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" Nature step" to prevent noncommunicable inflammatory disease

scientific article published in January 2017

"Smoke-free Class Competition": far-reaching conclusions based on weak data

scientific article published on 03 May 2006

40-Year CHD Mortality Trends and the Role of Risk Factors in Mortality Decline: The North Karelia Project Experience

scientific article published on June 2016

A candidate gene study in low HDL-cholesterol families provides evidence for the involvement of the APOA2 gene and the APOA1C3A4 gene cluster

scientific article

A cluster randomised controlled trial of vascular risk factor management in general practice

scientific article published on 01 May 2013

A comparison of Australian rural and metropolitan cardiovascular risk and mortality: the Greater Green Triangle and North West Adelaide population surveys

scientific article published on 23 August 2013

A lot more can be done to prevent cardiovascular diseases

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

A principal component meta-analysis on multiple anthropometric traits identifies novel loci for body shape

scientific article published on 23 November 2016

Academic achievement and smoking: is self-efficacy an important factor in understanding social inequalities in Finnish adolescents?

scientific article published on 5 September 2011

Achieving health through diet: a joint event of the Sabri Ülker Foundation and The Nutrition Society of UK and Ireland, May 2022

Allergic diseases, skin prick test responses, and IgE levels in North Karelia, Finland, and the Republic of Karelia, Russia

scientific article published on April 2002

Appropriateness of anthropometric obesity indicators in assessment of coronary heart disease risk among Finnish men and women

scientific article published in January 2003

Association Between the Gut Microbiota and Blood Pressure in a Population Cohort of 6953 Individuals

scientific article published on 21 July 2020

Association of common variants in NPPA and NPPB with circulating natriuretic peptides and blood pressure

scientific article published on 15 February 2009

Association of weight misperception with weight loss in a diabetes prevention program

scientific article published on 30 January 2014

Associations of body mass index and obesity with physical activity, food choices, alcohol intake, and smoking in the 1982-1997 FINRISK Studies

scientific article published on 01 May 2002

Associations of chronotype and sleep with cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes

scientific article published on 2 January 2013

Associations of common chronic non-communicable diseases and medical conditions with sleep-related problems in a population-based health examination study

scientific article published on July 2016

Associations of common noncommunicable medical conditions and chronic diseases with chronotype in a population-based health examination study

scientific article

Asthma and respiratory allergy prevalence is still increasing among Finnish young adults

scientific article published on 17 December 2015

Author Correction: Global dietary quality in 185 countries from 1990 to 2018 show wide differences by nation, age, education, and urbanicity

correction of a scholarly article

Awareness and use of the Heart Symbol by Finnish consumers

scientific article published on 11 August 2011

Background, Principles, Implementation, and General Experiences of the North Karelia Project

scientific article published on June 2016

Behavioral trait of morningness-eveningness in association with articular and spinal diseases in a population

scientific article

CNV-association meta-analysis in 191,161 European adults reveals new loci associated with anthropometric traits

scientific article published on 29 September 2017

Can the accuracy of health behaviour surveys be improved by non-response follow-ups?

scientific article published on 3 December 2014

Cardiac Troponin I and Incident Stroke in European Cohorts: Insights From the BiomarCaRE Project

scientific article published on 19 August 2020

Cardiovascular risk age: concepts and practicalities

scientific article published in June 2012

Cardiovascular risk factors among Russian, Somali and Kurdish migrants in comparison with the general Finnish population

scientific article published on 9 April 2016

Challenges of diabetes prevention in the real world: results and lessons from the Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study.

scientific article

Changes in Serum Cholesterol and Diet in North Karelia and All Finland

scientific article published on June 2016

Changes in alcohol behaviour among adolescents in North-West Russia between 1995 and 2004.

scientific article

Changes in cardiovascular risk factors among adolescents from 1995 to 2004 in the Republic of Karelia, Russia

scientific article published on 23 September 2006

Changes in cardiovascular risk factors and health behaviours from 1992 to 1997 in the Republic of Karelia, Russia

scientific article published in March 2002

Changes in serum level and metabolism of cholesterol with plant stanol esters in postmenopausal women with and without coronary artery disease

