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Agnes N. Pedersen
Researcher at Technical University of Denmark
Publications - 37
Citations - 3743
Agnes N. Pedersen is an academic researcher from Technical University of Denmark. The author has contributed to research in topics: Body mass index & Population. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 37 publications receiving 3518 citations.
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Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2004 – integrating nutrition and physical activity
Wulf Becker,Niels Lyhne,Agnes N. Pedersen,Antti Aro,Mikael Fogelholm,Phórsdottir Phórsdottir,Jan Alexander,S. A. Anderssen,Helle Margrete Meltzer,Jan I. Pedersen +9 more
TL;DR: The 4th edition of the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations, NNR 2004, gives the proportions between energy yielding nutrients, recommended daily intakes (RI) of certain vitamins and minerals, and reference values for energy intakes in different age and sex groups.
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Nordic nutrition recommendations
Wulf Becker,Jan Alexander,Sigmund A Andersen,Antti Aro,Mikael Fogelholm,Niels Lyhne,Helle Margrete Meltzer,Agnes N. Pedersen,Jan I. Pedersen,Inga Thorsdottir +9 more
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A high plasma concentration of TNF-alpha is associated with dementia in centenarians.
Helle Bruunsgaard,Karen Andersen-Ranberg,Bernard Jeune,Agnes N. Pedersen,Peter Skinhøj,Bente Klarlund Pedersen +5 more
TL;DR: This study demonstrates that, even in apparently healthy subjects, age-associated immune activation indicated by raised levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines may reflect age- associated pathological processes that develop over decades.
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Predicting death from tumour necrosis factor‐alpha and interleukin‐6 in 80‐year‐old people
Helle Bruunsgaard,Steen Ladelund,Agnes N. Pedersen,Marianne Schroll,Torben Jørgensen,Bente Klarlund Pedersen +5 more
TL;DR: Chronic elevated levels of TNF‐α and IL‐6 have different biological functions that trigger age‐associated pathology and cause mortality, indicating that at least in old populations chronic elevation of these cytokines is associated with mortality.
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Impaired production of proinflammatory cytokines in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation in elderly humans
TL;DR: In this article, age-related changes in levels of early mediators of the acute-phase response in whole blood supernatants following LPS stimulation, representing an ex vivo model of sepsis, were investigated.