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Olov Rolandsson

I am a Senior Professor, and Researcher, at Umeå University. My research focuses on diabetes; causes and consequences.

Research qualifications: Docent
0000-0002-1341-6828

Contact

E-mail
olov.rolandsson@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 785 35 71

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Affiliation
Professor at Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Section: Family Medicine
Location
5B, Målpunkt PA, Plan 5, NUS, Försörjningsvägen 7E, 7013 Umeå universitet, Allmänmedicin By 5B, NUS, 901 85 Umeå
Low occupational physical activity is associated with incident type 2 diabetes in overweight and obese individuals: a population-based cohort study
BMC Public Health, BioMed Central (BMC) 2025, Vol. 25, (1)
Brännholm Syrjälä, Maria; Fortuin-de Smidt, Melony C.; Bergman, Frida; et al.
Increasing incidence of early-onset type 2 diabetes in Sweden 2006-2021
European Journal of Public Health
Carlsson, Sofia; Andersson, Tomas; Jansson, Stefan; et al.
Elevated levels of PAI-1 precede the occurrence of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome, Springer Nature 2025, Vol. 17, (1)
Hernestål-Boman, Jenny; Öhman, Tina; Jansson, Jan-Håkan; et al.
Adult-onset type 1 diabetes: new insights but still much to learn
European Heart Journal, Oxford University Press 2025, Vol. 46, (38) : 3787-3789
Magliano, Dianna J.; Rolandsson, Olov
Protein diversity, type 2 diabetes, and effect modifiers: a multi-country prospective study
International Journal of Epidemiology, Oxford University Press 2025, Vol. 54, (3)
Mozaffari, Hadis; Imamura, Fumiaki; Murphy, Rachel A.; et al.
Cohort profile: the Northern Sweden health and disease study (NSHDS)
International Journal of Epidemiology, Oxford University Press 2025, Vol. 54, (1)
Späth, Florentin; Wennberg, Patrik; Johansson, Robert; et al.
Acute hyperglycemia induced by hyperglycemic clamp affects plasma Amyloid-β in type 2 diabetes
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, IOS Press 2024, Vol. 99, (3) : 1033-1046
Rolandsson, Olov; Tornevi, Andreas; Steneberg, Pär; et al.
Comparison of novel wide-field in vivo corneal confocal microscopy with skin biopsy for assessing peripheral neuropathy in type 2 diabetes
Diabetes, American Diabetes Association 2023, Vol. 72, (7) : 908-917
Badian, Reza A.; Ekman, Linnéa; Pripp, Are Hugo; et al.
Subgroups of adult-onset diabetes: a data-driven cluster analysis in a Ghanaian population
Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group 2023, Vol. 13, (1)
Danquah, Ina; Mank, Isabel; Hampe, Christiane S.; et al.
Interaction between plasma phospholipid odd-chain fatty acids and GAD65 autoantibodies on the incidence of adult-onset diabetes: the EPIC-InterAct case–cohort study
Diabetologia, Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2023, Vol. 66, (8) : 1460-1471
Lampousi, Anna-Maria; Carlsson, Sofia; Löfvenborg, Josefin E.; et al.
Are doctors using more preventive medication for cardiovascular disease?: A Swedish cross-sectional study
Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, Taylor & Francis 2023, Vol. 41, (3) : 297-305
Lillqvist, Joel; Nilsson Sommar, Johan; Gustafsson, Per E; et al.
Dog ownership, glycaemic control and all-cause death in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a national cohort study
Frontiers in Public Health, Frontiers Media S.A. 2023, Vol. 11
Rådholm, Karin; af Geijerstam, Peder; Woodward, Mark; et al.
A nutritional biomarker score of the Mediterranean diet and incident type 2 diabetes: Integrated analysis of data from the MedLey randomised controlled trial and the EPIC-InterAct case-cohort study
PLoS Medicine, Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023, Vol. 20, (4)
Sobiecki, Jakub G.; Imamura, Fumiaki; Davis, Courtney R.; et al.
Patient-reported outcomes for people with diabetes: what and how to measure? A narrative review
Diabetologia, Springer 2023, Vol. 66, (8) : 1357-1377
Terwee, Caroline B.; Elders, Petra J. M.; Blom, Marieke T.; et al.
Large-scale exome array summary statistics resources for glycemic traits to aid effector gene prioritization
Wellcome Open Research, F1000 Research Ltd 2023, Vol. 8
Willems, Sara M.; Ng, Natasha H. J.; Fernandez, Juan; et al.
Health effects of reduced occupational sedentary behaviour in type 2 diabetes using a mobile health intervention: a study protocol for a 12-month randomized controlled trial—the ROSEBUD study
Trials, BioMed Central 2022, Vol. 23, (1)
