Koen Dekkers
Research Assistant at Department of Medical Sciences; Molecular epidemiology
- E-mail:
- koen.dekkers@medsci.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Epihubben, MTC-huset
Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, BV
751 85 Uppsala - Postal address:
- EpiHubben, MTC-huset
751 85 Uppsala

Publications
Recent publications
A genome-wide association study of imaging-defined atherosclerosis
Part of Nature Communications, 2025
- DOI for A genome-wide association study of imaging-defined atherosclerosis
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Part of Metabolism, 2025
- DOI for Plasma metabolite profiles of meat intake and their association with cardiovascular disease risk: A population-based study in Swedish cohorts
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Meat intake in relation to composition and function of gut microbiota
Part of Clinical Nutrition, p. 124-133, 2025
- DOI for Meat intake in relation to composition and function of gut microbiota
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Part of European Journal of Epidemiology, p. 35-49, 2024
- DOI for Pulmonary function and atherosclerosis in the general population: causal associations and clinical implications
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Analysis of plasma metabolomes from 11 309 subjects in five population-based cohorts
Part of Scientific Reports, p. 8933, 2024
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A genome-wide association study of imaging-defined atherosclerosis
Part of Nature Communications, 2025
- DOI for A genome-wide association study of imaging-defined atherosclerosis
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Part of Metabolism, 2025
- DOI for Plasma metabolite profiles of meat intake and their association with cardiovascular disease risk: A population-based study in Swedish cohorts
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Meat intake in relation to composition and function of gut microbiota
Part of Clinical Nutrition, p. 124-133, 2025
- DOI for Meat intake in relation to composition and function of gut microbiota
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Part of European Journal of Epidemiology, p. 35-49, 2024
- DOI for Pulmonary function and atherosclerosis in the general population: causal associations and clinical implications
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Analysis of plasma metabolomes from 11 309 subjects in five population-based cohorts
Part of Scientific Reports, p. 8933, 2024
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Part of EBioMedicine, 2024
- DOI for Accelerometer-based physical activity is associated with the gut microbiota in 8416 individuals in SCAPIS
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Part of European Journal of Public Health, p. 14-21, 2024
- DOI for Sociodemographic characteristics and COVID-19 testing rates: spatiotemporal patterns and impact of test accessibility in Sweden
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Part of Circulation, 2024
Part of Food & Nutrition Research, 2024
- DOI for A Swedish dietary guideline index, gut microbial α-diversity and prevalence of metabolic syndrome - observations in the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS)
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Part of Chest, p. 503-516, 2023
- DOI for OSA Is Associated With the Human Gut Microbiota Composition and Functional Potential in the Population-Based Swedish CardioPulmonary bioImage Study
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Part of Nature Communications, 2023
- DOI for Identification of three bacterial species associated with increased appendicular lean mass: the HUNT study.
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Part of Circulation, p. 459-472, 2023
- DOI for Streptococcus Species Abundance in the Gut Is Linked to Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis in 8973 Participants From the SCAPIS Cohort
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An online atlas of human plasma metabolite signatures of gut microbiome composition
Part of Nature Communications, 2022
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2022
- DOI for The metabolomic profile associated with clustering of cardiovascular risk factors: A multi-sample evaluation
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Metabolic Profiling of Obesity With and Without the Metabolic Syndrome: A Multisample Evaluation
Part of Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, p. 1337-1345, 2022
Development of gut microbiota during the first 2 years of life
Part of Scientific Reports, 2022
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