000). Infant's length at birth: an independent effect on perinatal mortality. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 459-464.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Recurrence of gestational age in sibships: Implications for perinatal mortality. American Journal of Epidemiology. 756-762.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Interactions of infectious symptoms and modifiable risk factors in sudden infant death syndrome. The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS study. Acta Paediatrica. 521-527.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Caffeine and alcohol as risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 107-111.
  • Show author(s) (1998). Sociodemographic risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome: associations with other risk factors. The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study. Acta Paediatrica. 284-290.
  • Show author(s) (1998). Sociodemographic risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome: associations with other risk factors. Acta Paediatrica. 284-90.
  • Show author(s) (1998). Sociodemographic risk factors for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: associations with other risk factors. The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study. Acta Paediatrica. 284-290.
  • Show author(s) (1998). Sociodemographic risk factors for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: associations with other risk factors. The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study. Acta Paediatrica. 284-290.
  • Show author(s) (1998). A case-control study of smoking and sudden infant death syndrome in the Scandinavian countries, 1992-1995. The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 329-334.
  • Show author(s) (1998). A case-control study of smoking and sudden infant death syndrome in the Scandinavian countries, 1992-1995. The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 329-334.
  • Show author(s) (1998). A case-control study of smoking and sudden infant death syndrome in the Scandinavian countries, 1992 to 1995. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 329-334.
  • Show author(s) (1998). A case-control study of smoking and sudden infant death syndrome in the Scandinavian countries, 1992 to 1995. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 329-334.
  • Show author(s) (1997). The epidemic of SIDS in Norway 1967-93. Changing effects of risk factors. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 23-27.
  • Show author(s) (1997). The epidemic of SIDS in Norway 1967-93. Changing effects of risk factors. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 23-27.
  • Show author(s) (1997). The epidemic of SIDS in Norway 1967-93. Changing effects of risk factors. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 23-27.
  • Show author(s) (1997). The decline in the incidence of SIDS in Scandinavia and its relation to risk-intervention campaigns. Acta Paediatrica. 963-968.
  • Show author(s) (1997). The decline in the incidence of SIDS in Scandinavia and its relation to risk-intervention campaigns. Acta Paediatrica. 963-968.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Social risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and their interactions with other major risk factors for SIDS. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 23-27.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Mothers' birth weight and survival of their offspring, population based study. BMJ. British Medical Journal. 1376-1380.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Mothers' birth weight and survival of their offspring, population based study. BMJ. British Medical Journal. 1376-1380.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Mothers' birth weight and survival of their offspring, population based study. BMJ. British Medical Journal. 1376-1380.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Maternal smoking, birthweight and gestational age in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) babies and their surviving siblings. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 84-95.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Interactions between maternal smoking and other prenatal risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Germany. Acta Paediatrica. 857-863.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Interactions between maternal smoking and other prenatal risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Germany. Acta Paediatrica. 857-863.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Combined effects of sleeping position and prenatal factors in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study. Pediatrics. 613-621.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Population-based recurrence risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), compared with other infant and fetal deaths. American Journal of Epidemiology. 300-305.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Population-based recurrence risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), compared with other infant and fetal deaths. American Journal of Epidemiology. 300-305.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Population-based recurrence risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), compared with other infant and fetal deaths. American Journal of Epidemiology. 300-305.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Population-based recurrence risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), compared with other infant and fetal deaths. American Journal of Epidemiology. 300-305.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Using newly deceased patients in teaching procedures. New England Journal of Medicine. 1445.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Sleeping position and sudden infant death syndrome in Norway 1967-1991. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 478-482.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Fetal growth retardation in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) infants and their siblings. American Journal of Epidemiology. 84-90.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Fetal growth retardation in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) infants and their siblings. American Journal of Epidemiology. 84-90.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Fetal growth retardation in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) infants and their siblings. American Journal of Epidemiology. 84-90.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Fetal growth retardation in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) infants and their siblings. American Journal of Epidemiology. 84-90.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Etiske dilemmaer ved intubasjonsopplæring: Hva mener befolkningen? Nordisk Medicin. 93-95.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Befolkningens indstilling til obduktion. Ugeskrift for Læger. 1361-1362.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Secular trends of sudden infant death syndrome in Norway, 1967-1988. Application of a method of case identification to Norwegian registry data. Peadiatr Perinatal Epidemol. 263-281.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Secular trends of sudden infant death syndrome in Norway, 1967-1988. Application of a method of case identification to Norwegian registry data. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 263-281.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Secular trends of sudden infant death syndrome in Norway, 1967-1988. Application of a method of case identification to Norwegian registry data. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 263-281.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Secular trends of sudden infant death syndrome in Norway, 1967-1988. Application of a method of case identification to Norwegian registry data. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 263-281.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Secular trends of sudden infant death syndrome in Norway, 1967 to 1988: application of a method of case identification to Norwegian registry data. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 263-281.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Secular trends of sudden infant death syndrome in Norway 1967-88: Application of a method of case identification to Norwegian registry data. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 263-281.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Infant survival in Norway and Sweden 1985-88. Acta Paediatrica. 977-982.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Infant survival in Norway and Sweden 1985-88. Acta Paediatrica. 977-982.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Infant survival in Norway and Sweden 1985-88. Acta Paediatrica. 977-982.
