Non-Communicable Disease Epidemic: Epidemiology in Action (Euroepi 2013 and Nordicepi 2013) Aarhus, Denmark from 11 August to 14 August 2013
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Eur J Epidemiol (2013) 28:S1–S270 DOI 10.1007/s10654-013-9820-0 ABSTRACTS Non-communicable disease epidemic: epidemiology in action (EuroEpi 2013 and NordicEpi 2013) Aarhus, Denmark from 11 August to 14 August 2013 Ó Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 Jørn Olsen, Ellen Aagaard Nøhr, Reimar Wernich Thomsen, Henrik Table 1 Geographical distribution of submitted abstracts, EuroEpi and NordicEpi 2013 Støvring Region n (%) Modern societies are increasingly challenged by the frequency of non- communicable diseases (NCDs) such as mental disorders, obesity, Scandinavia 226 (33.8) diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, cancer, COPD, Western Europe 293 (43.9) and arthritis. These conditions affect large proportions of the population Eastern Europe 25 (3.7) and lead to premature mortality and loss of healthy life, which later will US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand 33 (4.9) lead to less productive societies and loss of European socio-economic development. Both incidence and prevalence of these NCDs increase South America 44 (6.6) with age, which translates into the challenge only mounting over the Others 47 (7.0) coming decades. At the same time injuries and infections remain Total 668 (100.0) important, because their risk is increased with NCDs. While this has been a European reality for at least three decades, similar patterns are beginning to appear in many other parts of the world. Type 2 diabetes for example is a disease reaching near-Western prevalences in China and India. It is therefore reasonable to ask, what epidemiologists on Table 2 Author-chosen topics of submitted abstracts, EuroEpi and NordicEpi 2013 a global scale can learn from the European experiences when trying to identify causes and risk factors for NCDs. Also when searching for cost- Topic n (%) effective interventions for NCD prevention and treatment at an individual and at a societal level. To address this challenge, many different and cross- Diseases—COPD 7 (1.1) disciplinary viewpoints needs to be embraced. There is urgent need for Diseases—CVD/diabetes 69 (10.3) input from risk factor epidemiology, clinical sciences,—omics research, Diseases—cancer 61 (9.1) psychology and behavioral research, consumer studies, and statistics, Diseases—infections 38 (5.69) while maintaining a public health perspective to identify credible action Diseases—others 52 (7.8) strategies. Proper use of European experiences might mean that something Diseases—psychiatry 45 (6.7) good could come out of past failures and mistakes. Diseases—other 1 (0.2) With this setting in mind, the EuroEpi 2013 and NordicEpi 2013 are held in Aarhus, Denmark, August 11–14, 2013, with a program with a dual Exposure—enviromental factors 56 (8.4) focus on cutting edge methodological developments for the study of causal Exposure—lifestyle factors 104 (15.6) effects and effect modifiers, and with corresponding presentations of Exposure—other 31 (4.7) current applications and challenges when using these techniques. As an Methods—data analysis 34 (5.1) integrated part of the congress the NordicEpi focus on register-based Methods—data collection 20 (3.0) epidemiologic research in Nordic countries. On the first day of the con- Methods—interpretation 12 (1.8) gress six pre-congress courses are offered with a very distinguished panel Methods—others 9 (1.4) of senior epidemiologists. During the congress nine special symposia are NordicEpi—nordic studies 4 (0.6) held, of which one is dedicated to the overall theme of the congress. All parts of the congress are open to all interested. The congress had received NordicEpi—others 1 (0.2) 668 abstracts at the end of the deadline from 561 presenters. Interestingly NordicEpi—register-based epidemiology 53 (7.9) more than 100 abstracts came from outside Europe (Table 1). Other—health promotion 36 (5.4) 153 abstracts were selected for oral presentation in one of the 18 Other—others 25 (3.7) contributed sessions, while 491 were accepted for poster presentation. Other—politics 10 (1.5) Topics of the submitted abstracts were broad, ranging from disease specific Total 668 (100.0) themes over exposures to methods and public health (Table 2). 