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    • Puberty and asthma in a cohort of Swedish children 

      Protudjer, Jennifer; Lundholm, Cecilia; Bergström, Anna; Kull, Inger; Almqvist, Catarina (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2014-03-14)

    • Cat and house dust mite allergen content is stable in frozen dust over time 

      Merritt, Anne-Sophie; Andersson, Niklas; Almqvist, Catarina (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2014-01-16)
      Background: Dust from indoor environments consists of animal allergens, pollen, endotoxins and other substances which may exacerbate symptoms in sensitive individuals. In prospective cohort studies, dust is often collected ...

    • The Swedish Twin Registry : establishment of a biobank and other recent developments 

      Magnusson, Patrik K E; Almqvist, Catarina; Rahman, Iffat; Ganna, Andrea; Viktorin, Alexander; Walum, Hasse; Halldner, Linda; Lundström, Sebastian; Ullén, Fredrik; Långström, Niklas; Larsson, Henrik; Nyman, Anastasia; Hellner Gumpert, Clara; Råstam, Maria; Anckarsäter, Henrik; Cnattingius, Sven; Johannesson, Magnus; Ingelsson, Erik; Klareskog, Lars; de Faire, Ulf; Pedersen, Nancy L; Lichtenstein, Paul (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2013-12-20)
      The Swedish Twin Registry (STR) today contains more than 194,000 twins and more than 75,000 pairs have zygosity determined by an intra-pair similarity algorithm, DNA, or by being of opposite sex. Of these, approximately ...

    • Birth mode of delivery in the modern delivery ward : indication improves understanding of childhood asthma 

      Almqvist, Catarina; Rejnö, Gustaf (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2013-12-18)

    • Development and comorbidity of eczema, asthma and rhinitis to age 12 : data from the BAMSE birth cohort 

      Ballardini, Natalia; Kull, Inger; Lind, Tomas; Hallner, Eva; Almqvist, Catarina; Östblom, Eva; Melén, Erik; Pershagen, Göran; Lilja, Gunnar; Bergström, Anna; Wickman, Magnus (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2013-12-04)
      BACKGROUND: Allergy-related diseases are a public health issue, but knowledge on development and comorbidity among children is scarce. The aim was to study the development of eczema, asthma and rhinitis in relation to sex ...

    • Association between childhood asthma and ADHD symptoms in adolescence : a prospective population-based twin study 

      Mogensen, Nina; Larsson, Henrik; Lundholm, Cecilia; Almqvist, Catarina (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2013-12-02)
      BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional studies report a relationship between childhood asthma and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, but the mechanisms are yet unclear. Our objective was to investigate the ...

    • Validation of asthma and eczema in population-based Swedish drug and patient registers 

      Örtqvist, Anne K; Lundholm, Cecilia; Wettermark, Björn; Ludvigsson, Jonas F; Ye, Weimin; Almqvist, Catarina (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2013-11-25)
      Purpose: Validated measures of asthma and eczema at the population level remain a challenge. Our aim was to ascertain if register-based information on asthma/eczema medication can function as a proxy for an asthma/eczema ...

    • LifeGene : a large prospective population-based study of global relevance 

      Almqvist, Catarina; Adami, Hans-Olov; Franks, Paul W; Groop, Leif; Ingelsson, Erik; Kere, Juha; Lissner, Lauren; Litton, Jan-Eric; Maeurer, Markus; Michaëlsson, Karl; Palmgren, Juni; Pershagen, Göran; Ploner, Alexander; Sullivan, Patrick F; Tybring, Gunnel; Pedersen, Nancy L (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2013-09-25)
      Studying gene-environment interactions requires that the amount and quality of the lifestyle data is comparable to what is available for the corresponding genomic data. Sweden has several crucial prerequisites for comprehensive ...

    • Infant and early childhood dietary predictors of overweight at age 8 years in the CAPS population 

      Garden, Frances L; Marks, Guy B; Almqvist, Catarina; Simpson, Judy M; Webb, Karen L (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2013-09-25)
      BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Programs to address obesity are a high priority for public policy especially for young children. Research into dietary determinants of obesity is challenging but important for rational planning of ...

    • The heritability of clinically diagnosed attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adults 

      Larsson, Henrik; Chang, Zheng; D'Onofrio, Brian M; Lichtenstein, Paul (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2013-09-13)
      Background: No prior twin study has explored the heritability of clinically diagnosed ADHD. Such studies are needed to resolve conflicting results regarding the importance of genetic effects for ADHD in adults. We aimed ...

    • Association between ASMT and autistic-like traits in children from a Swedish nationwide cohort 

      Jonsson, Lina; Anckarsäter, Henrik; Zettergren, Anna; Westberg, Lars; Walum, Hasse; Lundström, Sebastian; Larsson, Henrik; Lichtenstein, Paul; Melke, Jonas (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2013-06-24)
      Persons with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) often display low levels of melatonin, and it has been suggested that this decrease may be due to low activity of the acetylserotonin O-methyltransferase (ASMT), the last enzyme ...

    • Childhood neurodevelopmental disorders and violent criminality : a sibling control study 

      Lundström, Sebastian; Forsman, Mats; Larsson, Henrik; Kerekes, Nora; Serlachius, Eva; Långström, Niklas; Lichtenstein, Paul (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2013-06-24)
      Introduction: The longitudinal relationship between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and violent criminality has been extensively documented, while long-term effects of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), tic ...

    • Fetal growth and risk of childhood asthma and allergic disease 

      Tedner, Sandra G; Örtqvist, Anne K; Almqvist, Catarina (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2013-05-15)
      Introduction: Early genetic and environmental factors have been discussed as potential causes for the high prevalence of asthma and allergic disease in the western world, and knowledge on fetal growth and its consequence ...

    • The impact of birth mode of delivery on childhood asthma and allergic diseases : a sibling study 

      Almqvist, Catarina; Cnattingius, Sven; Lichtenstein, Paul; Lundholm, Cecilia (Inst för medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik / Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2013-05-15)
      Background: Caesarean section (CS) has been reported to increase the risk of asthma in offspring. This may be due to that infants delivered by CS are unexposed to vaginal flora, according to the ‘hygiene hypothesis’. ...