Publications

Association of neighbourhood and individual-level socioeconomic disadvantage in childhood and adulthood with cognitive function in mid-adulthood: Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Heikkilä K, Stenholm S, Pentti J, Vahtera J, Elovainio M, Pulkki-Råback L, Juonala M, Pahkala K, Ahola-Olli A, Hutri N, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Laitinen TP, Taittonen L, Tossavainen P, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Rovio SP. Am J Epidemiol. 2025 Mar 7:kwaf032. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwaf032. Online ahead of print.

The association of childhood HDL cholesterol with atherosclerotic CVD events in adults: findings from the International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohort Consortium. Wang J, Kartiosuo N, Raitakari O, Viikari J, Juonala M, Bazzano L, Sinaiko AR, Steinberger J, Daniels SR, Venn A, Magnussen C, Woo JG, Ramakrishnan R, Urbina EM, Kähönen M, Jacobs DR, Dwyer T. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2025 Mar 5:zwaf117. doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf117. Online ahead of print.

From Parents to Children: The Intergenerational Transference of Parents’ Sport Club Participation From Childhood to Adolescence: The 40-Year Young Finns Study. Kaseva K, Stenbacka S, Kukko T, Pahkala K, Rovio S, Hirvensalo M, Raitakari OT, Tammelin T, Lehtimäki T, Suominen T, Salin K. J Phys Act Health. 2025 Feb 19:1-9. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2024-0368. Online ahead of print.

Childhood family environment and μ-opioid receptor availability in vivo in adulthood. Saarinen A, Tuominen L, Puttonen S, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Hietala J. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2025 Jan 31. doi: 10.1038/s41386-025-02059-6. Online ahead of print.

Tobacco Smoking in Early Adulthood and Labor Market Performance: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Viinikainen J, Böckerman P, Hakulinen C, Kari JT, Lehtimäki T, Pahkala K, Pehkonen J, Viikari J, Raitakari OT. Nicotine Tob Res. 2025 Jan 14:ntae296. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntae296. Online ahead of print.

Tracking and Transition Probability of Blood Pressure From Childhood to Midadulthood. Meng Y, Sharman JE, Iiskala F, Wu F, Juonala M, Pahkala K, Rovio SP, Fraser BJ, Kelly RK, Hutri N, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Jula A, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG. JAMA Pediatr. 2025 Jan 1;179(1):34-45.

Early resilience and epigenetic ageing: Results from the prospective Young Finns Study with a 31-year follow-up. Saarinen A, Marttila S, Mishra PP, Lyytikäinen LP, Hamal Mishra B, Raitoharju E, Mononen N, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L. Aging Cell. 2025 Feb;24(2):e14394.

A Clinical Tool to Relate Youth Risk Factors to Adult Cardiovascular Events and Type 2 Diabetes: The International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohort Consortium. Haley J, Woo JG, Jacobs DR Jr, Bazzano L, Daniels S, Dwyer T, Juonala M, Raitakari O, Sinaiko A, Steinberger J, Venn A, Whitaker KM, Urbina EM. J Pediatr. 2025 Jan;276:114277.
Understanding lipidomics associations and the lipoprotein-related caveats in population epidemiology. Zhao S, Ohukainen P, Kettunen J, Järvelin MR, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Mäkinen VP, Ala-Korpela M. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Nov 28:kwae445. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwae445. Online ahead of print.

Associations of Cumulative Adulthood, Childhood and Life-long Insulin with Adulthood Retinal Microvasculature. Repo O, Juonala M, Rovio SP, Mykkänen J, Nevalainen J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Laitinen TP, Viikari J, Raitakari O, Tapp R, Pahkala K. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Dec 11:dgae865. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgae865. Online ahead of print.

Correlates of active commuting to school across two generations: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Suominen T, Kukko T, Yang X, Pahkala K, Rovio S, Hirvensalo M, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Tammelin T, Salin K. Scand J Public Health. 2024 Dec 10:14034948241304246. doi: 10.1177/14034948241304246. Online ahead of print.

Childhood family environment and systemic haemodynamics in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Kähönen E, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Hutri N, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Saarinen A. Scand J Public Health. 2024 Aug 17:14034948241262185. doi: 10.1177/14034948241262185. Online ahead of print.

Personalized Profiling of Lipoprotein and Lipid Metabolism Based on 1018 Measures from Combined Quantitative NMR and LC-MS/MS Platforms. Zhao S, Giles C, Huynh K, Kettunen J, Järvelin MR, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Meikle PJ, Mäkinen VP, Ala-Korpela M. Anal Chem. 2024 Dec 31;96(52):20362-20370.

Efficient Search Algorithms for Identifying Synergistic Associations in High-Dimensional Datasets. Hourican C, Li J, Mishra PP, Lehtimäki T, Mishra BH, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Laaksonen R, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Juonala M, Quax R. Entropy (Basel). 2024 Nov 11;26(11):968.

Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Level Distributions Across Different Ages: Implications for Screening Children for Severe and Familial Hypercholesterolemia. Liu J, Bellows BK, Jacobs DR Jr, Woo JG, Urbina EM, Balte PP, Oelsner EC, Kazi DS, Siscovick D, Allen NB, Rana JS, Wilkins JT, Hall ME, Bazzano LA, Burns TL, Daniels SR, Dwyer T, Juonala M, Raitakari OT, Sinaiko AR, Steinberger J, Venn AJ, Kartiosuo N, Lehtimäki T, Magnussen CG, Viikari JSA, de Ferranti SD, Moran AE, Zhang Y. Circulation. 2024 Nov 19;150(21):1741-1744.

Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1108 population-representative studies with 141 million participants. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Lancet. 2024 Nov 23;404(10467):2077-2093.

Predictors in Youth of Adult Cardiovascular Events. Nuotio J, Laitinen TT, Magnussen CG, Sinaiko AR, Bazzano LA, Daniels SR, Jacobs DR Jr, Kartiosuo N, Koskinen J, Burgner DP, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Steinberger J, Urbina EM, Venn AJ, Viikari JSA, Woo JG, Dwyer T, Juonala M. Pediatrics. 2024 Nov 1;154(5):e2024066736.

Predicting early-stage coronary artery disease using machine learning and routine clinical biomarkers improved by augmented virtual data. Koloi A, Loukas VS, Hourican C, Sakellarios AI, Quax R, Mishra PP, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Papaloukas C, Bosch JA, März W, Fotiadis DI. Eur Heart J Digit Health. 2024 Aug 9;5(5):542-550.

Cognitive performance from childhood to old age and intergenerational correlations in the multigenerational Young Finns Study. Heiskanen MA, Nevalainen J, Pahkala K, Juonala M, Hutri N, Kähönen M, Jokinen E, Laitinen TP, Tossavainen P, Taittonen L, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Rovio SP. J Neurol. 2024 Nov;271(11):7294-7308.

Life-period associations of body mass index with adult carotid intima-media thickness: The Bogalusa Heart Study and the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Evans JT, Buscot MJ, Fraser BJ, Juonala M, Guo Y, Fernandez C, Kähönen M, Sabin MA, Armstrong MK, Viikari JSA, Bazzano LA, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG. Prev Med. 2024 Dec;189:108128.

Early intermittent hyperlipidaemia alters tissue macrophages to fuel atherosclerosis. Takaoka M, Zhao X, Lim HY, Magnussen CG, Ang O, Suffee N, Schrank PR, Ong WS, Tsiantoulas D, Sommer F, Mohanta SK, Harrison J, Meng Y, Laurans L, Wu F, Lu Y, Masters L, Newland SA, Denti L, Hong M, Chajadine M, Juonala M, Koskinen JS, Kähönen M, Pahkala K, Rovio SP, Mykkänen J, Thomson R, Kaisho T, Habenicht AJR, Clement M, Tedgui A, Ait-Oufella H, Zhao TX, Nus M, Ruhrberg C, Taleb S, Williams JW, Raitakari OT, Angeli V, Mallat Z. Nature. 2024 Oct;634(8033):457-465.

Identification and functional characterisation of DNA methylation differences between East- and West-originating Finns. Ciantar J, Marttila S, Rajić S, Kostiniuk D, Mishra PP, Lyytikäinen LP, Mononen N, Kleber ME, März W, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T, Raitoharju E. Epigenetics. 2024 Dec;19(1):2397297.

General and abdominal adiposity and hypertension in eight world regions: a pooled analysis of 837 population-based studies with 7·5 million participants. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Lancet. 2024 Aug 31;404(10455):851-863.

Longitudinal associations of participation in organized and unorganized sports in youth with physical activity in mid-adulthood: The Young Finns Study. Suominen TH, Kukko T, Pahkala K, Rovio S, Yang X, Kulmala J, Lounassalo I, Hirvensalo M, Raitakari OT, Tammelin TH, Salin K. J Sports Sci. 2024 Aug;42(15):1391-1399.

Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Childhood and Adulthood and Cardiovascular Disease in Middle Age. Kartiosuo N, Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Viikari JSA, Sinaiko AR, Venn AJ, Jacobs DR Jr, Urbina EM, Woo JG, Steinberger J, Bazzano LA, Daniels SR, Magnussen CG, Rahimi K, Dwyer T. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jun 3;7(6):e2418148.

Prioritization of Kidney Cell Types Highlights Myofibroblast Cells in Regulating Human Blood Pressure. Ganji-Arjenaki M, Kamali Z; International Consortium of Blood Pressure; Sardari S, de Borst M, Snieder H, Vaez A. Kidney Int Rep. 2024 Mar 13;9(6):1849-1859.

Change in cognitive performance during seven-year follow-up in midlife is associated with sex, age, and education – The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Heiskanen MA, Nevalainen J, Pahkala K, Juonala M, Hutri N, Kähönen M, Jokinen E, Laitinen TP, Tossavainen P, Taittonen L, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Rovio SP. J Neurol. 2024 Aug;271(8):5165-5176.

Does the effect of adolescent health behaviours on adult cardiometabolic health differ by socioeconomic background? Protocol for a population-based cohort study. Jackisch J, Noor N, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Cullati S, Delpierre C, Kivimäki M, Carmeli C. BMJ Open. 2024 May 28;14(5):e078428.

HMG-CoA reductase is a potential therapeutic target for migraine: a mendelian randomization study. Qu K, Li MX, Yu P; International Headache Genetics Consortium; Wu BH, Shi M, Dong M. Sci Rep. 2024 May 27;14(1):12094.

Determinants of echocardiographic epicardial adipose tissue in a general middle-aged population – The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Gustafsson B, Rovio SP, Ruohonen S, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Viikari JSA, Pahkala K, Raitakari OT. Sci Rep. 2024 May 25;14(1):11982.

Personalized Intervention Based on Early Detection of Atherosclerosis: JACC State-of-the-Art Review. Nielsen RV, Fuster V, Bundgaard H, Fuster JJ, Johri AM, Kofoed KF, Douglas PS, Diederichsen A, Shapiro MD, Nicholls SJ, Nordestgaard BG, Lindholt JS, MacRae C, Yuan C, Newby DE, Urbina EM, Bergström G, Ridderstråle M, Budoff MJ, Bøttcher M, Raitakari OT, Hansen TH, Näslund U, Sillesen H, Eldrup N, Ibanez B. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 May 28;83(21):2112-2127.

Identification of gene networks jointly associated with depressive symptoms and cardiovascular health metrics using whole blood transcriptome in the Young Finns Study. Mishra BH, Raitoharju E, Mononen N, Saarinen A, Viikari J, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T, Mishra PP. Front Psychiatry. 2024 Apr 25;15:1345159.

Exploring machine learning strategies for predicting cardiovascular disease risk factors from multi-omic data. Drouard G, Mykkänen J, Heiskanen J, Pohjonen J, Ruohonen S, Pahkala K, Lehtimäki T, Wang X, Ollikainen M, Ripatti S, Pirinen M, Raitakari O, Kaprio J. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2024 May 2;24(1):116.

Genome-wide analysis in over 1 million individuals of European ancestry yields improved polygenic risk scores for blood pressure traits. Keaton JM et al. Nat Genet. 2024 May;56(5):778-791.

Genetic causal relationship between immune diseases and migraine: a Mendelian randomization study. Li G, Duan S; International Headache Genetics Consortium (IHGC); Zheng T, Zhu T, Qu B, Liu L, Liu Z. Front Immunol. 2024 Apr 8;15:1376698.

Association of Ideal Cardiovascular Health in Youth with Cancer Risk in Adulthood: A Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Niemelä J, Nuotio J, Laitinen TT, Kähönen M, Hutri N, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Tossavainen P, Laitinen TP, Heinonen OJ, Dwyer T, Pahkala K, Rovio SP, Viikari J, Raitakari O, Juonala M. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Jul 1;33(7):923-932.

NMR metabolomic modeling of age and lifespan: A multicohort analysis. Lau CE, Manou M, Markozannes G, Ala-Korpela M, Ben-Shlomo Y, Chaturvedi N, Engmann J, Gentry-Maharaj A, Herzig KH, Hingorani A, Järvelin MR, Kähönen M, Kivimäki M, Lehtimäki T, Marttila S, Menon U, Munroe PB, Palaniswamy S, Providencia R, Raitakari O, Schmidt AF, Sebert S, Wong A, Vineis P, Tzoulaki I, Robinson O. Aging Cell. 2024 Jul;23(7):e14164.

Non-High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels From Childhood to Adulthood and Cardiovascular Disease Events. Wu F, Jacobs DR Jr, Daniels SR, Kähönen M, Woo JG, Sinaiko AR, Viikari JSA, Bazzano LA, Steinberger J, Urbina EM, Venn AJ, Raitakari OT, Dwyer T, Juonala M, Magnussen CG. JAMA. 2024 Jun 4;331(21):1834-1844.

Subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults predicting cardiovascular disease: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG, Juonala M, Kartiosuo N, Pahkala K, Rovio S, Koskinen JS, Mykkänen J, Laitinen TP, Kähönen M, Nuotio J, Viikari JSA. Atherosclerosis. 2024 Jun;393:117515.

Tracking of serum lipid levels from childhood to adulthood: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Stanesby O, Armstrong MK, Otahal P, Goode JP, Fraser BJ, Negishi K, Kidokoro T, Winzenberg T, Juonala M, Wu F, Kelly RK, Xi B, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Daniels SR, Tomkinson GR, Magnussen CG. Atherosclerosis. 2024 Apr;391:117482.

Association of childhood socioeconomic status with adulthood maximal exercise blood pressure: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Kähönen E, Kähönen E, Pälve K, Hulkkonen J, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Hutri N, Lehtimäki T, Aatola H. Blood Press. 2024 Dec;33(1):2323987.

Genome-wide characterization of circulating metabolic biomarkers. Karjalainen MK et al. Nature. 2024 Apr;628(8006):130-138.

Intergenerational continuity of loneliness and potential mechanisms: Young Finns Multigenerational Study. Elovainio M, Komulainen K, Hakulinen C, Pahkala K, Rovio S, Hutri N, Raitakari OT, Pulkki-Råback L. Sci Rep. 2024 Mar 5;14(1):5465.

Gene expression networks regulated by human personality. Del Val C, Díaz de la Guardia-Bolívar E, Zwir I, Mishra PP, Mesa A, Salas R, Poblete GF, de Erausquin G, Raitoharju E, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Lehtimäki T, Cloninger CR. Mol Psychiatry. 2024 Jul;29(7):2241-2260.

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. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Lancet. 2024 Mar 16;403(10431):1027-1050.

Effect of weight on depression using multiple genetic instruments. Viinikainen J, Böckerman P, Willage B, Elovainio M, Kari JT, Lehtimäki T, Pehkonen J, Pitkänen N, Raitakari O. PLoS One. 2024 Feb 23;19(2):e0297594.

Metabolic syndrome and epigenetic aging: a twin study. Föhr T, Hendrix A, Kankaanpää A, Laakkonen EK, Kujala U, Pietiläinen KH, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Wang X, Kaprio J, Ollikainen M, Sillanpää E. Int J Obes (Lond). 2024 Jun;48(6):778-787.

X-chromosome and kidney function: evidence from a multi-trait genetic analysis of 908,697 individuals reveals sex-specific and sex-differential findings in genes regulated by androgen response elements. Scholz M et al. Nat Commun. 2024 Jan 18;15(1):586.

Trans-ancestral genome-wide association study of longitudinal pubertal height growth and shared heritability with adult health outcomes. Bradfield JP et al. Genome Biol. 2024 Jan 16;25(1):22.

Polygenic risk for depression predicting temperament trajectories over 15 years – A general population study. Lavonius V, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Hamal Mishra B, Sormunen E, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Hietala J, Cloninger CR, Lehtimäki T, Saarinen A. J Affect Disord. 2024 Apr 1;350:388-395.

Tracking of apolipoprotein B levels measured in childhood and adolescence: systematic review and meta-analysis. Stanesby O, Zhou Z, Fonseca R, Kidokoro T, Otahal P, Fraser BJ, Wu F, Juonala M, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Tomkinson GR, Magnussen CG. Eur J Pediatr. 2024 Feb;183(2):569-580.

Polygenic risk for schizophrenia predicting social trajectories in a general population sample. Saarinen A, Hietala J, Lyytikäinen LP, Hamal Mishra B, Sormunen E, Lavonius V, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L. Psychol Med. 2024 Jun;54(8):1589-1597.

Polygenic risk for schizophrenia, social dispositions, and pace of epigenetic aging: Results from the Young Finns Study. Saarinen A, Marttila S, Mishra PP, Lyytikäinen LP, Raitoharju E, Mononen N, Sormunen E, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Hietala J, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Lehtimäki T. Aging Cell. 2024 Mar;23(3):e14052.

Clinical and biochemical associations of urinary metabolites: quantitative epidemiological approach on renal-cardiometabolic biomarkers. Li T, Ihanus A, Ohukainen P, Järvelin MR, Kähönen M, Kettunen J, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T, Mäkinen VP, Tynkkynen T, Ala-Korpela M. Int J Epidemiol. 2024 Feb 1;53(1):dyad162.

Childhood Non-HDL Cholesterol and LDL Cholesterol and Adult Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Events. Wu F, Juonala M, Jacobs DR Jr, Daniels SR, Kähönen M, Woo JG, Sinaiko AR, Viikari JSA, Bazzano LA, Burns TL, Steinberger J, Urbina EM, Venn AJ, Raitakari OT, Dwyer T, Magnussen CG. Circulation. 2024 Jan 16;149(3):217-226.

Trajectories of cardiovascular risk predict pregnancy outcomes: The Bogalusa Heart Study and the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Harville EW, Hakala JO, Rovio SP, Pahkala K, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2024 Mar;38(3):168-179.

Exposure to parental smoking and cardiac structure and function in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Pihlman J, Nuotio J, Rovio S, Pahkala K, Ruohonen S, Jokinen E, Laitinen TP, Burgner DP, Hutri-Kähönen N, Tossavainen P, Taittonen L, Kähönen M, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG, Juonala M. Scand J Public Health. 2024 Feb;52(1):15-23.
Association of number of siblings with preclinical markers of cardiovascular disease. The cardiovascular risk in Young Finns study. Pihlman J, Magnussen CG, Laitinen TT, Ruohonen S, Pahkala K, Jokinen E, Laitinen TP, Hutri-Kähönen N, Tossavainen P, Taittonen L, Kähönen M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Nuotio J. Int J Cardiol Cardiovasc Risk Prev. 2023 Dec 8;20:200227.

Gene-educational attainment interactions in a multi-population genome-wide meta-analysis identify novel lipid loci. de las Fuentes L et al. Front Genet. 2023 Nov 2;14:1235337.

Global variation in diabetes diagnosis and prevalence based on fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Nat Med. 2023 Nov;29(11):2885-2901.

Multi-ancestry genome-wide study identifies effector genes and druggable pathways for coronary artery calcification. Kavousi M et al. Nat Genet. 2023 Oct;55(10):1651-1664.

The association of previous night’s sleep duration with cognitive function among older adults: a pooled analysis of three Finnish cohorts. Teräs T, Myllyntausta S, Salminen M, Viikari L, Pahkala K, Muranen O, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari O, Rovio S, Stenholm S. Eur J Ageing. 2023 Aug 3;20(1):32.

Genetic insights into resting heart rate and its role in cardiovascular disease. van de Vegte YJ et al. Nat Commun. 2023 Aug 2;14(1):4646.

Polygenic liabilities underlying job stress and exhaustion over a 10-year follow-up: A general population study. Saarinen A, Hietala J, Lyytikäinen LP, Hamal Mishra B, Sormunen E, Kähönen M, Rovio S, Viikari J, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L. Psychiatry Res. 2023 Aug;326:115355.

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Incidence and Remission and Their Predictors During 7 Years of Follow-up Among Finns. Korpimäki S, Rovio SP, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lehtimäki T, Laitinen TP, Tossavainen P, Jokinen E, Loo BM, Männistö S, Tammelin T, Haarala A, Aatola H, Komar G, Viikari J, Raitakari O, Kähönen M, Pahkala K. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Dec 21;109(1):e291-e305.

A causal effects of gut microbiota in the development of migraine. He Q, Wang W, Xiong Y, Tao C, Ma L, Ma J, You C; International Headache Genetics Consortium. J Headache Pain. 2023 Jul 17;24(1):90.

Childhood family environment predicting psychotic disorders over a 37-year follow-up – A general population cohort study. Saarinen A, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Dobewall H, Sormunen E, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Hietala J. Schizophr Res. 2023 Aug;258:9-17.

Migraine, chronic kidney disease and kidney function: observational and genetic analyses. Zhang W, Zhang L, Yang L, Xiao C, Wu X, Yan P, Cui H, Yang C, Zhu J, Wu X, Tang M, Wang Y, Chen L, Liu Y, Zou Y, Zhang L, Yang C, Yao Y, Li J, Liu Z, Zhang B, Jiang X; International Headache Genetics Consortium. Hum Genet. 2023 Aug;142(8):1185-1200.

Neighbourhood deprivation in childhood and adulthood and risk of arterial stiffness: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study. Kähönen E, Korpimäki S, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J. Blood Press. 2023 Dec;32(1):2220037.

Dietary patterns from youth to adulthood and cognitive function in midlife: The cardiovascular risk in Young Finns Study. Chen J, Wu F, Magnussen CG, Pahkala K, Juonala M, Hakala JO, Männistö S, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Rovio SP. Nutrition. 2023 Aug;112:112063.

Dietary and supplemental intake of vitamins C and E is associated with altered DNA methylation in an epigenome-wide association study meta-analysis. Keshawarz A, Joehanes R, Ma J, Lee GY, Costeira R, Tsai PC, Masachs OM, Bell JT, Wilson R, Thorand B, Winkelmann J, Peters A, Linseisen J, Waldenberger M, Lehtimäki T, Mishra PP, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Helminen M, Wang CA, Melton PE, Huang RC, Pennell CE, O’Sullivan TA, Ochoa-Rosales C, Voortman T, van Meurs JBJ, Young KL, Graff M, Wang Y, Kiel DP, Smith CE, Jacques PF, Levy D. Epigenetics. 2023 Dec;18(1):2211361.

Associations of active commuting to school in childhood and physical activity in adulthood. Kaseva K, Lounassalo I, Yang X, Kukko T, Hakonen H, Kulmala J, Pahkala K, Rovio S, Hirvensalo M, Raitakari O, Tammelin TH, Salin K. Sci Rep. 2023 May 11;13(1):7642.

Gene Set Based Integrated Methylome and Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Potential Molecular Mechanisms Linking Cigarette Smoking and Related Diseases. Mishra PP, Mishra BH, Raitoharju E, Mononen N, Viikari J, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T. OMICS. 2023 May;27(5):193-204.

The relationship of trait-like compassion with epigenetic aging: The population-based prospective Young Finns Study. Dobewall H, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Marttila S, Mishra PP, Saarinen A, Cloninger CR, Zwir I, Kähönen M, Hurme M, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T, Hintsanen M. Front Psychiatry. 2023 Apr 18;14:1018797.

A new polygenic score for refractive error improves detection of children at risk of high myopia but not the prediction of those at risk of myopic macular degeneration. Clark R, Lee SS, Du R, Wang Y, Kneepkens SCM, Charng J, Huang Y, Hunter ML, Jiang C, Tideman JWL, Melles RB, Klaver CCW, Mackey DA, Williams C, Choquet H, Ohno-Matsui K, Guggenheim JA; CREAM Consortium; UK Biobank Eye and Vision Consortium. EBioMedicine. 2023 May;91:104551.

Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Nature. 2023 Mar;615(7954):874-883.

Stress-Related Exhaustion, Polygenic Cognitive Potential, and Cognitive Test Performance – A General Population Study. Ketvel L, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pahkala K, Juonala M, Ahola-Olli A, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Raitakari O, Rovio S, Saarinen A. Cognit Ther Res. 2023;47(2):155-167.

The interplay between inflammatory cytokines and cardiometabolic disease: bi-directional mendelian randomisation study. Karhunen V, Gill D, Huang J, Bouras E, Malik R, Ponsford MJ, Ahola-Olli A, Papadopoulou A, Palaniswamy S, Sebert S, Wielscher M, Auvinen J, Veijola J, Herzig KH, Timonen M, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S, Dichgans M, Salmi M, Jalkanen S, Lehtimäki T, Salomaa V, Raitakari O, Jones SA, Hovingh GK, Tsilidis KK, Järvelin MR, Dehghan A. BMJ Med. 2023 Feb 14;2(1):e000157.

Childhood Dyslipidemia and Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Koskinen JS, Kytö V, Juonala M, Viikari JSA, Nevalainen J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Laitinen TP, Tossavainen P, Jokinen E, Magnussen CG, Raitakari OT. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Apr 4;12(7):e027586.

Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses improve resolution of genes and pathways influencing lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk. Shrine N et al. Nat Genet. 2023 Mar;55(3):410-422.

OTTERS: a powerful TWAS framework leveraging summary-level reference data. Dai Q, Zhou G, Zhao H, Võsa U, Franke L, Battle A, Teumer A, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Esko T; eQTLGen Consortium; Epstein MP, Yang J. Nat Commun. 2023 Mar 7;14(1):1271.

Longitudinal metabolomics of increasing body-mass index and waist-hip ratio reveals two dynamic patterns of obesity pandemic. Mäkinen VP, Kettunen J, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Perola M, Salomaa V, Järvelin MR, Raitakari OT, Ala-Korpela M. Int J Obes (Lond). 2023 Jun;47(6):453-462.

Uncovering the complex genetic architecture of human plasma lipidome using machine learning methods. Lehtimäki M, Mishra BH, Del-Val C, Lyytikäinen LP, Kähönen M, Cloninger CR, Raitakari OT, Laaksonen R, Zwir I, Lehtimäki T, Mishra PP. Sci Rep. 2023 Feb 22;13(1):3078.

Causal relationships between migraine and microstructural white matter: a Mendelian randomization study. Zhao L, Zhao W; International Headache Genetics Consortium (IHGC); Cao J, Tu Y. J Headache Pain. 2023 Feb 16;24(1):10.

A new blood based epigenetic age predictor for adolescents and young adults. Aanes H, Bleka Ø, Dahlberg PS, Carm KT, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Kähönen M, Hurme M, Rolseth V. Sci Rep. 2023 Feb 9;13(1):2303.

Migraine, inflammatory bowel disease and celiac disease: A Mendelian randomization study. Welander NZ, Rukh G, Rask-Andersen M, Harder AVE; International Headache Genetics Consortium; van den Maagdenberg AMJM, Schiöth HB, Mwinyi J. Headache. 2023 May;63(5):642-651.

Cross-sectionally Calculated Metabolic Aging Does Not Relate to Longitudinal Metabolic Changes-Support for Stratified Aging Models. Ala-Korpela M, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Perola M, Salomaa V, Kettunen J, Raitakari OT, Mäkinen VP. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Jul 14;108(8):2099-2104.

Genetic Risk Score for Intracranial Aneurysms: Prediction of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Role in Clinical Heterogeneity. Bakker MK et al. Stroke. 2023 Mar;54(3):810-818.

Effect of common pregnancy and perinatal complications on offspring metabolic traits across the life course: a multi-cohort study. Elhakeem A, Ronkainen J, Mansell T, Lange K, Mikkola TM, Mishra BH, Wahab RJ, Cadman T, Yang T, Burgner D, Eriksson JG, Järvelin MR, Gaillard R, Jaddoe VWV, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Saffery R, Wake M, Wright J, Sebert S, Lawlor DA. BMC Med. 2023 Jan 18;21(1):23.

Genetic analyses implicate complex links between adult testosterone levels and health and disease. Leinonen JT, Mars N, Lehtonen LE, Ahola-Olli A, Ruotsalainen S, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Raitakari O; FinnGen Consortium; Piltonen T, Daly M, Tuomi T, Ripatti S, Pirinen M, Tukiainen T. Commun Med (Lond). 2023 Jan 18;3(1):4.

Rare variant analyses across multiethnic cohorts identify novel genes for refractive error. Musolf AM, Haarman AEG, Luben RN, Ong JS, Patasova K, Trapero RH, Marsh J, Jain I, Jain R, Wang PZ, Lewis DD, Tedja MS, Iglesias AI, Li H, Cowan CS; Consortium for Refractive Error and Myopia (CREAM); Biino G, Klein AP, Duggal P, Mackey DA, Hayward C, Haller T, Metspalu A, Wedenoja J, Pärssinen O, Cheng CY, Saw SM, Stambolian D, Hysi PG, Khawaja AP, Vitart V, Hammond CJ, van Duijn CM, Verhoeven VJM, Klaver CCW, Bailey-Wilson JE. Commun Biol. 2023 Jan 3;6(1):6.

Parenthood and changes in physical activity from early adulthood to mid-life among Finnish adults. Palomäki S, Kukko T, Kaseva K, Salin K, Lounassalo I, Yang X, Rovio S, Pahkala K, Lehtimäki T, Hirvensalo M, Raitakari O, Tammelin TH. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2023 May;33(5):682-692.

Lipoprotein(a) in Youth and Prediction of Major Cardiovascular Outcomes in Adulthood. Raitakari O, Kartiosuo N, Pahkala K, Hutri-Kähönen N, Bazzano LA, Chen W, Urbina EM, Jacobs DR Jr, Sinaiko A, Steinberger J, Burns T, Daniels SR, Venn A, Woo JG, Dwyer T, Juonala M, Viikari J. Circulation. 2023 Jan 3;147(1):23-31.

The associations of childhood psychosocial factors with cognitive function in midlife-The young finns study. Nurmi A, Pulkki-Råback L, Salo P, Pahkala K, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Laitinen TP, Tossavainen P, Taittonen L, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Rovio SP. Neuropsychology. 2023 Jan;37(1):64-76.

Inflammatory Diseases, Inflammatory Biomarkers, and Alzheimer Disease: An Observational Analysis and Mendelian Randomization. Huang J, Su B, Karhunen V, Gill D, Zuber V, Ahola-Olli A, Palaniswamy S, Auvinen J, Herzig KH, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S, Salmi M, Jalkanen S, Lehtimäki T, Salomaa V, Raitakari OT, Matthews PM, Elliott P, Tsilidis KK, Jarvelin MR, Tzoulaki I, Dehghan A. Neurology. 2023 Feb 7;100(6):e568-e581.

Circulating cell-free DNA in health and disease – the relationship to health behaviours, ageing phenotypes and metabolomics. Kananen L, Hurme M, Bürkle A, Moreno-Villanueva M, Bernhardt J, Debacq-Chainiaux F, Grubeck-Loebenstein B, Malavolta M, Basso A, Piacenza F, Collino S, Gonos ES, Sikora E, Gradinaru D, Jansen EHJM, Dollé MET, Salmon M, Stuetz W, Weber D, Grune T, Breusing N, Simm A, Capri M, Franceschi C, Slagboom E, Talbot D, Libert C, Raitanen J, Koskinen S, Härkänen T, Stenholm S, Ala-Korpela M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Ukkola O, Kähönen M, Jylhä M, Jylhävä J. Geroscience. 2023 Feb;45(1):85-103.

Mendelian randomisation of eosinophils and other cell types in relation to lung function and disease. Guyatt A, John C, Williams AT, Shrine N, Reeve NF; SpiroMeta consortium; Sayers I, Hall I, Wain LV, Sheehan N, Dudbridge F, Tobin MD. Thorax. 2023 May;78(5):496-503.
Implicating genes, pleiotropy, and sexual dimorphism at blood lipid loci through multi-ancestry meta-analysis. Kanoni S et al. Genome Biol. 2022 Dec 27;23(1):268.

Pancreatic Secretory Trypsin Inhibitor (SPINK1) Gene Mutation in Patients with Acute Alcohol Pancreatitis (AAP) Compared to Healthy Controls and Heavy Alcohol Users without Pancreatitis. Nikkola A, Mäkelä KA, Herzig KH, Mutt SJ, Prasannan A, Seppänen H, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Seppälä I, Pakkanen P, Nordback I, Sand J, Laukkarinen J. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Dec 11;23(24):15726.

Long-term residential sunlight exposure associated with cognitive function among adults residing in Finland. Komulainen K, Hakulinen C, Lipsanen J, Partonen T, Pulkki-Råback L, Kähönen M, Virtanen M, Ruuhela R, Raitakari O, Rovio S, Elovainio M. Sci Rep. 2022 Dec 2;12(1):20818.

Use of antibiotics and risk of type 2 diabetes, overweight and obesity: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study and the national FINRISK study. Nuotio J, Niiranen T, Laitinen TT, Miller J, Sabin MA, Havulinna AS, Viikari JSA, Rönnemaa T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Laitinen TP, Tossavainen P, Salomaa V, Raitakari OT, Burgner DP, Juonala M. BMC Endocr Disord. 2022 Nov 18;22(1):284.

Gene set analysis of transcriptomics data identifies new biological processes associated with early markers of atherosclerosis but not with those of osteoporosis: Atherosclerosis-osteoporosis co/multimorbidity study in the Young Finns Study. Mishra BH, Sievänen H, Raitoharju E, Mononen N, Viikari J, Juonala M, Laaksonen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T, Mishra PP. Atherosclerosis. 2022 Nov;361:1-9.

A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height. Yengo L et al. Nature. 2022 Oct;610(7933):704-712.

Metabolic trajectories in childhood and adolescence: Effects on risk for schizophrenia. Sormunen E, Saarinen MM, Salokangas RKR, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Hietala J. Schizophrenia (Heidelb). 2022 Oct 11;8(1):82.

Methylation status of VTRNA2-1/nc886 is stable across populations, monozygotic twin pairs and in majority of tissues. Marttila S, Tamminen H, Rajić S, Mishra PP, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Kähönen M, Kananen L, Jylhävä J, Hägg S, Delerue T, Peters A, Waldenberger M, Kleber ME, März W, Luoto R, Raitanen J, Sillanpää E, Laakkonen EK, Heikkinen A, Ollikainen M, Raitoharju E. Epigenomics. 2022 Sep;14(18):1105-1124.

Genome-wide association analyses of physical activity and sedentary behavior provide insights into underlying mechanisms and roles in disease prevention. Wang Z et al. Nat Genet. 2022 Sep;54(9):1332-1344.

Genetic analyses of the electrocardiographic QT interval and its components identify additional loci and pathways. Young WJ et al. Nat Commun. 2022 Sep 1;13(1):5144.

Does social intolerance vary according to cognitive styles, genetic cognitive capacity, or education? Saarinen A, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Dobewall H, Cloninger CR, Ahola-Olli A, Lehtimäki T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari O, Rovio S, Ravaja N. Brain Behav. 2022 Sep;12(9):e2704.

Changes in BMI and physical activity from youth to adulthood distinguish normal-weight, metabolically obese adults from those who remain healthy. Viitasalo A, Pahkala K, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Tammelin TH, Raitakari O, Kilpeläinen TO. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2022 Aug 10;13:923327.

Associations of parental physical activity trajectories with offspring’s physical activity patterns from childhood to middle adulthood: The Young Finns Study. Yang X, Kukko T, Kaseva K, Biddle SJH, Rovio SP, Pahkala K, Kulmala J, Hakonen H, Hirvensalo M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT, Tammelin TH. Prev Med. 2022 Oct;163:107211.

A genome-wide association study of total child psychiatric problems scores. Neumann A et al. PLoS One. 2022 Aug 22;17(8):e0273116.

Inframe insertion and splice site variants in MFGE8 associate with protection against coronary atherosclerosis. Ruotsalainen SE, Surakka I, Mars N, Karjalainen J, Kurki M, Kanai M, Krebs K, Graham S, Mishra PP, Mishra BH, Sinisalo J, Palta P, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O; Estonian Biobank Research Team; Milani L; Biobank Japan Project; Okada Y; FinnGen; Palotie A, Widen E, Daly MJ, Ripatti S. Commun Biol. 2022 Aug 17;5(1):802.

Organized Youth Sports Trajectories and Adult Health Outcomes: The Young Finns Study. Yang X, Kukko T, Lounassalo I, Kulmala J, Hakonen H, Rovio SP, Pahkala K, Hirvensalo M, Palomäki SH, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT, Tammelin TH, Salin K. Am J Prev Med. 2022 Dec;63(6):962-970.

Long-term tracking and population characteristics of lipoprotein (a) in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Raitakari O, Kivelä A, Pahkala K, Rovio S, Mykkänen J, Ahola-Olli A, Loo BM, Lyytikäinen LP, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Juonala M, Rönnemaa T, Lamina C, Kronenberg F, Viikari J. Atherosclerosis. 2022 Sep;356:18-27.

A multi-layer functional genomic analysis to understand noncoding genetic variation in lipids. Ramdas S et al. Am J Hum Genet. 2022 Aug 4;109(8):1366-1387.

Dietary Saturated Fat and Bone Health in Young Adults: The Young Finns Cohort. Tolonen S, Juonala M, Fogelholm M, Pahkala K, Laaksonen M, Kähönen M, Sievänen H, Viikari J, Raitakari O. Calcif Tissue Int. 2022 Oct;111(4):419-429.

Elucidating the relationship between migraine risk and brain structure using genetic data. Mitchell BL, Diaz-Torres S, Bivol S, Cuellar-Partida G; International Headache Genetics Consortium; Gerring ZF, Martin NG, Medland SE, Grasby KL, Nyholt DR, Rentería ME. Brain. 2022 Sep 14;145(9):3214-3224.

Validity of fatty liver disease indices in the presence of alcohol consumption. Danielsson O, Nano J, Pahkala K, Rospleszcz S, Lehtimäki T, Schlett CL, Kähönen M, Bamberg F, Raitakari O, Peters A, Nissinen MJ, Åberg FO. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2022 Nov;57(11):1349-1360.

Genetic loci and prioritization of genes for kidney function decline derived from a meta-analysis of 62 longitudinal genome-wide association studies. Gorski M et al. Kidney Int. 2022 Sep;102(3):624-639.

Body-mass index trajectories from childhood to mid-adulthood and their sociodemographic predictors: Evidence from the International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohort (i3C) Consortium. Cleland V, Tian J, Buscot MJ, Magnussen CG, Bazzano L, Burns TL, Daniels S, Dwyer T, Hutri-Kahonen N, Ikonen J, Jacobs D, Juonala M, Prineas R, Raitakari O, Sinaiko A, Steinberger J, Urbina EM, Woo JG, Venn A. EClinicalMedicine. 2022 May 12;48:101440.

Relative Contribution of Blood Pressure in Childhood, Young- and Mid-Adulthood to Large Artery Stiffness in Mid-Adulthood. Meng Y, Buscot MJ, Juonala M, Wu F, Armstrong MK, Fraser BJ, Pahkala K, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG, Sharman JE. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Jun 21;11(12):e024394.

Differential and shared genetic effects on kidney function between diabetic and non-diabetic individuals. Winkler TW et al. Commun Biol. 2022 Jun 13;5(1):580.

Schizophrenia polygenic risk score and long-term success in the labour market: A cohort study. Viinikainen J, Böckerman P, Hakulinen C, Kari JT, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Pehkonen J. J Psychiatr Res. 2022 Jul;151:638-641.

