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Carl Johan Östgren

Professor

My wish is to find better risk markers for cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes than is available today. Another aim with my research is to better be able to individualize treatment to counter complications from diabetes.

Improved tools for assessing cardiovascular risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes and in the general population

My research is primarily confined to two studies; Cardiovascular Risk factors in type 2 Diabetes - a Prospective cohort in primary care (CARDIPP) and the Swedish Cardiopulmonary Study (SCAPIS) where I have the role of principal investigator (PI) at Linköping University. In the CARDIPP cohort study the collection of data is completed and in SCAPIS the data collection is currently starting.

About me

Other assignments

I am Medical Editor with the Journal of the Swedish Medical Association where I represent General Practice


Publications

2024

Madeleine Johansson, Carl Johan Östgren, Peter M. Nilsson, Jan Engvall, Gunnar Engstrom (2024) Sleeping habits and aortic stiffness in middle-aged men and women from the general population: insights from the SCAPIS study Blood Pressure, Vol. 33, Article 2424825 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Åshild Olsen Faresjö, Elvar Theodorsson, Andreas Stomby, Helena Quist, Michael P. Jones, Carl Johan Östgren, Per Dahlqvist, Tomas Faresjö (2024) Higher hair cortisol levels associated with previous cardiovascular events and cardiovascular risks in a large cross-sectional population study BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, Vol. 24, Article 536 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Eva Swahn, Sofia Sederholm Lawesson, Joakim Alfredsson, Mats Fredrikson, Oskar Angeras, Olov Duvernoy, Gunnar Engstrom, Maria J. Eriksson, Erika Fagman, Bengt Johansson, Linda Johnson, Nina Johnston, Johan Ljungberg, Maria Mannila, Maria Nordendahl, Jonas Oldgren, Elmir Omerovic, Ellen Ostenfeld, Margaretha Persson, Annika Rosengren, Linn Skoglund Larsson, Johan Sundstrom, Mia Soderberg, Carl Johan Östgren, Karin Leander, Tomas Jernberg (2024) Sex differences in prevalence and characteristics of imaging-detected atherosclerosis: a population-based study European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Goran Bergstrom, Eva Hagberg, Elias Bjornson, Martin Adiels, Carl Bonander, Ulf Stromberg, Jonas Andersson, Mattias Brunstrom, Carljohan Carlhäll, Gunnar Engstrom, David Erlinge, Isabel Goncalves, Anders Gummesson, Emil Hagstrom, Ola Hjelmgren, Stefan James, Magnus Janzon, Lena Jonasson, Lars Lind, Martin Magnusson, Viktor Oskarsson, Johan Sundstrom, Per Svensson, Stefan Soderberg, Raquel Themudo, Carl Johan Östgren, Tomas Jernberg (2024) Self-Report Tool for Identification of Individuals With Coronary Atherosclerosis: The Swedish CardioPulmonary BioImage Study Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol. 13, Article e034603 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Ensieh Memarian, Viktor Hamrefors, Isabella Kharraziha, Goeran Bergstrom, Anders Blomberg, Andrei Malinovschi, Carl Johan Östgren, Oerjan Ekblom, Gunnar Engstrom, Anders Gottsater (2024) Associations between physical activity and ankle-brachial index: the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS) BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, Vol. 24, Article 459 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

Research

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Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Type 2-diabetes - CARDIPP

The aim is to identify risk markers for cardiovascular disease to facilitate early and individually adjusted interventions in middle-aged men and women with Type 2-diabetes.
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SCAPIS - The Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study

SCAPIS combines the use of new imaging technologies, advances in large-scale 'comics' and epidemiological analyses to extensively characterize a Swedish cohort of 30 000 men and women aged between 50 and 64 years.

Research areas

Blodkärl

The Heart and Blood Vessels

The cardiovascular system is a fascinating organ system whose task is to supply all the body’s organs with oxygen and nutrients, as well as carrying away waste products.
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Health and society

What is the impact of environmental and social changes when it comes to health development at individual, group or community level? How can we promote health? These are examples of questions that researchers in Health and society seeks to answer.

Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes

Research in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes affects many of the major diseases, such as obesity, high blood pressure, osteoporosis and disorders of the hormonal balance .

Coworkers

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Fredrik Nyström

Professor

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Tomas Strömberg

Professor

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Anders Persson

Director, Professor, Head of Division

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Eva Swahn

Adjunct Professor

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Jan Engvall

Visiting Professor

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Tomas Faresjö

Professor Emeritus

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Staffan Nilsson

Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent

Organisation

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Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV)

The research areas at HMV include experimental basic research to clinical, social and public health research. We conduct high-quality education in the sought-after care professions.
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Division of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Community Medicine (PRNV)

We are an interdisciplinary division that consists of three units: Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Clinical Medicine.
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Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK)

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences conducts research and education within medicine, healthcare and public health.

News

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Physical fitness in adolescence linked to less atherosclerosis later

Men who were physically fit when they were young had a lower risk of atherosclerosis almost 40 years later. These findings suggest that atherosclerosis is one of the mechanisms behind the link between physical fitness and cardiovascular disease.
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SEK 17 million for cardiopulmonary research at LiU

Nine researchers at LiU have received research funding from the Swedish Heart Lung Foundation. The funded research will include work on the immune system in heart disease, the development of new drugs, and the effects of remote yoga on heart failure.
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Stop the heart attack before it occurs

By way of a large national population study, researchers are looking for increasingly better ways of determining which individuals run the greatest risk of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.

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