  • Show author(s) (1993). The epidemiological definition of sudden infant death syndrome. Acta Paediatrica. Supplement. 17-19.
  • Show author(s) (1993). The epidemiological definition of sudden infant death syndrome. Acta Paediatrica. Supplement. 17-19.
  • Show author(s) (1993). The epidemiological definition of sudden infant death syndrom. Acta Paediatrica. Supplement. 17-19.
  • Show author(s) (1993). Recurrence of sudden infant death syndrome among siblings. Acta Paediatrica. Supplement. 23-25.
  • Show author(s) (1993). Recurrence of sudden infant death syndrome among siblings. Acta Paediatrica. Supplement. 23-25.
  • Show author(s) (1993). Recurrence of sudden infant death syndrome among siblings. Acta Paediatrica. Supplement. 23-25.
  • Show author(s) (1992). Activation of blood platelets in workers exposed to organic solvents. Journal of Occupational Medicine. 687-692.
  • Show author(s) (1992). Activation of blood platelets in workers exposed to organic solvents. Journal of Occupational Medicine. 687-692.
  • Show author(s) (1992). Activation of blood platelets in workers exposed to organic solvents. Journal of Occupational Medicine. 687-692.
  • Show author(s) (1992). Activation of blood platelets in workers exposed to organic solvents. Journal of Occupational Medicine. 687-692.
  • Show author(s) (1992). Activation of blood platelets in workers exposed to organic solvents. Journal of Occupational Medicine. 687-692.
  • Show author(s) (1992). Activation of blood platelets in workers exposed to organic solvents. Journal of Occupational Medicine. 687-690.
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (1998). Circadian variations in sudden infant death; association with maternal smoking. The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study.
  • Show author(s) (1998). Circadian variations in sudden infant death; association with maternal smoking. The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study.
  • Show author(s) (1997). The epidemic of SIDS in Norway 1967-93. Changing effects of risk factors.
  • Show author(s) (1997). The epidemic of SIDS in Norway 1967-93. Changing effects of risk factors.
  • Show author(s) (1997). The epidemic of SIDS in Norway 1967-93. Changing effects of risk factors.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Smoking and SIDS in the Scandinavian countries 1992-1995.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Risk scores for SIDS: Now more useful?
  • Show author(s) (1997). Risk scores for SIDS: Now more useful?
  • Show author(s) (1997). Risk scores for SIDS: Now more useful?
  • Show author(s) (1997). Risk scores for SIDS: Now more useful?
  • Show author(s) (1997). Recurrence of preterm birth among siblings - implications for perinatal mortality.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Recurrence of preterm birth among siblings - implications for perinatal mortality.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Recurrence of preterm birth among siblings - implications for perinatal mortality.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Preliminary results of the joint Nordic-Russian Study on then risk factors of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
  • Show author(s) (1997). Preliminary results of the joint Nordic-Russian Study on the risk factors of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
  • Show author(s) (1997). Preliminary results of the joint Nordic-Russian Study on the risk factors of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
  • Show author(s) (1997). Preliminary results of the joint Nordic-Russian Study on the risk factors of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
  • Show author(s) (1997). Pludselig spædbarnsdød i Norden. Sudden infant death in the Nordic countries.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Pludselig spædbarnsdød i Norden. Sudden infant death in the Nordic countries.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Interactions of maternal risk factors and sex, age at death, seasonality, and time of the day. The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Interactions of Maternal risk factors and sex, age at death, seasonality, as well as hour found dead. The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Interactions of Maternal risk factors and sex, age at death, seasonality, as well as hour found dead. The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Dummy use and SIDS in the Scandinavian countries 1992-1995. The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Dummy use and SIDS in Scandinavian counties. The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Combined effects of sleeping position and prenatal factors in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS study.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Combined effects of sleeping position and prenatal factors in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS study.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Combined effects of sleeping position and prenatal factors in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS study.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Combined effects of sleeping position and prenatal factors in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS study.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Co-sleeping and the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS study.
