Short Description
aks Wissenschaft is the central research unit of aks gesundheit GmbH and provides a comprehensive, high-quality epidemiological research infrastructure for the federal state of Vorarlberg. Its core components— the Vorarlberg Cancer Registry, the aks Health Data Database, scientific evaluations and participatory research—form the evidence base for public health research, prevention and strategic health planning.
The Vorarlberg Cancer Registry has continuously recorded all malignant neoplasms since the 1970s, following international IARC standards. Systematic case documentation, coding and regular data exchange with Statistics Austria ensure valid incidence, mortality and survival data for research, reporting and healthcare planning.
The aks Health Data Database is one of the most extensive population-based health data resources in Central Europe. It integrates long-term data from preventive programmes, vaccinations and school health examinations. Ongoing record linkage, quality assurance and updates enable robust analyses of long-term health trends, risk factors and regional differences. aks Wissenschaft is accredited as a scientific institution with access to the Austrian Micro Data Center (AMDC) until 2029.
A key function of this research infrastructure is its internal use within the organisation: epidemiological data and evaluation results directly support the development, refinement and quality assurance of health promotion and prevention programmes across the aks gesundheit GmbH. Furthermore, analyses and insights are shared with municipalities, schools, healthcare providers, social organisations and other regional partners, facilitating collaborative development of health-promoting environments.
Through this integrated approach, aks Wissenschaft provides an essential evidence base not only for health policy, but also for the general population and institutions across the region, strengthening public health capacity and supporting informed, data-driven action.
Contact Person
Kristin Ganahl
Research Services
The aks Wissenschaft research infrastructure provides the following research services to internal and external partners:
- Provision of epidemiological datasets (e.g., cancer registry data, regional health data; subject to legal requirements)
- Epidemiological analyses (incidence, trends, mortality, survival analysis)
- Record linkage and data integration in compliance with strict data protection and quality standards
- Statistical analyses and biostatistical consulting
- Evaluation of health promotion and prevention programmes (quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods)
- Public health analysis and research support
- Participatory research formats (Photovoice, co-research, Participatory Action Research)
- Scientific consulting and methodological support for research projects and academic work
Services that cannot be offered directly due to legal or regulatory constraints can be assessed individually in a preliminary consultation.
Interested institutions and organizations are invited to contact aks Wissenschaft for further information or cooperation inquiries.
Methods & Expertise for Research Infrastructure
The research infrastructure of aks Wissenschaft combines the Vorarlberg Cancer Registry, the comprehensive regional health data repository and established evaluation systems to form a robust basis for epidemiological and public health research. Core methodological competencies include epidemiology, biostatistics, record linkage, health data analytics, and survival and trend analyses, all conducted according to international quality standards (IARC, WHO). Additional expertise includes qualitative research, mixed-methods approaches, and participatory research methods such as Photovoice and Participatory Action Research.
The team’s expertise spans epidemiology, medicine, public health, statistics and qualitative social sciences. The infrastructure is used for internal quality and programme development in health promotion as well as for collaborative research with external institutions. It supports data-driven analysis, evidence-based decision-making and interdisciplinary cooperation across sectors.
Currently, there are no formal terms of use for the research infrastructure of aks Wissenschaft.
Requests concerning access, data usage or potential research collaborations are assessed individually and clarified during a preliminary consultation, taking into account all legal, data protection and organisational requirements.
Institutions, organisations or companies interested in using the infrastructure or collaborating on research are invited to get in touch:
Any provision of data or analytical services is carried out exclusively within the applicable legal framework (e.g., GDPR, Cancer Registry Act, Statistics Act) and after evaluation of scientific and data protection requirements.
Requests concerning access, data usage or potential research collaborations are assessed individually and clarified during a preliminary consultation, taking into account all legal, data protection and organisational requirements.
Institutions, organisations or companies interested in using the infrastructure or collaborating on research are invited to get in touch:
Any provision of data or analytical services is carried out exclusively within the applicable legal framework (e.g., GDPR, Cancer Registry Act, Statistics Act) and after evaluation of scientific and data protection requirements.
