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RUBIC (ReproUnion Biobank and Infertility Cohort): A binational clinical foundation to study risk factors, life course, and treatment of infertility and infertility‐related morbidity

Lærke Priskorn, Sandra Søgaard Tøttenborg, Kristian Almstrup, Anna‐Maria Andersson, more

Andrology > 9 > 6 > 1828 - 1842

Background Infertility affects 15%–25% of all couples during their reproductive life span. It is a significant societal and public health problem with potential psychological, social, and economic consequences. Furthermore, infertility has been linked to adverse long‐term health outcomes. Despite the advanced diagnostic and therapeutic techniques available, approximately 30% of infertile couples...

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Brain white matter lesions are associated with reduced hypothalamic volume and cranial radiotherapy in childhood‐onset craniopharyngioma

Sigridur Fjalldal, Lars Rylander, Danielle Westen, Helene Holmer, more

Clinical Endocrinology > 94 > 1 > 48 - 57

Context White matter lesions (WML) are caused by obstruction of small cerebral vessels associated with stroke risk. Craniopharyngioma (CP) patients suffer from increased cerebrovascular mortality. Objective To investigate the effect of reduced HT volume and cranial radiotherapy (CRT) on WML in childhood‐onset CP patients. Design A cross‐sectional study of 41 patients (24 women) surgically treated...

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Social inequality in working life expectancy in Sweden

Roland Kadefors, Kerstin Nilsson, Per-Olof Östergren, Lars Rylander, more

Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie > 2019 > 52 > 1 > 52-61

Background In Sweden there is a socioeconomic divide between white and blue collar workers with respect to the risk for premature exit from working life. Disability pension has long represented a major reason behind early exits. Objective The present investigation aimed at studying the effect on socioeconomic groups of new guidelines issued by the Swedish government in 2006, limiting the possibilities...

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Prematurity and neonatal outcome including congenital malformations after maternal malignancy within six months prior to or during pregnancy

Zahra Sabeti Rad, Britt Friberg, Emir Henic, Lars Rylander, more

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica > 96 > 11 > 1357 - 1364

Introduction The proportion of women who postpone childbearing is increasing. As malignancy risk increases with age, pregnancy in connection with malignancy will become more common. Material and methods We compared infants born 1994–2011 to women with a malignancy within six months prior to the last menstrual period or during pregnancy with offspring of women without a previous malignancy. Five...

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Microstructure alterations in the hypothalamus in cranially radiated childhood leukaemia survivors but not in craniopharyngioma patients unaffected by hypothalamic damage

Cecilia Follin, Sigridur Fjalldal, Daniel Svärd, Danielle Westen, more

Clinical Endocrinology > 87 > 4 > 359 - 366

Objective Metabolic complications are frequent in childhood leukaemia (ALL) survivors treated with cranial radiotherapy (CRT). These complications are potentially mediated by damage to the hypothalamus (HT), as childhood onset (CO) craniopharyngioma (CP) survivors without HT involvement are spared overt obesity. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) shows brain tissue microstructure alterations, by fractional...

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Mortality Is Linked to Low Serum Testosterone Levels in Younger and Middle-aged Men

Magdalena Bentmar Holgersson, Filip Landgren, Lars Rylander, Yvonne Lundberg Giwercman

European Urology > 2017 > 71 > 6 > 991-992

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Perception of safety is a prerequisite for the association between neighbourhood green qualities and physical activity: Results from a cross-sectional study in Sweden

Hanna Weimann, Lars Rylander, Matilda Annerstedt van den Bosch, Maria Albin, more

Health & Place > 2017 > 45 > C > 124-130

In this study, we assess how the Scania Green Score (SGS5), and the five distinct perceived neighbourhood green dimensions within this area-aggregated index (1km² squares), is associated with self-reported physical activity and general health, and if perceived safety and social coherence has a moderating effect. Two independent surveys, both conducted in Scania, Sweden, was used for data on SGS5 and...

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Fetal growth and air pollution - A study on ultrasound and birth measures

Ebba Malmqvist, Zeyan Liew, Karin Källén, Anna Rignell-Hydbom, more

Environmental Research > 2017 > 152 > C > 73-80

Air pollution has been suggested to affect fetal growth, but more data is needed to assess the timing of exposure effects by using ultrasound measures. It is also important to study effects in low exposure areas to assess eventual thresholds of effects.The MAPSS (Maternal Air Pollution in Southern Sweden) cohort consists of linked registry data for around 48,000 pregnancies from an ultrasound database,...