Genetics of early-life head circumference and genetic correlations with neurological, psychiatric and cognitive outcomes. Vogelezang S, Bradfield JP; Early Growth Genetics Consortium; Grant SFA, Felix JF, Jaddoe VWV. BMC Med Genomics. 2022 Jun 4;15(1):124.

Impact of within-visit systolic blood pressure change patterns on blood pressure classification: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Meng Y, Magnussen CG, Wu F, Juonala M, Buscot MJ, Pahkala K, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Sharman JE. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2022 Nov 15;29(16):2090-2098.

Associations of long-term solar insolation with specific depressive symptoms: Evidence from a prospective cohort study. Komulainen K, Hakulinen C, Lipsanen J, Partonen T, Pulkki-Råback L, Kähönen M, Virtanen M, Ruuhela R, Raitakari O, Elovainio M. J Psychiatr Res. 2022 Jul;151:606-610.

Risk Factor Profile in Youth, Genetic Risk, and Adulthood Cognitive Function: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Wu F, Ahola-Olli A, Pahkala K, Hakala JO, Juonala M, Salo P, Lehtimäki T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Tossavainen P, Taittonen L, Jokinen E, Viikari JSA, Magnussen CG, Raitakari OT, Rovio SP. Neuroepidemiology. 2022;56(3):201-211.

Magical thinking in individuals with high polygenic risk for schizophrenia but no non-affective psychoses-a general population study. Saarinen A, Lyytikäinen LP, Hietala J, Dobewall H, Lavonius V, Raitakari O, Kähönen M, Sormunen E, Lehtimäki T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L. Mol Psychiatry. 2022 Aug;27(8):3286-3293.

DNA methylation signature of chronic low-grade inflammation and its role in cardio-respiratory diseases. Wielscher M et al. Nat Commun. 2022 May 3;13(1):2408.

Economic burden of low physical activity and high sedentary behaviour in Finland. Kolu P, Kari JT, Raitanen J, Sievänen H, Tokola K, Havas E, Pehkonen J, Tammelin TH, Pahkala K, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT, Vasankari T. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2022 Jul;76(7):677-684.

Longitudinal profiling of metabolic ageing trends in two population cohorts of young adults. Mäkinen VP, Karsikas M, Kettunen J, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Perola M, Salomaa V, Järvelin MR, Raitakari OT, Ala-Korpela M. Int J Epidemiol. 2022 Dec 13;51(6):1970-1983.

Repeatedly Measured Serum Creatinine and Cognitive Performance in Midlife: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Hakala JO, Pahkala K, Juonala M, Salo P, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lehtimäki T, Laitinen TP, Jokinen E, Taittonen L, Tossavainen P, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Rovio SP. Neurology. 2022 May 31;98(22):e2268-e2281.

Childhood Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Adult Cardiovascular Events. Jacobs DR Jr, Woo JG, Sinaiko AR, Daniels SR, Ikonen J, Juonala M, Kartiosuo N, Lehtimäki T, Magnussen CG, Viikari JSA, Zhang N, Bazzano LA, Burns TL, Prineas RJ, Steinberger J, Urbina EM, Venn AJ, Raitakari OT, Dwyer T. N Engl J Med. 2022 May 19;386(20):1877-1888.

Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals. Okbay A, Wu Y, Wang N, Jayashankar H, Bennett M, Nehzati SM, Sidorenko J, Kweon H, Goldman G, Gjorgjieva T, Jiang Y, Hicks B, Tian C, Hinds DA, Ahlskog R, Magnusson PKE, Oskarsson S, Hayward C, Campbell A, Porteous DJ, Freese J, Herd P; 23andMe Research Team; Social Science Genetic Association Consortium; Watson C, Jala J, Conley D, Koellinger PD, Johannesson M, Laibson D, Meyer MN, Lee JJ, Kong A, Yengo L, Cesarini D, Turley P, Visscher PM, Beauchamp JP, Benjamin DJ, Young AI. Nat Genet. 2022 Apr;54(4):437-449.

Does better education mitigate risky health behavior? A mendelian randomization study. Viinikainen J, Bryson A, Böckerman P, Kari JT, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Viikari J, Pehkonen J. Econ Hum Biol. 2022 Aug;46:101134.

Genetic and observational evidence: No independent role for cholesterol efflux over static high-density lipoprotein concentration measures in coronary heart disease risk assessment. Kuusisto S, Karjalainen MK, Tillin T, Kangas AJ, Holmes MV, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Perola M, Chaturvedi N, Salomaa V, Raitakari OT, Järvelin MR, Kettunen J, Ala-Korpela M. J Intern Med. 2022 Jul;292(1):146-153.

Multi-Omics Integration in a Twin Cohort and Predictive Modeling of Blood Pressure Values. Drouard G, Ollikainen M, Mykkänen J, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Mishra PP, Wang X, Kaprio J. OMICS. 2022 Mar;26(3):130-141.

The relationship between temperament, polygenic score for intelligence and cognition: A population-based study of middle-aged adults. Tölli P, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Lehtimäki T, Ravaja N, Hintsanen M, Ahola-Olli A, Pahkala K, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Laitinen TT, Tossavainen P, Taittonen L, Dobewall H, Jokinen E, Raitakari O, Cloninger CR, Rovio S, Saarinen A. Genes Brain Behav. 2022 Apr;21(4):e12798.

Glycoprotein Acetyls: A Novel Inflammatory Biomarker of Early Cardiovascular Risk in the Young. Chiesa ST, Charakida M, Georgiopoulos G, Roberts JD, Stafford SJ, Park C, Mykkänen J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Ala-Korpela M, Raitakari O, Pietiäinen M, Pussinen P, Muthurangu V, Hughes AD, Sattar N, Timpson NJ, Deanfield JE. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Feb 15;11(4):e024380.

Genome-wide analysis of 102,084 migraine cases identifies 123 risk loci and subtype-specific risk alleles. Hautakangas H et al. Nat Genet. 2022 Feb;54(2):152-160.

Mitochondrial genome-wide analysis of nuclear DNA methylation quantitative trait loci. Laaksonen J, Mishra PP, Seppälä I, Raitoharju E, Marttila S, Mononen N, Lyytikäinen LP, Kleber ME, Delgado GE, Lepistö M, Almusa H, Ellonen P, Lorkowski S, März W, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari O, Kähönen M, Salonen JT, Lehtimäki T. Hum Mol Genet. 2022 May 19;31(10):1720-1732.

Genome-wide meta-analysis of phytosterols reveals five novel loci and a detrimental effect on coronary atherosclerosis. Scholz M, Horn K, Pott J, Gross A, Kleber ME, Delgado GE, Mishra PP, Kirsten H, Gieger C, Müller-Nurasyid M, Tönjes A, Kovacs P, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Kähönen M, Gylling H, Baber R, Isermann B, Stumvoll M, Loeffler M, März W, Meitinger T, Peters A, Thiery J, Teupser D, Ceglarek U. Nat Commun. 2022 Jan 10;13(1):143.

Circulating inflammatory cytokines and risk of five cancers: a Mendelian randomization analysis. Bouras E, Karhunen V, Gill D, Huang J, Haycock PC, Gunter MJ, Johansson M, Brennan P, Key T, Lewis SJ, Martin RM, Murphy N, Platz EA, Travis R, Yarmolinsky J, Zuber V, Martin P, Katsoulis M, Freisling H, Nøst TH, Schulze MB, Dossus L, Hung RJ, Amos CI, Ahola-Olli A, Palaniswamy S, Männikkö M, Auvinen J, Herzig KH, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S, Lehtimäki T, Salomaa V, Raitakari O, Salmi M, Jalkanen S; PRACTICAL consortium; Jarvelin MR, Dehghan A, Tsilidis KK. BMC Med. 2022 Jan 11;20(1):3.

Prevention of atherosclerosis from childhood. Raitakari O, Pahkala K, Magnussen CG. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2022 Aug;19(8):543-554.

Cardiovascular Risk Factors and MRI Markers of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Taylor-Bateman V, Gill D, Georgakis MK, Malik R, Munroe P, Traylor M; International Consortium of Blood Pressure (ICBP). Neurology. 2022 Jan 24;98(4):e343-e351.

Birth weight, adult weight, and cardiovascular biomarkers: Evidence from the Cardiovascular Young Finns Study. Pehkonen J, Viinikainen J, Kari JT, Böckerman P, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Raitakari O. Prev Med. 2022 Jan;154:106894.

Obesity during childhood is associated with higher cancer mortality rate during adulthood: the i3C Consortium. Nuotio J, Laitinen TT, Sinaiko AR, Woo JG, Urbina EM, Jacobs DR Jr, Steinberger J, Prineas RJ, Sabin MA, Burgner DP, Minn H, Burns TL, Bazzano LA, Venn AJ, Viikari JSA, Hutri-Kähönen N, Daniels SR, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG, Juonala M, Dwyer T. Int J Obes (Lond). 2022 Feb;46(2):393-399.

Longitudinal associations between parental and offspring’s leisure-time physical activity: The Young Finns Study. Yang X, Kukko T, Hirvensalo M, Biddle SJH, Rovio SP, Pahkala K, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT, Tammelin TH. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2022 Jan;32(1):223-232.
Reproductive history and blood cell DNA methylation later in life: the Young Finns Study. Harville EW, Mishra PP, Kähönen M, Raitoharju E, Marttila S, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T. Clin Epigenetics. 2021 Dec 20;13(1):227.

The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids. Graham SE et al. Nature. 2021 Dec;600(7890):675-679.

Meta-analyses identify DNA methylation associated with kidney function and damage. Schlosser P et al. Nat Commun. 2021 Dec 9;12(1):7174.

Epigenome-wide association study of serum urate reveals insights into urate co-regulation and the SLC2A9 locus. Tin A et al. Nat Commun. 2021 Dec 9;12(1):7173.

Afamin predicts the prevalence and incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Pitkänen N, Finkenstedt A, Lamina C, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Mäkelä KM, Dieplinger B, Viveiros A, Melmer A, Leitner I, Kedenko L, Seppälä I, Viikari JSA, Mueller T, Kronenberg F, Paulweber B, Lehtimäki T, Zoller H, Raitakari OT, Dieplinger H. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2021 Dec 2;60(2):243-251.

Response by Hakala et al to Letter Regarding Article, “Cardiovascular Risk Factor Trajectories Since Childhood and Cognitive Performance in Midlife: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study”. Hakala JO, Raitakari OT, Rovio SP. Circulation. 2021 Nov 16;144(20):e308-e309.

Long-term cumulative light exposure from the natural environment and sleep: A cohort study. Elovainio M, Komulainen K, Lipsanen J, Partonen T, Pesonen AK, Pulkki-Råback L, Paunio T, Kähönen M, Vahtera J, Virtanen M, Ruuhela R, Hakulinen C, Raitakari O. J Sleep Res. 2022 Jun;31(3):e13511.

Compassion protects against vital exhaustion and negative emotionality. Saarinen A, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Viding E, Dobewall H, Kaseva K, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Hintsanen M. Motiv Emot. 2021;45(4):506-517.

IDO activity forecasts obesity in males and premenopausal females in a 10-year follow-up study:The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Niinisalo P, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Hurme M, Lehtimäki T, Magnussen C, Viikari J, Juonala M, Kaaja R. Atherosclerosis. 2021 Nov;336:32-38.

Prevalence Implications of the 2017 American Academy of Pediatrics Hypertension Guideline and Associations with Adult Hypertension. Khoury M, Khoury P, Bazzano L, Burns TL, Daniels S, Dwyer T, Ikonen J, Jacobs DR Jr, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Prineas R, Raitakari OT, Steinberger J, Venn A, Viikari J, Woo JG, Sinaiko A, Urbina EM. J Pediatr. 2022 Feb;241:22-28.e4.

Influence of early life risk factors and lifestyle on systemic vascular resistance in later adulthood: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study. Kähönen E, Aatola H, Lehtimäki T, Haarala A, Sipilä K, Juonala M, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N. Blood Press. 2021 Dec;30(6):367-375.

Assessment of plasma ceramides as predictor for subclinical atherosclerosis. Mishra PP, Mishra BH, Lyytikäinen LP, Hilvo M, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Fotiadis DI, Raitakari OT, Laaksonen R, Lehtimäki T. Atheroscler Plus. 2021 Oct 2;45:25-31.

C-reactive protein and temperament: An instrumental variable analysis. Clemens A, Mishra PP, Flouri E, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Heikkilä K. Brain Behav Immun Health. 2021 Mar 11;14:100241.

Cardiovascular risk factors before and during pregnancy: Does pregnancy unmask or initiate risk? Harville EW, Crook CE, Bazzano LA, Woo JG, Burns TL, Raitakari O, Urbina EM, Venn A, Jacobs DR Jr, Steinberger J, Sinaiko A, Dwyer T, Juonala M; i3C Consortium. J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2021 Nov;47(11):3849-3856.

Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression. Võsa U et al. Nat Genet. 2021 Sep;53(9):1300-1310.

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. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Lancet. 2021 Sep 11;398(10304):957-980.

Genetic differential susceptibility to the parent-child relationship quality and the life span development of compassion. Dobewall H, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Saarinen A, Lyytikäinen LP, Zwir I, Cloninger R, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T, Hintsanen M. Dev Psychobiol. 2021 Sep;63(6):e22184.

Within-visit SBP variability from childhood to adulthood and markers of cardiovascular end-organ damage in mid-life. Meng Y, Magnussen CG, Wu F, Buscot MJ, Juonala M, Pahkala K, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Sharman JE. J Hypertens. 2021 Sep 1;39(9):1865-1875.

Continuity of Genetic Risk for Aggressive Behavior Across the Life-Course. van der Laan CM, Morosoli-García JJ, van de Weijer SGA, Colodro-Conde L; ACTION Consortium; Lupton MK, Mitchell BL, McAloney K, Parker R, Burns JM, Hickie IB, Pool R, Hottenga JJ, Martin NG, Medland SE, Nivard MG, Boomsma DI. Behav Genet. 2021 Sep;51(5):592-606.

Genetic association study of childhood aggression across raters, instruments, and age. Ip HF et al. Transl Psychiatry. 2021 Jul 30;11(1):413.

Fatty liver index predicts incident risk of prediabetes, type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Cuthbertson DJ, Koskinen J, Brown E, Magnussen CG, Hutri-Kähönen N, Sabin M, Tossavainen P, Jokinen E, Laitinen T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Juonala M. Ann Med. 2021 Dec;53(1):1256-1264.

Methylation status of nc886 epiallele reflects periconceptional conditions and is associated with glucose metabolism through nc886 RNAs. Marttila S, Viiri LE, Mishra PP, Kühnel B, Matias-Garcia PR, Lyytikäinen LP, Ceder T, Mononen N, Rathmann W, Winkelmann J, Peters A, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Aalto-Setälä K, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T, Waldenberger M, Raitoharju E. Clin Epigenetics. 2021 Jul 22;13(1):143.

Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption May Modify Associations Between Genetic Variants in the CHREBP (Carbohydrate Responsive Element Binding Protein) Locus and HDL-C (High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol) and Triglyceride Concentrations. Haslam DE et al. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2021 Aug;14(4):e003288.

Tracking and Changes in Daily Step Counts among Finnish Adults. Yang X, Kulmala J, Hakonen H, Hirvensalo M, Rovio SP, Pahkala K, Kukko T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT, Tammelin TH. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2021 Aug 1;53(8):1615-1623.

Systematic evaluation of the association between hemoglobin levels and metabolic profile implicates beneficial effects of hypoxia. Auvinen J, Tapio J, Karhunen V, Kettunen J, Serpi R, Dimova EY, Gill D, Soininen P, Tammelin T, Mykkänen J, Puukka K, Kähönen M, Raitoharju E, Lehtimäki T, Ala-Korpela M, Raitakari OT, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S, Järvelin MR, Koivunen P. Sci Adv. 2021 Jul 14;7(29):eabi4822.

Birth weight and adult income: An examination of mediation through adult height and body mass. Pehkonen J, Viinikainen J, Kari JT, Böckerman P, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O. Health Econ. 2021 Sep;30(10):2383-2398.

The Timing and Sequence of Cardiovascular Health Decline. Pool LR, Krefman AE, Labarthe DR, Greenland P, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Day RS, Bazzano LA, Van Horn L, Liu L, Fernandez-Alonso C, Webber LS, Pahkala K, Laitinen TT, Raitakari OT, Lloyd-Jones DM, Allen NB. Am J Prev Med. 2021 Oct;61(4):545-553.

Identification of 371 genetic variants for age at first sex and birth linked to externalising behaviour. Mills MC, Tropf FC, Brazel DM, van Zuydam N, Vaez A; eQTLGen Consortium; BIOS Consortium; Human Reproductive Behaviour Consortium; Pers TH, Snieder H, Perry JRB, Ong KK, den Hoed M, Barban N, Day FR. Nat Hum Behav. 2021 Dec;5(12):1717-1730.

Genome-wide association studies identify 137 genetic loci for DNA methylation biomarkers of aging. McCartney DL et al. Genome Biol. 2021 Jun 29;22(1):194.

Uncovering the shared lipidomic markers of subclinical osteoporosis-atherosclerosis comorbidity: The Young Finns Study. Mishra BH, Mishra PP, Mononen N, Hilvo M, Sievänen H, Juonala M, Laaksonen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Laaksonen R, Lehtimäki T. Bone. 2021 Oct;151:116030.

Variants associated with HHIP expression have sex-differential effects on lung function. Fawcett KA et al. Wellcome Open Res. 2021 May 24;5:111.

Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies of carotid intima-media thickness. Portilla-Fernández E et al. Eur J Epidemiol. 2021 Nov;36(11):1143-1155.

Association between Number of Siblings and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Childhood and in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Pihlman J, Magnussen CG, Rovio SP, Pahkala K, Jokinen E, Laitinen TP, Hutri-Kähönen N, Tossavainen P, Taittonen L, Kähönen M, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Nuotio J. J Pediatr. 2021 Oct;237:87-95.e1.

Influential Periods in Longitudinal Clinical Cardiovascular Health Scores. Krefman AE, Labarthe D, Greenland P, Pool L, Aguayo L, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Day RS, Bazzano L, Muggeo VMR, Van Horn L, Liu L, Webber LS, Pahkala K, Laitinen TT, Raitakari O, Lloyd-Jones DM, Allen NB. Am J Epidemiol. 2021 Nov 2;190(11):2384-2394.

Cardiovascular Risk Factor Trajectories Since Childhood and Cognitive Performance in Midlife: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Hakala JO, Pahkala K, Juonala M, Salo P, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lehtimäki T, Laitinen TP, Jokinen E, Taittonen L, Tossavainen P, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Rovio SP. Circulation. 2021 May 18;143(20):1949-1961.

Adulthood blood levels of hsa-miR-29b-3p associate with preterm birth and adult metabolic and cognitive health. Marttila S, Rovio S, Mishra PP, Seppälä I, Lyytikäinen LP, Juonala M, Waldenberger M, Oksala N, Ala-Korpela M, Harville E, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T, Raitoharju E. Sci Rep. 2021 Apr 28;11(1):9203.

Evolution of genetic networks for human creativity. Zwir I, Del-Val C, Hintsanen M, Cloninger KM, Romero-Zaliz R, Mesa A, Arnedo J, Salas R, Poblete GF, Raitoharju E, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, de Erausquin GA, Tattersall I, Lehtimäki T, Cloninger CR. Mol Psychiatry. 2022 Jan;27(1):354-376.

Evaluation of Shared Genetic Susceptibility to High and Low Myopia and Hyperopia. Tideman JWL, Pärssinen O, Haarman AEG, Khawaja AP, Wedenoja J, Williams KM, Biino G, Ding X, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Cheng CY, Jonas JB, Young TL, Bailey-Wilson JE, Rahi J, Williams C, He M, Mackey DA, Guggenheim JA; UK Biobank Eye and Vision Consortium and the Consortium for Refractive Error and Myopia (CREAM Consortium). JAMA Ophthalmol. 2021 Jun 1;139(6):601-609.

Evaluating the direct effects of childhood adiposity on adult systemic metabolism: a multivariable Mendelian randomization analysis. Richardson TG, Mykkänen J, Pahkala K, Ala-Korpela M, Bell JA, Taylor K, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Davey Smith G. Int J Epidemiol. 2021 Nov 10;50(5):1580-1592.

Modular genome-wide gene expression architecture shared by early traits of osteoporosis and atherosclerosis in the Young Finns Study. Mishra BH, Mishra PP, Raitoharju E, Marttila S, Mononen N, Sievänen H, Viikari J, Juonala M, Laaksonen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T. Sci Rep. 2021 Mar 29;11(1):7111.

Life-course leisure-time physical activity trajectories in relation to health-related behaviors in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study. Lounassalo I, Hirvensalo M, Palomäki S, Salin K, Tolvanen A, Pahkala K, Rovio S, Fogelholm M, Yang X, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT, Tammelin TH. BMC Public Health. 2021 Mar 19;21(1):533.

Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Elife. 2021 Mar 9;10:e60060.

Early cardiovascular structural and functional abnormalities as a guide to future morbid events. Koskinen JS, Raitakari OT. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2021 Dec 29;28(15):e1-e2.

Associations of Serum Fatty Acid Proportions with Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Blood Pressure, and Fatty Liver: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Kaikkonen JE, Jula A, Viikari JSA, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT. J Nutr. 2021 Apr 8;151(4):970-978.

Fatty liver index and left ventricular mass: prospective associations from two independent cohorts. Li X, Heiskanen JS, Ma H, Heianza Y, Guo Y, Kelly TN, He H, Fonseca VA, Chen W, Harville EW, Ruohonen S, Hutri-Kähönen N, Bazzano LA, Raitakari OT, Qi L. J Hypertens. 2021 May 1;39(5):961-969.

Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Childhood and Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Adulthood. Heiskanen JS, Ruohonen S, Rovio SP, Pahkala K, Kytö V, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JSA, Juonala M, Laitinen T, Tossavainen P, Jokinen E, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT. Pediatrics. 2021 Mar;147(3):e2020016691.

Gene regulation contributes to explain the impact of early life socioeconomic disadvantage on adult inflammatory levels in two cohort studies. Carmeli C, Kutalik Z, Mishra PP, Porcu E, Delpierre C, Delaneau O, Kelly-Irving M, Bochud M, Dhayat NA, Ponte B, Pruijm M, Ehret G, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Vineis P, Kivimäki M, Chadeau-Hyam M, Dermitzakis E, Vuilleumier N, Stringhini S. Sci Rep. 2021 Feb 4;11(1):3100.

Genome-wide association study of circulating interleukin 6 levels identifies novel loci. Ahluwalia TS et al. Hum Mol Genet. 2021 Apr 27;30(5):393-409.

Dietary Pattern Trajectories from Youth to Adulthood and Adult Risk of Impaired Fasting Glucose: A 31-year Cohort Study. Wu F, Pahkala K, Juonala M, Rovio SP, Sabin MA, Rönnemaa T, Buscot MJ, Smith KJ, Männistö S, Jula A, Lehtimäki T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Apr 23;106(5):e2078-e2086.

Impedance plethysmography-based method in the assessment of subclinical atherosclerosis. Haapala M, Lyytikäinen LP, Peltokangas M, Koivistoinen T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Laurila MM, Mäntysalo M, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Vehkaoja A, Oksala N. Atherosclerosis. 2021 Feb;319:101-107.

Association of Non-High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Measured in Adolescence, Young Adulthood, and Mid-Adulthood With Coronary Artery Calcification Measured in Mid-Adulthood. Armstrong MK, Fraser BJ, Hartiala O, Buscot MJ, Juonala M, Wu F, Koskinen J, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Laitinen TP, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG. JAMA Cardiol. 2021 Jun 1;6(6):661-668.

Physical inactivity from youth to adulthood and adult cardiometabolic risk profile. Kallio P, Pahkala K, Heinonen OJ, Tammelin TH, Pälve K, Hirvensalo M, Juonala M, Loo BM, Magnussen CG, Rovio S, Helajärvi H, Laitinen TP, Jokinen E, Tossavainen P, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari J, Raitakari OT. Prev Med. 2021 Apr;145:106433.

The Role of Inflammatory Cytokines as Intermediates in the Pathway from Increased Adiposity to Disease. Kalaoja M, Corbin LJ, Tan VY, Ahola-Olli AV, Havulinna AS, Santalahti K, Pitkänen N, Lehtimäki T, Lyytikäinen LP, Raitoharju E, Seppälä I, Kähönen M, Ripatti S, Palotie A, Perola M, Viikari JS, Jalkanen S, Maksimow M, Salomaa V, Salmi M, Raitakari OT, Kettunen J, Timpson NJ. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 Feb;29(2):428-437.

Childhood and Adulthood Passive Smoking and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver in Midlife: A 31-year Cohort Study. Wu F, Pahkala K, Juonala M, Jaakkola J, Rovio SP, Lehtimäki T, Sabin MA, Jula A, Hutri-Kähönen N, Laitinen T, Viikari JSA, Magnussen CG, Raitakari OT. Am J Gastroenterol. 2021 Jun 1;116(6):1256-1263.

Associations Between Major Life Changes and Pedometer-Determined Physical Activity Over 4 Years in Middle-Aged Adults in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Salin K, Kankaanpää A, Yang X, Tammelin TH, Magnussen CG, Telama R, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Hirvensalo M. J Phys Act Health. 2021 Feb 1;18(2):199-205.

Examining the effect of mitochondrial DNA variants on blood pressure in two Finnish cohorts. Laaksonen J, Mishra PP, Seppälä I, Lyytikäinen LP, Raitoharju E, Mononen N, Lepistö M, Almusa H, Ellonen P, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Raitakari O, Kähönen M, Salonen JT, Lehtimäki T. Sci Rep. 2021 Jan 12;11(1):611.

Adult Attachment System Links With Brain Mu Opioid Receptor Availability In Vivo. Turtonen O, Saarinen A, Nummenmaa L, Tuominen L, Tikka M, Armio RL, Hautamäki A, Laurikainen H, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Hietala J. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2021 Mar;6(3):360-369.

Risky emotional family environment in childhood and depression-related cytokines in adulthood: The protective role of compassion. Saarinen A, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Dobewall H, Ahola-Olli A, Salmi M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Jalkanen S, Hintsanen M. Dev Psychobiol. 2021 Jul;63(5):1190-1201.

DNA methylation signatures of aggression and closely related constructs: A meta-analysis of epigenome-wide studies across the lifespan. van Dongen J et al. Mol Psychiatry. 2021 Jun;26(6):2148-2162.

DNA methylation and lipid metabolism: an EWAS of 226 metabolic measures. Gomez-Alonso MDC, Kretschmer A, Wilson R, Pfeiffer L, Karhunen V, Seppälä I, Zhang W, Mittelstraß K, Wahl S, Matias-Garcia PR, Prokisch H, Horn S, Meitinger T, Serrano-Garcia LR, Sebert S, Raitakari O, Loh M, Rathmann W, Müller-Nurasyid M, Herder C, Roden M, Hurme M, Jarvelin MR, Ala-Korpela M, Kooner JS, Peters A, Lehtimäki T, Chambers JC, Gieger C, Kettunen J, Waldenberger M. Clin Epigenetics. 2021 Jan 7;13(1):7.

Association of lifetime blood pressure with adulthood exercise blood pressure response: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study. Kähönen E, Aatola H, Pälve K, Hulkkonen J, Haarala A, Sipilä K, Juonala M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N. Blood Press. 2021 Apr;30(2):126-132.

Metabolic profiling of angiopoietin-like protein 3 and 4 inhibition: a drug-target Mendelian randomization analysis. Wang Q, Oliver-Williams C, Raitakari OT, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Järvelin MR, Salomaa V, Perola M, Danesh J, Kettunen J, Butterworth AS, Holmes MV, Ala-Korpela M. Eur Heart J. 2021 Mar 21;42(12):1160-1169.

Carotid artery longitudinal wall motion alterations associated with metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance. Taivainen SH, Laitinen TM, Yli-Ollila H, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Laitinen TP. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. 2021 Mar;41(2):199-207.

Childhood exposure to parental smoking and life-course overweight and central obesity. Jaakkola JM, Rovio SP, Pahkala K, Viikari J, Rönnemaa T, Jula A, Niinikoski H, Mykkänen J, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT. Ann Med. 2021 Dec;53(1):208-216.

Influence of early-life body mass index and systolic blood pressure on left ventricle in adulthood – the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Heiskanen JS, Hernesniemi JA, Ruohonen S, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Jokinen E, Tossavainen P, Kallio M, Laitinen T, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Juonala M, Nevalainen J, Raitakari OT. Ann Med. 2021 Dec;53(1):160-168.

Metabolic profiles of socio-economic position: a multi-cohort analysis. Robinson O, Carter AR, Ala-Korpela M, Casas JP, Chaturvedi N, Engmann J, Howe LD, Hughes AD, Järvelin MR, Kähönen M, Karhunen V, Kuh D, Shah T, Ben-Shlomo Y, Sofat R, Lau CE, Lehtimäki T, Menon U, Raitakari O, Ryan A, Providencia R, Smith S, Taylor J, Tillin T, Viikari J, Wong A, Hingorani AD, Kivimäki M, Vineis P. Int J Epidemiol. 2021 Jul 9;50(3):768-782.

Meta-analysis uncovers genome-wide significant variants for rapid kidney function decline. Gorski M et al. Kidney Int. 2021 Apr;99(4):926-939.

The associations of oxidized lipoprotein lipids with lipoprotein subclass particle concentrations and their lipid compositions. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Kresanov P, Mykkänen J, Ahotupa M, Ala-Korpela M, Juonala M, Kaikkonen J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Vasankari T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT. Free Radic Biol Med. 2021 Jan;162:225-232.

Childhood and long-term dietary calcium intake and adult cardiovascular risk in a population with high calcium intake. Wu F, Pahkala K, Juonala M, Rovio SP, Sabin MA, Rönnemaa T, Smith KJ, Jula A, Lehtimäki T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG. Clin Nutr. 2021 Apr;40(4):1926-1931.

Childhood physical activity as a labor market investment. Kari JT, Pehkonen J, Tammelin TH, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2021 Jan;31(1):163-183.

Three genetic-environmental networks for human personality. Zwir I, Del-Val C, Arnedo J, Pulkki-Råback L, Konte B, Yang SS, Romero-Zaliz R, Hintsanen M, Cloninger KM, Garcia D, Svrakic DM, Lester N, Rozsa S, Mesa A, Lyytikäinen LP, Giegling I, Kähönen M, Martinez M, Seppälä I, Raitoharju E, de Erausquin GA, Mamah D, Raitakari O, Rujescu D, Postolache TT, Gu CC, Sung J, Lehtimäki T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Cloninger CR. Mol Psychiatry. 2021 Aug;26(8):3858-3875.
Cerebral small vessel disease genomics and its implications across the lifespan. Sargurupremraj M et al. Nat Commun. 2020 Dec 8;11(1):6285.

Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Lancet. 2020 Nov 7;396(10261):1511-1524.

HDL cholesterol efflux capacity is inversely associated with subclinical cardiovascular risk markers in young adults: The cardiovascular risk in Young Finns study. Hunjadi M, Lamina C, Kahler P, Bernscherer T, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Hurme M, Juonala M, Taittonen L, Laitinen T, Jokinen E, Tossavainen P, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari O, Ritsch A. Sci Rep. 2020 Nov 5;10(1):19223.

Habitual sleep disturbances and migraine: a Mendelian randomization study. Daghlas I, Vgontzas A, Guo Y, Chasman DI; International Headache Genetics Consortium; Saxena R. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2020 Dec;7(12):2370-2380.

Work participation and physicality of work in young adulthood and the development of unhealthy lifestyle habits and obesity later in life: a prospective cohort study. Shiri R, Halonen J, Serlachius A, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT, Vahtera J, Viikari J, Lallukka T. Occup Environ Med. 2020 Oct 14:oemed-2020-106526. Online ahead of print.

Novel loci for childhood body mass index and shared heritability with adult cardiometabolic traits. Vogelezang S et al. PLoS Genet. 2020 Oct 12;16(10):e1008718.

Patterning of educational attainment across inflammatory markers: Findings from a multi-cohort study. Maurel M, Castagné R, Berger E, Bochud M, Chadeau-Hyam M, Fraga S, Gandini M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Jalkanen S, Kivimäki M, Marmot M, McCrory C, Preisig M, Raitakari O, Ricceri F, Salmi M, Steptoe A, Vineis P, Delpierre C, Kelly-Irving M. Brain Behav Immun. 2020 Nov;90:303-310.

Genetic Studies of Leptin Concentrations Implicate Leptin in the Regulation of Early Adiposity. Yaghootkar H et al. Diabetes. 2020 Dec;69(12):2806-2818.

The Polygenic and Monogenic Basis of Blood Traits and Diseases. Vuckovic D et al. Cell. 2020 Sep 3;182(5):1214-1231.e11.

Trans-ethnic and Ancestry-Specific Blood-Cell Genetics in 746,667 Individuals from 5 Global Populations. Chen MH et al. Cell. 2020 Sep 3;182(5):1198-1213.e14.

Childhood BMI and Fasting Glucose and Insulin Predict Adult Type 2 Diabetes: The International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohort (i3C) Consortium. Hu T, Jacobs DR Jr, Sinaiko AR, Bazzano LA, Burns TL, Daniels SR, Dwyer T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Murdy KA, Prineas RJ, Raitakari OT, Urbina EM, Venn A, Woo JG, Steinberger J. Diabetes Care. 2020 Nov;43(11):2821-2829.

Refining Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder Genetic Loci by Integrating Summary Data From Genome-wide Association, Gene Expression, and DNA Methylation Studies. Hammerschlag AR, Byrne EM; eQTLGen Consortium; BIOS Consortium; Bartels M, Wray NR, Middeldorp CM. Biol Psychiatry. 2020 Sep 15;88(6):470-479.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and related phenotypes: polygenic risk scores in population-based and case-control cohorts. Moll M et al. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Jul;8(7):696-708.

A genome-wide cross-phenotype meta-analysis of the association of blood pressure with migraine. Guo Y, Rist PM, Daghlas I, Giulianini F; International Headache Genetics Consortium; 23andMe Research Team; Kurth T, Chasman DI. Nat Commun. 2020 Jul 6;11(1):3368.

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Systemic vascular resistance predicts the development of hypertension: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study. Kähönen E, Lyytikäinen LP, Aatola H, Koivistoinen T, Haarala A, Sipilä K, Juonala M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N. Blood Press. 2020 Dec;29(6):362-369.

Epigenome-450K-wide methylation signatures of active cigarette smoking: The Young Finns Study. Mishra PP, Hänninen I, Raitoharju E, Marttila S, Mishra BH, Mononen N, Kähönen M, Hurme M, Raitakari O, Törönen P, Holm L, Lehtimäki T. Biosci Rep. 2020 Jul 31;40(7):BSR20200596.

Identification, Heritability, and Relation With Gene Expression of Novel DNA Methylation Loci for Blood Pressure. Huang Y et al. Hypertension. 2020 Jul;76(1):195-205.

Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Nature. 2020 Jun;582(7810):73-77.

Longitudinal association of a body mass index (BMI) genetic risk score with growth and BMI changes across the life course: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Buscot MJ, Wu F, Juonala M, Lehtimäki T, Pitkänen N, Sabin MA, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG. Int J Obes (Lond). 2020 Aug;44(8):1733-1742.

Childhood Oral Infections Associate with Adulthood Metabolic Syndrome: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Pussinen PJ, Paju S, Viikari J, Salminen A, Taittonen L, Laitinen T, Burgner D, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari O, Juonala M. J Dent Res. 2020 Sep;99(10):1165-1173.

Multi-ancestry GWAS of the electrocardiographic PR interval identifies 202 loci underlying cardiac conduction. Ntalla I et al. Nat Commun. 2020 May 21;11(1):2542.

Ideal cardiovascular health in adolescents and young adults is associated with alexithymia over two decades later: Findings from the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns Study: Department: Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland. Karukivi M, Jula A, Pulkki-Råback L, Hutri-Kähönen N, Laitinen TT, Viikari J, Juonala M, Raitakari O. Psychiatry Res. 2020 Jul;289:112976.

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Does Compassion Predict Blood Pressure and Hypertension? The Modifying Role of Familial Risk for Hypertension. Saarinen AIL, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Hintsa T, Pulkki-Råback L, Ravaja N, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Hintsanen M. Int J Behav Med. 2020 Oct;27(5):527-538.

Genetic identification of cell types underlying brain complex traits yields insights into the etiology of Parkinson’s disease. Bryois J, Skene NG, Hansen TF, Kogelman LJA, Watson HJ, Liu Z; Eating Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium; International Headache Genetics Consortium; 23andMe Research Team; Brueggeman L, Breen G, Bulik CM, Arenas E, Hjerling-Leffler J, Sullivan PF. Nat Genet. 2020 May;52(5):482-493.

Cross-trait analyses with migraine reveal widespread pleiotropy and suggest a vascular component to migraine headache. Siewert KM, Klarin D, Damrauer SM, Chang KM, Tsao PS, Assimes TL, Davey Smith G, Voight BF; The International Headache Genetics Consortium. Int J Epidemiol. 2020 Jun 1;49(3):1022-1031.

Pulse wave velocity is related to exercise blood pressure response in young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Haarala A, Kähönen E, Koivistoinen T, Pälve K, Hulkkonen J, Tikkakoski A, Sipilä K, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Aatola H, Hutri-Kähönen N. Blood Press. 2020 Aug;29(4):256-263.

Childhood/Adolescent Smoking and Adult Smoking and Cessation: The International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohort (i3C) Consortium. Hu T, Gall SL, Widome R, Bazzano LA, Burns TL, Daniels SR, Dwyer T, Ikonen J, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Prineas RJ, Raitakari O, Sinaiko AR, Steinberger J, Urbina EM, Venn A, Viikari J, Woo JG, Jacobs DR Jr. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Apr 7;9(7):e014381.

Childhood Exposure to Parental Smoking and Midlife Cognitive Function. Rovio SP, Pihlman J, Pahkala K, Juonala M, Magnussen CG, Pitkänen N, Ahola-Olli A, Salo P, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Tossavainen P, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT. Am J Epidemiol. 2020 Nov 2;189(11):1280-1291.

The Contribution of Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage to Depressive Symptoms Over the Course of Adult Life: A 32-Year Prospective Cohort Study. Elovainio M, Vahtera J, Pentti J, Hakulinen C, Pulkki-Råback L, Lipsanen J, Virtanen M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Kivimäki M, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O. Am J Epidemiol. 2020 Jul 1;189(7):679-689.

Non-HDL Cholesterol Levels in Childhood and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Adulthood. Juonala M, Wu F, Sinaiko A, Woo JG, Urbina EM, Jacobs D, Steinberger J, Prineas R, Koskinen J, Sabin MA, Burgner DP, Burns TL, Bazzano L, Venn A, Viikari JSA, Hutri-Kähönen N, Daniels SR, Dwyer T, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG. Pediatrics. 2020 Apr;145(4):e20192114.

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of corneal curvature identifies novel loci and shared genetic influences across axial length and refractive error. Fan Q et al. Commun Biol. 2020 Mar 19;3(1):133.

Education leads to a more physically active lifestyle: Evidence based on Mendelian randomization. Kari JT, Viinikainen J, Böckerman P, Tammelin TH, Pitkänen N, Lehtimäki T, Pahkala K, Hirvensalo M, Raitakari OT, Pehkonen J. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2020 Jul;30(7):1194-1204.

Cardiovascular Health Trajectories From Childhood Through Middle Age and Their Association With Subclinical Atherosclerosis. Allen NB, Krefman AE, Labarthe D, Greenland P, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Day RS, Bazzano LA, Van Horn LV, Liu L, Alonso CF, Webber LS, Pahkala K, Laitinen TT, Raitakari OT, Lloyd-Jones DM. JAMA Cardiol. 2020 May 1;5(5):557-566.

