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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

Xiangyu Qiao, Vanessa William Toma, Jing Wang, Ángel Herraiz-Adillo, Simon Söderholm, Daniel Berglind, Susanna Calling, Bledar Daka, Mats Martinell, Frida Bergman, Pontus Henriksson, Bijar Ghafouri, Martin Ulander, Carl Johan Östgren, Claudio Cantù, Wen Zhong, Fredrik Iredahl (2026) Genetic predisposition to coffee consumption and the association with the early risk of atherosclerosis Scientific Reports, Vol. 16, Article 9652 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Simon Söderholm, Martin Ulander, Vanessa William Toma, Sara Kaufmann, Xiangyu Qiao, Daniel Berglind, Susanna Calling, Bledar Daka, Ludger Grote, Mats Martinell, Frida Bergman, Pontus Henriksson, Carl Johan Östgren, Wen Zhong, Claudio Cantù, Fredrik Iredahl (2026) Habitual coffee consumption poorly correlates with sleep quality and daytime sleepiness: A cross-sectional study PLOS ONE, Vol. 21, Article e0344479 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Maria Samefors, Karin Rådholm, Carl Johan Östgren, Malin Ernberg, Kaisa Mannerkorpi, Eva Kosek, Bijar Ghafouri (2026) Plasma vitamin D and cytokines in relation to exercise in patients with fibromyalgia- A 15-week strength training intervention trial Scandinavian Journal of Pain, Vol. 26, Article 20250043 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Karen Sorensen, Ase A. Johnsson, Per Liv, Elin Bacsovics Brolin, Anders Blomberg, Anetta Bolejko, Carljohan Carlhäll, Kerstin Cederlund, Ossur Ingi Emilsson, Jan Engvall, Tomas Hansen, Mikael Johansson, Mohammad Khalil, Reza Karimi, Maya Landenhed-Smith, Andrei Malinovschi, C. Magnus Skold, Eva Swahn, Kjell Toren, Jenny Vikgren, Suneela Zaigham, Carl Johan Östgren, Annelie F. Behndig (2026) Pulmonary Nodule Prevalence at CT in Middle-Aged Participants from the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS) Radiology, Vol. 318, Article e251917 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Oumarou Nabi, Jonas Spaak, Goran Bergstrom, Gunnar Engstrom, Carl Johan Östgren, Andrei Malinovschi, Joel Kullberg, Anders Blomberg, Tomas Jernberg, Daniel P. Andersson, Hannes Hagstrom (2026) Prevalence and risk factors for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in Sweden: Insights from the SCAPIS cohort Journal of Internal Medicine, Vol. 299, p. 481-501 (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.

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

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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