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Eleonor I. Fransson

Researcher at Jönköping University

Publications -  89
Citations -  8229

Eleonor I. Fransson is an academic researcher from Jönköping University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Job strain & Risk factor. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 84 publications receiving 6874 citations. Previous affiliations of Eleonor I. Fransson include University College London & Uppsala University.

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The Association between Job Strain and Atrial Fibrillation: Results from the Swedish WOLF Study

TL;DR: Support is provided to the hypothesis that work-related stress defined as job strain is linked to an increased risk of AF by pointing towards a dose-response relationship when taking accumulated exposure to job strain over time into account.
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Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that prevention of workplace stress might decrease disease incidence; however, this strategy would have a much smaller effect than would tackling of standard risk factors, such as smoking.
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Long working hours and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke : a systematic review and meta-analysis of published and unpublished data for 603 838 individuals

Mika Kivimäki, +55 more
- 31 Oct 2015 - 
TL;DR: Employees who work long hours have a higher risk of stroke than those working standard hours; the association with coronary heart disease is weaker; these findings suggest that more attention should be paid to the management of vascular risk factors in individuals whoWork long hours.
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Overweight, obesity, and risk of cardiometabolic multimorbidity: pooled analysis of individual-level data for 120 813 adults from 16 cohort studies from the USA and Europe

TL;DR: The findings highlight the need for clinicians to actively screen for diabetes in overweight and obese patients with vascular disease, and pay increased attention to prevention of vascular disease in obese individuals with diabetes.