Linnea Hedman

Research qualifications: Docent

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linnea.hedman@umu.se

+46 920 28 44 84

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Adjunct associate professor at Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Section: Pulmonary Medicine

Robertsviksgatan 9, 971 89 Luleå, Region Norrbotten Umeå universitet, 901 85 Umeå

Vascular stress markers following inhalation of heated tobacco products: a study on extracellular vesicles

Cardiovascular Toxicology, Springer Nature 2025, Vol. 25 : 1-8

Antoniewicz, Lukasz; Melnikov, Georgy; Lyytinen, Gustaf; et al.

PRISm is an important risk factor for development of COPD, also in non-smokers

Chest, Elsevier 2025, Vol. 168, (1) : 83-94

Backman, Helena; Myrberg, Tomi; Hedman, Linnea; et al.

Computational phenotyping of obstructive airway diseases: a systematic review

Journal of Asthma and Allergy, Dove Medical Press 2025, Vol. 18 : 113-160

Bashir, Muwada Bashir Awad; Milani, Gregorio Paolo; De Cosmi, Valentina; et al.

Exposure to vehicle traffic in childhood and lung function in young adulthood: a prospective cohort study in an area with low traffic-flows

Environmental Health, BioMed Central (BMC) 2025, Vol. 24, (1)

Bermúdez Barón, Nicolás; Backman, Helena; Hedman, Linnea; et al.

Early onset asthma, but not aeroallergen sensitization, is associated with lung function impairment in young adulthood: a prospective cohort study

Clinical and Translational Allergy, John Wiley & Sons 2025, Vol. 15, (7)

Bunne, Joakim; Hedman, Linnea; Bjerg, Anders; et al.

Worsening asthma at school is associated with poor psychosocial well-being

European Clinical Respiratory Journal, Taylor & Francis 2025, Vol. 12, (1)

Finell, Eerika; Tolvanen, Asko; Stridsman, Caroline; et al.

Self-reported nickel allergy among schoolchildren: trends in prevalence, risk factors, and atopic comorbidity

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, MJS Publishing 2025, Vol. 105

Hedman, Linnea; Lindberg, Malin; Stenberg, Berndt; et al.

Cardiac troponin and increased mortality risk among individuals with restrictive spirometric pattern on lung function testing

European Clinical Respiratory Journal, Taylor & Francis 2025, Vol. 12, (1)

Johansson, Sara; Sandin, Petra; Lindgren, Lenita; et al.

Smoking and the occurrence of larynx cancer in Sweden: a population analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Järvholm, Bengt; Liv, Per; Hedman, Linnea; et al.

Nicotine in E-cigarette aerosol may lead to pulmonary inflammation

Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier 2025, Vol. 242

Kabele, Mikael; Lyytinen, Gustaf; Bosson, Jenny A.; et al.

Late-onset asthma phenotypes by onset age: a cluster analysis in Swedish population-based cohorts

Allergy. European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Lisik, Daniil; Backman, Helena; Basna, Rani; et al.

All-cause and cause-specific mortality in respiratory symptom clusters: a population-based multicohort study

Respiratory Research, BioMed Central (BMC) 2025, Vol. 26, (1)

Lisik, Daniil; Backman, Helena; Kankaanranta, Hannu; et al.

Association of height, BMI, and smoking status with prostate cancer risk before and after the introduction of PSA testing in Sweden

Scientific Reports, Springer Nature 2025, Vol. 15, (1)

Mboya, Innocent B.; Fritz, Josef; Scilipoti, Pietro; et al.

Allergic rhinitis: incidence and remission from childhood to young adulthood: a prospective study

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, John Wiley & Sons 2025, Vol. 36, (4)

Vasileiadou, Styliana; Goksör, Emma; Wennergren, Göran; et al.

Occupation and 11-year lung function decline in the HUNT Study

Occupational Medicine, Oxford University Press 2024, Vol. 74, (9) : 676-683

Aarhus, L.; Skare, Ø.; Nordby, K.-C.; et al.

Decreasing prevalence of atopic dermatitis in Swedish schoolchildren: three repeated population-based surveys

British Journal of Dermatology, Oxford University Press 2024, Vol. 190, (2) : 191-198

af Klinteberg, Maja; Winberg, Anna; Andersson, Martin; et al.

