Respiratory-, Allergy- and Sleep Research
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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.
Publications
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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Disease burden and unmet need for acute allergic reactions - A patient perspective
Part of World Allergy Organization Journal, 2024
- DOI for Disease burden and unmet need for acute allergic reactions - A patient perspective
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Aflimanir ofan ökkla 2010-2019 vegna útæðasjúkdóms og/eða sykursýki: Aðdragandi og áhættuþættir
Part of Laeknabladid, p. 20-27, 2024
- DOI for Aflimanir ofan ökkla 2010-2019 vegna útæðasjúkdóms og/eða sykursýki: Aðdragandi og áhættuþættir
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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 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
- DOI for Spirometric patterns in young and middle-aged adults: a 20-year European study
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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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2024
Part of BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 2024
- DOI for Nocturnal gastro-oesophageal reflux and respiratory symptoms are increased in sleep apnoea: comparison with the general population
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Part of Eur J Epidemiol, 2024
Part of Cellular and Molecular Biology, p. 45-52, 2024
- DOI for A comparative study of multiple biomarkers levels in complicated versus noncomplicated type 2 diabetic patients
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Correcting and harmonising the terminology for exhaled gases
Part of European Respiratory Journal, 2024
Does allergy decrease with age?
Part of REVUE FRANCAISE D ALLERGOLOGIE, 2024
Part of Pulmonary Therapy, p. 133-142, 2024
- DOI for Successful Use of Easyhaler® Dry Powder Inhaler in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Analysis of Peak Inspiratory Flow from Three Clinical Trials
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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing and body composition.
Part of ERJ open research, 2024
Part of Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society online, p. 165-169, 2024
Eliciting a value set for the Swedish Capability-Adjusted Life Years instrument (CALY-SWE)
Part of Quality of Life Research, p. 59-72, 2024
- DOI for Eliciting a value set for the Swedish Capability-Adjusted Life Years instrument (CALY-SWE)
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Part of BMJ open respiratory research, 2024
- DOI for Respiratory symptoms, exacerbations and sleep disturbances are more common among participants with asthma and chronic airflow limitation: an epidemiological study in Estonia, Iceland and Sweden
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Part of Respiratory Medicine, 2024
- DOI for Gastroesophageal reflux and snoring are related to asthma and respiratory symptoms: Results from a Nordic longitudinal population survey.
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Interplay of clinical biomarkers in allergic asthma diagnosis and severity: A case-control study
Part of Cellular and Molecular Biology, p. 69-75, 2024
- DOI for Interplay of clinical biomarkers in allergic asthma diagnosis and severity: A case-control study
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Biomarkers of chronic airflow limitation and COPD identified by mass spectrometry
Part of ERJ Open Research, 2024
- DOI for Biomarkers of chronic airflow limitation and COPD identified by mass spectrometry
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Part of Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, 2024
- DOI for Relationships between symptoms and lung function in asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a real-life setting: the NOVEL observational longiTudinal studY
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Part of Respiratory Medicine, 2024
- DOI for FEV1 and FVC as robust risk factors for cardiovascular disease and mortality: Insights from a large population study
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Occupational Dust Exposure as a Risk Factor for Developing Lung Function Impairment
Part of Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2024
- DOI for Occupational Dust Exposure as a Risk Factor for Developing Lung Function Impairment
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Birth weight, ideal cardiovascular health metrics in adulthood, and incident cardiovascular disease
Part of Chinese Medical Journal, p. 1160-1168, 2024
Part of Circulation, 2024
Frailty, genetic predisposition, and incident atrial fibrillation
Part of European Heart Journal, p. 1281-1283, 2024
Obstructive sleep apnea during rapid eye movement sleep and cognitive performance in adults
Part of Sleep Medicine, p. 34-40, 2024
- DOI for Obstructive sleep apnea during rapid eye movement sleep and cognitive performance in adults
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Part of Sleep, 2024
Part of ERJ Open Research, 2024
- DOI for Global mortality and readmission rates following COPD exacerbation-related hospitalisation: a meta-analysis of 65 945 individual patients
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Part of BMC Medicine, 2024
- DOI for Assessing the impact of type 2 diabetes on mortality and life expectancy according to the number of risk factor targets achieved: an observational study
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Part of International Journal of Epidemiology, 2024
Exhaled Nitric Oxide Reflects the Immune Reactions of the Airways in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Part of Biomedicines, 2024
- DOI for Exhaled Nitric Oxide Reflects the Immune Reactions of the Airways in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Association of combined healthy lifestyle with risk of adverse outcomes in patients with prediabetes
Part of Diabetes/Metabolism Research Reviews, 2024
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Cardiovascular health, sleeping duration, and risk of mortality in current and former smokers
Part of NMCD. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, p. 1257-1266, 2024
Immune-mediated diseases and risk of incident cardiovascular diseases: a prospective cohort study
Part of Rheumatology, p. 706-714, 2024
Part of Nitric oxide, p. 60-66, 2024
Part of Cellular and Molecular Biology, p. 81-91, 2023
- DOI for TGFβ1, SMAD2, CTNNβ1, and Wnt3a gene mutational status and serum concentrations in individuals with non-small cell lung cancer
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The role of inflammatory and remodelling biomarkers in patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Part of Central European Journal of Immunology, p. 330-337, 2023
- DOI for The role of inflammatory and remodelling biomarkers in patients with non-small cell lung cancer
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Part of Health Science Reports, 2023
- DOI for Burden and risk factors of chronic respiratory diseases in Nepal, 1990-2019: An analysis of the global burden of diseases study
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Pharmacological treatment of asthma in Sweden from 2005 to 2015.
Part of Journal of Asthma, p. 1-9, 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 Allergy. European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, p. 2959-2968, 2023
- DOI for Circulating mast cell progenitors increase in frequency during natural birch pollen exposure in allergic asthma patients
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Cohort Profile: Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study
Part of International Journal of Epidemiology, 2023
- DOI for Cohort Profile: Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study
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Part of Environmental Science and Technology, p. 11750-11766, 2023
- DOI for Indoor Airborne Microbiome and Endotoxin: Meteorological Events and Occupant Characteristics Are Important Determinants
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Diagnostic spirometry in COPD is increasing, a comparison of two Swedish cohorts
Part of npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 2023
- DOI for Diagnostic spirometry in COPD is increasing, a comparison of two Swedish cohorts
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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 Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (JCSM), p. 573-579, 2023
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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Part of Clinical and Translational Allergy, 2023
- DOI for Allergic sensitisation and type-2 inflammation is associated with new-onset and persistent allergic disease
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