Arts, culture and sports engagement and self-rated health: a cross-sectional population-based study in southern Sweden.

Background: International research demonstrates an association between arts and culture activities and health and wellbeing. A similar association exists for sports event attendance and health. The aim of this study was to investigate associations between arts and culture engagement and attending sports events during the past year and self-rated health (SRH).

Multimorbidity disease clusters are associated with venous thromboembolism: an extended cross-sectional national study.

Multimorbidity, i.e., two or more non-communicable diseases (NCDs), is an escalating challenge for society.

Marital status and cause-specific mortality: A population-based prospective cohort study in southern Sweden.

The aim was to investigate associations between marital status and mortality with a prospective cohort study design. A public health survey including adults aged 18-80 was conducted with a postal questionnaire in southern Sweden in 2008 (54.1% participation).

Familial risk of vasospastic angina: a nationwide family study in Sweden.

Objectives: Vasospastic angina (VSA) is a complex coronary vasomotor disorder associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction and sudden death. Despite considerable advances in understanding VSA pathophysiology, the interplay between genetic and environmental factors remains elusive. Accordingly, we aimed to determine the familial VSA risk among first-degree relatives of affected individuals.

Religious service attendance and mortality: A population-based prospective cohort study in southern Sweden.

Aims: The aim is to investigate associations between attendance in religious service during the past year and all-cause, cardiovascular (CVD), cancer and other cause mortality.

Study Design: Prospective cohort study.

Methods: A public health survey with three reminders was sent to a stratified random sample of the adult 18-80 population in southernmost Sweden in 2008.

Familial aggregation of multimorbidity in Sweden: national explorative family study.

Objectives: To examine whether multimorbidity aggregates in families in Sweden.

Design: National explorative family study.

Setting: Swedish Multigeneration Register linked to the National Patient Register, 1997-2015.

A hypothesis - generating Swedish extended national cross-sectional family study of multimorbidity severity and venous thromboembolism.

Objectives: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a common worldwide disease. The burden of multimorbidity, that is, two or more chronic diseases, has increased. Whether multimorbidity is associated with VTE risk remains to be studied.

Trust in regional politicians and mortality: A population-based prospective cohort study.

The aim was to study associations between trust in regional politicians responsible for the healthcare system and mortality in survival analyses. A public health survey in southern Sweden with a 54.1% response rate based on a postal questionnaire and three postal reminders was conducted in 2008.

Leisure-time physical activity, desire to increase physical activity, and mortality: A population-based prospective cohort study.

The aim was to investigate associations between leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and mortality, and associations between desire to increase LTPA and mortality within the low LTPA group. A public health survey questionnaire was sent in 2008 to a stratified random sample of the population aged 18-80 in southernmost Sweden, yielding a 54.1% response rate.

Arts and culture engagement and mortality: A population-based prospective cohort study.

Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate associations between having visited the theatre/cinema and an arts exhibition during the past year and all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer and other-cause mortality.

Methods: The 2008 public health postal survey in Scania, Sweden, was distributed to a stratified random sample of the adult population (18-80 years old). The participation rate was 54.

Familial Associations of Complete Atrioventricular Block: A National Family Study in Sweden.

Background: Complete atrioventricular block (CAVB) is a major reason for implantation of permanent pacemakers, but knowledge of CAVB inheritance is sparse. This nationwide study aimed to determine the occurrence of CAVB in first-, second-, and third-degree relatives (full siblings, half-siblings, and cousins).

Methods: The Swedish multigeneration register was linked to the Swedish nationwide patient register for the period 1997 to 2012.

Poor psychological health and 8-year mortality: a population-based prospective cohort study stratified by gender in Scania, Sweden.

Objectives: We investigated gender differences in the association between mortality and general psychological distress (measured by 12-item General Health Questionnaire, GHQ-12), as an increased mortality risk has been shown in community studies, but gender differences are largely unknown.

