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Christer Janson

Uppsala University
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Sequence variants affecting eosinophil numbers associate with asthma and myocardial infarction

…, JW Hansen, V Backer, T Werge, C Janson… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
Eosinophils are pleiotropic multifunctional leukocytes involved in initiation and propagation
of inflammatory responses and thus have important roles in the pathogenesis of …

Risk factors for rehospitalisation in COPD: role of health status, anxiety and depression

G Gudmundsson, T Gislason, C Janson… - European respiratory …, 2005 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The aim of the present study was to analyse the risk of rehospitalisation in patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and associated risk factors. This prospective study …

Geographical variation in the prevalence of positive skin tests to environmental aeroallergens in the European Community Respiratory Health Survey I

PJ Bousquet, S Chinn, C Janson, M Kogevinas… - Allergy, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Many studies have reported the prevalence of sensitization using skin prick
tests. However, comparisons between studies and between regions are difficult because the …

Role of snoring and daytime sleepiness in occupational accidents

…, NED Carter, T Gislason, C Janson - American journal of …, 2001 - atsjournals.org
To establish whether snoring and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), the main symptoms
of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, influence the risk of occupational accidents a …

Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

…, V Ivanov, VWV Jaddoe, A James, C Janson… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
We examined common variation in asthma risk by conducting a meta-analysis of worldwide
asthma genome-wide association studies (23,948 asthma cases, 118,538 controls) of …

Risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a European cohort of young adults

…, JM Antó, T Gislason, J Heinrich, C Janson… - American journal of …, 2011 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Few studies have investigated the factors associated with the early inception of
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Objectives: We investigated COPD risk …

Inflammation and structural changes in the airways of patients with atopic and nonatopic asthma

K Amin, D Lúdvíksdóttir, C Janson… - American journal of …, 2000 - atsjournals.org
The aim of the present study was to compare the cellular pattern and structural changes in
the airway walls of atopic and nonatopic patients with asthma. Bronchial biopsy specimens …

Anxiety and depression in relation to respiratory symptoms and asthma.

C Janson, E Björnsson, J Hetta… - American journal of …, 1994 - atsjournals.org
The aim of this investigation was to study the relationship between psychologic status and
respiratory health. The study comprised 715 persons aged 22 to 44 who participated in the …

[HTML][HTML] Overuse of short-acting β2-agonists in asthma is associated with increased risk of exacerbation and mortality: a nationwide cohort study of the global SABINA …

…, F Wiklund, G Telg, C Janson - European …, 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background Overuse of short-acting β 2 -agonists (SABA) may indicate poor asthma control
and adverse health outcomes. Contemporary population-based data on use, risk factors and …

Sleep disturbances in a young adult population: can gender differences be explained by differences in psychological status?

E Lindberg, CH Janson, T Gislason, E Björnsson… - Sleep, 1997 - academic.oup.com
To study the prevalence of reported sleep disturbances and the association between these
complaints and psychological status, 529 randomly selected subjects aged 20-45 years were …