Sven Arne Silfverdal

Research qualifications: Docent

0000-0002-3606-3797

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sven.arne.silfverdal@umu.se

10, S-plan, Norrlands universitetssjukhus Umeå universitet, Klinisk vetenskap, 901 85 Umeå

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Affiliated as professor at Department of Clinical Sciences Section: Pediatrics

Associate professor at Department of Clinical Sciences Section: Pediatrics

Vaccine response was higher in formula-fed infants compared to breastfed but not affected by lactoferrin or iron in a randomised controlled trial

Acta Paediatrica

Björmsjö, Maria; Ekström, Nina; Silfverdal, Sven Arne; et al.

Reactogenicity of hexavalent vaccines modelled in Swedish birth cohorts

Acta Paediatrica

George, Marina; Lundholm, Lotta; Silfverdal, Sven-Arne

Increased risk of long-term disabilities following childhood bacterial meningitis in Sweden

JAMA Network Open, American Medical Association (AMA) 2024, Vol. 7, (1)

Mohanty, Salini; Johansson Kostenniemi, Urban; Silfverdal, Sven-Arne; et al.

Intersectional inequalities in child social-emotional health: a case for proportionate universalism

European Journal of Public Health, Oxford University Press 2024, Vol. 34, (Suppl 3)

Rosenberg, A.; Ivarsson, A.; Pulkki-Brännström, Anni-Maria; et al.

Increased risk of bacterial pneumonia before and after respiratory syncytial virus infection in young children

Acta Paediatrica

Strandell, Karin; Videholm, Samuel; Tornevi, Andreas; et al.

Significant effects of childhood obesity treatment with a web-based component in a randomised controlled study (Web-COP)

Acta Paediatrica, John Wiley & Sons 2024, Vol. 113, (2) : 276-285

Thorén, Annelie; Filipsson, Tobias; Englund, Erling; et al.

The multifaceted burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infections in young children on the family: a European study

Infectious Diseases and Therapy, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 13, (7) : 1531-1573

Trautmannsberger, Ilona; Plagg, Barbara; Adamek, Ina; et al.

Socioeconomic circumstances, health-related behaviours and paediatric infections: a mediation analysis

Archives of Disease in Childhood, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2024, Vol. 109, (3) : 195-200

Videholm, Samuel; Silfverdal, Sven-Arne; Gustafsson, Per E.

Intersectional inequalities in paediatric infectious diseases: a national cohort study in Sweden

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2024, Vol. 78, (7) : 417-423

Videholm, Samuel; Silfverdal, Sven-Arne; Gustafsson, Per E.

Temporal trends and educational inequalities in obesity, overweight and underweight in pre-pregnant women and their male partners: a decade (2010–2019) with no progress in Sweden

European Journal of Public Health, Oxford University Press 2024, Vol. 34, (5) : 943-948

Vogt, Thomas; Lindkvist, Marie; Ivarsson, Anneli; et al.

Revised Swedish infant feeding guidelines are associated with earlier introduction of allergenic foods

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 153, (2) : 461-470

Österlund, Jonas; Granåsen, Gabriel; Bodén, Stina; et al.

Little All Children in Focus (Little ACF), evaluation of a parental support program for parents of children aged 1–2 years: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials, BioMed Central (BMC) 2023, Vol. 24, (1)

Blom, Lisa; Edenius, Anna; Enebrink, Pia; et al.

Abnormal birth weights for gestational age in relation to maternal characteristics in Sweden: a five year cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, BioMed Central (BMC) 2023, Vol. 23, (1)

Lwin, Min Wai; Timby, Erika; Ivarsson, Anneli; et al.

Breast is best also in high-income countries

Acta Paediatrica, John Wiley & Sons 2023, Vol. 112, (1) : 11-13

Silfverdal, Sven-Arne

Social inequalities in social-emotional problems among preschool children: a population-based study in Sweden

Global Health Action, Taylor & Francis 2023, Vol. 16, (1)

Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Pulkki-Brännström, Anni-Maria; Lindkvist, Marie; et al.

Multifaceted determinants of social-emotional problems in preschool children in Sweden: An ecological systems theory approach

SSM - Population Health, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 21

Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Vogt, Thomas; Lindkvist, Marie; et al.

Swedish Child Health Services Register: A quality register for child health services and children's well-being

BMJ Paediatrics Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2023, Vol. 7, (1)

Wennergren, Mattias; Berg, Karin; Frisk Cavefors, Ann-Sofie; et al.

Clinical and economic burden of pneumococcal disease among adults in Sweden: a population-based register study

PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023, Vol. 18, (7)

Zarabi, Natalie; Aldvén, Martina; Sjölander, Sigrid; et al.

