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Calle Bengtsson
Researcher at University of Gothenburg
Publications - 287
Citations - 23590
Calle Bengtsson is an academic researcher from University of Gothenburg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Body mass index. The author has an hindex of 71, co-authored 287 publications receiving 22583 citations. Previous affiliations of Calle Bengtsson include Sahlgrenska University Hospital & Umeå University.
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Effects of bariatric surgery on mortality in Swedish obese subjects.
Lars Sjöström,Kristina Narbro,C. David Sjöström,Kristjan Karason,B Larsson,Hans Wedel,Theodore Lystig,Marianne Sullivan,Claude Bouchard,Björn Carlsson,Calle Bengtsson,Sven Dahlgren,Anders Gummesson,Peter Jacobson,Jan Karlsson,Anna Karin Lindroos,Hans Lönroth,Ingmar Näslund,Torsten Olbers,Kaj Stenlöf,Jarl S Torgerson,Göran Ågren,Lena M. S. Carlsson +22 more
TL;DR: Bariatric surgery for severe obesity is associated with long-term weight loss and decreased overall mortality.
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Distribution of adipose tissue and risk of cardiovascular disease and death: a 12 year follow up of participants in the population study of women in Gothenburg, Sweden.
TL;DR: The relation between the ratio of waist to hip circumference and the end points of myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, stroke, and death was stronger than for any other anthropometric variable studied.
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Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Cardiovascular Events
Lars Sjöström,Markku Peltonen,Peter Jacobson,C. David Sjöström,Kristjan Karason,Hans Wedel,Sofie Ahlin,Åsa Anveden,Calle Bengtsson,Gerd Bergmark,Claude Bouchard,Björn Carlsson,Sven Dahlgren,Jan Karlsson,Anna Karin Lindroos,Hans Lönroth,Kristina Narbro,Ingmar Näslund,Torsten Olbers,Per-Arne Svensson,Lena M. S. Carlsson +20 more
TL;DR: The Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study as discussed by the authors was conducted at 25 public surgical departments and 480 primary health care centers in Sweden of 2010 obese participants who underwent bariatric surgery and 2037 contemporaneously matched obese controls who received usual care.
Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Cardiovascular Events
Lars Sjöström,Markku Peltonen,Peter Jacobson,C. David Sjöström,Kristjan Karason,Hans Wedel,Sofie Ahlin,Åsa Anveden,Calle Bengtsson,Gerd Bergmark,Claude Bouchard,Björn Carlsson,Sven Dahlgren,Jan Karlsson,Anna Karin Lindroos,Hans Lönroth,Kristina Narbro,Ingmar Näslund,Torsten Olbers,Per-Arne Svensson,Lena M. S. Carlsson +20 more
TL;DR: Compared with usual care, bariatric surgery was associated with reduced number of cardiovascular deaths and lower incidence of cardiovascular events in obese adults.
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Effects of bariatric surgery on cancer incidence in obese patients in Sweden (Swedish Obese Subjects Study): a prospective, controlled intervention trial
Lars Sjöström,Lars Sjöström,Anders Gummesson,C. David Sjöström,Kristina Narbro,Markku Peltonen,Hans Wedel,Calle Bengtsson,Claude Bouchard,Björn Carlsson,Sven Dahlgren,Peter Jacobson,Kristjan Karason,Jan Karlsson,B Larsson,A K Lindroos,Hans Lönroth,Ingmar Näslund,Torsten Olbers,Kaj Stenlöf,Jarl S Torgerson,Lena M. S. Carlsson +21 more
TL;DR: Bariatric surgery was associated with reduced cancer incidence in obese women but not in obese men, and after exclusion of all cancer cases during the first 3 years of the intervention.