(Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine)[Affiliation] AND stockholm[Affiliation]

Water, soap, and hand-disinfectant exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic and self-reported hand eczema in frontline workers: A cross-sectional study

CONCLUSIONS: Water and soap exposure and use of hand disinfectants increased during COVID-19 pandemic, which may increase the risk of hand eczema. This highlights the importance of communication and implementation of preventive measures to protect the skin barrier also in occupations other than healthcare workers.

Long-term exposure to transportation noise in relation to global cognitive decline and cognitive impairment: Results from a Swedish longitudinal cohort

CONCLUSIONS: Transportation noise was linked to cognitive impairment and faster cognitive decline among older adults. Future studies are warranted to confirm our results.

Medically unexplained symptoms are common in women in tertiary neurological healthcare center: A survey cohort study of persons investigated for suspected multiple sclerosis

CONCLUSIONS: UD is common among persons investigated for suspected MS, in particular among female parents. Our data suggest that PwUD can be characterized as nonsmokers with low alcohol consumption and a higher prevalence of autoimmune disease, in particular thyroid disease.

Lung function in young adulthood in relation to moderate-to-late preterm birth

CONCLUSION: Our results show impaired FEV(1) at peak lung function in males born moderate-to-late preterm, while females born moderate-to-late preterm had significant catch up between the ages of 16 and 24 years. Several phenotypes of lung function impairment exist in individuals born moderate-to-late preterm.

Validation of diagnoses of liver disorders in users of systemic azole antifungal medication in Sweden

CONCLUSION: Among patients who received azole antifungal treatment and were subsequently diagnosed with a liver disorder, the PPV for the diagnosis of jaundice was high, while the PPVs for toxic liver disease and hepatic failure were lower.

In early rheumatoid arthritis, anticitrullinated peptide antibodies associate with low number of affected joints and rheumatoid factor associates with systemic inflammation

CONCLUSION: Whereas ACPA associate with low counts of affected joints in early RA, RF associates with elevated measures of systemic inflammation in an ACPA-dependent manner. This latter finding corroborates in vitro models of ACPA and RF in immune complex-induced inflammation. These phenotypic associations are independent of classification criteria.

Prenatal and adult exposure to smoking and incidence of type 1 diabetes in children and adults-a nationwide cohort study with a family-based design

BACKGROUND: Prenatal exposure to smoking is linked to a reduced risk of type 1 diabetes in children. We wanted to find out if the risk of adult-onset type 1 diabetes is reduced in individuals who are exposed to smoking prenatally or during adulthood.

The impact of cardiorespiratory fitness and physical workload on disability pension-a cohort study of Swedish men

CONCLUSION: Both low cardiorespiratory fitness in youth and later exposure to high physical workload were associated with an increased risk of DP, where workers with the combination of both low cardiorespiratory fitness and a high physical workload had the highest risks (all-cause and MSD DP).