Genome-wide association meta-analysis of nicotine metabolism and cigarette consumption measures in smokers of European descent. Buchwald J, Chenoweth MJ, Palviainen T, Zhu G, Benner C, Gordon S, Korhonen T, Ripatti S, Madden PAF, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Salomaa V, Rose RJ, George TP, Lerman C, Pirinen M, Martin NG, Kaprio J, Loukola A, Tyndale RF. Mol Psychiatry. 2021 Jun;26(6):2212-2223.

Apolipoprotein A-I concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease: A Mendelian randomization study. Karjalainen MK, Holmes MV, Wang Q, Anufrieva O, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Havulinna AS, Kristiansson K, Salomaa V, Perola M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Järvelin MR, Ala-Korpela M, Kettunen J. Atherosclerosis. 2020 Apr;299:56-63.

Do childhood infections affect labour market outcomes in adulthood and, if so, how? Viinikainen J, Bryson A, Böckerman P, Elovainio M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Lehtimäki T, Pahkala K, Rovio S, Pulkki-Råback L, Raitakari O, Pehkonen J. Econ Hum Biol. 2020 May;37:100857.

EpiMetal: an open-source graphical web browser tool for easy statistical analyses in epidemiology and metabolomics. Ekholm J, Ohukainen P, Kangas AJ, Kettunen J, Wang Q, Karsikas M, Khan AA, Kingwell BA, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Järvelin MR, Meikle PJ, Ala-Korpela M. Int J Epidemiol. 2020 Aug 1;49(4):1075-1081.

Influence of Genetic Variation in PDE3A on Endothelial Function and Stroke. Traylor M, Amin Al Olama A, Lyytikäinen LP, Marini S, Chung J, Malik R, Dichgans M, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Anderson CD, Raitakari OT, Markus HS. Hypertension. 2020 Feb;75(2):365-371.

Lipoprotein signatures of cholesteryl ester transfer protein and HMG-CoA reductase inhibition. Kettunen J, Holmes MV, Allara E, Anufrieva O, Ohukainen P, Oliver-Williams C, Wang Q, Tillin T, Hughes AD, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Salomaa V, Järvelin MR, Perola M, Davey Smith G, Chaturvedi N, Danesh J, Di Angelantonio E, Butterworth AS, Ala-Korpela M. PLoS Biol. 2019 Dec 20;17(12):e3000572.

Reducing socio-economic inequalities in all-cause mortality: a counterfactual mediation approach. Laine JE, Baltar VT, Stringhini S, Gandini M, Chadeau-Hyam M, Kivimaki M, Severi G, Perduca V, Hodge AM, Dugué PA, Giles GG, Milne RL, Barros H, Sacerdote C, Krogh V, Panico S, Tumino R, Goldberg M, Zins M, Delpierre C; LIFEPATH Consortium; Vineis P. Int J Epidemiol. 2020 Apr 1;49(2):497-510.

Childhood risk factors and carotid atherosclerotic plaque in adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Koskinen JS, Kytö V, Juonala M, Viikari JSA, Nevalainen J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Laitinen T, Tossavainen P, Jokinen E, Magnussen CG, Raitakari OT. Atherosclerosis. 2020 Jan;293:18-25.

Breastfeeding and offspring’s compassion and empathy in adulthood: A study with an over 30-year follow-up. Saarinen AIL, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Honda Y, Oksman E, Raitakari O, Pulkki-Råback L, Hintsanen M. Scand J Psychol. 2020 Apr;61(2):227-236.

Lipidomic architecture shared by subclinical markers of osteoporosis and atherosclerosis: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Mishra BH, Mishra PP, Mononen N, Hilvo M, Sievänen H, Juonala M, Laaksonen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Laaksonen R, Lehtimäki T. Bone. 2020 Feb;131:115160.

Increase in adiposity from childhood to adulthood predicts a metabolically obese phenotype in normal-weight adults. Viitasalo A, Pitkänen N, Pahkala K, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JSA, Raitakari O, Kilpeläinen TO. Int J Obes (Lond). 2020 Apr;44(4):848-851.

Prediction of adult class II/III obesity from childhood BMI: the i3C consortium. Woo JG, Zhang N, Fenchel M, Jacobs DR Jr, Hu T, Urbina EM, Burns TL, Raitakari O, Steinberger J, Bazzano L, Prineas RJ, Jaquish C, Juonala M, Ryder JR, Daniels SR, Sinaiko A, Dwyer T, Venn A. Int J Obes (Lond). 2020 May;44(5):1164-1172.

CVD risk factors and surrogate markers – Urban-rural differences. Nuotio J, Vähämurto L, Pahkala K, Magnussen CG, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Tossavainen P, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Viikari JSA, Raitakari O, Juonala M. Scand J Public Health. 2020 Nov;48(7):752-761.

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A network approach to the analysis of psychosocial risk factors and their association with health. Elovainio M, Hakulinen C, Pulkki-Råback L, Juonala M, Raitakari OT. J Health Psychol. 2020 Sep;25(10-11):1587-1600.

Childhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Risk of Fatty Liver in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Laitinen TT, Vahtera J, Pahkala K, Magnussen CG, Nuotio J, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kivimäki M, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Laitinen T, Tossavainen P, Pentti J, Viikari JSA, Juonala M, Raitakari OT. Hepatology. 2020 Jan;71(1):67-75.

Youth to adult body mass index trajectories as a predictor of metabolically healthy obesity in adulthood. Smith KJ, Magnussen CG, Pahkala K, Koskinen J, Sabin MA, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Tammelin T, Tossavainen P, Jokinen E, Viikari JSA, Juonala M, Raitakari OT. Eur J Public Health. 2020 Feb 1;30(1):195-199.
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Genome-wide association meta-analysis of 30,000 samples identifies seven novel loci for quantitative ECG traits.
Eur J Hum Genet. 2019 Jun;27(6):952-962.

Lea A, Subramaniam M, Ko A, Lehtimäki T, Raitoharju E, Kähönen M, Seppälä I, Mononen N, Raitakari OT, Ala-Korpela M, Pajukanta P, Zaitlen N, Ayroles JF.
Genetic and environmental perturbations lead to regulatory decoherence.
Elife. 2019 Mar 5;8: e40538.

Karjalainen JP, Mononen N, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lehtimäki M, Juonala M, Ala-Korpela M, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T.
The effect of apolipoprotein E polymorphism on serum metabolome – a population-based 10-year follow-up study.
Sci Rep. 2019 Jan 24;9(1):458.

Pussinen PJ, Paju S, Koponen J, Viikari JSA, Taittonen L, Laitinen T, Burgner DP, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Association of Childhood Oral Infections With Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Adulthood.
JAMA Netw Open. 2019 Apr 5;2(4):e192523.

Heiskanen JS, Ruohonen S, Rovio SP, Kytö V, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JSA, Juonala M, Laitinen T, Tossavainen P, Jokinen E, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT.
Determinants of left ventricular diastolic function-The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Echocardiography. 2019 May;36(5):854-861.

Saarinen A, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Cloninger CR, Veijola J, Elovainio M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Hintsanen M.
The relationship of dispositional compassion for others with depressive symptoms over a 15-year prospective follow-up.
J Affect Disord. 2019 May 1;250:354-362.

Juonala M, Pitkänen N, Tolonen S, Laaksonen M, Sievänen H, Jokinen E, Laitinen T, Sabin MA, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lehtimäki T, Taittonen L, Jula A, Loo BM, Impivaara O, Kähönen M, Magnussen CG, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT.
Childhood Exposure to Passive Smoking and Bone Health in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Jun 1;104(6):2403-2411.

Kaseva K, Dobewall H, Yang X, Pulkki-Råback L, Lipsanen J, Hintsa T, Hintsanen M, Puttonen S, Hirvensalo M, Elovainio M, Raitakari O, Tammelin T.
Physical Activity, Sleep, and Symptoms of Depression in Adults-Testing for Mediation.
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2019 Jun;51(6):1162-1168.

Pehkonen J, Viinikainen J, Böckerman P, Pitkänen N, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O.
Health endowment and later-life outcomes in the labour market: Evidence using genetic risk scores and reduced-form models.
SSM Popul Health. 2019 Mar 5;7:100379.

Böckerman P, Cawley J, Viinikainen J, Lehtimäki T, Rovio S, Seppälä I, Pehkonen J, Raitakari O.
The effect of weight on labor market outcomes: An application of genetic instrumental variables.
Health Econ. 2019 Jan;28(1):65-77.

Vähämurto L, Pahkala K, Magnussen CG, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Tossavainen P, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Telama R, Rönnemaa T, Viikari J, Juonala M, Raitakari OT.
Coronary heart disease risk factor levels in eastern and western Finland from 1980 to 2011 in the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns study.
Atherosclerosis. 2019 Jan;280:92-98.

Koskinen J, Juonala M, Dwyer T, Venn A, Petkeviciene J, Čeponienė I, Bazzano L, Chen W, Sabin MA, Burns TL, Viikari JSA, Woo JG, Urbina EM, Prineas R, Hutri-Kähönen N, Sinaiko A, Jacobs DR Jr, Steinberger J, Daniels S, Raitakari O, Magnussen CG.
Utility of Different Blood Pressure Measurement Components in Childhood to Predict Adult Carotid Intima-Media Thickness.
Hypertension. 2019 Feb;73(2):335-341.

Salin K, Kankaanpää A, Hirvensalo M, Lounassalo I, Yang X, Magnussen CG, Hutri-Kähönen N, Rovio S, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Tammelin TH.
Smoking and Physical Activity Trajectories from Childhood to Midlife.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Mar 18;16(6).

Chung O, Juonala M, Mallat Z, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG.
Tracking of secretory phospholipase A2 enzyme activity levels from childhood to adulthood: a 21-year cohort.
J Pediatr (Rio J). 2019 Mar – Apr;95(2):247-254.

Törnroos M, Elovainio M, Hintsa T, Hintsanen M, Pulkki-Råback L, Jokela M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Personality traits and perceptions of organisational justice.
Int J Psychol. 2019 Jun;54(3):414-422.

Wu F, Juonala M, Pahkala K, Buscot MJ, Sabin MA, Pitkänen N, Rönnemaa T, Jula A, Lehtimäki T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG.
Youth and Long-Term Dietary Calcium Intake With Risk of Impaired Glucose Metabolism and Type 2 Diabetes in Adulthood.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Jun 1;104(6):2067-2074.

Laaksonen J, Seppälä I, Raitoharju E, Mononen N, Lyytikäinen LP, Waldenberger M, Illig T, Lepistö M, Almusa H, Ellonen P, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Salonen JT, Lehtimäki T.
Discovery of mitochondrial DNA variants associated with genome-wide blood cell gene expression: a population-based mtDNA sequencing study.
Hum Mol Genet. 2019 Apr 15;28(8):1381-1391.

Hakala JO, Rovio SP, Pahkala K, Nevalainen J, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Heinonen OJ, Hirvensalo M, Telama R, Viikari JSA, Tammelin TH, Raitakari OT.
Physical Activity from Childhood to Adulthood and Cognitive Performance in Midlife.
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2019 May;51(5):882-890.

Sormunen E, Saarinen MM, Salokangas RKR, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Hietala J.
Body mass index trajectories in childhood and adolescence – Risk for non-affective psychosis.
Schizophr Res. 2019 Apr;206:313-317.

Dobewall H, Savelieva K, Seppälä I, Knafo-Noam A, Hakulinen C, Elovainio M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pulkki-Råback L, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T, Hintsanen M.
Gene-environment correlations in parental emotional warmth and intolerance: genome-wide analysis over two generations of the Young Finns Study.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2019 Mar;60(3):277-285.

Cuthbertson DJ, Brown E, Koskinen J, Magnussen CG, Hutri-Kähönen N, Sabin M, Tossavainen P, Jokinen E, Laitinen T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Longitudinal analysis of risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adulthood.
Liver Int. 2019 Jun;39(6):1147-1154.

Gluschkoff K, Pulkki-Råback L, Elovainio M, Saarinen A, Tammelin T, Hirvensalo M, Lehtimäki T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Raitakari O, Hintsanen M.
Is It Good To Be Good? Dispositional Compassion and Health Behaviors.
Ann Behav Med. 2019 Jun 4;53(7):665-673.

Hintsanen M, Gluschkoff K, Dobewall H, Cloninger CR, Keltner D, Saarinen A, Wesolowska K, Volanen SM, Raitakari OT, Pulkki-Råback L.
Parent-child-relationship quality predicts offspring dispositional compassion in adulthood: A prospective follow-up study over three decades.
Dev Psychol. 2019 Jan;55(1):216-225.

Salin K, Hirvensalo M, Kankaanpää A, Magnussen CG, Yang X, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Telama R, Tammelin TH.
Associations of partnering transition and socioeconomic status with a four-year change in daily steps among Finnish adults.
Scand J Public Health. 2019 Nov;47(7):722-729.

Delcourt C, Le Goff M, von Hanno T, Mirshahi A, Khawaja AP, Verhoeven VJM, Hogg RE, Anastosopoulos E, Cachulo ML, Höhn R, Wolfram C, Bron A, Miotto S, Carrière I, Colijn JM, Buitendijk GHS, Evans J, Nitsch D, Founti P, Yip JLY, Pfeiffer N, Creuzot-Garcher C, Silva R, Piermarocchi S, Topouzis F, Bertelsen G, Foster PJ, Fletcher A, Klaver CCW, Korobelnik JF; European Eye Epidemiology Consortium.
The Decreasing Prevalence of Nonrefractive Visual Impairment in Older Europeans: A Meta-analysis of Published and Unpublished Data.
Ophthalmology. 2018 Aug;125(8):1149-1159.

Mauschitz MM, Bonnemaijer PWM, Diers K, Rauscher FG, Elze T, Engel C, Loeffler M, Colijn JM, Ikram MA, Vingerling JR, Williams KM, Hammond CJ, Creuzot-Garcher C, Bron AM, Silva R, Nunes S, Delcourt C, Cougnard-Grégoire A, Holz FG, Klaver CCW, Breteler MMB, Finger RP; European Eye Epidemiology (E3) Consortium.
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PLoS One. 2018 Jun 18;13(6):e0198166.

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Nat Commun. 2018 Jul 27;9(1):2941.

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Nat Commun. 2018 May 29;9(1):2098.

Dobewall H, Hakulinen C, Pulkki-Råback L, Seppälä I, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Hintsanen M.
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Personality and Individual Differences. 2018;125:74-79.

Sinaiko AR, Jacobs DR Jr, Woo JG, Bazzano L, Burns T, Hu T, Juonala M, Prineas R, Raitakari O, Steinberger J, Urbina E, Venn A, Jaquish C, Dwyer T.
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Contemp Clin Trials. 2018 Jun;69:55-64.

Saarinen A, Hintsanen M, Hakulinen C, Pulkki-Råback L, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
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Diabetologia. 2018 Feb;61(2):317-330.

Bhosale SD, Moulder R, Venäläinen MS, Koskinen JS, Pitkänen N, Juonala MT, Kähönen MAP, Lehtimäki TJ, Viikari JSA, Elo LL, Goodlett DR, Lahesmaa R, Raitakari OT.
Serum Proteomic Profiling to Identify Biomarkers of Premature Carotid Atherosclerosis.
Sci Rep. 2018 Jun 15;8(1):9209.

Koivistoinen T, Lyytikäinen LP, Aatola H, Luukkaala T, Juonala M, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N.
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Hypertension. 2018 Mar;71(3):451-456.

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Kallio P, Pahkala K, Heinonen OJ, Tammelin T, Hirvensalo M, Telama R, Juonala M, Magnussen CG, Rovio S, Helajärvi H, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari J, Raitakari OT.
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Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2018 Jun;50(6):1192-1198.

Dobewall H, Hakulinen C, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pulkki-Råback L, Seppälä I, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Hintsanen M.
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J Affect Disord. 2018 Aug 1;235:480-488.

Kivimäki M, Vahtera J, Tabák AG, Halonen JI, Vineis P, Pentti J, Pahkala K, Rovio S, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Juonala M, Ferrie JE, Stringhini S, Raitakari OT.
Neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage, risk factors, and diabetes from childhood to middle age in the Young Finns Study: a cohort study.
Lancet Public Health. 2018 Aug;3(8):e365-e373.

Sliz E, Sebert S, Würtz P, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Männikkö M, Ala-Korpela M, Raitakari OT, Kettunen J.
NAFLD risk alleles in PNPLA3, TM6SF2, GCKR and LYPLAL1 show divergent metabolic effects.
Hum Mol Genet. 2018 Jun 15;27(12):2214-2223.

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Nat Genet. 2018 Jan;50(1):42-53.

Yang Y, Zhao H, Boomsma DI, Ligthart L, Belin AC, Smith GD, Esko T, Freilinger TM, Hansen TF, Ikram MA, Kallela M, Kubisch C, Paraskevi C, Strachan DP, Wessman M; International Headache Genetics Consortium, van den Maagdenberg AMJM, Terwindt GM, Nyholt DR.
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Eur J Hum Genet. 2018 Aug;26(8):1202-1216.

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Wellcome Open Res. 2018 Jan 12;3:4.

Voutilainen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Tossavainen P, Sipponen T, Pitkänen N, Laitinen T, Jokinen E, Rönnemaa T, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Low childhood high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and subsequent risk for chronic inflammatory bowel disease.
Dig Liver Dis. 2018 Apr;50(4):348-352.

Yang X, Kankaanpää A, Biddle SJH, Hirvensalo M, Helajärvi H, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT, Tammelin T.
Long-term determinants of changes in television viewing time in adults: Prospective analyses from the Young Finns Study.
Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2018 Dec;28(12):2723-2733.

Rovio SP, Yang X, Kankaanpää A, Aalto V, Hirvensalo M, Telama R, Pahkala K, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Tammelin TH.
Longitudinal physical activity trajectories from childhood to adulthood and their determinants: The Young Finns Study.
Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2018 Mar;28(3):1073-1083.

Saarinen A, Rosenström T, Hintsanen M, Hakulinen C, Pulkki-Råback L, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Cloninger CR, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Longitudinal associations of temperament and character with paranoid ideation: A population-based study.
Psychiatry Res. 2018 Mar;261:137-142.

Saarinen AIL, Rosenström TH, Hakulinen CA, Cloninger CR, Hintsanen MHM, Pulkki-Råback LM, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Longitudinal Associations of Explosive and Adventurous Temperament Profiles With Character Development: The Modifying Effects of Social Support and Attachment.
J Clin Psychiatry. 2018 Mar/Apr;79(2).

Lounassalo I, Salin K, Palomäki S, Yang X, Rovio S, Telama R, Raitakari O, Tammelin T, Hirvensalo M.
LASERI-seurantatutkimus: Liikunta-aktiivisuus lapsuudesta aikuisuuteen ja sen yhteydet muihin elintapoihin.
Liikunta & Tiede. 2018;55(1):26-31.

Wesołowska K, Elovainio M, Hintsa T, Jokela M, Pulkki-Råback L, Lipsanen J, Juonala M, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Is the association between depressive symptoms and glucose bidirectional? A population-based study.
Health Psychol. 2018 Jul;37(7):603-612.

Taivainen SH, Yli-Ollila H, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Laitinen TM, Laitinen TP.
Influence of cardiovascular risk factors on longitudinal motion of the common carotid artery wall.
Atherosclerosis. 2018 May;272:54-59.

Koskinen J, Juonala M, Dwyer T, Venn A, Thomson R, Bazzano L, Berenson GS, Sabin MA, Burns TL, Viikari JSA, Woo JG, Urbina EM, Prineas R, Hutri-Kähönen N, Sinaiko A, Jacobs D, Steinberger J, Daniels S, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG.
Impact of Lipid Measurements in Youth in Addition to Conventional Clinic-Based Risk Factors on Predicting Preclinical Atherosclerosis in Adulthood: International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohort Consortium.
Circulation. 2018 Mar 20;137(12):1246-1255.

Campbell MD, Laitinen TT, Hughes A, Pahkala K, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Wong TY, Lehtimäki T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT, Tapp RJ.
Impact of Ideal Cardiovascular Health in Childhood on the Retinal Microvasculature in Midadulthood: Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Oct 16;7(20):e009487.

Qi T, Wu Y, Zeng J, Zhang F, Xue A, Jiang L, Zhu Z, Kemper K, Yengo L, Zheng Z; eQTLGen Consortium, Marioni RE, Montgomery GW, Deary IJ, Wray NR, Visscher PM, McRae AF, Yang J.
Identifying gene targets for brain-related traits using transcriptomic and methylomic data from blood.
Nat Commun. 2018 Jun 11;9(1):2282.

Tolonen S, Sievänen H, Hirvensalo M, Laaksonen M, Mikkilä V, Pälve K, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Kähönen M.
Higher step count is associated with greater bone mass and strength in women but not in men.
Arch Osteoporos. 2018 Mar 6;13(1):20.

Martin AR, Karczewski KJ, Kerminen S, Kurki MI, Sarin AP, Artomov M, Eriksson JG, Esko T, Genovese G, Havulinna AS, Kaprio J, Konradi A, Korányi L, Kostareva A, Männikkö M, Metspalu A, Perola M, Prasad RB, Raitakari O, Rotar O, Salomaa V, Groop L, Palotie A, Neale BM, Ripatti S, Pirinen M, Daly MJ.
Haplotype Sharing Provides Insights into Fine-Scale Population History and Disease in Finland.
Am J Hum Genet. 2018 May 3;102(5):760-775.

Zhou A, Taylor AE, Karhunen V, Zhan Y, Rovio SP, Lahti J, Sjögren P, Byberg L, Lyall DM, Auvinen J, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Perälä MM, Michaëlsson K, Mahajan A, Lind L, Power C, Eriksson JG, Raitakari OT, Hägg S, Pedersen NL, Veijola J, Järvelin MR, Munafò MR, Ingelsson E, Llewellyn DJ, Hyppönen E.
Habitual coffee consumption and cognitive function: a Mendelian randomization meta-analysis in up to 415,530 participants.
Sci Rep. 2018 May 14;8(1):7526.

Taipale T, Seppälä I, Raitoharju E, Mononen N, Lyytikäinen LP, Illig T, Waldenberger M, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Oksala N, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T.
Fatty liver is associated with blood pathways of inflammatory response, immune system activation and prothrombotic state in Young Finns Study.
Sci Rep. 2018 Jul 9;8(1):10358.

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Nat Commun. 2018 Dec 3;9(1):5141.

Vähämurto L, Juonala M, Ruohonen S, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Tossavainen P, Jokinen E, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Pahkala K.
Geographic origin as a determinant of left ventricular mass and diastolic function – the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Scand J Public Health. 2018 Aug;46(6):630-637.

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Nat Commun. 2018 Jan 17;9(1):260.

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Genome-wide association meta-analysis highlights light-induced signaling as a driver for refractive error.
Nat Genet. 2018 Jun;50(6):834-848.

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Genome Analyses of >200,000 Individuals Identify 58 Loci for Chronic Inflammation and Highlight Pathways that Link Inflammation and Complex Disorders.
Am J Hum Genet. 2018 Nov 1;103(5):691-706.

Nissinen MJ, Pitkänen N, Simonen P, Gylling H, Viikari J, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T, Juonala M, Pakarinen MP.
Genetic polymorphism of sterol transporters in children with future gallstones.
Dig Liver Dis. 2018 Sep;50(9):954-960.

Erhart G, Lamina C, Lehtimäki T, Marques-Vidal P, Kähönen M, Vollenweider P, Raitakari OT, Waeber G, Thorand B, Strauch K, Gieger C, Meitinger T, Peters A, Kronenberg F, Coassin S.
Genetic Factors Explain a Major Fraction of the 50% Lower Lipoprotein(a) Concentrations in Finns.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2018 May;38(5):1230-1241.

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Nat Genet. 2018 Oct;50(10):1412-1425.

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Int J Obes (Lond). 2018 Apr;42(4):866-871.

Palomäki S, Hirvensalo M, Smith K, Raitakari O, Männistö S, Hutri-Kähönen N, Tammelin T.
Does organized sport participation during youth predict healthy habits in adulthood? A 28-year longitudinal study.
Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2018 Aug;28(8):1908-1915.

Viinikainen J, Bryson A, Böckerman P, Elovainio M, Pitkänen N, Pulkki-Råback L, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Pehkonen J.
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Prev Med. 2018 Oct;115:134-139.

Buscot MJ, Thomson RJ, Juonala M, Sabin MA, Burgner DP, Lehtimäki T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG.
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Circ Genom Precis Med. 2018 May;11(5):e002037.

Barrios C, Zierer J, Würtz P, Haller T, Metspalu A, Gieger C, Thorand B, Meisinger C, Waldenberger M, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T, Otero S, Rodríguez E, Pedro-Botet J, Kähönen M, Ala-Korpela M, Kastenmüller G, Spector TD, Pascual J, Menni C.
Circulating metabolic biomarkers of renal function in diabetic and non-diabetic populations.
Sci Rep. 2018 Oct 15;8(1):15249.

Puolakka E, Pahkala K, Laitinen TT, Magnussen CG, Hutri-Kähönen N, Männistö S, Pälve KS, Tammelin T, Tossavainen P, Jokinen E, Smith KJ, Laitinen T, Elovainio M, Pulkki-Råback L, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Childhood socioeconomic status and lifetime health behaviors: The Young Finns Study.
Int J Cardiol. 2018 May 1;258:289-294.

Sun C, Ponsonby AL, Carlin JB, Bui M, Magnussen CG, Burns TL, Lehtimaki T, Wardrop NH, Juonala M, Viikari JSA, Venn AJ, Raitakari OT, Dwyer T.
Childhood adiposity, adult adiposity, and the ACE gene insertion/deletion polymorphism: evidence of gene-environment interaction effects on adult blood pressure and hypertension status in adulthood.
J Hypertens. 2018 Nov;36(11):2168-2176.

Tapp RJ, Hughes AD, Kähönen M, Wong TY, Witt N, Lehtimäki T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Sahota P, Juonala M, Raitakari OT.
Cardiometabolic Health Among Adult Offspring of Hypertensive Pregnancies: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Jan 6;7(1).

Wu F, Juonala M, Pitkänen N, Jula A, Lehtimäki T, Sabin MA, Pahkala K, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Viikari JSA, Magnussen CG, Raitakari OT.
Both youth and long-term vitamin D status is associated with risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adulthood: a cohort study.
Ann Med. 2018 Feb;50(1):74-82.

Buscot MJ, Thomson RJ, Juonala M, Sabin MA, Burgner DP, Lehtimäki T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari JSA, Jokinen E, Tossavainen P, Laitinen T, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG.
BMI Trajectories Associated With Resolution of Elevated Youth BMI and Incident Adult Obesity.
Pediatrics. 2018 Jan;141(1).

Wu F, Buscot MJ, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG.
Association of Youth Triponderal Mass Index vs Body Mass Index With Obesity-Related Outcomes in Adulthood.
JAMA Pediatr. 2018 Dec 1;172(12):1192-1195.

Parmar P et al.
Association of maternal prenatal smoking GFI1-locus and cardio-metabolic phenotypes in 18,212 adults.
EBioMedicine. 2018 Dec;38:206-216.

Akbaraly T, Würtz P, Singh-Manoux A, Shipley MJ, Haapakoski R, Lehto M, Desrumaux C, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Mikkilä V, Hingorani A, Humphries SE, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Raitakari O, Ala-Korpela M, Kivimäki M.
Association of circulating metabolites with healthy diet and risk of cardiovascular disease: analysis of two cohort studies.
Sci Rep. 2018 Jun 5;8(1):8620.

Trajanoska K, Morris JA, Oei L, Zheng HF, Evans DM, Kiel DP, Ohlsson C, Richards JB, Rivadeneira F; GEFOS/GENOMOS consortium and the 23andMe research team.
Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: genome wide association and mendelian randomisation study.
BMJ. 2018 Aug 29;362:k3225.

Hernesniemi JA, Heiskanen J, Ruohonen S, Kartiosuo N, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Jokinen E, Tossavainen P, Kallio M, Laitinen T, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JSA, Juonala M, Raitakari OT.
Aortic sinus diameter in middle age is associated with body size in young adulthood.
Heart. 2018 May;104(9):773-778.

Oksman E, Rosenström T, Hintsanen M, Pulkki-Råback L, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
A Longitudinal Multilevel Study of the “Social” Genotype and Diversity of the Phenotype.
Front Psychol. 2018 Oct 24;9:2034.

Sung YJ et al.
A Large-Scale Multi-ancestry Genome-wide Study Accounting for Smoking Behavior Identifies Multiple Significant Loci for Blood Pressure.
Am J Hum Genet. 2018 Mar 1;102(3):375-400.
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC).
Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults.
Lancet. 2017 Dec 16;390(10113):2627-2642.

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC).
Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants.
Lancet. 2017 Jan 7;389(10064):37-55.

Maddock J, Zhou A, Cavadino A, Kuźma E, Bao Y, Smart MC, Saum KU, Schöttker B, Engmann J, Kjærgaard M, Karhunen V, Zhan Y, Lehtimäki T, Rovio SP, Byberg L, Lahti J, Marques-Vidal P, Sen A, Perna L, Schirmer H, Singh-Manoux A, Auvinen J, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Kilander L, Räikkönen K, Melhus H, Ingelsson E, Guessous I, Petrovic KE, Schmidt H, Schmidt R, Vollenweider P, Lind L, Eriksson JG, Michaëlsson K, Raitakari OT, Hägg S, Pedersen NL, Herzig KH, Järvelin MR, Veijola J, Kivimaki M, Jorde R, Brenner H, Kumari M, Power C, Llewellyn DJ, Hyppönen E.
Vitamin D and cognitive function: A Mendelian randomisation study.
Sci Rep. 2017 Oct 16;7(1):13230.

Harville EW, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT.
Vascular ultrasound measures before pregnancy and pregnancy complications: A prospective cohort study.
Hypertens Pregnancy. 2017 Feb;36(1):53-58.

Pehkonen J, Viinikainen J, Böckerman P, Lehtimäki T, Pitkänen N, Raitakari O.
The challenges of GxE research: A rejoinder.
Soc Sci Med. 2017 Sep;188:204-205.

Böckerman P, Bryson A, Viinikainen J, Hakulinen C, Hintsanen M, Pehkonen J, Viikari J, Raitakari O.
The biometric antecedents to happiness.
PLoS One. 2017 Sep 15;12(9):e0184887.

Seppälä I, Oksala N, Jula A, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Hutri-Kähönen N, März W, Meinitzer A, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T.
The biomarker and causal roles of homoarginine in the development of cardiometabolic diseases: an observational and Mendelian randomization analysis.
Sci Rep. 2017 Apr 25;7(1):1130.

Serlachius A, Elovainio M, Juonala M, Shea S, Sabin M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pulkki-Råback L.
The Association Between Social Support, Body Mass Index and Increased Risk of Prediabetes: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Int J Behav Med. 2017 Apr;24(2):161-170.

Li M et al.
SOS2 and ACP1 Loci Identified through Large-Scale Exome Chip Analysis Regulate Kidney Development and Function.
J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Mar;28(3):981-994.

Stringhini S, Carmeli C, Jokela M, Avendaño M, Muennig P, Guida F, Ricceri F, d’Errico A, Barros H, Bochud M, Chadeau-Hyam M, Clavel-Chapelon F, Costa G, Delpierre C, Fraga S, Goldberg M, Giles GG, Krogh V, Kelly-Irving M, Layte R, Lasserre AM, Marmot MG, Preisig M, Shipley MJ, Vollenweider P, Zins M, Kawachi I, Steptoe A, Mackenbach JP, Vineis P, Kivimäki M; LIFEPATH consortium.
Socioeconomic status and the 25 × 25 risk factors as determinants of premature mortality: a multicohort study and meta-analysis of 1·7 million men and women.
Lancet. 2017 Mar 25;389(10075):1229-1237.

McCrory C, O’Leary N, Fraga S, Ribeiro AI, Barros H, Kartiosuo N, Raitakari O, Kivimäki M, Vineis P, Layte R; Lifepath Consortium.
Socioeconomic differences in children’s growth trajectories from infancy to early adulthood: evidence from four European countries.
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2017 Oct;71(10):981-989.

Törnroos M, Hakulinen C, Hintsanen M, Puttonen S, Hintsa T, Pulkki-Råback L, Jokela M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Reciprocal relationships between psychosocial work characteristics and sleep problems: A two-wave study.
Work & Stress. 2017;31(1):63-81.

Marouli E et al.
Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height.
Nature. 2017 Feb 9;542(7640):186-190.

Colijn JM, Buitendijk GHS, Prokofyeva E, Alves D, Cachulo ML, Khawaja AP, Cougnard-Gregoire A, Merle BMJ, Korb C, Erke MG, Bron A, Anastasopoulos E, Meester-Smoor MA, Segato T, Piermarocchi S, de Jong PTVM, Vingerling JR, Topouzis F, Creuzot-Garcher C, Bertelsen G, Pfeiffer N, Fletcher AE, Foster PJ, Silva R, Korobelnik JF, Delcourt C, Klaver CCW; EYE-RISK consortium; European Eye Epidemiology (E3) consortium.
Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Europe: The Past and the Future.
Ophthalmology. 2017 Dec;124(12):1753-1763.

Harville EW, Juonala M, Viikari JSA, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT.
Pregnancy complications and later vascular ultrasound measures: A cohort study.
Pregnancy Hypertens. 2017 Oct;10:171-176.

Seyednasrollah F, Mäkelä J, Pitkänen N, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Kelly T, Li C, Bazzano L, Elo LL, Raitakari OT.
Prediction of Adulthood Obesity Using Genetic and Childhood Clinical Risk Factors in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2017 Jun;10(3).

Nuotio J, Pitkänen N, Magnussen CG, Buscot MJ, Venäläinen MS, Elo LL, Jokinen E, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lyytikäinen LP, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Juonala M, Raitakari OT.
Prediction of Adult Dyslipidemia Using Genetic and Childhood Clinical Risk Factors: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2017 Jun;10(3).

Pulkki-Råback L, Elovainio M, Hakulinen C, Lipsanen J, Kubzansky LD, Hintsanen M, Savelieva K, Serlachius A, Magnussen CG, Sabin MA, Burgner DP, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Rönnemaa T, Mikkilä V, Jula A, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari J, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Raitakari O, Juonala M.
Positive Psychosocial Factors in Childhood Predicting Lower Risk for Adult Type 2 Diabetes: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, 1980-2012.
Am J Prev Med. 2017 Jun;52(6):e157-e164.

Kollerits B, Lamina C, Huth C, Marques-Vidal P, Kiechl S, Seppälä I, Cooper J, Hunt SC, Meisinger C, Herder C, Kedenko L, Willeit J, Thorand B, Dähnhardt D, Stöckl D, Willeit K, Roden M, Rathmann W, Paulweber B, Peters A, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Humphries SE, Vollenweider P, Dieplinger H, Kronenberg F.
Plasma Concentrations of Afamin Are Associated With Prevalent and Incident Type 2 Diabetes: A Pooled Analysis in More Than 20,000 Individuals.
Diabetes Care. 2017 Oct;40(10):1386-1393.

Kaseva K, Hintsa T, Lipsanen J, Pulkki-Råback L, Hintsanen M, Yang X, Hirvensalo M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Tammelin T.
Parental Physical Activity Associates With Offspring’s Physical Activity Until Middle Age: A 30-Year Study.
J Phys Act Health. 2017 Jul;14(7):520-531.

Nevalainen T, Kananen L, Marttila S, Jylhävä J, Mononen N, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Hervonen A, Jylhä M, Lehtimäki T, Hurme M.
Obesity accelerates epigenetic aging in middle-aged but not in elderly individuals.
Clin Epigenetics. 2017 Feb 14;9:20.

Wain LV et al.
Novel Blood Pressure Locus and Gene Discovery Using Genome-Wide Association Study and Expression Data Sets From Blood and the Kidney.
Hypertension. 2017 Jul 24. pii: HYPERTENSIONAHA.117.09438.

Nissinen MJ, Simonen P, Gylling H, Viikari J, Hutri-Kähönen N, Jokinen E, Tossavainen P, Laitinen T, Raitakari O, Juonala M, Pakarinen MP.
Low Childhood Cholesterol Absorption Predisposes to Gallstone Disease: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017 Mar;64(3):418-424.

Kari JT, Pehkonen J, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT, Tammelin TH.
Longitudinal Associations between Physical Activity and Educational Outcomes.
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2017 Nov;49(11):2158-2166.

Shiri R, Euro U, Heliövaara M, Hirvensalo M, Husgafvel-Pursiainen K, Karppinen J, Lahti J, Rahkonen O, Raitakari OT, Solovieva S, Yang X, Viikari-Juntura E, Lallukka T.
Lifestyle Risk Factors Increase the Risk of Hospitalization for Sciatica: Findings of Four Prospective Cohort Studies.
Am J Med. 2017 Dec;130(12):1408-1414.

Wild PS et al.
Large-scale genome-wide analysis identifies genetic variants associated with cardiac structure and function.
J Clin Invest. 2017 May 1;127(5):1798-1812.

Salin K, Hirvensalo M, Magnussen C, Yang X, Telama R, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari J, Raitakari O, Tammelin T.
Keski-ikäinen tarvitsee lisää askeleita arkeensa.
Liikunta ja Tiede 2017;54(6):17-20.

Taivainen SH, Yli-Ollila H, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Laitinen TM, Laitinen TP.
Interrelationships between indices of longitudinal movement of the common carotid artery wall and the conventional measures of subclinical arteriosclerosis.
Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. 2017 May;37(3):305-313.

Savelieva K, Pulkki-Råback L, Jokela M, Kubzansky LD, Elovainio M, Mikkilä V, Tammelin T, Juonala M, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Intergenerational transmission of socioeconomic position and ideal cardiovascular health: 32-year follow-up study.
Health Psychol. 2017 Mar;36(3):270-279.

Savelieva K, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pulkki-Råback L, Jokela M, Lipsanen J, Merjonen P, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Hintsanen M.
Intergenerational transmission of qualities of the parent-child relationship in the population-based Young Finns Study.
European Journal of Developmental Psychology. 2017;14(4):416-435.

Savelieva K, Pulkki-Råback L, Jokela M, Hintsanen M, Merjonen P, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Intergenerational Continuity in Qualities of the Parent–Child Relationship;
Mediating and Moderating Mechanisms.

J Child Fam Stud. 2017;26:2191-2201.

Aatola H, Koivistoinen T, Tuominen H, Juonala M, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N.
Influence of Child and Adult Elevated Blood Pressure on Adult Arterial Stiffness: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Hypertension. 2017 Sep;70(3):531-536.

Harville EW, Chen W, Bazzano L, Oikonen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari O.
Indicators of fetal growth and adult liver enzymes: the Bogalusa Heart Study and the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2017 Apr;8(2):226-235.

Graff M et al.
Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity – A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults.
PLoS Genet. 2017 Apr 27;13(4):e1006528.

Justice AE et al.
Genome-wide meta-analysis of 241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits.
Nat Commun. 2017 Apr 26;8:14977.

Salo PP, Havulinna AS, Tukiainen T, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Kettunen J, Männikkö M, Eriksson JG, Jula A, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Salomaa V, Kristiansson K, Perola M.
Genome-Wide Association Study Implicates Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Rather Than B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in the Regulation of Blood Pressure in the General Population.
Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2017 Dec;10(6).

Mozaffarian D et al.
Genome-wide association meta-analysis of fish and EPA+DHA consumption in 17 US and European cohorts.
PLoS One. 2017 Dec 13;12(12):e0186456.

Warren HR et al.
Genome-wide association analysis identifies novel blood pressure loci and offers biological insights into cardiovascular risk.
Nat Genet. 2017 Mar;49(3):403-415.

Wain LV et al.
Genome-wide association analyses for lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identify new loci and potential druggable targets.
Nat Genet. 2017 Mar;49(3):416-425.

Nolte IM et al.
Genetic loci associated with heart rate variability and their effects on cardiac disease risk.
Nat Commun. 2017 Jun 14;8:15805.

Pehkonen J, Viinikainen J, Böckerman P, Lehtimäki T, Pitkänen N, Raitakari O.
Genetic endowments, parental resources and adult health: Evidence from the Young Finns Study.
Soc Sci Med. 2017 Sep;188:191-200.

