Background: Obesity is a growing problem on a global scale and women with obesity have a higher risk for infertility and complications, for both mother and child, in pregnancy and birth. This has been shown both regarding ...

Background: Obesity is a known risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, as well as for atrial fibrillation and heart failure. While overweight and obesity have become increasingly more common in Sweden and ...

Background: An ageing population increases the prevalence of heart failure (HF) and aortic stenosis (AS). Several studies have investigated prognosis and predictors of HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) compared ...

Background: The global prevalence of obesity is on the rise, contributing to increased incidence and prevalence of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Obesity has adverse effects on cardiac structure and function, ...

Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common gynecological malignancy. A large proportion of patients present with the risk factors high age and obesity, which puts them at increased risk when undergoing surgery. The last ...

Background: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory rheumatic disease, characterized by arthritis, dactylitis, enthesitis and sometimes axial disease. PsA is associated with several comorbidities and reduced health-related ...

The overall aim of this thesis was to study the oral health of individuals with obesity and how oral health may be affected by medical and surgical obesity treatment. The thesis comprises three study populations, with ...

Abstract Background/Aims: Bariatric surgery is an effective treatment for severe obesity. However, massive weight loss is associated with adverse effects, such as excess skin. The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate ...

Background: Female obesity is associated with decreased live birth rate (LBR) after in vitro fertilization (IVF) and adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes are increased in obese women compared to normal weight women after ...

The gut microbiota, a metabolic regulator, orchestrates the production of bioactive metabolites such as secondary bile acids. Growing evidence suggests that shifts in the gut microbiota composition are linked to metabolic ...