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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

2023

Ida Pesonen, Fredrik Johansson, Ase Johnsson, Anders Blomberg, Marianne Boijsen, John Brandberg, Kerstin Cederlund, Arne Egesten, Ossur Ingi Emilsson, Jan Engvall, Andreas Frolich, Emil Hagstrom, Eva Lindberg, Andrei Malinovschi, Nikolai Stenfors, Eva Swahn, Hanan Tanash, Raquel Themudo, Kjell Toren, Lowie E. G. W. Vanfleteren, Per Wollmer, Suneela Zaigham, Carl Johan Östgren, C. Magnus Skold (2023) High prevalence of interstitial lung abnormalities in middle-aged never-smokers ERJ Open Research, Vol. 9 Continue to DOI
Andrei Malinovschi, Xingwu Zhou, Anders Andersson, Helena Backman, Bjorn Bake, Anders Blomberg, Kenneth Caidahl, Maria J. Eriksson, Jonas Eriksson Strom, Viktor Hamrefors, Ola Hjelmgren, Christer Janson, Reza Karimi, David Kylhammar, Anne Lindberg, Eva Lindberg, Per Liv, Anna-Carin Olin, Adel Shalabi, C. Magnus Skold, Johan Sundstrom, Hanan Tanash, Kjell Toren, Per Wollmer, Suneela Zaigham, Carl Johan Östgren, Jan Engvall (2023) Consequences of Using Post- or Prebronchodilator Reference Values in Interpreting Spirometry American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 208, p. 461-471 Continue to DOI
Carl Johan Östgren, Julia Otten, Karin Festin, Oskar Angeras, Goran Bergstrom, Kerstin Cederlund, Gunnar Engstrom, Maria J. Eriksson, Mats Eriksson, Tove Fall, Anders Gummesson, Emil Hagstrom, Urban Hellman, Stefan K. James, Tomas Jernberg, Johan Kihlberg, David Kylhammar, Hanna Markstad, Peter Nilsson, Anders Persson, Margaretha Persson, Carlo Pirazzi, Rebecka Renklint, Annika Rosengren, Stefan Soderberg, Johan Sundstrom (2023) Prevalence of atherosclerosis in individuals with prediabetes and diabetes compared to normoglycaemic individuals-a Swedish population-based study Cardiovascular Diabetology, Vol. 22, Article 261 Continue to DOI
Mårten Sandstedt, Rosanna Chung, Camilla Skoglund, Anna Lundberg, Carl Johan Östgren, Jan Ernerudh, Lena Jonasson (2023) Complete fatty degeneration of thymus associates with male sex, obesity and loss of circulating naïve CD8+ T cells in a Swedish middle-aged population Immunity & Ageing, Vol. 20, Article 45 Continue to DOI
Stina Björkman, Caroline Lilliecreutz, Marie Bladh, Tomas Strömberg, Carl Johan Östgren, Arina Mahmoud, Arian Kafashian, Sara Bergstrand, Sofia Sederholm Lawesson (2023) Microvascular dysfunction in women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: A population-based retrospective cohort study British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 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

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

Head of Department, Professor

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Anders Persson

Director, Professor, Head of Division

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Eva Swahn

Visiting Professor

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Tomas Faresjö

Professor

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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.
Medicinska fakulteten

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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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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