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Alicja Wolk
Researcher at Karolinska Institutet
Publications - 829
Citations - 76043
Alicja Wolk is an academic researcher from Karolinska Institutet. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Prospective cohort study. The author has an hindex of 135, co-authored 778 publications receiving 66239 citations. Previous affiliations of Alicja Wolk include United States Department of Agriculture & Uppsala University Hospital.
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Red Meat Consumption and Risk of Stroke: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies
TL;DR: It is indicated that consumption of fresh red meat and processed red meat as well as total red meat is associated with increased risk of total stroke and ischemic stroke, but not hemorrhagic stroke.
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Coffee, tea and caffeine consumption in relation to osteoporotic fracture risk in a cohort of Swedish women
TL;DR: It is indicated that a daily intake of 330 mg of caffeine, equivalent to 4 cups (600 ml) of coffee, or more may be associated with a modestly increased risk of osteoporotic fractures, especially in women with a low intake of calcium.
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Height, body mass index, and ovarian cancer: a pooled analysis of 12 cohort studies.
Leo J. Schouten,Christine Rivera,David J. Hunter,Donna Spiegelman,Hans-Olov Adami,Hans-Olov Adami,Alan A. Arslan,W. Lawrence Beeson,Piet A. van den Brandt,Julie E. Buring,Aaron R. Folsom,Gary E. Fraser,Jo L. Freudenheim,R. Alexandra Goldbohm,Susan E. Hankinson,James V. Lacey,Michael F. Leitzmann,Annekatrin Lukanova,James R. Marshall,Anthony B. Miller,Alpa V. Patel,Carmen Rodriguez,Thomas E. Rohan,Julie A. Ross,Alicja Wolk,Shumin M. Zhang,Stephanie A. Smith-Warner +26 more
TL;DR: In this article, the associations of height, body mass index (BMI), and ovarian cancer risk were examined in a pooled analysis of primary data from 12 prospective cohort studies from North America and Europe.
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Higher relative, but lower absolute risks of myocardial infarction in women than in men: analysis of some major risk factors in the SHEEP study. The SHEEP Study Group.
Christina Reuterwall,Johan Hallqvist,Anders Ahlbom,U de Faire,Finn Diderichsen,Christer Hogstedt,Göran Pershagen,T Theorell,Björn Wiman,Alicja Wolk +9 more
TL;DR: Higher relative, but lower absolute risks of myocardial infarction in women than in men: analysis of some major risk factors in the S heep study.
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A Mediterranean diet and risk of myocardial infarction, heart failure and stroke: A population-based cohort study
TL;DR: The Mediterranean diet is most likely to be beneficial in primary prevention of all major types of atherosclerosis-related CVD and better adherence to a Mediterranean diet was associated with lower risk of MI, HF and ischemic stroke.