No remission in 60% of those with childhood-onset asthma: a population-based cohort followed from 8 to 28 years of age

Respiratory Medicine, Saunders Elsevier 2024, Vol. 224

Almqvist, Linnea; Andersson, Martin; Backman, Helena; et al.

Is there still a social gradient in respiratory symptoms? A population-based nordic EpiLung-study

Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 223

Andersén, Heidi; Bhatta, Laxmi; Bashir, Muwada; et al.

Level of education modifies asthma mortality in Norway and Sweden. The Nordic EpiLung study

Journal of Asthma and Allergy, Dove Medical Press 2024, Vol. 17 : 209-218

Backman, Helena; Bhatta, Laxmi; Hedman, Linnea; et al.

All-cause and cause-specific mortality by spirometric pattern and sex: a population-based cohort study

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, Sage Publications 2024, Vol. 18, (January-December)

Backman, Helena; Sawalha, Sami; Nilsson, Ulf; et al.

Obesity predicts mortality stronger in adult-onset asthma than in age- and sex-matched controls

Clinical and Translational Allergy, John Wiley & Sons 2024, Vol. 14, (12)

Backman, Helena; Stridsman, Caroline; Lindberg, Anne; et al.

The interplay between obesity and blood neutrophils in adult-onset asthma

Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 222

Backman, Helena; Winsa-Lindmark, Sofia; Hedman, Linnea; et al.

Cohort profile: the Obesity and Disease Development Sweden (ODDS) study, a pooled cohort

BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2024, Vol. 14, (7)

da Silva, Marisa; Fritz, Josef; Mboya, Innocent B.; et al.

Is asthma in children still increasing?: 20-year prevalence trends in northern Sweden

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, John Wiley & Sons 2024, Vol. 35, (4)

Hedman, Linnea; Andersson, Martin; Bjerg, Anders; et al.

Electronic cigarette use in relation to changes in smoking status and respiratory symptoms

Tobacco Induced Diseases, European Publishing 2024, Vol. 22

Hedman, Linnea; Lyytinen, Gustaf; Backman, Helena; et al.

Diagnostic intervention improved health-related quality of life among teenagers with food allergy

PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024, Vol. 19, (1 January)

Hedman, Linnea; Strinnholm, Åsa; Jansson, Sven-Arne; et al.

Changing smoking habits and the occurrence of lung cancer in Sweden: a population analysis

European Journal of Public Health, Oxford University Press 2024, Vol. 34, (3) : 566-571

Järvholm, Bengt; Hedman, Linnea; Landström, Maréne; et al.

Use of heated tobacco products (IQOS) causes an acute increase in arterial stiffness and platelet thrombus formation

Atherosclerosis, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 390

Lyytinen, Gustaf; Melnikov, Georgy; Brynedal, Amelie; et al.

Time trends of the association of body mass index with mortality in 3.5 million young Swedish adults

Annals of Epidemiology, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 97 : 23-32

Mboya, Innocent B.; Fritz, Josef; da Silva, Marisa; et al.

Body mass index and risk of over 100 cancer forms and subtypes in 4.1 million individuals in Sweden: the obesity and disease development Sweden (ODDS) pooled cohort study

The Lancet Regional Health: Europe, Elsevier 2024, Vol. 45

Sun, Ming; da Silva, Marisa; Bjørge, Tone; et al.

Underdiagnosis and misclassification of COPD in Sweden: a Nordic Epilung study

Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 217

Axelsson, Malin; Backman, Helena; Nwaru, Bright I.; et al.

Lung function trajectories and associated mortality among adults with and without airway obstruction

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, American Thoracic Society 2023, Vol. 208, (10) : 1063-1074

Backman, Helena; Blomberg, Anders; Lundquist, Anders; et al.

Interaction of smoking and social status on the risk of respiratory outcomes in a Swedish adult population: A Nordic Epilung study

Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 211

Bashir, Muwada Bashir Awad; Basna, Rani; Hedman, Linnea; et al.

Electronic cigarette vaping with nicotine causes increased thrombogenicity and impaired microvascular function in healthy volunteers: a randomised clinical trial

Cardiovascular Toxicology, Springer Nature 2023, Vol. 23, (7-8) : 255-264

Lyytinen, Gustaf; Brynedal, Amelie; Anesäter, Erik; et al.