  • Show author(s) (1997). Co-sleeping and risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study.
  • Show author(s) (1996). The Nordic Sudden Infant Death Study - Background and Material. The nordic epidemiological SIDS study (NESS).
  • Show author(s) (1996). The Nordic Sudden Infant Death Study - Background and Material. The nordic epidemiological SIDS study (NESS).
  • Show author(s) (1996). The Nordic Sudden Infant Death Study - Background and Material. The nordic epidemiological SIDS study (NESS).
  • Show author(s) (1996). Sleeping position and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The Nordic Epidemiologic SIDS study.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Sleeping position and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The Nordic Epidemiologic SIDS study.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Sleeping position and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The Nordic Epidemiologic SIDS study.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Sleeping position and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The Nordic Epidemiologic SIDS Study.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Sleeping position and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The Nordic Epidemiologic SIDS Study.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Sleeping position and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The Nordic Epidemiologic SIDS Study.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Sibling correlation in birthweight revisited: Evidence for environmental effects.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Sibling correlation in birthweight revisited: Evidence for environmental effects.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Sibling correlation in birthweight revisited: Evidence for environmental effects.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Recent trends in postneonatal mortality and the rate of sudden infant death in the Scandinavian countries.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Recent trends in postneonatal mortality and the rate of sudden infant death in the Scandinavian countries.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Maternal smoking and fetal growth in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) babies and their surviving siblings.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Intrauterin veksthemming hos krybbedøde og deres søsken.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Intrauterin veksthemming hos krybbedøde og deres søsken.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Intrauterin veksthemming hos krybbedøde og deres søsken.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Interactions between maternal smoking and other prenatal risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Germany.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Interactions between maternal smoking and other prenatal risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Germany.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Birth weight in SIDS infants and their siblings.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Birth weight in SIDS infants and their siblings.
  • Show author(s) (1996). Birth weight in SIDS infants and their siblings.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Sibling correlation in birthweight revisited: Evidence for strong environmental effects.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Sibling correlation in birthweight revisited: Evidence for strong environmental effects.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Sibling correlation in birthweight revisited: Evidence for strong environmental effects.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Seasonality of SIDS in Norway.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Recurrence of sudden infant death syndrome, compared with other infant and fetal deaths. A population based study, Norway 1967-1988.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Recurrence of sudden infant death syndrome, compared with other infant and fetal deaths. A population based study, Norway 1967-1988.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Recurrence of sudden infant death syndrome, compared with other infant and fetal deaths. A population based study, Norway 1967-1988.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Maternal smoking during pregnancy and fetal growth retardation in sudden death syndrome (SIDS) and their surviving siblings.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Maternal smoking during pregnancy and fetal growth retardation in SIDS families. A study based on a Swedish sibship file.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Gjentatt krybbedød i søskenflokker.
  • Show author(s) (1995). Gjentatt krybbedød i søskenflokker.
  • Show author(s) (1994). SIDS infants and their siblings are growth retarded in utero.
  • Show author(s) (1994). SIDS infants and their siblings are growth retarded in utero.
  • Show author(s) (1994). SIDS infants and their siblings are growth retarded in utero.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Recurrence of sudden infant death syndrome and other infant and fetal deaths in sibships. A population based study, Norway 1967-1988.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Recurrence of sudden infant death syndrome and other infant and fetal deaths in sibships. A population based study, Norway 1967-1988.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Recurrence of sudden infant death syndrome and other infant and fetal deaths in sibships. A population based study, Norway 1967-1988.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Infants that die from sudden infant death syndrome as well as their siblings are growth retarded in utero.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Infants that die from sudden infant death syndrome as well as their siblings are growth retarded in utero.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Infants that die from sudden infant death syndrome as well as their siblings are growth retarded in utero.
