Helena Backman

Forskare och projektledare inom Obstruktiv Lungsjukdom i Norrbotten (OLIN) studierna, en epidemiologisk forskningsverksamhet som pågått sedan 1985.

Kontakt

helena.backman@umu.se

Verksam vid

Anknuten som forskare till Institutionen för folkhälsa och klinisk medicin Enhet: Avdelningen för hållbar hälsa

Robertsviksgatan 9, 971 89 Luleå, Region Norrbotten Umeå universitet, by1a, B41, NUS, 901 85 Umeå

Jag är Docent och projektledare inom Obstruktiv Lungsjukdom i Norrbotten (OLIN) studierna, en epidemiologisk forskningsverksamhet som pågått sedan 1985. Forskningen omfattar företrädesvis klassisk epidemiologi om astma, KOL och lungfunktion. Under senare tid har forskningen även inkluderat koppling av klinisk epidemiologi med data från olika nationella register, för att utvärdera prognos för obstruktiva lungsjukdomar och deras olika fenotyper. Eftersom OLIN-studierna omfattar kliniska data sedan mer än 35 år finns det unika möjligheter att utvärdera långtidsprognos för astma och KOL i termer av exempelvis sjukhusinläggningar och mortalitet.

Min forskning finansieras huvudsakligen av:

Hjärt-Lung fonden
ALF
Region Norrbotten
NordForsk
VR
FORTE

Jag innehar även följande positioner:

Ledamot i OLIN studiernas ledningsgrupp
Projektledare för OLIN:s forskningslinje om Astma och allergi bland vuxna
Co-project manager för Nordic EpiLung Study och STELLAR
Ledamot i ledningsgruppen för Andas Sverige och Breathe Sweden
Medlem i Nordic Severe Asthma Network (NSAN)
Partner till ERS CRC CADSET
Lung Facts Advisor för ERS/IRC
Ledamot i styrelsen för Svensk epidemiologisk förening
Associate Editor för Respiratory Medicine

Underdiagnosis and misclassification of COPD in Sweden: a Nordic Epilung study

Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 217

Axelsson, Malin; Backman, Helena; Nwaru, Bright I.; et al.

Lung function trajectories and associated mortality among adults with and without airway obstruction

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Backman, Helena; Blomberg, Anders; Lundquist, Anders; et al.

Interaction of smoking and social status on the risk of respiratory outcomes in a Swedish adult population: A Nordic Epilung study

Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 211

Bashir, Muwada Bashir Awad; Basna, Rani; Hedman, Linnea; et al.

Phenotyping asthma with airflow obstruction in middle-aged and older adults: a CADSET clinical research collaboration

BMJ open respiratory research, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2023, Vol. 10, (1)

Bertels, Xander; Edris, Ahmed; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith; et al.

Addressing the origins and health effects of small lungs

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 11, (8) : e73-e73

Ekström, Magnus; Backman, Helena; Mannino, David

Prevalence and management of severe asthma in the Nordic countries: findings from the NORDSTAR cohort

ERJ Open Research, European Respiratory Society (ERS) 2023, Vol. 9, (2)

Hansen, Susanne; von Bülow, Anna; Sandin, Patrik; et al.

Nonrespiratory diseases in adults without and with asthma by age at asthma diagnosis

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 11, (2) : 555-563.e4

Honkamäki, Jasmin; Ilmarinen, Pinja; Hisinger-Mölkänen, Hanna; et al.

Mortality associated with occupational exposure in Helsinki, Finland: a 24-year follow-up

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Wolters Kluwer 2023, Vol. 65, (1) : 22-28

Jalasto, Juuso; Luukkonen, Ritva; Lindqvist, Ari; et al.

Socioeconomic inequalities in asthma and respiratory symptoms in a high-income country: changes from 1996 to 2016

Journal of Asthma, Taylor & Francis 2023, Vol. 60, (1) : 185-194

Schyllert, Christian; Lindberg, Anne; Hedman, Linnea; et al.

Multiple manifestations of uncontrolled asthma increase the risk of severe COVID-19

Respiratory Medicine, Saunders Elsevier 2023, Vol. 216

Selberg, Stina; Karlsson Sundbaum, Johanna; Konradsen, Jon R.; et al.

Postural control among individuals with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cross-sectional study of motor and sensory systems

PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science 2023, Vol. 18, (4)

Strandkvist, Viktor; Lindberg, Anne; Larsson, Agneta; et al.

Obesity associates with increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in adults with asthma

Respiratory Medicine, Saunders Elsevier 2023, Vol. 216

Sturesson, Axel; Hedman, Linnea; Stridsman, Caroline; et al.

Severe asthma trajectories in adults: findings from the NORDSTAR cohort

European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society 2023, Vol. 62, (3)

von Bülow, Anna; Hansen, Susanne; Sandin, Patrik; et al.

Journal of Asthma

Warm, Katja; Hedman, Linnea; Stridsman, Caroline; et al.