Randomised controlled trial showed long-term efficacy, immunogenicity and safety of varicella vaccines in Norwegian and Swedish children

Acta Paediatrica, John Wiley & Sons 2022, Vol. 111, (2) : 391-400

Casabona, Giacomo; Habib, Md Ahsan; Povey, Michael; et al.

Waning infant pertussis during COVID-19 pandemic

Archives of Disease in Childhood, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2022, Vol. 107, (3)

Falkenstein-Hagander, Kathy; Appelqvist, Emma; Frisk Cavefors, Ann-Sofie; et al.

Predictive scores failing at identifying psychiatric disabilities following childhood bacterial meningitis calls for revision of current follow-up guidelines

Infectious Diseases, Taylor & Francis Group 2022, Vol. 54, (7) : 514-521

Johansson Kostenniemi, Urban; Silfverdal, Sven-Arne

Associations between pre- and postnatal antibiotic exposures and early allergic outcomes: a population-based birth cohort study

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Vol. 33, (9)

Kelderer, Fanny; Mogren, Ingrid; Eriksson, Catharina; et al.

The Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional—What Is the Optimal Cut-Off for 3-Year-Olds in the Swedish Setting?

Frontiers in Pediatrics , Frontiers Media S.A. 2022, Vol. 10

Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Eurenius, Eva; Ivarsson, Anneli; et al.

Pertussis in infants in Nordic countries

Acta Paediatrica, John Wiley & Sons 2021, Vol. 110, (7) : 2040-2044

Bhavsar, Amit; Mertsola, Jussi; Poulsen, Anja; et al.

Psychiatric Disabilities and Other Long-term Consequences of Childhood Bacterial Meningitis

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Wolters Kluwer 2021, Vol. 40, (1) : 26-31

Johansson Kostenniemi, Urban; Bazan, Aleksander; Karlsson, Linda; et al.

Fruit pouch consumption and dietary patterns related to BMIz at 18 months of age

Nutrients, MDPI 2021, Vol. 13, (7)

Lundkvist, Ellen; Stoltz Sjöström, Elisabeth; Lundberg, Richard; et al.

Hexavalent vaccines in infants: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of the solicited local and systemic adverse reactions of two hexavalent vaccines

Expert Review of Vaccines, Taylor & Francis Group 2021, Vol. 20, (3) : 319-329

Mukherjee, Piyali; Akpo, Essè Ifèbi Hervé; Kuznetsova, Anastasia; et al.

Perinatal factors and hospitalisations for severe childhood infections: A population-based cohort study in Sweden

BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2021, Vol. 11, (10)

Videholm, Samuel; Kostenniemi, Urban; Lind, Torbjörn; et al.

Breastfeeding practice, breastfeeding policy and hospitalisations for infectious diseases in early and later childhood: a register-based study in Uppsala County, Sweden

BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2021, Vol. 11, (5)

Videholm, Samuel; Wallby, Thomas; Silfverdal, Sven-Arne

Maternal blood folate status during early pregnancy and occurrence of autism spectrum disorder in offspring: a study of 62 serum biomarkers

Molecular Autism, BioMed Central 2020, Vol. 11

Egorova, Olga; Myte, Robin; Schneede, Jørn; et al.

A systematic review of prevention and treatment of infantile colic

Acta Paediatrica, John Wiley & Sons 2020, Vol. 109, (9) : 1733-1744

Hjern, Anders; Lindblom, Kristin; Reuter, Antonia; et al.

MeningiSSS: A New Predictive Score to Support Decision on Invasive Procedures to Monitor or Manage the Intracerebral Pressure in Children with Bacterial Meningitis

Neurocritical Care, Springer 2020, Vol. 32, (2) : 586-595

Johansson Kostenniemi, Urban; Karlsson, Linda; Silfverdal, Sven-Arne; et al.

A systematic review of prevention and treatment of infant behavioural sleep problems

Acta Paediatrica, John Wiley & Sons 2020, Vol. 109, (9) : 1717-1732

Reuter, Antonia; Silfverdal, Sven-Arne; Lindblom, Kristin; et al.

Development, implementation and early results of a 12-week web-based intervention targeting 51 children age 5-13 years and their families

Obesity Science & Practice, John Wiley & Sons 2020, Vol. 6 : 516-523

Thorén, Annelie; Janson, Annika; Englund, Erling; et al.

Social-emotional problems among Swedish three-year-olds: an Item Response Theory analysis of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional

BMC Pediatrics, Springer Nature 2020, Vol. 20, (1)

Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Eurenius, Eva; Ivarsson, Anneli; et al.

