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Bright Nwaru
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Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition-
Exogenous sex steroid hormones and asthma phenotypes: a study protocol for a prospective cohort analysis with UK-wide primary care
data
Fatima Almaghrabi, Bright I Nwaru, Aziz Sheikh, Athanasios Tsanas, Holly Tibble, Hilary Critchley, Tracy Jackson, Azhar Ali, Syed Ahmar Shah
BMJ open - 2025 -
Blood eosinophil reference values and determinants in a representative adult
population.
Reshed Abohalaka, Selin Ercan, Lauri Lehtimäki, Saliha Selin Özuygur Ermis, Daniil Lisik, Muwada Bashir Awad Bashir, Radhika Jadhav, Linda Ekerljung, Göran Wennergren, Jan Lötvall, Teet Pullerits, Helena Backman, Madeleine Rådinger, Bright I Nwaru, Hannu Kankaanranta
The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global - 2025 -
Machine learning-derived asthma and allergy trajectories in children: a systematic review and
meta-analysis
Daniil Lisik, Saliha Selin Özuygur Ermis, Gregorio Paolo Milani, Giulia Carla Immacolata Spolidoro, Selin Ercan, Michael Salisu, Faozyat Odetola, Daniele Giovanni Ghiglioni, Danylo Pylov, Emma Goksör, Rani Basna, Göran Wennergren, Hannu Kankaanranta, Bright I Nwaru
European Respiratory Review - 2025 -
All-cause and cause-specific mortality in respiratory symptom clusters: a population-based multicohort
study
Daniil Lisik, Helena Backman, Hannu Kankaanranta, Rani Basna, Linnea Hedman, Linda Ekerljung, Fredrik Nyberg, Anne Lindberg, Göran Wennergren, Eva Rönmark, Bright I Nwaru, Lowie E G W Vanfleteren
Respiratory research - 2025 -
Sex disparity in adult asthma-A potential immunomodulatory role of let-7 family
microRNAs
Carina Malmhäll, Jenny Calvén, Julie Weidner, Kristina Johansson, Patricia Ramos-Ramírez, Emma Boberg, Linda Ekerljung, Roxana Mincheva, Bright I Nwaru, Hannu Kankaanranta, Henric Olsson, Christopher Mccrae, Madeleine Rådinger
CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL ALLERGY - 2025 -
Characterization of substance use pattern among secondary school students in Nasarawa State,
Nigeria
Dennis Kudu Egga, Omobola Oduyoye, Ijanada Aliyu Jacob, John Akinyoye, Alheri Alaku, Bright I Nwaru
DISCOVER PUBLIC HEALTH - 2024 -
Artificial intelligence in pediatric allergy
research
Daniil Lisik, Rani Basna, Tai Dinh, Christian Hennig, Syed Ahmar Shah, Göran Wennergren, Emma Goksör, Bright I Nwaru
European Journal of Pediatrics - 2024 -
Lifetime asthma incidence is related to age at onset and allergies in western
Sweden.
Reshed Abohalaka, Selin Ercan, Lauri Lehtimäki, Linda Ekerljung, Helena Backman, Fatma Zehra Uslu, Saliha Selin Özuygur Ermis, Madeleine Rådinger, Bright I Nwaru, Hannu Kankaanranta
Clinical and Translational Allergy - 2024 -
Ultra-processed foods, allergy outcomes and underlying mechanisms in children: An EAACI task force
report
Roberto Berni Canani, Laura Carucci, Serena Coppola, Enza D'Auria, Liam O'Mahony, Franziska Roth-Walter, Emilia Vassilopolou, Carlo Agostoni, Iaona Agache, Cezmi Akdis, Fiorenza De Giovanni Di Santa Severina, Gaby Faketea, Matt Greenhawt, Karin Hoffman, Karin Hufnagel, Rosan Meyer, Gregorio Paolo Milani, Anna Nowak-Wegrzyn, Bright I Nwaru, Ines Padua, Lorella Paparo, Peroni Diego, Imke Reese, Caroline Roduit, Peter K. Smith, Alexandra Santos, Eva Untersmayr, Berber Vlieg-Boerstra, Carina Venter
PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY - 2024 -
Asthma and allergy trajectories in children based on combined parental report and register
data
Daniil Lisik, Göran Wennergren, Hannu Kankaanranta, Rani Basna, Syed Ahmar Shah, Bernt Alm, Frida Strömberg Celind, Emma Goksör, Bright I Nwaru
Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology - 2024 -
Early-pregnancy BMI, maternal gestational weight gain, and asthma and allergic diseases in
children
Vincent Ojwang, Bright I Nwaru, Takkinen Hanna-Mari, Tapanainen Heli, Minna Kaila, Suvi Ahonen, Onni Niemela, Anna-Maija Haapala, Jorma Ilonen, Jorma Toppari, Heikki Hyoty, Riitta Veijola, Mikael Knip, Suvi M. Virtanen
Pediatric Asthma Allergy & Immunology - 2024 -
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
Ming Sun, Marisa da Silva, Tone Bjorge, Josef Fritz, Innocent B. Mboya, Mats Jerkeman, Par Stattin, Jens Wahlstrom, Karl Michaelsson, Bethany van Guelpen, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Sven Sandin, Weiyao Yin, Ylva Trolle Lagerros, Weimin Ye, Bright I Nwaru, Hannu Kankaanranta, Lena Lonnberg, Abbas Chabok, Karolin Isaksson, Nancy L. Pedersen, Soelve Elmstahl, Lars Lind, Linnea Hedman, Christel Haggstrom, Tanja Stocksa
LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-EUROPE - 2024 -
Cohort profile: The Obesity and Disease Development Sweden (ODDS) study, a pooled
cohort
Marisa da Silva, Josef Fritz, Innocent B. Mboya, Ming Sun, Jens Wahlstrom, Bethany van Guelpen, Karl Michalsson, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Olle Melander, Sven Sandin, Weiyao Yin, Ylva Trolle Lagerros, Bright I Nwaru, Jerzy Leppert, Abbas Chabok, Nancy L. Pedersen, Solve Elmstahl, Karolin Isaksson, Christian Ingvar, Linnea Hedman, Helena Backman, Christel Haggstrom, Tanja Stocks
BMJ OPEN - 2024 -
Level of education, but not occupation, is differentially associated with asthma phenotypes in
adults
Muwada Bashir Awad Bashir, Rani Basna, Göran Wennergren, Madeleine Rådinger, Helena Backman, Emma Goksör, Jan Lötvall, Linda Ekerljung, Hannu Kankaanranta, Bright I Nwaru
Clinical and Translational Allergy - 2024 -
Machine learning-derived phenotypic trajectories of asthma and allergy in children and adolescents: protocol for a systematic
review
Daniil Lisik, Gregorio Paolo Milani, Michael Salisu, Saliha Selin Özuygur Ermis, Emma Goksör, Rani Basna, Göran Wennergren, Hannu Kankaanranta, Bright I Nwaru
BMJ Open - 2024 -
Time trends of the association of body mass index with mortality in 3.5 million young Swedish
adults
Innocent B. Mboya, Josef Fritz, Marisa da Silva, Ming Sun, Jens Wahlstrom, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Sven Sandin, Weiyao Yin, Stefan Soderberg, Nancy L. Pedersen, Ylva Trolle Lagerros, Bright I Nwaru, Hannu Kankaanranta, Abbas Chabok, Jerzy Leppert, Helena Backman, Linnea Hedman, Karolin Isaksson, Karl Michaelsson, Christel Haggstrom, Tanja Stocks
ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY - 2024 -
Socioeconomic status and different forms of rhinitis in Swedish
adults
Muwada Bashir Awad Bashir, Teet Pullerits, Linda Ekerljung, Helena Backman, Göran Wennergren, Hannu Kankaanranta, Bright I Nwaru
Clinical and Translational Allergy - 2024 -
Level of Education Modifies Asthma Mortality in Norway and Sweden. The Nordic EpiLung
Study
Helena Backman, Laxmi Bhatta, Linnea Hedman, Ben Brumpton, Iida Vahatalo, Paul G. Lassmann-Klee, Bright I Nwaru, Linda Ekerljung, Steinar Krokstad, Sigrid Anna Aalberg Vikjord, Anne Lindberg, Hannu Kankaanranta, Eva Ronmark, Arnulf Langhammer
JOURNAL OF ASTHMA AND ALLERGY - 2024 -
Agreement between self-reported and registered age at asthma diagnosis in
Finland
Elias Nurmi, Iida Vahatalo, Pinja Ilmarinen, Heidi Andersen, Leena E. Tuomisto, Anssi Sovijarvi, Helena Backman, Lauri Lehtimaki, Linnea Hedman, Arnulf Langhammer, Bright I Nwaru, Paivi Piirila, Hannu Kankaanranta
BMC PULMONARY MEDICINE - 2024 -
All-cause and cause-specific mortality by spirometric pattern and sex - a population-based cohort
study
Helena Backman, Sami Sawalha, Ulf Nilsson, Linnea Hedman, Caroline Stridsman, Lowie E G W Vanfleteren, Bright I Nwaru, Nikolai Stenfors, Eva Ronmark, Anne Lindberg
THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES IN RESPIRATORY DISEASE - 2024 -
Is there still a social gradient in respiratory symptoms? A population-based Nordic
EpiLung-study
Heidi Andersen, Laxmi Bhatta, Muwada Bashir Awad Bashir, Bright I Nwaru, Arnulf Langhammer, Steinar Krokstad, Paivi Piirila, Hanna Hisinger-Molkanen, Helena Backman, Hannu Kankaanranta, Linnea Hedman
RESPIRATORY MEDICINE - 2024 -
Generating the evidence to support the establishment of a Respiratory Syncytial Virus surveillance system in Cameroon: A study
protocol
John Njuma Libwea, Linda Esso, Andreas Ateke Njoh, Che Henry Ngwa, Vivienne Ngomba Armelle, Chanceline Bilounga Ndongo, Georges Alain Etoundi Mballa, Bright I Nwaru, Dan Weinberger, Richard Njouom, Sinata Koulla-Shiro
PLoS ONE - 2024 -
Prevalence of tree nut allergy in Europe: A systematic review and
meta-analysis
G. C. I. Spolidoro, Daniil Lisik, Sungkutu Nyassi, Athina Ioannidou, Mohamed Mustafa Ali, Yohannes Tesfaye Amera, G. Rovner, E. Khaleva, C. Venter, R. van Ree, M. Worm, B. Vlieg-Boerstra, A. Sheikh, A. Muraro, G. Roberts, Bright I Nwaru
Allergy - 2024 -
Mortality in patients with adrenal insufficiency: a protocol for a systematic review and
meta-analysis.
Francesca Allosso, Konstantinos Dalakas, Ragnhildur Bergthorsdottir, Dimitrios Chantzichristos, Eva Hessman, Bright I Nwaru, Emanuele Bobbio, Daniela Pasquali, Gudmundur Johannsson, Daniela Esposito
BMJ open - 2024 -
Food allergy outside the eight big foods in Europe: A systematic review and
meta-analysis
Giulia C. I. Spolidoro, Sungkutu Nyassi, Daniil Lisik, Athina Ioannidou, Mohamed Mustafa Ali, Yohannes Tesfaye Amera, Graciela Rovner, Ekaterina Khaleva, Carina Venter, Ronald van Ree, Margitta Worm, Berber Vlieg-Boerstra, Aziz Sheikh, Antonella Muraro, Graham Roberts, Bright I Nwaru
CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL ALLERGY - 2024 -
Sensitization to molecular dog allergens in an adult population: Results from the West Sweden Asthma
Study
Özuygur Ermis, Magnus P Borres, Rani Basna, Linda Ekerljung, Carina Malmhäll, Emma Goksör, Göran Wennergren, Madeleine Rådinger, Jan Lötvall, Bo Lundbäck, Hannu Kankaanranta, Bright I Nwaru
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 2023 -
Prevalence estimates of eight big food allergies in Europe: Updated systematic review and
meta-analysis
G. C. I. Spolidoro, Mohamed Mustafa Ali, Yohannes Tesfaye Amera, Sungkutu Nyassi, Daniil Lisik, Athina Ioannidou, G. Rovner, E. Khaleva, C. Venter, R. van Ree, M. Worm, B. Vlieg-Boerstra, A. Sheikh, A. Muraro, G. Roberts, Bright I Nwaru
Allergy - 2023 -
White meat consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and
meta-analysis
Alfons Ramel, Bright I Nwaru, Christel Lamberg-Allardt, Birna Thorisdottir, Linnea Bärebring, Fredrik Söderlund, Erik Kristoffer Arnesen, Jutta Dierkes, Agneta Åkesson
Food and Nutrition Research - 2023 -
Is sibship composition a risk factor for childhood asthma? Systematic review and
meta-analysis
Daniil Lisik, Özuygur Ermis, Athina Ioannidou, Gregorio Paolo Milani, Sungkutu Nyassi, Giulia Carla Immacolata Spolidoro, Hannu Kankaanranta, Emma Goksör, Göran Wennergren, Bright I Nwaru
World journal of pediatrics : WJP - 2023 -
Therapeutic outcomes with surgical and medical management for primary aldosteronism: protocol for a systematic review and
meta-analysis.
Aldo Rocca, Eleftheria Gkaniatsa, Maria Chiara Brunese, Eva Hessman, Andreas Muth, Bright I Nwaru, Oskar Ragnarsson, Emanuele Bobbio, Daniela Esposito
BMJ open - 2023 -
Intake of vitamin B12 in relation to vitamin B12 status in groups susceptible to deficiency: a systematic
review
Linnea Bärebring, C. Lamberg-Allardt, B. Thorisdottir, A. Ramel, F. Soderlund, E. K. Arnesen, Bright I Nwaru, J. Dierkes, A. Akesson
Food & Nutrition Research - 2023 -
Socioeconomic inequalities in asthma and respiratory symptoms in a high-income country: changes from 1996 to
2016
C. Schyllert, A. Lindberg, L. Hedman, C. Stridsman, M. Andersson, H. Andersen, P. Piirila, Bright I Nwaru, S. Krokstad, E. Ronmark, H. Backman
Journal of Asthma - 2023 -
Exogenous female sex steroid hormones and new-onset asthma in women: a matched case-control
study
Guo-Qiang Zhang, Rani Basna, Maya B Mathur, Cecilia Lässer, Roxana Mincheva, Linda Ekerljung, Göran Wennergren, Madeleine Rådinger, Bo Lundbäck, Hannu Kankaanranta, Bright I Nwaru
BMC medicine - 2023 -
Sensitization patterns to cat molecular allergens in subjects with allergic sensitization to cat
dander
Özuygur Ermis, Aram Norouzi, Magnus P Borres, Rani Basna, Linda Ekerljung, Carina Malmhäll, Emma Goksör, Göran Wennergren, Madeleine Rådinger, Jan Lötvall, Hannu Kankaanranta, Bright I Nwaru
Clinical and translational allergy - 2023 -
Siblings and risk of allergic rhinitis: A systematic review and
meta-analysis
Daniil Lisik, Özuygur Ermis, Athina Ioannidou, Gregorio Paolo Milani, Sungkutu Nyassi, Giulia Carla Immacolata Spolidoro, Hannu Kankaanranta, Emma Goksör, Göran Wennergren, Bright I Nwaru
Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology - 2023 -
Birth order, sibship size, and risk of atopic dermatitis, food allergy, and atopy: A systematic review and
meta-analysis
Daniil Lisik, Özuygur Ermis, Athina Ioannidou, Gregorio Paolo Milani, Sungkutu Nyassi, Giulia Carla Immacolata Spolidoro, Hannu Kankaanranta, Emma Goksör, Göran Wennergren, Bright I Nwaru
Clinical and translational allergy - 2023 -
Nonrespiratory Diseases in Adults Without and With Asthma by Age at Asthma
Diagnosis.
Jasmin Honkamäki, Pinja Ilmarinen, Hanna Hisinger-Mölkänen, Leena E Tuomisto, Heidi Andersén, Heini Huhtala, Anssi Sovijärvi, Ari Lindqvist, Helena Backman, Bright I Nwaru, Eva Rönmark, Lauri Lehtimäki, Paula Pallasaho, Päivi Piirilä, Hannu Kankaanranta
The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice - 2023 -
Prescribing patterns of budesonide/formoterol maintenance and reliever therapy in patients with asthma in
Sweden.
Christer Janson, Erik Melén, Sofie de Fine Licht, Gunilla Telg, Ekaterina Maslova, Trung N Tran, Filip Surmont, Fredrik Wiklund, Urban Olsson, Bright I Nwaru, Magnus Ekström
Allergy - 2023 -
Interaction of smoking and social status on the risk of respiratory outcomes in a Swedish adult population: A Nordic Epilung
study
Muwada Bashir Awad Bashir, Rani Basna, Linnea Hedman, Helena Backman, Linda Ekerljung, Heidi Andersén, Göran Wennergren, Laxmi Bhatta, Anne Lindberg, Bo Lundbäck, Hannu Kankaanranta, Eva Rönmark, Bright I Nwaru
Respiratory medicine - 2023 -
Animal versus plant-based protein and risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials and prospective cohort
studies.
Christel Lamberg-Allardt, Linnea Bärebring, Erik Kristoffer Arnesen, Bright I Nwaru, Birna Thorisdottir, Alfons Ramel, Fredrik Söderlund, Jutta Dierkes, Agneta Åkesson
Food & nutrition research - 2023 -
Dietary fiber and growth, iron status and bowel function in children 0-5 years old: a systematic
review.
Jutta Dierkes, Bright I Nwaru, Alfons Ramel, Erik Kristoffer Arnesen, Birna Thorisdottir, Christel Lamberg-Allardt, Ulrike Spielau, Fredrik Söderlund, Linnea Bärebring, Agneta Åkesson
Food & nutrition research - 2023 -
Comparison of clinician diagnosis of COVID-19 with real time polymerase chain reaction in an adult-representative population in
Sweden
Eman Quraishi, Chiamaka Jibuaku, Daniil Lisik, Göran Wennergren, Jan Lötvall, Fredrik Nyberg, Linda Ekerljung, Madeleine Rådinger, Hannu Kankaanranta, Bright I Nwaru
Respiratory research - 2023 -
Frequency of food allergy in Europe: an updated systematic review and
meta-analysis.
Giulia C I Spolidoro, Yohannes Tesfaye Amera, Mohamed Mustafa Ali, Sungkutu Nyassi, Daniil Lisik, Athina Ioannidou, Graciela Rovner, Ekaterina Khaleva, Carina Venter, Ronald van Ree, Margitta Worm, Berber Vlieg-Boerstra, Aziz Sheikh, Antonella Muraro, Graham Roberts, Bright I Nwaru
Allergy - 2023 -
Antimicrobial stewardship in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review protocol on the opportunities and challenges for Sub-Saharan
Africa
J. N. Libwea, C. H. Ngwa, A. V. Ngomba, F. S. Wirsiy, L. Mpofu, C. B. Ndongo, S. Koulla-Shiro, S. Graham, L. P. T. Djieuya, N. Mandeng, G. A. E. Mballa, E. Sobh, Bright I Nwaru, P. K. Ndombo, E. Epee
Medicine - 2023 -
Underdiagnosis and misclassification of COPD in Sweden - A Nordic Epilung
study
M. Axelsson, H. Backman, Bright I Nwaru, C. Stridsman, Lowie E G W Vanfleteren, L. Hedman, P. Piirila, J. Jalasto, A. Langhammer, Hannu Kankaanranta, Madeleine Rådinger, Linda Ekerljung, E. Ronmark, A. Lindberg
Respiratory Medicine - 2023 -
Legume consumption in adults and risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and
meta-analysis
B. Thorisdottir, E. K. Arnesen, Linnea Bärebring, J. Dierkes, C. Lamberg-Allardt, A. Ramel, Bright I Nwaru, F. Soderlund, A. Akesson
Food & Nutrition Research - 2023 -
Nuts and seeds consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and their risk factors: a systematic review and
meta-analysis
E. K. Arnesen, B. Thorisdottir, Linnea Bärebring, F. Soderlund, Bright I Nwaru, U. Spielau, J. Dierkes, A. Ramel, C. Lamberg-Allardt, A. Akesson
Food & Nutrition Research - 2023 -
Cause-specific Death in Chronic Airway Obstruction and Restrictive Spirometric
Pattern.
Helena Backman, Sami Sawalha, Ulf Nilsson, Linnea Hedman, Caroline Stridsman, Lowie E G W Vanfleteren, Bright I Nwaru, Nikolai Stenfors, Eva Rönmark, Anne Lindberg
Annals of the American Thoracic Society - 2022 -
Supplementation with long chain n-3 fatty acids during pregnancy, lactation, or infancy in relation to risk of asthma and atopic disease during childhood: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical
trials
Linnea Bärebring, Bright I Nwaru, C. Lamberg-Allardt, B. Thorisdottir, A. Ramel, F. Soderlund, E. K. Arnesen, J. Dierkes, A. Akesson
Food & Nutrition Research - 2022 -
Proposal of 0.5 mg of protein/100 g of processed food as threshold for voluntary declaration of food allergen traces in processed food-A first step in an initiative to better inform patients and avoid fatal allergic reactions: A GA(2)LEN position
paper
T. Zuberbier, T. Dorr, W. Aberer, M. Alvaro, E. Angier, S. Arasi, H. Arshad, B. Ballmer-Weber, J. Bartra, L. Beck, P. Begin, C. Bindslev-Jensen, J. Bislimovska, J. Bousquet, K. Brockow, A. Bush, A. Cianferoni, M. J. Cork, A. Custovic, U. Darsow, N. Jong, D. Deleanu, S. Del Giacco, A. Deschildre, A. D. Galvin, M. Ebisawa, M. Fernandez-Rivas, M. Ferrer, A. Fiocchi, R. G. van Wijk, M. Gotua, K. Grimshaw, J. Grunhagen, E. Heffler, M. Hide, K. Hoffmann-Sommergruber, C. Incorvaia, C. Janson, S. M. John, C. Jones, M. Jutel, N. Katoh, B. Kendziora, T. Kinaciyan, E. Knol, O. Kurbacheva, S. Lau, R. Loh, C. Lombardi, M. Makela, M. J. Marchisotto, M. Makris, M. Maurer, R. Meyer, D. Mijakoski, J. Minov, J. Mullol, C. Nilsson, A. Nowak-Wegrzyn, Bright I Nwaru, M. Odemyr, G. B. Pajno, S. Paudel, N. G. Papadopoulos, H. Renz, G. Ricci, J. Ring, B. Rogala, H. Sampson, G. Senna, B. Sitkauskiene, P. K. Smith, K. Stevanovic, S. Stoleski, H. Szajewska, A. Tanaka, A. Todo-Bom, F. A. Topal, E. Valovirta, R. Van Ree, C. Venter, S. Wohrl, G. W. K. Wong, Z. T. Zhao, M. Worm
Allergy - 2022
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