Epicenter Innsbruck
University Ulm
VIVIT – Vorarlberg Institute for Vascular Investigation and Treatment
University Ulm
VIVIT – Vorarlberg Institute for Vascular Investigation and Treatment
#body_! – Participatory Research Project
2023–2025
aks Wissenschaft, in cooperation with aha Youth Information Centre Vorarlberg, Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences (UCT Research), Verein Amazone
https://www.aks.or.at/body; https://www.fhv.at/forschung/human-centred-technologies/projekte/laufende-projekte/body
Long-term Evaluation of the Vorarlberg Melanoma Screening Programme
2022–2024
aks Wissenschaft / Government of Vorarlberg (Department of Science & Continuing Education)
https://www.aks.or.at/science/forschungsprojekte/
T1CHAT – Chat Platform for Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
2023–2024
aks Wissenschaft in cooperation with Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, DaMaWos
https://www.aks.or.at/t1chat
Longitudinal Study Using aks Health Data on Overweight and Kidney Failure
2020–2022
aks Wissenschaft
https://www.aks.or.at/science/forschungsprojekte/
Serum Uric Acid and Hip Fracture Risk
2019–2021
aks Wissenschaft
https://www.aks.or.at/science/forschungsprojekte/
2023–2025
aks Wissenschaft, in cooperation with aha Youth Information Centre Vorarlberg, Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences (UCT Research), Verein Amazone
https://www.aks.or.at/body; https://www.fhv.at/forschung/human-centred-technologies/projekte/laufende-projekte/body
Long-term Evaluation of the Vorarlberg Melanoma Screening Programme
2022–2024
aks Wissenschaft / Government of Vorarlberg (Department of Science & Continuing Education)
https://www.aks.or.at/science/forschungsprojekte/
T1CHAT – Chat Platform for Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
2023–2024
aks Wissenschaft in cooperation with Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, DaMaWos
https://www.aks.or.at/t1chat
Longitudinal Study Using aks Health Data on Overweight and Kidney Failure
2020–2022
aks Wissenschaft
https://www.aks.or.at/science/forschungsprojekte/
Serum Uric Acid and Hip Fracture Risk
2019–2021
aks Wissenschaft
https://www.aks.or.at/science/forschungsprojekte/
2025
Ulmer H, Corn L, Maier S, Fritz J, Zitt E, List W, Germann, R. Body mass index as a long-term risk factor for severe COVID-19 requiring intensive care. Obes Facts 2025;18(suppl 1): 198.
2024
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), .. Concin H, Nagel G, Ulmer H, Willeit P, Zitt E, …, Ezzati M (2024). Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1108 population-representative studies with 141 million participants. Lancet: Online first November 13, 2024.
Kadelbach P, Weinmayr G, Chen J, Jaensch A, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Cesaroni G, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Leander K, Ljungman P, Magnusson PKE, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, Severi G, Stafoggia M, Tjønneland A, Vermeulen R, Peters A, Wolf K, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Zitt E, Nagel G. Long-term exposure to air pollution and chronic kidney disease-associated mortality-Results from the pooled cohort of the European multicentre ELAPSE-study. Environ Res. 2024 Jul 1;252(Pt 3):118942.
Cesaroni G, Jaensch A, Renzi M, Marino C, Ferraro PM, Kerschbaum J, Haller P, Brozek W, Michelozzi P, Stafoggia M, de Hoogh K, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Zitt E, Forastiere F, Nagel G, Weinmayr G. Association of air pollution with incidence of end-stage kidney disease in two large European cohorts. Sci Total Environ. 2024 Oct 20;948:174796.
