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Lena Björck
Senior Lecturer/ Nurse
Learning and Leadership for Health Care-
Body mass index and risk of cancer in young
women
Pigi Dikaiou, Jon Edqvist, Jesper Lagergren, Martin Adiels, Lena Björck, Annika Rosengren
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS - 2024 -
Incidence of type 2 diabetes after gastric by-pass surgery in a Swedish controlled cohort
study.
Shabbar Jamaly, Christina Lundberg, Martin Adiels, Jesper Lagergren, Lena Björck, Annika Rosengren
Obesity research & clinical practice - 2024 -
Pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis after COVID-19: long-term risk in a population-based cohort
study
Helen Sjöland, Martin Lindgren, Triantafyllia Toska, Per-Olof Hansson, Katarina Glise Sandblad, C. Alex, Lena Björck, Ottmar Cronie, J. Bjork, Christina Lundberg, Martin Adiels, Annika Rosengren
Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis - 2023 -
Severe COVID-19 Infection in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes During the First Three Waves in
Sweden.
Jon Edqvist, Christina Lundberg, Karin Andréasson , Lena Björck, Pigi Dikaiou, Johnny Ludvigsson, Marcus Lind, Martin Adiels, Annika Rosengren
Diabetes care - 2023 -
Risk of Myocardial Infarction, Ischemic Stroke, and Mortality in Patients Who Undergo Gastric Bypass for Obesity Compared With Non-Operated Obese Patients and Population
Controls.
Christina Lundberg, Lena Björck, Martin Adiels, Jesper Lagergren, Annika Rosengren
Annals of surgery - 2023 -
Body mass index in adolescence, risk of type 2 diabetes and associated complications: A nationwide cohort study of
men
Karin Andréasson , Jon Edqvist, Martin Adiels, Lena Björck, Martin Lindgren, S. Naveed, Marcus Lind, Maria A I Åberg, Annika Rosengren
EClinicalMedicine - 2022 -
Trends in survival of Swedish men and women with heart failure from 1987 to 2014: a population-based case-control
study
Lena Björck, Carmen Basic, Christina Lundberg, Tatiana Zverkova Sandström, Maria Schaufelberger, Annika Rosengren
Esc Heart Failure - 2022 -
Surgical treatment of obesity and excess risk of developing heart failure in a controlled cohort
study
Christina Lundberg, Shabbar Jamaly, Martin Adiels, J. Lagergren, Carl Johan Svensson, Lena Björck, Annika Rosengren
Esc Heart Failure - 2022 -
Obesity, overweight and risk for cardiovascular disease and mortality in young
women
Pigi Dikaiou, Lena Björck, Martin Adiels, Christina Lundberg, Zacharias Mandalenakis, Karin Manhem, Annika Rosengren
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - 2021 -
Trajectories in HbA1c and other risk factors among adults with type 1 diabetes by age at
onset
Jon Edqvist, Araz Rawshani, Aidin Rawshani, Martin Adiels, S. Franzén, Lena Björck, A. M. Svensson, Marcus Lind, N. Sattar, Annika Rosengren
BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care - 2021 -
Social inequalities and trends in pre-pregnancy body mass index in Swedish
women
Christina Lundberg, M. Ryd, Martin Adiels, Annika Rosengren, Lena Björck
Scientific Reports - 2021 -
Atrial fibrillation and risk of venous thromboembolism: a Swedish Nationwide Registry
Study.
Björn Hornestam, Martin Adiels, Kok Wai Giang, Per-Olof Hansson, Lena Björck, Annika Rosengren
Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology - 2021 -
Body Mass Index in Young Women and Risk of Cardiomyopathy: A Long-Term Follow-Up Study in
Sweden
Josefina Robertson, Martin Lindgren, Maria Schaufelberger, Martin Adiels, Lena Björck, Christina Lundberg, Naveed Sattar, Annika Rosengren, Maria A I Åberg
Circulation - 2020 -
Body mass index in women aged 18 to 45 and subsequent risk of heart
failure.
