Ulf Nilsson

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ulf.nilsson@umu.se

+46 90 786 67 32

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Affiliated as postdoctoral position at Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Section: Cardiology, A5/D

Byggnad 1A, plan 4, målpunkt B41, Norrlands universitetssjukhus, 467 Umeå universitet, 901 85 Umeå

Publications Publications

All-cause and cause-specific mortality by spirometric pattern and sex: a population-based cohort study

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, Sage Publications 2024, Vol. 18, (January-December)

Backman, Helena; Sawalha, Sami; Nilsson, Ulf; et al.

Pulmonary function and atherosclerosis in the general population: causal associations and clinical implications

European Journal of Epidemiology, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 39, (1) : 35-49

Engström, Gunnar; Lampa, Erik; Dekkers, Koen; et al.

Lung function trajectories and associated mortality among adults with and without airway obstruction

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, American Thoracic Society 2023, Vol. 208, (10) : 1063-1074

Backman, Helena; Blomberg, Anders; Lundquist, Anders; et al.

Left ventricular hypertrophy: an ECG-based study of prevalence and risk factors in a multiethnic population

Open heart, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2023, Vol. 10, (2)

Taki, Hina; Tuomilehto, Jaakko; Zimmet, Paul; et al.

Chronic snus use in healthy males alters endothelial function and increases arterial stiffness

PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022, Vol. 17, (6)

Antoniewicz, Lukasz; Kabele, Mikael; Nilsson, Ulf; et al.

Cause-specific Death in Chronic Airway Obstruction and Restrictive Spirometric Pattern

Annals of the American Thoracic Society, American Thoracic Society 2022, Vol. 19, (10) : 1783-1787

Backman, Helena; Sawalha, Sami; Nilsson, Ulf; et al.

Large underreporting of COPD as cause of death-results from a population-based cohort study

Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 186

Lindberg, Anne; Lindberg, Lina; Sawalha, Sami; et al.

Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation estimated risk and prevalent subclinical atherosclerosis in coronary and carotid arteries: A population-based cohort analysis from the Swedish Cardiopulmonary Bioimage Study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Oxford University Press 2021, Vol. 28, (3) : 250-259

Ostgren, Carl J.; Söderberg, Stefan; Festin, Karin; et al.

Decreased COPD prevalence in Sweden after decades of decrease in smoking

Respiratory Research, BioMed Central 2020, Vol. 21, (1)

Backman, Helena; Vanfleteren, Lowie; Lindberg, Anne; et al.

hsCRP is associated with 10-year mortality in COPD

European Respiratory Journal, Vol. 56

Lagrange, Eva; Nilsson, Ulf; Stridsman, Caroline; et al.

Respiratory conditions are underreported on death certificates among deceased with chronic airway obstruction

European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society 2020, Vol. 56

Lindberg, Lina; Sawalha, Sami; Backman, Helena; et al.

Elevated cardiac troponin predicts 11-year mortality in COPD

European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society 2020, Vol. 56

Nilsson, Ulf; Mills, Nicholas; Backman, Helena; et al.

Cardiac biomarkers of prognostic importance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiratory Research, BioMed Central 2020, Vol. 21, (1)

Nilsson, Ulf; Mills, Nicholas L.; McAllister, David A.; et al.

Systemic proteolytic markers are increased and associate with comorbidities in individuals with COPD and restrictive spirometric pattern

European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society 2020, Vol. 56

Nilsson, Ulf; Pleiborn, Viktoria; Linder, Robert; et al.

Troponin as a biomarker for mortality in stable COPD

European Respiratory Journal, EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD 2020, Vol. 55, (2) : 1-4

Nilsson, Ulf; Vanfleteren, Lowie E. G. W.

The association of body mass index, weight gain and central obesity with activity-related breathlessness: the Swedish Cardiopulmonary Bioimage Study

Thorax, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2019, Vol. 74, (10) : 958-964

Ekström, Magnus; Blomberg, Anders; Bergström, Göran; et al.

High prevalence of COPD among adults with heart disease

European Respiratory Journal, Sheffield: European Respiratory Society Journals 2019, Vol. 54

Eriksson, Berne; Stridsman, Caroline; Nilsson, Ulf; et al.

Elevated hsCRP is associated with respiratory symptoms in COPD

European Respiratory Journal, Sheffield: European Respiratory Society Journals 2019, Vol. 54

Lagrange, Eva; Nilsson, Ulf; Hedman, Linnea; et al.

The prevalence of prolonged QTc increases by GOLD stage, and is associated with worse survival among subjects with COPD

Heart & Lung, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 48, (2) : 148-154

Nilsson, Ulf; Kanerud, Isabel; Diamant, Ulla-Britt; et al.

Elevated serum high sensitive cardiac Troponin I is associated with mortality among adults with Restrictive Spirometric Pattern

European Respiratory Journal, Sheffield: European Respiratory Society Journals 2019, Vol. 54

Sandin, Petra; Johansson, Sara; Backman, Helena; et al.

Mortality by cause of death and spirometric pattern in a population-based study

European Respiratory Journal, Sheffield: European Respiratory Society Journals 2019, Vol. 54

Sawalha, Sami; Backman, Helena; Nilsson, Ulf; et al.

Elevated serum high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I is related to mortality in COPD

European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society 2018, Vol. 52

Nilsson, Ulf; Blomberg, Anders; Mills, Nicholas; et al.

From COPD epidemiology to studies of pathophysiological disease mechanisms: challenges with regard to study design and recruitment process

European Clinical Respiratory Journal, Taylor & Francis 2017, Vol. 4

Lindberg, Anne; Linder, Robert; Backman, Helena; et al.

Cardiovascular aspects on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: with focus on ischemic ECG abnormalities, QT prolongation and arterial stiffness

Umeå University medical dissertations, 1905

Nilsson, Ulf

Ischemic ECG abnormalities are associated with an increased risk for death among subjects with COPD, also among those without known heart disease

The International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Dove Medical Press 2017, Vol. 12 : 2507-2514

Nilsson, Ulf; Blomberg, Anders; Johansson, Bengt; et al.

Ischemic heart disease among subjects with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: ECG-findings in a population-based cohort study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, Umeå: 2015, Vol. 15

Nilsson, Ulf; Johansson, Bengt; Eriksson, Berne; et al.

Central arterial stiffness is increased among subjects with severe and very severe COPD: report from a population-based cohort study

European Clinical Respiratory Journal, Taylor & Francis 2015, Vol. 2

Qvist, Linnea; Nilsson, Ulf; Johansson, Viktor; et al.

Styrdokumentens betydelse för verksamhetsförlagd sjuksköterskeutbildning: ett handledarperspektiv

Nilsson, Ulf

The prevalence of prolonged QTc by spirometric classification in a populationbased cohort: normal lung function, restrictive pattern and airway obstruction

Nilsson, Ulf; Kanerud, Isabel; Diamant, Ulla-Britt; et al.

Mortality by cause of death and spirometric pattern in a population based study: more than 10 years follow-up of the OLIN COPD study

Sawalha, Sami; Backman, Helena; Nilsson, Ulf; et al.

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