Nagel G, Chen J, Jaensch A, Skodda L, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, FechT D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Leander K, Magnusson PKE, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, Severi G, Stafoggia M, Tjonneland A, Vermeulen RCH, Wolf K, Zitt E, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Weinmayr G (2024/Juni). Long-term exposure to air pollution and incidence of gastric and the upper aerodigestive tract cancers in a pooled European cohort: The ELAPSE project. International Journal of Cancer: 154(11):1900-1910, [PDF]
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), .. Concin H, Nagel G, Ulmer H, Willeit P, Zitt E, …, Ezzati M (2024/Maerz).Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet:403(10431):p1027-1050, [PDF]
Brozek W, Clemens P, Ulmer H, Haering N, Concin H, Zitt E, Nagel G (2024/Maerz).Evaluation of a Population-Based Targeted Screening Approach for Skin Cancer with Long-Time Follow-Up in Austria including Potential Effects on Melanoma Mortality. Cancers:16(7):1283-1298, [PDF]
Fritz J, Jochems SHJ, Bjorge T, Wood AM, Haeggstroem C, Ulmer H, Nagel G, Zitt E, Engeland A, Harlid S, Drake I, Stattin P, Stocks T (2024/Februar).Body mass index, triglyceride-glucose index, and prostate cancer death: a mediation analysis in eight European cohorts. British journal of cancer:130(2):p308-316 [PDF]
Weinmayr G, Chen J, Jaensch A, Skodda L, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Leander K, Magnusson PKE, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, Severi G, Stafoggia M, Tjonneland A, Vermeulen R, Wolf K, Zitt E, Brunekreef B, Thurston G, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Nagel G (2024/Februar). Long-term exposure to several constituents and sources of PM2.5 is associated with incidence of upper aerodigestive tract cancers but not gastric cancer: Results from the large pooled European cohort of the ELAPSE project. Science of the total Environment: 912:168789, [PDF]
Taj T, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Poulsen AH, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Zitt E, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Jorgensen JT, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Lager A, Leander K, Liu S, Ljungman P, Severi G, Besson C, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Peters A, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, Sorensen M, Stafoggia M, Tjonneland A, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O (2024/Februar). Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and risk of leukemia and lymphoma in a pooled European cohort. Environmental Pollution: 343:123097, [PDF]
Leiherer A, Brozek W, Muendlein A, Ulmer H, Saely CH, Fraunberger P, Nagel G, Zitt E, Drexel H, Concin H (2024/Maerz).The value of earlier-in-life systolic and diastolic blood pressure for cardiovascular risk prediction. Iscience:27(3):p109097, [PDF]
2023
Hvidtfeldt UA, Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Forastiere F, Brynedal B, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Katsouyanni K, Ketzl M, Leander K, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, So R, Stafoggia M, Tjonneland A, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Zitt E, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O (2023/Dezember). Multiple myeloma risk in relation to long-term air pollution exposure – A pooled analysis of four European cohorts. Environmental Research: 239(Pt 1):117230, [PDF]
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Global variation in diabetes diagnosis and prevalence based on fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c. Nature Medicine. 2023 Nov; [PDF]
Hvidtfeldt UA, Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Leander K, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, So R, Stafoggia M, Tjønneland A, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Zhang J, Zitt E, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O (2023/September). Long-term air pollution exposure and malignant intracranial tumours of the central nervous system: a pooled analysis of six European cohorts. Br J Cancer. 2023 Sep;129(4):656-664.
Cole-Hunter T, Zhang J, Lim YH, Samoli E, Chen J, Strak M, Wolf K, Weinmayr G, Zitt E, Hoffmann B, Jöckel KH, Mortensen LH, Ketzel M, Méndez DY, Ljungman P, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Schramm S, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Andersen ZJ (2023/März). Reply to Rumrich and colleagues (What does “Parkinson’s disease mortality" mean?). Environ Int.
Brozek W, Concin H, Ganahl K, Nagel G, Ulmer H, Zitt E (2023/April).The Vorarlberg Health Monitoring & Promotion Programme (VHM&PP). Vortrag auf der ARCD, [PDF]
Wirsching J, Nagel G, Tsai MY, de Hoogh K, Jaensch A, Anwander B, Sokhi RS, Ulmer H, Zitt E, Concin H, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Weinmayr G (2023/April).Exposure to ambient air pollution and elevated blood levels of gamma-glutamyl transferase in a large Austrian cohort. Science of the total environment:p163658 [PDF]
Sun M, Fritz J, Haggstroem C, Bjorge T, Nagel G, Manjer J, Engeland A, Zitt E, van Guelpen B, Stattin P, Ulmer H, Stocks T (2023/April).Metabolically (un)healthy obesity and risk of obesity-related cancers: a pooled study. Jnci-journal of the national cancer institute:115(4):p456-467 [PDF]
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents growth and development. Nature. 2023 Mar; 615(7954):874-883. [PDF]