Changes in lung function in European adults born between 1884 and 1996 and implications for the diagnosis of lung disease: a cross-sectional analysis of ten population-based studies

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier 2022, Vol. 10, (1) : 83-94

Allinson, James P.; Afzal, Shoaib; Çolak, Yunus; et al.

NSAID-exacerbated respiratory disease: a population study

ERJ Open Research, European Respiratory Society Journals 2022, Vol. 8, (1)

Andersén, Heidi; Ilmarinen, Pinja; Honkamäki, Jasmin; et al.

Cause-specific Death in Chronic Airway Obstruction and Restrictive Spirometric Pattern

Annals of the American Thoracic Society, American Thoracic Society 2022, Vol. 19, (10) : 1783-1787

Backman, Helena; Sawalha, Sami; Nilsson, Ulf; et al.

Determinants of severe asthma: a long-term cohort study in northern Sweden

Journal of Asthma and Allergy, Dove press 2022, Vol. 15 : 1429-1439

Backman, Helena; Stridsman, Caroline; Hedman, Linnea; et al.

Computational phenotyping of obstructive airway diseases: protocol for a systematic review

Systematic Reviews, BioMed Central (BMC) 2022, Vol. 11, (1)

Bashir, Muwada Bashir Awad; Basna, Rani; Zhang, Guo-Qiang; et al.

Body mass index increase: a risk factor for forced expiratory volume in 1 s decline for overweight and obese adults with asthma

ERJ Open Research, European Respiratory Society 2022, Vol. 8, (4)

Bermúdez Barón, Nicolás; Kankaanranta, Hannu; Hedman, Linnea; et al.

Early-life risk factors for development of asthma from 8 to 28 years of age: a prospective cohort study

ERJ Open Research, European Respiratory Society 2022, Vol. 8, (4)

Hedman, Linnea; Almqvist, Linnea; Bjerg, Anders; et al.

Age at asthma diagnosis is related to prevalence and characteristics of asthma symptoms

World Allergy Organization Journal, Elsevier 2022, Vol. 15, (9)

Hisinger-Mölkänen, Hanna; Honkamäki, Jasmin; Kankaanranta, Hannu; et al.

The combined effect of exposures to vapours, gases, dusts, fumes and tobacco smoke on current asthma

Clinical Respiratory Journal, John Wiley & Sons 2022, Vol. 16, (6) : 467-474

Hisinger-Mölkänen, Hanna; Kankaanranta, Hannu; Haahtela, Tari; et al.

Level of education and asthma control in adult-onset asthma

Journal of Asthma, Taylor & Francis 2022, Vol. 59, (4) : 840-849

Ilmarinen, Pinja; Stridsman, Caroline; Bashir, Muwada; et al.

Self-Reported Physician Diagnosed Asthma with COPD is Associated with Higher Mortality than Self-Reported Asthma or COPD Alone–A Prospective 24-Year Study in the Population of Helsinki, Finland

COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Routledge 2022, Vol. 19, (1) : 226-235

Jalasto, Juuso; Kauppi, Paula; Luukkonen, Ritva; et al.

Occupation, socioeconomic status and chronic obstructive respiratory diseases: The EpiLung study in Finland, Estonia and Sweden

Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier 2022, Vol. 191

Jalasto, Juuso; Lassmann-Klee, Paul; Schyllert, Christian; et al.

Restrictive spirometry versus restrictive lung function using the GLI reference values

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, John Wiley & Sons 2022, Vol. 42, (3) : 181-189

Myrberg, Tomi; Lindberg, Anne; Eriksson, Berne; et al.

Obstruktiva lungsjukdomar i relation till socioekonomi: Nordic Epilung – multicenterstudie i Sverige, Finland och Norge: [Nordic Epilung highlights the associations between socioeconomy and obstructive lung disease in Sweden, Finland and Norway]

Läkartidningen, Läkartidningen Förlag 2022, Vol. 119

Rönmark, Eva; Backman, Helena

Dyspnea has an association with lifestyle: differences between Swedish and Finnish speaking persons in Western Finland

European Clinical Respiratory Journal, Taylor & Francis 2021, Vol. 8, (1)

Andersen, Heidi; Ilmarinen, Pinja; Honkamaki, Jasmin; et al.

Influence of childhood exposure to a farming environment on age at asthma diagnosis in a population-based study

Journal of Asthma and Allergy, Dove Press 2021, Vol. 14 : 1081-1091

Andersén, Heidi; Ilmarinen, Pinja; Honkamäki, Jasmin; et al.

Multimorbidity in Finnish and Swedish speaking Finns; association with daily habits and socioeconomic status – Nordic EpiLung cross-sectional study

Preventive Medicine Reports, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 22

Andersén, Heidi; Kankaanranta, Hannu; Tuomisto, Leena E.; et al.

Differences in diagnostic patterns of obstructive airway disease between areas and sex in Sweden and Finland: the Nordic EpiLung study

Journal of Asthma, Taylor & Francis Group 2021, Vol. 58, (9) : 1196-1207

Axelsson, Malin; Ilmarinen, Pinja; Backman, Helena; et al.