Lena Björck, Christina Lundberg, Maria Schaufelberger, Lauren Lissner, Martin Adiels, Annika Rosengren
European journal of preventive cardiology - 2020 -
Determinants of suboptimal long-term secondary prevention of acute myocardial infarction: the structural interview method and physical
examinations
Maria Sakalaki, Salim B. Barywani, Annika Rosengren, Lena Björck, Michael Fu
Bmc Cardiovascular Disorders - 2019 -
Contrasting Associations of Body Mass Index and Hemoglobin A1c on the Excess Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure in Type 2 Diabetes
Mellitus.
Jon Edqvist, Araz Rawshani, Martin Adiels, Lena Björck, Marcus Lind, Ann-Marie Svensson, Soffia Gudbjörnsdottir, Naveed Sattar, Annika Rosengren
Journal of the American Heart Association - 2019 -
BMI, Mortality, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 1 Diabetes: Findings Against an Obesity
Paradox
Jon Edqvist, Araz Rawshani, Martin Adiels, Lena Björck, Marcus Lind, A. M. Svensson, S. Gudbjornsdottir, N. Sattar, Annika Rosengren
Diabetes Care - 2019 -
BMI and Mortality in Patients With New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes: A Comparison With Age- and Sex-Matched Control Subjects From the General
Population
Jon Edqvist, Araz Rawshani, Martin Adiels, Lena Björck, Marcus Lind, A. M. Svensson, S. Gudbjornsdottir, N. Sattar, Annika Rosengren
Diabetes Care - 2018 -
Absence of chest pain and long-term mortality in patients with acute myocardial
infarction
Lena Björck, Susanne Nielsen, T. Jernberg, Tatiana Zverkova Sandström, Kok Wai Giang, Annika Rosengren
Open Heart - 2018 -
Primary aldosteronism and thyroid disorders in atrial fibrillation: A Swedish nationwide case-control
study
Georgios Mourtzinis, Samuel Adamsson Eryd, Annika Rosengren, Lena Björck, Martin Adiels, Gudmundur Johannsson, Karin Manhem
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - 2018 -
Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention on symptoms and signs in chronic heart failure: a feasibilty
study
Jonna Norman, Michael Fu, Inger Ekman, Lena Björck, Kristin Falk
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - 2018 -
Young women, body size and risk of atrial
fibrillation.
Christina Persson, Martin Adiels, Lena Björck, Annika Rosengren
European journal of preventive cardiology - 2018 -
Long-term trends in the prevalence of patients hospitalized with ischemic stroke from 1995 to 2010 in
Sweden
Kok Wai Giang, Zacharias Mandalenakis, Susanne Nielsen, Lena Björck, Georg Lappas, Martin Adiels, Christina Jern, Annika Rosengren
Plos One - 2017 -
Sex differences in survival after myocardial infarction in Sweden,
1987-2010
Johanna Berg, Lena Björck, Susanne Nielsen, Georg Lappas, Annika Rosengren
Heart - 2017 -
Trends in mortality risks among 94,328 patients surviving 30 days after a first isolated coronary artery bypass graft procedure from 1987 to 2006: A population-based
study
Susanne Nielsen, Lena Björck, Anders Jeppsson, Kok Wai Giang, Kristin Falk, Sylvia Määttä, Tatiana Zverkova Sandström, Annika Rosengren
International Journal of Cardiology - 2017 -
Risk of Heart Failure in Obese Patients With and Without Bariatric Surgery in Sweden-A Registry-Based
Study
Christina Persson, Lena Björck, Georg Lappas, Kok Wai Giang, Annika Rosengren
Journal of Cardiac Failure - 2017 -
Obesity in Middle Age Increases Risk of Later Heart Failure in Women - Results from the Prospective Population Study of Women and H70 Studies in Gothenburg,
Sweden.