Amin V, Böckerman P, Viinikainen J, Smart MC, Bao Y, Kumari M, Pitkänen N, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Pehkonen J.
Gene-environment interactions between education and body mass: Evidence from the UK and Finland.
Soc Sci Med. 2017 Dec;195:12-16.

Wesołowska K, Elovainio M, Hintsa T, Jokela M, Pulkki-Råback L, Pitkänen N, Lipsanen J, Tukiainen J, Lyytikäinen LP, Lehtimäki T, Juonala M, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Fasting Glucose and the Risk of Depressive Symptoms: Instrumental-Variable Regression in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Int J Behav Med. 2017 Dec;24(6):901-907.

Wang D, Juonala M, Viikari JSA, Wu F, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG.
Exposure to Parental Smoking in Childhood is Associated with High C-Reactive Protein in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Atheroscler Thromb. 2017 Dec 1;24(12):1231-1241.

Marques FZ, Prestes PR, Byars SG, Ritchie SC, Würtz P, Patel SK, Booth SA, Rana I, Minoda Y, Berzins SP, Curl CL, Bell JR, Wai B, Srivastava PM, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Ruohonen S, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Raitoharju E, Havulinna A, Perola M, Raitakari O, Salomaa V, Ala-Korpela M, Kettunen J, McGlynn M, Kelly J, Wlodek ME, Lewandowski PA, Delbridge LM, Burrell LM, Inouye M, Harrap SB, Charchar FJ.
Experimental and Human Evidence for Lipocalin-2 (Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin [NGAL]) in the Development of Cardiac Hypertrophy and heart failure.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Jun 14;6(6).

Mack S, Coassin S, Vaucher J, Kronenberg F, Lamina C; ApoA-IV-GWAS Consortium.
Evaluating the Causal Relation of ApoA-IV with Disease-Related Traits – A Bidirectional Two-sample Mendelian Randomization Study.
Sci Rep. 2017 Aug 18;7(1):8734.

Sormunen E, Saarinen MM, Salokangas RKR, Telama R, Hutri-Kähönen N, Tammelin T, Viikari J, Raitakari O, Hietala J.
Effects of childhood and adolescence physical activity patterns on psychosis risk-a general population cohort study.
NPJ Schizophr. 2017 Jan 13;3:5.

Lallukka T, Viikari-Juntura E, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Solovieva S.
Early work-related physical exposures and low back pain in midlife: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Occup Environ Med. 2017 Mar;74(3):163-168.

Serlachius A, Pulkki-Råback L, Juonala M, Sabin M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Elovainio M.
Does high optimism protect against the inter-generational transmission of high BMI? The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Psychosom Res. 2017 Sep;100:61-64.

Böckerman P, Viinikainen J, Pulkki-Råback L, Hakulinen C, Pitkänen N, Lehtimäki T, Pehkonen J, Raitakari OT.
Does higher education protect against obesity? Evidence using Mendelian randomization.
Prev Med. 2017 Aug;101:195-198.

Yang X, Kaseva K, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pulkki-Råback L, Hirvensalo M, Jokela M, Hintsanen M, Hintsa T, Kankaanpää A, Telama R, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Tammelin T.
Does Childhood Temperamental Activity Predict Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior over a 30-Year Period? Evidence from the Young Finns Study.
Int J Behav Med. 2017 Apr;24(2):171-179.

van den Berg ME et al.
Discovery of novel heart rate-associated loci using the Exome Chip.
Hum Mol Genet. 2017 Jun 15;26(12):2346-2363.

Ding M, Huang T, Bergholdt HK, Nordestgaard BG, Ellervik C, Qi L; CHARGE Consortium.
Dairy consumption, systolic blood pressure, and risk of hypertension: Mendelian randomization study.
BMJ. 2017 Mar 16;356:j1000.

Lepik K, Annilo T, Kukuškina V; eQTLGen Consortium, Kisand K, Kutalik Z, Peterson P, Peterson H.
C-reactive protein upregulates the whole blood expression of CD59 – an integrative analysis.
PLoS Comput Biol. 2017 Sep 18;13(9):e1005766.

Macé A et al.
CNV-association meta-analysis in 191,161 European adults reveals new loci associated with anthropometric traits.
Nat Commun. 2017 Sep 29;8(1):744.

Puolakka E, Pahkala K, Laitinen TT, Magnussen CG, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Tossavainen P, Jokinen E, Sabin MA, Laitinen T, Elovainio M, Pulkki-Råback L, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Arterial Stiffness in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Hypertension. 2017 Oct;70(4):729-735.

Koskinen J, Magnussen CG, Sinaiko A, Woo J, Urbina E, Jacobs DR Jr, Steinberger J, Prineas R, Sabin MA, Burns T, Berenson G, Bazzano L, Venn A, Viikari JSA, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari O, Dwyer T, Juonala M.
Childhood Age and Associations Between Childhood Metabolic Syndrome and Adult Risk for Metabolic Syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Carotid Intima Media Thickness: The International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohort Consortium.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Aug 16;6(8).

Salin K, Hirvensalo M, Magnussen CG, Telama R, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari J, Raitakari O, Tammelin T.
Changes in Daily Steps and Body Mass Index and Waist to Height Ratio during Four Year Follow-Up in Adults: Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017 Sep 5;14(9).

Rovio SP, Pahkala K, Nevalainen J, Juonala M, Salo P, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Tossavainen P, Viikari JSA, Rinne JO, Raitakari OT.
Cardiovascular Risk Factors From Childhood and Midlife Cognitive Performance: The Young Finns Study.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 May 9;69(18):2279-2289.

Pälve KS, Pahkala K, Suomela E, Aatola H, Hulkkonen J, Juonala M, Lehtimäki T, Rönnemaa T, Viikari JSA, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Telama R, Tammelin T, Raitakari OT.
Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Risk of Fatty Liver: The Young Finns Study.
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2017 Sep;49(9):1834-1841.

Mikola H, Pahkala K, Niinikoski H, Rönnemaa T, Viikari JSA, Jula A, Juonala M, Raitakari OT.
Cardiometabolic Determinants of Carotid and Aortic Distensibility From Childhood to Early Adulthood.
Hypertension. 2017 Aug;70(2):452-460.

Viinikainen J, Heineck G, Böckerman P, Hintsanen M, Raitakari O, Pehkonen J.
Born entrepreneurs? Adolescents’ personality characteristics and entrepreneurship in adulthood.
Journal of Business Venturing Insights 2017;8:9-12.

Laaksonen J, Taipale T, Seppälä I, Raitoharju E, Mononen N, Lyytikäinen LP, Waldenberger M, Illig T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Rönnemaa T, Juonala M, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T.
Blood pathway analyses reveal differences between prediabetic subjects with or without dyslipidaemia. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2017 Oct;33(7).

Böckerman P, Bryson A, Viinikainen J, Hakulinen C, Pulkki-Råback L, Raitakari O, Pehkonen J.
Biomarkers and long-term labour market outcomes: The case of creatine.
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2017;142:259-274.

Buscot MJ, Wotherspoon SS, Magnussen CG, Juonala M, Sabin MA, Burgner DP, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JSA, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT, Thomson RJ.
Bayesian hierarchical piecewise regression models: a tool to detect trajectory divergence between groups in long-term observational studies.
BMC Med Res Methodol. 2017 Jun 6;17(1):86.

Laitinen TT, Puolakka E, Ruohonen S, Magnussen CG, Smith KJ, Viikari JSA, Heinonen OJ, Kartiosuo N, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Jokinen E, Laitinen TP, Tossavainen P, Pulkki-Råback L, Elovainio M, Raitakari OT, Pahkala K, Juonala M.
Association of Socioeconomic Status in Childhood With Left Ventricular Structure and Diastolic Function in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
JAMA Pediatr. 2017 Aug 1;171(8):781-787.

Møller G, Sluik D, Ritz C, Mikkilä V, Raitakari OT, Hutri-Kähönen N, Dragsted LO, Larsen TM, Poppitt SD, Silvestre MP, Feskens EJM, Brand-Miller J, Raben A.
A Protein Diet Score, Including Plant and Animal Protein, Investigating the Association with HbA1c and eGFR-The PREVIEW Project.
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Nath AP, Ritchie SC, Byars SG, Fearnley LG, Havulinna AS, Joensuu A, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Wennerström A, Milani L, Metspalu A, Männistö S, Würtz P, Kettunen J, Raitoharju E, Kähönen M, Juonala M, Palotie A, Ala-Korpela M, Ripatti S, Lehtimäki T, Abraham G, Raitakari O, Salomaa V, Perola M, Inouye M.
An interaction map of circulating metabolites, immune gene networks, and their genetic regulation.
Genome Biol. 2017 Aug 1;18(1):146.

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Mol Psychiatry. 2017 Dec;22(12):1680-1690.

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A Low-Frequency Inactivating AKT2 Variant Enriched in the Finnish Population Is Associated With Fasting Insulin Levels and Type 2 Diabetes Risk.
Diabetes. 2017 Jul;66(7):2019-2032.

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A genome-wide association meta-analysis on lipoprotein (a) concentrations adjusted for apolipoprotein (a) isoforms.
J Lipid Res. 2017 Sep;58(9):1834-1844.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Savelieva K, Josefsson K, Elovainio M, Pulkki-Råback L, Juonala M, Raitakari OT, Hintsanen M.
Accumulation of Depressive Symptoms and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Ann Behav Med. 2017 Aug;51(4):620-628.

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1000 Genomes-based meta-analysis identifies 10 novel loci for kidney function.
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Ahola-Olli AV, Würtz P, Havulinna AS, Aalto K, Pitkänen N, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Lyytikäinen LP, Raitoharju E, Seppälä I, Sarin AP, Ripatti S, Palotie A, Perola M, Viikari JS, Jalkanen S, Maksimow M, Salomaa V, Salmi M, Kettunen J, Raitakari OT.
Genome-wide Association Study Identifies 27 Loci Influencing Concentrations of Circulating Cytokines and Growth Factors.
Am J Hum Genet. 2017 Jan 5;100(1):40-50.

Gluschkoff K, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pulkki-Råback L, Jokela M, Viikari J, Raitakari O, Hintsanen M.
Hostile parenting, parental psychopathology, and depressive symptoms in the offspring: a 32-year follow-up in the Young Finns study.
J Affect Disord. 2017 Jan 15;208:436-442.

Böckerman P, Viinikainen J, Vainiomäki J, Hintsanen M, Pitkänen N, Lehtimäki T, Pehkonen J, Rovio S, Raitakari O.
Stature and long-term labor market outcomes: Evidence using Mendelian randomization.
Econ Hum Biol. 2017 Nov 8;24:18-29.

Yang X, Kankaanpää A, Biddle SJ, Hirvensalo M, Helajärvi H, Kallio J, Hutri-Kähönen N, Telama R, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Tammelin T.
Tracking of Television Viewing Time during Adulthood: The Young Finns Study.
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2017 Jan;49(1):71-77.

Saarikoski LA, Juonala M, Huupponen R, Viikari JS, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Hutri-Kähönen N, Taittonen L, Laitinen T, Raitakari OT.
Low serum adiponectin levels in childhood and adolescence predict increased intima-media thickness in adulthood. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Ann Med. 2017 Feb;49(1):42-50.

Hinney A, Kesselmeier M, Jall S, Volckmar AL, Föcker M, Antel J; GCAN; WTCCC3, Heid IM, Winkler TW; GIANT, Grant SF; EGG, Guo Y, Bergen AW, Kaye W, Berrettini W, Hakonarson H; Price Foundation Collaborative Group; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/Price Foundation, Herpertz-Dahlmann B, de Zwaan M, Herzog W, Ehrlich S, Zipfel S, Egberts KM, Adan R, Brandys M, van Elburg A, Boraska Perica V, Franklin CS, Tschöp MH, Zeggini E, Bulik CM, Collier D, Scherag A, Müller TD, Hebebrand J.
Evidence for three genetic loci involved in both anorexia nervosa risk and variation of body mass index.
Mol Psychiatry. 2017 Feb;22(2):192-201.

Kaikkonen JE, Würtz P, Suomela E, Lehtovirta M, Kangas AJ, Jula A, Mikkilä V, Viikari JS, Juonala M, Rönnemaa T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Soininen P, Ala-Korpela M, Raitakari OT.
Metabolic profiling of fatty liver in young and middle-aged adults – cross-sectional and prospective analyses of the Young Finns Study.
Hepatology. 2017 Feb;65(2):491-500.

Elovainio M, Pulkki-Råback L, Hakulinen C, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Rönnemaa T, Mikkilä V, Tossavainen P, Jula A, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari J, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Raitakari O, Juonala M.
Psychosocial environment in childhood and body mass index growth over 32years.
Prev Med. 2017 Apr;97:50-55.

Laitinen TT, Ruohonen S, Juonala M, Magnussen CG, Mikkilä V, Mikola H, Hutri-Kähönen N, Laitinen T, Tossavainen P, Jokinen E, Niinikoski H, Jula A, Viikari JS, Rönnemaa T, Raitakari OT, Pahkala K.
Ideal cardiovascular health in childhood-Longitudinal associations with cardiac structure and function: The Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project (STRIP) and the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (YFS).
Int J Cardiol. 2017 Mar 1;230:304-309.

Savelieva K, Pulkki-Råback L, Jokela M, Kubzansky LD, Elovainio M, Mikkilä V, Tammelin T, Juonala M, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Intergenerational transmission of socioeconomic position and ideal cardiovascular health: 32-year follow-up study.
Health Psychol. 2017 Mar;36(3):270-279.

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J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Mar;28(3):981-994.

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Indicators of fetal growth and adult liver enzymes: the Bogalusa Heart Study and the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2017 Apr;8(2):226-235.

Yang X, Kaseva K, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pulkki-Råback L, Hirvensalo M, Jokela M, Hintsanen M, Hintsa T, Kankaanpää A, Telama R, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Tammelin T.
Does Childhood Temperamental Activity Predict Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior over a 30-Year Period? Evidence from the Young Finns Study.
Int J Behav Med. 2017 Apr;24(2):171-179.

Serlachius A, Elovainio M, Juonala M, Shea S, Sabin M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pulkki-Råback L.
The Association Between Social Support, Body Mass Index and Increased Risk of Prediabetes: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Int J Behav Med. 2017 Apr;24(2):161-170.

Nissinen MJ, Simonen P, Gylling H, Viikari J, Hutri-Kähönen N, Jokinen E, Tossavainen P, Laitinen T, Raitakari O, Juonala M, Pakarinen MP.
Low Childhood Cholesterol Absorption Predisposes to Gallstone Disease. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017 Mar;64(3):418-424.

Lallukka T, Viikari-Juntura E, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Solovieva S.
Early work-related physical exposures and low back pain in midlife: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Occup Environ Med. 2017 Mar;74(3):163-168.

Taivainen SH, Yli-Ollila H, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Laitinen TM, Laitinen TP.
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Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. 2017 May;37(3):305-313.
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Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Cotinine Levels in Cigarette Smokers Identifies Locus at 4q13.2.
Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 1;6:20092.

Wang Q, Würtz P, Auro K, Mäkinen VP, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Tiainen M, Tynkkynen T, Jokelainen J, Santalahti K, Salmi M, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Salomaa V, Perola M, Jalkanen S, Järvelin MR, Raitakari OT, Kettunen J, Lawlor DA, Ala-Korpela M.
Metabolic profiling of pregnancy: cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence.
BMC Med. 2016 Dec 13;14(1):205.

Raitoharju E, Seppälä I, Lyytikäinen LP, Viikari J, Ala-Korpela M, Soininen P, Kangas AJ, Waldenberger M, Klopp N, Illig T, Leiviskä J, Loo BM, Oksala N, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Laaksonen R, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T.
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KLB is associated with alcohol drinking, and its gene product β-Klotho is necessary for FGF21 regulation of alcohol preference.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Dec 13;113(50):14372-14377.

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Int J Epidemiol. 2016 Oct;45(5):1539-1550.

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Marioni RE, Ritchie SJ, Joshi PK, Hagenaars SP, Okbay A, Fischer K, Adams MJ, Hill WD, Davies G; Social Science Genetic Association Consortium., Nagy R, Amador C, Läll K, Metspalu A, Liewald DC, Campbell A, Wilson JF, Hayward C, Esko T, Porteous DJ, Gale CR, Deary IJ.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Nov 22;113(47):13366-13371.

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Puolakka E, Pahkala K, Laitinen TT, Magnussen CG, Hutri-Kähönen N, Tossavainen P, Jokinen E, Sabin MA, Laitinen T, Elovainio M, Pulkki-Råback L, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Childhood Socioeconomic Status in Predicting Metabolic Syndrome and Glucose Abnormalities in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Diabetes Care. 2016 Dec;39(12):2311-2317.

Kaseva K, Rosenström T, Hintsa T, Pulkki-Råback L, Tammelin T, Lipsanen J, Yang X, Hintsanen M, Hakulinen C, Pahkala K, Hirvensalo M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Trajectories of Physical Activity Predict the Onset of Depressive Symptoms but Not Their Progression: A Prospective Cohort Study.
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Lemmelä S, Solovieva S, Shiri R, Benner C, Heliövaara M, Kettunen J, Anttila V, Ripatti S, Perola M, Seppälä I, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Salomaa V, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T, Palotie A, Viikari-Juntura E, Husgafvel-Pursiainen K.
Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Sciatica in Finnish Population.
PLoS One. 2016 Oct 20;11(10):e0163877.

Hartiala O, Kajander S, Knuuti J, Ukkonen H, Saraste A, Rinta-Kiikka I, Kainulainen S, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Laitinen T, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Hartiala J, Juonala M, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG.
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Int J Cardiol. 2016 Sep 28;225:23-29.

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J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Sep 27;68(13):1435-48.

Khawaja AP, Springelkamp H, Creuzot-Garcher C, Delcourt C, Hofman A, Höhn R, Iglesias AI, Wolfs RC, Korobelnik JF, Silva R, Topouzis F, Williams KM, Bron AM, Buitendijk GH, Cachulo MD, Cougnard-Grégoire A, Dartigues JF, Hammond CJ, Pfeiffer N, Salonikiou A, van Duijn CM, Vingerling JR, Luben RN, Mirshahi A, Lamparter J, Klaver CC, Jansonius NM, Foster PJ; European Eye Epidemiology (E³) Consortium.
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Wang Q, Würtz P, Auro K, Morin-Papunen L, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Tiainen M, Tynkkynen T, Joensuu A, Havulinna AS, Aalto K, Salmi M, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Salomaa V, Jalkanen S, Järvelin MR, Perola M, Raitakari OT, Lawlor DA, Kettunen J, Ala-Korpela M.
Effects of hormonal contraception on systemic metabolism: cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence.
Int J Epidemiol. 2016 Oct;45(5):1445-1457.

Shrine N, Tobin MD, Schurmann C, Soler Artigas M, Hui J, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Pennell CE, Ang QW, Strachan DP, Homuth G, Gläser S, Felix SB, Evans DM, Henderson J, Granell R, Palmer LJ, Huffman J, Hayward C, Scotland G, Malarstig A, Musk B, James AL; UK BiLEVE, Wain LV.
Genome-wide association study of copy number variation with lung function identifies a novel signal of association near BANP for forced vital capacity.
BMC Genet. 2016 Aug 11;17(1):116.

Würtz P, Cook S, Wang Q, Tiainen M, Tynkkynen T, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Laitinen J, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Perola M, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Männistö S, Salomaa V, Järvelin MR, Raitakari OT, Ala-Korpela M, Leon DA.
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Lamina C, Friedel S, Coassin S, Rueedi R, Yousri NA, Seppälä I, Gieger C, Schönherr S, Forer L, Erhart G, Kollerits B, Marques-Vidal P, Ried J, Waeber G, Bergmann S, Dähnhardt D, Stöckl A, Kiechl S, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Willeit J, Kedenko L, Paulweber B, Peters A, Meitinger T, Strauch K, Study Group K, Lehtimäki T, Hunt SC, Vollenweider P, Kronenberg F.
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Hum Mol Genet. 2016 Aug 15;25(16):3635-3646.

CHARGE Consortium Hematology Working Group.
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Nat Genet. 2016 Aug;48(8):867-76.

Serlachius A, Elovainio M, Juonala M, Shea S, Sabin M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pulkki-Råback L.
High perceived social support protects against the intergenerational transmission of obesity: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Prev Med. 2016 Jul 6;90:79-85.

Santalahti K, Maksimow M, Airola A, Pahikkala T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Jalkanen S, Raitakari OT, Salmi M.
Circulating Cytokines Predict the Development of Insulin Resistance in a Prospective Finnish Population Cohort.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Sep;101(9):3361-9.

Rietveld CA, Böckerman P, Viinikainen J, Bryson A, Raitakari O, Pehkonen J.
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Hakulinen C, Elovainio M, Pulkki-Råback L, Böckerman P, Viinikainen J, Pehkonen J, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Hintsanen M.
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J Affect Disord. 2016 Jun 16;204:120-123.

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Meta-analysis of 375,000 individuals identifies 38 susceptibility loci for migraine.
Nat Genet. 2016 Aug;48(8):856-866.

Kananen L, Marttila S, Nevalainen T, Kummola L, Junttila I, Mononen N, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Hervonen A, Jylhä M, Lehtimäki T, Hurme M, Jylhävä J.
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Pitkänen N, Juonala M, Rönnemaa T, Sabin MA, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
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Diabetes Care. 2016 Aug;39(8):1393-1399.

Liu RS, Burgner DP, Sabin MA, Magnussen CG, Cheung M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Dwyer T, Viikari JS, Kivimäki M, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Childhood Infections, Socioeconomic Status, and Adult Cardiometabolic Risk.
Pediatrics. 2016 Jun;137(6):e20160236.

Suomela E, Oikonen M, Pitkänen N, Ahola-Olli A, Virtanen J, Parkkola R, Jokinen E, Laitinen T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Taittonen L, Tossavainen P, Jula A, Loo BM, Mikkilä V, Telama R, Viikari JS, Juonala M, Raitakari OT.
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Nature. 2016 May 11;533(7604):539-542.

Fan Q, Guo X, Tideman JW, Williams KM, Yazar S, Hosseini SM, Howe LD, Pourcain BS, Evans DM, Timpson NJ, McMahon G, Hysi PG, Krapohl E, Wang YX, Jonas JB, Baird PN, Wang JJ, Cheng CY, Teo YY, Wong TY, Ding X, Wojciechowski R, Young TL, Pärssinen O, Oexle K, Pfeiffer N, Bailey-Wilson JE, Paterson AD, Klaver CC, Plomin R, Hammond CJ, Mackey DA, He M, Saw SM, Williams C, Guggenheim JA; CREAM Consortium.
Childhood gene-environment interactions and age-dependent effects of genetic variants associated with refractive error and myopia: The CREAM Consortium.
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Chen J, Bacanu SA, Yu H, Zhao Z, Jia P, Kendler KS, Kranzler HR, Gelernter J, Farrer L, Minica C, Pool R, Milaneschi Y, Boomsma DI, Penninx BW, Tyndale RF, Ware JJ, Vink JM, Kaprio J, Munafò M, Chen X; Cotinine meta-analysis group; FTND meta-analysis group.
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Cichonska A, Rousu J, Marttinen P, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Järvelin MR, Salomaa V, Ala-Korpela M, Ripatti S, Pirinen M.
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Aho V, Ollila HM, Kronholm E, Bondia-Pons I, Soininen P, Kangas AJ, Hilvo M, Seppälä I, Kettunen J, Oikonen M, Raitoharju E, Hyötyläinen T, Kähönen M, Viikari JS, Härmä M, Sallinen M, Olkkonen VM, Alenius H, Jauhiainen M, Paunio T, Lehtimäki T, Salomaa V, Orešič M, Raitakari OT, Ala-Korpela M, Porkka-Heiskanen T.
Prolonged sleep restriction induces changes in pathways involved in cholesterol metabolism and inflammatory responses.
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Okbay A et al.
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Juonala M, Pulkki-Råback L, Elovainio M, Hakulinen C, Magnussen CG, Sabin MA, Burgner DP, Hare DL, Hartiala O, Ukkonen H, Saraste A, Kajander S, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Rinta-Kiikka I, Laitinen T, Kainulainen S, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Childhood Psychosocial Factors and Coronary Artery Calcification in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
JAMA Pediatr. 2016 May 1;170(5):466-472.

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Würtz P, Wang Q, Soininen P, Kangas AJ, Fatemifar G, Tynkkynen T, Tiainen M, Perola M, Tillin T, Hughes AD, Mäntyselkä P, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Sattar N, Hingorani AD, Casas JP, Salomaa V, Kivimäki M, Järvelin MR, Davey Smith G, Vanhala M, Lawlor DA, Raitakari OT, Chaturvedi N, Kettunen J, Ala-Korpela M.
Metabolomic Profiling of Statin Use and Genetic Inhibition of HMG-CoA Reductase.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 Mar 15;67(10):1200-1210.

Verweij N, Mateo Leach I, Isaacs A, Arking DE, Bis JC, Pers TH, van den Berg ME, Lyytikäinen LP, Barnett P, Wang X; LifeLines Cohort Study, Soliman EZ, van Duijn CM, Kähönen M, van Veldhuisen DJ, Kors JA, Raitakari OT, Silva CT, Lehtimäki T, Hillege HL, Hirschhorn JN, Boyer LA, van Gilst WH, Alonso A, Sotoodehnia N, Eijgelsheim M, de Boer RA, de Bakker PI, Franke L, van der Harst P.
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Kari JT, Tammelin TH, Viinikainen J, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT, Pehkonen J.
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Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2016 Jul;48(7):1340-1346.

Kananen L, Marttila S, Nevalainen T, Jylhävä J, Mononen N, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T, Hurme M.
Aging-associated DNA methylation changes in middle-aged individuals: the Young Finns study.
BMC Genomics. 2016 Feb 9;17(1):103.

Gusev A, Ko A, Shi H, Bhatia G, Chung W, Penninx BW, Jansen R, de Geus EJ, Boomsma DI, Wright FA, Sullivan PF, Nikkola E, Alvarez M, Civelek M, Lusis AJ, Lehtimäki T, Raitoharju E, Kähönen M, Seppälä I, Raitakari OT, Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Price AL, Pajukanta P, Pasaniuc B.
Integrative approaches for large-scale transcriptome-wide association studies.
Nat Genet. 2016 Mar;48(3):245-252.

Lu Y et al.
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Nat Commun. 2016 Feb 1;7:10495.

Kilpeläinen TO et al.
Genome-wide meta-analysis uncovers novel loci influencing circulating leptin levels.
Nat Commun. 2016 Feb 1;7:10494.

Pattaro C et al.
Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function.
Nat Commun. 2016 Jan 21;7:10023.

Hakulinen C, Pulkki-Råback L, Elovainio M, Kubzansky LD, Jokela M, Hintsanen M, Juonala M, Kivimäki M, Josefsson K, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Raitakari OT.
Childhood Psychosocial Cumulative Risks and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Psychosom Med. 2016 Feb-Mar;78(2):171-181.

Vähämurto L, Pahkala K, Magnussen CG, Mikkilä V, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Tossavainen P, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Telama R, Rönnemaa T, Viikari J, Juonala M, Raitakari O.
East-west differences and migration in Finland: Association with cardiometabolic risk markers and IMT. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Scand J Public Health. 2016 Jun;44(4):402-410.

Karukivi M, Jula A, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Raitakari O.
Is alexithymia associated with metabolic syndrome? A study in a healthy adult population.
Psychiatry Res. 2016 Feb 28;236:58-63.

Buscot MJ, Magnussen CG, Juonala M, Pitkänen N, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Schork NJ, Raitakari OT, Thomson RJ.
The Combined Effect of Common Genetic Risk Variants on Circulating Lipoproteins Is Evident in Childhood: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
PLoS One. 2016 Jan 5;11(1):e0146081.

Böckerman P, Bryson A, Viinikainen J, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T, Vuori E, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Raitakari O, Pehkonen J.
The serum copper/zinc ratio in childhood and educational attainment: a population-based study.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2016 Dec 2;38(4):696-703.

Kaikkonen JE, Kresanov P, Ahotupa M, Jula A, Mikkilä V, Viikari JS, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Ala-Korpela M, Raitakari OT.
Longitudinal study of circulating oxidized LDL and HDL and fatty liver: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Free Radic Res. 2016 Apr;50(4):396-404.

Airaksinen J, Hakulinen C, Elovainio M, Pulkki-Råback L, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Jokela M.
Moving on: How depressive symptoms, social support, and health behaviors predict residential mobility.
Scand J Public Health. 2016 Jun;44(4):394-401.

Magnussen CG, Cheriyan S, Sabin MA, Juonala M, Koskinen J, Thomson R, Skilton MR, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Continuous and Dichotomous Metabolic Syndrome Definitions in Youth Predict Adult Type 2 Diabetes and Carotid Artery Intima Media Thickness: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Pediatr. 2016 Apr;171:97-103.

van den Berg SM et al.
Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Extraversion: Findings from the Genetics of Personality Consortium.
Behav Genet. 2016 Mar;46(2):170-182.

Ruohonen S, Koskenvuo JW, Wendelin-Saarenhovi M, Savontaus M, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Viikari J, Juonala M, Taittonen L, Tossavainen P, Kallio M, Bax JJ, Raitakari O.
Reference Values for Echocardiography in Middle-Aged Population: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Echocardiography. 2016 Feb;33(2):193-206.

Oikonen M, Nuotio J, Magnussen CG, Viikari JS, Taittonen L, Laitinen T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Jokinen E, Jula A, Cheung M, Sabin MA, Daniels SR, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Repeated Blood Pressure Measurements in Childhood in Prediction of Hypertension in Adulthood.
Hypertension. 2016 Jan;67(1):41-47.

Felix JF et al.
Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new susceptibility loci for childhood body mass index.
Hum Mol Genet. 2016 Jan 15;25(2):389-403.

Pappa I et al.
A genome-wide approach to children’s aggressive behavior: The EAGLE consortium.
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2016 Jul;171(5):562-572.

Airaksinen J, Hakulinen C, Pulkki-Råback L, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Jokela M.
Neighbourhood effects in health behaviours: a test of social causation with repeat-measurement longitudinal data.
Eur J Public Health. 2016 Jun;26(3):417-421.

Rovio SP, Pahkala K, Nevalainen J, Juonala M, Salo P, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Tossavainen P, Viikari J, Rinne JO, Raitakari OT.
Cognitive Performance in Young Adulthood and Midlife: Relations With Age, Sex, and Education-The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Neuropsychology. 2016 Jul;30(5):532-542.

Elovainio M, Rosenström T, Hakulinen C, Pulkki-Råback L, Mullola S, Jokela M, Josefsson K, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Educational attainment and health transitions over the life course: testing the potential mechanisms.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2016 Sep;38(3):e254-e262.

Pulkki-Råback L, Elovainio M, Virtanen M, Kivimäki M, Hintsanen M, Hintsa T, Jokela M, Puttonen S, Joensuu M, Lipsanen J, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Job Demands and Job Control as Predictors of Depressive Symptoms: Moderating Effects of Negative Childhood Socioemotional Experiences.
Stress Health. 2016 Oct;32(4):383-394.
Ritchie SC, Würtz P, Nath AP, Abraham G, Havulinna AS, Fearnley LG, Sarin AP, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Aalto K, Seppälä I, Raitoharju E, Salmi M, Maksimow M, Männistö S, Kähönen M, Juonala M, Ripatti S, Lehtimäki T, Jalkanen S, Perola M, Raitakari O, Salomaa V, Ala-Korpela M, Kettunen J, Inouye M.
The Biomarker GlycA Is Associated with Chronic Inflammation and Predicts Long-Term Risk of Severe Infection.
Cell Syst. 2015 Oct 28;1(4):293-301.

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Genetic analysis for a shared biological basis between migraine and coronary artery disease.
Neurol Genet. 2015 Jul 2;1(1):e10.

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Sixteen new lung function signals identified through 1000 Genomes Project reference panel imputation.
Nat Commun. 2015 Dec 4;6:8658.

Elovainio M, Taipale T, Seppälä I, Mononen N, Raitoharju E, Jokela M, Pulkki-Råback L, Illig T, Waldenberger M, Hakulinen C, Hintsa T, Kivimäki M, Kähönen M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T.
Activated immune-inflammatory pathways are associated with long-standing depressive symptoms: Evidence from gene-set enrichment analyses in the Young Finns Study.
J Psychiatr Res. 2015 Dec;71:120-125.

Pehkonen J, Viinikainen V, Böckerman P, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pulkki-Råback L, Raitakari O.
Relative age at school entry, school performance and long-term labour market outcomes.
Applied Economics Letters 2015;22(16):1345–1348.

Winkler TW et al.
The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study.
PLoS Genet. 2015 Oct 1;11(10):e1005378.

Loukola A, Buchwald J, Gupta R, Palviainen T, Hällfors J, Tikkanen E, Korhonen T, Ollikainen M, Sarin AP, Ripatti S, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Salomaa V, Rose RJ, Tyndale RF, Kaprio J.
A Genome-Wide Association Study of a Biomarker of Nicotine Metabolism.
PLoS Genet. 2015 Sep 25;11(9):e1005498.

Kato N et al.
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Nat Genet. 2015 Nov;47(11):1282-1293.

Chumaeva N, Hintsanen M, Pulkki-Råback L, Merjonen P, Elovainio M, Hintsa T, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Stress-induced cardiac autonomic reactivity and preclinical atherosclerosis: does arterial elasticity modify the association?
Stress. 2015 Nov;18(6):622-630.

Fretts AM et al.
Consumption of meat is associated with higher fasting glucose and insulin concentrations regardless of glucose and insulin genetic risk scores: a meta-analysis of 50,345 Caucasians.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 Nov;102(5):1266-1278.

Juonala M, Sabin MA, Burgner D, Cheung M, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Koskinen J, Tossavainen P, Laitinen T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG.
Increased Body Mass Index in parent-child dyads predicts the offspring risk of meeting bariatric surgery criteria.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Nov;100(11):4257-4263.

Elovainio M, Pulkki-Råback L, Hakulinen C, Ferrie JE, Jokela M, Hintsanen M, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Childhood and adolescence risk factors and development of depressive symptoms: the 32-year prospective Young Finns follow-up study.
J Epidemiol Community Health. 2015 Nov;69(11):1109-1117.

Sabin MA, Burgner D, Atkinson RL, Pei-Lun Lee Z, Magnussen CG, Cheung M, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Laitinen T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari JS, Juonala M, Raitakari OT.
Longitudinal investigation of adenovirus 36 seropositivity and human obesity: The cardiovascular risk in young finns study.
Int J Obes (Lond). 2015 Nov;39(11):1644-1650.

Hartiala O, Magnussen CG, Bucci M, Kajander S, Knuuti J, Ukkonen H, Saraste A, Rinta-Kiikka I, Kainulainen S, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Laitinen T, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Hartiala J, Juonala M, Raitakari OT.
Coronary heart disease risk factors, coronary artery calcification and epicardial fat volume in the Young Finns Study.
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Nov;16(11):1256-1263.

Helajärvi H, Pahkala K, Heinonen OJ, Juonala M, Oikonen M, Tammelin T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Mikkilä V, Viikari J, Raitakari OT.
Television viewing and fatty liver in early midlife. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Ann Med. 2015 Sep;47(6):519-526.

Arnott C, Skilton MR, Ruohonen S, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Laitinen T, Celermajer DS, Raitakari OT.
Subtle increases in heart size persist into adulthood in growth restricted babies: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Open Heart. 2015 Aug 28;2(1):e000265.

Kari JT, Pehkonen J, Hirvensalo M, Yang X, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari OT, Tammelin TH.
Income and Physical Activity among Adults: Evidence from Self-Reported and Pedometer-Based Physical Activity Measurements.
PLoS One. 2015 Aug 28;10(8):e0135651.

Burgner DP, Sabin MA, Magnussen CG, Cheung M, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Jokinen E, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Tossavainen P, Dwyer T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Infection-Related Hospitalization in Childhood and Adult Metabolic Outcomes.
Pediatrics. 2015 Sep;136(3):e554-e562.

Juonala M, Cheung MM, Sabin MA, Burgner D, Skilton MR, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lehtimäki T, Jula A, Laitinen T, Jokinen E, Taittonen L, Tossavainen P, Viikari JS, Magnussen CG, Raitakari OT.
Effect of birth weight on life-course blood pressure levels among children born premature: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Hypertens. 2015 Aug;33(8):1542-1548.

Horikoshi M et al.
Discovery and Fine-Mapping of Glycaemic and Obesity-Related Trait Loci Using High-Density Imputation.
PLoS Genet. 2015 Jul 1;11(7):e1005230.

Joshi PK et al.
Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations.
Nature. 2015 Jul 23;523(7561):459-462.

Serlachius A, Pulkki-Råback L, Elovainio M, Hintsanen M, Mikkilä V, Laitinen TT, Jokela M, Rosenström T, Josefsson K, Juonala M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Is dispositional optimism or dispositional pessimism predictive of ideal cardiovascular health? The Young Finns Study.
Psychol Health. 2015 Oct;30(10):1221-1239.

Gottlieb DJ et al.
Novel loci associated with usual sleep duration: the CHARGE Consortium Genome-Wide Association Study.
Mol Psychiatry. 2015 Oct;20(10):1232-1239.

Nettleton JA et al.
Gene × dietary pattern interactions in obesity: analysis of up to 68 317 adults of European ancestry.
Hum Mol Genet. 2015 Aug 15;24(16):4728-4738.

Kresanov P, Vasankari T, Ahotupa M, Kaikkonen J, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT.
Paraoxonase-1 and oxidized lipoprotein lipids. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis. 2015 Aug;241(2):502-506.

Dashti HS, Follis JL, Smith CE, Tanaka T, Garaulet M, Gottlieb DJ, Hruby A, Jacques PF, Kiefte-de Jong JC, Lamon-Fava S, Scheer FA, Bartz TM, Kovanen L, Wojczynski MK, Frazier-Wood AC, Ahluwalia TS, Perälä MM, Jonsson A, Muka T, Kalafati IP, Mikkilä V, Ordovás JM; CHARGE Nutrition Study Group.
Gene-Environment Interactions of Circadian-Related Genes for Cardiometabolic Traits.
Diabetes Care. 2015 Aug;38(8):1456-1466.

Rinne P, Ahola-Olli A, Nuutinen S, Koskinen E, Kaipio K, Eerola K, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Savontaus E.
Deficiency in Melanocortin 1 Receptor Signaling Predisposes to Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction and Increased Arterial Stiffness in Mice and Humans.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2015 Jul;35(7):1678-1686.

Genetics of Personality Consortium, de Moor MH et al.
Meta-analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies for Neuroticism, and the Polygenic Association With Major Depressive Disorder.
JAMA Psychiatry. 2015 Jul;72(7):642-650.

Wang Q, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Tiainen M, Tynkkynen T, Puukka K, Ruokonen A, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Salomaa V, Perola M, Davey Smith G, Raitakari OT, Järvelin MR, Würtz P, Kettunen J, Ala-Korpela M.
Sex hormone-binding globulin associations with circulating lipids and metabolites and the risk for type 2 diabetes: observational and causal effect estimates.
Int J Epidemiol. 2015 Apr;44(2):623-637.

Airaksinen J, Hakulinen C, Elovainio M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Jokela M.
Neighborhood effects in depressive symptoms, social support, and mistrust: Longitudinal analysis with repeated measurements.
Soc Sci Med. 2015 Jul;136-137:10-16.

Surakka I et al.
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Nat Genet. 2015 Jun;47(6):589-597.

Törnroos M, Elovainio M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Hintsa T, Pulkki-Råback L, Hakulinen C, Merjonen P, Theorell T, Kivimäki M, Raitakari OT, Hintsanen M.
Is there a two-way relationship between cynicism and job strain? Evidence from a prospective population-based study.
J Occup Environ Med. 2015 May;57(5):479-484.

Malik R et al.
Shared genetic basis for migraine and ischemic stroke: A genome-wide analysis of common variants.
Neurology. 2015 May 26;84(21):2132-2145.

