Jenny Theorell-Haglöw
Adjunct senior lecturer at Department of Medical Sciences; Respiratory-, allergy- and sleep research
- Telephone:
- +46 18 611 02 42
- E-mail:
- Jenny.Theorell-Haglow@medsci.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
ingång 40, 2 tr - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset ing 40
751 85 UPPSALA
Short presentation
Associate professor, nurse researcher and certified sleep specialist. Research is mainly focused on epidemiological sleep and sleep apnea research with a special interest in the relation to different aspects of metabolism. Senior nurse at the Sleep Apnea Clinic at the Uppsala University Hospital in Uppsala, and has more than 15 years of experience in sleep apnea treatment, focusing on OSA diagnostics and CPAP treatment.
Keywords
- epidemiology
- metabolism
- obstruktiv sömnapné
- continuous positive airway pressure
- sömn

Publications
Recent publications
What are the important risk factors for excessive daytime sleepiness in a population-based cohort?
Part of Journal of Sleep Research, 2025
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Part of Sleep Medicine, 2025
- DOI for Self-reported witnessed episodes of apnea during sleep is associated with incident lung and breast cancer
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Part of International Journal of Cardiology, 2025
- DOI for Lipoproteins and lipoprotein lipid composition are associated with stages of dysglycemia and subclinical coronary atherosclerosis
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Why harmonizing cohorts in sleep is a good idea and the labor of doing so?
Part of Sleep, 2024
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Part of BMJ Open, 2024
- DOI for Obstructive sleep apnoea and lung function, and their association with nocturnal hypoxemia: results from the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioimage Study (SCAPIS) - a cross-sectional study
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All publications
Articles in journal
What are the important risk factors for excessive daytime sleepiness in a population-based cohort?
Part of Journal of Sleep Research, 2025
- DOI for What are the important risk factors for excessive daytime sleepiness in a population-based cohort?
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Part of Sleep Medicine, 2025
- DOI for Self-reported witnessed episodes of apnea during sleep is associated with incident lung and breast cancer
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Part of International Journal of Cardiology, 2025
- DOI for Lipoproteins and lipoprotein lipid composition are associated with stages of dysglycemia and subclinical coronary atherosclerosis
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Why harmonizing cohorts in sleep is a good idea and the labor of doing so?
Part of Sleep, 2024
- DOI for Why harmonizing cohorts in sleep is a good idea and the labor of doing so?
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Part of BMJ Open, 2024
- DOI for Obstructive sleep apnoea and lung function, and their association with nocturnal hypoxemia: results from the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioimage Study (SCAPIS) - a cross-sectional study
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Part of Journal of Sleep Research, 2024
- DOI for Does obstructive sleep apnea increase the risk of cancer and cancer mortality in combined community-based cohorts?
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The Swedish sleep apnea registry (SESAR) cohort: "Real world data" on a national level
Part of Sleep Medicine, p. 362-370, 2024
- DOI for The Swedish sleep apnea registry (SESAR) cohort: "Real world data" on a national level
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Part of Journal of Sleep Research, 2024
- DOI for Economic evaluation of telemonitoring as a follow-up approach for patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome starting treatment with continuous positive airway pressure
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Part of Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society online, p. 165-169, 2024
Part of Respiratory Medicine, 2023
- DOI for Breathlessness and exercise performance to predict mortality in long-term oxygen therapy: The population - based DISCOVERY study
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Effects of telemonitoring follow-up, side effects, and other factors on CPAP adherence
Part of Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (JCSM), p. 1785-1795, 2023
Part of Sleep Medicine, p. 219-225, 2023
- DOI for What do women mean by poor sleep?: A large population-based sample with polysomnographical indicators, inflammation, fatigue, depression, and anxiety
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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 BMJ Open, 2023
- DOI for Association between obstructive sleep apnoea and cancer: a cross-sectional, population-based study of the DISCOVERY cohort
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Cardiovascular disease-linked plasma proteins are mainly associated with lung volume
Part of ERJ Open Research, 2023
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National Knowledge-Driven Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: The Swedish Approach
Part of Diagnostics, 2023
- DOI for National Knowledge-Driven Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: The Swedish Approach
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Part of Journal of Sleep Research, 2023
- DOI for Development and performance of a sleep estimation algorithm using a single accelerometer placed on the thigh: an evaluation against polysomnography
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Part of Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (JCSM), p. 1731-1737, 2022
Part of Sleep, 2022
- DOI for Evening chronotype is associated with elevated biomarkers of cardiometabolic risk in the EpiHealth cohort: a cross-sectional study
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Part of Journal of Sleep Research, 2022
- DOI for Rapid eye movement sleep apnea and carotid intima thickness in men and women: a SHE-MUSTACHE cohort study
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Development of gut microbiota during the first 2 years of life
Part of Scientific Reports, 2022
- DOI for Development of gut microbiota during the first 2 years of life
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Part of Journal of Sleep Research, 2021
- DOI for Sleep duration is associated with protein biomarkers for cardiometabolic health: A large-scale population study
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Snoring and environmental exposure: results from the Swedish GA2LEN study.
Part of BMJ Open, 2021
- DOI for Snoring and environmental exposure: results from the Swedish GA2LEN study.