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

Children’s and adolescents’ rising animal-source food intakes in 1990–2018 were impacted by age, region, parental education and urbanicity

scientific article published on 20 April 2023

Circadian preference links to depression in general adult population

scientific article published on September 2015

Cohort Profile: The National FINRISK Study

scientific article

Common environmental chemicals do not explain atopy contrast in the Finnish and Russian Karelia

scientific article published on 4 April 2016

Common missense variant in the glucokinase regulatory protein gene is associated with increased plasma triglyceride and C-reactive protein but lower fasting glucose concentrations

scientific article

Comparison of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in European Population Cohorts for Predicting Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure, Their Subsequent Onset, and Death

scientific article published on 30 April 2020

Contribution of the North Karelia Project to International Work in CVD and NCD Prevention and Health Promotion

scientific article published on June 2016

Depression: an important comorbidity with metabolic syndrome in a general population

scientific article published on 03 October 2008

Differences in participation rates between urban and rural areas are diminishing in Finland

scientific article published in January 2018

Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations

scientific article published in July 2015

Disparity of innate immunity-related gene effects on asthma and allergy on Karelia

article

Does a slump really make you thinner? Finnish micro-level evidence 1978-2002

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Elevated resting heart rate is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease in healthy men and women

scientific article

Environmental biodiversity, human microbiota, and allergy are interrelated

scientific article (publication date: 7 May 2012)

Environmental factors as predictors of alcohol use among ninth-grade adolescents in Pitkaranta (Russian Karelia) and in eastern Finland

scientific article published on 6 August 2008

Environmental factors as predictors of smoking among ninth-grade adolescents in Pitkäranta (Russian Karelia) and in eastern Finland.

scientific article published in December 2006

Erratum: Corrigendum: Six new loci associated with blood low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol or triglycerides in humans

scholarly article published in Nature Genetics

European smokefree class competition: a measure to decrease smoking in youth.

scientific article

Evaluating risk for cardiovascular diseases—vain or value? How do different cardiovascular risk scores act in real life

Evaluation of AUSDRISK as a screening tool for lifestyle modification programs: international implications for policy and cost-effectiveness

scientific article

Evening chronotypes have the increased odds for bronchial asthma and nocturnal asthma

scientific article

Evening types are prone to depression

scientific article published on 20 May 2013

Eveningness has the increased odds for spinal diseases but the decreased odds for articular diseases with prospective hospital treatments

Evidence of inbreeding depression on human height

scientific article

Explaining the 25-year decline of serum cholesterol by dietary changes and use of lipid-lowering medication in Finland

scientific article published in June 2010

Explaining the Decline in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in Finland between 1982 and 1997

scholarly article by Tiina Laatikainen et al published 8 September 2005 in American Journal of Epidemiology

Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke at Work, at Home, and During Leisure Time: Personal Exposure Measurements by Diffusive Sampling of Airborne 3-Ethenylpyridine

Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke at work, at home, and during leisure time: a cross-sectional population sample

scientific article published in August 2008

Forty-year trends in cardiovascular risk factors in Finland

scientific article published on 24 November 2014

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

scientific article published on 21 June 2013

Gender differences in genetic risk profiles for cardiovascular disease

scientific article published in 2008

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

scientific article published on 6 October 2011

Genome-wide meta-analysis uncovers novel loci influencing circulating leptin levels

scientific article published on February 2016

Global, regional, and national consumption of animal-source foods between 1990 and 2018: findings from the Global Dietary Database

scientific article published in 2022

Growing disparities in atopy between the Finns and the Russians: a comparison of 2 generations

scientific article published on 3 October 2005

Hand washing with soap and water together with behavioural recommendations prevents infections in common work environment: an open cluster-randomized trial ⬇️

scientific article published on January 16, 2012

Headache and the risk of stroke: a prospective observational cohort study among 35,056 Finnish men and women

scientific article published in May 2003

Heavy drinking occasions and depression

scientific article published on 20 February 2006

IgE reactivity pattern to timothy and birch pollen allergens in Finnish and Russian Karelia

scientific article published on 8 December 2004

Immune-microbiota interaction in Finnish and Russian Karelia young people with high and low allergy prevalence

scientific article published on 31 August 2020

Impact of the 1976 Tobacco Control Act in Finland on the proportion of ever daily smokers by socioeconomic status

scientific article published on 17 November 2007

Incidence of spinal and spinal cord injuries and their surgical treatment in children and adolescents: a population-based study

