SOS Study Publications

Collaborated Publications between SOS and the Human Genomics Laboratory

  1. Sjöström L, Larsson B, Backman L, Bengtsson C, Bouchard C, Dahlgren S, Hallgren P, Jonsson E, Karlsson J, Lapidus L, Lindroos A-K, Lindstedt S, Lissner L, Narbro K, Näslund I, Olbe L, Sullivan M, Sylvan A, Wedel H, Ågren G. Swedish obese subjects (SOS). Recruitment for an intervention study and a selected description of the obese state. Int J Obes 16:465-79, 1992.
  2. Sullivan M, Karlsson J, Sjöström L, Backman L, Bengtsson C, Bouchard C, Dahlgren S, Jonsson E, Larsson B, Lindstedt S, Näslund I, Olbe L, Wedel H. SOS - An intervention study of obesity. I. Baseline evaluation of health and psychosocial functioning in the first 1743 subjects examined. Int J Obes 17:503-12, 1993.
  3. Lissner L, Sjöström L, Bengtsson C, Bouchard C, Larsson B. The natural history of obesity in an obese population and associations with metabolic aberrations. Int J Obes 18:441-7, 1994
  4. Gagnon J, Mauriège P, Roy S, Sjöström D, Chagnon YC, Dionne FT, Oppert J-M, Pérusse L, Sjöström L, Bouchard C. The TRP64ARG mutation of the b3-adrenergic receptor gene has no effect on obesity phenotypes in the Quebec Family Study and Swedish Obese Subjects cohorts. J Clin Invest 9:2086-93, 1996.

  5. Gagnon J, Lago F, Chagnon YC, Perusse L, Näslund I, Lissner L, Sjöström L, Bouchard C. DNA polymorphism in the uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) gene has no effect on obesity related phenotypes in the Swedish Obese Subjects cohorts. Int J Obes 22:500-5, 1998.

  6. Rice T, Sjöström CD, Pérusse L, Bouchard C, Sjöström L, Rao D.C. Segregation analysis of body mass index in a large sample selected for obesity: The Swedish Obese Subjects Study. Obes Res 7:246-55, 1999.
  7. Rivera MA, Perusse L, Gagnon J, Dionne FT, Leon AS, Rao DC, Skinner JS, Wilmore JH, Sjostrom L, Bouchard C. A mitochondrial DNA D-loop polymorphism and obesity in three cohorts of women. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 23:666-8, 1999.
  8. Ukkola O, Ravussin E, Jacobson P, Snyder EE, Chagnon M, Sjöström L, Bouchard C. Mutations in the preproghrelin/ghrelin gene associated with obesity in humans. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 86:3996-9, 2001.
  9. Jacobson P, Ukkola O, Rankinen T, Snyder EE, Leon AS, Rao DC, Skinner JS, Wilmore JH, Lönn L, Cowan GS Jr, Sjöström L, Bouchard C. Melanocortin 4 receptor sequence variations are seldom a cause of human obesity: the Swedish Obese Subjects, the HERITAGE Family Study and a Memphis cohort. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87:4442-6, 2002.
  10. Ukkola O, Ravussin E, Jacobson P, Perusse L, Rankinen T, Tschöp M, Heiman ML, Leon AS, Rao DC, Skinner JS, Wilmore JH, Sjöström L, Bouchard C. Role of ghrelin polymorphisms in obesity based on three different studies. Obes Res 10: 782-91, 2002.
  11. Ukkola O, Ravussin E, Jacobson P, Sjöström L, Bouchard C. Mutations in the adiponectin gene in lean and obese subjects from the Swedish Obese Subjects cohort. Metabolism 52:881-4, 2003.
  12. Sjöström L, Lindroos AK, Peltonen M, Torgerson J, Bouchard C, Carlsson B, Dahlgren S, Larsson B, Narbro K, Sjöström SD, Sullivan M, Wedel H. Lifestyle, diabetes, and cardiovascular risk factors 10 years after bariatric surgery. N Engl J Med 351:2683-93, 2004.
  13. Jacobson P, Torgerson JS, Sjöström L, Bouchard C. Spouse resemblance in body mass index: effects on adult obesity prevalence in the offspring generation. Am J Epidemiol 165(1):101-8, 2007.
  14. Sjöström L, Narbro K, Sjöström CD, Karason K, Larsson B, Wedel H, Lystig T, Sullivan M, Bouchard C, Carlsson B, Bengtsson C, Dahlgren S, Gummesson A, Jacobson P, Karlsson J, Lindroos AK, Lönroth H, Näslund I, Olbers T, Stenlöf K, Torgerson J, Ågren G, Carlsson LM. Effects of bariatric surgery on mortality in Swedish Obese subjects. N Engl J Med 357(8):741-52, 2007.
  15. Sjöström L, Gummesson A, Sjöström D, Narbro K, Peltonen M, Wedel H, Bengtsson C, Bouchard C, Carlsson B, Dahlgren S, Jacobson P, Karason K, Karlsson J, Larsson B, Lindroos AK, Lönroth H, Näslund I, Olbers T, Stenlöf K, Torgerson J, Carlsson LMS. Effects of bariatric surgery on cancer incidence in obese patients in Sweden. (Swedish Obese Subjects Study): a prospective, controlled interventions trial. Lancet Oncol 10:653-62, 2009.
  16. Sarzynski MA, Jacobson P, Rankinen T, Carlsson B, Sjostrom L, Bouchard C, Carlsson LMS. Associations of markers in 11 obesity candidate genes with maximal weight loss and weight regain in the SOS bariatric surgery cases. Int J Obes 35:676-83, 2011.
  17. Sarzynski MA, Jacobson P, Rankinen T, Carlsson B, Sjöström L, Carlsson LM, Bouchard C. Association of GWAS-based candidate genes with HDL-cholesterol levels before and after bariatric surgery in the Swedish Obese Subjects Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 96(6):E953-7, 2011.
  18. Sjostrom L, Peltonen M, Jacobson P, Sjostrom CD, Karason K, Wedel H, Ahlin S, Anveden A, Bengtsson C, Bergmark G, Bouchard C, Carlsson B, Dahlgren S, Karlsson J, Lindroos A-K, Lonroth H, Narbro K, Naslund I, Olbers T, Svensson P-A, Carlsson LMS. Bariatric surgery and long-term cardiovascular events. JAMA 307(1): 56-65, 2012.
  19. Carlsson LM, Peltonen M, Ahlin S, Anveden Å, Bouchard C, Carlsson B, Jacobson P, Lönroth H, Maglio C, Näslund I, Pirazzi C, Romeo S, Sjöholm K, Sjöström E,Wedel H, Svensson PA, Sjöström L. Bariatric surgery and prevention of type 2 diabetes in Swedish obese subjects. N Engl J Med 367(8):695-704, 2012.
  20. Sarzynski MA, Jacobson P, Rankinen T, Carlsson B, Sjostrom L, Bouchard C, Carlsson LMS. Changes in uric acid levels following bariatric surgery are not associated with SLC2A9 variants in the Swedish Obese Subjects Study. PLoS One7(12):e51658, 2012.