Cole-Hunter T, Zhang J, So R, Samoli E, Liu S, Chen J, Strak M, Wolf K, Weinmayr G, Rodopolou S, Remfry E, de Hoogh K, Belland T, Brandt J, Concin H, Zitt E, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Joeckel KH, Mortensen LH, Ketzel M, Mendez DY, Leander K, Ljungman P, Faure E, Lee PC, Elbaz A, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Peters A, Rizzuto D, Vermeulen RCH, Schramm S, Stafoggia M, Katsouyanni K, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Lim YH, Andersen ZJ. Long-term air pollution exposure and Parkinson’s disease mortality in a large pooled European cohort: An ELAPSE study. Environ Int. 2023 Jan; 171:107667 [PDF]
Hvidtfeldt UA, Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann BH, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Brynedal B, Leander K, Ljungman PLS, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Boutron-Ruault MC, Samoli E, So R, Stafoggia M, Tjonneland A, Vermeulen R, Verschuren WMM, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Zhang J, ZItt E, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O. Breast Cancer Incidence in Relation to Long-Term Low-Level Exposure to Air Pollution in the ELAPSE Pooled Cohort. Cancer Epidem Biomar. 2023 Jan:32(1):105 [PDF]
2022
Hvidtfeldt UA, Taj T, Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Jørgensen JT, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Lager A, Leander K, Ljungman P, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, So R, Stafoggia M, Tjønneland A, Vermeulen R, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Zhang J, Zitt E, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O. Long term exposure to air pollution and kidney parenchyma cancer – Effects of low-level air pollution: a Study in Europe (ELAPSE). Environ Res. 2022 Dec;215(Pt 2):114385 [PDF]
Andersen ZJ, Zhang J, Jørgensen JT, Samoli E, Liu S, Chen J, Strak M, Wolf K, Weinmayr G, Rodopolou S, Remfry E, de Hoogh K, Bellander T, Brandt J, Concin H, Zitt E, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Monique Verschuren WM, Jöckel KH, So R, Cole-Hunter T, Mehta AJ, Mortensen LH, Ketzel M, Lager A, Leander K, Ljungman P, Severi G, Boutron-Ruault MC, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Peters A, Rizzuto D, van der Schouw YT, Schramm S, Stafoggia M, Katsouyanni K, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Lim YH. Long-term exposure to air pollution and mortality from dementia, psychiatric disorders, and suicide in a large pooled European cohort: ELAPSE study. Environ Int. 2022 Oct 12;170:107581 [PDF]
Hvidtfeldt UA, Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann BH, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Brynedal B, Leander K, Ljungman PLS, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Boutron-Ruault MC, Samoli E, So R, Stafoggia M, Tjønneland A, Vermeulen R, Verschuren WMM, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Zhang J, Zitt E, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O. Breast cancer incidence in relation to long-term low-level exposure to air pollution in the ELAPSE pooled cohort. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 Oct 10;EPI-22-0720.
Chen J, Hoek G, de Hoogh K, Rodopoulou S, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Verschuren WMM, Jöckel KH, Jørgensen JT, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Méndez DY, Leander K, Liu S, Ljungman P, Faure E, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Peters A, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, van der Schouw YT, Schramm S, Severi G, Stafoggia M, Strak M, Sørensen M, Tjønneland A, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Zitt E, Brunekreef B, Thurston GD. Long-Term Exposure to Source-Specific Fine Particles and Mortality─A Pooled Analysis of 14 European Cohorts within the ELAPSE Project. Environ Sci Technol. 2022 Jul 5;56(13):9277-9290. [PDF]
Bereziartua A, Chen J, de Hoogh K, Rodopoulou S, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Arthur Hvidtfeldt U, Verschuren WMM, Jöckel KH, Jørgensen JT, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Hjertager Krog N, Brynedal B, Leander K, Liu S, Ljungman P, Faure E, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Peters A, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Renzi M, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, van der Schouw YT, Schramm S, Severi G, Stafoggia M, Strak M, Sørensen M, Tjønneland A, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Zitt E, Brunekreef B, Hoek G. Exposure to surrounding greenness and natural-cause and cause-specific mortality in the ELAPSE pooled cohort. Environ Int. [PDF]
Fritz J, Brozek W, Concin H, Nagel G, Kerschbaum J, Lhotta K, Ulmer H, Zitt E. The Association of Excess Body Weight with Risk of ESKD Is Mediated Through Insulin Resistance, Hypertension, and Hyperuricemia. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. [PDF]
Liu S, Lim YH, Chen J, Strak M, Wolf K, Weinmayr G, Rodopolou S, de Hoogh K, Bellander T, Brandt J, Concin H, Zitt E, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Verschuren WMM, Jöckel KH, Jørgensen JT, So R, Amini H, Cole-Hunter T, Mehta AJ, Mortensen LH, Ketzel M, Lager A, Leander K, Ljungman P, Severi G, Boutron-Ruault MC, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Peters A, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Rizzuto D, van der Schouw YT, Schramm S, Sørensen M, Stafoggia M, Tjønneland A, Katsouyanni K, Huang W, Samoli E, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Andersen ZJ. Long-term Air Pollution Exposure and Pneumonia Related Mortality in a Large Pooled European Cohort. Am J Respir Crit Care Med.
