Clara G. Gjesdal
Rheumatologist, MD, PhD
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Employer/workplace:
Director, Dept of rheumatology, Haukeland University Hospital Associate Professor, Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen
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Areas of interest:
Rheumatology, immunology, osteoporosis
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Basic profession
MD (medical doctor (1989), specialist in rheumatology (1996))
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Academic degrees
PhD, University of Bergen, 2007
MD, 1989
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Dissertation
Epidemiologic studies of osteoporosis in Hordaland. Issues related to body composition and B-vitamins (2007)
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Professional experience
Senior consultant in general rheumatology and osteoporosis.
Co-advisor for 2 PhD candidates.
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Awards
Humanprisen 2010 in rheumatology
Leader award (Lederprisen) 2015, the Norwegian Medical Association
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Publications
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Publications in PubMed
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Selected publications
Øyen J, Brudvik C, Gjesdal CG, Tell GS, Lie SA, Hove LM. Osteoporosis as a risk factor for distal radial fractures: a case-control study. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2011;93:348-56.
Øyen J, Apalset EM, Gjesdal CG, Brudvik C, Lie SA, Hove LM. Vitamin D inadequacy is associated with low-energy distal radius fractures: A case-control study. Bone 2011.
Vinknes KJ, de Vogel S, Elshorbagy AK et al. Dietary intake of protein is positively associated with percent body fat in middle-aged and older adults. J Nutr 2010;141:440-6.
Omsland TK, Ahmed LA, Grønskag A et al. More forearm fractures among urban than rural women – the NOREPOS study based on the tromso study and the HUNT study. J Bone Miner Res 2010.
Emaus N, Gjesdal CG, Almås B et al. Vitamin K2 supplementation does not influence bone loss in early menopausal women: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Osteoporos Int 2010;21:1731-40.
Øyen J, Gjesdal CG, Brudvik C et al. Low-energy distal radius fractures in middle-aged and elderly men and women–the burden of osteoporosis and fracture risk : A study of 1794 consecutive patients. Osteoporos Int 2010;21:1257-67.
Christensen AE, Knappskog PM, Midtbø M et al. Brittle cornea syndrome associated with a missense mutation in the zinc-finger 469 gene. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2010;51:47-52.
Løvås K, Gjesdal CG, Christensen M et al. Glucocorticoid replacement therapy and pharmacogenetics in Addison’s disease: effects on bone. Eur J Endocrinol 2009;160:993-1002.
Omsland TK, Schei B, Grønskag AB et al. Weight loss and distal forearm fractures in postmenopausal women: the Nord-Trondelag health study, Norway. Osteoporos Int 2009;20:2009-16.
Elshorbagy AK, Gjesdal CG, Nurk E et al. Cysteine, homocysteine and bone mineral density: a role for body composition? Bone 2009;44:954-8.
Omsland TK, Gjesdal CG, Emaus N, Tell GS, Meyer HE. Regional differences in hip bone mineral density levels in Norway: the NOREPOS study. Osteoporos Int 2009;20:631-8.
Apalset E, Gjesdal C, Eide G, Johansen A, Drevon C, G. T. Dietary vitamins K1, K2 and bone mineral density. The Hordaland Health Study. Archives of Osteoporosis 2009:DOI 10.1007/s11657-010-0036-6.
Elshorbagy AK, Nurk E, Gjesdal CG et al. Homocysteine, cysteine, and body composition in the Hordaland Homocysteine Study: does cysteine link amino acid and lipid metabolism? Am J Clin Nutr 2008;88:738-46.
Vesterhus M, Raeder H, Aurlien H et al. Neurological features and enzyme therapy in patients with endocrine and exocrine pancreas dysfunction due to CEL mutations. Diabetes Care 2008;31:1738-40.
Gjesdal CG, Halse JI, Eide GE, Brun JG, Tell GS. Impact of lean mass and fat mass on bone mineral density: The Hordaland Health Study. Maturitas 2008;59:191-200.
Omsland TK, Emaus N, Gjesdal CG et al. In vivo and in vitro comparison of densitometers in the NOREPOS study. J Clin Densitom 2008;11:276-82.
Gjesdal CG, Vollset SE, Ueland PM, Refsum H, Meyer HE, Tell GS. Plasma homocysteine, folate, and vitamin B 12 and the risk of hip fracture: the hordaland homocysteine study. J Bone Miner Res 2007;22:747-56.
Refsum H, Nurk E, Smith AD et al. The Hordaland Homocysteine Study: a community-based study of homocysteine, its determinants, and associations with disease. J Nutr 2006;136:1731S-1740S.
Gjesdal CG, Vollset SE, Ueland PM et al. Plasma total homocysteine level and bone mineral density: the Hordaland Homocysteine Study. Arch Intern Med 2006;166:88-94.
Haga HJ, Gjesdal CG, Koksvik HS, Skomsvoll JF, Irgens LM, Østensen M. Pregnancy outcome in patients with primary Sjogren’s syndrome. a case-control study. J Rheumatol 2005;32:1734-6.
Haga HJ, Gjesdal CG, Irgens LM, Østensen M. Reproduction and gynaecological manifestations in women with primary Sjogren’s syndrome: a case-control study. Scand J Rheumatol 2005;34:45-8.
Våge V, Gjesdal CG, Eide GE, Halse JI, Viste A. Bone mineral density in females after jejunoileal bypass: a 25-year follow-up study. Obes Surg 2004;14:305-12.
Gjesdal CG, Aanderud SJ, Haga HJ, Brun JG, Tell GS. Femoral and whole-body bone mineral density in middle-aged and older Norwegian men and women: suitability of the reference values. Osteoporos Int 2004;15:525-34.