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Per Björntorp

Active 1962–2003

150
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34,161
Citations
107
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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 2,875 citing papers, 33.3% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 756 citing papers, 8.8% of this breakdownSweden: 605 citing papers, 7% of this breakdownCanada: 433 citing papers, 5% of this breakdownItaly: 385 citing papers, 4.5% of this breakdownGermany: 323 citing papers, 3.7% of this breakdownAustralia: 310 citing papers, 3.6% of this breakdownNetherlands: 278 citing papers, 3.2% of this breakdownFrance: 267 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownChina: 242 citing papers, 2.8% of this breakdownJapan: 206 citing papers, 2.4% of this breakdownDenmark: 185 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdown
0%33.3%Other 20.5%

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Fields

  • Medicine71.6%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.3%
  • Neuroscience9.2%
  • Psychology3%
  • Health Professions2%
  • Nursing1.5%
  • Other3.4%

Topics

  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism6.9%
  • Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases5.2%
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins4.7%
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet3.5%
  • Diet and metabolism studies3.1%
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol2.9%
  • Other73.7%

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  1. Metabolic Implications of Body Fat Distribution

    Authors: Per Björntorp - Diabetes Care 1991 cited by 1,061

  2. Impact of obesity on metabolism in men and women. Importance of regional adipose tissue distribution.

    Authors: M Krotkiewski, Per Björntorp, Lars Sjöström, Ulf Smith - Journal of Clinical Investigation 1983 cited by 1,460

  3. Do stress reactions cause abdominal obesity and comorbidities?

    Authors: Per Björntorp - Obesity Reviews 2001 cited by 1,144

  4. Muscle Fiber Composition and Capillary Density in Women and Men With NIDDM

    Authors: Per Mårin, Björn Andersson, M Krotkiewski, Per Björntorp - Diabetes Care 1994 cited by 346

  5. "Portal" adipose tissue as a generator of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

    Authors: Per Björntorp - Arteriosclerosis An Official Journal of the American Heart Association Inc 1990 cited by 1,125

  6. The Influence of Body Fat Distribution on the Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus: 13.5 Years of Follow-up of the Participants in the Study of Men Born in 1913

    Authors: L. O. Ohlson, B. Larsson, K. Svardsudd, Lennart Welin, H. Eriksson, Lars Wilhelmsen, Per Björntorp, Gösta Tibblin - Diabetes 1985 cited by 984

  7. Obesity and cortisol

    Authors: Per Björntorp, Roland Rosmond - Nutrition 2000 cited by 600

  8. The hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis activity as a predictor of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and stroke

    Authors: Roland Rosmond, Per Björntorp - Journal of Internal Medicine 2000 cited by 515

  9. The morphology and metabolism of intraabdominal adipose tissue in men

    Authors: Per Mårin, Björn Andersson, Malin Ottosson, L. Olbe, Badrul A. Chowdhury, Henry Kvist, Göran Holm, Lars Sjöström, Per Björntorp - Metabolism 1992 cited by 335

  10. Assimilation and mobilization of triglycerides in subcutaneous abdominal and femoral adipose tissue in vivo in men: effects of androgens.

    Authors: Per Mårin, Birgitta Odén, Per Björntorp - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 1995 cited by 307

  11. Testosterone Increases Lipolysis and the Number of β-Adrenoceptors in Male Rat Adipocytes*

    Authors: Xuefan Xu, Giovanni De Pergola, Per Björntorp - Endocrinology 1991 cited by 188

  12. Glucose uptake in human adipose tissue

    Authors: Per Mårin, M Rebuffé-Scrive, Ulf Smith, Per Björntorp - Metabolism 1987 cited by 185

  13. Abdominal adipose tissue distribution, obesity, and risk of cardiovascular disease and death: 13 year follow up of participants in the study of men born in 1913.

    Authors: B. Larsson, Kurt Svärdsudd, Lennart Welin, Lars Wilhelmsen, Per Björntorp, Gösta Tibblin - BMJ 1984 cited by 1,939

  14. Visceral fat accumulation in men is positively associated with insulin, glucose, and C-peptide levels, but negatively with testosterone levels

    Authors: Jacob C. Seidell, Per Björntorp, Lars Sjöström, Henry Kvist, R Sannerstedt - Metabolism 1990 cited by 570

  15. Metabolism of adipose tissue in intraabdominal depots of nonobese men and women

    Authors: M Rebuffé-Scrive, Björn Andersson, L. Olbe, Per Björntorp - Metabolism 1989 cited by 311

  16. Assimilation of triglycerides in subcutaneous and intraabdominal adipose tissues in vivo in men: effects of testosterone.

    Authors: Per Mårin, Lars Lönn, Björn Andersson, Birgitta Odén, L. Olbe, B.-Å. Bengtsson, Per Björntorp - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 1996 cited by 172

  17. Stress-Related Cortisol Secretion in Men: Relationships with Abdominal Obesity and Endocrine, Metabolic and Hemodynamic Abnormalities1

    Authors: Roland Rosmond, Mary F. Dallman, Per Björntorp - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 1998 cited by 876

  18. Cortisol secretion in relation to body fat distribution in obese premenopausal women

    Authors: Per Mårin, Niklas Darín, Teiko Amemiya, Björn Andersson, Sverker Jern, Per Björntorp - Metabolism 1992 cited by 464

  19. The Associations between Obesity, Adipose Tissue Distribution and Disease

    Authors: Per Björntorp - Acta Medica Scandinavica 1987 cited by 402

  20. Hypothalamic arousal, insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Authors: Per Björntorp, G. Holm, Roland Rosmond - Diabetic Medicine 1999 cited by 323

  21. Muscle and Adipose Tissue Morphology and Metabolism in Cushing’s Syndrome*

    Authors: M Rebuffé-Scrive, M Krotkiewski, Jörgen Elfverson, Per Björntorp - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 1988 cited by 264

  22. Neuroendocrine abnormalities in visceral obesity

    Authors: Per Björntorp, Roland Rosmond - International Journal of Obesity 2000 cited by 262

  23. A Glucocorticoid Receptor Gene Marker Is Associated with Abdominal Obesity, Leptin, and Dysregulation of the Hypothalamic‐Pituitary‐Adrenal Axis

    Authors: Roland Rosmond, Y. C. Chagnon, Göran Holm, Monique Chagnon, Louis Përusse, Kajsa Lindell, Björn Carlsson, Claude Bouchard, Per Björntorp - Obesity Research 2000 cited by 248

  24. The effects of oestrogen and progesterone on insulin sensitivity in female rats

    Authors: Shunichi Kumagai, Agneta Holmäng, Per Björntorp - Acta Physiologica Scandinavica 1993 cited by 193