Disputas - Nikita Andreevich Mitkin

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her! The doctoral thesis! Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl. 10.15:   Past, present and future public health challenges in Russia Prøveforelesningen vil bli strømmet/the trail lecture will be streamed here. Disputasen starter kl. 1215 i Aud. Cortex Disputasen vil bli strømmet her. Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i et døgn. The defense will be streamed here. A recording of the disputation will be available for 24 hours.

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:

This work investigates how alcohol consumption is related to body composition, physical function, and mortality in adults of Russia, a country with high alcohol harm. Using data from the Know Your Heart study, we investigated these associations across different drinking levels. We found that people with high alcohol consumption have more body fat than moderate drinkers. Drinkers with signs of alcohol dependence had leaner bodies and reduced physical function, especially grip strength. People treated for alcohol-related diagnoses, as the most severe drinkers, were the leanest. Those with alcohol-related diagnoses also had three times the risk of death compared to moderate drinkers. In addition, biomarkers of cardiovascular disease were less predictive of mortality in this group.

Hovedveileder
ph.d. Alexander Kudryatsev, Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk. 

Biveiledere
Tatiana Unguriyanu, Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk. 

Professor emereti Tormod Brenn, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.

Bedømmelseskomité
Dosent Janne Tolstrup, National Institute of Public Health, Denmark.- 1. Opponent.
Professor Tormod Rogne, Universitetet i Oslo – 2. opponent.
Professor Charlotta Rylander, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet - leder av komité.

Disputasleder: Instituttleder Torkjel Sandanger, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.