Tord Ekbom

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Tord Ekbom is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tord Ekbom has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 13 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Tord Ekbom's work include Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (20 papers), Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (9 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 papers). Tord Ekbom is often cited by papers focused on Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (20 papers), Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension (9 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 papers). Tord Ekbom collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, France and United Kingdom. Tord Ekbom's co-authors include Lars Lindholm, Bengt Scherstén, Björn Dahlöf, L. Hansson, Ulf dé Fairé, Thomas Hedner, Lennart Hansson, Jan Lanke, François Gueyffier and Robert Fagard and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Diabetes Care.

In The Last Decade

Tord Ekbom

27 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Morbidity and mortality in the Swedish Trial in Old Patients with Hypertension (STOP-Hypertension)

1991 1.3k citations Björn Dahlöf, L. Hansson et al. The Lancet profile →
Randomised trial of old and new antihypertensive drugs in elderly patients: cardiovascular mortality and morbidity the Swedish Trial in Old Patients with Hypertension-2 study

1999 1.0k citations Lennart Hansson, Lars Lindholm et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers

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Kimberley A. Eberlein United States

Choudomir Nachev Bulgaria

António Coca Spain

S. Westerling Sweden

Ola Samuelsson Sweden

Serap Erdine Türkiye

Gastone Leonetti Italy

Clarice Brown United States

Harry A. Struijker Boudier Netherlands

W. H. Birkenhäger Netherlands

Kimberley A. Eberlein United States

Tord Ekbom

2.8k ×0.9

CCM

885 ×0.7

EDM

601 ×1.1

506 ×0.9

SURGE

285 ×0.8

Citations per year, relative to Tord Ekbom Tord Ekbom (= 1×) peers Kimberley A. Eberlein

Countries citing papers authored by Tord Ekbom

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tord Ekbom

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All Works

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Hedner, Thomas, Bengt Jönsson, Tord Ekbom, et al.. (2005). Cost analysis of different pharmacological treatment strategies in elderly hypertensives. Blood Pressure. 14(2). 107–113. 8 indexed citations

Ekbom, Tord, Thomas Hedner, Jan Lanke, et al.. (2004). Cardiovascular events in elderly patients with isolated systolic hypertension. A subgroup analysis of treatment strategies in STOP‐Hypertension‐2. Blood Pressure. 13(3). 137–141. 40 indexed citations

Lindholm, Lars, Harald Anderson, Tord Ekbom, et al.. (2001). Relation between drug treatment and cancer In hypertenslves in the Swedish Trial in Old Patients with Hypertension 2: a 5-year, prospective, randomised, controlled trial. The Lancet. 358(9281). 539–544. 85 indexed citations

Lièvre, Michel, François Gueyffier, Tord Ekbom, et al.. (2000). Efficacy of diuretics and beta-blockers in diabetic hypertensive patients. Results from a meta-analysis. Diabetes Care. 23. 18 indexed citations

Lindholm, Lars, Lennart Hansson, Tord Ekbom, et al.. (2000). Comparison of antihypertensive treatments in preventing cardiovascular events in elderly diabetic patients. Journal of Hypertension. 18(11). 1671–1675. 142 indexed citations

Hansson, Lennart, Lars Lindholm, Tord Ekbom, et al.. (1999). Randomised trial of old and new antihypertensive drugs in elderly patients: cardiovascular mortality and morbidity the Swedish Trial in Old Patients with Hypertension-2 study. The Lancet. 354(9192). 1751–1756. 1020 indexed citations breakdown →

Gueyffier, François, Jean‐Pierre Boissel, Stuart Pocock, et al.. (1999). Identification of Risk Factors in Hypertensive Patients. Circulation. 100(18). e88–94. 38 indexed citations

Ekbom, Tord, Lars Lindholm, Jan Lanke, & Peter Nilsson‐Ehle. (1996). Decrease in high density lipoprotein cholesterol during prolonged storage. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation. 56(2). 97–101. 7 indexed citations

Lindholm, Lars, Lennart Hansson, Tord Ekbom, et al.. (1996). The Swedish Trial in Old Patients with Hypertension-2 (STOP-Hypertension-2): A Progress Report. Blood Pressure. 5(5). 300–304. 33 indexed citations

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Lindholm, Lars, et al.. (1996). Changes in cardiovascular risk factors by combined pharmacological and nonpharmacological strategies: the main results of the CELL Study. Journal of Internal Medicine. 240(1). 13–22. 28 indexed citations

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Lindholm, Lars, et al.. (1995). The impact of health care advice given in primary care on cardiovascular risk. BMJ. 310(6987). 1105–1109. 59 indexed citations

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Ekbom, Tord, Lars Lindholm, Anders Odén, et al.. (1994). A 5‐year prospective, observational study of the withdrawal of antihypertensive treatment in elderly people. Journal of Internal Medicine. 235(6). 581–588. 45 indexed citations

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Dahlöf, Björn, Lennart Hansson, Lars Lindholm, et al.. (1993). STOP-Hypertension 2: A Prospective Intervention Trial of “Newer” versus “Older” Treatment Alternatives in Old Patients with Hypertension. Blood Pressure. 2(2). 136–141. 67 indexed citations

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Johannesson, Magnus, Björn Dahlöf, Lars Lindholm, et al.. (1993). The cost‐effectiveness of treating hypertension in elderly people—an analysis of the Swedish Trial in Old Patients with Hypertension (STOP Hypertension). Journal of Internal Medicine. 234(3). 317–323. 48 indexed citations

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Lindholm, Lars & Tord Ekbom. (1993). Hypertension in the Elderly. Clinical and Experimental Hypertension. 15(6). 1343–1352. 1 indexed citations

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Johannesson, Magnus, Lars Borgqúist, Peter Nilsson‐Ehle, et al.. (1993). The cost of screening for hypercholesterolaemia– results from a clinical trial in Swedish primary health care. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation. 53(7). 725–732. 13 indexed citations

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Dahlöf, Björn, et al.. (1993). Swedish Trial in Old Patients with Hypertension (Stop-Hypertension) Analyses Performed up to 1992. Clinical and Experimental Hypertension. 15(6). 925–939. 29 indexed citations

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Hansson, Lennart, et al.. (1991). Key learnings from the STOP-Hypertension study: An update on the progress of the ongoing Swedish study of antihypertensive treatment in the elderly. Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy. 4(S6). 1253–1255. 6 indexed citations

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Bengnér, Urban, Tord Ekbom, Olof Johnell, & Bo E. Nilsson. (1990). Incidence of femoral and tibial shaft fractures: Epidemiology 1950–1983 in Malmö, Sweden. Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica. 61(3). 251–254. 49 indexed citations

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Ekbom, Tord, Lars Lindholm, Anders Odén, et al.. (1988). Blood pressure does not predict mortality in the elderly. Journal of Hypertension. 6(4). S626–628. 15 indexed citations

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