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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

2025

Bruna Gigante, Qiaosen Chen, Harry Bjorkbacka, Elias Bjornson, Jonas Brinck, Elin Chorell, Demir Djekic, Andreas Edsfeldt, Gunnar Engstrom, Jan W. Eriksson, Anders Gottsater, Anders Gummesson, Emil Hagstrom, Ulf Hedin, Tomas Jernberg, Nina Johnston, Lennart Nilsson, Fredrik H Nyström, Julia Otten, Annika Rosengren, Stefan Soderberg, Jenny Theorell Haglow, Carl Johan Östgren (2025) Lipoproteins and lipoprotein lipid composition are associated with stages of dysglycemia and subclinical coronary atherosclerosis International Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 419, Article 132698 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Kjell Toren, Anders Blomberg, Linus Schioler, Andrei Malinovschi, Helena Backman, Kenneth Caidahl, Carljohan Carlhäll, Emil Ekbom, Magnus Ekstrom, Gunnar Engstrom, Jan Engvall, Maria J. Eriksson, Viktor Hamrefors, Christer Janson, Ase Johnsson, Mohammad Khalil, David Kylhammar, Anne Lindberg, Ulf Nilsson, Anna-Carin Olin, Ida Pesonen, Jessica Sjolund, C. Magnus Skold, Magnus Svartengren, Carl Johan Östgren, Per Wollmer (2024) Restrictive Spirometric Pattern and Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry in a Population Aged 50-64 Years Annals of the American Thoracic Society, Vol. 21, p. 1524-1532 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Lars Lind, Joakim Alfredsson, Jonas S. O. Andersson, Therese Andersson, Goran Bergstrom, Orjan Ekblom, Erika Fagman, Tove Fall, Emil Hagstrom, Hannes Holm Isholth, Magnus Janzon, Tomas Jernberg, Ioannis Katsoularis, Karin Leander, Margret Leosdottir, Martin Magnusson, Andrei Malinovschi, Annika Rosengren, J. Gustavsmith, Jonas Spaak, Per Svensson, Stefan Soderberg, Carl Johan Östgren, Gunnar Engstrom (2024) Cardiac biomarkers for detection of coronary artery disease in the community Scientific Reports, Vol. 14, Article 30514 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
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

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.
CT scanner at SCAPIS

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

Blood vessels

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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