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Magnus Wijkman

Associate Professor, Docent

I am assistant program director at the medical program. My research field is risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.

Presentation

I am associate professor and docent in Internal Medicine at Linköping University, and I work clinically as an internist, endocrinologist and diabetologist av Vrinnevi Hospital in Norrköping. At the medical program, I am assistant program director.

My research field is risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. I am particularly interested in improving risk stratification for people living with diabetes mellitus or hypertension. Current research projects include studies of the associations between home blood pressure variability and home blood pressure orthostatism, respectively, and the degree of cardiovascular organ damage, in the SCAPIS study.


About me

CV

  • Associate professor in Internal Medicine (2025)
  • Docent in Internal Medicine (2021)
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women´s Hospital, Boston, USA (2019-2021)
  • Adjunct associate professor in Internal Medicine (2018-2025)
  • Senior consultant, Vrinnevi Hopsital, Norrköping (2016)
  • Specialist in Endocrinology and Diabetology (2014)
  • Specialist in Internal medicine (2013)
  • PhD (2012)
  • MD (2005

Field of teaching

  • Course Director, “Clinical Medicine 1”
  • Member of Tema ERL (Endocrinology, Reproduction, Life Cycle)
  • Lecturer and leader of seminars for medical students

Publications

Sara Hallström, Magnus Wijkman, Johnny Ludvigsson, Per Ekman, Marc Alan Pfeffer, Hans Wedel, Annika Rosengren, Marcus Lind (2022)

The Lancet Regional Health: Europe , Vol.21 Continue to DOI

Magnus Wijkman, Brian Claggett, Muthiah Vaduganathan, Jonathan W. Cunningham, Rasmus Rorth, Alice Jackson, Milton Packer, Michael Zile, Jean Rouleau, Karl Swedberg, Martin Lefkowitz, Sanjiv J. Shah, Marc A. Pfeffer, John J. V. McMurray, Scott D. Solomon (2022)

Cardiovascular Diabetology , Vol.21 Continue to DOI

Jenifer M. Brown, Magnus Wijkman, Brian L. Claggett, Amil M. Shah, Christie M. Ballantyne, Josef Coresh, Morgan E. Grams, Zhiying Wang, Bing Yu, Eric Boerwinkle, Anand Vaidya, Scott D. Solomon (2022)

Hypertension , Vol.79 , s.1984-1993 Continue to DOI

2025

Sofia Sterner Isaksson, Jarl Hellman, Magnus Wijkman, Henrik Imberg, Arndis Finna Olafsdottir, Mette Axelsen, Marcus Lind (2025) Diet and diet-related challenges with specific focus on carbohydrates and carbohydrate counting in adults with type 1 diabetes: a cross-sectional study BMJ Open, Vol. 15, Article e101619 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Arndis F. Olafsdottir, Kari-Anne Sveen, Magnus Wijkman, Sara Hallstrom, Per-Henrik Nilsson, Sofia Sterner Isaksson, Helene Holmer, Marie Ekstrom, Henrik Imberg, Marcus Lind (2025) Systematic intensive therapy in addition to continuous glucose monitoring in adults with type 1 diabetes: a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial The Lancet Regional Health: Europe, Vol. 59, Article 101485 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
F Frey, Peder af Geijerstam, Fredrik Iredahl, Karin Rådholm, Carl Johan Östgren, Fredrik Nyström, Magnus Wijkman (2025) Self-measured home orthostatic hypo- and hypertension - prevalence and associations with atherosclerosis and arterial stiffness American Journal of Hypertension, Article hpaf167 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Simon Ståhl, Peder af Geijerstam, Magnus Wijkman, Maria M. Johansson, John Chalmers, Katarina Nägga, Karin Rådholm (2025) Hypertension and orthostatic hypertension in 85-year-olds and associations with mortality and cognitive decline in a longitudinal cohort study Scientific Reports, Vol. 15, Article 10529 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Jonas Agholme, Kim Ahtola, Ebba Toll, Carljohan Carlhäll, Pontus Henriksson, Stergios Kechagias, Peter Lundberg, Patrik Nasr, Oleg Sysoev, Magnus Wijkman, Mattias Ekstedt, Martin Ulander, Fredrik Iredahl (2025) Clinically available predictors of obstructive sleep apnoea requiring treatment in type 2 diabetes patients in primary care Scientific Reports, Vol. 15, Article 8710 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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