Brozek W, Ulmer H, Pompella A, Nagel G, Leiherer A, Preyer O, Concin H, Zitt E. Gamma-glutamyl-transferase is associated with incident hip fractures in women and men>=50 years: a large population-based cohort study in Vorarlberg (Austria). Osteologie. [PDF]
Brozek W, Ulmer H, Pompella A, Nagel G, Leiherer A, Preyer O, Concin H, Zitt E.Response to comments on Gamma-glutamyl-transferase is associated with incident hip fractures in women and men ? 50 years: a large population-based cohort study. Osteoporosis international. [PDF]
Brozek W, Ulmer H, Pompella A, Nagel G, Leiherer A, Preyer O, Concin H, Zitt E. Gamma-glutamyl-transferase is associated with incident hip fractures in women and men = 50 years: a large population-based cohort study. Osteoporosis international:33(6):p1295-1307. [PDF]
Stasch, N., Ganahl, K. & Geiger, H. Soziale Ungleichheit in der Zahngesundheit von Kindern. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung (2022). [PDF]
Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Taj T, Poulsen AH, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Zitt E, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Verschuren WMM, Jørgensen JT, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Lager A, Leander K, Liu S, Ljungman P, Severi G, Boutron-Ruault MC, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Peters A, Rizzuto D, van der Schouw YT, Samoli E, Sørensen M, Stafoggia M, Tjønneland A, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Brunekreef B, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Hoek G. Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and bladder cancer incidence in a pooled European cohort: the ELAPSE project. Br J Cancer. 2022 Jun:126(10):1499-1507. [PDF]
Stafoggia M, Oftedal B, Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Renzi M, Atkinson RW, Bauwelinck M, Klompmaker JO, Mehta A, Vienneau D, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Cesaroni G, de Hoogh K, Fecht D, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Jöckel KH, Jørgensen JT, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Kristoffersen DT, Lager A, Leander K, Liu S, Ljungman PLS, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Peters A, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Rizzuto D, Schramm S, Schwarze PE, Severi G, Sigsgaard T, Strak M, van der Schouw YT, Verschuren M, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Zitt E, Samoli E, Forastiere F, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Janssen NAH. Long-term exposure to low ambient air pollution concentrations and mortality among 28 million people: results from seven large European cohorts within the ELAPSE project. Lancet Planet Health. 2022 Jan;6(1):e9-e18. [PDF]
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants. Lancet. 2021 Sep 11;398(10304):957-980. 5;399(10324):520. [PDF]
Dimai HP, Reichardt B, Zitt E, Concin H, Malle O, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Svedbom A, Brozek W. Thirty years of hip fracture incidence in Austria: is the worst over? Osteoporos Int. 2022 Jan;33(1):97-104. [PDF]
Ulmer H, Corn L, Maier S, Fritz J, Zitt E, List W, Germann, R. Body mass index as a long-term risk factor for severe COVID-19 requiring intensive care. Obes Facts 2025;18(suppl 1): 198.
2024
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), .. Concin H, Nagel G, Ulmer H, Willeit P, Zitt E, …, Ezzati M (2024). Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1108 population-representative studies with 141 million participants. Lancet: Online first November 13, 2024.
Kadelbach P, Weinmayr G, Chen J, Jaensch A, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Cesaroni G, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Leander K, Ljungman P, Magnusson PKE, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, Severi G, Stafoggia M, Tjønneland A, Vermeulen R, Peters A, Wolf K, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Zitt E, Nagel G. Long-term exposure to air pollution and chronic kidney disease-associated mortality-Results from the pooled cohort of the European multicentre ELAPSE-study. Environ Res. 2024 Jul 1;252(Pt 3):118942.
Cesaroni G, Jaensch A, Renzi M, Marino C, Ferraro PM, Kerschbaum J, Haller P, Brozek W, Michelozzi P, Stafoggia M, de Hoogh K, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Zitt E, Forastiere F, Nagel G, Weinmayr G. Association of air pollution with incidence of end-stage kidney disease in two large European cohorts. Sci Total Environ. 2024 Oct 20;948:174796.