scientific article published in January 2010

Increased stroke risk is related to a binge-drinking habit

scientific article published on 2 October 2008

Infectious burden as a determinant of atopy-- a comparison between adults in Finnish and Russian Karelia

scientific article published on 22 March 2006

Intra-individual changes in body weight in population-based cohorts during four decades: the Finnish FINRISK study

scientific article published in December 2010

Joint effects of coffee consumption and serum gamma-glutamyltransferase on the risk of liver cancer

scientific article published in July 2008

Language as a determinant of participation rates in Finnish health examination surveys

scientific article published on August 2017

Layperson-Oriented versus Clinical-Based Models for Assessing 10-Year Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease: National FINRISK Study

scientific article

Layperson-Oriented vs. Clinical-Based Models for Prediction of Incidence of Ischemic Stroke: National FINRISK Study

Letter to the Editor Regarding "Public Health Approaches to Type 2 Diabetes Prevention: The US National Diabetes Prevention Program and Beyond"

scientific article published on 20 November 2019

Lifestyle as Medicine: The Case for a True Health Initiative.

scientific article published in January 2017

Long-term consistency of diurnal-type preferences among men.

scientific article published on 16 October 2013

Long-term consumption of plant stanol and sterol esters, vascular function and genetic regulation

scientific article published on 19 November 2008

Longitudinal study of relations between school achievement and smoking behavior among secondary school students in Finland: results of the ESFA study

scientific article

Maternal Genetic Variants of IL4/IL13 Pathway Genes on IgE With "Western or Eastern Environments/Lifestyles"

scientific article

Measurement error as an explanation for the alcohol harm paradox: analysis of eight cohort studies

scientific article published on 30 September 2020

Media use patterns among Finnish and American youth: Implications for smoking intervention ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 1990

Modifiable risk factors have an impact on socio-economic differences in coronary heart disease events

scientific article

Natural-cause mortality and long-term exposure to particle components: an analysis of 19 European cohorts within the multi-center ESCAPE project

scientific article published on 24 February 2015

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

scientific article published on February 2016

Nightmares as predictors of suicide: an extension study including war veterans

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

Non-participation and mortality in different socioeconomic groups: the FINRISK population surveys in 1972-92

scientific article published on May 2007

Opposite associations of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin and gamma-glutamyltransferase with prevalent coronary heart disease

scientific article

PW242 40-year changes in cardiovascular diseases risk factors in Finland

scholarly article by Erkki Vartiainen et al published March 2014 in Global heart

Participation rates by educational levels have diverged during 25 years in Finnish health examination surveys

scientific article published on 3 October 2017

Perceived health-related self-efficacy associated with BMI in adults in a population-based survey

article

Perceptions of Smoking Prevalence by Youth in Countries With and Without a Tobacco Advertising Ban ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

Predicted and observed cardiovascular disease in South Asians: application of FINRISK, Framingham and SCORE models to Newcastle Heart Project data

scientific article

Predicting Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke: The FINRISK Calculator

scientific article published on June 2016

Predicting changes in lifestyle and clinical outcomes in preventing diabetes: the Greater Green Triangle Diabetes Prevention Project

scientific article published on 27 December 2011

Predictive value of midregional pro-adrenomedullin compared to natriuretic peptides for incident cardiovascular disease and heart failure in the population-based FINRISK 1997 cohort

Prevalence of weight cycling and its relation to health indicators in Finland

scientific article published in February 2005

Prevalence, awareness and treatment of hypertension in Finland during 1982–2007

scholarly article by Mika Kastarinen et al published August 2009 in Journal of Hypertension

Prevention of type 2 diabetes by lifestyle intervention in an Australian primary health care setting: Greater Green Triangle (GGT) Diabetes Prevention Project

scientific article

Primary prevention and risk factor reduction in coronary heart disease mortality among working aged men and women in eastern Finland over 40 years: population based observational study

scientific article published on March 2016

Progression of oral snuff use among Finnish 13-16-year-old students and its relation to smoking behaviour

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

Reduction of Serum Cholesterol with Sitostanol-Ester Margarine in a Mildly Hypercholesterolemic Population

scientific article (publication date: 16 November 1995)

Risk of atopy associated with microbial components in house dust

article by Leena von Hertzen et al published March 2010 in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

Rural smokers - a prevention opportunity

scientific article published in May 2009

STOPFLU: is it possible to reduce the number of days off in office work by improved hand-hygiene?