Voipio AJ, Pahkala KA, Viikari JS, Mikkilä V, Magnussen CG, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Männistö S, Loo BM, Jula A, Marniemi J, Juonala M, Raitakari OT.
Determinants of serum 25(OH)D concentration in young and middle-aged adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Ann Med. 2015 May;47(3):253-262.

Coffee and Caffeine Genetics Consortium, Cornelis MC et al.
Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies six novel loci associated with habitual coffee consumption.
Mol Psychiatry. 2015 May;20(5):647-656.

Nyholt DR; for the International Headache Genetics Consortium:, Anttila V, Winsvold BS, Kurth T, Stefansson H, Kallela M, Malik R, Vries BD, Terwindt GM, Ikram MA, Stam AH, Ligthart L, Freilinger T, Alexander M, Muller-Myhsok B, Schreiber S, Meitinger T, Aromaa A, Eriksson JG, Kaprio J, Boomsma DI, van Duijn C, Raitakari O, Järvelin MR, Zwart JA, Quaye L, Strachan DP, Kubisch C, Ferrari MD, van den Maagdenberg AM, Dichgans M, Wessman M, Smith GD, Stefansson K, Chasman DI, Palotie A.
Concordance of genetic risk across migraine subgroups: Impact on current and future genetic association studies.
Cephalalgia. 2015 May;35(6):489-499.

Turpeinen H, Seppälä I, Lyytikäinen LP, Raitoharju E, Hutri-Kähönen N, Levula M, Oksala N, Waldenberger M, Klopp N, Illig T, Mononen N, Laaksonen R, Raitakari O, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Pesu M.
A genome-wide expression quantitative trait loci analysis of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin enzymes identifies a novel regulatory gene variant for FURIN expression and blood pressure.
Hum Genet. 2015 Jun;134(6):627-636.

Gorski M et al.
Genome-wide association study of kidney function decline in individuals of European descent.
Kidney Int. 2015 May;87(5):1017-1029.

West HW, Juonala M, Gall SL, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG.
Exposure to parental smoking in childhood is associated with increased risk of carotid atherosclerotic plaque in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Circulation. 2015 Apr 7;131(14):1239-1246.

Laitinen TT, Pahkala K, Magnussen CG, Oikonen M, Viikari JS, Sabin MA, Daniels SR, Heinonen OJ, Taittonen L, Hartiala O, Mikkilä V, Hutri-Kähönen N, Laitinen T, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Lifetime measures of ideal cardiovascular health and their association with subclinical atherosclerosis: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Int J Cardiol. 2015 Apr 15;185:186-191.

Hussain SM, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Skilton MR, Witt N, Chaturvedi N, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lehtimäki T, Vaahtoranta-Lehtonen H, Juonala M, Wijetunge S, Hughes AD, McG Thom SA, Metha A, Tapp RJ.
Impact of fetal growth and preterm birth on the retinal microvasculature in mid-adulthood.
Microcirculation. 2015 May;22(4):285-293.

Burgner DP, Sabin MA, Magnussen CG, Cheung M, Sun C, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Laitinen T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Early childhood hospitalisation with infection and subclinical atherosclerosis in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis. 2015 Apr;239(2):496-502.

Kaikkonen JE, Mikkilä V, Juonala M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Hintsanen M, Pulkki-Råback L, Viikari JS, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Telama R, Raitakari OT.
Factors associated with six-year weight change in young and middle-aged adults in the Young Finns Study.
Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 2015 Apr;75(2):133-144.

Juonala M, Voipio A, Pahkala K, Viikari JS, Mikkilä V, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Jula A, Burgner D, Sabin MA, Marniemi J, Loo BM, Laitinen T, Jokinen E, Taittonen L, Magnussen CG, Raitakari OT.
Childhood 25-OH vitamin D levels and carotid intima-media thickness in adulthood: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Apr;100(4):1469-1476.

Würtz P, Havulinna AS, Soininen P, Tynkkynen T, Prieto-Merino D, Tillin T, Ghorbani A, Artati A, Wang Q, Tiainen M, Kangas AJ, Kettunen J, Kaikkonen J, Mikkilä V, Jula A, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Lawlor DA, Gaunt TR, Hughes AD, Sattar N, Illig T, Adamski J, Wang TJ, Perola M, Ripatti S, Vasan RS, Raitakari OT, Gerszten RE, Casas JP, Chaturvedi N, Ala-Korpela M, Salomaa V.
Metabolite profiling and cardiovascular event risk: a prospective study of 3 population-based cohorts.
Circulation. 2015 Mar 3;131(9):774-785.

Tolonen S, Sievänen H, Mikkilä V, Telama R, Oikonen M, Laaksonen M, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT.
Adolescence physical activity is associated with higher tibial pQCT bone values in adulthood after 28-years of follow-up–the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Bone. 2015 Jun;75:77-83.

Huynh QL, Blizzard CL, Raitakari O, Sharman JE, Magnussen CG, Dwyer T, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Venn AJ.
Vigorous physical activity and carotid distensibility in young and mid-aged adults.
Hypertens Res. 2015 May;38(5):355-360.

Nuotio J, Oikonen M, Magnussen CG, Viikari JS, Hutri-Kähönen N, Jula A, Thomson R, Sabin MA, Daniels SR, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Adult dyslipidemia prediction is improved by repeated measurements in childhood and young adulthood. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis. 2015 Apr;239(2):350-357.

Locke AE et al.
Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology.
Nature. 2015 Feb 12;518(7538):197-206.

Shungin D et al.
New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution.
Nature. 2015 Feb 12;518(7538):187-196.

Tapp RJ, Hussain SM, Battista J, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lehtimäki T, Hughes AD, McG Thom SA, Metha A, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M.
Impact of blood pressure on retinal microvasculature architecture across the lifespan: the Young Finns Study.
Microcirculation. 2015 Feb;22(2):146-155.

Suomela E, Oikonen M, Virtanen J, Parkkola R, Jokinen E, Laitinen T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Taittonen L, Tossavainen P, Jula A, Loo BM, Mikkilä V, Younossi Z, Viikari JS, Juonala M, Raitakari OT.
Prevalence and determinants of fatty liver in normal-weight and overweight young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Ann Med. 2015 Feb;47(1):40-46.

Pulkki-Råback L, Elovainio M, Hakulinen C, Lipsanen J, Hintsanen M, Jokela M, Kubzansky LD, Hintsa T, Serlachius A, Laitinen T, Pahkala K, Mikkilä V, Nevalainen J, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Cumulative effect of psychosocial factors in youth on ideal cardiovascular health in adulthood: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.
Circulation. 2015 Jan 20;131(3):245-253.

Sabin MA, Magnussen CG, Juonala M, Shield JP, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Rönnemaa T, Koskinen J, Loo BM, Knip M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari JS, Dwyer T, Raitakari OT.
Insulin and BMI as Predictors of Adult Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
Pediatrics. 2015 Jan;135(1):e144-151.

Dashti HS et al.
Habitual sleep duration is associated with BMI and macronutrient intake and may be modified by CLOCK genetic variants.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 Jan;101(1):135-143.

Li Q et al.
Genome-wide association study for refractive astigmatism reveals genetic co-determination with spherical equivalent refractive error: the CREAM consortium.
Hum Genet. 2015 Feb;134(2):131-146.

Elovainio M, Jokela M, Rosenström T, Pulkki-Råbäck L, Hakulinen C, Josefsson K, Hintsanen M, Hintsa T, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Temperament and depressive symptoms: What is the direction of the association?
J Affect Disord. 2015 Jan;170:203-212.
Böckerman P, Bryson A, Viinikainen J, Hakulinen C, Pulkki-Raback L,Raitakari O, Pehkonen J.
Biomarkers and Long-term Labour Market Outcomes: The Case of Creatine.
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Ahola-Olli AV, Pitkänen N, Kettunen J, Oikonen MK, Mikkilä V, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Pahkala K, Niinikoski H, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Ala-Korpela M, Viikari JS, Rönnemaa T, Simell O, Raitakari OT.
Interactions between genetic variants and dietary lipid composition: effects on circulating LDL cholesterol in children.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Dec;100(6):1569-1577.

Würtz P, Wang Q, Kangas AJ, Richmond RC, Skarp J, Tiainen M, Tynkkynen T, Soininen P, Havulinna AS, Kaakinen M, Viikari JS, Savolainen MJ, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Männistö S, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Laitinen J, Pouta A, Mäntyselkä P, Vanhala M, Elliott P, Pietiläinen KH, Ripatti S, Salomaa V, Raitakari OT, Järvelin MR, Smith GD, Ala-Korpela M.
Metabolic signatures of adiposity in young adults: mendelian randomization analysis and effects of weight change.
PLoS Med. 2014 Dec 9;11(12):e1001765.

Qi Q et al.
FTO genetic variants, dietary intake, and body mass index: insights from 177,330 individuals.
Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Dec 20;23(25):6961-6972.

Ollila HM, Kettunen J, Pietiläinen O, Aho V, Silander K, Kronholm E, Perola M, Lahti J, Räikkönen K, Widen E, Palotie A, Eriksson JG, Partonen T, Kaprio J, Salomaa V, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T, Sallinen M, Härmä M, Porkka-Heiskanen T, Paunio T.
Genome-wide association study of sleep duration in the Finnish population.
J Sleep Res. 2014 Dec;23(6):609-618.

Yang X, Hirvensalo M, Hintsanen M, Hintsa T, Pulkki-Råback L, Jokela M, Telama R, Tammelin T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Longitudinal Associations Between Changes in Physical Activity and Depressive Symptoms in Adulthood: The Young Finns Study.
Int J Behav Med. 2014 Dec;21(6):908-917.

Sandell M, Hoppu U, Mikkilä V, Mononen N, Kähönen M, Männistö S, Rönnemaa T, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT.
Genetic variation in the hTAS2R38 taste receptor and food consumption among Finnish adults.
Genes Nutr. 2014 Nov;9(6):433.

Wood AR et al.
Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height.
Nat Genet. 2014 Nov;46(11):1173-1186.

Hjelt S, Aatola H, Kähönen M, Juonala M, Koivistoinen T, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Laitinen T, Hutri-Kähönen N.
Association of thyrotropin with arterial pulse wave velocity in young adults: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 2014 Nov;74(8):716-721.

Gall S, Huynh QL, Magnussen CG, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Kähönen M, Dwyer T, Raitakari OT, Venn A.
Exposure to parental smoking in childhood or adolescence is associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness in young adults: evidence from the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study and the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Study.
Eur Heart J. 2014 Sep 21;35(36):2484-2491.

Auro K, Joensuu A, Fischer K, Kettunen J, Salo P, Mattsson H, Niironen M, Kaprio J, Eriksson JG, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Jula A, Tiitinen A, Jauhiainen M, Soininen P, Kangas AJ, Kähönen M, Havulinna AS, Ala-Korpela M, Salomaa V, Metspalu A, Perola M.
A metabolic view on menopause and ageing.
Nat Commun. 2014 Aug 21;5:4708.

Kaikkonen JE, Mikkilä V, Raitakari OT.
Role of childhood food patterns on adult cardiovascular disease risk.
Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2014 Oct;16(10):443.

Hintsanen M, Puttonen S, Smith K, Törnroos M, Jokela M, Pulkki-Råback L, Hintsa T, Merjonen P, Dwyer T, Raitakari OT, Venn A, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Five-Factor Personality Traits and Sleep: Evidence From Two Population-Based Cohort Studies.
Health Psychol. 2014 Oct;33(10):1214-1223.

Lim ET et al.
Distribution and Medical Impact of Loss-of-Function Variants in the Finnish Founder Population.
PLoS Genet. 2014 Jul 31;10(7):e1004494.

Nuotio J, Oikonen M, Magnussen CG, Jokinen E, Laitinen T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Taittonen L, Tossavainen P, Jula A, Loo BM, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Cardiovascular risk factors in 2011 and secular trends since 2007: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Scand J Public Health. 2014 Nov;42(7):563-571.

Helajärvi H, Rosenström T, Pahkala K, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Heinonen OJ, Oikonen M, Tammelin T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Exploring Causality between TV Viewing and Weight Change in Young and Middle-Aged Adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
PLoS One. 2014 Jul 16;9(7):e101860.

Harville EW, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Preconception metabolic indicators predict gestational diabetes and offspring birthweight.
Gynecol Endocrinol. 2014 Nov;30(11):840-844.

Vimaleswaran KS et al.
Association of vitamin D status with arterial blood pressure and hypertension risk: a mendelian randomisation study.
Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2014 Sep;2(9):719-729.

Herder C, Nuotio ML, Shah S, Blankenberg S, Brunner EJ, Carstensen M, Gieger C, Grallert H, Jula A, Kähönen M, Kettunen J, Kivimäki M, Koenig W, Kristiansson K, Langenberg C, Lehtimäki T, Luotola K, Marzi C, Müller C, Peters A, Prokisch H, Raitakari O, Rathmann W, Roden M, Salmi M, Schramm K, Swerdlow D, Tabak AG, Thorand B, Wareham N, Wild PS, Zeller T, Hingorani AD, Witte DR, Kumari M, Perola M, Salomaa V.
Genetic determinants of circulating interleukin-1 receptor antagonist levels and their association with glycemic traits.
Diabetes. 2014 Dec;63(12):4343-4359.

Simino J et al.
Gene-age interactions in blood pressure regulation: a large-scale investigation with the CHARGE, Global BPgen, and ICBP Consortia.
Am J Hum Genet. 2014 Jul 3;95(1):24-38.

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Genetic association study of QT interval highlights role for calcium signaling pathways in myocardial repolarization.
Nat Genet. 2014 Aug;46(8):826-836.

Ko A, Cantor RM, Weissglas-Volkov D, Nikkola E, Reddy PM, Sinsheimer JS, Pasaniuc B, Brown R, Alvarez M, Rodriguez A, Rodriguez-Guillen R, Bautista IC, Arellano-Campos O, Muñoz-Hernández LL, Salomaa V, Kaprio J, Jula A, Jauhiainen M, Heliövaara M, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T, Eriksson JG, Perola M, Lohmueller KE, Matikainen N, Taskinen MR, Rodriguez-Torres M, Riba L, Tusie-Luna T, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Pajukanta P.
Amerindian-specific regions under positive selection harbour new lipid variants in Latinos.
Nat Commun. 2014 Jun 2;5:3983.

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Cardiovascular risk prediction in children and adolescents.
Clin Biochem. 2014 Jun;47(9):722-723.

van den Berg SM et al.
Harmonization of Neuroticism and Extraversion phenotypes across inventories and cohorts in the Genetics of Personality Consortium: an application of Item Response Theory.
Behav Genet. 2014 Jul;44(4):295-313.

Pahkala K, Niinikoski H, Raitakari O.
[Prevention of cardiovascular diseases–the most recent recommendations from the United States].
Duodecim. 2014;130(8):778-784. Review. Finnish.

Koskinen J, Magnussen CG, Sabin MA, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Jokinen E, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Youth Overweight and Metabolic Disturbances in Predicting Carotid Intima-Media Thickness, Type 2 Diabetes, and Metabolic Syndrome in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Diabetes Care. 2014 Jul;37(7):1870-1877.

Hakulinen C, Jokela M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Merjonen P, Raitakari OT, Hintsanen M.
Longitudinal measurement invariance, stability and change of anger and cynicism.
J Behav Med. 2014 Jun;37(3):434-444.

Raitoharju E, Seppälä I, Oksala N, Lyytikäinen LP, Raitakari O, Viikari J, Ala-Korpela M, Soininen P, Kangas AJ, Waldenberger M, Klopp N, Illig T, Leiviskä J, Loo BM, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Laaksonen R, Lehtimäki T; The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Blood microRNA profile associates with the levels of serum lipids and metabolites associated with glucose metabolism and insulin resistance and pinpoints pathways underlying metabolic syndrome.
Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2014 Jun 25;391(1-2):41-49.

Cousminer DL et al.
Genome-wide association study of sexual maturation in males and females highlights a role for body mass and menarche loci in male puberty.
Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Aug 15;23(16):4452-4464.

Moayyeri A et al.
Genetic determinants of heel bone properties: Genome-wide association meta-analysis and replication in the GEFOS/GENOMOS consortium.
Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Jun 1;23(11):3054-3068.

Törnroos M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Hintsa T, Hakulinen C, Pulkki-Råback L, Jokela M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Hintsanen M.
Longitudinal measurement invariance of the effort-reward imbalance scales in the Young Finns study.
Occup Environ Med. 2014 Apr;71(4):289-294.

Pälve KS, Pahkala K, Magnussen CG, Koivistoinen T, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Rönnemaa T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Association of physical activity in childhood and early adulthood with carotid artery elasticity 21 years later: the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns Study.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 Apr 22;3(2):e000594.

Fan YM, Hernesniemi J, Oksala N, Levula M, Raitoharju E, Collings A, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Marniemi J, Lyytikäinen LP, Seppälä I, Mennander A, Tarkka M, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Salenius JP, Klopp N, Illig T, Laitinen T, Ala-Korpela M, Laaksonen R, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T.
Upstream Transcription Factor 1 (USF1) allelic variants regulate lipoprotein metabolism in women and USF1 expression in atherosclerotic plaque.
Sci Rep. 2014 Apr 11;4:4650.

Marttinen P, Pirinen M, Sarin AP, Gillberg J, Kettunen J, Surakka I, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, O’Reilly P, Kaakinen M, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Ala-Korpela M, Raitakari OT, Salomaa V, Järvelin MR, Ripatti S, Kaski S.
Assessing multivariate gene-metabolome associations with rare variants using Bayesian reduced rank regression.
Bioinformatics. 2014 Jul 15;30(14):2026-2034.

Chumaeva N, Hintsanen M, Pulkki-Råback L, Jokela M, Juonala M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Interleukin-6 gene polymorphism, chronic stress and atherosclerosis: interleukin-6-174G>C polymorphism, chronic stress and risk of early atherosclerosis in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Psychosom Res. 2014 Apr;76(4):333-338.

Skilton MR, Siitonen N, Würtz P, Viikari JS, Juonala M, Seppälä I, Laitinen T, Lehtimäki T, Taittonen L, Kähönen M, Celermajer DS, Raitakari OT.
High birth weight is associated with obesity and increased carotid wall thickness in young adults: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2014 May;34(5):1064-1068.

Hulkkonen J, Aatola H, Pälve K, Lehtimäki T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M.
Determinants of exercise peak arterial blood pressure, circulatory power, and exercise cardiac power in a population based sample of Finnish male and female aged 30 to 47 years: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2014 Mar 13;14:35.

Aatola H, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Laitinen TT, Pahkala K, Mikkilä V, Telama R, Koivistoinen T, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M.
Prospective relationship of change in ideal cardiovascular health status and arterial stiffness: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 Mar 10;3(2):e000532.

Kärkkäinen H, Saarelainen H, Valtonen P, Laitinen T, Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Heinonen S, Laitinen T.
Carotid artery elasticity decreases during pregnancy – the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2014 Mar 6;14:98.

Oikonen M, Hintsanen M, Laaksonen M, Mikkilä V, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Pulkki-Råback L, Viikari JS, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Raitakari OT.
Depressive Symptoms are Associated with Lower Bone Mineral Density in Young Adults with High Job Strain. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Int J Behav Med. 2014 Jun;21(3):464-469.

Telama R, Yang X, Leskinen E, Kankaanpää A, Hirvensalo M, Tammelin T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Tracking of Physical Activity from Early Childhood through Youth into Adulthood.
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2014 May;46(5):955-962.

Kaikkonen JE, Kresanov P, Ahotupa M, Jula A, Mikkilä V, Viikari JS, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT.
High serum n6 fatty acid proportion is associated with lowered LDL oxidation and inflammation: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Free Radic Res. 2014 Apr;48(4):420-426.

Kemp JP, Sayers A, Paternoster L, Evans DM, Deere K, St Pourcain B, Timpson NJ, Ring SM, Lorentzon M, Lehtimäki T, Eriksson J, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Laaksonen M, Sievänen H, Viikari J, Lyytikäinen LP, Smith GD, Fraser WD, Vandenput L, Ohlsson C, Tobias JH.
Does bone resorption stimulate periosteal expansion? A cross sectional analysis of β-C-telopeptides of type I collagen (CTX), genetic markers of the RANKL pathway, and periosteal circumference as measured by pQCT.
J Bone Miner Res. 2014 Apr;29(4):1015-1024.

Telama R, Hirvensalo M, Yang X.
Liikunnallisen elämäntavan eväät alkavat rakentua varhain lapsuudessa.
Liikunta & Tiede 2014;1:4-9.

Tukiainen T, Pirinen M, Sarin AP, Ladenvall C, Kettunen J, Lehtimäki T, Lokki ML, Perola M, Sinisalo J, Vlachopoulou E, Eriksson JG, Groop L, Jula A, Järvelin MR, Raitakari OT, Salomaa V, Ripatti S.
Chromosome x-wide association study identifies Loci for fasting insulin and height and evidence for incomplete dosage compensation.
PLoS Genet. 2014 Feb 6;10(2):e1004127.

Kurki MI, Gaál EI, Kettunen J, Lappalainen T, Menelaou A, Anttila V, van ‘t Hof FN, von Und Zu Fraunberg M, Helisalmi S, Hiltunen M, Lehto H, Laakso A, Kivisaari R, Koivisto T, Ronkainen A, Rinne J, Kiemeney LA, Vermeulen SH, Kaunisto MA, Eriksson JG, Aromaa A, Perola M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Salomaa V, Gunel M, Dermitzakis ET, Ruigrok YM, Rinkel GJ, Niemelä M, Hernesniemi J, Ripatti S, de Bakker PI, Palotie A, Jääskeläinen JE.
High risk population isolate reveals low frequency variants predisposing to intracranial aneurysms.
PLoS Genet. 2014 Jan 30;10(1):e1004134.

Seppälä I, Kleber ME, Lyytikäinen LP, Hernesniemi JA, Mäkelä KM, Oksala N, Laaksonen R, Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Silbernagel G, Boehm BO, Grammer TB, Koskinen T, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Alfthan G, Viikari JS, Kähonen M, Raitakari OT, März W, Meinitzer A, Lehtimäki T; for AtheroRemo Consortium.
Genome-wide association study on dimethylarginines reveals novel AGXT2 variants associated with heart rate variability but not with overall mortality.
Eur Heart J. 2014 Feb;35(8):524-531.

Silbernagel G, Chapman MJ, Genser B, Kleber ME, Fauler G, Scharnagl H, Grammer TB, Mäkelä KM, Kähönen M, Carmena R, Rietzschel ER, Bruckert E, Deanfield JE, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T, März W.
Reply: Intestinal Cholesterol Absorption and Cardiovascular Risk.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Feb 25;63(7):696-697.

Yang X, Telama R, Hirvensalo M, Tammelin T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Active commuting from youth to adulthood and as a predictor of physical activity in early midlife: The Young Finns Study.
Prev Med. 2014 Feb;59:5-11.

Lallukka T, Viikari-Juntura E, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Solovieva S.
Childhood and adult socio-economic position and social mobility as determinants of low back pain outcomes.
Eur J Pain. 2014 Jan;18(1):128-138.
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Distinct Loci in the CHRNA5/CHRNA3/CHRNB4 Gene Cluster Are Associated With Onset of Regular Smoking.
Genet Epidemiol. 2013 Dec;37(8):846-859.

Hakulinen C, Jokela M, Hintsanen M, Merjonen P, Pulkki-Råback L, Seppälä I, Lyytikäinen LP, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Serotonin receptor 1B genotype and hostility, anger and aggressive behavior through the lifespan: the Young Finns study.
J Behav Med. 2013 Dec;36(6):583-590.

Würtz P, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Järvelin MR, Smith GD, Ala-Korpela M.
Lipoprotein Subclass Profiling Reveals Pleiotropy in the Genetic Variants of Lipid Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease – A Note on Mendelian Randomization Studies.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Nov 12;62(20):1906-1908.

Evans DM, Brion MJ, Paternoster L, Kemp JP, McMahon G, Munafò M, Whitfield JB, Medland SE, Montgomery GW; GIANT Consortium; CRP Consortium; TAG Consortium, Timpson NJ, St Pourcain B, Lawlor DA, Martin NG, Dehghan A, Hirschhorn J, Davey Smith G.
Mining the human phenome using allelic scores that index biological intermediates.
PLoS Genet. 2013 Oct;9(10):e1003919.

Kresanov P, Ahotupa M, Vasankari T, Kaikkonen J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT.
The associations of oxidized high-density lipoprotein lipids with risk factors for atherosclerosis. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Free Radic Biol Med. 2013 Oct 3;65C:1284-1290.

Laitinen TT, Pahkala K, Venn A, Woo JG, Oikonen M, Dwyer T, Mikkilä V, Hutri-Kähönen N, Smith KJ, Gall SL, Morrison JA, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Magnussen CG, Juonala M.
Childhood lifestyle and clinical determinants of adult ideal cardiovascular health: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Study, the Princeton Follow-up Study.
Int J Cardiol. 2013 Oct 30;169(2):126-132.

Törnroos M, Hintsanen M, Hintsa T, Jokela M, Pulkki-Råback L, Hutri-Kähönen N, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Associations between five-factor model traits and perceived job strain: a population-based study.
J Occup Health Psychol. 2013 Oct;18(4):492-500.

Kleber ME, Seppälä I, Pilz S, Hoffmann MM, Tomaschitz A, Oksala N, Raitoharju E, Lyytikäinen LP, Mäkelä KM, Laaksonen R, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Huang J, Kienreich K, Fahrleitner-Pammer A, Drechsler C, Krane V, Boehm BO, Koenig W, Wanner C, Lehtimäki T, März W, Meinitzer A.
Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies 3 Genomic Loci Significantly Associated with Serum Levels of Homoarginine – The AtheroRemo Consortium.
Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2013 Oct 1;6(5):505-513.

Määttänen I, Jokela M, Hintsa T, Firtser S, Kähönen M, Jula A, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Testosterone and temperament traits in men: Longitudinal analysis.
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2013 Oct;38(10):2243-2248.

Parsa A et al.
Common variants in mendelian kidney disease genes and their association with renal function.
J Am Soc Nephrol. 2013 Dec;24(12):2105-2117.

Juonala M, Magnussen CG, Raitakari OT.
Parental smoking produces long-term damage to vascular function in their children.
Curr Opin Cardiol. 2013 Sep;28(5):569-574.

Cheng CY et al.
Nine loci for ocular axial length identified through genome-wide association studies, including shared loci with refractive error.
Am J Hum Genet. 2013 Aug 8;93(2):264-277.

Stoll G, Pietiläinen OP, Linder B, Suvisaari J, Brosi C, Hennah W, Leppä V, Torniainen M, Ripatti S, Ala-Mello S, Plöttner O, Rehnström K, Tuulio-Henriksson A, Varilo T, Tallila J, Kristiansson K, Isohanni M, Kaprio J, Eriksson JG, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T, Jarvelin MR, Salomaa V, Hurles M, Stefansson H, Peltonen L, Sullivan PF, Paunio T, Lönnqvist J, Daly MJ, Fischer U, Freimer NB, Palotie A.
Deletion of TOP3β, a component of FMRP-containing mRNPs, contributes to neurodevelopmental disorders.
Nat Neurosci. 2013 Sep;16(9):1228-1237.

Yaghootkar H et al.
Mendelian Randomisation Studies Do Not Support a Causal Role for Reduced Circulating Adiponectin Levels in Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes.
Diabetes. 2013 Oct;62(10):3589-3598.

Hakulinen C, Jokela M, Hintsanen M, Pulkki-Råback L, Hintsa T, Merjonen P, Josefsson K, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Childhood family factors predict developmental trajectories of hostility and anger: a prospective study from childhood into middle adulthood.
Psychol Med. 2013 Nov;43(11):2417-2426.

Rosenström T, Jokela M, Hintsanen M, Josefsson K, Juonala M, Kivimäki M, Pulkki-Råback L, Viikari JS, Hutri-Kähönen N, Heinonen E, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Body-image dissatisfaction is strongly associated with chronic dysphoria.
J Affect Disord. 2013 Sep 5;150(2):253-260.

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Lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 variants and dietary fatty acids: meta-analysis of European origin and African American studies.
Int J Obes (Lond). 2013 Sep;37(9):1211-1220.

Heinonen I, Helajärvi H, Pahkala K, Heinonen OJ, Hirvensalo M, Pälve K, Tammelin T, Yang X, Juonala M, Mikkilä V, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT.
Sedentary behaviours and obesity in adults: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
BMJ Open. 2013 Jun 20;3(6).

Anttila V et al.
Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new susceptibility loci for migraine.
Nat Genet. 2013 Aug;45(8):912-917.

Oikonen M, Laitinen TT, Magnussen CG, Steinberger J, Sinaiko AR, Dwyer T, Venn A, Smith KJ, Hutri-Kähönen N, Pahkala K, Mikkilä V, Prineas R, Viikari JS, Morrison JA, Woo JG, Chen W, Nicklas T, Srinivasan SR, Berenson G, Juonala M, Raitakari OT.
Ideal Cardiovascular Health in Young Adult Populations From the United States, Finland, and Australia and Its Association With cIMT: The International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohort Consortium.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2013 Jun 19;2(3):e000244.

Juhola J, Magnussen CG, Berenson GS, Venn A, Burns TL, Sabin MA, Srinivasan SR, Daniels SR, Davis PH, Chen W, Kähönen M, Taittonen L, Urbina E, Viikari JS, Dwyer T, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Combined effects of child and adult elevated blood pressure on subclinical atherosclerosis: the international childhood cardiovascular cohort consortium.
Circulation. 2013 Jul 16;128(3):217-224.

Randall JC et al.
Sex-stratified genome-wide association studies including 270,000 individuals show sexual dimorphism in genetic loci for anthropometric traits.
PLoS Genet. 2013 Jun;9(6):e1003500.

Aatola H, Magnussen CG, Koivistoinen T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M.
Simplified definitions of elevated pediatric blood pressure and high adult arterial stiffness.
Pediatrics. 2013 Jul;132(1):e70-e76.

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GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment.
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Silbernagel G, Chapman MJ, Genser B, Kleber ME, Fauler G, Scharnagl H, Grammer TB, Boehm BO, Mäkelä KM, Kähönen M, Carmena R, Rietzschel ER, Bruckert E, Deanfield JE, Miettinen TA, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T, März W.
High Intestinal Cholesterol Absorption Is Associated With Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Alleles in ABCG8 and ABO: Evidence From the LURIC and YFS Cohorts and From a Meta-Analysis.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Jul 23;62(4):291-299.

Cousminer DL et al.
Genome-wide Association and Longitudinal Analyses Reveal Genetic Loci Linking Pubertal Height Growth, Pubertal Timing, and Childhood Adiposity.
Hum Mol Genet. 2013 Jul 1;22(13):2735-2747.

Tanaka T et al.
Genome-wide meta-analysis of observational studies shows common genetic variants associated with macronutrient intake.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2013 Jun;97(6):1395-1402.

Shiri R, Solovieva S, Husgafvel-Pursiainen K, Telama R, Yang X, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Viikari-Juntura E.
The role of obesity and physical activity in non-specific and radiating low back pain: The Young Finns study.
Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2013 Jun;42(6):640-650.

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Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders.
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Kaikkonen JE, Jula A, Mikkilä V, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Moilanen T, Nikkari T, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT.
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Raitakari OT, Mäkinen VP, McQueen MJ, Niemi J, Juonala M, Jauhiainen M, Salomaa V, Hannuksela ML, Savolainen MJ, Kesäniemi YA, Kovanen PT, Sundvall J, Solakivi T, Loo BM, Marniemi J, Hernesniemi J, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Peltonen M, Leiviskä J, Jula A, Anand SS, Miller R, Yusuf S, Viikari JS, Ala-Korpela M.
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Hintsanen M, Jokela M, Cloninger CR, Pulkki-Råback L, Hintsa T, Elovainio M, Josefsson K, Rosenström T, Mullola S, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
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J Psychosom Res. 2012 Nov;73(5):391-397.

Mansikkaniemi K, Juonala M, Taimela S, Hirvensalo M, Telama R, Huupponen R, Saarikoski L, Hurme M, Mallat Z, Benessiano J, Jula A, Taittonen L, Marniemi J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Rönnemaa T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT.
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Evolution. 2012 Oct;66(10):3238-3251.

Magnussen CG, Koskinen J, Juonala M, Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Sabin MA, Thomson R, Schmidt MD, Nguyen QM, Xu JH, Skilton MR, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Lehtimäki T, Rönnemaa T, Viikari JS, Berenson GS, Raitakari OT.
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Hartiala O, Magnussen CG, Kajander S, Knuuti J, Ukkonen H, Saraste A, Rinta-Kiikka I, Kainulainen S, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Laitinen T, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Hartiala J, Juonala M, Raitakari OT.
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Oikonen M, Wendelin-Saarenhovi M, Siitonen N, Sainio A, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Lyytikäinen LP, Seppälä I, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Järveläinen H, Raitakari OT.
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Jääskeläinen P, Magnussen CG, Pahkala K, Mikkilä V, Kähönen M, Sabin MA, Fogelholm M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Taittonen L, Telama R, Laitinen T, Jokinen E, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
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Elovainio M, Hurme M, Jokela M, Pulkki-Råback L, Kivimäki M, Hintsanen M, Hintsa T, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
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Psychosom Med. 2012 Sep;74(7):675-681.

Inouye M, Ripatti S, Kettunen J, Lyytikäinen LP, Oksala N, Laurila PP, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Savolainen MJ, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Perola M, Salomaa V, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T, Taskinen MR, Järvelin MR, Ala-Korpela M, Palotie A, de Bakker PI.
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Raiko JR, Oikonen M, Wendelin-Saarenhovi M, Siitonen N, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Jula A, Loo BM, Huupponen R, Saarikoski L, Juonala M, Raitakari OT.
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Transl Psychiatry. 2012 May 15;2:e116.

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Juhola J, Oikonen M, Magnussen CG, Mikkilä V, Siitonen N, Jokinen E, Laitinen T, Würtz P, Gidding SS, Taittonen L, Seppälä I, Jula A, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Juonala M, Raitakari OT.
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Circulation. 2012 Jul 24;126(4):402-409.

Lähteelä K, Kunnas T, Lyytikäinen LP, Mononen N, Taittonen L, Laitinen T, Kettunen J, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T, Nikkari ST.
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Tuominen L, Salo J, Hirvonen J, Någren K, Laine P, Melartin T, Isometsä E, Viikari J, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Hietala J.
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Neuroimage. 2012 Jul 2;61(3):670-676.

Würtz P, Mäkinen VP, Soininen P, Kangas AJ, Tukiainen T, Kettunen J, Savolainen MJ, Tammelin T, Viikari JS, Rönnemaa T, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Ripatti S, Raitakari OT, Järvelin MR, Ala-Korpela M.
Metabolic Signatures of Insulin Resistance in 7,098 Young Adults.
Diabetes. 2012 Jun;61(6):1372-1380.

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Nat Genet. 2012 Jun 10;44(7):777-782.

Koskinen J, Magnussen CG, Viikari JS, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
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Atherosclerosis. 2012 Oct;224(2):474-479.

Kaikkonen JE, Jula A, Mikkilä V, Viikari JS, Moilanen T, Nikkari T, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT.
Childhood serum cholesterol ester fatty acids are associated with blood pressure 27 y later in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Jun;95(6):1422-1431.

Jylhävä J, Lyytikäinen LP, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kettunen J, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T, Hurme M.
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PLoS Genet. 2012 Mar;8(3):e1002563.

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Kristiansson K, Perola M, Tikkanen E, Kettunen J, Surakka I, Havulinna AS, Stancáková A, Barnes C, Widen E, Kajantie E, Eriksson JG, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Hartikainen AL, Ruokonen A, Pouta A, Jula A, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Ala-Korpela M, Männistö S, Jousilahti P, Bonnycastle LL, Järvelin MR, Kuusisto J, Collins FS, Laakso M, Hurles ME, Palotie A, Peltonen L, Ripatti S, Salomaa V.
Genome-Wide Screen for Metabolic Syndrome Susceptibility Loci Reveals Strong Lipid Gene Contribution but No Evidence for Common Genetic Basis for Clustering of Metabolic Syndrome Traits.
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Juonala M, Magnussen CG, Venn A, Gall S, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Lehtimäki T, Jokinen E, Sun C, Viikari JS, Dwyer T, Raitakari OT.
Parental Smoking in Childhood and Brachial Artery Flow-Mediated Dilatation in Young Adults: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study and the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Study.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2012 Apr;32(4):1024-1031.

Uusi-Rasi K, Laaksonen M, Mikkilä V, Tolonen S, Raitakari OT, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Sievänen H.
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Yang X, Telama R, Hirvensalo M, Hintsanen M, Hintsa T, Pulkki-Råback L, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Moderating Effects of Leisure-Time Physical Activity on the Association Between Job Strain and Depressive Symptoms: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Occup Environ Med. 2012 Mar;54(3):303-309.

Koskinen J, Magnussen CG, Kähönen M, Loo BM, Marniemi J, Jula A, Saarikoski LA, Huupponen R, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Association of liver enzymes with metabolic syndrome and carotid atherosclerosis in young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Ann Med. 2012 Mar;44(2):187-195.

Kestilä P, Magnussen CG, Viikari JS, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Taittonen L, Jula A, Loo BM, Pietikäinen M, Jokinen E, Lehtimäki T, Kivimäki M, Juonala M, Raitakari OT.
Socioeconomic Status, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Young Adults: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2012 Mar;32(3):815-821.

Tukiainen T, Kettunen J, Kangas AJ, Lyytikäinen LP, Soininen P, Sarin AP, Tikkanen E, O’Reilly PF, Savolainen MJ, Kaski K, Pouta A, Jula A, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Taskinen MR, Jauhiainen M, Eriksson JG, Raitakari O, Salomaa V, Järvelin MR, Perola M, Palotie A, Ala-Korpela M, Ripatti S.
Detailed metabolic and genetic characterization reveals new associations for 30 known lipid loci.
Hum Mol Genet. 2012 Mar 15;21(6):1444-1455.

Yang X, Telama R, Hirvensalo M, Hintsa T, Pulkki-Råback L, Hintsanen M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Leadership Component of Type A Behavior Predicts Physical Activity in Early Midlife.
Int J Behav Med. 2012 Mar;19(1):48-55.

Elovainio M, Pulkki-Råback L, Jokela M, Kivimäki M, Hintsanen M, Hintsa T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Socioeconomic status and the development of depressive symptoms from childhood to adulthood: A longitudinal analysis across 27 years of follow-up in the Young Finns study.
Soc Sci Med. 2012 Mar;74(6):923-929.

Hernesniemi JA, Seppälä I, Lyytikäinen LP, Mononen N, Oksala N, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Taittonen L, Smith EN, Schork NJ, Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Berenson GS, Murray SS, Laitinen T, Jula A, Kettunen J, Ripatti S, Laaksonen R, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T.
Genetic profiling using genome-wide significant coronary artery disease risk variants does not improve the prediction of subclinical atherosclerosis: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study, the bogalusa heart study and the health 2000 survey – a meta-analysis of three independent studies.
PLoS One. 2012;7(1):e28931.

Haarala A, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Aittoniemi J, Jylhävä J, Hutri-Kähönen N, Taittonen L, Laitinen T, Juonala M, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Hurme M.
Relation of high cytomegalovirus antibody titres to blood pressure and brachial artery flow-mediated dilation in young men: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Clin Exp Immunol. 2012 Feb;167(2):309-316.

Koivistoinen T, Virtanen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lehtimäki T, Jula A, Juonala M, Moilanen L, Aatola H, Hyttinen J, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M.
Arterial pulse wave velocity in relation to carotid intima-media thickness, brachial flow-mediated dilation and carotid artery distensibility: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study and the Health 2000 Survey.
Atherosclerosis. 2012 Feb;220(2):387-393.