Brännholm Syrjälä, Maria; Bennet, L.; Dempsey, P.C.; et al.
Temporal trend of small nerve fibre degeneration in people with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus
Diabetic Medicine, John Wiley & Sons 2022, Vol. 39, (3)
Ekman, Linnéa; Pourhamidi, Kaveh; Englund, Elisabet; et al.
Impact of cumulative body mass index and cardiometabolic diseases on survival among patients with colorectal and breast cancer: a multi-centre cohort study
BMC Cancer, BioMed Central (BMC) 2022, Vol. 22, (1)
Kohls, Mirjam; Freisling, Heinz; Charvat, Hadrien; et al.
Fasting C-peptide at type 2 diabetes diagnosis is an independent risk factor for total and cancer mortality
Diabetes/Metabolism Research Reviews, John Wiley & Sons 2022, Vol. 38, (3)
Otten, Julia; Tavelin, Björn; Söderberg, Stefan; et al.
Acute hyperglycaemia leads to altered frontal lobe brain activity and reduced working memory in type 2 diabetes
PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science 2021, Vol. 16, (3)
Backeström, Anna; Papadopoulos, Konstantin; Eriksson, Sture; et al.
Mortality in first- and second-generation immigrants to Sweden diagnosed with type 2 diabetes: a 10 year nationwide cohort study
Diabetologia, Springer 2021, Vol. 64, (1) : 95-108
Bennet, Louise; Udumyan, Ruzan; Ostgren, Carl Johan; et al.
Adult-Onset Type 1 Diabetes: Current Understanding and Challenges
Diabetes Care, American Diabetes Association (ADA) 2021, Vol. 44, (11) : 2449-2456
Leslie, R. David; Evans-Molina, Carmella; Freund-Brown, Jacquelyn; et al.
Interaction Between GAD65 Antibodies and Dietary Fish Intake or Plasma Phospholipid n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Incident Adult-Onset Diabetes: The EPIC-InterAct Study
Diabetes Care, American Diabetes Association 2021, Vol. 44, (2) : 416-424
Löfvenborg, Josefin E.; Carlsson, Sofia; Andersson, Tomas; et al.
Plasma metabolites associated with exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and risk of type 2 diabetes: A nested case-control study
Environment International, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 146
Schillemans, Tessa; Shi, Lin; Donat-Vargas, Carolina; et al.
Plasma Vitamin C and type 2 diabetes: Genome-wide association study and mendelian randomization analysis in European populations
Diabetes Care, American Diabetes Association 2021, Vol. 44, (1) : 98-106
Zheng, Ju-Sheng; Luan, Jian’An; Sofianopoulou, Eleni; et al.
Mortality in first- and second- generation immigrants to Sweden diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
Diabetologia, Springer 2020, Vol. 63, (SUPPL 1) : S43-S43
Bennet, L.; Udumyan, R.; Östgren, C.; et al.
Genome-wide association analysis of type 2 diabetes in the EPIC-InterAct study
Scientific Data, Nature Publishing Group 2020, Vol. 7, (1)
Cai, Lina; Wheeler, Eleanor; Kerrison, Nicola D.; et al.
Meta-analysis of up to 622,409 individuals identifies 40 novel smoking behaviour associated genetic loci
Molecular Psychiatry, Nature Publishing Group 2020, Vol. 25, (10) : 2392-2409
Erzurumluoglu, A. Mesut; Liu, Mengzhen; Jackson, Victoria E.; et al.
Lifestyle factors and risk of multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases: a multinational cohort study
BMC Medicine, BioMed Central 2020, Vol. 18, (1)
Freisling, Heinz; Viallon, Vivian; Lennon, Hannah; et al.
Geographic location determines beta-cell autoimmunity among adult Ghanaians: Findings from the RODAM study
Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, John Wiley & Sons 2020, Vol. 8, (3) : 299-309
Hampe, Christiane S.; Sahabandu, Diomira; Kaiser, Vivien; et al.
Replacement of Red and Processed Meat With Other Food Sources of Protein and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in European Populations: The EPIC-InterAct Study
Diabetes Care, American Diabetes Association 2020, Vol. 43, (11) : 2660-2667
Ibsen, Daniel B.; Steur, Marinka; Imamura, Fumiaki; et al.
The effect of saccharin consumption on microbiota composition and insulin sensitivity: a clinical, experimental open label pilot study
Diabetologia, Springer 2020, Vol. 63, (SUPPL 1) : S223-S224
Kalin, Kenny; Radholm, K.; Wennberg, Maria; et al.
Insulin resistance at type 2 diabetes diagnosis, not impaired beta cell function, is associated with total mortality
Diabetologia, Springer 2020, Vol. 63, (SUPPL 1) : S41-S41
Otten, Julia; Tavelin, Björn; Söderberg, Stefan; et al.
Vibrotactile perception on the sole of the foot in an older group of people with normal glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes
SAGE Open Medicine, Sage Publications 2020, Vol. 8 : 1-9