scientific article

Scaling up diabetes prevention in Victoria, Australia: policy development, implementation, and evaluation.

scientific article published on 06 December 2013

Scaling-up from an implementation trial to state-wide coverage: results from the preliminary Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study

scientific article

Seasonal variations in mood and behavior associate with common chronic diseases and symptoms in a population-based study

scientific article published on 17 February 2016

Seasonality, morningness-eveningness, and sleep in common non - communicable medical conditions and chronic diseases in a population

Self-reported alcohol consumption and association to carbohydrate-deficient transferrin and gamma-glutamyltransferase in a random sample of the general population in the Republic of Karelia, Russia and in North Karelia, Finland

scientific article

Serum antibody response to periodontal pathogens and herpes simplex virus in relation to classic risk factors of cardiovascular disease

scientific article published on 22 September 2006

Serum cholesterol during 27 years: assessment of systematic error and affecting factors and their role in interpreting population trends

scientific article published on 12 December 2006

Serum enterolactone concentration is not associated with breast cancer risk in a nested case-control study

scientific article published in January 2004

Sex Differences and Similarities in Atrial Fibrillation Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Mortality in Community Cohorts: Results From the BiomarCaRE Consortium (Biomarker for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Europe).

scientific article published on 16 October 2017

Sex-Specific Epidemiology of Heart Failure Risk and Mortality in Europe: Results From the BiomarCaRE Consortium

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Significant interactions between traditional risk factors affect cardiovascular risk prediction in healthy general population

scientific article published on 18 November 2014

Simplifying cardiovascular risk estimation using resting heart rate

scholarly article by Marie Therese Cooney et al published 23 July 2010 in European Heart Journal

Six new loci associated with blood low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol or triglycerides in humans

scientific article

Smoking and related factors of the social environment among adolescents in the Republic of Karelia, Russia in 1995 and 2004.

scientific article published on 27 September 2008

Smoking from adolescence to adulthood: the effects of parental and own socioeconomic status

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

Smoking patterns among ninth-grade adolescents in the Pitkäranta district (Russia) and in eastern Finland

scientific article published in January 2002

Smoking, alcohol use, and physical activity: a 13-year longitudinal study ranging from adolescence into adulthood

scientific article

Smoking-related costs among 25 to 59 year-old males in a 19-year individual follow-up

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Socio-economic status and serum lipids: a cross-sectional study in a Chinese urban population

scientific article published on February 2002

Successful nutrition policy: improvement of vitamin D intake and status in Finnish adults over the last decade

scientific article published on 6 October 2016

Sugar-sweetened beverage intakes among adults between 1990 and 2018 in 185 countries

scholarly article

Temporal relations between atrial fibrillation and ischaemic stroke and their prognostic impact on mortality

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Ten year trends in chronic disease risk factors in the Republic of Karelia, Russia

scientific article published on 15 July 2008

The Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 31 January 2013

The North Karelia Project: Cardiovascular disease prevention in Finland.

scientific article published on 30 June 2018

The SLC6A14 gene shows evidence of association with obesity

scientific article

The Seven Countries Study

scientific article published in November 2017

The association of levels of physical activity with metabolic syndrome in rural Australian adults.

scientific article

The combined use of cholesterol-lowering drugs and cholesterol-lowering bread spreads: health behavior data from Finland

scientific article

The effects of a three-year smoking prevention programme in secondary schools in Helsinki

scientific article published on 5 January 2007

The role of adiposity in cardiometabolic traits: a Mendelian randomization analysis

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Thirty-five-year trends in cardiovascular risk factors in Finland

scientific article published on 3 December 2009

Total and cause specific mortality among participants and non-participants of population based health surveys: a comprehensive follow up of 54 372 Finnish men and women

scientific article

Trends and educational differences in non-communicable disease risk factors in Pitkäranta, Russia, from 1992 to 2007.

scientific article published on 24 November 2014

Trends in lifestyle factors affecting blood pressure in hypertensive and normotensive Finns during 1982–2002

article published in 2007

Troponin I and cardiovascular risk prediction in the general population: the BiomarCaRE consortium

scientific article published on 12 May 2016

What have we learnt about high-density lipoprotein cholesterol measurements during 32years? Experiences in Finland 1980–2012 ⬇️

scientific article published on October 18, 2012

Why the decrease of cholesterol has stopped, although use of statins is increasing?

scientific article published in January 2005

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