Aalto K, Maksimow M, Juonala M, Viikari J, Jula A, Kähönen M, Jalkanen S, Raitakari OT, Salmi M.
Soluble Vascular Adhesion Protein-1 Correlates With Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Early Atherosclerotic Manifestations.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2012 Feb;32(2):523-532.

Kuparinen T, Seppälä I, Jylhävä J, Marttila S, Aittoniemi J, Kettunen J, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Raitakari O, Lehtimäki T, Hurme M.
Genome-wide association study does not reveal major genetic determinants for anti-cytomegalovirus antibody response.
Genes Immun. 2012 Feb;13(2):184-190.

Kettunen J, Tukiainen T, Sarin AP, Ortega-Alonso A, Tikkanen E, Lyytikäinen LP, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Würtz P, Silander K, Dick DM, Rose RJ, Savolainen MJ, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Pietiläinen KH, Inouye M, McCarthy MI, Jula A, Eriksson J, Raitakari OT, Salomaa V, Kaprio J, Järvelin MR, Peltonen L, Perola M, Freimer NB, Ala-Korpela M, Palotie A, Ripatti S.
Genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci influencing human serum metabolite levels.
Nat Genet. 2012 Jan 29;44(3):269-276.

Magnussen CG, Niinikoski H, Juonala M, Kivimäki M, Rönnemaa T, Viikari JS, Simell O, Raitakari OT.
When and how to start prevention of atherosclerosis? Lessons from the Cardiovascular Risk in the Young Finns Study and the Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project.
Pediatr Nephrol. 2012 Sep;27(9):1441-1452.

Määttänen I, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pulkki-Råback L, Hintsanen M, Swan H, Toivonen L, Kontula I.K., Raitakari O, Hintsa T.
Stressful work involvement and inherited long QT-syndrome.
British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research 2012;2:31-38.

Törnroos M, Hintsanen M, Hintsa T, Jokela M, Pulkki-Råback L, Kivimäki M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Personality traits of the five-factor model are associated with effort-reward imbalance at work: a population-based study.
J Occup Environ Med. 2012 Jul;54(7):875-880.

Merjonen P, Jokela M, Salo J, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Raitakari O, Hintsanen M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Moderation of breastfeeding effects on adult depression by estrogen receptor gene polymorphism.
Child Development Research 2012;2012:290862.
Oikonen M, Tikkanen E, Juhola J, Tuovinen T, Seppälä I, Juonala M, Taittonen L, Mikkilä V, Kähönen M, Ripatti S, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T, Havulinna AS, Kee F, Newton-Cheh C, Peltonen L, Schork NJ, Murray SS, Berenson GS, Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Salomaa V, Raitakari OT.
Genetic Variants and Blood Pressure in a Population-Based Cohort: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Hypertension. 2011 Dec;58(6):1079-1085.

Wendelin-Saarenhovi M, Oikonen M, Loo BM, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Plasma osteopontin is not associated with vascular markers of subclinical atherosclerosis in a population of young adults without symptoms of cardiovascular disease. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 2011 Dec;71(8):683-689.

Tikkanen E, Tuovinen T, Widén E, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Peltonen L, Raitakari OT, Ripatti S.
Association of Known Loci with Lipid Levels Among Children and Prediction of Dyslipidemia in Adults.
Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2011 Dec 1;4(6):673-680.

Skilton MR, Viikari JS, Juonala M, Laitinen T, Lehtimäki T, Taittonen L, Kähönen M, Celermajer DS, Raitakari OT.
Fetal Growth and Preterm Birth Influence Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Arterial Health in Young Adults: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2011 Dec;31(12):2975-2981.

Conde L, Bevan S, Sitzer M, Klopp N, Illig T, Thiery J, Seissler J, Baumert J, Raitakari O, Kähönen M, Lyytikäinen LP, Laaksonen R, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T, Koernig W, Halperin E, Markus HS.
Novel associations for coronary artery disease derived from genome wide association studies are not associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness, suggesting they do not act via early atherosclerosis or vessel remodeling.
Atherosclerosis. 2011 Dec;219(2):684-689.

Juonala M, Magnussen CG, Berenson GS, Venn A, Burns TL, Sabin MA, Srinivasan SR, Daniels SR, Davis PH, Chen W, Sun C, Cheung M, Viikari JS, Dwyer T, Raitakari OT.
Childhood adiposity, adult adiposity, and cardiovascular risk factors.
N Engl J Med. 2011 Nov 17;365(20):1876-1885.

Hirvensalo M, Telama R, Schmidt MD, Tammelin TH, Yang X, Magnussen CG, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Daily steps among Finnish adults: Variation by age, sex, and socioeconomic position.
Scand J Public Health. 2011 Nov;39(7):669-677.

Kilpeläinen TO et al.
Physical Activity Attenuates the Influence of FTO Variants on Obesity Risk: A Meta-Analysis of 218,166 Adults and 19,268 Children.
PLoS Med. 2011 Nov;8(11):e1001116.

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A genome-wide screen for interactions reveals a new locus on 4p15 modifying the effect of waist-to-hip ratio on total cholesterol.
PLoS Genet. 2011 Oct;7(10):e1002333.

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Genetic determinants of serum testosterone concentrations in men.
PLoS Genet. 2011 Oct;7(10):e1002313.

Merjonen P, Jokela M, Pulkki-Råback L, Hintsanen M, Raitakari OT, Viikari J, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Breastfeeding and Offspring Hostility in Adulthood.
Psychother Psychosom. 2011 Sep 28;80(6):371-373.

Liu M, Rogers L, Cheng Q, Shao Y, Fernandez-Beros ME, Hirschhorn JN, Lyon HN, Gajdos ZK, Vedantam S, Gregersen P, Seldin MF, Bleck B, Ramasamy A, Hartikainen AL, Jarvelin MR, Kuokkanen M, Laitinen T, Eriksson J, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Reibman J.
Genetic Variants of TSLP and Asthma in an Admixed Urban Population.
PLoS One. 2011;6(9):e25099.

Bis JC et al.
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies from the CHARGE consortium identifies common variants associated with carotid intima media thickness and plaque.
Nat Genet. 2011 Sep 11;43(10):940-947.

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Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure.
Nat Genet. 2011 Sep 11;43(10):1005-1011.

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Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk.
Nature. 2011 Sep 11;478(7367):103-109.

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Identification of IL6R and chromosome 11q13.5 as risk loci for asthma.
Lancet. 2011 Sep 10;378(9795):1006-1014.

Juonala M, Juhola J, Magnussen CG, Würtz P, Viikari JS, Thomson R, Seppälä I, Hernesniemi J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Hurme M, Telama R, Mikkilä V, Eklund C, Räsänen L, Hintsanen M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Kivimäki M, Raitakari OT.
Childhood environmental and genetic predictors of adulthood obesity: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Sep;96(9):E1542-E1549.

Hintsanen M, Hintsa T, Widell A, Kivimäki M, Raitakari OT, Keltkangas-Järvinen L.
Negative emotionality, activity, and sociability temperaments predicting long-term job strain and effort-reward imbalance: a 15-year prospective follow-up study.
J Psychosom Res. 2011 Aug;71(2):90-96.

Harville EW, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Preconception Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Pregnancy Outcome.
Epidemiology. 2011 Sep;22(5):724-730.

Elovainio M, Hurme M, Jokela M, Pulkki-Råback L, Kivimäki M, Hintsanen M, Hintsa T, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Moderating effect of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) activation in the association between depressive symptoms and carotid atherosclerosis: Evidence from the Young Finns study.
J Affect Disord. 2011 Oct;133(3):611-614.

Stranges S, Tabák AG, Guallar E, Rayman MP, Akbaraly TN, Laclaustra M, Alfthan G, Mussalo-Rauhamaa H, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, And MK.
Selenium Status and Blood Lipids: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Intern Med. 2011 Nov;270(5):469-477.

Tolonen S, Mikkilä V, Laaksonen M, Sievänen H, Mononen N, Hernesniemi J, Vehkalahti K, Viikari J, Raitakari O, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T.
Association of apolipoprotein E promoter polymorphisms with bone structural traits is modified by dietary saturated fat intake – The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Bone. 2011 May 1;48(5):1058-1065.

Juhola J, Magnussen CG, Viikari JS, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Jula A, Lehtimäki T, Akerblom HK, Pietikäinen M, Laitinen T, Jokinen E, Taittonen L, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Tracking of Serum Lipid Levels, Blood Pressure, and Body Mass Index from Childhood to Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Pediatr. 2011 Oct;159(4):584-590.

Juonala M, Saarikoski LA, Viikari JS, Oikonen M, Lehtimäki T, Lyytikäinen LP, Huupponen R, Magnussen CG, Koskinen J, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Kähönen M, Kivimäki M, Raitakari OT.
A longitudinal analysis on associations of adiponectin levels with metabolic syndrome and carotid artery intima-media thickness. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis. 2011 Jul;217(1):234-239.

Koskinen T, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Jula A, Laitinen T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Viikari J, Välimäki I, Raitakari OT.
Relations between carotid artery distensibility and heart rate variability The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Auton Neurosci. 2011 Apr 26;161(1-2):75-80.

Kivimäki M, Magnussen CG, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Kettunen J, Loo BM, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT.
Conventional and Mendelian randomization analyses suggest no association between lipoprotein(a) and early atherosclerosis: the Young Finns Study.
Int J Epidemiol. 2011 Apr;40(2):470-478.

Elovainio M, Merjonen P, Pulkki-Råback L, Kivimäki M, Jokela M, Mattson N, Koskinen T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Hostility, metabolic syndrome, inflammation and cardiac control in young adults: The Young Finns Study.
Biol Psychol. 2011 May;87(2):234-240.

Magnussen CG, Thomson R, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Dwyer T, Raitakari OT, Venn A.
Use of B-mode ultrasound to examine preclinical markers of atherosclerosis: image quality may bias associations between adiposity and measures of vascular structure and function.
J Ultrasound Med. 2011 Mar;30(3):363-369.

Haarala A, Kähönen M, Eklund C, Jylhävä J, Koskinen T, Taittonen L, Huupponen R, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Hurme M.
Heart rate variability is independently associated with C-reactive protein but not with Serum amyloid A. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Eur J Clin Invest. 2011 Sep;41(9):951-957.

Koivistoinen T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Aatola H, Kööbi T, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M.
Metabolic syndrome in childhood and increased arterial stiffness in adulthood – The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Ann Med. 2011 Jun;43(4):312-319.

Tolonen S, Laaksonen M, Mikkilä V, Sievänen H, Mononen N, Räsänen L, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki TJ; Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study Group.
Lactase gene c/t(-13910) polymorphism, calcium intake, and pQCT bone traits in finnish adults.
Calcif Tissue Int. 2011 Feb;88(2):153-161.

Würtz P, Soininen P, Kangas AJ, Mäkinen VP, Groop PH, Savolainen MJ, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Ala-Korpela M.
Characterization of systemic metabolic phenotypes associated with subclinical atherosclerosis.
Mol Biosyst. 2011 Feb 1;7(2):385-393.

Rosenström T, Hintsanen M, Jokela M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Kivimäki M, Juonala M, Raitakari OT, Viikari JS.
Change in job strain and progression of atherosclerosis: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study.
J Occup Health Psychol. 2011 Jan;16(1):139-150.

Pulkki-Råback L, Puttonen S, Elovainio M, Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Keltikangas-Jarvinen L.
Adulthood EAS-temperament and carotid artery intima-media thickness: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study.
Psychol Health. 2011 Jan;26(1):61-75.

Koivistoinen T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Kööbi T, Aatola H, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M.
Apolipoprotein B is related to arterial pulse wave velocity in young adults: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis. 2011 Jan;214(1):220-224.

Merjonen P, Pulkki-Råback L, Lipsanen J, Lehtimäki T, Rontu R, Viikari J, Hintsanen M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Development of adulthood hostile attitudes: Childhood environment and serotonin receptor gene interactions.
Personal Relationships 2011;18(2):184-197.

Jokela M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
The association between low socioeconomic status and depressive symptoms depends on temperament and personality traits.
Personality and Individual Differences 2011;51(3):302-308.

Merjonen P, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Jokela M, Seppälä I, Lyytikäinen LP, Pulkki-Råback L, Kivimäki M, Elovainio M, Kettunen J, Ripatti S, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Palotie A, Peltonen L, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T.
Hostility in adolescents and adults: a genome-wide association study of the Young Finns.
Transl Psychiatry. 2011 Jun 21;1:e11.

Josefsson K, Cloninger CR, Hintsanen M, Jokela M, Pulkki-Råback L, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Associations of personality profiles with various aspects of well-being: a population-based study.
J Affect Disord. 2011 Sep;133(1-2):265-273.

Josefsson K, Merjonen P, Jokela M, Pulkki-Råback L, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Personality Profiles Identify Depressive Symptoms over Ten Years? A Population-Based Study.
Depress Res Treat. 2011;2011:431314.

Määttänen I, Hintsa T, Toivonen L, Swan H, Pulkki-Råback L, Hintsanen M, Kontula K, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Cloninger’s temperament traits and inherited long QT syndrome.
J Psychosom Res. 2011 Oct;71(4):245-249.

Salo J, Jokela M, Lehtimäki T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Serotonin receptor 2A gene moderates the effect of childhood maternal nurturance on adulthood social attachment.
Genes Brain Behav. 2011 Oct;10(7):702-709.

Alatupa S, Pulkki-Råback L, Hintsanen M, Mullola S, Lipsanen J, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Childhood disruptive Behavior and school performance across comprehensive school: a prospective cohort study.
Psychology 2011;2(6):542-551.

Hintsanen M, Hintsa T, Merjonen P, Leino M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Family- and school-related factors in 9 to 15-year olds predicting educational attainment in adulthood: A prospective 27-year follow-up study.
Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology 2011;9(2):523-540.
Juonala M, Magnussen CG, Venn A, Dwyer T, Burns TL, Davis PH, Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Daniels SR, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Berenson GS, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Influence of age on associations between childhood risk factors and carotid intima-media thickness in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Study, the Bogalusa Heart Study, and the Muscatine Study for the International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohort (i3C) Consortium.
Circulation. 2010 Dec 14;122(24):2514-2520.

Aatola H, Koivistoinen T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Mikkilä V, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M.
Lifetime fruit and vegetable consumption and arterial pulse wave velocity in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Circulation. 2010 Dec 14;122(24):2521-2528.

Yang X, Telama R, Hirvensalo M, Hintsanen M, Hintsa T, Pulkki-Råback L, Mansikkaniemi K, Viikari JS, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Raitakari OT.
Sustained involvement in youth sports activities predicts reduced chronic job strain in early midlife.
J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Dec;52(12):1154-1159.

Koivistoinen T, Aatola H, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Lehtimäki T, Kööbi T, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M.
Systemic hemodynamics in young adults with the metabolic syndrome: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Ann Med. 2010 Dec;42(8):612-621.

Saarikoski LA, Huupponen RK, Viikari JS, Marniemi J, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Raitakari OT.
Adiponectin is related with carotid artery intima-media thickness and brachial flow-mediated dilatation in young adults-The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Ann Med. 2010 Dec;42(8):603-611.

Speliotes EK et al.
Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index.
Nat Genet. 2010 Nov;42(11):937-948.

Heid IM et al.
Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution.
Nat Genet. 2010 Nov;42(11):949-960.

Päivä H, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Alfthan G, Viikari J, Laaksonen R, Hutri-Kähönen N, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Levels of asymmetrical dimethylarginine are predictive of brachial artery flow-mediated dilation 6 years later. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis. 2010 Oct;212(2):512-515.

Magnussen CG, Koskinen J, Chen W, Thomson R, Schmidt MD, Srinivasan SR, Kivimäki M, Mattsson N, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Rönnemaa T, Viikari JS, Berenson GS, Juonala M, Raitakari OT.
Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome Predicts Adulthood Metabolic Syndrome, Subclinical Atherosclerosis, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus but Is No Better Than Body Mass Index Alone. The Bogalusa Heart Study and the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Circulation. 2010 Oct 19;122(16):1604-1611.

Okser S, Lehtimäki T, Elo LL, Mononen N, Peltonen N, Kähönen M, Juonala M, Fan YM, Hernesniemi JA, Laitinen T, Lyytikäinen LP, Rontu R, Eklund C, Hutri-Kähönen N, Taittonen L, Hurme M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Aittokallio T.
Genetic variants and their interactions in the prediction of increased pre-clinical carotid atherosclerosis: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.
PLoS Genet. 2010 Sep 30;6(9): e1001146.

Lango Allen H et al.
Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height.
Nature. 2010 Oct 14;467(7317):832-838.

Raiko JR, Magnussen CG, Kivimäki M, Taittonen L, Laitinen T, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Jula A, Loo BM, Thomson RJ, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Cardiovascular risk scores in the prediction of subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults: evidence from the cardiovascular risk in a young Finns study.
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2010 Oct;17(5):549-555.

Smith EN, Chen W, Kähönen M, Kettunen J, Lehtimäki T, Peltonen L, Raitakari OT, Salem RM, Schork NJ, Shaw M, Srinivasan SR, Topol EJ, Viikari JS, Berenson GS, Murray SS.
Longitudinal genome-wide association of cardiovascular disease risk factors in the bogalusa heart study.
PLoS Genet. 2010 Sep 9;6(9): e1001094.

Hintsanen M, Kivimäki M, Hintsa T, Theorell T, Elovainio M, Raitakari OT, Viikari JS, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
A prospective cohort study of deficient maternal nurturing attitudes predicting adulthood work stress independent of adulthood hostility and depressive symptoms.
Stress. 2010 Sep;13(5):425-434.

Mattsson N, Magnussen CG, Rönnemaa T, Mallat Z, Benessiano J, Jula A, Taittonen L, Kähönen M, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Metabolic Syndrome and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Young Adults: Roles of Apolipoprotein B, Apolipoprotein A-I, C-Reactive Protein, and Secretory Phospholipase A2. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2010 Sep;30(9):1861-1866.

Raiko JR, Magnussen CG, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Tracking of Noninvasive Ultrasound Measurements of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Adulthood: Findings from the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Ultrasound Med Biol. 2010 Aug;36(8):1237-1244.

Yang X, Telama R, Hirvensalo M, Hintsanen M, Hintsa T, Pulkki-Råback L, Viikari JS.
The benefits of sustained leisure-time physical activity on job strain.
Occup Med (Lond). 2010 Aug;60(5):369-375.

Chumaeva N, Hintsanen M, Juonala M, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Sex differences in the combined effect of chronic stress with impaired vascular endothelium functioning and the development of early atherosclerosis: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study.
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2010 Jul 12;10:34.

Skilton MR, Bonnet F, Begg LM, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Childbearing, child-rearing, cardiovascular risk factors, and progression of carotid intima-media thickness: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.
Stroke. 2010 Jul;41(7):1332-1337.

Juonala M, Viikari JS, Kähönen M, Taittonen L, Laitinen T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lehtimäki T, Jula A, Pietikäinen M, Jokinen E, Telama R, Räsänen L, Mikkilä V, Helenius H, Kivimäki M, Raitakari OT.
Life-time risk factors and progression of carotid atherosclerosis in young adults: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study.
Eur Heart J. 2010 Jul;31(14):1745-1751.

Knip M, Korhonen S, Kulmala P, Veijola R, Reunanen A, Raitakari OT, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK.
Prediction of type 1 diabetes in the general population.
Diabetes Care. 2010 Jun;33(6):1206-1212.

Elovainio M, Pulkki-Råback L, Kivimäki M, Jokela M, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Telama R, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Lipid trajectories as predictors of depressive symptoms: the Young Finns Study.
Health Psychol. 2010 May;29(3):237-245.

Widén E, Ripatti S, Cousminer DL, Surakka I, Lappalainen T, Järvelin MR, Eriksson JG, Raitakari O, Salomaa V, Sovio U, Hartikainen AL, Pouta A, McCarthy MI, Osmond C, Kajantie E, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Tyler-Smith C, Freimer N, Hirschhorn JN, Peltonen L, Palotie A.
Distinct Variants at LIN28B Influence Growth in Height from Birth to Adulthood.
Am J Hum Genet. 2010 May 14;86(5):773-782.

Shiri R, Solovieva S, Husgafvel-Pursiainen K, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Viikari-Juntura E.
Incidence of nonspecific and radiating low back pain: followup of 24-39-year-old adults of the Young Finns Study.
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010 Apr;62(4):455-459.

Alatupa S, Pulkki-Råback L, Hintsanen M, Ravaja N, Raitakari OT, Telama R, Viikari JS, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
School performance as a predictor of adulthood obesity: a 21-year follow-up study.
Eur J Epidemiol. 2010 Apr;25(4):267-274.

Hernesniemi JA, Heikkilä A, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Marniemi J, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T.
Interleukin-18 gene polymorphism and markers of subclinical atherosclerosis. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Ann Med. 2010 Apr;42(3):223-230.

Raiko JR, Viikari JS, Ilmanen A, Hutri-Kähönen N, Taittonen L, Jokinen E, Pietikäinen M, Jula A, Loo BM, Marniemi J, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Rönnemaa T, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Follow-ups of the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study in 2001 and 2007: Levels and 6-year changes in risk factors.
J Intern Med. 2010 Apr;267(4):370-384.

Miettinen TA, Gylling H, Hallikainen M, Juonala M, Räsänen L, Viikari J, Raitakari OT.
Relation of non-cholesterol sterols to coronary risk factors and carotid intima-media thickness: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis. 2010 Apr;209(2):592-597.

Chumaeva N, Hintsanen M, Hintsa T, Ravaja N, Juonala M, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Jarvinen L.
Early atherosclerosis and cardiac autonomic responses to mental stress: a population-based study of the moderating influence of impaired endothelial function.
BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2010 Mar 29;10:16.

Aatola H, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Hulkkonen J, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M.
Lifetime Risk Factors and Arterial Pulse Wave Velocity in Adulthood. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Hypertension. 2010 Mar;55(3):806-811.

Koskinen J, Magnussen CG, Taittonen L, Räsänen L, Mikkilä V, Laitinen T, Rönnemaa T, Kähönen M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Arterial Structure and Function After Recovery From the Metabolic Syndrome. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Circulation. 2010 Jan 26;121(3):392-400.

Hintsa T, Hintsanen M, Jokela M, Pulkki-Råback L, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Divergent influence of different type a dimensions on job strain and effort-reward imbalance.
J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Jan;52(1):1-7.

Valtonen P, Punnonen K, Saarelainen H, Heiskanen N, Raitakari O, Juonala M, Viikari J, Alfthan G, Kähönen M, Laaksonen R, Lyyra-Laitinen T, Laitinen T, Heinonen S.
ADMA concentration changes across the menstrual cycle and during oral contraceptive use. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Eur J Endocrinol. 2010 Feb;162(2):259-265.

Heiskanen M, Kähönen M, Hurme M, Lehtimäki T, Mononen N, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari J, Raitakari O, Hulkkonen J.
Polymorphism in the IL10 promoter region and early markers of atherosclerosis: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis. 2010 Jan;208(1):190-196.

Jokela M, Hintsa T, Hintsanen M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Adult temperament and childbearing over the life course.
European Journal of Personality 2010;24(2):151-166.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Jokela M, Hintsanen M, Salo J, Hintsa T, Alatupa S, Lehtimäki T.
Does genetic background moderate the association between parental education and school achievement?
Genes Brain Behav. 2010 Apr;9(3):318-324.

Hintsanen M, Jokela M, Pulkki-Råback L, Viikari J, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Associations of youth and adulthood body-mass index and waist-hip ratio with attachment styles and dimensions.
Current Psychology 2010;29(3):257-271.

Salo J, Pulkki-Råback L, Hintsanen M, Lehtimäki T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
The interaction between serotonin receptor 2A and catechol-O-methyltransferase gene polymorphisms is associated with the novelty-seeking subscale impulsiveness.
Psychiatr Genet. 2010 Dec;20(6):273-281.

Hintsa T, Hintsanen M, Jokela M, Elovainio M, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
The influence of temperament on long-term job strain and its components: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Personality and Individual Differences 2010;49(7):700-705.

Pulkki-Råback L, Pullman H, Hintsanen M, Alatupa S, Ravaja N, Lehtimäki T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Hyperactivity in childhood as a predictor of school performance in elementary school: modifying effect of a serotonin receptor gene (5-HTR2A).
Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology 2010;8(3):971-990.
Chumaeva N, Hintsanen M, Ravaja N, Juonala M, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Chronic Stress and the Development of Early Atherosclerosis: Moderating Effect of Endothelial Dysfunction and Impaired Arterial Elasticity
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2009, 6, 2934-2949.

Pertovaara M, Kähönen M, Juonala M, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Hurme M.
Autoimmunity and atherosclerosis: the presence of antinuclear antibodies is associated with decreased carotid elasticity in young women. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Rheumatology (Oxford). 2009 Dec;48(12):1553-1556.

Nissinen K, Mikkilä V, Männistö S, Lahti-Koski M, Räsänen L, Viikari J, Raitakari OT.
Sweets and sugar-sweetened soft drink intake in childhood in relation to adult BMI and overweight. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Public Health Nutr. 2009 Nov;12(11):2018-2026.

Mikkilä V, Räsänen L, Laaksonen MM, Juonala M, Viikari J, Pietinen P, Raitakari OT.
Long-term dietary patterns and carotid artery intima media thickness: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Br J Nutr. 2009 Nov;102(10):1507-1512.

Miettinen TA, Hallikainen M, Raitakari OT, Viikari J, Gylling H.
Twenty-one year tracking of serum non-cholesterol sterols. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study.
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2009 Oct;19(8):525-531.

Yang X, Telama R, Hirvensalo M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Sustained participation in youth sport decreases metabolic syndrome in adulthood.
Int J Obes (Lond). 2009 Nov;33(11):1219-1226.

Jylhävä J, Haarala A, Eklund C, Pertovaara M, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Levula M, Lehtimäki T, Huupponen R, Jula A, Juonala M, Viikari J, Raitakari O, Hurme M.
Serum amyloid A is independently associated with metabolic risk factors but not with early atherosclerosis: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Intern Med. 2009 Sep;266(3):286-295.

Saarelainen H, Valtonen P, Punnonen K, Laitinen T, Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Heiskanen N, Lyyra-Laitinen T, Viikari JS, Heinonen S.
Flow mediated vasodilation and circulating concentrations of high sensitive C-reactive protein, interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in normal pregnancy – The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. 2009 Sep;29(5):347-352.

Soininen P, Kangas AJ, Würtz P, Tukiainen T, Tynkkynen T, Laatikainen R, Järvelin MR, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Savolainen MJ, Ala-Korpela M.
High-throughput serum NMR metabonomics for cost-effective holistic studies on systemic metabolism.
Analyst. 2009 Sep;134(9):1781-1785.

Puttonen S, Kivimäki M, Elovainio M, Pulkki-Råback L, Hintsanen M, Vahtera J, Telama R, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Shift work in young adults and carotid artery intima-media thickness: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study.
Atherosclerosis. 2009 Aug;205(2):608-613.

Koskinen J, Kähönen M, Viikari JS, Taittonen L, Laitinen T, Rönnemaa T, Lehtimäki T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Pietikäinen M, Jokinen E, Helenius H, Mattsson N, Raitakari OT, Juonala M.
Conventional Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Metabolic Syndrome in Predicting Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression in Young Adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Circulation. 2009 Jul 21;120(3):229-236.

Chumaeva N, Hintsanen M, Ravaja N, Puttonen S, Heponiemi T, Pulkki-Råback L, Juonala M, Raitakari OT, Viikari JS, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Interactive effect of long-term mental stress and cardiac stress reactivity on carotid intima-media thickness: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study.
Stress. 2009 Jul;12(4):283-293.

Laaksonen MM, Mikkilä V, Räsänen L, Rontu R, Lehtimäki TJ, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT; the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study Group.
Genetic lactase non-persistence, consumption of milk products and intakes of milk nutrients in Finns from childhood to young adulthood.
Br J Nutr. 2009 Jul;102(1):8-17.

Hintsanen M, Pulkki-Råback L, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Cloninger’s temperament traits and preclinical atherosclerosis: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Psychosom Res. 2009 Jul;67(1):77-84.

Fan YM, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Marniemi J, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T.
Hepatic lipase promoter C-480T polymorphism is associated with serum lipids levels, but not subclinical atherosclerosis: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Clin Genet. 2009 Jul;76(1):46-53.

Juonala M, Viikari JS, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Loo BM, Jula A, Marniemi J, Räsänen L, Rönnemaa T, Raitakari OT.
Alcohol consumption is directly associated with carotid intima-media thickness in Finnish young adults The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis.2009 Jun;204(2):e93-e98.

Järvisalo MJ, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Mikkilä V, Räsänen L, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT.
Breast feeding in infancy and arterial endothelial function later in life. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Eur J Clin Nutr. 2009 May;63(5):640-645.

Valtonen P, Punnonen K, Saarelainen H, Heiskanen N, Raitakari OT, Viikari JS, Lyyra-Laitinen T, Laitinen T, Heinonen S.
Maternal serum ADMA is not associated with proinflammatory cytokines or C-reactive protein during normal pregnancy.
Cytokine. 2009 May;46(2):216-221.

Jartti T, Saarikoski L, Jartti L, Lisinen I, Jula A, Huupponen R, Viikari J, Raitakari OT.
Obesity, adipokines and asthma.
Allergy. 2009 May;64(5):770-777.

Laaksonen MM, Impivaara O, Sievänen H, Viikari JS, Lehtimäki TJ, Lamberg-Allardt CJ, Kärkkäinen MU, Välimäki M, Heikkinen J, Kröger LM, Kröger HP, Jurvelin JS, Kähönen MA, Raitakari OT; The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study Group.
Associations of genetic lactase non-persistence and sex with bone loss in young adulthood.
Bone. 2009 May;44(5):1003-1009.

Koskinen T, Kähönen M, Jula A, Mattsson N, Laitinen T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Viikari J, Välimäki I, Rönnemaa T, Raitakari OT.
Metabolic syndrome and short-term heart rate variability in young adults. The cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.
Diabet Med. 2009 Apr;26(4):354-361.

Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Taittonen L, Jula A, Laitinen T, Kähönen M, Viikari JS.
Pulse Pressure in Youth and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Adulthood. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Stroke. 2009 Apr;40(4):1519-1521.

Hulkkonen J, Lehtimäki T, Mononen N, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Taittonen L, Marniemi J, Nieminen T, Viikari J, Raitakari O, Kähönen M.
Polymorphism in the IL6 promoter region is associated with the risk factors and markers of subclinical atherosclerosis in men: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis. 2009 Apr;203(2):454-458.

Magnussen CG, Venn A, Thomson R, Juonala M, Srinivasan SR, Viikari JS, Berenson GS, Dwyer T, Raitakari OT.
The Association of Pediatric Low- and High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Dyslipidemia Classifications and Change in Dyslipidemia Status With Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Adulthood Evidence From the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, the Bogalusa Heart Study, and the CDAH (Childhood Determinants of Adult Health) Study.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Mar 10;53(10):860-869.

Fan M, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Pörsti I, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T.
The Association Between Cigarette Smoking and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Is Influenced by the -930(A/G) CYBA Gene Polymorphism: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Am J Hypertens. 2009 Mar;22(3):281-287.

Jokela M, Kivimäki M, Elovainio M, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Urban/rural differences in body weight: Evidence for social selection and causation hypotheses in Finland.
Soc Sci Med. 2009 Mar;68(5):867-875.

Pessi T, Eklund C, Huhtala H, Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Viikari JS, Lehtimäki T, Hurme M.
CRP and FCGR2A genes have an epistatic effect on carotid artery intima-media thickness: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Int J Immunogenet. 2009 Feb;36(1):39-45.

Haarala A, Eklund C, Pessi T, Lehtimäki T, Huupponen R, Jula A, Viikari J, Raitakari O, Hurme M.
Use of combined oral contraceptives alters metabolic determinants and genetic regulation of C-reactive protein. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 2009;69(2):168-174.

Raitakari OT, Blom-Nyholm J, Koskinen TA, Kähonen M, Viikari JS, Lehtimäki T.
Common variation in NOS1AP and KCNH2 genes and QT interval duration in young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Ann Med. 2009;41(2):144-151.

Jokela M, Kivimäki M, Elovainio M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Personality and having children: a two-way relationship.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 2009 Jan;96(1):218-230.

Pulkki-Råback L, Elovainio M, Kivimäki M, Mattsson N, Raitakari OT, Puttonen S, Marniemi J, Viikari JS, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Depressive symptoms and the metabolic syndrome in childhood and adulthood: a prospective cohort study.
Health Psychol. 2009 Jan;28(1):108-116.

Koskinen T, Kähönen M, Jula A, Laitinen T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Viikari J, Välimäki I, Raitakari OT.
Short-term heart rate variability in healthy young adults The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Auton Neurosci. 2009 Jan 28;145(1-2):81-88.

Jylhävä J, Eklund C, Pessi T, Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Viikari JS, Lehtimäki T, Hurme M.
Genetics of C-reactive protein and complement factor H have an epistatic effect on carotid artery compliance: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Clin Exp Immunol. 2009 Jan;155(1):53-58.

Jokela M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Adolescent leadership and adulthood fertility: revisiting the “central theoretical problem of human sociobiology”.
J Pers. 2009 Feb;77(1):213-229.

Hintsanen M, Lipsanen J, Pulkki-Råback L, Kivimäki M, Hintsa T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
EAS temperaments as predictors of unemployment in young adulthood: A 9-year-follow-up of the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns.
Journal of Research in Personality 2009;43(4):618-623.

Hintsanen M, Puttonen S, Järvinen P, Pulkki-Råback L, Elovainio M, Merjonen P, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Cardiac stress reactivity and recovery of novelty seekers.
Int J Behav Med. 2009;16(3):236-240.
Nikkari ST, Henttonen A, Kunnas T, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Marniemi J, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T.
Estrogen Receptor 2 Polymorphism and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness.
Genet Test. 2008 Dec;12(4):537-540.

Elovainio M, Puttonen S, Pulkki-Råback L, Kivimäki M, Viiri LE, Lehtimäki T, Karhunen P, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Association of the Apolipoprotein E Gene, Its Promoter Polymorphisms and Haplotypes with Depressive Symptoms. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Neuropsychobiology. 2008 Oct 9;58(2):91-96.

Valtonen P, Laitinen T, Lyyra-Laitinen T, Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Heiskanen N, Vanninen E, Punnonen K, Heinonen S.
Serum L-Homoarginine Concentration is Elevated During Normal Pregnancy and is Related to Flow-Mediated Vasodilatation.
Circ J. 2008 Nov;72(11):1879-1884.

Service HM, Hintsanen M, Hintsa T, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Viikari JS, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Does neuregulin-1 play a role in Type A behavior? The cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.
Behav Brain Funct. 2008 Sep 17;4:40.

Mattsson N, Rönnemaa T, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Childhood predictors of the metabolic syndrome in adulthood. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Ann Med. 2008;40(7):542-552.

Owen CG, Whincup PH, Kaye SJ, Martin RM, Davey Smith G, Cook DG, Bergstrom E, Black S, Wadsworth ME, Fall CH, Freudenheim JL, Nie J, Huxley RR, Kolacek S, Leeson CP, Pearce MS, Raitakari OT, Lisinen I, Viikari JS, Ravelli AC, Rudnicka AR, Strachan DP, Williams SM.
Does initial breastfeeding lead to lower blood cholesterol in adult life? A quantitative review of the evidence.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Aug;88(2):305-314.

Lee JC, Weissglas-Volkov D, Kyttälä M, Dastani Z, Cantor RM, Sobel EM, Plaisier CL, Engert JC, van Greevenbroek MM, Kane JP, Malloy MJ, Pullinger CR, Huertas-Vazquez A, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Tusie-Luna T, de Bruin TW, Aouizerat BE, van der Kallen CC, Croce CM, Aqeilan RI, Marcil M, Viikari JS, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Taskinen MR, Genest J, Pajukanta P.
WW-domain-containing oxidoreductase is associated with low plasma HDL-C levels.
Am J Hum Genet. 2008 Aug;83(2):180-192.

Juonala M, Viikari JS, Kähönen M, Solakivi T, Helenius H, Jula A, Marniemi J, Taittonen L, Laitinen T, Nikkari T, Raitakari OT.
Childhood levels of serum apolipoproteins B and A-I predict carotid intima-media thickness and brachial endothelial function in adulthood: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.
J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Jul 22;52(4):293-299.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pulkki-Råback L, Elovainio M, Raitakari OT, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T.
DRD2 C32806T modifies the effect of child-rearing environment on adulthood novelty seeking.
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2008 Jul 9;150B(3):389-394.

Yang X, Telama R, Hirvensalo M, Mattsson N, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
The Longitudinal Effects of Physical Activity History on Metabolic Syndrome.
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2008 Aug;40(8):1424-1431.

Collings A, Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Mansikkaniemi K, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Marniemi J, Viikari JS, Lehtimäki TJ.
The influence of smoking and homocysteine on subclinical atherosclerosis is modified by the connexin37 C1019T polymorphism – The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Clin Chem Lab Med. 2008;46(8):1102-1108.

Samani NJ, Raitakari OT, Sipilä K, Tobin MD, Schunkert H, Juonala M, Braund PS, Erdmann J, Viikari J, Moilanen L, Taittonen L, Jula A, Jokinen E, Laitinen T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Nieminen MS, Kesäniemi YA, Hall AS, Hulkkonen J, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T.
Coronary Artery Disease-Associated Locus on Chromosome 9p21 and Early Markers of Atherosclerosis.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008 Sep;28(9):1679-1683.

Collings A, Höyssä S, Fan M, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Marniemi J, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki TJ.
Allelic variants of upstream transcription factor 1 associate with carotid artery intima-media thickness.
Circ J. 2008 Jul;72(7):1158-1164.

Päivä H, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Jula A, Viikari J, Alfthan G, Juonala M, Laaksonen R, Hutri-Kähönen N.
Asymmetric Dimethylarginine (ADMA) Has a Role in Regulating Systemic Vascular Tone in Young Healthy Subjects: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Am J Hypertens. 2008 Aug;21(8):873-878.

Kivimäki M, Davey Smith G, Timpson NJ, Lawlor DA, Batty GD, Kähönen M, Juonala M, Rönnemaa T, Viikari JS, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT.
Lifetime body mass index and later atherosclerosis risk in young adults: examining causal links using Mendelian randomization in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study.
Eur Heart J. 2008 Oct;29(20):2552-2560.

Hintsanen M, Elovainio M, Puttonen S, Kivimäki M, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Juonala M, Rontu R, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Val/Met Polymorphism of the COMT Gene Moderates the Association Between Job Strain and Early Atherosclerosis in Young Men.
J Occup Environ Med. 2008 Jun;50(6):649-657.

Kivimäki M, Lawlor DA, Smith GD, Elovainio M, Jokela M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Vahtera J, Taittonen L, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Association of age at menarche with cardiovascular risk factors, vascular structure, and function in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Jun;87(6):1876-1882.

Miettinen TA, Gylling H, Raitakari OT, Hallikainen M, Viikari J.
Adolescent cholesterol metabolism predicts coronary risk factors at middle age: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Transl Res. 2008 May;151(5):260-266.

Puttonen S, Elovainio M, Kivimäki M, Koskinen T, Pulkki-Råback L, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Temperament, health-related behaviors, and autonomic cardiac regulation: The cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.
Biol Psychol. 2008 May;78(2):204-210.

Shiri R, Solovieva S, Husgafvel-Pursiainen K, Taimela S, Saarikoski LA, Huupponen R, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Viikari-Juntura E.
The Association between Obesity and the Prevalence of Low Back Pain in Young Adults: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Am J Epidemiol. 2008 May 1;167(9):1110-1119.

Juonala M, Viikari JS, Rönnemaa T, Marniemi J, Jula A, Loo BM, Raitakari OT.
Associations of Dyslipidemias From Childhood to Adulthood With Carotid Intima-Media Thickness, Elasticity, and Brachial Flow-Mediated Dilatation in Adulthood. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008 May;28(5):1012-1017.

Hernesniemi JA, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Marniemi J, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T.
Toll-like receptor 4 gene (Asp299Gly) polymorphism associates with carotid artery elasticity The cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.