Anna-Karin Halldin, Maria Schaufelberger, Bodil Lernfelt, Lena Björck, Annika Rosengren, Lauren Lissner, Cecilia Björkelund
Journal of cardiac failure - 2017 -
An evaluation of the performance of SCORE Sweden 2015 in estimating cardiovascular risk: The Northern Sweden MONICA Study
1999-2014
T. Karjalainen, Martin Adiels, Lena Björck, M. T. Cooney, I. Graham, J. Perk, Annika Rosengren, S. Soderberg, M. Eliasson
European journal of preventive cardiology - 2017 -
Cohort Profile: The INTERGENE
Study.
Kirsten Mehlig, Christina Berg, Lena Björck, Fredrik Nyberg, Anna-Carin Olin, Annika Rosengren, Elisabeth Strandhagen, Kjell Torén, Dag Thelle, Lauren Lissner
International journal of epidemiology - 2017 -
Changes in Dietary Fat Intake and Projections for Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in Sweden: A Simulation
Study
Lena Björck, Annika Rosengren, Anna Winkvist, S. Capewell, Martin Adiels, P. Bandosz, J. Critchley, K. Boman, M. Guzman-Castillo, M. O'Flaherty, I. Johansson
PloS one - 2016 -
Healthy people's reluctance to take medication is underestimated. Study shows that healthy people's attitude to cardiovascular primary prevention is
complex
Lena Björck, Annika Rosengren
Lakartidningen - 2016 -
Exploring potential mortality reductions in 9 European countries by improving diet and lifestyle: A modelling
approach
M. O'Flaherty, P. Bandosz, J. Critchley, S. Capewell, M. Guzman-Castillo, T. Aspelund, K. Bennett, K. Kabir, Lena Björck, J. Bruthans, J. W. Hotchkiss, J. Hughes, T. Laatikainen, L. Palmieri, T. Zdrojewski
International Journal of Cardiology - 2016 -
FTO gene variation, macronutrient intake and coronary heart disease risk: a gene-diet interaction
analysis.
Jaana Gustavsson, Kirsten Mehlig, Karin Leander, Gianluca Tognon, Christina Berg, Elisabeth Strandhagen, Lena Björck, Annika Rosengren, Lauren Lissner, Fredrik Nyberg
European journal of nutrition - 2016 -
Trends in risk of recurrence after the first ischemic stroke in adults younger than 55 years of age in
Sweden
Kok Wai Giang, Lena Björck, Christina Hedén Ståhl, Susanne Nielsen, Tatiana Zverkova Sandström, Christina Jern, Kjell Torén, Annika Rosengren
International Journal of Stroke - 2016 -
Long-term secondary prevention of acute myocardial infarction (SEPAT) - guidelines adherence and
outcome
Constantinos Ergatoudes, Erik Thunström, Annika Rosengren, Lena Björck, K. Bengtsson Bostrom, Kristin Falk, Michael Fu
BMC cardiovascular disorders - 2016 -
Women's help-seeking behaviour during a first acute myocardial
infarction
Anna Gyberg, Lena Björck, Susanne Nielsen, Sylvia Määttä, Kristin Falk
Scandinavian journal of caring sciences - 2016 -
Erratum to "Exploring potential mortality reductions in 9 European countries by improving diet and lifestyle: A modelling
approach"
M. O'Flaherty, P. Bandosz, J. Critchley, S. Capewell, M. Guzman-Castillo, T. Aspelund, K. Bennett, Z. Kabir, Lena Björck, J. Bruthans, J. W. Hotchkiss, J. Hughes, T. Laatikainen, L. Palmieri, T. Zdrojewski
International journal of cardiology - 2016 -
Högt BMI i medelåldern ökar risken för senare
hjärtsvikt
Lena Björck, Annika Rosengren
Läkartidningen - 2016 -
Normal weight adiposity in a Swedish population: how well is cardiovascular risk associated with excess body fat captured by
BMI?
Christina Berg, Elisabeth Strandhagen, Kirsten Mehlig, Sreevidya Subramoney, Lauren Lissner, Lena Björck
Obesity Science & Practice - 2015 -
Experiences and Actions During the Decision Making Process Among Men With a First Acute Myocardial
Infarction.
