The association of body mass index, weight gain and central obesity with activity-related breathlessness: the Swedish Cardiopulmonary Bioimage Study

Magnus Pär Ekström; Anders Blomberg; Göran Bergström; John Brandberg; Kenneth Caidahl; Gunnar Engström; Jan Engvall; Maria Eriksson; Klas Gränsbo; Tomas Hansen; Tomas Jernberg; Lars Nilsson; Ulf Nilsson; Anna-Carin Olin; Lennart Persson; Annika Rosengren; Martin Sandelin; Magnus Sköld; Johan Sundström; Eva Swahn; Stefan Söderberg; Hanan A Tanash; Kjell Torén; Carl Johan Östgren; Eva Lindberg

doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-213349

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The association of body mass index, weight gain and central obesity with activity-related breathlessness: the Swedish Cardiopulmonary Bioimage Study

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Magnus Pär Ekström Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Lund, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anders Blomberg Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Göran Bergström The Wallenberg Laboratory, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John Brandberg Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kenneth Caidahl Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Gunnar Engström Department of Clinical Science, Lund University, Malm, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jan Engvall Department of Clinical Physiology, and Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Maria Eriksson Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Klas Gränsbo Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Lund, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tomas Hansen Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tomas Jernberg Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd University Hospital, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lars Nilsson Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Unit of Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ulf Nilsson Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Unit of Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anna-Carin Olin Section of Occupational and environmental medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lennart Persson Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Annika Rosengren The Wallenberg Laboratory, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Martin Sandelin Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Magnus Sköld Department of Medicine, Respiratory Medicine Unit, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Respiratory Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine Solna and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Johan Sundström Respiratory Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine Solna and Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Eva Swahn Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stefan Söderberg Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Unit of Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hanan A Tanash Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund Univ, Malmö, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kjell Torén Department of Occupational and Environmental, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Carl Johan Östgren Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Eva Lindberg Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Magnus Pär Ekström, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Lund, Sweden; pmekstrom{at}gmail.com

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Ekström MP, Blomberg A, Bergström G, et al

The association of body mass index, weight gain and central obesity with activity-related breathlessness: the Swedish Cardiopulmonary Bioimage Study

Thorax 2019;74:958-964.

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Received March 13, 2019
Revised July 31, 2019
Accepted August 5, 2019
First published August 21, 2019.

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September 12, 2019

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