Vitamin D status and cardiometabolic risk markers in young Swedish children: a double-blind randomized clinical trial comparing different doses of vitamin D supplements

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Oxford University Press 2020, Vol. 111, (4) : 779-786

Öhlund, Inger; Lind, Torbjörn; Hernell, Olle; et al.

Social-emotional problems among three-year-olds differ based on the child's gender and custody arrangement

Acta Paediatrica, John Wiley & Sons 2019, Vol. 108, (6) : 1087-1095

Eurenius, Eva; Richter Sundberg, Linda; Vaezghasemi, Masoud; et al.

Sustained reductions of invasive infectious disease following general infant Haemophilus influenzae type b and pneumococcal vaccination in a Swedish Arctic region

Acta Paediatrica, Vol. 108, (10) : 1871-1878

Johansson Kostenniemi, Urban; David, Norman; Sellin, Mats; et al.

Protection against varicella with two doses of combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine or one dose of monovalent varicella vaccine: 10-year follow-up of a phase 3 multicentre, observer-blind, randomised, controlled trial

The Lancet - Infectious diseases, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 19, (3) : 287-297

Povey, Michael; Henry, Ouzama; Bergsaker, Marianne A. Riise; et al.

Social-emotional problems among Swedish three-year-olds: an Item Response Theory Analysis

European Journal of Public Health, Oxford University Press 2019, Vol. 29, (Suppl 4) : 367-368

Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Eurenius, Eva; Richter Sundberg, Linda; et al.

Maternal weight and infections in early childhood: a cohort study

Archives of Disease in Childhood, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2019, Vol. 104, (1) : 58-63

Videholm, Samuel; Silfverdal, Sven-Arne; Reniers, Georges

The antisecretory factor in plasma and breast milk in breastfeeding mothers: a prospective cohort study in Sweden

Nutrients, MDPI 2018, Vol. 10, (9)

Gustafsson, Anna; Granström, Elisabeth; Stecksén-Blicks, Christina; et al.

Low levels of anti-secretory factor in placenta are associated with preterm birth and inflammation

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, Wiley-Blackwell 2018, Vol. 97, (3) : 349-356

Gustafsson, Anna M.; Fransson, Emma; Dubicke, Aurelija; et al.

Reductions in otitis and other respiratory tract infections following childhood pneumococcal vaccination

Acta Paediatrica, Wiley-Blackwell 2018, Vol. 107, (9) : 1601-1609

Johansson Kostenniemi, Urban; Palm, Jessica; Silfverdal, Sven Arne

Vitamin D Intervention and Bone: A Randomized Clinical Trial in Fair- and Dark-skinned Children at Northern Latitudes

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition - JPGN, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2018, Vol. 67, (3) : 388-394

Åkeson, Pia Karlsland; Åkesson, Kristina E; Lind, Torbjörn; et al.

Vitamin D Insufficiency among Women Post-Partum in Northern Sweden: A Public Health Concern

Food and Nutrition Sciences, Scientific Research Publishing 2017, (8) : 99-109

Hasslöf, Pamela; Karlsson Videhult, Frida; Silfverdal, Sven Arne; et al.

Safety, reactogenicity and immunogenicity of two investigational pneumococcal protein-based vaccines: results from a randomized phase II study in infants

Vaccine, ELSEVIER SCI LTD 2017, Vol. 35, (35B) : 4603-4611

Prymula, Roman; Szenborn, Leszek; Silfverdal, Sven-Arne; et al.

Safety profile of the 10-valent pneumococcal non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV)

Expert Review of Vaccines, Taylor & Francis 2017, Vol. 16, (2) : 109-121

Silfverdal, Sven Arne; Coremans, Vanessa; Francois, Nancy; et al.

Psychometric analysis of Age and Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional (ASQ:SE) among 3-year-olds

European Journal of Public Health, OXFORD UNIV PRESS 2017, Vol. 27, (Suppl_3) : 173-174

Vaezghasemi, Masoud; Sundberg, Linda; Ivarsson, Anneli; et al.

A Randomized, Controlled Study of DTaP-IPV-HB-PRP-T, a Fully Liquid Hexavalent Vaccine, Administered in a 3-,5-and 11-to 12-month Schedule

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Vol. 36, (1) : 87-93

Vesikari, Timo; Silfverdal, Sven-Arne; Jordanov, Emilia; et al.

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Research groups

Group member

N4 Research Group

Research projects

1 January 2022 until 1 January 2024

Social-emotional health among children

1 September 2016

The oral microflora of health and disease - a side study of the longitudinal NorthPop study

1 May 2015 until 1 January 2029

Northpop – Child Health in Västerbotten

Published: 24 Jan, 2024

Lifelong damage from bacterial meningitis