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The new Swedish Prescribed Drug Register—Opportunities for pharmacoepidemiological research and experience from the first six months
Björn Wettermark,Björn Wettermark,Niklas Hammar,Niklas Hammar,C. MichaelFored,Andrejs Leimanis,Petra Otterblad Olausson,Ulf Bergman,Ingemar Persson,Ingemar Persson,Anders Sundström,Barbro Westerholm,Måns Rosén +12 more
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The content and potentials of the new Swedish national register on prescribed and dispensed medicines are described.Abstract:
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Excess Mortality among Persons with Type 2 Diabetes
Mauro Tancredi,Annika Rosengren,Ann-Marie Svensson,Mikhail Kosiborod,Aldina Pivodic,Soffia Gudbjörnsdottir,Hans Wedel,Mark A. Clements,Sofia Dahlqvist,Marcus Lind +9 more
TL;DR: Mortality among persons with type 2 diabetes, as compared with that in the general population, varied greatly, from substantial excess risks in large patient groups to lower risks of death depending on age, glycemic control, and renal complications.
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Glycemic Control and Excess Mortality in Type 1 Diabetes
Marcus Lind,Ann-Marie Svensson,Mikhail Kosiborod,Soffia Gudbjörnsdottir,Aldina Pivodic,Hans Wedel,Sofia Dahlqvist,Mark A. Clements,Annika Rosengren +8 more
TL;DR: In a registry-based observational study, patients with type 1 diabetes and a glycated hemoglobin level of 6.9% or lower had a risk of death from any cause or from cardiovascular causes that was twice as high as the risk for matched controls.
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Cardiovascular risk in post-myocardial infarction patients: nationwide real world data demonstrate the importance of a long-term perspective
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HPV Vaccination and the Risk of Invasive Cervical Cancer.
Jiayao Lei,Alexander Ploner,K. Miriam Elfström,Jiangrong Wang,Adam Roth,Fang Fang,Karin Sundström,Joakim Dillner,Pär Sparén +8 more
TL;DR: Among Swedish girls and women 10 to 30 years old, quadrivalent HPV vaccination was associated with a substantially reduced risk of invasive cervical cancer at the population level.
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The Nordic countries as a cohort for pharmacoepidemiological research.
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TL;DR: An overview of the prescription databases established in the Nordic countries is presented, as well as to elaborate on their unique potential for record linkage and cross-national comparison of drug utilization, to assist in resolving safety issues of international interest.
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