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Jan Sundquist

Jan Sundquist

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Medicine
Sweden
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
106
Citations
47803
World Ranking
6452
National Ranking
133

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Jan Sundquist is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on clinical psychology, epidemiology, oncology, genetics, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their research topics cover areas including substance abuse treatment and outcomes, suicide and self-harm studies, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, genetic associations and epidemiology, alcohol consumption and health effects, pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, and bipolar disorder and treatment.

Frequent co-authors in Sundquist's research include:

  • Kristina Sundquist
  • Kenneth S. Kendler
  • Henrik Ohlsson
  • Xinjun Li
  • Casey Crump

Sundquist's work is often published in venues such as:

  • Psychological Medicine
  • Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
  • American Journal of Psychiatry
  • JAMA Psychiatry
  • Cancers

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Colorectal cancer incidence, mortality, and stage distribution in European countries in the colorectal cancer screening era: an international population-based study" (2021, The Lancet Oncology)
  • "Preterm or Early Term Birth and Risk of Autism" (2021, PEDIATRICS)
  • "Mitochondrial related genome-wide Mendelian randomization identifies putatively causal genes for multiple cancer types" (2023, EBioMedicine)
  • "Association of Preterm Birth With Long-term Risk of Heart Failure Into Adulthood" (2021, JAMA Pediatrics)
  • "An Increasing Trend in the Prevalence of Polypharmacy in Sweden: A Nationwide Register-Based Study" (2020, Frontiers in Pharmacology)

Best Publications

  • Patterns of metastasis in colon and rectal cancer

    Matias Riihimäki;Matias Riihimäki;Akseli Hemminki;Jan Sundquist;Kari Hemminki;Kari Hemminki

  • Metastatic sites and survival in lung cancer

    Matias Riihimäki;Matias Riihimäki;A Hemminki;Mahdi Fallah;Hauke Thomsen

  • Comorbidities and Mortality in Bipolar Disorder A Swedish National Cohort Study

    Casey Crump;Kristina Sundquist;Kristina Sundquist;Marilyn A. Winkleby;Jan Sundquist;Jan Sundquist

  • Comorbidities and mortality in persons with schizophrenia: a Swedish national cohort study.

    Casey Crump;Marilyn A. Winkleby;Kristina Sundquist;Jan Sundquist

  • Urbanisation and incidence of psychosis and depression: follow-up study of 4.4 million women and men in Sweden.

    Kristina Sundquist;Gölin Frank;Jan Sundquist

  • Gestational Age at Birth and Mortality in Young Adulthood

    Casey Crump;Kristina Sundquist;Jan Sundquist;Marilyn A. Winkleby

  • Cardiovascular risk factors and the neighbourhood environment: a multilevel analysis.

    Jan Sundquist;Marianne Malmström;Sven-Erik Johansson

  • Risk of pulmonary embolism in patients with autoimmune disorders: a nationwide follow-up study from Sweden

    Bengt Zöller;Xinjun Li;Jan Sundquist;Jan Sundquist;Kristina Sundquist

  • Ethnic variation in cardiovascular disease risk factors among children and young adults: findings from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994.

    Marilyn A. Winkleby;Thomas N. Robinson;Jan Sundquist;Helena C. Kraemer

  • Country of birth, acculturation status and abdominal obesity in a national sample of Mexican–American women and men

    Jan Sundquist;Marilyn Winkleby

  • Cardiovascular disease risk factors among older black, Mexican-American, and white women and men: an analysis of NHANES III, 1988-1994. Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

    Jan Sundquist;Marilyn A. Winkleby;Sonja Pudaric

  • Metastatic spread in patients with gastric cancer.

    Matias Riihimäki;Akseli Hemminki;Kristina Sundquist;Jan Sundquist

  • Cardiovascular risk factors in Mexican American adults: a transcultural analysis of NHANES III, 1988-1994.

    J Sundquist;M A Winkleby

  • Differences in Energy, Nutrient, and Food Intakes in a US Sample of Mexican-American Women and Men: Findings from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1994

    Lori Beth Dixon;Jan Sundquist;Marilyn Winkleby

  • The influence of socioeconomic status, ethnicity and lifestyle on body mass index in a longitudinal study

    Jan Sundquist;Sven-Erik Johansson

  • The epidemiology of metastases in neuroendocrine tumors.

    Matias Riihimäki;Akseli Hemminki;Kristina Sundquist;Jan Sundquist

  • Ethnicity, acculturation, and self reported health. A population based study among immigrants from Poland, Turkey, and Iran in Sweden

    Eivor Wiking;Sven-Erik Johansson;Jan Sundquist

  • Neighborhood environment and self-reported health status: a multilevel analysis.

    M Malmström;J Sundquist;S E Johansson

  • Colorectal cancer incidence, mortality, and stage distribution in European countries in the colorectal cancer screening era: an international population-based study

    Rafael Cardoso;Rafael Cardoso;Feng Guo;Feng Guo;Thomas Heisser;Thomas Heisser;Monika Hackl

  • Identification of population subgroups of children and adolescents with high asthma prevalence: findings from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

    Michael A. Rodríguez;Marilyn A. Winkleby;David Ahn;Jan Sundquist

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristina Sundquist
Kristina Sundquist Lund University
Kari Hemminki
Kari Hemminki Charles University
Kenneth S. Kendler
Kenneth S. Kendler Virginia Commonwealth University
Marilyn A. Winkleby
Marilyn A. Winkleby Stanford University
Akseli Hemminki
Akseli Hemminki University of Helsinki
Johan Ärnlöv
Johan Ärnlöv Karolinska Institute
Paul Lichtenstein
Paul Lichtenstein Karolinska Institute
Hermann Brenner
Hermann Brenner German Cancer Research Center
Briana Mezuk
Briana Mezuk University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Richard S. Houlston
Richard S. Houlston Institute of Cancer Research

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