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Karl Michaëlsson

Karl Michaëlsson

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Medicine

D-Index
92
Citations
33825
World Ranking
11238
National Ranking
214

Overview

Karl Michaëlsson is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and has an extensive research background primarily in medicine and related biomedical sciences. The scientist's research spans multiple fields, including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with particular focus on several subfields such as Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

Their work covers a range of topics, reflecting diverse interests in genetic associations, nutritional studies, and bone health, among others. The main topics of research include:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Hip and Femur Fractures

Karl Michaëlsson has contributed to multiple publication venues, frequently publishing in journals and platforms such as:

  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMC Medicine
  • Clinical Nutrition
  • UNC Libraries

Recent notable papers include:

  • Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals, 2020, Nature Metabolism
  • Adaptation of the Charlson Comorbidity Index for Register-Based Research in Sweden, 2021, Clinical Epidemiology
  • Smoking, alcohol consumption, and cancer: A mendelian randomisation study in UK Biobank and international genetic consortia participants, 2020, PLoS Medicine
  • Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Disease, 2020, Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine
  • Genetic predisposition to smoking in relation to 14 cardiovascular diseases, 2020, European Heart Journal

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Susanna C. Larsson
  • Liisa Byberg
  • John A. Baron
  • Alicja Wolk
  • Lars Lind

Best Publications

  • Registers of the Swedish total population and their use in medical research.

    Jonas F. Ludvigsson;Jonas F. Ludvigsson;Jonas F. Ludvigsson;Catarina Almqvist;Catarina Almqvist;Anna-Karin Edstedt Bonamy;Rickard Ljung

  • Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts.

    Karani S. Vimaleswaran;Diane J. Berry;Emmi Tikkanen;Emmi Tikkanen;Stefan Pilz;Stefan Pilz

  • Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study.

    Susanna C. Larsson;Susanna C. Larsson;Stephen Burgess;Amy M. Mason;Amy M. Mason;Karl Michaëlsson

  • Bisphosphonate Use and Atypical Fractures of the Femoral Shaft

    Jörg Schilcher;Karl Michaëlsson;Per Aspenberg

  • A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Fusion Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

    Peter Försth;Gylfi Ólafsson;Thomas Carlsson;Anders Frost

  • Circulating 25-Hydroxy-Vitamin D and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies

    Lu Wang;Yiqing Song;JoAnn E. Manson;Stefan Pilz

  • Association between Oxidative Stress and Bone Mineral Density

    Samar Basu;Karl Michaëlsson;Helena Olofsson;Sara Johansson

  • Excessive Dietary Intake of Vitamin A Is Associated with Reduced Bone Mineral Density and Increased Risk for Hip Fracture

    Hakan Melhus;Karl Michaelsson;Andreas Kindmark;Reinhold Bergstrom

  • Total mortality after changes in leisure time physical activity in 50 year old men: 35 year follow-up of population based cohort

    Liisa Byberg;Håkan Melhus;Rolf Gedeborg;Johan Sundström

  • Plasma Parathyroid Hormone and the Risk of Cardiovascular Mortality in the Community

    Emil Hagström;Per Hellman;Tobias E. Larsson;Erik Ingelsson

  • Serum retinol levels and the risk of fracture.

    Karl Michaëlsson;Hans Lithell;Bengt Vessby;Håkan Melhus

  • Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals

    Lasse Folkersen;Stefan Gustafsson;Qin Wang;Qin Wang;Daniel Hvidberg Hansen

  • Milk intake and risk of mortality and fractures in women and men: cohort studies

    Karl Michaëlsson;Alicja Wolk;Sophie Langenskiöld;Samar Basu

  • Risk of arrhythmias in 52 755 long-distance cross-country skiers: a cohort study

    Kasper Andersen;Bahman Farahmand;Anders Ahlbom;Claes Held

  • Association of vitamin D status with arterial blood pressure and hypertension risk: A mendelian randomisation study

    Karani S Vimaleswaran;Karani S Vimaleswaran;Alana Cavadino;Diane J Berry;Rolf Jorde

  • Cardiovascular diseases and risk of hip fracture.

    Ulf Sennerby;Håkan Melhus;Rolf Gedeborg;Liisa Byberg

  • Causal Relationship between Obesity and Vitamin D Status: Bi-Directional Mendelian Randomization Analysis of Multiple Cohorts

    Karani S. Vimaleswaran;Diane J. Berry;Chen Lu;Emmi Tikkanen

  • Plasma vitamin D and mortality in older men: a community-based prospective cohort study

    Karl Michaëlsson;John A Baron;Greta Snellman;Rolf Gedeborg

  • Genome-wide Association Study in 79,366 European-ancestry Individuals Informs the Genetic Architecture of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels

    Xia Jiang;Xia Jiang;Paul F. O'Reilly;Hugues Aschard;Hugues Aschard;Yi Hsiang Hsu;Yi Hsiang Hsu

  • Hormone replacement therapy and risk of hip fracture: population based case-control study

    Karl Michaëlsson;John A Baron;Bahman Y Farahmand;Olof Johnell

Frequent Co-Authors

Alicja Wolk
Alicja Wolk Karolinska Institute
Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
Lars Lind
Lars Lind Uppsala University
Susanna C. Larsson
Susanna C. Larsson Karolinska Institute
Johan Ärnlöv
Johan Ärnlöv Karolinska Institute
Johan Sundström
Johan Sundström Uppsala University
Sverker Ljunghall
Sverker Ljunghall Uppsala University
Lars Holmberg
Lars Holmberg King's College London
John A. Baron
John A. Baron University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Andrew P. Morris
Andrew P. Morris University of Liverpool

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