Atherosclerosis. 2008 May;198(1):152-159.

Juonala M, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Jokinen E, Taittonen L, Pietikäinen M, Helenius H, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Effect of age and sex on carotid intima-media thickness, elasticity and brachial endothelial function in healthy adults: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Eur Heart J. 2008 May;29(9):1198-1206.

Puttonen S, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Elovainio M, Kivimäki M, Rontu R, Lehtimäki T.
Temperamental Activity and Epidermal Growth Factor A61G Polymorphism in Finnish Adults.
Neuropsychobiology. 2008 Apr 2;56(4):208-212.

Gimeno D, Ferrie JE, Elovainio M, Pulkki-Raback L, Keltikangas-Jarvinen L, Eklund C, Hurme M, Lehtimäki T, Marniemi J, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Kivimäki M.
When do social inequalities in C-reactive protein start? A life course perspective from conception to adulthood in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Int J Epidemiol. 2008 Apr;37(2):290-298.

Grönroos P, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Marniemi J, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T.
Association of high sensitive C-reactive protein with apolipoprotein E polymorphism in children and young adults: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Clin Chem Lab Med. 2008;46(2):179-186.

Collings A, Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Rontu R, Kähonen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Rönnemaa T, Marniemi J, Viikari JS, Lehtimäki T.
Associations of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T polymorphism with markers of subclinical atherosclerosis: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 2008;68(1):22-30.

Mattsson N, Rönnemaa T, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Jokinen E, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Laitinen T, Raitakari OT.
Arterial structure and function in young adults with the metabolic syndrome: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Eur Heart J. 2008 Mar;29(6):784-791.

Saarelainen H, Valtonen P, Punnonen K, Laitinen T, Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Heiskanen N, Lyyra-Laitinen T, Viikari JS, Vanninen E, Heinonen S.
Subtle changes in ADMA and l-arginine concentrations in normal pregnancies are unlikely to account for pregnancy-related increased flow-mediated dilatation.
Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. 2008 Feb 3;28(2):120-124.

Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Rönnemaa T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Räsänen L, Pietikäinen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Taittonen L, Jokinen E, Marniemi J, Jula A, Telama R, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Akerblom HK, Viikari JS.
Cohort Profile: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Int J Epidemiol. 2008 Dec;37(6):1220-1226.

Merjonen P, Pulkki-Råback L, Puttonen S, Keskivaara P, Juonala M, Telama R, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Anger is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in low SES but not in higher SES men and women. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Behav Med. 2008 Feb;31(1):35-44.

Eklund C, Kivimäki M, Islam MS, Juonala M, Kähonen M, Marniemi J, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Hurme M.
C-reactive protein genetics is associated with carotid artery compliance in men in The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis. 2008 Feb;196(2):841-848.

Knip M, Reunanen A, Virtanen SM, Nuutinen M, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK.
Does the secular increase in body mass in children contribute to the increasing incidence of type 1 diabetes?
Pediatr Diabetes. 2008 Jun;9(3 Pt 2):46-49.

Hintsa T, Kivimäki M, Elovainio M, Vahtera J, Hintsanen M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Is the association between job strain and carotid intima-media thickness attributable to preemployment environmental and dispositional factors? The prospective Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Cohort Study.
Occup Environ Med. 2008 Oct;65(10):676-682.

Lehtimäki T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Hemminki J, Mikkilä V, Laaksonen M, Räsänen L, Mononen N, Juonala M, Marniemi J, Viikari J, Raitakari O.
Adult-type hypolactasia is not a predisposing factor for early functional and structural changes of atherosclerosis: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.
Clin Sci (Lond). 2008 Nov;115(9):265-271.

Miettinen TA, Gylling H, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT.
Synthesis and absorption of cholesterol in Finnish boys by serum non-cholesterol sterols The cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.
Atherosclerosis. 2008 Sep;200(1):177-183.

Grönroos P, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Juonala M, Marniemi J, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T.
Relation of apolipoprotein e polymorphism to markers of early atherosclerotic changes in young adults.
Circ J. 2008 Jan;72(1):29-34.

Magnussen CG, Raitakari OT, Thomson R, Juonala M, Patel DA, Viikari JS, Marniemi J, Srinivasan SR, Berenson GS, Dwyer T, Venn A.
Utility of currently recommended pediatric dyslipidemia classifications in predicting dyslipidemia in adulthood: evidence from the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health (CDAH) study, Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, and Bogalusa Heart Study.
Circulation. 2008 Jan 1;117(1):32-42.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Puttonen S, Kivimäki M, Elovainio M, Pulkki-Råback L, Koivu M, Rontu R, Lehtimäki T.
Serotonin receptor genes 5HT1A and 5HT2A modify the relation between childhood temperament and adulthood hostility.
Genes Brain Behav. 2008 Feb;7(1):46-52.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pullman H, Pulkki-Råback L, Alatupa S, Lipsanen J, Airla N, Lehtimäki T.
Dopamine receptor D2 polymorphism moderates the effect of parental education on adolescents’ school performance.
Mind, Brain, and Education 2008;2(2):104-110.

Jokela M, Elovainio M, Kivimäki M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Temperament and migration patterns in Finland.
Psychol Sci. 2008 Sep;19(9):831-837.
Yang X, Telama R, Laakso L, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pulkki L.
Determinants of adult physical activity: relative importance of youth physical activity and demographic, psychological, behavioral, and environmental factors in adulthood.
Acta Kinesiologiae Universitatis Tartuensis 2007;12:129-146.

Hintsanen M, Elovainio M, Puttonen S, Kivimäki M, Koskinen T, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Effort-reward imbalance, heart rate, and heart rate variability: the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns Study.
Int J Behav Med. 2007;14(4):202-212.

Kivimäki M, Lawlor DA, Smith GD, Elovainio M, Jokela M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Substantial intergenerational increases in body mass index are not explained by the fetal overnutrition hypothesis: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Nov;86(5):1509-1514.

McMahan CA, Gidding SS, Viikari JS, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Jokinen E, Taittonen L, Pietikäinen M, McGill HC Jr, Raitakari OT.
Association of Pathobiologic Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth Risk Score and 15-Year Change in Risk Score With Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Young Adults (from the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study).
Am J Cardiol. 2007 Oct 1;100(7):1124-1129.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Elovainio M, Kivimäki M, Raitakari OT, Viikari JS, Lehtimäki T.
Dopamine Receptor D2 Gene Taq1A (C32806T) Polymorphism Modifies the Relationship Between Birth Weight and Educational Attainment in Adulthood: 21-Year Follow-up of the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Pediatrics. 2007 Oct;120(4):756-761.

Viikari LA, Huupponen RK, Viikari JS, Marniemi J, Eklund C, Hurme M, Lehtimäki T, Kivimäki M, Raitakari OT.
Relationship between Leptin and C-Reactive Protein in Young Finnish Adults.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Dec;92(12):4753-4758.

Juonala M, Viikari JS, Alfthan G, Marniemi J, Kähönen M, Taittonen L, Laitinen T, Raitakari OT.
Brachial Artery Flow-Mediated Dilation and Asymmetrical Dimethylarginine in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Circulation. 2007 Sep 18;116(12):1367-1373.

Jokela M, Kivimäki M, Elovainio M, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Body Mass Index in Adolescence and Number of Children in Adulthood.
Epidemiology. 2007 Sep;18(5):599-606.

Kivimäki M, Lawlor DA, Davey Smith G, Eklund C, Hurme M, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Variants in the CRP Gene as a Measure of Lifelong Differences in Average C-Reactive Protein Levels: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, 1980 2001.
Am J Epidemiol. 2007 Oct 1;166(7):760-764.

Fan M, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Marniemi J, Rontu R, Pörsti I, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T.
CYBA C242T gene polymorphism and flow-mediated vasodilation in a population of young adults: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Hypertens. 2007 Jul;25(7):1381-1387.

Elovainio M, Jokela M, Kivimäki M, Pulkki-Råback L, Lehtimäki T, Airla N, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Genetic variants in the DRD2 gene moderate the relationship between stressful life events and depressive symptoms in adults: cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.
Psychosom Med. 2007 Jun;69(5):391-395.

Hintsa T, Kivimäki M, Elovainio M, Hintsanen M, Pulkki-Råback L, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Preemployment Family Factors as Predictors of Effort/Reward Imbalance in Adulthood: A Prospective 18-year Follow-Up in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Occup Environ Med. 2007 Jun;49(6):659-666.

Jokela M, Lehtimäki T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
The influence of urban/rural residency on depressive symptoms is moderated by the serotonin receptor 2A gene.
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2007 Oct 5;144(7):918-922.

Jokela M, Räikkönen K, Lehtimäki T, Rontu R, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Tryptophan hydroxylase 1 gene (TPH1) moderates the influence of social support on depressive symptoms in adults.
J Affect Disord. 2007 Jun;100(1-3):191-197.

Raitakari OT, Rönnemaa T, Huupponen R, Viikari L, Fan M, Marniemi J, Hutri-Kähönen N, Viikari JS, Lehtimäki T.
Variation of the transcription factor 7-like 2 gene predicts impaired fasting glucose in healthy young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Diabetes Care. 2007 Sep;30(9):2299-2301.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Hintsa T, Kivimäki M, Puttonen S, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Type A Eagerness-Energy Across Developmental Periods Predicts Adulthood Carotid Intima-Media Thickness. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2007 Jul;27(7):1638-1644.

Grönroos P, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Marniemi J, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T.
Influence of apolipoprotein E polymorphism on serum lipid and lipoprotein changes: a 21-year follow-up study from childhood to adulthood. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Clin Chem Lab Med. 2007;45(5):592-598.

Nieminen T, Kähönen M, Islam S, Raitakari OT, Hutri-Kähönen N, Marniemi J, Juonala M, Rontu R, Viikari J, Lehtimäki T.
Apolipoprotein A-I/C-III/A-IV SstI and apolipoprotein B XbaI polymorphisms do not affect early functional and structural changes in atherosclerosis: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study.
Circ J. 2007 May;71(5):741-745.

Hintsanen M, Elovainio M, Puttonen S, Kivimäki M, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T, Rontu R, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Neuregulin-1 genotype moderates the association between job strain and early atherosclerosis in young men.
Ann Behav Med. 2007 Apr;33(2):148-155.

Jokela M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Kivimäki M, Puttonen S, Elovainio M, Rontu R, Lehtimäki T
Serotonin receptor 2A gene and the influence of childhood maternal nurturance on adulthood depressive symptoms.
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2007 Mar;64(3):356-360.

Yang X, Telama R, Leskinen E, Mansikkaniemi K, Viikari J, Raitakari OT.
Testing a model of physical activity and obesity tracking from youth to adulthood: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.
Int J Obes (Lond). 2007 Mar;31(3):521-527.

Mikkilä V, Räsänen L, Raitakari OT, Marniemi J, Pietinen P, Rönnemaa T, Viikari J.
Major dietary patterns and cardiovascular risk factors from childhood to adulthood. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Br J Nutr. 2007 Jul;98(1):218-225.

Kivimäki M, Lawlor DA, Eklund C, Smith GD, Hurme M, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Mendelian randomization suggests no causal association between C-reactive protein and carotid intima-media thickness in the young Finns study.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2007 Apr;27(4):978-979.

Pertovaara M, Raitala A, Juonala M, Lehtimäki T, Huhtala H, Oja SS, Jokinen E, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Hurme M.
Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase enzyme activity correlates with risk factors for atherosclerosis: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Clin Exp Immunol. 2007 Apr;148(1):106-111.

Kivimäki M, Hintsanen M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Elovainio M, Pulkki-Råback L, Vahtera J, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Early Risk Factors, Job Strain, and Atherosclerosis Among Men in Their 30s: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Am J Public Health. 2007 Mar;97(3):450-452.

Mattsson N, Rönnemaa T, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Intern Med. 2007 Feb;261(2):159-169.

Pertovaara M, Raitala A, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Hurme M.
Autoimmunity and atherosclerosis: functional polymorphism of PTPN22 is associated with phenotypes related to the risk of atherosclerosis. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Clin Exp Immunol. 2007 Feb;147(2):265-269.

Heponiemi T, Elovainio M, Pulkki L, Puttonen S, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Cardiac autonomic reactivity and recovery in predicting carotid atherosclerosis: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.
Health Psychol. 2007 Jan;26(1):13-21.

Collings A, Islam MS, Juonala M, Rontu R, Kähönen M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Laitinen T, Marniemi J, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki TJ.
Associations between connexin37 gene polymorphism and markers of subclinical atherosclerosis: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study.
Atherosclerosis. 2007 Dec;195(2):379-384.

Telama R, Yang X, Hirvensalo M.
Nuorisourheilusta vauhtia aktiiviseen elämäntapaan.
Liikkuva Lapsi 2007, 1, 20-21.

Heponiemi T, Ravaja N, Elovainio M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Relationships between hostility, affective ratings of pictures, and state affects during task-induced stress.
J Psychol. 2007 Mar;141(2):183-201.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Puttonen S, Kivimäki M, Elovainio M, Rontu R, Lehtimäki T.
Tryptophan hydroxylase 1 gene haplotypes modify the effect of a hostile childhood environment on adulthood harm avoidance.
Genes, Brain and Behavior 2007;6(4):305-313.

Jokela M, Lehtimäki T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
The serotonin receptor 2A gene moderates the influence of parental socioeconomic status on adulthood harm avoidance.
Behav Genet. 2007 Jul;37(4):567-574.
Yang X, Telama R.
Nuorten aikuisten liikunnan taustatekijät.
Kipinät 2006, 1, 17-19.

Juonala M, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT.
Vanhempien varhainen sepelvaltimotauti altistaa metabolisten riskitekijöiden haittavaikutuksille.
Duodecim 2006;122(10):1139.

Juonala M, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT.
Miksi sepelvaltimotauti on edelleen enemmän itä- kuin länsisuomalaisten vaiva?
Duodecim 2006;122(1):55-61.

Saarelainen H, Laitinen T, Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Heiskanen N, Lyyra-Laitinen T, Viikari JS, Vanninen E, Heinonen S.
Pregnancy-related hyperlipidemia and endothelial function in healthy women.
Circ J. 2006 Jun;70(6):768-772.

Islam MS, Lehtimaki T, Juonala M, Kahonen M, Hutri-Kahonen N, Kainulainen K, Miettinen H, Taittonen L, Kontula K, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) and angiotesinogen (AGT) genes and their associations with blood pressure and carotid artery intima media thickness among healthy Finnish young adults–the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis. 2006 Oct;188(2):316-322.

Fan YM, Laaksonen R, Janatuinen T, Vesalainen R, Laine H, Raitakari OT, Nuutila P, Knuuti J, Rontu R, Lehtimaki T.
The influence of hepatic lipase C-480T polymorphism on coronary flow reserve in young men is independent of the plasma cholesterol level.
Atherosclerosis. 2006 Oct;188(2):391-397.

Lahti J, Räikkönen K, Ekelund J, Peltonen L, Raitakari OT,Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Socio-demographic the association between characteristics moderate DRD4 and novelty seeking.
Personality and Individual Differences. 2006; 40(3): 533-543.

Lehtinen H, Räikkönen K, Heinonen K, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
School Performance in Childhood and Adolescence as a Predictor of Depressive Symptoms in Adulthood.
School Psychology International, Vol. 27, No. 3, 281-295 (2006).

Juonala M, Raitakari M, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT.
Obesity in youth is not an independent predictor of carotid IMT in adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis. 2006 Apr;185(2):388-393.

Lehtimäki T, Hemminki J, Rontu R, Mikkilä V, Räsänen L, Laaksonen M, Hutri-Kähonen N, Kähonen M, Viikari J, Raitakari O.
The effects of adult-type hypolactasia on body height growth and dietary calcium intake from childhood into young adulthood: a 21-year follow-up study–the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Pediatrics. 2006 Oct;118(4):1553-1559.

Viikari JSA, Juonala M, Raitakari OT.
Trends in cardiovascular risk factor levels in Finnish children and young adults from the 1970s: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Exp Clin Cardol. 2006 Summer;11(2):83-88.

Hintsa T, Kivimäki M, Elovainio M, Keskivaara P, Hintsanen M, Pulkki-Råback L, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Parental socioeconomic position and parental life satisfaction as predictors of job strain in adulthood: 18-year follow-up of the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Psychosom Res. 2006 Aug;61(2):243-249.

Heponiemi T, Elovainio M, Kivimäki M, Pulkki L, Puttonen S, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
The longitudinal effects of social support and hostility on depressive tendencies.
Soc Sci Med. 2006 Sep;63(5):1374-1382.

Järvisalo MJ, Juonala M, Raitakari OT.
Assessment of inflammatory markers and endothelial function.
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2006 Sep;9(5):547-552.

Juonala M, Viikari JS, Rönnemaa T, Helenius H, Taittonen L, Raitakari OT.
Elevated blood pressure in adolescent boys predicts endothelial dysfunction: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.
Hypertension. 2006 Sep;48(3):424-430.

Juonala M, Viikari JS, Rönnemaa T, Taittonen L, Marniemi J, Raitakari OT.
Childhood C-reactive protein in predicting CRP and carotid intima-media thickness in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2006 Aug;26(8):1883-1888.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pulkki-Råback L, Puttonen S, Viikari J, Raitakari OT.
Childhood hyperactivity as a predictor of carotid artery intima media thickness over a period of 21 years: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.
Psychosom Med. 2006 Jul-Aug;68(4):509-516.

Kivimäki M, Smith GD, Elovainio M, Pulkki L, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Taittonen L, Raitakari OT, Viikari JS.
Socioeconomic Circumstances in Childhood and Blood Pressure in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Ann Epidemiol. 2006 Oct;16(10):737-742.

Heinonen K, Räikkonen K, Matthews KA, Scheier MF, Raitakari OT, Pulkki L, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Socioeconomic status in childhood and adulthood: associations with dispositional optimism and pessimism over a 21-year follow-up.
J Pers. 2006 Aug;74(4):1111-1126.

Telama R, Yang X, Hirvensalo M, Raitakari O.
Participation in Organized Youth Sport as a Predictor of Adult Physical Activity: A 21-Year Longitudinal Study
PES, 18(1), March 2006.

Saarelainen H, Laitinen T, Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Heiskanen N, Lyyra-Laitinen T, Viikari JS, Vanninen E, Heinonen S.
Pregnancy-related hyperlipidemia and endothelial function in healthy women.
Circ J. 2006 Jun;70(6):768-772.

Kivimäki M, Lawlor DA, Smith GD, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Elovainio M, Vahtera J, Pulkki-Råback L, Taittonen L, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Early socioeconomic position and blood pressure in childhood and adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Hypertension. 2006 Jan;47(1):39-44.

Elovainio M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pulkki-Råback L, Kivimäki M, Puttonen S, Viikari L, Räsänen L, Mansikkamäki K, Viikari J, Raitakari OT.
Depressive symptoms and C-reactive protein: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Psychol Med. 2006 Apr Jun;36(6):797-805.

Yang X, Telama R, Viikari J, Raitakari OT.
Risk of obesity in relation to physical activity tracking from youth to adulthood.
Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2006 May;38(5):919-925.

Juonala M, Viikari JS, Räsänen L, Helenius H, Pietikäinen M, Raitakari OT.
Young Adults With Family History of Coronary Heart Disease Have Increased Arterial Vulnerability to Metabolic Risk Factors. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2006 Jun;26(6):1376-1382.

Viiri LE, Raitakari OT, Huhtala H, Kähonen M, Rontu R, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähonen N, Marniemi J, Viikari JS, Karhunen PJ, Lehtimäki T.
Relations of apolipoprotein E promoter polymorphisms and haplotypes to plasma low-density and total cholesterol levels and markers of subclinical atherosclerosis in the 21-year follow-up of the the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns study.
J Lipid Res.2006 Jun;47(6):1298-1306.

Aburawi EH, Grubb A, Raitakari OT, Viikari J, Pesonen EJ.
Lowered levels of serum albumin and HDL-cholesterol in children with a recent mild infection.
Ann Med. 2006;38(2):154-160.

Kivimäki M, Davey Smith G, Juonala M, Ferrie JE, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Elovainio M, Pulkki-Råbäck L, Vahtera J, Leino M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Socioeconomic position in childhood and adult cardiovascular risk factors, vascular structure and function: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Heart. 2006 Apr;92(4):474-480.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Puttonen S, Kivimäki M, Rontu R, Lehtimäki T.
Cloninger’s temperament dimensions and epidermal growth factor A61G polymorphism in Finnish adults.
Genes, Brain and Behavior 2006 Feb;5(1):11-18.

Lahti J, Räikkönen K, Ekelund J, Peltonen L, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Socio-demographic characteristics moderate the association between DRD4 and novelty seeking.
Personality and Individual Differences 2006;40(3):533-543.

Ravaja N, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Kettunen J.
Cloninger’s temperament dimensions and threat, stress, and performance appraisals during different challenges among young adults.
J Pers. 2006 Feb;74(1):287-310.

Heponiemi T, Ravaja N, Elovainio M, Näätänen P, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Experiencing positive affect and negative affect during stress: relationships to cardiac reactivity and to facial expressions.
Scand J Psychol. 2006 Oct;47(5):327-337.
Telama R, Yang X.
Nuoruuden aktiivisuudesta vankat eväät liikunnalliseen aikuisuuteen.
Liikunta ja Tiede 2005, 42, 5, 4-6.

Lahti J, Raikkonen K, Ekelund J, Peltonen L, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Jarvinen L.
Novelty seeking: interaction between parental alcohol use and dopamine D4 receptor gene exon III polymorphism over 17 years.
Psychiatr Genet. 2005 Jun;15(2):133-139.

Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Viikari JS.
Obesity in childhood and vascular changes in adulthood: insights into the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Int J Obes (Lond). 2005 Sep;29 Suppl 2:S101-S104.

Raitakari M, Mansikkaniemi K, Marniemi J, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Distribution and determinants of serum high-sensitive C-reactive protein in a population of young adults: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Intern Med. 2005 Nov;258(5):428-434.

Verkasalo MA, Raitakari OT, Viikari J, Marniemi J, Savilahti E.
Undiagnosed silent coeliac disease: a risk for underachievement?
Scand J Gastroenterol. 2005 Dec;40(12):1407-1412.

Hintsanen M, Kivimäki M, Elovainio M, Pulkki-Råbäck L, Keskivaara P, Juonala M, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Job strain and early atherosclerosis: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Psychosom Med. 2005 Sep-Oct;67(5):740-747.

Kivimäki M, Lawlor DA, Juonala M, Davey Smith G, Elovainio M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Vahtera J, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Lifecourse Socioeconomic Position, C-Reactive Protein, and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Young Adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2005 Oct;25(10):2197-2202.

Juonala M, Järvisalo MJ, Mäki-Torkko N, Kähönen M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Risk factors identified in childhood and decreased carotid artery elasticity in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Circulation. 2005 Sep 6;112(10):1486-1493.

Elovainio M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Kivimäki M, Pulkki L, Puttonen S, Heponiemi T, Juonala M, Viikari JS, Raitakari OT.
Depressive symptoms and carotid artery intima-media thickness in young adults: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Psychosom Med. 2005 Jul-Aug;67(4):561-567.

Puttonen S, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Elovainio M, Kivimäki M, Rontu R, Lehtimäki T.
Epidermal growth factor A61G polymorphism and cardiac autonomic control in adults.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2005 Jun;29(5):702-707.

Mikkilä V, Räsänen L, Raitakari OT, Pietinen P, Viikari J.
Consistent dietary patterns identified from childhood to adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Br J Nutr. 2005 Jun;93(6):923-931.

Juonala M, Viikari JSA, Kähönen M, Taittonen L, Rönnemaa T, Laitinen T, Mäki-Torkko N, Mikkilä V, Räsänen L, Åkerblom HK, Pesonen E, Raitakari OT.
Geographic origin as a determinant of carotid artery intima-media thickness and brachial artery flow-mediated dilation. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2005 Feb;25(2):392-398.

Juonala M.
Cardiovascular risk factors and their associations with markers of subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Thesis. Annales Universitatis Turkuensis 2005 D 645.

Pulkki-Råback L, Elovainio M, Kivimäki M, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Temperament in childhood predicts body mass in adulthood: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.
Health Psychol. 2005 May;24(3):307-315.

Islam MS, Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Kähonen M, Hutri-Kähonen N, Collings A, Aalto-Setälä K, Kontula K, Marniemi J, Viikari JS, Lehtimäki T.
Apolipoprotein A-I/C-III/A-IV SstI and apolipoprotein B XbaI polymorphisms and their association with carotid artery intima-media thickness in the Finnish population. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis. 2005 May;180(1):79-86.

Telama R, Yang X, Viikari J, Välimäki I, Wanne O, Raitakari O.
Physical activity from childhood to adulthood: a 21-year tracking study.
Am J Prev Med. 2005 Apr;28(3):267-273.

Elovainio M, Puttonen S, Heponiemi T, Reuter M, Kivimäki M, Viikari J, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Relationship between DRD4 polymorphism and lipid metabolism: what is the role of novelty seeking?
Neuropsychobiology. 2005;51(1):53-58.

Elovainio M, Kivimäki M, Puttonen S, Heponiemi T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Viikari J.
Does the level of LDL cholesterol moderate a relationship between DRD4 and novelty seeking?
Biological Psychology 2005;68(1):79-86.

Lahti J, Räikkönen K, Ekelund J, Peltonen L, Raitakari OT, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Novelty seeking: interaction between parental alcohol use and dopamine D4 receptor gene exon III polymorphism over 17 years.
Psychiatr Genet. 2005 Jun;15(2):133-139.

Telama R, Nupponen H, Yang X.
Determinants and correlates of physical activity among young Finns.
In F. Carreiro da Costa, M. Cloes and M. Conzales Valeiro (eds.) The Art and Science of Teaching in Physical Education and Sport. Lisboa, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, 2005;279-294.

Telama R, Yang X.
Liikunnallinen eläntapa, mutta miten?
Liikunnanopettaja 2005;2:46-47.

Heinonen K, Räikkönen K, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Dispositional optimism: development over 21 years from the perspectives of perceived temperament and mothering.
Personality and Individual Differences 2005;38(2):425-435.

Elovainio M, Kivimäki M, Viikari J, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Peltonen L, Ekelund J.
The mediating role of novelty seeking in the association between the type 4 dopamine receptor gene polymorphism and cigarette smoking behavior.
Personality and Individual Differences 2005;38:639-646.

Puttonen S, Ravaja N, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Cloninger’s temperament dimensions and affective responses to different challenges.
Compr Psychiatry. 2005 Mar-Apr;46(2):128-134.

Heponiemi T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Puttonen S, Ravaja N.
Vital exhaustion, temperament and the circumplex model of affect during laboratory induced stress.
Cognition & Emotion 2005;19:879-897.

Heinonen K, Räikkönen K, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Self-esteem in early and late adolescence predicts dispositional optimism-pessimism in adulthood: a 21-year longitudinal study.
Personality and Individual Differences 2005;39:511-521.
Elovainio M, Kivimäki M, Puttonen S, Heponiemi T, Pulkki L, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Temperament and depressive symptoms: a population-based longitudinal study on Cloninger’s psychobiological temperament model.
J Affect Disord. 2004 Dec;83(2-3):227-232.

Juonala M, Viikari JSA, Hutri-kähönen N, Pietikäinen M, Jokinen E, Taittonen L, Marniemi L, Rönnemaa T, Raitakari OT.
The 21-year follow-up of the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study: risk factor levels, secural trends and east-west difference.
Journal of Internal Medicine 2004; 255: 457-468.

Mikkilä V, Räsänen L, Raitakari OT, Pietinen P, Viikari J.
Longitudinal changes in diet from childhood into adulthood with respect to risk of cardiovascular diseases: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2004; 58: 1038-1045.

Juonala M, Viikari JSA, Laitinen T, Marniemi J, Helenius H, Rönnemaa T, Raitakari OT.
Interrelations between brachial endothelial function and carotid intima-Media thickness in young adults: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Circulation. 2004 Nov 2;110(18):2918-2923.

Viikari JS, Niinikoski H, Juonala M, Raitakari OT, Lagström H, Kaitosaari T, Rönnemaa T, Simell O.
Risk factors for coronary heart disease in children and young adults.
Acta Paediatr Suppl. 2004 Dec;93(446):34-42. Review.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Räikkönen K, Ekelund J, Peltonen L.
Nature and nurture in novelty seeking.
Mol Psychiatry. 2004 Mar;9(3):308-311.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Heponiemi T.
Vital exhaustion, temperament, and cardiac reactivity in task-induced stress.
Biol Psychol. 2004 Jan;65(2):121-135.

Heponiemi T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Kettunen J, Puttonen S, Ravaja N.
BIS-BAS sensitivity and cardiac autonomic stress profiles.
Psychophysiology. 2004 Jan;41(1):37-45.

Räikkönen K, Schubert C, Pesonen A-K, Heinonen K, Viikari J, Keltikangas-Järvinen, L.
Parental reports of global physical health at ages 3 and 6 predict self-reported depressive symptoms 17 years later.
British Journal of Developmental Psychology 2004;22(3):459-469.
Raitakari OT, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Taittonen L, Laitinen T, Mäki-Torkko N, Järvisalo M, Uhari M, Jokinen E, Rönnemaa T, Åkerblom HK, Viikari JSA.
Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Childhood and Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Adulthood. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
JAMA, Nov 5, 2003; 290(17): 2277-2283.

Pulkki L, Kivimäki M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Elovainio M, Leino M,Viikari J.
Contribution of adolescent and early adult personality to the inverse association between education and socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular risk behaviours: Prospective population-based cohort study.
Int. J. Epidemiol. 2003 32: p. 968-975.

Pulkki L, Kivimäki M, Elovainio M & Viikari J, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Contribution of socioeconomic status to the association between hostility and cardiovascular risk behaviors: A prospective cohort study.
American Journal of Epidemiology. 2003 Oct 15;158(8):736-742.

Pulkki L, Keltinkangas-Järvinen L, Ravaja N, Viikari J.
Child-rearing attitudes and cardiovascular risk among children: moderating influence of parental socioeconomic status.
Prev Med. 2003 Jan;36(1):55-63.

Yang X, Telama R, Viikari JSA, Laakso L.
Children’s and adolesescents’ physical activity in realtion with environment, parents’ physical activity, age and gender.
Acta Kinesiologiae Universitatis Tartuensis, 2003, 8, 61-88.

Pesonen A-K, Räikkönen K, Keskivaara P, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Difficult temperament in childhood and adulthood: Continuity from maternal perceptions to self-ratings over 17 years.
Personality and Individual Differences 2003;34:19-31.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Kivimäki M, Keskivaara P.
Parental practices, self-esteem and adult temperament: 17-year follow-up study of four population-based age cohorts.
Personality and Individual Differences 2003;34:431-447.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Elovainio M, Kivimäki M, Lichtermann D, Ekelund J, Peltonen L.
Association between the type 4 dopamine receptor gene polymorphism and novelty seeking.
Psychosomatic Medicine 2003;65:471-476.

Puttonen S, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Ravaja N, Viikari J.
Affects and Autonomic Cardiac Reactivity during Experimentally Induced Stress as Related to Precursors of Insulin Resistance Syndrome.
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine 2003;10:106-124.

Puttonen S, Elovainio M, Kivimäki M, Lehtimäki T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
The Combined Effects of Apolipoprotein E Polymorphism and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol on Cognitive Performance in Young Adults.
Neuropsychobiology 2003;48:35-40.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Heinonen K.
Childhood roots of adulthood hostility: Family factors as predictors of cognitive and affective hostility.
Child Development 2003;74:1751-1768.

Heponiemi T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Puttonen S, Ravaja N.
BIS/BAS sensitivity and self-rated affects during experimentally induced stress.
Personality and Individual Differences 2003;34:943-957.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Elovainio M, Kivimäki M, Ekelund J, Peltonen L.
Novelty seeking as a mediator in relationships between type 4 dopamine receptor gene polymorphism and predisposition to higher education.
Learning and Individual Differences 2003;14:23-30.

Heinonen K, Räikkönen K, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Maternal perceptions and adolescent self-esteem: a six-year longitudinal study.
Adolescence. 2003 Winter;38(152):669-687.
Viikari JS, Raitakari OT, Simell O.
Nutritional influences on lipids and future atherosclerosis beginning prenatally and during childhood.
Curr Opin Lipidol. 2002 Feb;13(1):11-18. Review.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Ravaja N.
Relationships between hostility and physiological coronary heart disease risk factors in young adults: moderating influence of perceived social support and sociability.
Psychology and Health 2002;17(2):173-190.

Heinonen K, Räikkönen K, Keskivaara P, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Difficult temperament predicts self-esteem in adolescence.
European Journal of Personality 2002;16(6):439-455.
Telama R, Valimaki I, Nupponen H, Numminen P, Saakslahti A, Raitakari O.
Suomalaisten lasten ja nuorten liikunta tänään.
Duodecim. 2001;117(13):1382-1388. Review

Viikari J, Salo M, Ronnemaa T, Raitakari O.
Milloin ja miten lasten ja nuorten hyperlipidemioita tulee hoitaa?
Duodecim. 2001;117(13):1350-1355.

Ravaja N, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Cloninger’s temperament and character dimensions in young adulthood and their relation to characteristics of parental alcohol use and smoking.
Journal of Studies on Alcohol 2001;62:98-104.

Ravaja N, Katainen S, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Perceived difficult temperament, hostile maternal child-rearing attitudes and insulin resistance syndrome precursors among children: a 3-year follow-up study.
Psychother Psychosom. 2001 Mar-Apr;70(2):66-77.
Leino M, Raitakari OT, Porkka KV, Helenius HY, Viikari JS.
Cardiovascular risk factors of young adults in relation to parental socioeconomic status: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Ann Med. 2000 Mar;32(2):142-151.

Telama R, Yang X.
Decline of physical activity from youth to young adulthood in Finland.
Med Sci Sports Exerc 2000 Sep;32(9):1617-1622.

Yang X, Telama R, Leskinen E.
Testing a multidimensional model of socialisation into physical activity: a 6-year follow-up study.
European Journal of Physical Education, 2000;5:67-87.

Räikkönen K, Katainen S, Keskivaara P, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Temperament, mothering and hostilite attitudes: A 12-year longitudinal study.
Person Social Psychol Bulletin 2000;26(1):3-12.

Ravaja N, Kauppinen T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Relationships between hostility and physiological coronary heart disease risk factors in young adults: the moderating influence of depressive tendencies.
Psychological Medicine 2000;30:381-393.
Leino M, Raitakari OT, Porkka KV, Taimela S, Viikari JS.
Associations of education with cardiovascular risk factors in young adults: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Int J Epidemiol 1999 Aug;28(4):667-675.


Viikari JSA, Åkerblom HK.
Preface to the Proceedings of the XI medical symposium of the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation.
Ann Med 1999;31 (Suppl 1):1-2.

Åkerblom HK, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT, Uhari M.
Cardiovascular risk in young finns study: general outline and recent developments.
Ann Med 1999;31 Suppl 1:45-54.

Yang X, Telama R, Leino M, Viikari JSA.
Factors explaining the physical activity of young adults: the importance of early socialization.
Scand J Med Sci Sports 1999;9:120-127.

Telama R, Yang X.
Physical activity from childhood to young adulthood; significance of early socialisation.
In R. Sugman (ed.) Proceedings of International Scientific Meeting Sport – Health – Old Age. Bled, Slovenia, 1999:281-282.

Katainen S, Räikkönen K, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Adolescent temperament, perceivev social support and depressive tendencies as predictors of depressive tendencies in young adulthood.
Eur J Personality 1999;13:183-297.

Taittonen L, Uhari M, Kontula K, Kainulainen K, Miettinen H, Turtinen J, Nuutinen M.
Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism, angiotensinogen gene polymorphisms, family history of hypertension and childhood blood pressure.
Am J Hypertension 1999;12(9 Pt 1):858-66.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Ravaja N, Viikari J.
Identifying Cloninger’s temperament profiles as related to the early development of the metabolic cardiovascular syndromein young men.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1999 Aug;19(8):1998-2006.

Katainen S, Räikkönen K, Keskivaara P, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Maternal child-rearingattitudes and role-satisfaction and children’s temperament as anticedents of adolescent depressive tendencies: a follow-up study of 6 to 15-year olds.
J Youth and Adolescence 1999;28(2):139-163.

Yang X, Telama R, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Räikkönen K.
Type A-type behavior as a determinant of participation in physical activity andsport among adolescents.
European Physical Education Rewiew 1998;1:21-33.

Ravaja N, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Viikari J.
Perceived social support and abdominal fat distribution in adolescents and young adults: A structural equation analysis of prospective data.
Appetite 1998;31:21-35.

Ollikainen M.
Ravinto sen ratkaisee: Sydän ja verisuonitautien riskitekijät alkavat kehittyä jo varhaisaikuisuudessa, sanovat suomalaistutkijat seurattuaan kahden vuosikymmenen ajan lasten ja nuorten terveydentilaa.
1998;20:7-9.

Katainen S, Räikkönen K, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Development of temperament: Childhood temperament and the mother’r child-rearing attitudes as predictors of adolescent temperament in nine-year-follow-up study.
J Res Adolescence 1998;8:485-509.
Ravaja N, Räikkönen K, Lyytinen H, Lehtimäki T, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Apolipoprotein E Phenotypes and Cardiovascular Responses to Experimentally Induced Mental Stress in Adolescent Boys.
J Behav Med 1997;20:571-587.

Raitakari OT, Taimela S, Porkka KVK, Telama R, Välimäki I, Åkerblom HK, Viikari JSA.
Associations between physical activity and risk factors for coronary heart disease: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Med Sci Sports Exerc 1997;29:1055-1061.

Nuotio I, Raitakari OT, Porkka KVK, Räsänen L, Moilanen T, Viikari JSA.
Associations between diet and the hyperapobetalipoproteinemia phenotype expression in children and young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Arteriosclerosis Et Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 1997;17:820-825.

Raitakari OT, Porkka KVK, Taimela S, Räsänen L, Viikari JSA.
Characteristics of young men with clustering risk factors for coronary heart disease: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Am J Human Biol 1997;9:565-571.

Porkka KVK, Raitakari OT, Leino A, Laitinen S, Räsänen L, Rönnemaa T, Marniemi J, Lehtimäki T, Taimela S, Dahl M and others.
Trends in serum lipid levels during 1980-1992 in children and young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Am J Epidemiol 1997;146:64-77.

Virkola K, Pesonen E, Åkerblom HK, Siimes MA.
Cholesterol and carotid artery wall in children and adolescents with familial hypercholesterolaemia: A controlled study by ultrasound.
Acta Paediatr 1997;86:1203-1207.

Taittonen L, Uhari M, Turtinen J, Nuutinen M.
Change in blood pressure during pubertal insulin resistance.
Pediatr Res 1997;41:272-275.

Taittonen L, Nuutinen M, Räsänen L, Turtinen J, Uhari M.
Lack of association between copper, zinc, selenium and blood pressure among healthy children.
J Human Epidemiol 1997;11:429-433.

Laitinen S, Högström P, Räsänen L.
Similarity of food choices among young Finnish couples.
J Human Nutr and Dietetics 1997;10:353-360.

Telama R, Yang X, Viikari J.
Physical activity in childhood and adolescence as predictors of physical activity in young adulthood.
Prev Med 1997;13:317-323.

Katainen S, Räikkönen K, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Childhood temperament and mother’s child-rearing attitudes: stability interaction in three-year-follow-up study.
Eur J Personality 1997;11:1-17.
Ravaja N, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Viikari J.
Type A behavior and metabolic syndrome precursors in young adults.
J Clin Epidemiol 1996;49:335-343.

Leino M, Porkka KVK, Raitakari OT, Laitinen S, Taimela S, Viikari JSA.
Influence of parental socioeconomic status on coronary heart disease risk factors in children. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Int J Epidemiology 1996;25:1189-1195.

