Lars Engstrand

ORCID: 0000-0002-7713-2373 · 5 papers in corpus
observational 2026
NPJ biofilms and microbiomes ·doi:10.1038/s41522-026-00956-2

Miscarriage occurs in approximately 15% of all pregnancies, and recent studies have suggested a potential role of the microbiome. A nested case-control study from the Swedish Maternal Microbiome cohort was conducted, including 34 participan…

observational 2023
·doi:10.1093/humrep/dead093.1019

Abstract Study question Which factors are associated with pre-pregnancy complications and poor well-being in early pregnancy? Summary answer We identified different risk profiles for different pre-pregnancy complications. Besides age and bo…

observational 2023
BMC pregnancy and childbirth ·doi:10.1186/s12884-023-05479-8

BACKGROUND: Many couples experience difficulties to become pregnant or carry a pregnancy to term due to unknown causes. Here we define pre-pregnancy complications as having prior recurrent pregnancy loss, prior late miscarriages, time to pr…

observational 2022
BMJ open ·doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065825

PURPOSE: The Swedish Maternal Microbiome (SweMaMi) project was initiated to better understand the dynamics of the microbiome in pregnancy, with longitudinal microbiome sampling, shotgun metagenomics, extensive questionnaires and health regi…

review 2022
Human reproduction open ·doi:10.1093/hropen/hoac015

STUDY QUESTION: What is the microbiome profile across different body sites in relation to the normal menstrual cycle (with and without hormonal contraception), recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) (before and during pregnancy, pregnancy loss or b…