Carl Johan Östgren

Carl Johan Östgren

Professor

My wish is to find better risk markers for cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes than is available today. Another aim with my research is to better be able to individualize treatment to counter complications from diabetes.

Improved tools for assessing cardiovascular risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes and in the general population

My research is primarily confined to two studies; Cardiovascular Risk factors in type 2 Diabetes - a Prospective cohort in primary care (CARDIPP) and the Swedish Cardiopulmonary Study (SCAPIS) where I have the role of principal investigator (PI) at Linköping University. In the CARDIPP cohort study the collection of data is completed and in SCAPIS the data collection is currently starting.

About me

Other assignments

I am Medical Editor with the Journal of the Swedish Medical Association where I represent General Practice

Publications

2026

Lina Hult, Kristofer Hedman, Carl Johan 脰stgren, Jonas Johnson, Fredrik H Nystr枚m, Peter Blomstrand, Jan Engvall, David Kylhammar (2026) Open heart, Vol. 13, Article e004114 (Article in journal)

Elias Bjornson, Emil Hagstrom, Karin Littmann, Carl Johan 脰stgren, Stefan Soderberg, Gunnar Engstrom, Daniel Eriksson Hogling, Goran Bergstrom, Jonas Brinck (2026) Atherosclerosis, Vol. 419, Article 120826 (Article in journal)

Peter Edholm, Patrik Wennberg, Marcel Ballin, Carl Johan 脰stgren, Bledar Daka, Daniel Berglind, Cecilia Lenander, Viktor H. Ahlqvist, Karin R氓dholm, Pontus Henriksson, 脕ngel Herraiz-Adillo (2026) British Journal of Sports Medicine (Article in journal)

Elin Nyman, Rasmus Magnusson, Tomas Str枚mberg, Carl Johan 脰stgren, Sara Bergstrand, Hanna Jonasson (2026) Biology of Sex Differences, Vol. 17, Article 138 (Article in journal)

Anders Blomberg, Daniel Arvidsson, Orjan Ekblom, Elin Ekblom-Bak, Yan Borne, Kenneth Caidahl, Anna Carl茅n, Magnus Dencker, Magnus Ekstrom, Maria J. Eriksson, Kristofer Hedman, Ola Hjelmgren, Christer Janson, Eva Lindberg, Maria Mannila, Andre Nyberg, Magnus Skold, Caroline Stridsman, Magnus Svartengren, Eva Swahn, Kjell Toren, Karin Wadell, Lowie E. G. W. Vanfleteren, Ding Zou, Carl Johan 脰stgren, Mats Borjesson (2026) Respiratory Medicine, Vol. 261, Article 109036 (Article in journal)

Research

Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Patients with Type 2-diabetes - CARDIPP

The aim is to identify risk markers for cardiovascular disease to facilitate early and individually adjusted interventions in middle-aged men and women with Type 2-diabetes.

SCAPIS - The Swedish CArdioPulmonary bioImage Study

SCAPIS combines the use of new imaging technologies, advances in large-scale 'comics' and epidemiological analyses to extensively characterize a Swedish cohort of 30 000 men and women aged between 50 and 64 years.

Coworkers

Fredrik Nyström

Professor

Tomas Strömberg

Professor

Anders Persson

Director, Professor

Eva Swahn

Adjunct Professor

Jan Engvall

Visiting Professor

Tomas Faresjö

Professor Emeritus

Organisation

Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV)

The research areas at HMV include experimental basic research to clinical, social and public health research. We conduct high-quality education in the sought-after care professions.

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Division of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Community Medicine (PRNV)

We are an interdisciplinary division that consists of three units: Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, and Clinical Medicine.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK)

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences conducts research and education within medicine, healthcare and public health.

News

Physician measures a young man's blood pressure.

High blood pressure in adolescence a silent risk

A blood pressure as low as 120/80 mm Hg in adolescence is linked to a higher risk of atherosclerosis in middle age. These findings indicate that high blood pressure early in life plays an important role in the development of coronary artery disease.

Physical fitness in adolescence linked to less atherosclerosis later

Men who were physically fit when they were young had a lower risk of atherosclerosis almost 40 years later. These findings suggest that atherosclerosis is one of the mechanisms behind the link between physical fitness and cardiovascular disease.

Stop the heart attack before it occurs

By way of a large national population study, researchers are looking for increasingly better ways of determining which individuals run the greatest risk of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.

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