Peterson, Magnus; Pingel, Ronnie; Rolandsson, Olov; et al.
Autoimmunity plays a role in the onset of diabetes after 40 years of age
Diabetologia, Springer 2020, Vol. 63 : 266-277
Rolandsson, Olov; Hampe, Christiane S.; Sharp, Stephen J.; et al.
Plasma metabolite biomarkers of boiled and filtered coffee intake and their association with type 2 diabetes risk
Journal of Internal Medicine, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc. 2020, Vol. 287, (4) : 405-421
Shi, L.; Brunius, C.; Johansson, Ingegerd; et al.
Discovery of rare variants associated with blood pressure regulation through meta-analysis of 1.3 million individuals
Nature Genetics, Nature Publishing Group 2020, Vol. 52, (12) : 1314-1332
Surendran, Praveen; Feofanova, Elena V.; Lahrouchi, Najim; et al.
The association between circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D metabolites and type 2 diabetes in European populations: A meta-analysis and Mendelian randomisation analysis
PLoS Medicine, Public Library of Science 2020, Vol. 17, (10)
Zheng, Ju-Sheng; Luan, Jian'an; Sofianopoulou, Eleni; et al.
Association of plasma biomarkers of fruit and vegetable intake with incident type 2 diabetes: EPIC-InterAct case-cohort study in eight European countries
The BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2020, Vol. 370
Zheng, Ju-Sheng; Sharp, Stephen J.; Imamura, Fumiaki; et al.
Exome Chip Meta-analysis Fine Maps Causal Variants and Elucidates the Genetic Architecture of Rare Coding Variants in Smoking and Alcohol Use
Biological Psychiatry, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 85, (11) : 946-955
Brazel, David M.; Jiang, Yu; Hughey, Jordan M.; et al.
Perfluoroalkyl substances and risk of type II diabetes: A prospective nested case-control study
Environment International, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 123 : 390-398
Donat-Vargas, Carolina; Bergdahl, Ingvar; Tornevi, Andreas; et al.
Reduced display of conformational epitopes in the N-terminal truncated GAD65 isoform: relevance for people with stiff person syndrome or DQ8/8-positive Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Diabetic Medicine, Wiley-Blackwell 2019, Vol. 36, (11) : 1375-1383
Hampe, C. S.; Radtke, J. R.; Wester, A.; et al.
Estimated Substitution of Tea or Coffee for Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Was Associated with Lower Type 2 Diabetes Incidence in Case–Cohort Analysis across 8 European Countries in the EPIC-InterAct Study
Journal of Nutrition, American Society for Nutrition 2019, Vol. 149, (11) : 1985-1993
Imamura, Fumiaki; Schulze, Matthias B; Sharp, Stephen J; et al.
Generalizability of a Diabetes-Associated Country-Specific Exploratory Dietary Pattern Is Feasible Across European Populations
Journal of Nutrition, Oxford University Press 2019, Vol. 149, (6) : 1047-1055
Jannasch, Franziska; Kroeger, Janine; Agnoli, Claudia; et al.
Joint Analysis of Metabolite Markers of Fish Intake and Persistent Organic Pollutants in Relation to Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Swedish Adults
Journal of Nutrition, Vol. 149, (8) : 1413-1423
Shi, Lin; Brunius, Carl; Bergdahl, Ingvar; et al.
Chlorinated persistent organic pollutants and type 2 diabetes - A population-based study with pre- and post- diagnostic plasma samples
Environmental Research, Elsevier 2019, Vol. 174 : 35-45
Tornevi, Andreas; Sommar, Johan; Rantakokko, Panu; et al.
Dairy Product Intake and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in EPIC-InterAct: A Mendelian Randomization Study
Diabetes Care, AMER DIABETES ASSOC 2019, Vol. 42, (4) : 568-575
Vissers, Linda E. T.; Sluijs, Ivonne; van der Schouw, Yvonne T.; et al.
Association of Plasma Vitamin D Metabolites With Incident Type 2 Diabetes: EPIC-InterAct Case-Cohort Study
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Oxford University Press 2019, Vol. 104, (4) : 1293-1303
Zheng, Ju-Sheng; Imamura, Fumiaki; Sharp, Stephen J.; et al.
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Allmänmedicin : tidskrift för Svensk förening för allmänmedicin, Stockholm: Svensk förening för allmänmedicin (SFAM) 2018, (3) : 26-27
Andersson, Jenny; Wennberg, Patrik; Hultin, Magnus; et al.
Circulating Fetuin-A and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis
Diabetes, Vol. 67, (6) : 1200-1205
Kroeger, Janine; Meidtner, Karina; Stefan, Norbert; et al.
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Research projects

1 January 2018 until 30 December 2024
Reducing occupational sitting using mHealth (mobile health)