Birgitta Stegmayr

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1 Hypertension prevalence and blood pressure levels in 6 European countries, Canada, and the United States. JAMA 2003 9.06
2 Hypertension treatment and control in five European countries, Canada, and the United States. Hypertension 2003 5.63
3 Sex differences in stroke epidemiology: a systematic review. Stroke 2009 2.99
4 Cardiovascular disease and diabetes in the Northern Sweden Health and Disease Study Cohort - evaluation of risk factors and their interactions. Scand J Public Health Suppl 2003 2.72
5 Breast cancer survival is associated with telomere length in peripheral blood cells. Cancer Res 2008 2.24
6 Poststroke fatigue: a 2-year follow-up study of stroke patients in Sweden. Stroke 2002 1.95
7 Are changes in mortality from stroke caused by changes in stroke event rates or case fatality? Results from the WHO MONICA Project. Stroke 2003 1.93
8 High remaining risk in poorly treated hypertension: the 'rule of halves' still exists. J Hypertens 2002 1.89
9 Telomere length is associated with obesity parameters but with a gender difference. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2008 1.87
10 Sex differences in management and outcome after stroke: a Swedish national perspective. Stroke 2003 1.78
11 Self-reported depression and use of antidepressants after stroke: a national survey. Stroke 2004 1.70
12 Sex differences in stroke care and outcome in the Swedish national quality register for stroke care. Stroke 2008 1.70
13 Self-rated ill-health strengthens the effect of biomedical risk factors in predicting stroke, especially for men -- an incident case referent study. J Hypertens 2003 1.64
14 Smokeless tobacco as a possible risk factor for stroke in men: a nested case-control study. Stroke 2003 1.48
15 Functional outcome 3 months after stroke predicts long-term survival. Cerebrovasc Dis 2008 1.43
16 The Riks-Stroke story: building a sustainable national register for quality assessment of stroke care. Int J Stroke 2010 1.40
17 An international comparative study of blood pressure in populations of European vs. African descent. BMC Med 2005 1.38
18 Sense of coherence--stability over time and relation to health, disease, and psychosocial changes in a general population: a longitudinal study. Scand J Public Health 2003 1.37
19 Polymorphisms in glutathione-related genes affect methylmercury retention. Arch Environ Health 2004 1.20
20 Linkage of ischemic stroke to the PDE4D region on 5q in a Swedish population. Stroke 2005 1.20
21 Increased incidence of and impaired prognosis after acute myocardial infarction among patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2006 1.18
22 Associations among 25-year trends in diet, cholesterol and BMI from 140,000 observations in men and women in Northern Sweden. Nutr J 2012 1.15
23 Refinement of Swedish administrative registers to monitor stroke events on the national level. Neuroepidemiology 2013 1.14
24 Trends in obesity and its distribution: data from the Northern Sweden MONICA Survey, 1986-2004. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2008 1.09
25 Low levels of antibodies against phosphorylcholine predict development of stroke in a population-based study from northern Sweden. Stroke 2010 1.09
26 Susceptibility for and clinical manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis are associated with polymorphisms of the TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and IL-1Ra genes. J Rheumatol 2002 1.05
27 Food selection associated with sense of coherence in adults. Nutr J 2005 1.05
28 C-reactive protein is a determinant of first-ever stroke: prospective nested case-referent study. Cerebrovasc Dis 2009 1.05
29 Fish intake, mercury, long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and risk of stroke in northern Sweden. Br J Nutr 2007 1.05
30 Patient dissatisfaction with acute stroke care. Stroke 2009 1.00
31 Patients with burnout in relation to gender and a general population. Scand J Public Health 2007 0.99
32 Stroke and plasma markers of milk fat intake--a prospective nested case-control study. Nutr J 2009 0.97
33 Ischemic stroke and shift work. Scand J Work Environ Health 2007 0.97
34 Comparison of definitions of metabolic syndrome in relation to the risk of developing stroke and coronary heart disease in Finnish and Swedish cohorts. Stroke 2008 0.96
35 Snoring and witnessed sleep apnea is related to diabetes mellitus in women. Sleep Med 2008 0.95
36 Trends in stroke treatment and outcome between 1995 and 2010: observations from Riks-Stroke, the Swedish stroke register. Cerebrovasc Dis 2013 0.95
37 Favorable trends in the incidence and outcome in stroke in nondiabetic and diabetic subjects: findings from the Northern Sweden MONICA Stroke Registry in 1985 to 2003. Stroke 2008 0.93
38 Folate, vitamin B12, and risk of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke: a prospective, nested case-referent study of plasma concentrations and dietary intake. Stroke 2005 0.92
