Lennart Welin

Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and the metabolic syndrome in middle-aged men and women in Gothenburg, Sweden (2008)

Welin, Lennart, Adlerberth, Annika, Caidahl, Kenneth, Eriksson, Henry, Hansson, Per-Olof, Johansson, Saga, ...

Abstract Background Random samples of 50-year-old men living in Gothenburg have been examined every 10 th year since 1963 with a focus on cardiovascular risk factors. The aims of the study were to...

Infrared laser therapy for ischemic stroke: a new treatment strategy: results of the NeuroThera Effectiveness and Safety Trial-1 (NEST-1) (2007)

Lampl, Yair, Zivin, Justin A., Fisher, Marc, Lew, Robert A., Welin, Lennart, Dahlof, Bjorn, ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The NeuroThera Effectiveness and Safety Trial-1 (NEST-1) study evaluated the safety and preliminary effectiveness of the NeuroThera Laser System in the ability to improve...

The prognosis for individuals on disability retirement An 18-year mortality follow-up study of 6887 men and women sampled from the general population (2006)

Wallman, Thorne, Wedel, Hans, Johansson, Saga, Rosengren, Annika, Eriksson, Henry, Welin, Lennart, ...

Abstract Background Several studies have shown a markedly higher mortality rate among disability pensioners than among non-retired. Since most disability pensions are granted because of non-fatal...

Is Abdominal Body Fat Distribution a Major Explanation for the Sex Difference in the Incidence of Myocardial Infarction?: The Study of Men Born in 1913 and The Study of Women, Goteborg, Sweden (1992)

Larsson, Bo, Bengtsson, Calle, Björntorp, Per, Lapidus, Leif, Sjöstrom, Lars, Svardsudd, Kurt, ...

The authors considered whether the difference in body fat distribution between men and women, measured as waist: hip ratio, might explain part of the sex difference in coronary heart disease...