Setting: We used data from a cross-sectional population-based public health survey conducted in 2008 in the Swedish region of Skåne (Scania) of people 18-80 years old (response rate 54.1 %).

Familial risk of dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a national family study in Sweden.

Aims: This study aims to determine the familial incidence of dilated (DCM) and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in first-degree, second-degree, and third-degree relatives of affected individuals.

Methods And Results: In this population-based multigenerational cohort study, full-siblings, half-siblings, and cousin pairs born to Swedish parents between 1932 and 2015 were included, and register-based DCM and HCM diagnoses among relatives were ascertained. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for DCM and HCM were calculated for relatives of individuals with DCM and HCM compared with relatives of individuals without DCM and HCM for reference.

Health locus of control and all-cause, cardiovascular, cancer and other cause mortality: A population-based prospective cohort study in southern Sweden.

The aim was to investigate associations between health locus of control (HLC) and all-cause, cardiovascular (CVD), cancer and other cause mortality. A public health postal questionnaire was distributed in the autumn of 2008 to a stratified random sample of the 18-80 year old adult population in Scania in southernmost Sweden. The participation rate was 54.

Trust in the healthcare system and mortality: A population-based prospective cohort study in southern Sweden.

Aims: To investigate associations between trust in the healthcare system and all-cause, cardiovascular, cancer and other causes mortality.

Study Design: Prospective cohort study.

Methods: A public health questionnaire was conducted in 2008 in Scania, the southernmost part of Sweden, with a 54.

Familial Mortality Risks in Patients With Ischemic Stroke: A Swedish Sibling Study.

Background: The influence of familial factors on the prognosis of ischemic stroke (IS) is unknown. This nationwide follow-up study evaluated familial mortality risks of IS among Swedish sibling pairs hospitalized for IS.

Methods: We linked Swedish nationwide registers for the identification of 1380 Swedish born sibling pairs (2760 cases), where both siblings were hospitalized for first-time IS between 1991 and 2010.

Familial Segregation of Venous Thromboembolism in Sweden: A Nationwide Family Study of Heritability and Complex Segregation Analysis.

Background This is the first nationwide segregation analysis that aimed to determine whether familial venous thromboembolism (VTE) is attributable to inheritance and/or shared environment, and the possible mode of inheritance. Methods and Results The Swedish Multi-Generation Register was linked to the Swedish patient register for the period 1964 to 2015. Three generational families of Swedish-born individuals were identified.

Social capital, the miniaturization of community, traditionalism and mortality: A population-based prospective cohort study in southern Sweden.

Objectives: To investigate associations between social capital, miniaturization of community and traditionalism and all-cause, cardiovascular (CVD), cancer and other causes mortality.

Study Design: Prospective cohort study.

Methods: The 2008 public health survey in Scania in the southernmost part of Sweden was conducted with a postal questionnaire posted to a stratified random sample aged 18-80.

Risk Factors for Syncope Associated With Multigenerational Relatives With a History of Syncope.

Importance: Reflex syncope is the major cause of transient loss of consciousness, which affects one-third of the population, but effective treatment for individuals with severe syncope is lacking. Better understanding of reflex syncope predisposition may offer new therapeutic solutions.

Objectives: To determine the familial risk of syncope in first-, second-, and third-degree relatives of affected individuals and to explore the role of genes and family environment in reflex syncope.

Heritability of glomerulonephritis: A Swedish adoption study.

Background: Glomerulonephritis clusters in families. However, infections are common inducers of glomerulonephritis and may also cluster in families. Studies of adoptees and their biological and adoptive parents may disentangle genetic from environmental causes of familial clustering.

Association of Genetic vs Environmental Factors in Swedish Adoptees With Clinically Significant Tinnitus.

Importance: No effective treatments are currently available for severe tinnitus, which affects 1% of the population and lowers the quality of life. The factors that contribute to the transition from mild to severe tinnitus are poorly known. Before performing genetic analyses and determining the mechanisms involved in the development of severe tinnitus, its heritability needs to be determined.