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Body weight, body size and early cardiovascular disease. Epidemiological studies using Swedish registries
(2021-05-04)
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 ...
Childhood overweight and pubertal timing as predictors of adult cancer in men
(2021-04-27)
Background and Aim
Obesity is one of the leading causes of cancer globally. The importance of overweight in childhood for adult cancer risk, independent of overweight status in young adulthood is still unknown. Furthermore, ...
Obesity in diabetes. Cardiovascular outcomes and risk factor trajectories
(2021-03-23)
Introduction: The association between body mass index (BMI) and mortality in diabetes
is complex and sparsely investigated for cardiovascular (CVD) outcomes. We aimed to
investigate these relationships among patients ...
The Force of Blood
(2021-05-12)
Aim: The overarching aim of this thesis was to investigate the prevalence, temporal trends and associations to cardiovascular outcomes of blood pressure levels in patients in Västra Götaland. Methods and findings: In Study ...
Hypertension, atherosclerosis and fracture risk - observational investigations with focus on antihypertensive therapy
(2022-04-28)
Aim: To investigate associations between hypertension, arteriosclerotic disease, and fracture risk in adults and the elderly, with a certain focus on how specific antihypertensive drug treatments in patients with high blood ...
Gout - epidemiological studies on work outcomes, airborne risk factors and treatment patterns
(2022-11-10)
The overall aim of the thesis was to describe the contemporary epidemiology and use of urate-lowering therapy (ULT) for gout in the Swedish region of Dalarna, to describe the impact of the disease with regard to sickness ...