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Patrik Wennberg

Professor, MD, PhD. Research focused on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Teaching in general practice.

Research qualifications: Docent

Educational qualifications: Recognised university teacher

0000-0002-1617-6102

Contact

patrik.wennberg@umu.se

+46 90 786 94 50

Works as

Professor, consultant (attending) physician at Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Section: Family Medicine

Byggnad 1A, plan 4, målpunkt B41, Norrlands universitetssjukhus Umeå universitet, 901 85 Umeå

Role of general practitioner-led rural community hospitals in Sweden: a qualitative study

BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2025, Vol. 15, (2)

Hedman, Mante; Wennberg, Patrik; Sjöström, Malin; et al.

Cohort profile: the Northern Sweden health and disease study (NSHDS)

International Journal of Epidemiology, Oxford University Press 2025, Vol. 54, (1)

Späth, Florentin; Wennberg, Patrik; Johansson, Robert; et al.

Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori and incident myocardial infarction: a population-based Swedish nested case–control study

International Journal of Cardiology, Elsevier 2025, Vol. 421

Sundqvist, Martin O.; Svensson, Per; Söderberg, Stefan; et al.

From risk communication about asymptomatic atherosclerosis to cognitive and emotional reactions and lifestyle modification

BMC Psychology, BioMed Central (BMC) 2024, Vol. 12, (1)

Andersson, Elin M.; Lindvall, Kristina; Wennberg, Patrik; et al.

Life’s Essential 8 is inversely associated with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein

Scientific Reports, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 14, (1)

Hebib, Lana; Herraiz-Adillo, Ángel; Higueras-Fresnillo, Sara; et al.

Life’s Essential 8 in relation to self-rated health and health-related quality of life in a large population-based sample: the SCAPIS project

Quality of Life Research, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 33 : 1003-1014

Herraiz-Adillo, Ángel; Ahlqvist, Viktor H.; Daka, Bledar; et al.

Associations of psychological factors with atherosclerosis and cardiovascular health in middle-age: the population-based Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage study (SCAPIS)

BMC Public Health, BioMed Central (BMC) 2024, Vol. 24, (1)

Higueras-Fresnillo, Sara; Herraiz-Adillo, Ángel; Ahlqvist, Viktor H.; et al.

Co-occurrence of unhealthy lifestyle behaviours in middle-aged adults: findings from the Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study (SCAPIS)

Scientific Reports, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 14, (1)

Klompstra, Leonie; Löf, Marie; Björkelund, Cecilia; et al.

Body mass index and weight gain in pregnancy and cardiovascular health in middle age: A cohort study

British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, John Wiley & Sons 2024, Vol. 131, (8) : 1136-1145

Waagaard, Lovisa; Herraiz-Adillo, Ángel; Ahlqvist, Viktor H.; et al.

Dietary habits among snus users: a population-based cross-sectional study

Food & Nutrition Research, Swedish Nutrition Foundation 2023, Vol. 67

Berglund, Fanny; Törmä, Johanna; Wennberg, Maria; et al.

Association between snus use and lipid status in Swedish men

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, Taylor & Francis 2023, Vol. 83, (4) : 241-250

Byhamre, Marja Lisa; Eliasson, Mats; Söderberg, Stefan; et al.

Accelerometer derived physical activity and subclinical coronary and carotid atherosclerosis: cross-sectional analyses in 22 703 middle-aged men and women in the SCAPIS study

BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2023, Vol. 13, (11)

Ekblom-Bak, Elin; Börjesson, Mats; Ekblom, Örjan; et al.

Early adulthood exercise capacity, but not muscle strength, associates with subclinical atherosclerosis 40 years later in Swedish men

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Oxford University Press 2023, Vol. 30, (5) : 407-415

Fortuin-de Smidt, Melony; Bergman, Frida; Grönlund, Christer; et al.

Hypertension management in primary health care: a survey in eight regions of Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, Taylor & Francis 2023, Vol. 41, (3) : 343-350

Hellgren, Mikko; Wennberg, Patrik; Hedin, Katarina; et al.

Life's Essential 8 and carotid artery plaques: the Swedish cardiopulmonary bioimage study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, Frontiers Media S.A. 2023, Vol. 10

Herraiz-Adillo, Ángel; Ahlqvist, Viktor H.; Higueras-Fresnillo, Sara; et al.

Cost-effectiveness of digital tools for behavior change interventions among people with chronic diseases: systematic review

Interactive Journal of Medical Research, JMIR Publications 2023, Vol. 12

Kyaw, Tun Lin; Ng, Nawi; Theocharaki, Margarita; et al.

Associations between emotional support and cardiovascular risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-age

Psychology and Health

Nordin, Steven; Norberg, Margareta; Braf, Irma; et al.

Reduced progression of carotid intima media thickness by personalised pictorial presentation of subclinical atherosclerosis in VIPVIZA: A randomised controlled trial

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, John Wiley & Sons 2023, Vol. 43, (4) : 232-241

Nyman, Emma; Grönlund, Christer; Vanoli, Davide; et al.