Nagel G, Chen J, Jaensch A, Skodda L, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, FechT D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Leander K, Magnusson PKE, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, Severi G, Stafoggia M, Tjonneland A, Vermeulen RCH, Wolf K, Zitt E, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Weinmayr G (2024/Juni). Long-term exposure to air pollution and incidence of gastric and the upper aerodigestive tract cancers in a pooled European cohort: The ELAPSE project. International Journal of Cancer: 154(11):1900-1910, [PDF]
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), .. Concin H, Nagel G, Ulmer H, Willeit P, Zitt E, …, Ezzati M (2024/Maerz).Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet:403(10431):p1027-1050, [PDF]
Brozek W, Clemens P, Ulmer H, Haering N, Concin H, Zitt E, Nagel G (2024/Maerz).Evaluation of a Population-Based Targeted Screening Approach for Skin Cancer with Long-Time Follow-Up in Austria including Potential Effects on Melanoma Mortality. Cancers:16(7):1283-1298, [PDF]
Fritz J, Jochems SHJ, Bjorge T, Wood AM, Haeggstroem C, Ulmer H, Nagel G, Zitt E, Engeland A, Harlid S, Drake I, Stattin P, Stocks T (2024/Februar).Body mass index, triglyceride-glucose index, and prostate cancer death: a mediation analysis in eight European cohorts. British journal of cancer:130(2):p308-316 [PDF]
Weinmayr G, Chen J, Jaensch A, Skodda L, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Leander K, Magnusson PKE, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, Severi G, Stafoggia M, Tjonneland A, Vermeulen R, Wolf K, Zitt E, Brunekreef B, Thurston G, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Nagel G (2024/Februar). Long-term exposure to several constituents and sources of PM2.5 is associated with incidence of upper aerodigestive tract cancers but not gastric cancer: Results from the large pooled European cohort of the ELAPSE project. Science of the total Environment: 912:168789, [PDF]
Taj T, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Poulsen AH, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Zitt E, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Jorgensen JT, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Lager A, Leander K, Liu S, Ljungman P, Severi G, Besson C, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Peters A, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, Sorensen M, Stafoggia M, Tjonneland A, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O (2024/Februar). Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and risk of leukemia and lymphoma in a pooled European cohort. Environmental Pollution: 343:123097, [PDF]
Leiherer A, Brozek W, Muendlein A, Ulmer H, Saely CH, Fraunberger P, Nagel G, Zitt E, Drexel H, Concin H (2024/Maerz).The value of earlier-in-life systolic and diastolic blood pressure for cardiovascular risk prediction. Iscience:27(3):p109097, [PDF]
2023
Hvidtfeldt UA, Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Forastiere F, Brynedal B, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Katsouyanni K, Ketzl M, Leander K, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, So R, Stafoggia M, Tjonneland A, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Zitt E, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O (2023/Dezember). Multiple myeloma risk in relation to long-term air pollution exposure – A pooled analysis of four European cohorts. Environmental Research: 239(Pt 1):117230, [PDF]
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Global variation in diabetes diagnosis and prevalence based on fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c. Nature Medicine. 2023 Nov; [PDF]
Hvidtfeldt UA, Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Leander K, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, So R, Stafoggia M, Tjønneland A, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Zhang J, Zitt E, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O (2023/September). Long-term air pollution exposure and malignant intracranial tumours of the central nervous system: a pooled analysis of six European cohorts. Br J Cancer. 2023 Sep;129(4):656-664.
Cole-Hunter T, Zhang J, Lim YH, Samoli E, Chen J, Strak M, Wolf K, Weinmayr G, Zitt E, Hoffmann B, Jöckel KH, Mortensen LH, Ketzel M, Méndez DY, Ljungman P, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Schramm S, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Andersen ZJ (2023/März). Reply to Rumrich and colleagues (What does “Parkinson’s disease mortality" mean?). Environ Int.
