 Marit Eika Jørgensen is a medical doctor and researcher at the Centre for Health Research in Greenland at the National Institute of Public Health in Copenhagen. Her interest in medical research in Greenland developed during 3 years as registrar in Nuuk, Greenland. She has a PhD. in diabetes epidemiology from the University of Copenhagen.
Her major interest is in the area of cardiovascular risk factors, the metabolic syndrome and diabetes among Inuit. She has worked with survey research in the Greenland Population Study and is now involved in the planning of the cohort study “Inuit Health in Transition” in Greenland, Canada and Alaska. She has special field experience with direct measurement of physical activity, ultrasound of fat distribution including abdominal fat, liver- and muscle fat. She is a Board member of the Danish-Greenlandic Society of Circumpolar Health.
PUBLICATIONS -Peer Reviewed
- Jørgensen ME . Glucose intolerance and its relation to cardiovascular risk factors among Greenland Inuit. The Greenland Population Study. Int J Circumpolar Health. 2004 Sep;63(3):286-8.
- Jørgensen ME, Borch-Johnsen K. The metabolic syndrome – is one global definition possible? Editorial. Diabet Med. 2004 Oct;21(10):1064-5
- Bjerregaard P, Jørgensen ME, Borch-Johnsen K; Greenland Population Study. Serum lipids of Greenland Inuit in relation to Inuit genetic heritage, westernisation and migration. Atherosclerosis. 2004 Jun;174(2):391-8.
- Jørgensen ME, Bjerregaard P, Gyntelberg F, Borch-Johnsen K. Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome among the Inuit of Greenland. A comparison between two proposed definitions. Diabet Med. 2004 Nov;21(11):1237-42.
- Rejnmark L, Jørgensen ME, Pedersen MB, Heickendorff L , Lauridsen AL, Mulvad G, Pedersen EB, Mosekilde L. Vitamin D insufficiency in Greenlanders on a westernised fare: ethnic differences in calcitropic hormones between Greenlanders and Danes. Calcif Tissue Int. 2004 May;74(3):255-63
- Jørgensen ME, Pedersen MB, Siggaard C, Sørensen TB, Mulvad G, Hansen JC, Skjoldborg H, Pedersen EB. Ethnic, Geographic and Dietary Influences upon Vasoactive Hormones and Blood Pressure among Greenland Inuit and Danes. Blood Pressure 2003;12: 298 – 306.
- Jørgensen ME, Glümer C, Bjerregaard P, Gyntelberg F, Jørgensen T, Borch-Johnsen K. Obesity and central fat pattern among Greenland Inuit and a general population of Denmark (Inter99): Relationship to metabolic risk factors. Internat J Obesity 2003;27:1507-1515.
- Jørgensen ME, Pedersen MB, Siggaard C, Sørensen TB, Mulvad G, Hansen JC, Skjoldborg H, Pedersen EB. Twenty Four Hours Blood Pressure Measurement among Greenlanders and Danes. Relationship to Diet and Lifestyle. Scand J Clin Lab Invest 2002;62:1-12.
- Bjerregaard P, Jørgensen ME, Andersen S, Mulvad G, Borch-Johnsen K and the Greenland Population Study. Association of westernization with overweight and central fat patterning among the Inuit in Greenland and Inuit migrants. Internat J Obesity 2002;26:1503-1510.
- Jørgensen ME, Bjerregaard P, Borch-Johnsen K. Diabetes and Impaired Glucose Tolerance among the Inuit of Greenland. Diabetes Care 2002;26:1766-1771.
- Bjerregaard P, Jørgensen ME, Lumholt P, Mosgaard L, Borch-Johnsen K and the Greenland Population Study. Determinants for Blood Pressure among the Inuit in Greenland and Inuit migrants in Denmark. J Epid Comm Health 2002;56:279-284.
e-mail: mej@si-folkesundhed.dk |