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Chimney sweeps in Sweden: a questionnaire-based assessment of long-term changes in work conditions, and current eye and airway symptoms

Ayman Alhamdow, Per Gustavsson, Lars Rylander, Kristina Jakobsson, more

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health > 2017 > 90 > 2 > 207-216

Objectives To explore chimney sweeping work tasks, chimney sweeps’ use of protective equipment, and type of fuel used by clients, over time. Further, to assess work-relatedness of current eye and airway symptoms. Methods In a cross-sectional study in 2011, male Swedish chimney sweeps (n = 483; age 21–69 years) answered a questionnaire about their occupational history and eye and airway symptoms...

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Perceived ability to perform daily hand activities after stroke and associated factors: a cross-sectional study

Elisabeth Ekstrand, Lars Rylander, Jan Lexell, Christina Brogårdh

BMC Neurology > 2016 > 16 > 1 > 1-9

Background Despite that disability of the upper extremity is common after stroke, there is limited knowledge how it influences self-perceived ability to perform daily hand activities. The aim of this study was to describe which daily hand activities that persons with mild to moderate impairments of the upper extremity after stroke perceive difficult to perform and to evaluate how several potential...

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How are self-rated health and diagnosed disease related to early or deferred retirement? A cross-sectional study of employees aged 55-64

Kerstin Nilsson, Anna Rignell Hydbom, Lars Rylander

BMC Public Health > 2016 > 16 > 1 > 1-9

Background More people will probably continue working into old age in the future due to the increased size of aging populations in many countries. We therefore need to know more about older workers’ health in relation to their work situation and retirement. This study is a part of a theoretical development of older workers’ situations. Older workers’ situations are theoretically themed in nine areas...

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Phthalate exposure and reproductive parameters in young men from the general Swedish population

Jonatan Axelsson, Lars Rylander, Anna Rignell-Hydbom, Bo A.G. Jönsson, more

Environment International > 2015 > 85 > Complete > 54-60

In animals, exposure to certain phthalates negatively affects the male reproductive function. Human results are conflicting and mostly based on subfertile males, in whom the association between exposure and reproductive function may differ from the general population.To study if levels of phthalate metabolites were associated with semen quality and reproductive hormones in general Swedish men.We recruited...

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Levels of perfluoroalkyl substances and risk of coronary heart disease: Findings from a population-based longitudinal study

Kristina Mattsson, Anna Rignell-Hydbom, Sara Holmberg, Anders Thelin, more

Environmental Research > 2015 > 142 > C > 148-154

Cross-sectional studies have shown an association between exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and coronary heart disease (CHD). These findings need to be evaluated in longitudinal settings.To investigate the risk of CHD in relation to PFAS levels in a longitudinal setting among Swedish rural residents.In a population-based prospective cohort of male farmers and rural residents recruited...

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Maternal exposure to air pollution and type 1 diabetes – Accounting for genetic factors

Ebba Malmqvist, Helena Elding Larsson, Ida Jönsson, Anna Rignell-Hydbom, more

Environmental Research > 2015 > 140 > Complete > 268-274

Genetic and non-genetic factors probably act together to initiate and accelerate development of type 1 diabetes [T1D]. One suggested risk factor contributing to development of T1D is air pollution.The aim of the study was to investigate whether maternal exposure during pregnancy to air pollution, measured as nitrogen oxides [NO_x] and ozone, in a low-dose exposure area was associated with the child...

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Effects of changing exposure to neighbourhood greenness on general and mental health: A longitudinal study

Hanna Weimann, Lars Rylander, Maria Albin, Erik Skärbäck, more

Health and Place > 2015 > 33 > Complete > 48-56

Green neighbourhood environments have been associated with physical and psychological wellbeing in adults. Access to greenness is potentially more important in vulnerable subgroups. In this study based on longitudinal survey data from southern Sweden the cohort was divided into prognostic groups for good self-reported general (n=8891) and mental (n=9444) health. We used independent survey data to...

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Prenatal phthalate exposure and reproductive function in young men

Jonatan Axelsson, Lars Rylander, Anna Rignell-Hydbom, Christian H. Lindh, more

Environmental Research > 2015 > 138 > Complete > 264-270

Prenatal exposure to phthalates is suggested to negatively impact male reproductive function, but human data are lacking.To study associations between prenatal exposure to diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) and diisononyl phthalate (DiNP), and reproductive parameters of adolescent men.Using linear regression models adjusted for potential confounders, we studied associations between levels of DEHP- and...

