Clinical Epidemiology

Standardized Mortality Ratio and Long-Term Stroke Incidence After PFO Closure: A Register Study

Angerbjörn, Maria; Johansson, Bengt; Hahlin, Elisabeth; Rinnström, Daniel et al.

Part of JACC: Advances, 2026

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A latent class analysis of cardiometabolic risk factors and the predicted prevalence of subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-aged Swedish adults

Anindya, Kanya; Bendtsen, Marcus; Jernberg, Tomas; Calling, Susanna et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2026

• DOI for A latent class analysis of cardiometabolic risk factors and the predicted prevalence of subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-aged Swedish adults
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Antibiotic use and gut microbiome composition links from individual-level prescription data of 14,979 individuals

Baldanzi, Gabriel; Larsson, Anna; Sayols-Baixeras, Sergi; Dekkers, Koen et al.

Part of Nature Medicine, p. 1351-1361, 2026

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Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in Prediction of First Coronary Events

Bergström, Göran; Engström, Gunnar; Björnson, Elias; Adiels, Martin et al.

Part of Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), p. 245-254, 2026

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Frail Older Patients' Experiences During Boarding in the Emergency Department: A Qualitative Study

Bjurbo, Charlotte; Eriksson, Ulrika; Muntlin, Åsa

Part of Journal of Advanced Nursing, p. 5244-5255, 2026

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Methodological Challenges of Emulating a Target Trial to Assess Effectiveness of Timing of PCSK9 Inhibitor Treatment Initiation Post Myocardial Infarction

Cars, Thomas; Gustafsson, Stefan; Chan, Queenie; Dhalwani, Nafeesa et al.

Part of Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 2026

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GWAS and Replication Analysis of Apparent Treatment-Resistant Hypertension

Ebinger, Joseph E.; Kauko, Anni; Vaura, Felix; Hage, Paul et al.

Part of Hypertension, 2026

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Adolescent intelligence and imaging-detected atherosclerosis in middle age: a population study of Swedish men

Eriksson, Hampus; Herraiz-Adillo, Ángel; Wennberg, Patrik; Daka, Bledar et al.

Part of BMC Medicine, 2026

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SGLT2 inhibitor or metformin as standard treatment in early-stage type 2 diabetes? Baseline data in SMARTEST, a novel, decentralised, register-based randomised trial on prevention of diabetic complications

Eriksson, Jan W; Fanni, Giovanni; Lundqvist, Martin H.; Jansson, Stefan P. O. et al.

Part of Diabetes, obesity and metabolism, p. 1327-1338, 2026

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Early versus delayed DOAC after ischaemic stroke in atrial fibrillation: 1-year outcomes in the TIMING study and in concurrent practice

Fasth, Oskar; Oldgren, Jonas; Ghukasyan Lakic, Tatevik; Hijazi, Ziad et al.

Part of European Stroke Journal, 2026

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Plasma neuropilin-1 is associated with a favorable lipid profile and insulin sensitivity in a population-based sample of 50-year-old individuals

Fryk, Emanuel; Rodrigues Silva, Vagner Ramon; Bauzá-Thorbrügge, Marco; Strindberg, Lena et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2026

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Association of inflammatory bowel disease with cardiovascular disease, and the mediating role of inflammation: a matched-cohort study

Geng, Jiawei; Chen, Jie; Olén, Ola; Halfvarson, Jonas et al.

Part of Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology, 2026

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Systolic inter-arm blood pressure difference and subclinical atherosclerosis: a population-based cohort study of 29 921 individuals

Gottsäter, Anders; Dakhel, Ardwan; Acosta, Stefan; Andell, Pontus et al.

Part of Journal of Hypertension, p. 346-353, 2026

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A deep learning ECG model for identification and localization of occlusion myocardial infarction

Gustafsson, Stefan; Ribeiro, Antônio H.; Gedon, Daniel; Abreu, Petrus E. O. G. B. et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2026

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Consistency of Blood Pressure Response to Potassium-Enriched Salt in the China Salt Substitute Study.

Kissock, Katrina; Neal, Bruce; Yuan, Yifang; Sundström, Johan et al.

Part of Hypertension, p. 167-176, 2026

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Implementing Federated Analysis Using DataSHIELD in the DREAM TO TREAT Atopic Dermatitis Registries Collaboration

Krogh, Niels Steen; Prieto-Merino, David; Coker, Bolaji; Birkner, Thomas et al.

Part of Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2026

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Persistence to antihypertensive drug classes in uncomplicated hypertension: a nationwide Swedish cohort study

Laurell, Karl; Gustafsson, Stefan; Lampa, Erik; Zachariah, Dave et al.

