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List of works by Tom Forsen

A meta-analysis of thyroid-related traits reveals novel loci and gender-specific differences in the regulation of thyroid function

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A possible link between the pubertal growth of girls and breast cancer in their daughters

scientific article published in March 2008

Associations of body size at birth with late-life cortisol concentrations and glucose tolerance are modified by haplotypes of the glucocorticoid receptor gene

scientific article published on 8 August 2006

Birth weight and risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review

scientific article published in December 2008

Birth weight, childhood body mass index and risk of coronary heart disease in adults: combined historical cohort studies

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Birthsize, gestational age and adrenal function in adult life: studies of dexamethasone suppression and ACTH1-24 stimulation

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Body mass index during childhood and adult body composition in men and women aged 56-70 y

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Body size at birth and socio-economic status in childhood: implications for Cloninger's psychobiological model of temperament at age 60.

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Cardiovascular health of Finnish war evacuees 60 years later

scientific article published in January 2009

Childhood Growth and Hypertension in Later Life

Depression and its association with diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and birth weight

scientific article published in January 2007

Depressive symptoms in adults separated from their parents as children: a natural experiment during World War II.

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Developmental origins of physical fitness: the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study

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Exercise protects against glucose intolerance in individuals with a small body size at birth

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Foetal and childhood growth and asthma in adult life

scientific article published on 26 April 2013

Genome-wide association identifies nine common variants associated with fasting proinsulin levels and provides new insights into the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

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Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

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Growth and living conditions in childhood and hypertension in adult life: a longitudinal study

scientific article published in October 2002

Growth before 2 years of age and serum lipids 60 years later: the Helsinki Birth Cohort study

scientific article published on 11 February 2008

Growth in infancy and childhood and hospitalization for personality disorders in adulthood: the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study

scientific article published in October 2011

Growth trajectories and intellectual abilities in young adulthood: The Helsinki Birth Cohort study

scientific article published on 15 June 2009

Identification of novel genetic Loci associated with thyroid peroxidase antibodies and clinical thyroid disease

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Increased Melatonin Signaling Is a Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes

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Infant Growth and Stroke in Adult Life

Infant growth and hostility in adult life

scientific article published on 31 March 2008

Intellectual ability in early adulthood and type 2 diabetes in later life

scientific article published on 7 March 2009

Intellectual ability in young men separated temporarily from their parents in childhood

Inter-generational social mobility following early life stress

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Interactions Between Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gene Polymorphism and Birth Length Influence Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

scientific article published on 25 July 2003

Interactions between peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma 2 gene polymorphisms and size at birth on blood pressure and the use of antihypertensive medication

scientific article published in July 2004

Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

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Length of gestation and depressive symptoms at age 60 years

Maternal and Social Origins of Hypertension

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

scientific article published on February 2016

Novel subgroups of adult-onset diabetes and their association with outcomes: a data-driven cluster analysis of six variables

scientific article published in March 2018

Pathways of Infant and Childhood Growth That Lead to Type 2 Diabetes

scientific article published on 24 October 2003

Prenatal and childhood growth and leisure time physical activity in adult life

scientific article published in December 2010

Prenatal and childhood growth, and hospitalization for alcohol use disorders in adulthood: the Helsinki birth cohort study

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Prenatal origins of hospitalization for personality disorders: the Helsinki birth cohort study

scientific article published on 20 May 2010

Reproductive traits following a parent–child separation trauma during childhood: A natural experiment during World War II

scholarly article by Anu-Katriina Pesonen et al published 2008 in American Journal of Human Biology

Role of socioeconomic indicators on development of obesity from a life course perspective

scientific article published on 07 June 2009

Seasonality and ambient temperature at time of conception in term-born individuals - influences on cardiovascular disease and obesity in adult life

scientific article published on 15 October 2013

Self-perpetuating effects of birth size on blood pressure levels in elderly people

scientific article published on 17 February 2003

Serum insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and IGF-binding protein-1 in elderly people: relationships with cardiovascular risk factors, body composition, size at birth, and childhood growth.

scientific article published in March 2003

Size at birth as a predictor of mortality in adulthood: a follow-up of 350 000 person-years

scientific article published on 11 March 2005

Size at birth, gestational age and cortisol secretion in adult life: foetal programming of both hyper- and hypocortisolism?

scientific article published in November 2002

Size at birth, the metabolic syndrome and 24-h salivary cortisol profile

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Spontaneous hypothyroidism in adult women is predicted by small body size at birth and during childhood

scientific article published on 19 September 2006

Stroke is predicted by low visuospatial in relation to other intellectual abilities and coronary heart disease by low general intelligence

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The association of the K121Q polymorphism of the plasma cell glycoprotein-1 gene with type 2 diabetes and hypertension depends on size at birth

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The effects of the ACE gene insertion/deletion polymorphism on glucose tolerance and insulin secretion in elderly people are modified by birth weight

scientific article published in November 2004

The effects of the Pro12Ala polymorphism of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma2 gene on insulin sensitivity and insulin metabolism interact with size at birth

scientific article published in July 2002

The infant growth of boys who later develop coronary heart disease

scientific article published in January 2004

Trajectories of growth among children who have coronary events as adults

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Type 2 diabetes susceptibility gene variants predispose to adult-onset autoimmune diabetes

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