List of works - Jorma Viikari

Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

scientific article published on 6 October 2011

Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

scientific article

Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Childhood and Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Adulthood

scientific article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

scientific article

Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

scientific article

Childhood adiposity, adult adiposity, and cardiovascular risk factors.

scientific article published in November 2011

Physical activity from childhood to adulthood: a 21-year tracking study

scientific article published in April 2005

GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment

scientific article published on 21 June 2013

Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations

scientific article published in February 2013

Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci influencing human serum metabolite levels

scientific article

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

scientific journal article

Cohort Profile: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

scientific article published on 08 February 2008

Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

scientific article

Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals

scientific article

Tracking of serum lipid levels, blood pressure, and body mass index from childhood to adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

scientific article

High-throughput serum NMR metabonomics for cost-effective holistic studies on systemic metabolism

scientific article published on 30 July 2009

Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

scientific article

Endothelial dysfunction and increased arterial intima-media thickness in children with type 1 diabetes

scientific article published on 15 March 2004

Interrelations between brachial endothelial function and carotid intima-media thickness in young adults: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.

scientific article published on 25 October 2004

Trans-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies 12 genetic loci influencing blood pressure and implicates a role for DNA methylation

scientific article

The impact of low-frequency and rare variants on lipid levels

scientific article published on 11 May 2015

New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism

scientific article published on 2 December 2012

Risk factors identified in childhood and decreased carotid artery elasticity in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

scientific article published on 29 August 2005

Genome-wide study for circulating metabolites identifies 62 loci and reveals novel systemic effects of LPA.

scientific article published on 23 March 2016

Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders

scientific article published on 14 April 2013

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 Muscat

scientific article published on 29 November 2010

Tracking of Physical Activity from Early Childhood through Youth into Adulthood

scientific article published on January 1, 2014

Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease

scientific article

Genome-wide association and functional follow-up reveals new loci for kidney function

scientific article

WNT16 influences bone mineral density, cortical bone thickness, bone strength, and osteoporotic fracture risk

scientific article published in July 2012

The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

scientific article

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

scientific journal article

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies from the CHARGE consortium identifies common variants associated with carotid intima media thickness and plaque

scientific article published on 11 September 2011

Vitamin D and attainment of peak bone mass among peripubertal Finnish girls: a 3-y prospective study

scientific article published on 01 December 2002

Genetic association study of QT interval highlights role for calcium signaling pathways in myocardial repolarization

scientific article

Ideal cardiovascular health in childhood and cardiometabolic outcomes in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

scientific article published on 27 March 2012

Genetic determinants of serum testosterone concentrations in men.

scientific article

Genome-wide meta-analysis of observational studies shows common genetic variants associated with macronutrient intake

scientific article

FTO genotype is associated with body mass index after the age of seven years but not with energy intake or leisure-time physical activity

scientific article published on 21 January 2009

Long-term leisure-time physical activity and serum metabolome

scientific article published on 20 December 2012

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

scientific article

New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

scientific article published on February 2016

Elevated serum C-reactive protein levels and early arterial changes in healthy children

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Novel Loci for metabolic networks and multi-tissue expression studies reveal genes for atherosclerosis

scientific article

52 Genetic Loci Influencing Myocardial Mass

scientific article

A nationwide survey of mortality in acromegaly

scientific article

Conventional cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome in predicting carotid intima-media thickness progression in young adults: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study

scientific article

Prediction of type 1 diabetes in the general population

scientific article

Childhood predictors of the metabolic syndrome in adulthood. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.

scientific article published in January 2008

List of works by Jorma Viikari

Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Childhood and Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Adulthood

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

Childhood adiposity, adult adiposity, and cardiovascular risk factors.

Physical activity from childhood to adulthood: a 21-year tracking study

GWAS of 126,559 individuals identifies genetic variants associated with educational attainment

Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations

Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts

Genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci influencing human serum metabolite levels

Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

Cohort Profile: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals

Tracking of serum lipid levels, blood pressure, and body mass index from childhood to adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

High-throughput serum NMR metabonomics for cost-effective holistic studies on systemic metabolism

Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

Endothelial dysfunction and increased arterial intima-media thickness in children with type 1 diabetes

Interrelations between brachial endothelial function and carotid intima-media thickness in young adults: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study.

Trans-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies 12 genetic loci influencing blood pressure and implicates a role for DNA methylation

The impact of low-frequency and rare variants on lipid levels

New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism

Risk factors identified in childhood and decreased carotid artery elasticity in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

Genome-wide study for circulating metabolites identifies 62 loci and reveals novel systemic effects of LPA.

Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders

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 Muscat

Tracking of Physical Activity from Early Childhood through Youth into Adulthood

Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease

Genome-wide association and functional follow-up reveals new loci for kidney function

WNT16 influences bone mineral density, cortical bone thickness, bone strength, and osteoporotic fracture risk

The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

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

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies from the CHARGE consortium identifies common variants associated with carotid intima media thickness and plaque

Vitamin D and attainment of peak bone mass among peripubertal Finnish girls: a 3-y prospective study

Genetic association study of QT interval highlights role for calcium signaling pathways in myocardial repolarization

Ideal cardiovascular health in childhood and cardiometabolic outcomes in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

Genetic determinants of serum testosterone concentrations in men.

Genome-wide meta-analysis of observational studies shows common genetic variants associated with macronutrient intake

FTO genotype is associated with body mass index after the age of seven years but not with energy intake or leisure-time physical activity

Long-term leisure-time physical activity and serum metabolome

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

New loci for body fat percentage reveal link between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease risk

Elevated serum C-reactive protein levels and early arterial changes in healthy children

Novel Loci for metabolic networks and multi-tissue expression studies reveal genes for atherosclerosis

52 Genetic Loci Influencing Myocardial Mass

A nationwide survey of mortality in acromegaly

Conventional cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome in predicting carotid intima-media thickness progression in young adults: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns study

Prediction of type 1 diabetes in the general population

Childhood predictors of the metabolic syndrome in adulthood. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.