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Part of Sleep Medicine Clinics, p. 409-416, 2021
- DOI for Prolonged Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sleep Medicine Services- Longitudinal Data from the Swedish Sleep Apnea Registry
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Part of ERJ Open Research, 2021
- DOI for Validation of the Swedevox registry of continuous positive airway pressure, long-term mechanical ventilator and long-term oxygen therapy
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Part of Sleep Medicine Clinics, p. 635-648, 2021
Part of Journal of Sleep Research, 2021
- DOI for Relationship between sleep characteristics and markers of inflammation in Swedish women from the general population
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Part of Chest, p. 1481-1491, 2021
- DOI for Socioeconomic Factors and Adherence to The Population-Based Course of Disease in Patients Reported to the Swedish CPAP Oxygen and Ventilator Registry Study
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Part of Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (JCSM), p. 9-18, 2020
Part of BMJ Open, 2020
- DOI for Course of DISease In patients reported to the Swedish CPAP Oxygen and VEntilator RegistrY (DISCOVERY) with population-based controls
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Part of Endocrine, p. 48-57, 2020
Part of ERJ Open Research, 2020
- DOI for The impact of body mass index, central obesity and physical activity on lung function: results of the EpiHealth study
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Part of Rhinology, p. 341-348, 2020
Part of Journal of Sleep Research, 2020
- DOI for Association between proteomics and obstructive sleep apnea phenotypes in a community-based cohort of women
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Risk factors for subarachnoid haemorrhage: a nationwide cohort of 950 000 adults
Part of International Journal of Epidemiology, p. 2018-2025, 2019
Short sleep-poor sleep?: A polysomnographic study in a large population-based sample of women
Part of Journal of Sleep Research, 2019
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Associations Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Measures of Arterial Stiffness
Part of Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (JCSM), p. 201-206, 2019
An educational intervention to improve hand hygiene compliance in Vietnam
Part of BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Part of Sleep, 2018
Part of Sleep, 2018
Part of Sleep Medicine, p. 85-91, 2018
Women with both sleep problems and snoring show objective impairment of sleep
Part of Sleep Medicine, p. 80-84, 2018
Part of Journal of Sleep Research, 2018
Part of Sleep Medicine, p. 81-87, 2018
Part of Sleep Medicine, 2017
Part of Sleep, 2017
Part of Sleep, 2017
Part of Sleep Medicine, 2017
Part of Sleep Medicine, 2017
Part of Sleep Medicine, 2017
Part of Sleep Medicine, 2017
Age affects sleep microstructure more than sleep macrostructure
Part of Journal of Sleep Research, p. 277-287, 2017
Increased risk of heart failure in women with symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing
Part of Sleep Medicine, p. 32-37, 2016
Sex differences in reported and objectively measured sleep in COPD
Part of The International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, p. 151-160, 2016
- DOI for Sex differences in reported and objectively measured sleep in COPD
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Part of Journal of Sleep Research, p. 565-570, 2016
CPAP therapy, vitamin D and bone turnover markers - a randomized controlled trial
Part of Journal of Sleep Research, p. 40-40, 2016
Part of Journal of Sleep Research, p. 90-90, 2016
Associations between obstructive sleep apnea and measures of arterial stiffness
Part of Journal of Sleep Research, p. 173-173, 2016
Sleep Duration and Obesity in Adults: What Are the Connections?
Part of Current Obesity Reports, p. 333-343, 2016
Impact of nasal obstruction on sleep quality: a community-based study of women
Part of European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, p. 97-103, 2015
Part of Sleep, p. 1995-2003, 2015
Does sleep disordered breathing in women promote heart failure?: A population based cohort study
Part of Journal of Sleep Research, p. 119-119, 2014
Part of Sleep Medicine, p. 415-421, 2014
Part of Sleep Medicine, p. 1204-1211, 2014
Impact of nasal obstruction on sleep quality - a community based study of women
Part of Journal of Sleep Research, p. 149-149, 2014
Effect of age on the macro- and microstructure of sleep in women
Part of Journal of Sleep Research, p. 240-240, 2014
Part of Journal of Sleep Research, p. 240-240, 2014
Part of Sleep, p. 1521-1527, 2012
Sleep apnea and glucose metabolism: a long-term follow-up in a community-based sample
Part of Chest, p. 935-942, 2012
What is cause and what is effect?
Part of Sleep Medicine, p. 213-213, 2012
Syndrome Z: A comparison of prevalence between females and males
Part of Sleep Medicine, p. 120-120, 2012
Sleep duration and central obesity in women: Differences between short sleepers and long sleepers
Part of Sleep Medicine, p. 1079-1085, 2012
The role of obstructive sleep apnea in metabolic syndrome: A population-based study in women
Part of Sleep Medicine, p. 329-334, 2011
Associations between short sleep duration and central obesity in women
Part of Sleep, p. 593-598, 2010
Obstructive sleep apnoea is associated with decreased insulin sensitivity in females
Part of European Respiratory Journal, p. 1054-60, 2008
Part of Chest, p. 919-924, 2008
What are the important risk factors for daytime sleepiness and fatigue in women?
Part of Sleep, p. 751-7, 2006
Articles, review/survey
Part of Sleep Medicine Reviews, p. 28-38, 2018