Susanne Nielsen, Kristin Falk, Anna Gyberg, Sylvia Määttä, Lena Björck
The Journal of cardiovascular nursing - 2015 -
Decline in Coronary Mortality in Sweden between 1986 and 2002: Comparing Contributions from Primary and Secondary
Prevention
Lena Björck, S. Capewell, M. O'Flaherty, Georg Lappas, K. Bennett, Annika Rosengren
Plos One - 2015 -
Body weight in midlife and long-term risk of developing heart failure-a 35-year follow-up of the primary prevention study in Gothenburg,
Sweden
Lena Björck, Masuma Novak, Maria Schaufelberger, Kok Wai Giang, Annika Rosengren
Bmc Cardiovascular Disorders - 2015 -
Interaction Effects of Long-Term Air Pollution Exposure and Variants in the GSTP1, GSTT1 and GSTCD Genes on Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction and Hypertension: A Case-Control
Study
Anna Levinsson, Anna-Carin Olin, L. Modig, Santosh Dahgam, Lena Björck, Annika Rosengren, Fredrik Nyberg
PLoS ONE - 2014 -
Trends in prevalence from 1990 to 2007 of patients hospitalized with heart failure in
Sweden
Pär Paren, Maria Schaufelberger, Lena Björck, Georg Lappas, Michael Fu, Annika Rosengren
European Journal of Heart Failure - 2014 -
Continuing decrease in coronary heart disease mortality in
sweden
Johanna Berg, Lena Björck, Georg Lappas, Martin O'Flaherty, Simon Capewell, Annika Rosengren
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders - 2014 -
FTO Genotype, Physical Activity, and Coronary Heart Disease Risk in Swedish Men and
Women
Jaana Gustavsson, Kirsten Mehlig, Karin Leander, Lauren Lissner, Lena Björck, Annika Rosengren, Fredrik Nyberg
Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics - 2014 -
Sex-specific trends in 4-year survival in 37 276 men and women with acute myocardial infarction before the age of 55 years in Sweden, 1987-2006: a register-based cohort
study.
Susanne Nielsen, Lena Björck, Johanna Berg, Kok Wai Giang, Tatiana Zverkova Sandström, Kristin Falk, Sylvia Määttä, Annika Rosengren
BMJ open - 2014 -
Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) single nucleotide polymorphisms are associated with coronary heart disease and hypertension in the INTERGENE
study
Anna Levinsson, Anna-Carin Olin, Lena Björck, Annika Rosengren, Fredrik Nyberg
Nitric oxide - 2014 -
Differences between acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina: a longitudinal cohort study reporting findings from the Register of Information and Knowledge about Swedish Heart Intensive Care Admissions
(RIKS-HIA)
Kerstin Dudas, Lena Björck, Tomas Jernberg, Georg Lappas, Lars Wallentin, Annika Rosengren
BMJ open - 2013 -
Gender differences in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in 50-year-old Swedish men and women with hypertension born in
1953
Masuma Novak, Lena Björck, Lennart Welin, Catharina Welin, Karin Manhem, Annika Rosengren
Journal of human hypertension - 2013 -
Perceived stress and incidence of Type 2 diabetes: a 35-year follow-up study of middle-aged Swedish
men
Masuma Novak, Lena Björck, Kok Wai Giang, Christina Hedén Ståhl, Lars Wilhelmsen, Annika Rosengren
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association - 2013 -
Twenty-Four-Year Trends in the Incidence of Ischemic Stroke in Sweden From 1987 to
2010
Annika Rosengren, Kok Wai Giang, Georg Lappas, Christina Jern, Kjell Torén, Lena Björck
Stroke - 2013 -
The association between plasma homocysteine and coronary heart disease is modified by the MTHFR 677C>T
polymorphism.