Prevalence and risk factors for allergic sensitization: 3 cross-sectional studies among schoolchildren from 1996 to 2017

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 2, (4)

Rönmark, Eva; Bunne, Joakim; Bjerg, Anders; et al.

Socioeconomic inequalities in asthma and respiratory symptoms in a high-income country: changes from 1996 to 2016

Journal of Asthma, Taylor & Francis 2023, Vol. 60, (1) : 185-194

Schyllert, Christian; Lindberg, Anne; Hedman, Linnea; et al.

Multiple manifestations of uncontrolled asthma increase the risk of severe COVID-19

Respiratory Medicine, Saunders Elsevier 2023, Vol. 216

Selberg, Stina; Karlsson Sundbaum, Johanna; Konradsen, Jon R.; et al.

Obesity associates with increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in adults with asthma

Respiratory Medicine, Saunders Elsevier 2023, Vol. 216

Sturesson, Axel; Hedman, Linnea; Stridsman, Caroline; et al.

Journal of Asthma, Taylor & Francis 2023, Vol. 60, (12) : 2224-2232

Warm, Katja; Hedman, Linnea; Stridsman, Caroline; et al.

Severity of adult-onset asthma: a matter of blood neutrophils and severe obesity

Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 219

Winsa-Lindmark, Sofia; Stridsman, Caroline; Sahlin, Axel; et al.

Cause-specific Death in Chronic Airway Obstruction and Restrictive Spirometric Pattern

Annals of the American Thoracic Society, American Thoracic Society 2022, Vol. 19, (10) : 1783-1787

Backman, Helena; Sawalha, Sami; Nilsson, Ulf; et al.

Determinants of severe asthma: a long-term cohort study in northern Sweden

Journal of Asthma and Allergy, Dove press 2022, Vol. 15 : 1429-1439

Backman, Helena; Stridsman, Caroline; Hedman, Linnea; et al.

Body mass index increase: a risk factor for forced expiratory volume in 1 s decline for overweight and obese adults with asthma

ERJ Open Research, European Respiratory Society 2022, Vol. 8, (4)

Bermúdez Barón, Nicolás; Kankaanranta, Hannu; Hedman, Linnea; et al.

The Majority of Children Sensitized Before School-Age Develop Allergic Disease Before Adulthood: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, Elsevier 2022, Vol. 10, (2) : 577-585.e3

Bunne, Joakim; Hedman, Linnea; Perzanowski, Matthew; et al.

Early-life risk factors for development of asthma from 8 to 28 years of age: a prospective cohort study

ERJ Open Research, European Respiratory Society 2022, Vol. 8, (4)

Hedman, Linnea; Almqvist, Linnea; Bjerg, Anders; et al.

Restrictive spirometry versus restrictive lung function using the GLI reference values

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, John Wiley & Sons 2022, Vol. 42, (3) : 181-189

Myrberg, Tomi; Lindberg, Anne; Eriksson, Berne; et al.

Occupational cold exposure in relation to incident airway symptoms in northern Sweden: a prospective population-based study

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, Springer 2022, Vol. 95, (9) : 1871-1879

Stjernbrandt, Albin; Hedman, Linnea; Liljelind, Ingrid; et al.

Prospective association between use of electronic cigarettes and use of conventional cigarettes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

ERJ Open Research, Sheffield: European Respiratory Society Journals 2021, Vol. 7, (3)

Adermark, Louise; Galanti, Maria Rosaria; Ryk, Charlotta; et al.

Differences in diagnostic patterns of obstructive airway disease between areas and sex in Sweden and Finland: the Nordic EpiLung study

Journal of Asthma, Taylor & Francis Group 2021, Vol. 58, (9) : 1196-1207

Axelsson, Malin; Ilmarinen, Pinja; Backman, Helena; et al.

Among respiratory symptoms, wheeze associates most strongly with impaired lung function in adults with asthma: A long-term prospective cohort study

BMJ Open Respiratory Research, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2021, Vol. 8, (1)

Bermúdez Barón, Nicolás; Lindberg, Anne; Stridsman, Caroline; et al.

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OLIN - The Obstructive Lung Disease in Northern Sweden studies

Published: 24 Jan, 2023

Joining forces for research on asthma, allergy, and airways