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The prevalence of work-related stress, and its association with self-perceived health and sick-leave, in a population of employed Swedish womenKristina Holmgren
Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Occupational Therapy, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Goteborg, Sweden
BMC Public Health 9:73. 2009..In this study we investigated the prevalence of work-related stress and its association with self-perceived health and sick-leave in a population of employed, working Swedish women...- Medical students' and facilitators' experiences of an Early Professional Contact course: active and motivated students, strained facilitatorsBernhard von Below
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine Primary Health Care, the Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, PO Box 454, SE 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
BMC Med Educ 8:56. 2008..The aim of this study was to assess and analyse students' and clinical facilitators' experiences of the Early Professional Contact course and to illuminate facilitators' working conditions... - Impact of medical students' descriptive evaluations on long-term course developmentMats Wahlqvist
Department of Primary Health Care, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Goteborg University, Sweden
BMC Med Educ 6:24. 2006..In this project we studied the correspondence between medical students' descriptive evaluations and key features of course development over five years... - GPs' opinions of public and industrial information regarding drugs: a cross-sectional studyIngmarie Skoglund
Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
BMC Health Serv Res 11:204. 2011..Such knowledge could be valuable when designing evidence-based drug information to GPs. GPs' opinions on public- and industry-provided drug information are presented in this article... 
[Management of cardiovascular diseases is characterized by male perspective. Women are subjected to incorrect management, diagnosis and treatment]C Bjorkelund
Avdelningen för allmänmedicin, Institutionen för samhällsmedicin, Göteborgs Universitet
Lakartidningen 98:3314-8. 2001..There is a great need for spreading current knowledge regarding gender differences among colleagues and medical students...- Sleep disturbances in midlife unrelated to 32-year diabetes incidence: the prospective population study of women in GothenburgCecilia Bjorkelund
Department of Primary Health Care, The Sahlgrenska Academy at Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden
Diabetes Care 28:2739-44. 2005..To study the relation between diabetes incidence and sleep problems in a population-based sample of women followed for 32 years... - Secular trends in cardiovascular risk factors with a 36-year perspective: observations from 38- and 50-year-olds in the Population Study of Women in GothenburgCecilia Bjorkelund
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine Primary Health Care, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Scand J Prim Health Care 26:140-6. 2008..To study secular trends in cardiovascular risk factors in four different cohorts of women examined in 1968-1969, 1980-1981, 1992-1993 and 2004-2005... - Long-term effects of a primary health care intervention program for women: lower blood pressure and stable weightC Bjorkelund
Department of Primary Health Care, Sahlgrenska Hospital, Goteborg University, Sweden
Fam Med 32:246-51. 2000..In Strömstad, with 10,000 inhabitants, a cardiovascular prevention program was launched during 1985-1987 because of high rates of cardiovascular disease. To study long-term effects in women, an 8-year follow-up was conducted... - Women's sleep: longitudinal changes and secular trends in a 24-year perspective. Results of the population study of women in Gothenburg, SwedenCecilia Bjorkelund
Department of Primary Health Care, Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden
Sleep 25:894-6. 2002..To present observational data on the frequency of sleep problems, sleep duration, and sleep medication in an urban female population... - Larger hip circumference independently predicts health and longevity in a Swedish female cohortL Lissner
Göteborg University and Nordic School of Public Health, Goteborg, Sweden
Obes Res 9:644-6. 2001..This study examines health risks associated specifically with hip circumference in a cohort of Swedish women, to determine whether information may be lost by excluding the hip circumference from health surveys... - Pre-existing risk factor profiles in users and non-users of hormone replacement therapy: prospective cohort study in Gothenburg, SwedenK Rödström
Department of Primary Health Care, Vasa Hospital, Gothenburg University, SE 411 33 Gothenburg, Sweden
BMJ 319:890-3. 1999..To assess whether risk factor profiles for cardiovascular disease differed, before starting treatment, between women who would subsequently use hormone replacement therapy and those who would remain untreated... - Cholesterol and triglyceride concentration as risk factors for myocardial infarction and death in women, with special reference to influence of ageP Lindquist
Department of Primary Health Care, Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden
J Intern Med 251:484-9. 2002..To evaluate the importance of serum cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations as predictors of myocardial infarction and death in women of different ages... - Obesity in 70-year-old Swedes: secular changes over 30 yearsG Eiben
Department of Primary Health Care, Goteborg University, Sweden
Int J Obes (Lond) 29:810-7. 2005..Additionally, we will investigate the influences of physical activity, smoking and education on these secular trends... - Concentrations of blood, serum and urine components in relation to number of amalgam tooth fillings in Swedish womenM Ahlqwist
Department of Oral Diagnostic Radiology, Sahlgrenska Hospital, , Gothenburg, Sweden
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 23:217-21. 1995..Specifically, amalgam fillings were not found to be associated with impairment of the kidney function or the immunological status... 
