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All about the Medical Birth Registry of Norway

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  1. What is registered in the Medical Birth Registry of Norway?

    What is registered in the Medical Birth Registry of Norway?

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    All births and pregnancies ended after gestation week 12 must be notified to the Medical Birth Registry of Norway.
    Article
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  2. Overview of health registries at FHI

    Overview of health registries at FHI

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    The mandatory national health registries were established to maintain national functions.
    Article
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  3. Best prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes

    Best prediction of adverse pregnancy outcomes

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    We aim to estimate the association between perinatal death and alternative measures of standardized birthweight using large sample sets.
    Project
  4. Medical Birth Registry of Norway

    Medical Birth Registry of Norway

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    The Medical Birth Registry (MBRN) is a national health registry containing information about all births in Norway.
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  5. Determinants of hypertension following pregnancy

    Determinants of hypertension following pregnancy

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    The project will contribute to our understanding of the life-course epidemiology of cardiovascular disease in women and guide in the development of relevant intervention strategies.
    Project
  6. ART - Assisted Conceptions - Pregnancy and childhood outcomes

    ART - Assisted Conceptions - Pregnancy and childhood outcomes

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    In this project we combine Norwegian registry data and questionnaire data from the MoBa cohort study to investigate causes and consequences of subfertility and assisted conception.
    Project
  7. No increased risk of malformations with metformin use in pregnancy with diabetes

    No increased risk of malformations with metformin use in pregnancy with diabetes

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    Results from a Nordic study on pregnant women with type 2 diabetes indicate that use of the medication metformin does not lead to congenital malformations in the foetus.
    Research findings
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  8. Evaluation of free school fruit on childhood growth and obesity: a natural experiment

    Evaluation of free school fruit on childhood growth and obesity: a natural experiment

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    This project will examine to which extent free fruit in schools may influence weight development in schoolchildren.
    Project
  9. Publications list for Medical Birth Registry of Norway

    Publications list for Medical Birth Registry of Norway

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    List of academic articles based on data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway.
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  10. Parents born after assisted reproductive technologies have no increased risk of complications when they themselves become pregnant

    Parents born after assisted reproductive technologies have no increased risk of complications when they themselves become pregnant

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    The first girls born after assisted reproductive technologies in Norway have now conceived, and the first boys have become fathers. A new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health is the first in the world to have examined these pregnancies.
    Research findings
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  11. Disease in the mother and the risk of leukemia in children

    Disease in the mother and the risk of leukemia in children

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    Our research question is related to diseases in the mother during pregnancy based on an assumption that the causes of leukemia are already present in the fetus.
    Project
  12. Antibiotic use during pregnancy linked to childhood asthma

    Antibiotic use during pregnancy linked to childhood asthma

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    Both maternal antibiotic use and infections during pregnancy are associated with childhood asthma at 7 years, according to a new MoBa study.
    Research findings
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  13. Access to data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway

    Access to data from the Medical Birth Registry of Norway

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    Project managers in research institutions can apply for access to data from the MBRN for research purposes and scientific publishing.
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  14. Smoking during pregnancy from 1999 to 2014. Analyses on data quality and socio-demographic trends.

    Smoking during pregnancy from 1999 to 2014. Analyses on data quality and socio-demographic trends.

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    The study aims to evaluate the data quality of smoking habits over time and to describe national and regional trends in smoking prevalence in all pregnant women in Norway since 1999.
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