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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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Renal Hypoplasia: Clinical features and survival
TL;DR: It appeared that hypertension—not urinary tract infection—was the most dangerous feature in the material, and the difficulty in making a sharp delineation between the congenitally hypoplastic kidney and a small kidney subsequent to pyelonephritic shrinkage is emphasized.
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Age-related change in anti-carbohydrate antibody levels
Gunnar R. Nordenstam,Björn Andersson,Calle Bengtsson,David E. Briles,G. Scott,Alvar Svanborg,C. Svanborg Edén +6 more
TL;DR: Serum samples collected repeatedly from the same persons in longitudinal studies demonstrated a consistent decline in individual antibody levels in the decades before age 70 years but not later, suggesting that immunity declines with age was a general phenomenon for antibodies to polysaccharide antigens.
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Smoking--a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in women? Considerations based on a prospective population study of women in Gothenburg, Sweden.
TL;DR: A longitudinal population study of 1462 women aged 38-60 carried out in Gothenburg, Sweden could not verify the markedly increased risk of myocardial infarction in smoking women, which has been observed in a number of cross-sectional studies of women and also in prospective studies of men.
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A 32-year longitudinal study of alcohol consumption in Swedish women: Reduced risk of myocardial infarction but increased risk of cancer
TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess associations between the intake of different types of alcoholic beverages and the 32-year incidence of myocardial infarction, stroke, diabetes, and cancer, as well as mortality, in a middle-aged female population.
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Weight and length at birth and their relationship to diabetes incidence and all-cause mortality--a 32-year follow-up of the population study of women in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Leif Lapidus,Leif Lapidus,Susan W. Andersson,Susan W. Andersson,Calle Bengtsson,Cecilia Björkelund,Lena Rossander-Hulthén,Lauren Lissner +7 more
TL;DR: A low birth weight seems to be a risk factor for diabetes in adult women independent of age and most of the established risk factors for diabetes.