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Manganese and selenium concentrations in umbilical cord serum and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in childhood

Amanda Ode, Lars Rylander, Peik Gustafsson, Thomas Lundh, more

Environmental Research > 2015 > 137 > Complete > 373-381

Existing evidence on the effects of manganese and selenium during fetal life on neurodevelopmental disorders is inadequate. This study aims to investigate the hypothesized relationship between fetal exposure to manganese and selenium and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis in childhood. Children born between 1978 and 2000 with ADHD (n=166) were identified at the Department of...

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Maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring type 1 diabetes mellitus risk: accounting for HLA haplotype

Kristina Mattsson, Ida Jönsson, Ebba Malmqvist, Helena Elding Larsson, more

European Journal of Epidemiology > 2015 > 30 > 3 > 231-238

The main objective of this study was to investigate the risk of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) in children exposed to tobacco smoking in utero, also taking genetic predisposition as expressed by HLA haplotype into account. In Skåne, the southernmost county of Sweden, all children born 1999–2005 who developed T1D were registered, resulting in 344 cases. For each child with T1D, three control children,...

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Pregnancy serum concentrations of perfluorinated alkyl substances and offspring behaviour and motor development at age 5–9 years – a prospective study

Birgit Bjerre Høyer, Cecilia Høst Ramlau-Hansen, Carsten Obel, Henning Sloth Pedersen, more

Environmental Health > 2015 > 14 > 1 > 1-11

Background In animal studies, perfluorinated alkyl substances affect growth and neuro-behavioural outcomes. Human epidemiological studies are sparse. The aim was to investigate the association between pregnancy serum concentrations of perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and offspring behaviour and motor development at 5–9 years of age. Methods Maternal sera from the INUENDO...

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Exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers and male reproductive function in Greenland, Poland and Ukraine

Gunnar Toft, Virissa Lenters, Roel Vermeulen, Dick Heederik, more

Reproductive Toxicology > 2014 > 43 > Complete > 1-7

Animal and a few human studies suggest that polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) may affect male reproductive function. The aim of the present study was to evaluate if male reproductive function was associated with serum level of PBDEs. We evaluated, in a cross-sectional study, the effects of environmental exposure to BDE-47 and BDE-153 on reproductive hormones and semen quality, including markers...

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Search results for: Lars Rylander

RUBIC (ReproUnion Biobank and Infertility Cohort): A binational clinical foundation to study risk factors, life course, and treatment of infertility and infertility‐related morbidity

Brain white matter lesions are associated with reduced hypothalamic volume and cranial radiotherapy in childhood‐onset craniopharyngioma

Social inequality in working life expectancy in Sweden

Prematurity and neonatal outcome including congenital malformations after maternal malignancy within six months prior to or during pregnancy

Microstructure alterations in the hypothalamus in cranially radiated childhood leukaemia survivors but not in craniopharyngioma patients unaffected by hypothalamic damage

Mortality Is Linked to Low Serum Testosterone Levels in Younger and Middle-aged Men

Perception of safety is a prerequisite for the association between neighbourhood green qualities and physical activity: Results from a cross-sectional study in Sweden

Fetal growth and air pollution - A study on ultrasound and birth measures

Chimney sweeps in Sweden: a questionnaire-based assessment of long-term changes in work conditions, and current eye and airway symptoms

Perceived ability to perform daily hand activities after stroke and associated factors: a cross-sectional study

How are self-rated health and diagnosed disease related to early or deferred retirement? A cross-sectional study of employees aged 55-64

Phthalate exposure and reproductive parameters in young men from the general Swedish population

Levels of perfluoroalkyl substances and risk of coronary heart disease: Findings from a population-based longitudinal study

Maternal exposure to air pollution and type 1 diabetes – Accounting for genetic factors

Effects of changing exposure to neighbourhood greenness on general and mental health: A longitudinal study

Prenatal phthalate exposure and reproductive function in young men

Manganese and selenium concentrations in umbilical cord serum and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in childhood

Maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring type 1 diabetes mellitus risk: accounting for HLA haplotype

Pregnancy serum concentrations of perfluorinated alkyl substances and offspring behaviour and motor development at age 5–9 years – a prospective study

Exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers and male reproductive function in Greenland, Poland and Ukraine

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