Brozek W, Concin H, Ganahl K, Nagel G, Ulmer H, Zitt E (2023/April).The Vorarlberg Health Monitoring & Promotion Programme (VHM&PP). Vortrag auf der ARCD, [PDF]
Wirsching J, Nagel G, Tsai MY, de Hoogh K, Jaensch A, Anwander B, Sokhi RS, Ulmer H, Zitt E, Concin H, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Weinmayr G (2023/April).Exposure to ambient air pollution and elevated blood levels of gamma-glutamyl transferase in a large Austrian cohort. Science of the total environment:p163658 [PDF]
Sun M, Fritz J, Haggstroem C, Bjorge T, Nagel G, Manjer J, Engeland A, Zitt E, van Guelpen B, Stattin P, Ulmer H, Stocks T (2023/April).Metabolically (un)healthy obesity and risk of obesity-related cancers: a pooled study. Jnci-journal of the national cancer institute:115(4):p456-467 [PDF]
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents growth and development. Nature. 2023 Mar; 615(7954):874-883. [PDF]
Cole-Hunter T, Zhang J, So R, Samoli E, Liu S, Chen J, Strak M, Wolf K, Weinmayr G, Rodopolou S, Remfry E, de Hoogh K, Belland T, Brandt J, Concin H, Zitt E, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Joeckel KH, Mortensen LH, Ketzel M, Mendez DY, Leander K, Ljungman P, Faure E, Lee PC, Elbaz A, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Peters A, Rizzuto D, Vermeulen RCH, Schramm S, Stafoggia M, Katsouyanni K, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Lim YH, Andersen ZJ. Long-term air pollution exposure and Parkinson’s disease mortality in a large pooled European cohort: An ELAPSE study. Environ Int. 2023 Jan; 171:107667 [PDF]
Hvidtfeldt UA, Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann BH, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Brynedal B, Leander K, Ljungman PLS, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Boutron-Ruault MC, Samoli E, So R, Stafoggia M, Tjonneland A, Vermeulen R, Verschuren WMM, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Zhang J, ZItt E, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O. Breast Cancer Incidence in Relation to Long-Term Low-Level Exposure to Air Pollution in the ELAPSE Pooled Cohort. Cancer Epidem Biomar. 2023 Jan:32(1):105 [PDF]
2022
Hvidtfeldt UA, Taj T, Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Jørgensen JT, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Lager A, Leander K, Ljungman P, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, So R, Stafoggia M, Tjønneland A, Vermeulen R, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Zhang J, Zitt E, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O. Long term exposure to air pollution and kidney parenchyma cancer – Effects of low-level air pollution: a Study in Europe (ELAPSE). Environ Res. 2022 Dec;215(Pt 2):114385 [PDF]
Andersen ZJ, Zhang J, Jørgensen JT, Samoli E, Liu S, Chen J, Strak M, Wolf K, Weinmayr G, Rodopolou S, Remfry E, de Hoogh K, Bellander T, Brandt J, Concin H, Zitt E, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Monique Verschuren WM, Jöckel KH, So R, Cole-Hunter T, Mehta AJ, Mortensen LH, Ketzel M, Lager A, Leander K, Ljungman P, Severi G, Boutron-Ruault MC, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Peters A, Rizzuto D, van der Schouw YT, Schramm S, Stafoggia M, Katsouyanni K, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Lim YH. Long-term exposure to air pollution and mortality from dementia, psychiatric disorders, and suicide in a large pooled European cohort: ELAPSE study. Environ Int. 2022 Oct 12;170:107581 [PDF]
Hvidtfeldt UA, Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann BH, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Brynedal B, Leander K, Ljungman PLS, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Rizzuto D, Boutron-Ruault MC, Samoli E, So R, Stafoggia M, Tjønneland A, Vermeulen R, Verschuren WMM, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Zhang J, Zitt E, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Raaschou-Nielsen O. Breast cancer incidence in relation to long-term low-level exposure to air pollution in the ELAPSE pooled cohort. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 Oct 10;EPI-22-0720.