Taimela S, Lehtimäki T, Porkka KVK, Räsänen L, Viikari JSA.
The effect of physical activity on serum total- and LDL cholesterol concentrations varies with apolipoprotein E phenotype in male children and young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Metabolism Clinical & Experimental 1996;45:797-803.

Ravaja N, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Keskivaara P.
Type A factors as predictors of changes in the metabolic syndrome precursors in adolescents and young adults – A 3-year follow-up study.
Health Psychol 1996;15:18-29.

Yang X, Telama R, Laakso L.
Parent’s physical activity, socioeconomic status and education as predictors of physical activity and sport among children and youths – a 12-years follow-up study.
Int Rew for Soc of Sport 1996;31:273-294.

Yang X, Telama R, Laakso L.
Parental influneces on the competitive sports and physical activity of young Finns – a 9-year follow-up study.
In G. Toll-Tepper & W-D. Brettschneider (eds) Physical Education and Sport, Changes and Challenges. Aachen, Sport, leisure and Physical Education Trends and Development 2, Meyer & Meyer Verlag, 1996, 511-526.

Yang X, Telama R, Räikkönen K, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
The realtionship between psychological variables and competitive sport among adolescents.
In R. Lidor, E. Eldar & I. Harari (eds) Proceedings of the AIESEP World Congress Windows to the Future, Part II, Wingate Institute, Israel, 1996, 541-549.

Raitakari OT, Taimela S, Porkka KVK, Leino M, Telama R, Dahl M, Viikari JSA.
Patterns of physical activity among 15- to 30- year old Finns. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Scand J Med Sci Sports 1996;6:36-39.

Taittonen L, Uhari M, Nuutinen M, Turtinen J, Pokka T, Åkerblom HK.
Insulin and blood pressure among healthy children.
Amer J Hypertension 1996;9:194-199.

Nuutinen M, Turtinen J, Uhari M.
A meta-analytical approach to the pooling of blood pressure values in children.
Arc Med Res 1996;55:107-117.

Nuotio IO, Porkka KVK, Raitakari OT, Lehtimäki T, Marniemi J, Taimela S, Suurinkeroinen L, Viikari JSA.
Prevelence of hyperapobetalipoproteinemia and factors affecting the phenotype expression in children and young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis 1996;122:79-88.

Ravaja N, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Viikari J.
Life changes, locus of control, and metabolic syndrome precursors in adolescents and young adults: A three -year follow-up.
Soc Sci Med 1996;43:51-61.

Telama R, Leskinen E, Yang X.
Stability of habitual physical activity and sport participation: a longitudinal tracking study.
Scand J Med Sci Sports 1996;6:371-378.

Raitakari OT, Taimela S, Porkka KVK, Viikari JSA.
Effect of leisure-time physical activity change on high density lipoprotein cholesterol in young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Ann Med 1996;28:259-263.

Viitanen A-M, Kärkkäinen M, Laitinen K, Lamberg-Allardt C, Kainulainen K, Räsänen L, Viikari J, Välimäki M, Kontula K.
Common polymorphism of the vitamin D reseptor gene is associated with variation of peak bone mass in young finns.
Calsified Tissue International 1996;59:231-234.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Ravaja N, Räikkönen K, Lyytinen H.
Insulin resistance syndrome and autonomically mediated physiological responses to experimentally-induced mental stress in adolescent boys.
Metabolism 1996;45:614-621.

Taittonen L, Turtinen J, Uhari M, Nuutinen M.
Prenatal and postnatal factors in predicting later blood pressure among children: Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns.
Pediatr Res 1996;40:627-632.

Laakso L, Telama R, Yang X.
Youth Sport in Finland.
Kirjassa: De Knop, L-M. Engström, B. Skirstad, M. Weiss (Eds.) Worldwide Trends in Child and Youth Sport. Champaing, III Human Kinetics Publishers. 1996;126-138.
Porkka KVK, Viikari JSA.
Tracking of serum lipids in children and young adults: Association with the absolute lipid level – The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Clin Epidemiol 1995;48:221-228.

Lehtimäki T, Moilanen T, Porkka K, Åkerblom HK, Rönnemaa T, Räsänen L, Viikari J, Ehnholm C, Nikkari T.
Association between serum lipids and apolipoprotein E phenotype is influenced by diet in a population-based sample of free-living children and young adults: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Lipid Res 1995;36:653-661.

Kimmo V. K. Porkka, Risto Erkkola, Simo Taimela, Olli T. Raitakari, Gösta H. Dahlen, Jorma S. A. Viikari.
Influence of oral contraceptive use on lipoprotein (a) and other coronary heart disease factors. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Ann Med 1995;27:193-198.

Laitinen S, Räsänen L, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK.
Diet of Finnish children in relation to family’s socio-economic status.
Scand J Soc Med 1995;23:88-94.

Mutanen M, Krusius T, Räsänen L, Freese R, Vahtera E, Viikari J.
Habitual diet, platelet function, fibrinogen and factor VII coagulant activity in young Finns.
J Intern Med 1995;237:577-583.

Raitakari OT, Leino M, Räikkönen K, Porkka KVK, Taimela S, Räsänen L, Viikari JSA.
Clustering of risk habits in young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Am J Epidemiol 1995;142:36-44.

Ravaja N, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Temperament and metabolic syndrome precursors in children: A three-year follow-up.
Prev Med 1995;24:518-527.

Ashorn M, Mäki M, Hällström M, Uhari M, Åkerblom HK, Viikari J, Miettinen A.
Helicobacter pylori infection in Finnish children and adolescents: a serolog cross-sectional and follow-up study.
Scand J Gastroenterol 1995;30:876-879.

Raitakari OT, Porkka KVK, Rönnemaa T, Knip M, Uhari M, Åkerblom HK, Viikari JSA.
The role of insulin in clustering of serum lipids and blood pressure in children and adolescents. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Diabetologia 1995;38:1042-1050.
Telama R, Laakso L, Yang X.
Physical activity and sport participation of young Finns.
Scand J Med Sci Sports 1994;4:65-74.

Porkka KVK, Viikari JSA, Åkerblom HK.
Short-term intra-individual variation and long-term tracking of serum lipid levels in children: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis 1994;105:63-69.

Porkka KVK, Taimela S, Kontula K, Lehtimäki T, Aalto-Setälä K, Åkerblom HK, Viikari JSA.
Variability gene effects of DNA polymorphisms at the apo B, apo AI/CIII and apo E loci on serum lipids: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Clin Genet 1994;45:113-121.

Pesonen E, Viikari J, Räsänen L, Moilanen T, Turtinen J, Åkerblom HK.
Nutritional and genetic contributions to serum cholesterol concentration in a children’s follow-up study.
Acta Paediatr 1994;83:378-382.

Porkka KVK, Viikari JSA, Rönnemaa T, Marniemi J, Åkerblom HK.
Age and gender specific serum lipid and apolipoprotein fractiles of Finnish children and young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Acta Paediatr 1994;83:838-848.

Porkka KVK, Viikari JSA.
Should children or young adults be screened for serum lipids to prevent adult coronary heart disease? Experience from the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Intern Med 1994;236:115-123.

Raitakari OT, Porkka KVK, Taimela S, Telama R, Räsänen L, Viikari JSA.
Effects of persistent physical activity and inactivity on coronary risk factors in children and young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Am J Epidemiol 1994;140:195-205.

Raitakari OT, Porkka KVK, Viikari JSA, Rönnemaa T, Åkerblom HK.
Clustering of risk factors for coronary heart disease in children and adolescents. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Acta Paediatr 1994;83:935-940.

Välimäki M, Kärkkäinen M, Lamberg-Allardt C, Laitinen K, Alhava E, Heikkinen J, Impivaarara O, Mäkelä P, Palmgren J, Seppänen R and others.
Exercise, smoking, and calcium intake during adolescence and early adulthood as determinants of peak bone mass.
BMJ 1994;309:230-235.

Lehtimäki T, Porkka K, Viikari J, Ehnholm C, Åkerblom HK, Nikkari T.
Apolipoprotein E phenotypes and serum lipids in newborns and 3-year-old children: lack of association between serum cholesterol and apolipoprotein E phenotypes in newborns. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Pediatrics 1994;94:489-493.

Raitakari OT, Porkka KVK, Räsänen L, Rönnemaa T, Viikari JSA.
Clustering and six year cluster-tracking of serum total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and diastolic blood pressure in children and young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
J Clin Epidemiol 1994;47:1085-1093.

Taimela S, Viikari JSA, Porkka KVK, Dahlen G.
Lipoprotein (a) levels in children and young adults: the influence of physical activity. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Acta Paediatr 1994;83:1258-1263.

Porkka KVK, Viikari JSA, Taimela S, Dahl M, Åkerblom HK.
Tracking and predictiveness of serum lipid and lipoprotein measurements in childhood: a 12-year follow-up. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Am J Epidemiol 1994;140:1096-1110.

Raitakari O, Porkka K, Taimela S, Viikari J.
Relations of life-style with lipids and blood pressure and insulin in adolescents and young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Atherosclerosis 1994;111:237-246.

Lehtimäki T, Kontula K, Aalto-Setälä K, Porkka K, Viikari J, Nikkari T.
Apolipoproteiini B:n ja E:n perinnöllinen vaihtelu ja seerumin kolesteroli.
Suom Lääk l 1994;49:1139-1142.

Lehtimäki T, Moilanen T, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Ehnholm C, Nikkari T.
Apolipoproteiini E:n geneettinen vaihtelu ja seerumin kolesteroli suomalaisilla lapsilla ja nuorilla.
Duodecim 1994;110:1313-1319.

Kähkönen M, Viikari J.
Sepelvaltimotaudin riskitekijät eri sosiaaliryhmien lapsilla ja nuorilla.
Suom Lääk l 1994;49:2186-2193.

Isoniemi M, Prättälä R, Räsänen L.
Naisten ja miesten ruokaluokitukset.
Sosiaalilääketieteellinen Aikakauslehti – Journal of Social Medicine 1994;31:341-350.
Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Räikkönen K, Lehtimäki T.
Dependence between ApoE phenotypes and temperament in children, adolescents and young adults.
Psychosom Med 1993;55:155-163.

Lehtimäki T, Moilanen T, Porkka K, Åkerblom HK, Ehnholm C, Rönnemaa T, Räsänen L, Laippala P, Viikari J.
Association of serum lipids with apolipoprotein E phenotype and linoleic acid content of serum cholesteryl esters in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 1993;3:61-65.

Laitinen S, Virtanen S M, Räsänen L, Penttilä P-L.
Calculated dietary intakes of nitrate and nitrite by young Finns.
Food Addit Contam 1993;10:469-477.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Räikkönen K.
Emotional styles and coping strategies characterizing the risk and non-risk dimensions of type A behaviour in young men.
Person Individ Diff 1993;14:667-677.

Prättälä R, Pelto G, Pelto P, Ahola M, Räsänen L.
Continuity and Change in Meal Patterns: The Case of Urban Finland.
Ecol Food Nutr 1993;31:87-100.

Mussalo-Rauhamaa H, Lehto JJ, Åkerblom HK, Räsänen L.
Increase in serum selenium levels in Finnish children and young adults during 1980-1986 – a correlation between the serum levels and the estimated intake.
Eur J Clin Nutr 1993;47:711-717.

Pesonen E, Rapola J, Viikari J, Turtinen J, Åkerblom HK.
Altered serum lipid profile after systemic infection in children: risk factor for CHD?
Eur Heart J 1993;14(supplement K):7-11.

Pyörälä K, Puska P, Aro A, Ehnholm C, Jauhiainen M, Pekkanen J, Viikari J, Penttilä I.
Valion tutkimusjohtajan kirjoituksen johdosta.
Duodecim 1993;109:341.

Laitinen S, Räsänen L.
Suomalaisten lasten ja nuorten ruokavalio 1980-luvulla.
Nuorisotutkimus 1993;11:27-34.

Telama R, Yang X.
Atividades desportivas da infancia a idade adulata: estabilidade desistencia e mudancas.
Artus, Revista De Educacao Fisica e Desportos 1993;16:175-184.
Moilanen T, Räsänen L, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Nikkari T.
Correlation of serum fatty acid composition with dietary intake data in children and young adults.
Ann Med 1992;24:67-70.

Prättälä R, Pelto G, Pelto P, Ahola M, Räsänen L.
Perceptions of Spreading Fats Among Women in Helsinki Whose Households use Only Butter or Margarine.
Appetite 1992;18:185-191.

Nuutinen M, Turtinen J, Uhari M.
Random-zero sphygmomanometer, Rose’s tape and the accuracy of the blood pressure measurements in children.
Pediatr Res 1992;32:243-247.

Alfthan G, Pesonen E, Neuvonen PJ, Hirvonen J, Karkola K, Laaksonen H, Räsänen L, Åkerblom HK.
Relationships between myocardial macrominerals and trace elements and luminal narrowing of coronary arteries in Finnish children.
J Trace Elem Elect H 1992;6:45-49.

Åkerblom HK, Chandra RK, Franklin FA, Giovannini M, Grobbee DE, Innis SM, Jacques H, Kersting M, Kunze D, Lifshitz F and others.
Conclusions and Recommendations from the IUNS/WHO Workshop: Nutrition in the Pediatric Age Group and Later Cardiovascular Disease.
J Am Coll Nutr 1992;11:1S-2S.

Räikkönen K, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Childhood hyperactivity and the mother-child relationship as predictors of risk Type A behavior in adolescence – a six-year follow-up.
Person Individ Diff 1992;13:321-327.

Räikkönen K, Keskivaara P, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Hostility and social support among Type A individuals.
Psychology and Health 1992;7:289-299.

Räikkönen K, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Mothers with hostile, Type A predisposing child-rearing practices.
J Genet Psychol 1992;153:343-354.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Type A behavior and school achievement.
Eur J Personality 1992;6:71-81.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Self esteem as a predictor of future school achievement.
Eur J Psychol Educ 1992;7:123-130.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Emotionale Hilflosigkeit – ein Risikofaktor fur Somatische Krankheiten.
Psychother – Psychosom – Med – Psychol 1992;42:409-413.

Moilanen T, Räsänen L, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Nikkari T.
Tracking of serum fatty acid composition: a 6-year follow-up study in Finnish youths.
Am J Epidemiol 1992;136:1487-1492.

Räikkönen K.
Modern views on the concept of type A behaviour.
Psychiatria Fennica 1992;23:89-94.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Psychische Risikofaktoren für die Entwicklung von Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter.
Kirjassa: Teichman H, Meyer-Probst B, Roether D, Toim. Risikobewältigung in Der Lebenslangen Psychischen Entwicklung.
Verlaufsstudien Im Kindes-, Jugend- Und Erwachsenenalter 1992;129-141.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Gender differences in Coronary Prone Aggression. In K Björkqvist, P Niemelä (Eds). Of Mice and Women: Aspects of Female Aggression.
Academic Press, Inc 1992;123-132.

Pyörälä K, Puska P, Aro A, Ehnholm C, Jauhiainen M, Pekkanen J, Viikari J, Penttilä I.
Suomalaisten veren kolesterolipitoisuuden muutos on totta.
Duodecim 1992;108:1900-1903.
Åkerblom HK, Uhari M, Pesonen E, Dahl M, Kaprio EA, Nuutinen EM, Pietikäinen M, Salo M, Aromaa A, Kannas L and others.
Cardiovascular risk in young Finns.
Ann Med 1991;23:35-39.

Nuutinen EM, Turtinen J, Pokka T, Kuusela V, Dahlström S, Viikari J, Uhari M, Dahl M, Kaprio E, Pesonen E and others.
Obesity in children, adolescents and young adults.
Ann Med 1991;23:41-46.

Uhari M, Nuutinen EM, Turtinen J, Pokka T, Kuusela V, Åkerblom HK, Dahl M, Kaprio EA, Pesonen E, Pietikäinen M and others.
Blood pressure in children, adolescents and young adults.
Ann Med 1991;23:47-51.

Viikari J, Rönnemaa T, Seppänen A, Marniemi J, Porkka K, Räsänen L, Uhari M, Salo MK, Kaprio E, Nuutinen EM and others.
Serum lipids and lipoproteins in children, adolescents and young adults in 1980-1986.
Ann Med 1991;23:53-59.

Lehtimäki T, Moilanen T, Nikkari T, Solakivi T, Porkka K, Ehnholm C, Rönnemaa T, Åkerblom HK, Uhari M, Nuutinen EM and others.
Regional differences in apolipoprotein E polymorphism in Finland.
Ann Med 1991;23:61-66.

Rönnemaa T, Knip M, Lautala P, Viikari J, Uhari M, Leino A, Kaprio EA, Salo MK, Dahl M, Nuutinen EM and others.
Serum insulin and other cardiovascular risk indicators in children, adolescents and young adults.
Ann Med 1991;23:67-72.

Räsänen L, Laitinen S, Stirkkinen R, Kimppa S, Viikari J, Uhari M, Pesonen E, Salo M, Åkerblom HK.
Composition of the diet of young Finns in 1986.
Ann Med 1991;23:73-80.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Räikkönen K, Keskivaara P, Pietikäinen M, Viikari J, Kaprio EA, Åkerblom HK.
Predictive validity of preadolescent Type A determinants for Type A dimensions in young adulthood – a 6-year follow-up.
Ann Med 1991;23:81-84.

Pesonen E, Hirvonen J, Karkola K, Laaksonen H, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK.
Dimensions of the coronary arteries in children.
Ann Med 1991;23:85-88.

Räikkönen K, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Pietikäinen M.
Type A behavior and its determinants in children, adolescents and young adults with and without parental coronary heart disease: a case-control study.
J Psychosom Res 1991;35:273-280.

Uhari M, Nuutinen M, Turtinen J, Pokka T.
Pulse sounds and measurement of diastolic blood pressure in children.
Lancet 1991;338:159-161.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Räikkönen K.
Type A behaviour and types of competitor in young adults.
Eur J Personality 1991;5:61-69.

Lehtimäki T, Moilanen T, Aalto-Setälä K, Kontula K, Porkka K, Åkerblom HK, Ehnholm C, Rönnemaa T, Viikari J.
Association of apolipoprotein E and B polymorphisms with serum lipids.
Ann Med 1991;23:657-662.

Aalto-Setälä K, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Kuusela V, Kontula K.
DNA polymorphisms of the apolipoprotein B and A-I/C-III genes are associated with variations of serum low density lipoprotein cholesterol level in childhood.
J Lipid Res 1991;32:1477-1487.

Räikkönen K, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Hostility and its association with behaviorally induced and somatic coronary risk indicators in Finnish adolescents and young adults.
Soc Sci Med 1991;33:1171-1178.

Porkka KVK, Viikari JSA, Åkerblom HK.
Tracking of serum HDL-cholesterol and other lipids in children and adolescents: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Prev Med 1991;20:713-724.

Lehtimäki T.
Determination of apolipoprotein E phenotypes from stored or postmortem serum samples.
Clin Chim Acta 1991;203:177-182.

Pesonen E, Aalto-Setälä K, Kontula K, Kuusela V, Lehtimäki T, Moilanen T, Räsänen L, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK.
Risk factors for coronary heart disease in Finnish children, adolescents and young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.
Kirjassa: Hirvonen J, toim. Sudden Cardiac Death.
Acta Universitatis Ouluensis, Series D, Medica 221 1991;49-53.

Hirvonen J, Raekallio J, Laaksonen H, Möttönen M, Nikkari T, Pesonen E, Ylä-Herttuala S, Åkerblom HK.
Coronary intimal thickenings in children suffering violent death. Cardiovascular risk in young Finns.
Kirjassa: J. Hirvonen, toim. Sudden Cardiac Death.
Acta Universitatis Ouluensis, Series D, Medica 221 1991;54-61.

Keskivaara P, Räikkönen K.
A-tyyppinen käyttäytyminen sepelvaltimotaudin riskitekijänä – yhdeksän vuoden seurantatutkimus.
Teoksessa E. Leskinen, J. Markkula, M. Oinonen (Toim.) Pitkittäisaineistojen Analyysi.
Reports From Departments of Statistics, No. 15. Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä. 1991;15-16.

Räikkönen K.
A-tyyppinen käyttäytyminen ja sepelvaltimotaudin riskitekijät.
(Lectio Praecursoria). Psykologia 1991;4:280-283.

Viikari J, Åkerblom HK.
Koronaaritaudin vaaratekijät suomalaisilla lapsilla ja nuorilla.
Duodecim 1991;107:1225-1231.
Raekallio J, Hirvonen J, Laaksonen H, Möttönen M, Nikkari T, Pesonen E, Ylä-Herttuala S, Åkerblom HK.
Histological and histochemical studies on local coronary wall thickenings in Finnish children who died violently.
Acta Path Microbiol Scand 1990;98:137-142.

Lehtimäki T, Moilanen T, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Ehnholm C, Rönnemaa T, Marniemi J, Dahlen G, Nikkari T.
Apolipoprotein E phenotypes in Finnish youths: a cross-sectional and 6-year follow-up study. Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns.
J Lipid Res 1990;31:487-495.

Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Räsänen L, Kalavainen M, Pietarinen O.
Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns. Experiences from the Finnish Multicenter study regarding the prevention of coronary heart disease.
Acta Paediatr Scand 1990;(suppl 365):13-19.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Räikkönen K.
Type A factors as predictors of somatic risk factors of coronary heart disease in young Finns – A six-year follow-up study.
J Psychosom Res 1990;34:89-97.

Penttilä PL, Räsänen L, Kimppa S.
Nitrate, nitrite and N-nitroso compounds in Finnish foods and the estimation of the dietary intakes.
Z Lebensm Unters Forsch 1990;190:336-340.

Karjalainen J.
Islet cell antibodies as predictive markers for IDDM in children with high background incidence of disease.
Diabetes 1990;39:1144-1150.

Laitinen R.
Zinc, copper, and sexual maturation in 9-18-year-old girls and boys.
Biol Trace Element Res 1990;25:71-78.

Pesonen E, Norio R, Hirvonen J, Karkola Kari, Kuusela V, Laaksonen H, Möttönen M, Nikkari T, Raekallio J, Viikari J and others.
Intimal thickening in the coronary arteries of infants and children as an indicator of risk factors for coronary heart disease.
Eur Heart J 1990;11:suppl E:53-60.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Räikkönen K.
Healthy and maladjusted Type A behavior in adolescents.
J Youth Adolescence 1990;19:19-36.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Continuity of Type A behavior during childhood, preadolescence and adolescence.
J Youth Adolescence 1990;19:221-232.

Räikkönen K, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Solakivi T.
Behavioral coronary risk indicators and apolipoproteins A-I and B in young children; cross-sectional and predictive associations.
Prev Med 1990;19:656-666.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
The stability of self-concept during adolescence and early adulthood. A six-year follow-up study.
J Gen Psychol 1990;117:361-368.

Åkerblom HK, Viikari J, Räsänen L, Uhari M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Telama R, Kannas L, Nuutinen M, Kuusela V, Dahl M and others.
Häufigkeit und Ausprägung von Risikofaktoren koronarer Herzkrankheit im Kindesalter in Finnland.
Der Kinderarzt 1990;21:1784-1791.

Räsänen L, Laitinen S, Myyrinmaa A.
Ruokavalion ravintosisältö suhteessa maito- ja rasvavalintoihin.
Suom Lääk l 1990;45:1860-1865.

Nuutinen M, Åkerblom HK, Uhari M, Pokka T, Turtinen J, Dahlström S, Dahl M, Kaprio EA, Pesonen E, Pietikäinen M and others.
Suomalaisten lasten ja nuorten lihavuus.
Suom Lääk l 1990;45:2742-2746.

Porkka K, Viikari J.
Onko järkevää seuloa seerumin kolesterolia Suomessa?
Lääkeuutiset 1990;39(2):83-88.
Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Jokinen J.
Type A behavior, coping mechanisms and emotions related to somatic risk factors of coronary heart disease in adolescents.
J Psychosom Res 1989;33:17-27.

Rönnemaa T, Marniemi J.
Lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase activity in children and young adults.
Atherosclerosis 1989;77:7-13.

Laitinen R, Vuori E, Dahlström S, Åkerblom HK.
Zinc, Copper, and Growth Status in Children and Adolescents.
Pediatr Res 1989;25:323-326.

Åkerblom HK, Viikari J, Räsänen L, Kuusela V, Uhari M, Lautala P.
Cardiovascular risk in young Finns, results from the second follow-up study.
Ann Med 1989;21:223-225.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Stability of Type A behavior during adolescence, young adulthood and adulthood.
J Behav Med 1989;12:387-396.

Laitinen R, Vuori I, Viikari J.
Serum zinc and copper: Associations with cholesterol and triglyceride levelsin children and adolescents. Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns.
J Am Coll Nutr 1989;8:400-406.

Räikkönen K, Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Prevalence and sosiodemographic variance of Type A behavior in Finnish preadolescents, adolescents and young adults.
J Gen Psychol 1989;116:271-283.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Räikkönen K.
Pathogenic and protective factors of Type A behavior.
J Psychosom Res 1989;33:591-602.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Räikkönen K.
Developmental trends in Type A behavior as predictors for the developmental of somatic coronary heart disease risk factors.
Psychother Psychosom 1989;51:210-215.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Tunneilmaisujen yhteys sepelvaltimotaudin somaattisiin riskitekijöihin.
Suom Lääk l 1989;44:2037-2040.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
A-tyyppisen käyttäytymisen yhteys sepelvaltimotaudin somaattisiin riskitekijöihin.
Suom Lääk l 1989;44:2469-2473.

Stirkkinen R.
Lasten ja nuorten ravitsemus 1980-luvulla.
Kotitalous 1989;53:34-35.

Telama R, Silvennoinen M, Laakso L, Lasse K.
Kouluikäisten lasten liikuntaharrastus.
Kirjassa: Pyykkönen T, Telama R, Juppi J, Toim. Liikkuvat Lapset. Helsinki: Valtion Painatuskeskus 1989;33-40.
Tikkanen MJ, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Pesonen E.
Apolipoprotein B polymorphism and altered apolipoprotein B and low density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations in Finnish children.
BMJ 1988;296:169-170.

Laitinen R, Vuori E, Åkerblom HK.
Hair zinc and copper: Relationship to hair type and serum concentrations in children and adolescents.
Biol Trace Element Res 1988;16:227-237.

Laitinen R, Räsänen L, Vuori E.
Serum zinc and copper relation to diet in 3-to 18-year old Finnish girls and boys.
Eur J Clin Nutr 1988;42:911-918.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Keinonen M.
Aggression, self-confidence, and cardiovascular reactions in competitive performance in adolescent boys.
Aggressive Behav 1988;14:245-254.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Similarity of Type A behavior in adolescents and their parents.
J Social Psychol 1988;128:97-104.

Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Seppänen A, Marniemi J, Sarna S.
Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents – serum lipids, tracking of serum lipids, and preliminary results from cluster analysis of risk factors.
Kirjassa: Widhalm K, Naito HK, Toim. Recent Aspects on Diagnosis and Treatment of Lipoprotein Disorders: Impact on Prevention of Atherosclerosis Diseases. New York: Alan R Liss, Inc. 1988;81-87.

Nuutinen M, Turtinen J, Uhari M.
Effect of training and equipment on the measurements of children’s blood pressure.
Kirjassa: Hypertension and Atherosclerosis. Roma: CIC Edizioni Internationali. 1988;135-139.

Nuutinen M, Turtinen J, Uhari M.
Terminal digit preference in epidemiological studies of blood pressure in children.
Kirjassa: Muntoni S, Epstein FH, Lamm G. Toim. Epidemiology of Atherosclerosis. Roma: CIC Edizioni Internationali. 1988;199-202.

Ladodo KS, Kopylova N, Kulinskaya EV, Beider AI, Tomberg EE, Saava ME, Räsänen L, Kimppa S.
Harakteristika faktitseskogo pitanija estonskih i finskih detej (Characteristics of actual nutrition of Estonian and Finnish children).
Voprosy Pitanija 1988;56:17-21.

Porkka K, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK.
Seerumin lipidien seulonta lapsilla ja nuorilla.
Duodecim 1988;105:340-349.
Ylä-Herttuala S, Solakivi T, Hirvonen J, Laaksonen H, Möttönen M, Pesonen E, Raekallio J, Åkerblom HK, Nikkari T.
Glycosaminoglycans in apolipoproteins B and A-I in human aortas. Chemical and immunological analysis of lesion-free aortas from children and adults.
Arteriosclerosis 1987;7:333-340.

Moilanen T, Viikari J, Räsänen L, Åkerblom HK, Uhari M, Kimppa S, Nikkari T.
Three-year tracking of serum fatty acids in Finnish boys and girls.
1987;67:1917. Atherosclerosis 1987;67:191-197.

Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Uhari M.
Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents. Kirjassa: Hetzel B, Berenson GS, Toim. Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Childhood: Epidemiology and Prevention.
Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. 1987;21-42.

Kimppa S, Räsänen L, Varo P.
Ravintokuitu lasten ja nuorten ruokavaliossa.
Kotitalous 1987;51:6-9.

Keltikangas-Järvinen L.
Somaattisten sairauksien varhaiset psyykkiset riskitekijät.
Työterveyslääkäri 1987;2:18-20.
Moilanen T, Solakivi-Jaakkola T, Viikari J, Räsänen L, Åkerblom HK, Uhari M, Pasanen M, Nikkari T.
Fatty acid composition of serum cholesteryl esters in relation to serum lipids and apolipoproteins in 3-to 18-year-old Finnish children and adolescents.
Atherosclerosis 1986;59:113-119.

Mykkänen H, Räsänen L, Ahola M, Kimppa S.
Dietary intakes of mercury, lead, cadmium and arsenic by Finnish children.
Hum Nutr Appl Nutr 1986;40A:32-39.

Ylä-Herttuala S, Nikkari T, Hirvonen J, Laaksonen H, Möttönen M, Pesonen E, Raekallio J, Åkerblom HK.
Biochemical composition of coronary arteries in Finnish children.
Arteriosclerosis 1986;6:230-236.

Pesonen E, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Räsänen L, Louhivuori K, Sarna S.
Geographic origin of the family as a determinant of serum levels of lipids in Finnish children.
Circulation 1986;73:1119-1126.

Lamberg-Allardt C, Ala-Houhela M, Parviainen M, Räsänen L, Visakorpi J.
The vitamin D status of children and adolescents in Finland.
Ann Nutr Metab 1986;30:267-272.

Räsänen L, Kimppa S.
Lasten ja nuorten ruokavalion koostumus ja sen muutokset.
Kotitalous 1986;50:5054.

Viikari J.
Importance of serum lipids to pediatric atherosclerosis.
Kirjassa: Fidge NH, Nestel PJ, Toim. Atherosclerosis VII. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. 1986;29-32.
Åkerblom HK, Viikari J, Uhari M, Räsänen L.
Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents.
Ped Prev Soc 1985;35:87-95.

Åkerblom HK, Viikari J, Kouvalainen K.
Cardiovascular risk factors in Finnish children and adolescents.
Acta Paediatr Scand 1985;74(suppl 318):5-6.

Dahlström S, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Solakivi-Jaakkola T, Uhari M, Dahl M, Lähde P-L, Pesonen E, Pietikäinen M, Suoninen P and others.
Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents. II. Height, weight, body mass index, and skinfolds and their correlation to metabolic variables.
Acta Paediatr Scand 1985;74(suppl 318):65-78.

Uhari M.
Evaluation of the measurement of children’s blood pressure in an epidemiological multicentre study.
Acta Paediatr Scand 1985;74(suppl 318):79-88.

Åkerblom HK, Viikari J, Uhari M, Räsänen L, Byckling T, Louhivuori K, Pesonen E, Suoninen P, Pietikäinen M, Lähde P-L and others.
Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents. I. General description of the crosssectional study of 1980, and an account of the children’s and families’ state of health.
Acta Paediatr Scand 1985;74(suppl 318):49-63.

Dahl M, Uhari M, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Lähde P-L, Pesonen E, Pietikäinen M, Suoninen P.
Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents. III. Blood pressure.
Acta Paediatr Scand 1985;74(suppl 318):89-102.

Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Nikkari T, Seppänen A, Uhari M, Pesonen E, Dahl M, Lähde P-L, Pietikäinen M, Suoninen P.
Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents. IV. Serum lipids in newborns, children and adolescents.
Acta Paediatr Scand 1985;74(suppl 318):103-109.

Moilanen T, Nikkari T, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Räsänen L, Ahola M, Dahl M, Lähde P-L, Pesonen E, Pietikäinen M and others.
Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents. V. Fatty acid composition of serum cholesteryl esters: regional differences in Finland.
Acta Paediatr Scand 1985;74(suppl 318):111-117.

Solakivi-Jaakkola T, Nikkari T, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Räsänen L, Uhari M, Dahl M, Lähde P-L, Pesonen E, Pietikäinen M and others.
Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents. VI. Serum apolipoproteins A-I and B.
Acta Paediatr Scand 1985;74(suppl 318):119-125.

Lautala P, Åkerblom HK, Viikari J, Louhivuori K, Uhari M, Dahlström S, Dahl M, Lähde P-L, Pesonen E, Pietikäinen M and others.
Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents. VII. Serum immunoreactive insulin.
Acta Paediatr Scand 1985;74(suppl 318):127-133.

Räsänen L, Ahola M, Kara R, Uhari M.
Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents. VIII. Food consumption and nutrient intakes.
Acta Paediatr Scand 1985;74(suppl 318):135-153.

Byckling T, Åkerblom HK, Viikari J, Louhivuori K, Uhari M, Räsänen L, Suoninen P, Pietikäinen M, Pesonen E, Lähde P-L and others.
Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents. IX. Socioeconomic status and risk factors of coronary heart disease.
Acta Paediatr Scand 1985;74(suppl 318):155-167.

Telama R, Viikari J, Välimäki I, Siren-Tiusanen H, Åkerblom HK, Uhari M, Dahl M, Pesonen E, Lähde P-L, Pietikäinen M, Suoninen P.
Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents. X. Leisure‐time physical activity.
Acta Paediatr Scand 1985;74(suppl 318):169-180.

Keltikangas‐Järvinen L, Åkerblom HK, Viikari J, Dahl M, Lähde P-L, Pesonen E, Pietikäinen M, Suoninen P, Uhari M, Louhivuori K.
Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents. XI. Psychological aspects.
Acta Paediatr Scand 1985;74(suppl 318):181-194.

Byckling T, Sauri T.
Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents. XII. Smoking behaviour and its determinants in 12–18‐year‐old subjects.
Acta Paediatr Scand 1985;74(suppl 318):195-203.

Vuori E, Salmela S, Åkerblom HK, Viikari J, Uhari M, Suoninen P, Pietikäinen M, Pesonen E, Lähde P-L, Dahl M.
Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents. XIII. Serum and hair copper and zinc concentrations.
Acta Paediatr Scand 1985;74(suppl 318):205-212.

Haavikko K, Anttila A, Helle A, Pesonen E.
Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children and adolescents. XIV. Zinc and copper concentrations in deciduous teeth.
Acta Paediatr Scand 1985;74(suppl 318):213-219.

Hirvonen J, Ylä‐Herttuala S, Laaksonen H, Möttönen M, Nikkari T, Pesonen E, Raekallio J, Åkerblom HK.
Coronary intimal thickenings and lipids in Finnish children who died violently.
Acta Paediatr Scand 1985;74(suppl 318):221-224.
Åkerblom HK, Viikari J, Uhari M, Räsänen L, Suoninen P, Pietikäinen M, Pesonen E, Lähde P-L, Dahl M, Dahlström S and others.
A study of cardiovascular risk factors and their determinants in Finnish children.
Ann Clin Res 1984;16:23-33.

Lamberg-Allardt C, Ojaniemi R, Ahola M, Räsänen L.
The vitamin D intake of children and adolescents in Finland.
Hum Nutr Appl Nutr 1984;38A:377-382.

Kara R, Räsänen L, Ahola M, Åkerblom HK, Viikari J.
Lasten ja nuorten ravintovalmisteiden käyttö ja sen ravitsemuksellinen merkitys.
Suom Lääk l 1984;39:212-217.

Åkerblom HK, Viikari J, Uhari M, Räsänen L, Dahl M, Lähde P-L, Pesonen E, Pietikäinen M, Suoninen P, Dahlström S and others. Multicenter study of atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children. Report of two pilot studies.
Kirjassa: Ilmarinen J, Välimäki, Toim. Children and Sport. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 1984;219-230.

Viikari J, Välimäki I, Telama R, Siren-Tiusanen H, Åkerblom HK, Dahl M, Lähde P-L, Pesonen E, Pietikäinen M, Suoninen P and others.
Atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children: Physical activity and plasma lipids in 3-and 12-year-old children.
Kirjassa: Ilmarinen J, Välimäki I. Children and Sport. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 1984;231-240.

Dahlström S, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Uhari M, Dahl M, Lähde P-L, Pesonen E, Pietikäinen M, Suoninen P, Louhivuori K.
Suomalaisten lasten pituus, paino ja menarke vuonna 1980.
Duodecim 1984;100:838-848.
Nikkari T, Räsänen L, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Vuori I, Pyörälä K, Uhari M, Dahl M, Lähde P-L, Pesonen E and others.
Serum fatty acids in 8-year-old Finnish boys: correlations with qualitative dietary data and other serum lipids.
Am J Clin Nutr 1983;37:848-854.

Moilanen T, Nikkari T, Räsänen L, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Ahola M, Dahl M, Lähde P-L, Pesonen E, Pietikäinen M and others.
Plasma cholesteryl ester fatty acids in 3- and 12-year-old Finnish children.
Atherosclerosis 1983;48:49-56.

Wanne O, Viikari J, Telama R, Åkerblom HK, Pesonen E, Uhari M, Dahl M, Suoninen P, Välimäki I.
Physical activity and serum lipids in 8-year-old Finnish schoolboys.
Scand J Sports Sci 1983;5:10-14.

Viikari J, Räsänen L, Välimäki I, Telama R.
Liikunta ja sydäntautien riskitekijät – tuloksia lasten monikeskustutkimuksesta.
Liikunta ja Tiede 1983;2:64-68.

Byckling T, Sauri T.
Nuoriso ja tupakointi.
Lääkintöhallituksen Julkaisuja. Terveyskasvatus. 1983;Sarja Tutkimukset 5/1983:41 sivua.
Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Nikkari T, Räsänen L, Vuori I, Pyörälä K, Dahl M, Lähde P-L, Pesonen E, Suoninen P and others.
Multicenter study of atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children – Pilot study of 8-year-old boys.
Annals of Clinical Research 1982;14:103-110.

Pesonen E, Hirvonen J, Laaksonen H, Möttönen M, Raekallio J, Åkerblom HK.
Morphometry of coronary arteries. Its use in children 1 year of age or older.
Arch Pathol Lab Med 1982;106:381-384.

Kouvalainen K, Uhari M, Åkerblom HK, Viikari J, Räsänen L, Ahola M, Suoninen P, Pietikäinen M, Pesonen E, Lähde P-L and others.
Nutrient intake and blood lipids in children.
Klin Pädiat 1982;194:307-309.

Åkerblom HK, Viikari J, Uhari M, Dahl M, Lähde P-L, Pesonen E, Pietikäinen M, Suoninen P, Nikkari T, Moilanen T and others.
Multicenter study of atherosclerosis precursors in Finnish children.
Kirjassa: Harvald B, Hart Hansen JP, Toim. Circumpolar Health 81. Nordic Council Arct Med Res Rep No 33 1982;291-294.

Viikari J, Räsänen L, Lehtonen A, Irjala K.
Minkälaista lapsen kolesterolitasoa tulisi hoitaa ja milloin?
Duodecim 1982;98:18-22.

Dahlström S, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK, Uhari M, Dahl M, Lähde P-L, Pesonen E, Suoninen P, Pietikäinen M.
Leikki- ja kouluikäisten pituus, paino ja ihopoimujen paksuus.
Duodecim 1982;98:1257-1263.
Räsänen L, Ahola M, Viikari J, Åkerblom HK.
En multicenterundersökning över koronarsjukdomens riskfaktornivå hos finska barn. En kostundersökning i samband med pilotstudiet.
Näringsforskning 1981;25:119-124.