Respiratory-, Allergy- and Sleep Research

Asthma, allergy, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and sleep apnea are diseases with a high prevalence and a high impact on public health. In our research we investigate how the environment influences asthma and allergy and the relationship between obesity related diseases such as asthma, gastroesophageal reflux, diabetes and sleep apnea. Another aim is to improve the prognosis in COPD by investigating the impact of physical exercise and nutrition.
Description of our research
Asthma is one of the most common diseases in our modern society. Increased knowledge about the impact of environmental factors like smoking and indoor air pollution may make it possible to prevent and decrease the prevalence of asthma.
Obesity is on the rise in our society. Increased knowledge on how different obesity related diseases such as asthma, reflux, sleep apnea and diabetes are related increases the possibility of optimal treatment in patients with more than one obesity related disease.
The prevalence of COPD is increasing. At present no pharmacological intervention has a proven effect on the prognosis of COPD. If it is possible to demonstrate that physical exercise training in combination with nutritional treatment, and in selected patients oxygen, improves quality of life and reduces hospitalisations large benefits will be achieved both from a patient and society perspective.
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Publications
Part of The International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, p. 273-286, 2025
Geographical variation in lung function: Results from the multicentric cross-sectional BOLD study
Part of Pulmonology, 2025
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SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine-Induced Humoral Immunity in Immunocompetent European Adults: A Systematic Review
Part of Microorganisms, 2025
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Part of Journal of Sleep Research, 2025
- DOI for Treatment effect of head extension by cervical collar on moderate obstructive sleep apnea: A randomized controlled trial
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Part of BMC Cancer, 2025
- DOI for The hidden impact: social isolation and inflammation's role in pancreatic cancer risk among those with diabetes
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Part of European Journal of Pediatrics, 2025
Part of Annals of the American Thoracic Society, p. 422-429, 2025
Low-grade systemic inflammation and peripheral airway function.
Part of ERJ open research, 2025
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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Part of BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 2025
- DOI for Lung function and onset of cardiometabolic diseases in the longitudinal Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study
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Part of eClinicalMedicine, 2025
- DOI for Bronchodilator responsiveness and future chronic airflow obstruction: a multinational longitudinal study
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Part of ERJ open research, 2025
Part of PULMONOLOGY, 2025
- DOI for Quality of life associated with breathlessness in the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study: A cross-sectional analysis
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Part of PULMONOLOGY, 2025
- DOI for Association between lung function and dyspnoea and its variation in the multinational Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study
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Part of Sustainable cities and society, 2025
Part of Sustainable cities and society, 2025
Part of Journal of Hypertension, p. 864-870, 2025
Oxidative markers and SOD variant: predictors of autism severity and susceptibility
Part of Future Science OA, 2025
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Associations of parental air pollution and greenness exposures with offspring asthma outcomes
Part of Environmental Research, 2025
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Part of Cardiovascular Diabetology, 2025
- DOI for Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential, health indicators, and risk of cardiovascular diseases among patients with diabetes: a prospective cohort study
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Part of The International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, p. 303-312, 2025
What are the important risk factors for excessive daytime sleepiness in a population-based cohort?
Part of Journal of Sleep Research, 2025
Body mass index trajectories from birth to early adulthood and lung function development
Part of European Respiratory Journal, 2025
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Part of Ageing Research Reviews, 2025
Part of BMC Public Health, 2025
- DOI for The association between cognitive impairment and oral health or oral hygiene behaviors among multiethnic older adults in Western China: a cross-sectional multicenter study
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Part of Clinical and Experimental Allergy, p. 91-93, 2025
- DOI for Eosinophil-Derived Neurotoxin Determinants and Reference Values in a Swedish Middle-Aged General Population
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Part of eClinicalMedicine, 2024
- DOI for Prevalence of chronic cough, its risk factors and population attributable risk in the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study: a multinational cross-sectional study
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Pharmacological treatment of asthma in Sweden from 2005 to 2015
Part of Journal of Asthma, p. 313-321, 2024
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Part of European Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2024
- DOI for Comorbid allergy and rhinitis and patient-related outcomes in asthma and COPD: a cross-sectional study
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Biomarkers of type 2 and non-type 2 inflammation in asthma exacerbations
Part of Central European Journal of Immunology, p. 203-213, 2024
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Targeting of the IL-5 pathway in severe asthma reduces mast cell progenitors
Part of Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2024
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Part of The World Allergy Organization journal, p. 100973, 2024
Disease burden and unmet need for acute allergic reactions - A patient perspective
Part of World Allergy Organization Journal, 2024
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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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Aflimanir ofan ökkla 2010-2019 vegna útæðasjúkdóms og/eða sykursýki: Aðdragandi og áhættuþættir
Part of Laeknabladid, p. 20-27, 2024
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Nocturnal sleep phenotypes in idiopathic hypersomnia: A data-driven cluster analysis
Part of Sleep Medicine, p. 127-133, 2024
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Part of Clinical Rehabilitation, p. 770-782, 2024
- DOI for Follow-up of individualised physical activity on prescription and individualised advice in patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis: A randomised controlled trial
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Part of Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, p. 937-942, 2024
Part of BMJ Open, 2024
- DOI for Association between physical activity over a 10-year period and current insomnia symptoms, sleep duration and daytime sleepiness: a European population-based study
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Part of Annals of the American Thoracic Society, p. 1678-1687, 2024
- DOI for Chronic Airflow Limitation, Emphysema and Impaired Diffusing Capacity in Relation to Smoking Habits in a Swedish Middle-Aged Population
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Part of European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2024
Part of BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 2024
- DOI for Internet-delivered cognitive-behaviour therapy for anxiety related to asthma: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
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Spirometric patterns in young and middle-aged adults: a 20-year European study
Part of Thorax, p. 153-162, 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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Part of BMC Public Health, 2024
- DOI for Psycho-social dimensions of cardiovascular risk: exploring the impact of social isolation and loneliness in middle-aged and older adults
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, p. 978-987, 2024
- DOI for Preschool-level socio-economic deprivation in relation to emotional and behavioural problems among preschool children in Sweden
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Part of Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology, 2024
- DOI for Fecal and Serum Granulocyte Protein Levels in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Their Relation to Disease Activity
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Long-Term Oxygen Therapy for 24 or 15 Hours per Day in Severe Hypoxemia
Part of New England Journal of Medicine, p. 977-988, 2024
Part of Respiratory Research, 2024
- DOI for Exertional breathlessness related to medical conditions in middle-aged people: the population-based SCAPIS study of more than 25,000 men and women
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Asthma Is Associated With Increased Sickness Absence Among Young Adults
Part of Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, p. 2364-2371, 2024
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