Chen J, Hoek G, de Hoogh K, Rodopoulou S, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Verschuren WMM, Jöckel KH, Jørgensen JT, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Méndez DY, Leander K, Liu S, Ljungman P, Faure E, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Peters A, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, van der Schouw YT, Schramm S, Severi G, Stafoggia M, Strak M, Sørensen M, Tjønneland A, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Zitt E, Brunekreef B, Thurston GD. Long-Term Exposure to Source-Specific Fine Particles and Mortality─A Pooled Analysis of 14 European Cohorts within the ELAPSE Project. Environ Sci Technol. 2022 Jul 5;56(13):9277-9290. [PDF]
Bereziartua A, Chen J, de Hoogh K, Rodopoulou S, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Arthur Hvidtfeldt U, Verschuren WMM, Jöckel KH, Jørgensen JT, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Hjertager Krog N, Brynedal B, Leander K, Liu S, Ljungman P, Faure E, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Peters A, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Renzi M, Rizzuto D, Samoli E, van der Schouw YT, Schramm S, Severi G, Stafoggia M, Strak M, Sørensen M, Tjønneland A, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Zitt E, Brunekreef B, Hoek G. Exposure to surrounding greenness and natural-cause and cause-specific mortality in the ELAPSE pooled cohort. Environ Int. [PDF]
Fritz J, Brozek W, Concin H, Nagel G, Kerschbaum J, Lhotta K, Ulmer H, Zitt E. The Association of Excess Body Weight with Risk of ESKD Is Mediated Through Insulin Resistance, Hypertension, and Hyperuricemia. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. [PDF]
Liu S, Lim YH, Chen J, Strak M, Wolf K, Weinmayr G, Rodopolou S, de Hoogh K, Bellander T, Brandt J, Concin H, Zitt E, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Verschuren WMM, Jöckel KH, Jørgensen JT, So R, Amini H, Cole-Hunter T, Mehta AJ, Mortensen LH, Ketzel M, Lager A, Leander K, Ljungman P, Severi G, Boutron-Ruault MC, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Peters A, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Rizzuto D, van der Schouw YT, Schramm S, Sørensen M, Stafoggia M, Tjønneland A, Katsouyanni K, Huang W, Samoli E, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Andersen ZJ. Long-term Air Pollution Exposure and Pneumonia Related Mortality in a Large Pooled European Cohort. Am J Respir Crit Care Med.
Brozek W, Ulmer H, Pompella A, Nagel G, Leiherer A, Preyer O, Concin H, Zitt E. Gamma-glutamyl-transferase is associated with incident hip fractures in women and men>=50 years: a large population-based cohort study in Vorarlberg (Austria). Osteologie. [PDF]
Brozek W, Ulmer H, Pompella A, Nagel G, Leiherer A, Preyer O, Concin H, Zitt E.Response to comments on Gamma-glutamyl-transferase is associated with incident hip fractures in women and men ? 50 years: a large population-based cohort study. Osteoporosis international. [PDF]
Brozek W, Ulmer H, Pompella A, Nagel G, Leiherer A, Preyer O, Concin H, Zitt E. Gamma-glutamyl-transferase is associated with incident hip fractures in women and men = 50 years: a large population-based cohort study. Osteoporosis international:33(6):p1295-1307. [PDF]
Stasch, N., Ganahl, K. & Geiger, H. Soziale Ungleichheit in der Zahngesundheit von Kindern. Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung (2022). [PDF]
Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Strak M, de Hoogh K, Taj T, Poulsen AH, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Zitt E, Fecht D, Forastiere F, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Verschuren WMM, Jørgensen JT, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Lager A, Leander K, Liu S, Ljungman P, Severi G, Boutron-Ruault MC, Magnusson PKE, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Peters A, Rizzuto D, van der Schouw YT, Samoli E, Sørensen M, Stafoggia M, Tjønneland A, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Brunekreef B, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Hoek G. Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and bladder cancer incidence in a pooled European cohort: the ELAPSE project. Br J Cancer. 2022 Jun:126(10):1499-1507. [PDF]
Stafoggia M, Oftedal B, Chen J, Rodopoulou S, Renzi M, Atkinson RW, Bauwelinck M, Klompmaker JO, Mehta A, Vienneau D, Andersen ZJ, Bellander T, Brandt J, Cesaroni G, de Hoogh K, Fecht D, Gulliver J, Hertel O, Hoffmann B, Hvidtfeldt UA, Jöckel KH, Jørgensen JT, Katsouyanni K, Ketzel M, Kristoffersen DT, Lager A, Leander K, Liu S, Ljungman PLS, Nagel G, Pershagen G, Peters A, Raaschou-Nielsen O, Rizzuto D, Schramm S, Schwarze PE, Severi G, Sigsgaard T, Strak M, van der Schouw YT, Verschuren M, Weinmayr G, Wolf K, Zitt E, Samoli E, Forastiere F, Brunekreef B, Hoek G, Janssen NAH. Long-term exposure to low ambient air pollution concentrations and mortality among 28 million people: results from seven large European cohorts within the ELAPSE project. Lancet Planet Health. 2022 Jan;6(1):e9-e18. [PDF]
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants. Lancet. 2021 Sep 11;398(10304):957-980. 5;399(10324):520. [PDF]
Dimai HP, Reichardt B, Zitt E, Concin H, Malle O, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Svedbom A, Brozek W. Thirty years of hip fracture incidence in Austria: is the worst over? Osteoporos Int. 2022 Jan;33(1):97-104. [PDF]