Among respiratory symptoms, wheeze associates most strongly with impaired lung function in adults with asthma: A long-term prospective cohort study

BMJ Open Respiratory Research, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2021, Vol. 8, (1)

Bermúdez Barón, Nicolás; Lindberg, Anne; Stridsman, Caroline; et al.

Asthma Remission by Age at Diagnosis and Gender in a Population-Based Study

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 9, (5) : 1950-1959.e4

Honkamäki, Jasmin; Piirilä, Päivi; Hisinger-Mölkänen, Hanna; et al.

Large underreporting of COPD as cause of death-results from a population-based cohort study

Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 186

Lindberg, Anne; Lindberg, Lina; Sawalha, Sami; et al.

The triad of current asthma, rhinitis and eczema is uncommon among adults: Prevalence, sensitization profiles, and risk factors

Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 176

Pullerits, Teet; Rönmark, Erik P.; Ekerljung, Linda; et al.

High but stable incidence of adult-onset asthma in northern sweden over the last decades

ERJ Open Research, European Respiratory Society Journals 2021, Vol. 7, (3)

Räisänen, Petri; Backman, Helena; Hedman, Linnea; et al.

Severe asthma in a general population study: Prevalence and clinical characteristics

Journal of Asthma and Allergy, Dove Medical Press 2021, Vol. 14 : 1106-1115

Rönnebjerg, Lina; Axelsson, Malin; Kankaanranta, Hannu; et al.

Childhood onset asthma is associated with lower educational level in young adults – A prospective cohort study

Respiratory Medicine, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 186

Schyllert, Christian; Andersson, Martin; Backman, Helena; et al.

Uncontrolled asthma occurs in all GINA treatment steps and is associated with worse physical health: a report from the OLIN adult asthma cohort

Journal of Asthma, Taylor & Francis 2021, Vol. 58, (5) : 586-595

Stridsman, Caroline; Axelsson, Malin; Warm, Katja; et al.

Spirometric phenotypes from early childhood to young adulthood: a Chronic Airway Disease Early Stratification study

ERJ Open Research, ERS Publications 2021, Vol. 7, (4)

Wang, Gang; Hallberg, Jenny; Charalampopoulos, Dimitrios; et al.

Collating data from major European population studies - The CADSET (Chronic airway disease early stratification) clinical research collaboration

European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society (ERS) 2020, Vol. 56, (suppl 64)

Allinson, James; Afzal, Shoaib; Colak, Yunus; et al.

Clinical outcome of adult onset asthma in a 15 year follow-up

European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society 2020, Vol. 56

Almqvist, Linnéa; Backman, Helena; Stridsman, Caroline; et al.

Remission of adult-onset asthma is rare: a 15-year follow-up study

ERJ Open Research, European Respiratory Society 2020, Vol. 6, (4)

Almqvist, Linnéa; Rönmark, Eva; Stridsman, Caroline; et al.

Multimorbidity in Finnish and Swedish speaking Finns - association with daily habits and socioeconomic status: A Nordic EpiLung study

European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society 2020, Vol. 56

Andersén, Heidi; Kankaanranta, Hannu; Tuomisto, Leena E.; et al.

Underdiagnosis and misclassification of COPD in Sweden

European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society 2020, Vol. 56

Axelsson, Malin; Backman, Helena; Vanfleteren, Lowie; et al.

Respiratory symptoms as risk factors for mortality - the Nordic EpiLung Study

European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society 2020, Vol. 56, (Suppl. 64)

Backman, Helena; Bhatta, Laxmi; Hedman, Linnea; et al.

FEV₁ decline in relation to blood eosinophils and neutrophils in a population-based asthma cohort

The World Allergy Organization journal, Elsevier 2020, Vol. 13, (3)

Backman, Helena; Lindberg, Anne; Hedman, Linnea; et al.

Risk factors for severe asthma among adults with asthma

European Respiratory Journal, European Respiratory Society 2020, Vol. 56

Backman, Helena; Stridsman, Caroline; Jansson, Sven-Arne; et al.

Decreased COPD prevalence in Sweden after decades of decrease in smoking

Respiratory Research, BioMed Central 2020, Vol. 21, (1)

Backman, Helena; Vanfleteren, Lowie; Lindberg, Anne; et al.

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OLIN - Obstruktiv Lungsjukdom i Norrbotten

Jag är huvudhandledare för två doktorander vid Hållbar Hälsa:

Nicolas Bermudez
Sofia Winsa Lindmark

Jag är biträdande handledare för två doktorander vid Hållbar Hälsa:

Linnea Almqvist
Petri Räisänen

Tidigare biträdande handledare för (år för disputation):

Sami Sawalha (2019)

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Ny forskningsstudie visar att KOL minskar i Sverige

Pressmeddelande 2021-04-08

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Towards safer oral immunotherapy for food allergy and allergic asthma is still increasing in prevalence

Omnämnande i artikel ur "Clinical and Experimental Allergy", oktober 2017.

Astma ökar i Norrbotten

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Astmafallen verkar öka

Artikel om Helenas forskning i Dagens medicin, april 2016