Part of eClinicalMedicine, 2026

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Global, regional and national burden of ischemic heart disease attributable to suboptimal diet, 1990-2023: a Global Burden of Disease study

Lee, Sooji; Lindholm, Daniel; Sundström, Johan; Yon, Dong Keon

Part of Nature Medicine, p. 1454-1478, 2026

• DOI for Global, regional and national burden of ischemic heart disease attributable to suboptimal diet, 1990-2023: a Global Burden of Disease study

Plasma protein profiles in different heart failure phenotypes

Lind, Lars; Delgado-Velandia, Mario

Part of ESC Heart Failure, 2026

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Cardiomyopathies: Nationwide Trends in Prevalence, Incidence, and Mortality (2004-2023)

Lindholm, Daniel; Ribom, Gustav; Gustafsson, Stefan; Pol, Tymon et al.

Part of Journal of the American College of Cardiology, p. 1087-1090, 2026

• DOI for Cardiomyopathies: Nationwide Trends in Prevalence, Incidence, and Mortality (2004-2023)

Differences in prediction of adverse perinatal outcome in term pregnancies by choice of fetal growth reference: A validation study

Lindström, Linda; Ahlsson, Fredrik; Axelsson, Ove; Granfors, Michaela et al.

Part of Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, p. 466-478, 2026

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Impact of kidney function on the metabolome in the general population

Ljunggren, Johan; Delgado-Velandia, Mario; Sundström, Johan; Engström, Gunnar et al.

Part of PLOS ONE, 2026

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Response to 'The number of those leaving the emergency department without being seen by a doctor should be reduced to a minimum' by Josef Finsterer

Mellgren, Emil

Part of European journal of emergency medicine, p. 138-138, 2026

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Characteristics and mortality of patients leaving the emergency department without being seen by a physician: a cohort study

Mellgren, Emil; Järhult, Susann J.; Lind, Lars; Muntlin, Åsa

Part of European journal of emergency medicine, p. 18-23, 2026

• DOI for Characteristics and mortality of patients leaving the emergency department without being seen by a physician: a cohort study

Opening Pandora's box in the emergency room: a secondary analysis of existential needs from observational, registered nurse, and patient perspectives

Pavedahl, Veronica; Meranius, Martina Summer; Muntlin, Åsa

Part of BMC Nursing, 2026

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RAB3GAP2 is a regulator of skeletal muscle endothelial cell proliferation and associated with capillary-to-fiber ratio

Ström, Kristoffer; Oskolkov, Nikolay; Karaderi, Tugce; Kalamajski, Sebastian et al.

Part of Cell Reports, 2026

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Obesity rise plateaus in developed nations and accelerates in developing nations

Zhou, Bin; Lind, Lars; Risérus, Ulf; Sundström, Johan et al.

Part of Nature, p. 510-518, 2026

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An exploratory study of environmental and nutritional determinants of early-stage clonal hematopoiesis in the elderly

Österroos, Albin; Salihovic, Samira; Mathot, Lucy; Baliakas, Panagiotis et al.

Part of Environment International, 2026

• DOI for An exploratory study of environmental and nutritional determinants of early-stage clonal hematopoiesis in the elderly
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Effect of the FoodSwitch application on type 2 diabetes in Sweden: a study protocol for the randomised controlled DIgitAl diabeTES Treatment - the Healthy Eating, heaLthy Patients trial (DIATEST-HELP)

Af Geijerstam, Peder; Johansson, Emir; Fägerstam, Siri; Wu, Jason Hy et al.

Part of BMJ Open, 2025

• DOI for Effect of the FoodSwitch application on type 2 diabetes in Sweden: a study protocol for the randomised controlled DIgitAl diabeTES Treatment - the Healthy Eating, heaLthy Patients trial (DIATEST-HELP)
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Impact of genetic variants linked to liver fat and liver volume on MRI-mapped body composition

Ahmad, Shafqat; Carrasquilla, German D.; Langner, Taro; Menzel, Uwe et al.

Part of JHEP Reports, 2025

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Kroniskt koronart syndrom – nya europeiska riktlinjer: Svenska kardiologföreningens arbetsgrupp kommenterar: [Chronic coronary syndrome: new ESC guidelines]

Andersen, Kasper; Bentzel, Sara; Bergdahl, Ellinor; Dankiewicz, Josef et al.

Part of Läkartidningen, 2025

Socio-geographical disparities in cardiometabolic multimorbidity in Sweden: an Intersectional Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (I-MAIHDA)

Anindya, Kanya; Merlo, Juan; Lind, Lars; Weinehall, Lars et al.

Part of International Journal for Equity in Health, 2025

• DOI for Socio-geographical disparities in cardiometabolic multimorbidity in Sweden: an Intersectional Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (I-MAIHDA)
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Plasma metabolite profiles of meat intake and their association with cardiovascular disease risk: A population-based study in Swedish cohorts

Arage, Getachew; Dekkers, Koen F.; Raso, Luka Marko; Hammar, Ulf et al.

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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Response to letter to the editor regarding: "Plasma metabolite profiles of meat intake and their association with cardiovascular disease risk: A population-based study in Swedish cohorts" by Arage et al., Metabolism. 2025 Jul;168:156188

Arage, Getachew; Dekkers, Koen F.; Raso, Luka Marko; Hammar, Ulf et al.