The TANSNIP-PESA trial is not the end of the story

European Heart Journal, Oxford University Press 2023, Vol. 44, (17) : 1574-1574

Näslund, Ulf; Norberg, Margareta; Wennberg, Patrik

Associations between everyday physical activity and morale in older adults

Geriatric Nursing, Elsevier 2022, Vol. 48 : 37-42

Almevall, Albin Dahlin; Wennberg, Patrik; Zingmark, Karin; et al.

Health effects of reduced occupational sedentary behaviour in type 2 diabetes using a mobile health intervention: a study protocol for a 12-month randomized controlled trial—the ROSEBUD study

Trials, BioMed Central 2022, Vol. 23, (1)

Brännholm Syrjälä, Maria; Bennet, L.; Dempsey, P.C.; et al.

Genetically Determined Reproductive Aging and Coronary Heart Disease: A Bidirectional 2-sample Mendelian Randomization

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, The Endocrine Society 2022, Vol. 107, (7) : E2952-E2961

Dam, Veerle; Onland-Moret, N. Charlotte; Burgess, Stephen; et al.

Physical activity attenuates but does not eliminate coronary heart disease risk amongst adults with risk factors: EPIC-CVD case-cohort study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Vol. 29, (12) : 1618-1629

Fortuin-de Smidt, Melony C.; Sewe, Maquins Odhiambo; Lassale, Camille; et al.

Sitt mindre – all rörelse räknas: [Recommendations on physical activity and sedentary behaviour]

Läkartidningen, Vol. 119

Jansson, Eva; Wennberg, Patrik; Anderssen, Sigmund; et al.

Using Distributed Lag Non-Linear Models to Estimate Exposure Lag-Response Associations between Long-Term Air Pollution Exposure and Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, MDPI 2022, Vol. 19, (5)

Kriit, Hedi Katre; Andersson, Eva M.; Carlsen, Hanne K.; et al.

Leukotriene A4 Hydrolase and Hepatocyte Growth Factor Are Risk Factors of Sudden Cardiac Death Due to First-Ever Myocardial Infarction

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, MDPI 2022, Vol. 23, (18)

Landfors, Fredrik; Vikström, Simon; Wennberg, Patrik; et al.

Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries

Nature, Nature Publishing Group 2022, Vol. 611, (7934) : 115-123

Mishra, Aniket; Malik, Rainer; Hachiya, Tsuyoshi; et al.

Oral glucose tolerance testing as a complement to fasting plasma glucose in screening for type 2 diabetes: population-based cross-sectional analyses of 146 000 health examinations in Västerbotten, Sweden

BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2022, Vol. 12, (6)

Rosén, Anna; Otten, Julia; Stomby, Andreas; et al.

Interaction of leisure-time physical activity with body mass index on the risk of obesity-related cancers: A pooled study

International Journal of Cancer, John Wiley & Sons 2022, Vol. 151, (6) : 859-868

Sun, Ming; Bjørge, Tone; Teleka, Stanley; et al.

Concurrent validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire adapted for adults aged ≥ 80 years (IPAQ-E 80 +) - tested with accelerometer data from the SilverMONICA study

Gait & Posture, Elsevier 2022, Vol. 92 : 135-143

Öhlin, Jerry; Toots, Annika; Dahlin Almevall, Albin; et al.

Physical activity in late middle- to older-aged people and dementia, cognitive, and physical function two decades later

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, S. Karger 2022, Vol. 51 : 135-141

Öhlin, Jerry; Toots, Annika; Littbrand, Håkan; et al.

No association between moist oral snuff (snus) use and oral cancer: pooled analysis of nine prospective observational studies

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Sage Publications 2021, Vol. 49, (8) : 833-840

Araghi, Marzieh; Galanti, Maria Rosaria; Lundberg, Michael; et al.

The beneficial effect over 3 years by pictorial information to patients and their physician about subclinical atherosclerosis and cardiovascular risk: results from the VIPVIZA randomized clinical trial

American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 7

Bengtsson, Anna; Norberg, Margareta; Ng, Nawi; et al.

Lysophospholipids as Predictive Markers of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) and Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI)

Metabolites, MDPI 2021, Vol. 11, (1)

Chorell, Elin; Olsson, Tommy; Jansson, Jan-Håkan; et al.

Clinical profile of rural community hospital inpatients in Sweden: a register study

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, Taylor & Francis Group 2021, Vol. 39, (1) : 92-100

Hedman, Mante; Boman, Kurt; Brännström, Margareta; et al.

Sustainable Behavior Change for Health Supported by Person-Tailored, Adaptive, Risk-Aware Digital Coaching in a Social Context: Study Protocol for the STAR-C Research Programme

Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers Media S.A. 2021, Vol. 9

Ng, Nawi; Eriksson, Malin; Guerrero, Esteban; et al.

