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List of works by Marika Kaakinen

A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans

scientific article published on 4 January 2012

A genome-wide association study of body mass index across early life and childhood

scientific article published on April 2015

A novel common variant in DCST2 is associated with length in early life and height in adulthood

scientific article published on 3 October 2014

A rare-variant test for high-dimensional data

scientific article

Adiposity as a cause of cardiovascular disease: a Mendelian randomization study

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Age- and sex-specific causal effects of adiposity on cardiovascular risk factors

scientific article published on 23 February 2015

An epidemiological study on Finnish school-aged children with learning difficulties and behavioural problems

scientific article published on 21 February 2011

Assessing multivariate gene-metabolome associations with rare variants using Bayesian reduced rank regression

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Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

scientific article (publication date: November 2010)

Association between childhood specific learning difficulties and school performance in adolescents with and without ADHD symptoms: a 16-year follow-up.

scientific article published on 28 June 2012

Association between common variation at the FTO locus and changes in body mass index from infancy to late childhood: the complex nature of genetic association through growth and development

scientific article published on 17 February 2011

Associations between psychotic-like symptoms and inattention/hyperactivity symptoms

Associations between variation in CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4, body mass index and blood pressure in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966

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

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

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Common variants at 12q15 and 12q24 are associated with infant head circumference

scientific article published on 15 April 2012

Correction: Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Multiple Loci Associated with Primary Tooth Development during Infancy

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

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Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

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Distinct loci in the CHRNA5/CHRNA3/CHRNB4 gene cluster are associated with onset of regular smoking

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Does in utero exposure to synthetic glucocorticoids influence birthweight, head circumference and birth length? A systematic review of current evidence in humans

scientific article published on 17 August 2010

Effect of Smoking on Blood Pressure and Resting Heart Rate: A Mendelian Randomization Meta-Analysis in the CARTA Consortium

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Erratum: Common variants at 12q15 and 12q24 are associated with infant head circumference

scholarly article published in Nature Genetics

Erratum: Corrigendum: Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

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

scientific article published in November 2011

Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

scientific article published in May 2010

Estimation of newborn risk for child or adolescent obesity: lessons from longitudinal birth cohorts

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Evidence of inbreeding depression on human height

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FTO genotype is associated with phenotypic variability of body mass index

scientific article published on 16 September 2012

Fine-scale estimation of location of birth from genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism data

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 21 June 2013

GWAS on longitudinal growth traits reveals different genetic factors influencing infant, child, and adult BMI

scientific article published on 04 September 2019

Genetic architecture of early childhood growth phenotypes gives insights into their link with later obesity

Genetic determinants of height growth assessed longitudinally from infancy to adulthood in the northern Finland birth cohort 1966

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Genetic determinants of risk and survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension

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Genetic evidence of assortative mating in humans

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Genetic variant in HK1 is associated with a proanemic state and A1C but not other glycemic control-related traits

scientific article published on 03 August 2009

Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

scientific article published on 18 April 2016

Genetic variation in the 15q25 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene cluster (CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4) interacts with maternal self-reported smoking status during pregnancy to influence birth weight

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Genome wide association identifies common variants at the SERPINA6/SERPINA1 locus influencing plasma cortisol and corticosteroid binding globulin

scientific article (publication date: July 2014)

Genome-wide association analysis of metabolic traits in a birth cohort from a founder population

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Genome-wide association and longitudinal analyses reveal genetic loci linking pubertal height growth, pubertal timing and childhood adiposity

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Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

scientific article published on 11 May 2016

Genome-wide association study reveals multiple loci associated with primary tooth development during infancy

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Glucocorticoid receptor (NR3C1) gene polymorphisms and onset of alcohol abuse in adolescents

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Heavier smoking may lead to a relative increase in waist circumference: evidence for a causal relationship from a Mendelian randomisation meta-analysis. The CARTA consortium

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How do changes in body mass index in infancy and childhood associate with cardiometabolic profile in adulthood? Findings from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study

scientific article published on 4 September 2013

Increased genetic vulnerability to smoking at CHRNA5 in early-onset smokers

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Infant locomotive development and its association with adult blood pressure

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Influence of physical activity on vertebral size

scientific article published on 24 April 2010

Investigating the possible causal association of smoking with depression and anxiety using Mendelian randomisation meta-analysis: the CARTA consortium

scientific article published on 7 October 2014

Is prenatal alcohol exposure related to inattention and hyperactivity symptoms in children? Disentangling the effects of social adversity.

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Life course structural equation model of the effects of prenatal and postnatal growth on adult blood pressure

scientific article published on 8 August 2014

Life-course analysis of a fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene variant and body mass index in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 using structural equation modeling

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MARV: a tool for genome-wide multi-phenotype analysis of rare variants

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Maternal weight gain during the first half of pregnancy and offspring obesity at 16 years: a prospective cohort study

scientific article published in May 2012

Meal frequencies modify the effect of common genetic variants on body mass index in adolescents of the northern Finland birth cohort 1986

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

scientific article

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies ten loci influencing allergic sensitization

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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies three new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

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Meta-analysis of the INSIG2 association with obesity including 74,345 individuals: does heterogeneity of estimates relate to study design?

scientific article published on 23 October 2009

Metabolic signatures of adiposity in young adults: Mendelian randomization analysis and effects of weight change

scientific article (publication date: December 2014)

Mixed-handedness is linked to mental health problems in children and adolescents

scientific article published on 25 January 2010

Multiple measures of adiposity are associated with mean leukocyte telomere length in the northern Finland birth cohort 1966.

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New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

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

scientific article published on 2 December 2012

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

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Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome and Nutrition

Personality traits and stock market participation

Physical activity and fitness in adolescents at risk for psychosis within the Northern Finland 1986 Birth Cohort

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Physical activity and obesity mediate the association between childhood motor function and adolescents' academic achievement

scientific article published on 31 December 2012

Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk: a meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children

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Prediction of adolescent and adult adiposity outcomes from early life anthropometrics

scientific article published on 30 October 2014

Preschool weight and body mass index in relation to central obesity and metabolic syndrome in adulthood

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Prevalence and psychiatric comorbidity of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in an adolescent Finnish population

scientific article published in December 2007

Re-sequencing expands our understanding of the phenotypic impact of variants at GWAS loci

scientific article published on 30 January 2014

SCOPA and META-SCOPA: software for the analysis and aggregation of genome-wide association studies of multiple correlated phenotypes

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Stability of the associations between early life risk indicators and adolescent overweight over the evolving obesity epidemic

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Stratification by smoking status reveals an association of CHRNA5-A3-B4 genotype with body mass index in never smokers

scientific article published on 4 December 2014

TTC12-ANKK1-DRD2 and CHRNA5-CHRNA3-CHRNB4 influence different pathways leading to smoking behavior from adolescence to mid-adulthood

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

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The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

The interplay of variants near LEKR and CCNL1 and social stress in relation to birth size

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The molecular genetic architecture of self-employment

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

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Variants in ADCY5 and near CCNL1 are associated with fetal growth and birth weight

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Variants in MTNR1B influence fasting glucose levels

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