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Hugo WesterlundPofessor of Epidemiology, Stockholm University Verified email at su.se Cited by 22363 |
[HTML][HTML] Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data
…, M Virtanen, PJM Westerholm, H Westerlund… - The lancet, 2012 - thelancet.com
Background Published work assessing psychosocial stress (job strain) as a risk factor for
coronary heart disease is inconsistent and subject to publication bias and reverse causation …
coronary heart disease is inconsistent and subject to publication bias and reverse causation …
[HTML][HTML] 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working hours and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of published and unpublished data for 603 838 …
…, T Theorell, J Vahtera, PJM Westerholm, H Westerlund… - The lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
Background Long working hours might increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, but
prospective evidence is scarce, imprecise, and mostly limited to coronary heart disease. We …
prospective evidence is scarce, imprecise, and mostly limited to coronary heart disease. We …
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 …
…, M Virtanen, P Westerholm, H Westerlund… - The Lancet Public …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Although overweight and obesity have been studied in relation to individual
cardiometabolic diseases, their association with risk of cardiometabolic multimorbidity is poorly …
cardiometabolic diseases, their association with risk of cardiometabolic multimorbidity is poorly …
Job strain as a risk factor for clinical depression: systematic review and meta-analysis with additional individual participant data
…, A Väänänen, PJM Westerholm, H Westerlund… - Psychological …, 2017 - cambridge.org
BackgroundAdverse psychosocial working environments characterized by job strain (the
combination of high demands and low control at work) are associated with an increased risk of …
combination of high demands and low control at work) are associated with an increased risk of …
Self-rated health before and after retirement in France (GAZEL): a cohort study
Background Governments need to increase the proportion of the population in work in most
developed countries because of ageing populations. We investigated longitudinally how self-…
developed countries because of ageing populations. We investigated longitudinally how self-…
Obesity and loss of disease-free years owing to major non-communicable diseases: a multicohort study
…, J Vahtera, PJM Westerholm, H Westerlund… - The lancet Public …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Obesity increases the risk of several chronic diseases, but the extent to which
the obesity-related loss of disease-free years varies by lifestyle category and across …
the obesity-related loss of disease-free years varies by lifestyle category and across …
[HTML][HTML] Body mass index and risk of dementia: analysis of individual-level data from 1.3 million individuals
…, E Vuoksimaa, P Westerholm, H Westerlund… - Alzheimer's & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Higher midlife body mass index (BMI) is suggested to increase the risk of dementia,
but weight loss during the preclinical dementia phase may mask such effects. Methods …
but weight loss during the preclinical dementia phase may mask such effects. Methods …
Job strain as a risk factor for leisure-time physical inactivity: an individual-participant meta-analysis of up to 170,000 men and women: the IPD-Work Consortium
…, ST Nyberg, M Zins, H Westerlund… - American journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Unfavorable work characteristics, such as low job control and too high or too low job demands,
have been suggested to increase the likelihood of physical inactivity during leisure time, …
have been suggested to increase the likelihood of physical inactivity during leisure time, …
[HTML][HTML] Effort–reward imbalance at work and incident coronary heart disease: a multicohort study of 90,164 individuals
…, J Vahtera, PJM Westerholm, H Westerlund… - …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Background: Epidemiologic evidence for work stress as a risk factor for coronary heart disease
is mostly based on a single measure of stressful work known as job strain, a combination …
is mostly based on a single measure of stressful work known as job strain, a combination …
Perceived job insecurity as a risk factor for incident coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis
…, J Vahtera, PJM Westerholm, H Westerlund… - Bmj, 2013 - bmj.com
Objective To determine the association between self reported job insecurity and incident
coronary heart disease. Design A meta-analysis combining individual level data from a …
coronary heart disease. Design A meta-analysis combining individual level data from a …