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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

2026

Bruna Gigante, Carl Johan Östgren (2026) Reply to "Exploring the role of lipid biomarkers in linking dysglicemia to subclinical atherosclerosis" from Guo-Ming Zhang and Yanmin Song International Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 442, Article 133891 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2025

Goran Bergstrom, Gunnar Engstrom, Elias Bjornson, Martin Adiels, Jonas S. O. Andersson, Therese Andersson, Carljohan Carlhäll, Kerstin Cederlund, David Erlinge, Erika Fagman, Elin Good, Anders Gummesson, Emil Hagstrom, Stefan James, Magnus Janzon, Ioannis Katsoularis, Jeanette Kuhl, Henrik Lofmark, Hanna Markstad, Jonas Oldgren, Viktor Oskarsson, Ellen Ostenfeld, Anders Persson, Adrian Pistea, Annika Rosengren, Jonas Spaak, Johan Sundstrom, Stefan Soderberg, Erik Thunstrom, Carl Johan Östgren, Lars Lind, Tomas Jernberg (2025) Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in Prediction of First Coronary Events Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Anders Larsson, Bertil Wegmann, Toralph Ruge, Joakim Alfredsson, Carl Johan Östgren, Tomas Lindahl (2025) Elevated endostatin is associated with hypertension treatment, elevated high sensitivity C-reactive protein, increased waist-hip ratio, and attenuated kidney function, but not with age, in a middle-aged population Global Cardiology, Vol. 3 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Qiao Sen Chen, Hanna M. Bjorck, Otto Bergman, Damiano Baldassarre, Gunnar Engstrom, Antonio Gallo, Anders Gummesson, Ulf Hedin, Sudhir Kurl, Lars Lind, Ljubica Matic, Douw Johannes Mulder, Matteo Pirro, Kai Savonen, Stefan Soderberg, Fabrizio Veglia, Elena Tremoli, Carl Johan Östgren, Per Eriksson, Rona J. Strawbridge, Bruna Gigante (2025) A multi-omics approach uncovers causality of IL6R on endotypes of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis and the possible role of the IL6R/OSMR pathway Cardiovascular Research, Vol. 121, p. 2360-2373 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Lina Hult, David Kylhammar, Jan Engvall, Carl Johan Östgren, Fredrik H Nyström, Peter Blomstrand, Kristofer Hedman (2025) Pathological post-systolic shortening as a prognostic marker for major cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes ECHO RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, Vol. 12, Article 21 (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.

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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High blood pressure in adolescence a silent risk

A blood pressure as low as 120/80 mm Hg in adolescence is linked to a higher risk of atherosclerosis in middle age. These findings indicate that high blood pressure early in life plays an important role in the development of coronary artery disease.
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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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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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