
Sophie Hellstrand
Assistant researcher

Current position
Research Assistant
Academic degree
PhD in Public Health with focus on diet-gene interactions on dyslipidemia and cardiovascular disease, Lund University, 2015
MSc in Nutrition, Stockholm University 2010
Ongoing project
Dietary data collection in the Malmö Offstpring Study. Control of and analyzing dietary data in the Swedish Food Administration´s (Livsmedelsverket) database "Livsmedelssystemet"
Research interests
Epidemiology, nutrition, diet collection methodology, genetics, cardiovascular disease
Publications
Displaying of publications. Sorted by year, then title.
A healthy dietary metabolic signature is associated with a lower risk for type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease
Einar Smith, Ulrika Ericson, Sophie Hellstrand, Marju Orho-Melander, Peter M. Nilsson, et al.
(2022) BMC Medicine, 20
Journal articleDietary Data in the Malmö Offspring Study : Reproducibility, Method Comparison and Validation against Objective Biomarkers
Sophie Hellstrand, Filip Ottosson, Einar Smith, Louise Brunkwall, Stina Ramne, et al.
(2021) Nutrients, 13
Journal articleThe Malmö Offspring Study (MOS) : design, methods and first results
Louise Brunkwall, Daniel Jönsson, Ulrika Ericson, Sophie Hellstrand, Cecilia Kennbäck, et al.
(2021) European Journal of Epidemiology, 36 p.103-116
Journal articleComparing Self-Reported Sugar Intake With the Sucrose and Fructose Biomarker From Overnight Urine Samples in Relation to Cardiometabolic Risk Factors
Stina Ramne, Nicola Gray, Sophie Hellstrand, Louise Brunkwall, Sofia Enhörning, et al.
(2020) Frontiers in nutrition, 7
Journal articleConsumption of Fish and Long-chain n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Is Associated With Reduced Risk of Colorectal Cancer in a Large European Cohort
Elom K. Aglago, Inge Huybrechts, Neil Murphy, Corinne Casagrande, Genevieve Nicolas, et al.
(2020) Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 18 p.6-666
Journal articleA Health-Conscious Food Pattern Is Associated with Prediabetes and Gut Microbiota in the Malmö Offspring Study
Ulrika Ericson, Louise Brunkwall, Sophie Hellstrand, Peter M. Nilsson, Marju Orho-Melander
(2020) Journal of Nutrition, 150 p.861-872
Journal articleCommonly consumed beverages associate with different lifestyle and dietary intakes
Louise Brunkwall, Peter Almgren, Sophie Hellstrand, Marju Orho-Melander, Ulrika Ericson
(2019) International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 70 p.88-97
Journal articleFood patterns in relation to weight change and incidence of type 2 diabetes, coronary events and stroke in the Malmö Diet and Cancer cohort
Ulrika Ericson, Louise Brunkwall, Joana Alves Dias, Isabel Drake, Sophie Hellstrand, et al.
(2019) European Journal of Nutrition, 58 p.1801-1814
Journal articleErgothioneine is associated with reduced mortality and decreased risk of cardiovascular disease
Einar Smith, Filip Ottosson, Sophie Hellstrand, Ulrika Ericson, Marju Orho-Melander, et al.
(2019) Heart
Journal articleDimethylguanidino Valerate : A Lifestyle-Related Metabolite Associated With Future Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Mortality
Filip Ottosson, Ulrika Ericson, Peter Almgren, Einar Smith, Louise Brunkwall, et al.
(2019) Journal of the American Heart Association, 8
Journal articleDietary and genetic risk scores and incidence of type 2 diabetes
Ulrika Ericson, George Hindy, Isabel Drake, Christina Alexandra Schulz, Louise Brunkwall, et al.
(2018) Genes and Nutrition, 13
Journal articlePlasma variation and reproducibility of oxidized LDL-cholesterol and low-grade inflammation biomarkers among participants of the Malmö Diet and Cancer cohort
Joana Alves Dias, Sophie Hellstrand, Ulrika Ericson, B. Gullberg, Jan Nilsson, et al.
(2016) Biomarkers, 21 p.562-571
Journal articleDiet quality and change in blood lipids during 16 years of follow-up and their interaction with genetic risk for dyslipidemia
Emily Sonestedt, Sophie Hellstrand, Isabel Drake, Christina Alexandra Schulz, Ulrika Ericson, et al.
(2016) Nutrients, 8
Journal articleGenetic susceptibility to dyslipidemia and incidence of cardiovascular disease depending on a diet quality index in the Malmö diet and cancer cohort
Sophie Hellstrand, Ulrika Ericson, Christina Alexandra Schulz, Isabel Drake, Bo Gullberg, et al.
(2016) Genes & Nutrition, 11
Journal articleInteraction between dietary factors and genetic risk for lipoprotein traits and cardiovascular disease
Sophie Hellstrand
(2015) Lund University Faculty of Medicine Doctoral Dissertation Series, 2015:70
DissertationThe Association between Carbohydrate-Rich Foods and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Is Not Modified by Genetic Susceptibility to Dyslipidemia as Determined by 80 Validated Variants.
Emily Sonestedt, Sophie Hellstrand, Christina-Alexandra Schulz, Peter Wallström, Isabel Drake, et al.
(2015) PLoS ONE, 10
Journal articleFood sources of fat may clarify the inconsistent role of dietary fat intake for incidence of type 2 diabetes.
Ulrika Ericson, Sophie Hellstrand, Louise Brunkwall, Christina-Alexandra Schulz, Emily Sonestedt, et al.
(2015) American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 101 p.1065-1080
Journal articleGenetic Variation in FADS Has Little Effect on the Association between Dietary PUFA Intake and Cardiovascular Disease.
Sophie Hellstrand, Ulrika Ericson, Bo Gullberg, Bo Hedblad, Marju Orho-Melander, et al.
(2014) Journal of Nutrition, 144 p.1356-1363
Journal articleGenetic variation in the fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) in association with food preferences in healthy adults.
Louise Brunkwall, Ulrika Ericson, Sophie Hellstrand, Bo Gullberg, Marju Orho-Melander, et al.
(2013) Food & Nutrition Research, 57
Journal articleHigh intakes of protein and processed meat associate with increased incidence of type 2 diabetes.
Ulrika Ericson, Emily Sonestedt, Bo Gullberg, Sophie Hellstrand, George Hindy, et al.
(2013) British Journal of Nutrition, 109 p.1143-1153
Journal articleIntake levels of dietary long-chain PUFAs modify the association between genetic variation in FADS and LDL-C
Sophie Hellstrand, Emily Sonestedt, Ulrika Ericson, Bo Gullberg, Elisabet Wirfält, et al.
(2012) Journal of Lipid Research, 53 p.1183-1189
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