39 Trends in lifestyle 1986-99 in a 25- to 64-year-old population of the Northern Sweden MONICA project. Scand J Public Health Suppl 2003 0.92
40 Use of oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy in the WHO MONICA project. Maturitas 2004 0.92
41 Chronic neck pain of traumatic and non-traumatic origin: a population-based study. Acta Orthop Scand 2003 0.92
42 Assessment of functional outcome in a national quality register for acute stroke: can simple self-reported items be transformed into the modified Rankin Scale? Stroke 2007 0.92
43 Time trends in burdens of cadmium, lead, and mercury in the population of northern Sweden. Environ Res 2005 0.91
44 Ischemic stroke and secondary prevention in clinical practice: a cohort study of 14,529 patients in the Swedish Stroke Register. Stroke 2010 0.91
45 High leptin levels are associated with stroke. Cerebrovasc Dis 2003 0.90
46 Diabetes and obesity in Northern Sweden: occurrence and risk factors for stroke and myocardial infarction. Scand J Public Health Suppl 2003 0.90
47 Riks-stroke - a Swedish national quality register for stroke care. Cerebrovasc Dis 2003 0.89
48 High levels of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) antigen precede the development of type 2 diabetes in a longitudinal population study. The Northern Sweden MONICA study. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2003 0.89
49 Trends in baseline patient characteristics during the years 1995-2008: observations from Riks-Stroke, the Swedish Stroke Register. Cerebrovasc Dis 2010 0.88
50 Genetic polymorphisms in the renin-angiotensin system confer increased risk of stroke independently of blood pressure: a nested case-control study. J Hypertens 2008 0.86
51 MONICA quality assessments. Scand J Public Health Suppl 2003 0.86
52 Discarding heparins as treatment for progressive stroke in Sweden 2001 to 2008. Stroke 2010 0.85
53 Hyperglycemia and stroke mortality: comparison between fasting and 2-h glucose criteria. Diabetes Care 2008 0.85
54 Psychosocial factors, gender, and sleep. J Occup Health Psychol 2005 0.85
55 Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 4G/5G polymorphism and risk of stroke: replicated findings in two nested case-control studies based on independent cohorts. Stroke 2005 0.85
56 Dissemination of thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke across a nation: experiences from the Swedish stroke register, 2003 to 2008. Stroke 2010 0.85
57 Genome-wide linkage scan of common stroke in families from northern Sweden. Stroke 2006 0.84
58 Low bone mineral density is an independent risk factor for stroke and death. Cerebrovasc Dis 2009 0.83
59 Haplotypic analysis of tag SNPs of the interleukin-18 gene in relation to cardiovascular disease events: the MORGAM Project. Eur J Hum Genet 2008 0.81
60 [What the MONICA project has taught us about cardiovascular diseases--society, public health and health care]. Lakartidningen 2006 0.80
61 Iron stores and HFE genotypes are not related to increased risk of ischemic stroke. A prospective nested case-referent study. Cerebrovasc Dis 2007 0.80
62 Prospective study of first stroke in relation to plasma homocysteine and MTHFR 677C>T and 1298A>C genotypes and haplotypes - evidence for an association with hemorrhagic stroke. Clin Chem Lab Med 2011 0.79
63 Hemostatic factors as risk markers for intracerebral hemorrhage: a prospective incident case-referent study. Stroke 2004 0.79
64 Cardiovascular risk factor levels differ between communities of different sizes in the Northern Sweden MONICA Project. Scand J Public Health 2003 0.78
65 Risk stratification by guidelines compared with risk assessment by risk equations applied to a MONICA sample. J Hypertens 2003 0.77
66 Depressive mood after a cardiac event: gender inequality and participation in rehabilitation programme. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 2004 0.77
67 [The National Board of Health and Welfare about the registry debate: "The registries open for unique possibilities"]. Lakartidningen 2009 0.75
68 Prospective study on soluble thrombomodulin and von Willebrand factor and the risk of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. Thromb Haemost 2002 0.75
69 [Emergency thrombolysis in ischemic stroke disseminated over the country. There are still marked regional variations according to Riks-Stroke analysis]. Lakartidningen 2011 0.75
70 Snoring men with daytime sleepiness drive more than others: A population-based study. Sleep Med 2009 0.75
71 Foreword. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2007 0.75
72 [Life after stroke--a new national study. Renewed follow-up of stroke patients shows increased dependency on the support from the next-of-kin]. Lakartidningen 2005 0.75
73 Validation of Hospital Performance Measures of Acute Stroke Care Quality. Riksstroke, the Swedish Stroke Register. Neuroepidemiology 2016 0.75