  • Show author(s) (1994). Are low birthweight mothers at increased risk of losing their own infants in the perinatal period?
  • Show author(s) (1994). Are low birthweight mothers at increased risk for losing their own infants in the perinatal period?
  • Show author(s) (1994). Are low birthweight mothers at increased risk for losing their own infants in the perinatal period?
  • Show author(s) (1993). Liggestilling og plutselig, uventet spedbarnsdød.
Abstract
  • Show author(s) (2005). Long-term ability, disability and mortality among males with birth defects: Population-based cohort study, 1967-1999. American Journal of Epidemiology.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Birth size, adult height and intelligence - A population based cohort study. American Journal of Epidemiology.
Academic literature review
  • Show author(s) (2016). Maternal Diabetes, Birth Weight, and Neonatal Risk of Congenital Heart Defects in Norway, 1994-2009. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 1116-1125.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Men in the women's world of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer-a systematic review. Familial Cancer. 221-229.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Genetic counseling in congenital long QT syndrome. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 1226-1229.

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Top ten publications:

  1. Øyen N, Boyd HA, Carstensen L, Søndergaard L, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M. Recurrence risk of congenital heart defects in offspring of affected mothers and fathers. Circulation: Genome and Precision Medicine 2022;15(4):e003533. Doi: 0.1161/CIRCGEN.121.003533. Epub 2022 May 24.
  2. Boyd HA, Basit S, Behrens I, Leirgul E, Bundgaard H, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M, Øyen N. Association between fetal congenital heart defects and maternal risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy concurrently and in succeeding pregnancies. Circulation 2017;136:39-48
  3. Øyen N, Diaz LJ, Leirgul E, Boyd HA, Priest J, Mathiesen ER, Quertermous T, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M. Prepregnancy Diabetes and Offspring Risk of Congenital Heart Disease: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Circulation 2016 Jun 7;133(23):2243-53.
  4. Dale MTG, Magnus P, Leirgul E, Holmstrøm H, Gjessing HK, Brodwall K, Haugen M, Stoltenberg C, Øyen N. Intake of sucrose-sweetened soft beverages during pregnancy and risk of congenital heart defects (CHD) in offspring: a Norwegian pregnancy cohort study. Eur J Epidemiol. 2019 Jan 19. doi: 10.1007/s10654-019-00480-y
  5. Øyen N, Olsen SF, Basit S, Leirgul E, Strøm M, Carstensen L, Granström C, Tell GS, Magnus P, Vollset SE, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M. Association Between Maternal Folic Acid Supplementation and Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring in Birth Cohorts From Denmark and Norway. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Mar 19;8(6):e011615. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.011615
  6. Brodwall K, Greve G, Øyen N. Preeclampsia and congenital heart defects. JAMA 2016;315:1167-8
  7. Jortveit J, Eskedal L, Hirth A, Fomina T, Døhlen G, Hagemo P, Tell GS, Birkeland S, Øyen N, Holmstrøm H. Sudden unexpected death in children with congenital heart defects. European Heart Journal 2016;37:621-2 
  8. Øyen N, Ranthe M, Carstensen L, Boyd HA, Olesen S-P, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M. Familial aggregation of lone atrial fibrillation in young persons. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012;60(10) 
  9. Øyen N, Boyd HA, Poulsen G, Wohlfahrt J, Melbye M. The clustering of premature deaths in families. Epidemiology 2009;20:757-65. 
  10. Øyen N, Poulsen G, Boyd HA, Wohlfahrt J, Jensen PK, Melbye M. Recurrence of congenital heart defects in families. Circulation 2009;120:295-301.
  11. Øyen N, Poulsen G, Boyd HA, Wohlfahrt J, Jensen PK, Melbye M. National time trends in congenital heart defects, Denmark, 1977-2005. American Heart Journal 2009;157:467-473.e1.
  12. Øyen N, Markestad T, Skjærven R, Irgens LM, Helweg-Larsen K, Alm B, Norvenius G, Wennergren G. Combined effects of sleeping position and prenatal factors in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The Nordic Epidemiological SIDS Study. Pediatrics 1997;100:613-21.

Congenital heart defects in Norway - A nation-wide study

MD, University of Bergen, Norway

MPH, UCLA School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Dr Med in Perinatal epidemiology, Thesis: Sudden infant death syndrome. Epidemiological studies in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark 1967 - 1995

Specialist in Medical Genetics