Part of Metabolism, 2025

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Different plasma biomarker patterns associated with coronary atherosclerosis in low- versus high-risk individuals: - an observational cross-sectional study

Cederstrom, Sofia; Wang, Yunzhang; Lundman, Pia; Alfredsson, Joakim et al.

Part of Atherosclerosis, 2025

• DOI for Different plasma biomarker patterns associated with coronary atherosclerosis in low- versus high-risk individuals: - an observational cross-sectional study
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From transdiagnostic risk prediction to personalized prevention in psychiatry: Designing studies to determine heterogeneity of treatment effects

Cervenka, Simon; Sundström, Johan

Part of Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 2025

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A multi-omics approach uncovers causality of IL6R on endotypes of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis and the possible role of the IL6R/OSMR pathway

Chen, Qiao Sen; Björck, Hanna M.; Bergman, Otto; Baldassarre, Damiano et al.

Part of Cardiovascular Research, p. 2360-2373, 2025

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Collaboration on the optimal timing of anticoagulation after ischaemic stroke and atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and prospective individual participant data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (CATALYST)

Dehbi, Hakim-Moulay; Fischer, Urs; Åsberg, Signild; Milling, Truman J. et al.

Part of The Lancet, p. 43-51, 2025

• DOI for Collaboration on the optimal timing of anticoagulation after ischaemic stroke and atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and prospective individual participant data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (CATALYST)
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Estimated sodium intake and premature ventricular complexes: data from the population-based Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study

Economou Lundeberg, Johan; Wuopio, Jonas; Mente, Andrew; Måneheim, Alexandra et al.

Part of Heart, p. 300-305, 2025

• DOI for Estimated sodium intake and premature ventricular complexes: data from the population-based Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study

Associations between physical activity and CVD-related metabolomic and proteomic biomarkers

Ekblom, Örjan; Björkbacka, Harry; Börjesson, Mats; Ekblom-Bak, Elin et al.

Part of PLOS ONE, 2025

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Implementing electronic informed consent in rare disease genomics

Ekholm, Katja; Augustinsson, Annelie; Sundström, Johan; Johansen, Christian et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2025

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Causal effects of obesity on estimated glomerular filtration rate: a Mendelian randomization and image data analysis study

Ene, Patrik; Svensson, Maria K.; Strand, Robin; Kullberg, Joel et al.

Part of Clinical Kidney Journal, 2025

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Plasma proteomic and metabolomic profiling of coronary and carotid atherosclerosis in the SCAPIS study: differences and similarities

Fall, Tove; Gummesson, Anders; Hammar, Ulf; Ahlström, Håkan et al.

Part of Cardiovascular Research, p. 1649-1652, 2025

• DOI for Plasma proteomic and metabolomic profiling of coronary and carotid atherosclerosis in the SCAPIS study: differences and similarities
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Diverticular disease and risk of incident major adverse cardiovascular events: a nationwide matched cohort study

Forss, Anders; Ma, Wenjie; Thuresson, Marcus; Sun, Jiangwei et al.

Part of European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, p. 415-423, 2025

• DOI for Diverticular disease and risk of incident major adverse cardiovascular events: a nationwide matched cohort study
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Effects of an anti-lipogenic low-carbohydrate high polyunsaturated fat diet or a healthy Nordic diet versus usual care on liver fat and cardiometabolic disorders in type 2 diabetes or prediabetes: a randomized controlled trial (NAFLDiet)

Fridén, Michael; Rosqvist, Fredrik; Kullberg, Joel; Berglund, Lars et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2025

• DOI for Effects of an anti-lipogenic low-carbohydrate high polyunsaturated fat diet or a healthy Nordic diet versus usual care on liver fat and cardiometabolic disorders in type 2 diabetes or prediabetes: a randomized controlled trial (NAFLDiet)
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A genome-wide association study of imaging-defined atherosclerosis

Gummesson, Anders; Lundmark, Per; Chen, Qiao Sen; Björnson, Elias et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2025

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Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Hay, Simon I; Lindholm, Daniel P; Gakidou, Emmanuela

Part of The Lancet, p. 1873-1922, 2025

• DOI for Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
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Genome-wide association study meta-analysis provides insights into the etiology of heart failure and its subtypes

Henry, Albert; Mo, Xiaodong; Finan, Chris; Chaffin, Mark D. et al.

Part of Nature Genetics, p. 815-828, 2025

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Prevalence of atrial fibrillation among Swedish adults participating in the general population study EpiHealth

Hoiby, Pernilla; Zarrouk, Moncef; Lind, Lars; Sundström, Johan et al.

Part of Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal, 2025

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Akutsjukvård från Ö till Ä

Hård af Segerstad, Caroline; Järhult, Susann J.

Studentlitteratur AB, 2025