Andrew Agbaje
Senior Researcher
MD, MPH, PhD, FESC, FAHA, Cert. Clinical Researcher (Harvard), Professor (associate) of Clini...
Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
Prof. Agbaje is an award-winning physician and professor (associate) of clinical epidemiology and child health who investigates the causal relationships of aerobic fitness, physical activity, sedentary behaviour, obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidaemia, and metabolic syndrome with arterial, cardiac, liver, and kidney structure and function from childhood through young adulthood.
Prof Agbaje discovered childhood tobacco smoking as a cause of premature cardiac damage and identified that smoking prevalence increased 15 times between the age of 13 to 17 years. He also discovered arterial stiffness as a novel risk factor for paediatric obesity and insulin resistance, identified adolescence as the critical time to interrupt fat mass-insulin resistance pathologic cycle, and demonstrated light-intensity physical activity as a highly effective antidote for reversing excessive fat deposit induced by childhood sedentariness. Recently, he discovered waist-to-height ratio as a specific surrogate for fat mass but not muscle mass that could replace BMI in assessing childhood obesity. Subsequently, he was interviewed LIVE on BBC World News TV to discuss the novel findings.
In December 2024, the American Heart Association selected Prof Agbaje’s study as one of the world’s most significant advances in cardiovascular research in 2024. In October 2023, two of Prof. Agbaje’s publications were placed in the Top 1% highly cited paper in the academic field of Clinical Medicine, while a third publication was placed in the Top 1% highly cited paper in the academic field of Biology & Biochemistry by Clarivate’s Web of Science.
He has single/first authored original papers in highly prestigious journals such as JACC and Nature Communications. He was interviewed LIVE on BBC World Service Radio Newsday programme on 15th Dec 2023, BBC Radio Devon on 16th Jan 2024, and BBC World News LIVE TV programme on 14th March 2024. The University of Eastern Finland recorded a podcast interview of his findings as well as a video.
The Endocrine Society in US recorded a podcast interview of his research and discussed his research in the prestigious Endocrine Magazine March 2024 edition. He gave a press conference at the ENDO 2024 congress in Boston, US. He was interviewed by the European Association for the Study of Obesity, a federation of 36 European countries’ professional associations and subsequently had a video interview at the European Congress on Obesity.
His research has received extensive press coverage, with over 2,000 media mentions in 2022 and 2023 in outlets such as BBC, CNN, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Mirror, BILD, Infobae, Yahoo Lifestyle, Yahoo Sport, US News & World report, DocCheck, MSN, WebMD, Medscape, The Conversation, Jerusalem Post, Helsingin Sanomat, YLE, etc, potentially reaching a global audience of more than 4.5 billion. The equivalent advertising value of these news articles is more than 30 million US dollars.
He is the principal investigator of the urFIT-child research group and has strong collaboration with world-renowned pediatricians, exercise physiologists, epidemiologists, and adult clinicians in Canada, US, UK, Germany, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, etc.
He has received several scientific excellence awards including the prestigious EASO-Novo Nordisk Foundation for New Investigator Award in Childhood Obesity with a 300,000 Danish Kroner (€40,000 / 44,000 USD) prize. Other awards are the Endocrine Society Award for outstanding abstract, American Heart Association’s Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award in Epidemiology and Prevention (once), Jeremiah and Rose Stamler Research Award (twice), and Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award (four times).
He co-authored an American Heart Association Scientific Statement on Environmental Exposures and Pediatric Cardiology, published in Circulation. He had a video discussion of the Scientific Statement. He was an invited guest speaker to the largest mother and child center in Canada – CHU Sainte-Justine Mother and Child University Hospital Center, Canada in March 2023 to speak on the determinants of carotid intima-media thickness and arterial stiffness in pediatrics.
He is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Children’s Health and Exercise Research Centre (CHERC), Department of Public Health and Sports Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
He is an Associate Editor in the Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia, and Muscle (JCSM), serves on the editorial board of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (ATVB), and mentors early career editorial board members. He also serves on the editorial board of Pediatric Exercise Science journal.
He is an elected Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC), an elected Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA), an elected Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine (FNYAM). These titles of honour, symbol of excellence and lifetime achievement recognizes his significant contribution to cardiovascular field in Europe and America.
He is an expert advisor to the World Health Organization and European Association for the Study of Obesity’s task force on preventing childhood obesity.
Primary email is [email protected]
Secondary email is [email protected]
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Photo by © EASO Media 2024
Photo by © Novo Nordisk Foundation/Christian Als 2023
Photo by © AHA/Zach Boyden-Holmes 2023 
Photo by © AHA/Todd Buchanan 2023 - American Heart Association’s 2024 World’s Most Significant Advances in Cardiovascular Research.
- EASO-Novo Nordisk Foundation New Investigator Award in Childhood Obesity 2024. The prestigious award prize is 300,000 Danish Kroner (€40,000 / $44,000)
- Journal of Human Hypertension 2023 Young Investigator Award, 2024
- Early Career Investigator Award for Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine Research 2024 Award of the American Heart Association
- Paul Dudley White International Scholar 2024 Award of the American Heart Association
- Top Reviewer Award by European Society of Cardiology at ESC 2024, London UK.
- Endocrine Society Outstanding Abstract Award at ENDO 2024, Boston, US
- Career Development Lecture at Artery Society 2024 Meeting, Cardiff, UK
- Docent in Clinical Epidemiology and Child Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, March 2024.
