Annika Rosengren

..Since most disability pensions are granted because of non-fatal diseases the reason for the increased mortality therefore remains largely unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate potential explanatory factors...

..To examine incidence of cancer and cancer mortality in relation to high blood pressure...

..To examine trends in sex ratios for different manifestations of coronary disease...

..We examined the impact of increasing age on clinical presentation and hospital outcome in a large sample of patients with ACS...

..To relate lipid levels in middle-aged men to that of their fathers at 50 years of age measured 30 years earlier...

..To investigate the hypothesis that risk factors may be differently related to severity of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), with ST elevation used as a marker of severe ACS...

..To examine the long-term incidence of diabetes in relation to coffee consumption in Swedish women...

..We investigated the longitudinal relationship between body mass index (BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) and risk of hospital discharge or death certificate diagnosis of dementia...

..To investigate sex differences in clinical presentation in younger and older patients hospitalised with a wide spectrum of acute coronary syndromes (ACS)...

..75 (95% confidence interval 1.22-2.50) in unskilled workers compared to higher officials (p for trend 0.015)...

..In this prospective cohort study of men we sought to estimate the impact of social network factors on the risk of incident coronary heart disease and mortality from all causes...

..To investigate whether differences in serum lipids, diet, plasma vitamins or other risk factors explain the higher incidence of cardiovascular disease in the northern parts of Sweden, compared to Göteborg on the west coast...

..To study secular trends in cardiovascular risk factors in men aged 50 over a period of 30 years...

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..Population-based study of a random sample of 50-year-old men and women in Gothenburg, Sweden...

..Analyzing the impact of the intake of many foods simultaneously provides additional knowledge about analyses of nutrients and might make it easier to implement recommendations for the public...

..High body mass index and antihypertensive medication at baseline emerged as risk factors in the second and third decades...

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..To investigate gender-specific trends in long-term mortality in patients hospitalized for heart failure (HF)...

..To study trends over 40 years in cardiovascular risk factors in normal weight, overweight and obese men, all aged 50 when examined. Design. Cross-sectional studies of five successive cohorts of men aged 50...

..Obesity is a recognized risk factor for atrial fibrillation (AF), partly because of the association between body mass index (BMI) and atrial volume. We aimed to determine whether other factors relating to body size were related to AF...

..The objective of this study was to analyse predictive factors for development of type 2 diabetes during life-long therapy for hypertension and the alleged additional cardiovascular risk this constitutes...

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..Many studies have compared women and men for symptoms of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but findings have been inconsistent, largely because of varying inclusion criteria, different study populations, and different methods...

..Favourable trends in cardiovascular disease have been observed in Sweden. The aim of this study was to study secular trends in a variety of cardiovascular risk factors...

..To investigate to which extent differences in cardiovascular risk factors explain the increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and complication rate in women with diabetes mellitus (DM)...

..Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate whether overweight and obesity in midlife predict future diverticular disease in men...

..The objective of the present study was to investigate whether overweight and obesity in middle age could significantly predict future groin hernia in men...

..We aimed to determine the prevalence and predictive factors of CAD in a cohort of consecutive patients with cirrhosis of various etiologies compared to the general population...

..The aim of this study was to analyse differences between men and women with UCP and a reference group in terms of psychosocial factors as depression, anxiety, stress, social interaction and health-related quality of life (HRQOL)...

..In addition to asthma and atopy, there is limited information about the determinants of Feno in a general population...

..However, to what extent this translates into serum cholesterol levels in a real-life setting has not been systematically investigated...

..To analyze the effect of underweight, overweight, and obesity in relation to clinical characteristics, the risk of postoperative complications, 30-day mortality, and reoperations for recurrence after groin hernia surgery...

..Coronary risk factor changes were related to attack rate of acute myocardial infarction (AMI)...

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..Few studies have examined long-term trends in case fatality associated with a major coronary event that occurs out of the hospital...

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..The link between low socioeconomic status (SES) and coronary heart disease (CHD) is well established, but there is a paucity of data whether a similar relation exists for heart failure (HF)...