Long-term exposure to particulate air pollution and black carbon in relation to natural and cause-specific mortality: A multicohort study in Sweden

BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2021, Vol. 11, (9)

Nilsson Sommar, Johan; Andersson, Eva M.; Andersson, Niklas; et al.

Reducing occupational sitting time in adults with type 2 diabetes: Qualitative experiences of an office-adapted mHealth intervention

Diabetic Medicine, John Wiley & Sons 2021, Vol. 38, (6)

Syrjälä, Maria B.; Fhärm, Eva; Dempsey, Paddy C.; et al.

Increased risk of a first-ever myocardial infarction for women with mild impairment of renal glomerular function

Atherosclerosis, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 331 : E208-E208

Söderström, Elisabet; Blind, Ravna; Wennberg, Patrik; et al.

Mild impairment of renal function (shrunken pore syndrome) is associated with increased risk of a future first-ever myocardial infarction in women

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, Taylor & Francis Group 2021, Vol. 81, (6) : 438-445

Söderström, Elisabet; Blind, Ravna; Wennberg, Patrik; et al.

Impact of achievement and change in achievement of lifestyle recommendations in middle-age on risk of the most common potentially preventable cancers

Preventive Medicine, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 153

Usher-Smith, Juliet A.; Häggström, Christel; Wennberg, Patrik; et al.

IL-6 as a Mediator of the Association Between Traditional Risk Factors and Future Myocardial Infarction: A Nested Case-Control Study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2021, Vol. 41, (4) : 1570-1579

Zegeye, Mulugeta M.; Andersson, Jonas S. O.; Wennberg, Patrik; et al.

GDF-15 is associated with sudden cardiac death due to incident myocardial infarction

Resuscitation, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 152 : 165-169

Andersson, Jonas; Fall, Tove; Delicano, Rachel; et al.

Walking Time Is associated With Hippocampal Volume in Overweight and Obese Office Workers

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Frontiers Media S.A. 2020, Vol. 14

Bergman, Frida; Matsson-Frost, Tove; Jonasson, Lars S.; et al.

Swedish snus use is associated with mortality: a pooled analysis of eight prospective studies

International Journal of Epidemiology, Oxford University Press 2020, Vol. 49, (6) : 2041-2050

Byhamre, Marja Lisa; Araghi, Marzieh; Alfredsson, Lars; et al.

Umeå University's proposed "Rural Stream": An effective alternative to the longitudinal integrated clerkship model for small rural communities?

Education for Health, Wolters Kluwer 2020, Vol. 33, (1) : 3-7

Carson, Dean; Wennberg, Patrik; Hultin, Magnus; et al.

Multidrug- and Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Clades, Ukraine, 2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2020, Vol. 26, (3) : 481-490

Merker, Matthias; Nikolaevskaya, Elena; Kohl, Thomas A.; et al.

Dairy Products and Cancer Risk in a Northern Sweden Population

Nutrition and Cancer, Taylor & Francis 2020, Vol. 72, (3) : 409-420

Nilsson, Lena Maria; Winkvist, Anna; Esberg, Anders; et al.

Glycemic index, glycemic load, and risk of coronary heart disease: a pan-European cohort study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Oxford University Press 2020, Vol. 112, (3) : 631-643

Sieri, Sabina; Agnoli, Claudia; Grioni, Sara; et al.

Emerging collaborative research platforms for the next generation of physical activity, sleep and exercise medicine guidelines: the Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep consortium (ProPASS)

British Journal of Sports Medicine, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2020, Vol. 54, (8) : 435-437

Stamatakis, Emmanuel; Koster, Annemarie; Hamer, Mark; et al.

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Research groups

Head of research

Patrik Wennberg

Research projects

1 January 2024 until 31 December 2027

How can risk communication be improved in primary care?

1 February 2023 until 30 June 2025

Collaborative Storytelling in Argument-Based Micro-Dialogues to Improve Health

1 January 2020 until 31 December 2021

Midlife Physical activity and dementia and cognitive function in high age

1 December 2018 until 30 November 2024

STAR-C: Sustainable behaviour change for health supported by person-Tailored, Adaptive, Risk-aware digital Coaching in a social context

1 January 2018 until 30 December 2024

Reducing occupational sitting using mHealth (mobile health)

1 January 2014 until 31 December 2026

Physical activity and sedentary behaviour during work and leisure time and related health effects

29 April 2013 until 31 December 2027

VIPVIZA

Pedagogical activities include teaching in general practice at Umeå University medical school as well as a the medical education programme for doctors with medical degrees from foreign countries.

Published: 30 Nov, 2023

ALF-medel till nordlig medicinsk forskning

Published: 23 Nov, 2023

Healthy millions from the Swedish Research Council for research at Umeå University

Published: 28 Aug, 2019

Research programme examines social media, social network, digital technology and behavioural change