Kirsten Mehlig, K Leander, U de Faire, Fredrik Nyberg, Christina Berg, Annika Rosengren, Lena Björck, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Gianluca Tognon, Kjell Torén, Elisabeth Strandhagen, Lauren Lissner, Dag Thelle
Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 2013 -
FTO gene association with coronary heart disease is not reduced by physical
activity
Jaana Gustavsson, Kirsten Mehlig, Karin Leander, Lauren Lissner, Lena Björck, Annika Rosengren, Fredrik Nyberg
European Journal of Epidemiology. Non-communicable disease epidemic: epidemiology in action (EuroEpi 2013 and NordicEpi 2013), Aarhus, Denmark, 11-14 August, 2013 - 2013 -
Twenty-year trends in long-term mortality risk in 17 149 survivors of ischemic stroke less than 55 years of
age.
Kok Wai Giang, Lena Björck, Susanne Nielsen, Masuma Novak, Tatiana Zverkova Sandström, Christina Jern, Kjell Torén, Annika Rosengren
Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation - 2013 -
Stroke and coronary heart disease: predictive power of standard risk factors into old age-long-term cumulative risk study among men in Gothenburg,
Sweden
Kok Wai Giang, Lena Björck, Masuma Novak, Georg Lappas, Lars Wilhelmsen, Kjell Torén, Annika Rosengren
European Heart Journal - 2013 -
Self-reported leisure time physical activity: a useful assessment tool in everyday health
care
Lars Rödjer, Ingibjörg H Jonsdottir, Annika Rosengren, Lena Björck, Gunnar Grimby, Dag Thelle, Georg Lappas, Mats Börjesson
BMC public health - 2012 -
Interaction of apolipoprotein E genotype with smoking and physical inactivity on coronary heart disease risk in men and
women.
Jaana Gustavsson, Kirsten Mehlig, Karin Leander, Elisabeth Strandhagen, Lena Björck, Dag Thelle, Lauren Lissner, Fredrik Nyberg
Atherosclerosis - 2012 -
High-normal blood pressure and long-term risk of type 2 diabetes: 35-year prospective population based cohort study of
men
Christina Hedén Ståhl, Masuma Novak, Georg Lappas, Lars Wilhelmsen, Lena Björck, Per-Olof Hansson, Annika Rosengren
BMC cardiovascular disorders - 2012 -
Increasing evidence-based treatments to reduce coronary heart disease mortality in Sweden: quantifying the potential
gains
Lena Björck, S. Capewell, K. Bennett, Georg Lappas, Annika Rosengren
Journal of internal medicine - 2011 -
Normal weight adiposity and cardiovascular risk factors in a Swedish
population
Christina Berg, Elisabeth Strandhagen, Kirsten Mehlig, Lauren Lissner, Lena Björck
Annals of nutrition & metabolism - 2011 -
Medication in relation to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in patients with a first myocardial infarction: Swedish Register of Information and Knowledge About Swedish Heart Intensive Care Admissions
(RIKS-HIA)
Lena Björck, Lars Wallentin, Ulf Stenestrand, Georg Lappas, Annika Rosengren
Archives of Internal Medicine - 2010 -
Symptoms of a first acute myocardial infarction in women and
men.
Johanna Berg, Kerstin Dudas, Lena Björck, Georg Lappas, Annika Rosengren
Gender medicine : official journal of the Partnership for Gender-Specific Medicine at Columbia University - 2009 -
Modelling the decreasing coronary heart disease mortality in Sweden between 1986 and
2002.
Lena Björck, Annika Rosengren, Kathleen Bennett, Georg Lappas, Simon Capewell
European heart journal - 2009 -
Smoking in relation to ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction: findings from the Register of Information and Knowledge about Swedish Heart Intensive Care
Admissions.
Lena Björck, Annika Rosengren, L Wallentin, U Stenestrand
Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 2009 -
FYSS 2008 - Fysisk aktivitet i sjukdomsprevention och
sjukdomsbehandling
Lena Björck
Statens Folkhälsoinstitut - 2008 -
Impact of Risk Factors and Treatment in Coronary Heart
Disease
Lena Björck
2008 -
Secular trends in lipid-lowering treatment and lipid levels after a first acute myocardial
infarction.
Lena Björck, Catharina Welin, Annika Rosengren
Vascular health and risk management - 2007