..To investigate if improved treatment of coronary heart disease and hypertension, the major causes of chronic heart failure (CHF), in the last 20 years has had an impact on the incidence of CHF and survival...

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..To investigate risk factors for the development of diabetes in middle-aged women...

..In this study, we investigated the possible association between ischemic stroke and self-perceived psychological stress, as measured by a single-item questionnaire, previously reported to be associated with myocardial infarction...

..We have previously shown that insulin is not a major risk factor for CHD. Our data have been re-analysed with longer follow-up and the homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) method...

..The aim of this study was to assess risk factors for future coronary bypass grafting as a first coronary event, and to compare them with risk factors for a first acute myocardial infarction...

..We examined the possible association between mid-life body mass index (BMI) and risk of stroke in the prospective Multifactor Primary Prevention Study in Göteborg, Sweden...

..INTERPRETATION: Presence of psychosocial stressors is associated with increased risk of acute myocardial infarction, suggesting that approaches aimed at modifying these factors should be developed...

..The acute effects of estrogen on hemodynamic responses were studied with emphasis on the sympathoadrenal system and peripheral circulation...

..However, changes in risk factors have also been documented, especially lower tobacco-smoking rates. Therefore, the relation between smoking and ST-elevation AMI in a large observational cohort was analysed...

..The increased risk of cardiovascular complications escalated during the latter course of the study...

..This inflammation seems to be the result of both monocyte/macrophage and neutrophil activation...

..To investigate the long-term fate of men with bundle-branch block (BBB) from a general population sample...

..When considering psychological aspects of obesity, depressive symptoms are more likely to be consequences, rather than causes of obesity...

..01 and 0.03, respectively), but not for any other end-point. CONCLUSION: Paternal, but not maternal, longevity appears to protect against coronary disease, by mechanisms that are largely unknown...

..To investigate the predictive value of risk factors for coronary events measured in midlife during three separate periods over a follow-up period extending through 28 years...

..To study secular trends in overweight and selected correlates in men and women in Göteborg, Sweden...

..These findings might indicate a differentiated immune response against modified LDL, more pronounced inflammation and a more aggressive atherosclerotic process in women with diabetes...

..To analyse the incidence, prevalence, aetiology, risk factors and prognosis of hospitalizations for atrial fibrillation...

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..Smoking is associated with an increase of mast cells in all compartments of the bronchial mucosa, including smooth muscle, and this is related to altered airway structure and function...

..Some findings, however, have been disparate and inadequate, and thus a comprehensive overview of this literature would be of value...

..An elevated LVFP implies an elevated right ventricular pressure (RVp). In order to investigate the sensitivity of the E/e filling index, we compared E/e and RVp, in their ability to identify a Doppler-assumed elevation of LVFP...

..038) and 48 h (P=0.015). Taken together, our data show an IL-6-CD44 feedback loop in macrophages. Such a positive feedback loop may aggravate atherosclerosis development...

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..To analyse the prevalence, aetiology and prognosis of heart failure...

..To study clinical presentation, in-hospital course and short-term prognosis in men and women with diabetes mellitus and acute coronary syndromes (ACS)...

..To present reference values and correlations with body composition, blood variables and lifestyle factors...

..Non-pharmacological measures are indicated to reduce these levels...

..We evaluated short- and long-term sex-related differences in management and prognosis among high-risk patients following AMI...

..The purpose of this report is to determine if differences in risk factor distributions exist between women and men across various age categories to help explain why women develop acute MI later than men...

..For the first time to our knowledge, we report this association not only for LVD and SVD but also for cryptogenic stroke, implying that future studies of the genetics of ischemic stroke should target these 3 subtypes...

..5 and 20.3 parts per billion (ppb), respectively, P=0.8). The results show that FENO is associated with the N(2) slope, indicating that FENO reflects inflammatory changes in the peripheral airways of both non-smoking and smoking subjects...

..Little scientific attention has been paid to providing a comprehensive multidimensional description of chest pain in patients with unexplained chest pain...

..In this longitudinal study, we examined whether smokers with mild or no airway symptoms develop signs of systemic inflammation by assessing inflammatory markers in blood over a 6-year period...