Alcoholic beverages and incidence of dementia: 34-year follow-up of the prospective population study of women in GoteborgK Mehlig
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine Primary Health Care, Sahlgrenska Academy at Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden
Am J Epidemiol 167:684-91. 2008..Because a protective effect was not seen for the other beverages, at least part of the association for wine may be explained by components other than ethanol...- Socio-economic gradient in food selection and diet quality among 70-year oldsC Cabrera
Sahlgrenska Academy, Goteborg University, Department of Primary Health Care, Box 454, S 405 30 Goteborg Sweden
J Nutr Health Aging 11:466-73. 2007..The aim of this study was to assess social disparities in food choices and diet quality in a population of 70-year old Swedes... - Secular trends in diet among elderly Swedes -- cohort comparisons over three decadesG Eiben
Department of Primary Health Care, Sahlgrenska Academy at Goteborg University, Box 454, SE 405 30 Goteborg, Sweden
Public Health Nutr 7:637-44. 2004..The purpose of this study was to compare dietary practices among different birth cohorts of 70-year-old Swedes, who were examined between 1971 and 2000... - Body composition estimated by bioelectrical impedance in the Swedish elderly. Development of population-based prediction equation and reference values of fat-free mass and body fat for 70- and 75-y oldsD K Dey
Department of Geriatric Medicine, Goteborg University, Sweden
Eur J Clin Nutr 57:909-16. 2003..To develop a bioelectrical impedance (BIA) prediction equation for fat-free mass (FFM(BIA)) and present reference values of FFM and body fat (BF) for healthy Swedish elderly from population-based representative samples... - Health Hunters--an intervention to prevent overweight and obesity in young high-risk womenG Eiben
Department of Primary Health Care, Goteborg University, Sweden
Int J Obes (Lond) 30:691-6. 2006..The aim of the study was to develop and implement an obesity and weight gain prevention program targeted to a high-risk group... - Socioeconomic status and mortality in Swedish women: opposing trends for cardiovascular disease and cancerC Cabrera
Nordic School of Public Health, , , Sweden
Epidemiology 12:532-6. 2001..In summary, higher socioeconomic status was associated with decreased cardiovascular disease mortality and excess cancer mortality, in such a way that only a weak association was seen for all-cause mortality... - Social mapping of the obesity epidemic in SwedenL Lissner
Department of Internal Medicine, Goteborg University, Sweden
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 24:801-5. 2000..The aim of the present study is to describe the evolution of the obesity epidemic in Sweden, with specific attention to the socioeconomic gradient... - Trends in overweight and obesity from 1985 to 2002 in Göteborg, West SwedenC Berg
Department of Home Economics, Goteborg University, Goteborg, Sweden
Int J Obes (Lond) 29:916-24. 2005..To study secular trends in overweight and selected correlates in men and women in Göteborg, Sweden... - Trends in overweight and obesity in Swedish schoolchildren 1999-2005: has the epidemic reached a plateau?L Lissner
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Public Health Epidemiology Unit, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Obes Rev 11:553-9. 2010..The stabilized rates are probably a result of regional and local actions that have taken place in many sectors of society, rather than one specific measure or national political action... - Self-reported stress levels predict subsequent breast cancer in a cohort of Swedish womenO Helgesson
, Department of Primary Health Care, , Sweden
Eur J Cancer Prev 12:377-81. 2003.... - Population studies of diet and obesityL Lissner
Department of Internal Medicine, Goteborg University, Vasa Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Br J Nutr 83:S21-4. 2000..These preliminary results may have etiological relevance to the development of metabolic syndrome, but multiple biases of the type described previously may also be operating... - Birth weight, adulthood BMI, and subsequent weight gain in relation to leptin levels in Swedish womenL Lissner
Department of Internal Medicine, Goteborg University, Sweden