123 S2 Abstracts Reviewers The Scientific and Organizing Committees would like to thank the following reviewers for having evaluated the abstracts submitted to the Congress: Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen Ellen Aagaard Nøhr Ingelise Andersen Mette Nørgaard Niels Trolle Andersen Kirstine Magtengaard Robinson Bodil Hammer Bech Mads Melbye Christine Stabell Benn Juan Merlo Gabriele Berg-Beckhoff Carsten Obel Bo Martin Bibby Jørn Olsen Anders Borglykke Inge Petersen Charlotte Cerqueira Jan P. Vandenbroucke Christian Christiansen Grete Skøtt Pedersen Kaare Christensen Charlotta Pisinger Adele Seniori Costantini Naja Hulvej Rod Deirdre Cronin-Fenton Rodolfo Saracci Bianca DeStavola Henrik Støvring Vera Ehrenstein Henrik Toft Sørensen Anders Ekbom Elisabeth Svensson Morten Frydenberg Mette Søgaard Mika Gissler Mikael Thinggaard Andrej Gribovskij Reimar Wernich Thomsen Morten Grønbæk Betina Thuesen Cecilia Ramlau Hansen Ulla Toft Lotte Husemoen Mogens Vestergaard Marianne Uhre Jakobsen Sonja Vestergaard Peter Jepsen Chunsen Wu Bernard Jeune Mette Aadahl Søren Johnsen Svend Juul Torben Jørgensen Katrine Strandberg Larsen Jennifer Leigh Lund Rikke Lund Elsebeth Lynge Mia Madsen Organization/Committees International Epidemiological Association – European Epidemiology Federation http://www.iea-europe.org Danish Epidemiological Society http://www.dansk-epidemiologisk- selskab.dk Health, Aarhus University http://health.au.dk 123 Abstracts S3 International Scientific Committee Ellen Aagaard Nøhr, Department of Public Health, Aarhus Univer- sity, Denmark Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Copenhagen University, Denmark Charlotta Pisinger, Forskningscenter for Forebyggelse og Sundhed, Henrique Barros, University of Porto, Portugal Glostrup University Hospital, Denmark Raj Bhopal, University of Edinburgh, Scotland Naja Hulvej Rod, Department of Public Health, Copenhagen Uni- Kaare Christensen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark versity, Denmark Adele Seniori Costantini, ISPO, Italy Henrik Støvring, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Bianca DeStavola, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Denmark UK Reimar Wernich Thomsen, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Anders Ekbom, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark Mika Gissler, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland Morten Grønbæk, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Sigrid Haraldsdo´ttir, Directorate of Health, Iceland Congress Secretariat Marjolein M Iversen, Høgskolen I Bergen, Norway Inger Kristin Larsen, Cancer Registry, Norway KongresKompagniet A/S Rolv Terje Lie, Bergen University, Norway Address: Pakhus 13, Nordhavnsgade 4, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Elsebeth Lynge, Copenhagen University, Denmark Phone: +45-86296960 Ellen Aagaard Nøhr, Aarhus University, Denmark Fax: +45-86296980 Torben Jørgensen, Glostrup University Hospital, Denmark E-mail: [email protected] Manolis Kogevinas, Centre for Research in Environmental Epide- Web: www.kongreskompagniet.dk miology, Spain Mia Madsen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Mads Melbye, Statens Serum Institut, Denmark Juan Merlo, Ska˚ne University Hospital, Sweden International epidemiological association: European Jørn Olsen, Aarhus University, Denmark epidemiology federation Anna Oudin, Umea˚ University, Sweden Charlotta Pisinger, Glostrup University Hospital, Denmark International Epidemiological Association Council (2011–2014) Eero Pukkala, Finnish Cancer Registry, Finland President: Cesar Victora, Brazil Naja Hulvej Rod, Copenhagen University, Denmark Treasurer: Ahmed Mandil, Egypt Rodolfo Saracci, IARC, France President-Elect: Patricia Buffler, USA Henrik Støvring, Aarhus University, Denmark Past President: Neil Pearce, New Zealand Thorkil IA Sørensen, Copenhagen University, Denmark Henrik Toft Sørensen, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark Reimar Wernich Thomsen, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark Lau Caspar Thygesen, Copenhagen University, Denmark IEA-EEF board Laufey Tryggvado´ttir, Cancer Registry, Iceland Jan P. Vandenbroucke, Leiden University, The Netherlands Adele Seniori Costantini, International Epidemiological Association (IEA), European Councillor Representatives of Societies Local Organizing Committee Henrik Støvring, Danish Epidemiological Society (DES), Denmark Ester Villalonga Olives, European Young Epidemiologists, Europe Tapio Luostarinen, Finnish Epidemiological Society. Finland Mia Madsen, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Beatrice Blondel, ADELF, France Denmark, Denmark Thierry Lang, ADELF, France Ellen Aagaard Nøhr, Department of Public Health, Aarhus Univer- Eva Grill, German Association of Epidemiology (DGepi), Germany sity, Denmark Laufey Tryggvado´ttir, Icelandic Society for Epidemiology and Bio- Charlotta Pisinger, Forskningscenter for Forebyggelse og Sundhed, statistics, Iceland Glostrup University Hospital, Denmark Alessio Petrelli, Italian Association of Epidemiology, Italy Naja Hulvej Rod, Department of Public Health, Copenhagen Uni- Biljana Danilovska, Macedonian Epidemiological Association, versity, Denmark Macedonia Henrik Støvring, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Maurice Zeegers, The Netherlands Epidemiological Society, Denmark Netherlands Reimar Wernich Thomsen, Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Andrej Grjibovski, Norwegian Epidemiological Association (NOFE), Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark