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Mats Börjesson
Avd-/Sektionschef, bitr, inst
Department of Molecular and Clinical MedicineProfessor/ Chief Physician
Institute of Medicine-
Clinical Considerations for Competitive Sports Participation for Athletes With Cardiovascular Abnormalities: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and American College of
Cardiology.
Jonathan H Kim, Aaron L Baggish, Benjamin D Levine, Michael J Ackerman, Sharlene M Day, Elizabeth H Dineen, J Sawalla Guseh, Andre La Gerche, Rachel Lampert, Matthew W Martinez, Michael Papadakis, Dermot M Phelan, Keri M Shafer, Mats Börjesson
Circulation - 2025 -
Authors reply: Simple step-counting captures comparable health information to complex accelerometer
measurements.
Jonatan Fridolfsson, Anders Raustorp, Mats Börjesson, Elin Ekblom-Bak, Örjan Ekblom, Daniel Arvidsson
Journal of internal medicine - 2025 -
Does everyone benefit equally from physical
activity?
Mats Börjesson, Daniel Arvidsson
The Lancet. Public health - 2025 -
Intervention, improved prevention, imaging, inflammation, and innovation: the five I's cardiovascular highlights in EHJ Open
2024.
Magnus Bäck, Maciej Banach, Frieder Braunschweig, Salvatore De Rosa, Frank A Flachskampf, Thomas Kahan, Daniel F J Ketelhuth, Patrizio Lancellotti, Susanna C Larsson, Linda Mellbin, Gianluigi Savarese, Annette Schophuus Jensen, Karolina Szummer, Denis Wahl, Mats Börjesson
European heart journal open - 2025 -
Clinical Considerations for Competitive Sports Participation for Athletes With Cardiovascular Abnormalities: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and American College of
Cardiology.
Jonathan H Kim, Aaron L Baggish, Benjamin D Levine, Michael J Ackerman, Sharlene M Day, Elizabeth H Dineen, J Sawalla Guseh Ii, Andre La Gerche, Rachel Lampert, Matthew W Martinez, Michael Papadakis, Dermot M Phelan, Keri M Shafer, Larry A Allen, Mats Börjesson, Alan C Braverman, Julie A Brothers, Silvia Castelletti, Eugene H Chung, Timothy W Churchill, Guido Claessen, Flavio D'Ascenzi, Douglas Darden, Peter N Dean, Neal W Dickert, Jonathan A Drezner, Katherine E Economy, Thijs M H Eijsvogels, Michael S Emery, Susan P Etheridge, Sabiha Gati, Belinda Gray, Martin Halle, Kimberly G Harmon, Jeffrey J Hsu, Richard J Kovacs, Sheela Krishnan, Mark S Link, Martin Maron, Silvana Molossi, Antonio Pelliccia, Jack C Salerno, Ankit B Shah, Sanjay Sharma, Tamanna K Singh, Katie M Stewart, Paul D Thompson, Meagan M Wasfy, Matthias Wilhelm
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 2025 -
Lower cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with coronary artery atherosclerosis in individuals with a zero CAC score - cross-sectional results from
SCAPIS.
Frida Griffin, Jonatan Fridolfsson, Daniel Arvidsson, Elin Ekblom-Bak, Örjan Ekblom, Göran Bergström, Mats Börjesson
Atherosclerosis - 2025 -
Effects of oral, oronasal, and oronasal breathing with a decongested nose during incremental maximal exercise testing of well-trained endurance athletes: a randomized cross-over
study
Joel Bergqvist, F. Reite, Fredrik Edin, Linus Schiöler, Mats Börjesson, S. Steinsvåg, Stefan Pettersson, Johan Hellgren
Frontiers in Physiology - 2025 -
Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome in the Young: Risk Factors are Identifiable Prior to Sudden Cardiac
Arrest
Matilda Frisk Torell, Bodil Svennblad, Aase Wisten, Erik Börjesson, Lennart Bergfeldt, Eva Lena Stattin, Mats Börjesson
American Journal of Cardiology - 2025 -
Coronary artery calcium in athletes: friend or
foe?
Johan Svensson, Jonatan Fridolfsson, Mats Börjesson
The Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness - 2025 -
The Swedish model of health dialogues, a combined individual- and community-based primary preventive program for cardiovascular disease, is associated with reduced mortality: a systematic
review
Mats Börjesson, Kristenson Margareta, Jerden Lars, Forsell Yvonne
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH - 2025 -
Exploring physical activity patterns in adolescents with hypermobility spectrum disorder or hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos
Syndrome
Elke Schubert Hjalmarsson, Jonatan Fridolfsson, Daniel Arvidsson, Mats Börjesson, Mari Lundberg
PEDIATRIC RHEUMATOLOGY - 2025 -
Recommendations for cardiac screening and emergency action planning in youth football: a FIFA consensus
statement
Aaron L. Baggish, Mats Börjesson, Guido E. Pieles, Christian Schmied, Clea Simone Sabino de Souza Colombo, Cecilia Gonzales Corcia, Jonathan A. Drezner, Katharina Grimm, Gary Mak, Andre La Gerche, Ben Levine, Sabiha Gati, Andrew Massey, Prince Pambo, Antonio Pelliccia, Margot Putukian, Yasser Abdelrahman, Sanjay Sharma, Mathew G. Wilson, Andreas Serner
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE - 2025 -
High-intensity exercise improves multidimensional fatigue and health-related quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized controlled
study
Annelie Bilberg, Jan Bjersing, Mats Börjesson, Jenny Sivertsson, Kaisa Mannerkorpi
Arthritis Research and Therapy - 2025 -
From motion to metabolism: investigating the relationship between accelerometer and VO2 metrics across five age groups for optimal calibration of physical activity
intensity
Pia Skovdahl, Jonatan Fridolfsson, Inas Abed, Mats Börjesson, Daniel Arvidsson
PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT - 2025 -
Hamstring injury risk in male professional football: do external training loads play a
role?
Tania Nilsson, Dan Fransson, Mats Börjesson, Matilda Lundblad, Andreas Ivarsson
BMJ OPEN SPORT & EXERCISE MEDICINE - 2025 -
Locus of control and breathlessness: a cross-sectional analysis of 28 730
people
Max Olsson, Jacob Sandberg, Slavica Kochovska, Anders Blomberg, Mats Börjesson, Gunnar Engstrom, Andrei Malinovschi, Magnus Skold, Per Wollmer, Kjell Torén, Carl Johan Ostgren, David C. Currow, Magnus Ekstrom
ERJ OPEN RESEARCH - 2025 -
Predicting 30-day survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest: a nationwide cohort study using machine learning and SHAP
analysis.
Vibha Gupta, Aidin Rawshani, Peter Lundgren, Mats Börjesson, Truls Råmunddal, Per Nordberg, Therese Djärv, Johan Herlitz, Joakim Sundström, Carl Magnusson, Antros Louca, Erik Andersson, Kristofer Skoglund, Araz Rawshani
BMJ Open - 2025 -
Associations between physical activity and CVD-related metabolomic and proteomic
biomarkers
Orjan Ekblom, Harry Bjorkbacka, Mats Börjesson, Elin Ekblom-Bak, Anders Blomberg, Kenneth Caidahl, Ewa Ehrenborg, Gunnar Engstrom, Jan Engvall, David Erlinge, Tove Fall, Bruna Gigante, Anders Gummesson, Tomas Jernberg, Lars Lind, David Molnar, Jonas Oldgren, Aidin Rawshani, Johan Sundstrom, Stefan Soderberg, Patrik Wennberg, Carl Johan Ostgren
PLOS ONE - 2025 -
Physical activity level one year following admission to the intensive care unit for
COVID-19
Netha Hussain, Carina M. Samuelsson, Mats Börjesson, Carina Ulla Persson
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS - 2025 -
Increased weight-load improves body composition by reducing fat mass and waist circumference, and by increasing lean mass in participants with obesity: a single-centre randomised controlled
trial
Jakob Bellman, Klaas Westerterp, Loek Wouters, Marit Johannesson, Niklas Lundqvist, Joel Kullberg, Christel Larsson, Mikael Gustafsson, Stefan Pettersson, Jonatan Fridolfsson, Daniel Arvidsson, Mats Börjesson, Dan Curiac, John-Olov Jansson, Per-Anders Jansson, Claes Ohlsson
BMC MEDICINE - 2025 -
Walking Football for Men and Women 60+: A 12-Week Non-Controlled Intervention Affects Health
Parameters
Andreas Caspers, H. Andersson, M. Godhe, Dan Fransson, E. Ekblom-Bak, Mats Börjesson
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport - 2025 -
Subvalvular membranous aortic stenosis in Swedish children, a retrospective cohort study between 1994 and
2019
Maria Sandstedt, Mikael Sandstedt, Janus Gudnason, Mats Börjesson, Frida Dangardt, Jan Sunnegårdh
CARDIOLOGY IN THE YOUNG - 2025 -
Integrating deep learning with ECG, heart rate variability and demographic data for improved detection of atrial
fibrillation.
Araz Rawshani, Aidin Rawshani, J. Gustav Smith, Jan Borén, Deepak L Bhatt, Mats Börjesson, Johan Engdahl, Peter Kelly, Antros Louca, Truls Ramunddal, Erik Andersson, Elmir Omerovic, Zacharias Mandalenakis, Vibha Gupta
Open heart - 2025 -
Physical activity and sedentary behaviour amongst children with obesity - exploring cross-sectional associations between child and
parent.
Hannah Lundh, Daniel Arvidsson, Christian Greven, Jonatan Fridolfsson, Mats Börjesson, Charlotte Boman, Katarina Lauruschkus, Stefan Lundqvist, Karin Melin, Susanne Bernhardsson
Journal of Activity, Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors - 2025 -
Simple step counting captures comparable health information to complex accelerometer
measurements.
Jonatan Fridolfsson, Anders Raustorp, Mats Börjesson, Elin Ekblom-Bak, Örjan Ekblom, Daniel Arvidsson
Journal of Internal Medicine - 2025 -
Cardiovascular events following coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination in adults: a nationwide Swedish
study
Yiyi Xu, Huiqi Li, Ailiana Santosa, Bjorn Wettermark, Tove Fall, Jonas Bjork, Mats Börjesson, Magnus Gisslén, Fredrik Nyberg
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL - 2025 -
Function-based risk reduction intervention for lifestyle-related disorders among inactive 40-year-old people: a pilot randomised controlled
trial
Lena Bornhöft, Daniel Arvidsson, Anna Bergenheim, Mats Börjesson, Jonatan Fridolfsson, Margareta Hellgren, Lena Margareta Nordeman, Maria E H Larsson
BMC Public Health - 2024 -
Fitness-related physical activity intensity explains most of the association between accelerometer data and cardiometabolic health in persons 50-64 years
old
Jonatan Fridolfsson, Elin Ekblom-Bak, Orjan Ekblom, Göran Bergström, Daniel Arvidsson, Mats Börjesson
British Journal of Sports Medicine - 2024 -
Anemi vanligt bland
idrottare.
Amanda Lahti, Göran Sandström, Mats Börjesson
Lakartidningen - 2024 -
[SK courses in lifestyle habits. Updated proposals and course organizers'
experiences].
Åsa Thurfjell, Margareta Kristenson, Eva Zeisig, Mats Börjesson, Ingmar Skoog, Martin Nilsson, Anna Kiessling
Lakartidningen - 2024 -
Eveningness is associated with coronary artery calcification in a middle-aged Swedish
population
Mio Kobayashi Frisk, Erika Fagman, Daniel Arvidsson, Orjan Ekblom, Mats Börjesson, Göran Bergström, Ding Zou
Sleep Medicine - 2024 -
Cardiorespiratory fitness and the association with galectin-1 in middle-aged
individuals
Daniel Arvidsson, Vagner Ramon Rodrigues Silva, Orjan Ekblom, Elin Ekblom-Bak, Emanuel Fryk, Per-Anders Jansson, Mats Börjesson
PLOS ONE - 2024 -
Factors most strongly associated with breathlessness in a population aged 50–64
years
Max Olsson, Anders J. Björkelund, Jacob Sandberg, Anders Blomberg, Mats Börjesson, David Currow, Andrei Malinovschi, Magnus Sköld, Per Wollmer, Kjell Torén, Carl Johan Östgren, Gunnar Engström, Magnus Ekström
European Respiratory Journal Open Research (ERJ Open Research) - 2024 -
International Criteria for Reporting Study Quality for Sudden Cardiac Arrest/Death
Tool
Jamie J. Edwards, Claire Compton, Nikhil Chatrath, Bradley J. Petek, Aaron Baggish, Mats Börjesson, Eugene Chung, Domenico Corrado, Jonathan A. Drezner, Sabiha Gati, Belinda Gray, Jonathan Kim, Andre La Gerche, Aneil Malhotra, Eloi Marijon, Michael Papadakis, Antonio Pelliccia, Dermot Phelan, Chris Semsarian, Sanjay Sharma, Rajan Sharma, Jamie M. O'Driscoll, Kimberly G. Harmon
Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA) - 2024 -
Associations between BMI in youth and site-specific cancer in men-A cohort study with register
linkage.
Aron Onerup, Kirsten Mehlig, Agnes af Geijerstam, Elin Ekblom-Bak, Hans-Georg Kuhn, Lauren Lissner, Annika Rosengren, Mats Börjesson, Maria A I Åberg
Obesity - 2024 -
High-intensity interval training improves cardiovascular and physical health in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a multicentre randomised controlled
trial
Annelie Bilberg, Kaisa Mannerkorpi, Mats Börjesson, Sara Svedlund, Jenny Sivertsson, Eva Klingberg, Jan Bjersing
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE - 2024 -
[The Swedish model of Health dialogues - a systematic
review].
Margareta Kristenson, Mats Börjesson, Yvonne Forsell, Lars Jerdén
Lakartidningen - 2024 -
Decrease in accelerometer assessed physical activity during the first-year post-myocardial infarction: a prospective cohort
study
Amanda Lonn, Orjan Ekblom, Lena Viktoria Kallings, Mats Börjesson, Mattias Ekstrom
SCANDINAVIAN CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL - 2024 -
Exertional breathlessness related to medical conditions in middle-aged people: the population-based SCAPIS study of more than 25,000 men and
women.
Magnus Ekström, Josefin Sundh, Anders Andersson, Oskar Angerås, Anders Blomberg, Mats Börjesson, Kenneth Caidahl, Össur Ingi Emilsson, Jan Engvall, Erik Frykholm, Ludger Grote, Kristofer Hedman, Tomas Jernberg, Eva Lindberg, Andrei Malinovschi, André Nyberg, Eric Rullman, Jacob Sandberg, Magnus Sköld, Nikolai Stenfors, Johan Sundström, Hanan Tanash, Suneela Zaigham, Carl-Johan Carlhäll
Respiratory research - 2024 -
Maintaining or increasing cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with reduced hospital admission
rate.
Frida Griffin, Elin Ekblom-Bak, Daniel Arvidsson, Sofia Paulsson, Mats Börjesson
European journal of preventive cardiology - 2024 -
Development and feasibility of a function-based preventive intervention for lifestyle-related
disorders
Lena Bornhöft, Daniel Arvidsson, Anna Bergenheim, Mats Börjesson, Jonatan Fridolfsson, Margareta Hellgren, Lena Margareta Nordeman, Maria E H Larsson
BMC PUBLIC HEALTH - 2024 -
Fundament for a methodological standard to process hip accelerometer data to a measure of physical activity intensity in middle-aged
individuals
Daniel Arvidsson, Jonatan Fridolfsson, E. Ekblom-Bak, Ekblom, Göran Bergström, Mats Börjesson
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports - 2024 -
Accelerometer-based physical activity is associated with the gut microbiota in 8416 individuals in
SCAPIS.
Gabriel Baldanzi, Sergi Sayols-Baixeras, Elin Ekblom-Bak, Örjan Ekblom, Koen F Dekkers, Ulf Hammar, Diem Nguyen, Shafqat Ahmad, Ulrika Ericson, Daniel Arvidsson, Mats Börjesson, Peter J Johanson, J. Gustav Smith, Göran Bergström, Lars Lind, Gunnar Engström, Johan Ärnlöv, Beatrice Kennedy, Marju Orho-Melander, Tove Fall
EBioMedicine - 2024 -
One size does not fit all - translating absolute accelerometry to relative individual physical activity intensity for
health
Jonatan Fridolfsson, Daniel Arvidsson, E Ekblom Bak, Ö. Ekblom, Göran Bergström, Mats Börjesson
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - 2023 -
Walking football for Health - physiological response to playing and characteristics of the
players
Helena Andersson, Andreas Caspers, Manne Godhe, Torbjörn Helge, Julia Eriksen, Dan Fransson, Mats Börjesson, Elin Ekblom-Bak
Science and medicine in football - 2023 -
Validation of Oura ring energy expenditure and steps in laboratory and
free-living
Emilia Kristiansson, Jonatan Fridolfsson, Daniel Arvidsson, Agneta Holmäng, Mats Börjesson, Ulrica Andersson Hall
BMC Medical Research Methodology - 2023 -
Move for Your Heart, Break a Sweat for Your Mind: Providing Precision in Adolescent Health and Physical Activity Behaviour
Pattern.
Johan Dahlstrand, Jonatan Fridolfsson, Daniel Arvidsson, Mats Börjesson, Peter Friberg, Yun Chen
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine - 2023 -
Accelerometer derived physical activity and subclinical coronary and carotid atherosclerosis: cross-sectional analyses in 22 703 middle-aged men and women in the SCAPIS
study
Elin Ekblom-Bak, Mats Börjesson, Oskar Angerås, Örjan Ekblom, Frida Bergman, Caroline Berntsson, Carl-Johan Carlhäll, Gunnar Engström, Jan Engvall, Erika Fagman, Agneta Flinck, Peter Johansson, Amra Jujic, Tanja Kero, Lars Lind, Maria Mannila, Ellen Ostenfeld, Anders Persson, Jonas Persson, Margaretha Persson, Björn Redfors, Camilla Sandberg, Patrik Wennberg, Jerry Öhlin, Carl Johan Östgren, Tomas Jernberg
BMJ open - 2023 -
Body mass index and fitness in late adolescence and risk of cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and overall death after
COVID-19
Josefina Robertson, Anders Muszta, Martin Lindgren, Agnes af Geijerstam, Jenny Nyberg, Lauren Lissner, Mats Börjesson, Magnus Gisslén, Annika Rosengren, Martin Adiels, Maria A I Åberg
Obesity Science and Practice - 2023 -
Cardiorespiratory fitness and BMI measured in youth and 5-year mortality after site-specific cancer diagnoses in men-A population-based cohort study with register
linkage.
Aron Onerup, Kirsten Mehlig, Elin Ekblom-Bak, Lauren Lissner, Mats Börjesson, Maria A I Åberg
Cancer medicine - 2023
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