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Elisabet Wirfält

Elisabet Wirfält

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Medicine

D-Index
82
Citations
19532
World Ranking
16323
National Ranking
304

Overview

Elisabet Wirfält is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans subfields including Genetics, Physiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics covered in their research relate to the digestive system and related health issues, diet and metabolism studies, as well as nutritional studies and diet. Such topics reflect an interdisciplinary approach linking biochemical processes to public health outcomes.

Elisabet Wirfält's recent publication record features a study titled Dairy Consumption, Lactase Persistence, and Mortality Risk in a Cohort From Southern Sweden published in 2021 in Frontiers in Nutrition. This work has received citations indicating engagement within the academic community.

  • Emily Sonestedt
  • Yan Borné
  • Ulrika Ericson

These frequent coauthors indicate collaborative research activity with other scholars in related disciplines.

  • Frontiers in Nutrition

This venue represents the outlet for recent scholarly communication.

Best Publications

  • Modified Mediterranean diet and survival: EPIC-elderly prospective cohort study

    Antonia Trichopoulou;Philippos Orfanos;Teresa Norat;Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita

  • Body size and breast cancer risk: findings from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

    Petra H. Lahmann;Kurt Hoffmann;Naomi Allen;Carla H. Van Gils

  • Mediterranean dietary pattern and prediction of all-cause mortality in a US population: results from the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study.

    Panagiota N. Mitrou;Victor Kipnis;Anne C. M. Thiébaut;Jill Reedy

  • Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology – nutritional epidemiology (STROBE-nut): An extension of the STROBE statement†

    Carl Lachat;Carl Lachat;Dana Hawwash;Marga C. Ocké;Christina Berg

  • Is concordance with World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research guidelines for cancer prevention related to subsequent risk of cancer? : Results from the EPIC study

    Dora Romaguera;Anne Claire Vergnaud;Petra H. Peeters;Petra H. Peeters;Carla H. Van Gils

  • Physical activity and all-cause mortality across levels of overall and abdominal adiposity in European men and women: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Study (EPIC)

    Ulf Ekelund;Ulf Ekelund;Heather A. Ward;Teresa Norat;Jian'an Luan

  • Food Patterns and Components of the Metabolic Syndrome in Men and Women: A Cross-sectional Study within the Malmö Diet and Cancer Cohort

    Elisabet Wirfält;Bo Hedblad;Bo Gullberg;Irene Mattisson

  • Index-based Dietary Patterns and Risk of Colorectal Cancer The NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study

    J Reedy;P N Mitrou;S M Krebs-Smith;Elisabet Wirfält

  • Consumption of Vegetables and Fruits and Risk of Breast Cancer

    Carla H. Van Gils;Petra H.M. Peeters;H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita;Hendriek C. Boshuizen

  • Fat and carbohydrate intake modify the association between genetic variation in the FTO genotype and obesity

    Emily Sonestedt;Charlotta Roos;Bo Gullberg;Ulrika Ericson

  • Meat consumption and prospective weight change in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA study

    Anne Claire Vergnaud;Teresa Norat;Dora Romaguera;Traci Mouw

  • Intake of vegetables, legumes, and fruit, and risk for all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality in a European diabetic population.

    Ute Nöthlings;Matthias B. Schulze;Cornelia Weikert;Heiner Boeing

  • Comparing 3 Dietary Pattern Methods—Cluster Analysis, Factor Analysis, and Index Analysis—With Colorectal Cancer Risk The NIH–AARP Diet and Health Study

    Jill Reedy;Elisabet Wirfält;Andrew Flood;Panagiota N. Mitrou

  • Plasma phospholipid fatty acid profiles and their association with food intakes: results from a cross-sectional study within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

    Mitra Saadatian-Elahi;Nadia Slimani;Véronique Chajès;Mazda Jenab

  • Diversity of dietary patterns observed in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) project.

    N Slimani;M Fahey;AA Welch;Elisabet Wirfält

  • Serum concentrations of beta-carotene and alpha-tocopherol are associated with diet, smoking, and general and central adiposity

    Peter Wallström;Elisabet Wirfält;Petra H Lahmann;Bo Gullberg

  • Adherence to the mediterranean diet and risk of breast cancer in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition cohort study

    G Buckland;N Travier;V Cottet;V Cottet;C A González

  • Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet Is Associated with Lower Abdominal Adiposity in European Men and Women

    Dora Romaguera;Teresa Norat;Traci Mouw;Anne M. May

  • Mediterranean dietary patterns and prospective weight change in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA project

    Dora Romaguera;Teresa Norat;Anne Claire Vergnaud;Traci Mouw

  • Contribution of highly industrially processed foods to the nutrient intakes and patterns of middle-aged populations in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study

    N. Slimani;G. Deharveng;D. A. T. Southgate;C. Biessy

Frequent Co-Authors

Petra H.M. Peeters
Petra H.M. Peeters Utrecht University
Kim Overvad
Kim Overvad Aarhus University
Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen
Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition
Rosario Tumino
Rosario Tumino Provincial Health Authority of Syracuse
Nadia Slimani
Nadia Slimani International Agency For Research On Cancer
Françoise Clavel-Chapelon
Françoise Clavel-Chapelon Institut Gustave Roussy
Kay-Tee Khaw
Kay-Tee Khaw University of Cambridge

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