Obes Res 7:150-4. 1999..The dual aim of this study is to document characteristics of leptin after long-term storage, and to describe its relation to body weight, from birth to old age, in an ongoing prospective study... - Psychosocial profile in men and women with unexplained chest painM Jerlock
Institute of Health and Care Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden
J Intern Med 264:265-74. 2008.... - Body composition in the SOS (Swedish Obese Subjects) reference studyI Larsson
Department of Body Composition and Metabolism, Sahlgrenska Academy at Goteborg University, SE 41345 Goteborg, Sweden
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 28:1317-24. 2004..Another objective was to examine if secular changes in adipose tissue distribution occurred during the sampling period, 1994-1999... - OPEN about obesity: recovery biomarkers, dietary reporting errors and BMIL Lissner
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at Goteborg University, Sweden, and Research Unit for Dietary Studies at Institute of Preventive Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
Int J Obes (Lond) 31:956-61. 2007..The aim of this paper is to characterize obese and non-obese individuals with respect to reporting errors observed with two common dietary instruments, using energy and protein recovery biomarkers as reference measures... - Evaluation of "Live for Life", a health promotion programme in the County of Skaraborg, SwedenH Lingfors
Health Centre of Habo, Habo, Sweden
J Epidemiol Community Health 55:277-82. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: There were beneficial effects from the health promotion programme, but there is a need for continuous improvement of methods of intervention referred to lifestyle... - Acquired preference especially for dietary fat and obesity: a study of weight-discordant monozygotic twin pairsA Rissanen
Department of Psychiatry, University of Helsinki, Finland
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26:973-7. 2002..CONCLUSION: Acquired preference for fatty foods is associated with obesity, independent of genetic background. Modification of fat preferences may be an important step in the prevention of obesity in the general population... - A 24-year follow-up of body mass index and cerebral atrophyD Gustafson
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Neurology 63:1876-81. 2004..To investigate the longitudinal relationship between body mass index (BMI), a major vascular risk factor, and cerebral atrophy, a marker of neurodegeneration, in a population-based sample of middle-aged women... - Meal patterns and obesity in Swedish women-a simple instrument describing usual meal types, frequency and temporal distributionH Bertéus Forslund
Institute of Internal Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Eur J Clin Nutr 56:740-7. 2002..To characterize meal patterns in relation to obesity in Swedish women using a simple instrument describing meal frequency, meal types and temporal distribution... - Mid-life adiposity factors relate to blood-brain barrier integrity in late lifeD R Gustafson
Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Physiology and Neuroscience, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
J Intern Med 262:643-50. 2007..Adiposity factors included body mass index and blood levels of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) and leptin. Design. Retrospective analyses over 24 years within a longitudinal study... - Birth weight is associated with postmenopausal breast cancer risk in Swedish womenP H Lahmann
Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam Rehbrucke, Arthur Scheunert Allee 114 116, 14558 Nuthetal, Germany
Br J Cancer 91:1666-8. 2004..The results from this study suggest that higher birth weight is a risk factor for postmenopausal breast cancer (OR 1.06, CI 1.00-1.12, per 100 g), independent of selected early-life and adult factors... - Blood pressure and pulse pressure development in a population sample of women with special reference to basal body mass and distribution of body fat and their changes during 24 yearsK Kristjansson
Department of Family Medicine, Solvangur Health Centre, University of Iceland, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 27:128-33. 2003..To study blood pressure and pulse pressure longitudinally and their association with basal and change of body mass index (BMI) and waist to hip ratio (WHR)...