- Associate Editor of Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle (Impact Factor 9.4)
- Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine (FNYAM) 2024. The FNYAM title represents a community of distinguished professionals who have shown a high level of achievement, evidenced by strong performance in at least science or research.
- Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) 2024. The FAHA title is an honorific designation that recognizes scientific and professional accomplishments and contributions, volunteer leadership and service supporting the overall AHA mission: To be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives.
- Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) 2023. The FESC title honours individuals who have distinguished themselves in the cardiovascular field. A unique and prestigious title, recognising excellence and lifetime achievement.
- Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Research Award 2023 for Early Career Investigators of the American Heart Association’s Council on Epidemiology and Prevention
- Paul Dudley White International Scholar 2023 Award of the American Heart Association
- Best Poster Prize Award 2023 in Post-Doctoral Research by Novo Nordisk Foundation Scientific Conference on Prevention of Childhood Obesity
- Reviewer of the Year Award 2022/2023 of the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology / Oxford University Press
- Communicator of the Year Award 2022 of the University of Eastern Finland
- Reviewer of the Year Award 2021/2022 of the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
- Young Investigator Fellowship Award 2022 of the European Atherosclerosis Society
- Paul Dudley White International Scholar 2022 Award of the American Heart Association
- Jeremiah and Rose Stamler Research 2022 Award for New Investigators at the Epi Lifestyle Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association
- Paul Dudley White International Scholar 2021 Award of the American Heart Association
- Jeremiah and Rose Stamler Research 2021 Award for New Investigators at the Epi Lifestyle Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association
- Distinction, summa cum laude, (1000/1000 points) in Clinical Research 2020, Harvard University, Boston, US
- Distinction, summa cum laude, (5/5 points) Masters in Public Health/Epidemiology 2018, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Distinction, summa cum laude, (5/5 points) Psychiatry/ Mental Health 2014, University of Benin, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
- ELF/Total Undergraduate Scholarship Award for Medical Studies in 2009, 2010, 2011 & 2012 = 4000 US dollars
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Agbaje AO. Incidental and Progressive Tobacco Smoking in Childhood and Subsequent Risk of Premature Cardiac Damage. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Dec 11:S0735-1097(24)09964-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.09.1229. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39665696.
Agbaje AO, Perng W, Tuomainen TP. Effects of accelerometer-based sedentary time and physical activity on DEXA-measured fat mass in 6059 children. Nature Communications. 2023 Dec 12;14(1):8232. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43316-w
Agbaje AO. Accelerometer-based sedentary time and physical activity from childhood through young adulthood with progressive cardiac changes: a 13-year longitudinal study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2024 Sep 6;31(12):1480-1492. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwae129
Agbaje AO. Waist-circumference-to-height-ratio had better longitudinal agreement with DEXA-measured fat mass than BMI in 7237 children. Pediatr Res. 2024 Oct;96(5):1369-1380. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-024-03112-8.
Agbaje AO, Saner C, Zhang J, Henderson M, Tuomainen TP. DXA-based Fat Mass With Risk of Worsening Insulin Resistance in Adolescents: A 9-Year Temporal and Mediation Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Aug 13;109(9):e1708-e1719. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgae004
Agbaje AO, Barker AR, Tuomainen TP. Effects of Arterial Stiffness and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression on the Risk of Overweight/Obesity and Elevated Blood Pressure/Hypertension: a Cross-Lagged Cohort Study. Hypertension. 2022 Jan;79(1):159-169. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.18449.
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>210 completed manuscript reviews as of November 2024.
- European Heart Journal (EHJ)
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC)
- Diabetes Care
- Circulation Research
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (ATVB)
- Hypertension
- Pediatrics
- Sports Medicine
- European Journal of Preventive Cardiology (EJPC)
- Atherosclerosis
- International Journal of Obesity
- The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM)
- Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine
- Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental
- BMC Medicine
- Journal of Cachexia, Sacropenia, and Muscle (JCSM)
- Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA)
- Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (MSSE)
- Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
- Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Journal of Hypertension
- Journal of the Endocrine Society
- Pediatric Exercise Science
- Annals of Epidemiology
- Acta Pediatrica
- Pediatric Cardiology
- European Journal of Sports Science
- Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging
- Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
- High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention
- BMJ Open
- PLOS One
- BMC Pediatrics
- Clinical Epidemiology
- Frontiers in Pediatrics
- BMJ Open Respiratory Research
- Vascular Medicine
- Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
- Annals of Medicine
- Journal of Adolescent Health
- Obesity Reviews
- Digestive Diseases and Sciences
- SAGE Open Medicine
- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO/ZonMw): Grant reviewer
- National Institute for Health and Care Research, UK: Grant reviewer
- European Society of Cardiology, France: Congress Abstract Reviewer
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Clinical Epidemiology: TL00BN63-3001 (3 ECTS) (Advanced course for Masters and PhD candidates) 2021 – present
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: (3 ECTS) (Advanced course for Masters and PhD candidates), taught from 2018 – 2023.
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Agbaje AO. Incidental and Progressive Tobacco Smoking in Childhood and Subsequent Risk of Premature Cardiac Damage. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2024 Dec 11:S0735-1097(24)09964-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.09.1229. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39665696.
Agbaje AO. Lean Mass Longitudinally Confounds Sedentary Time and Physical Activity With Blood Pressure Progression in 2513 Children. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2024 Nov 13. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.13639. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39535381.
Agbaje AO. JHH Young Investigator Award 2023: interview with the winner Andrew O. Agbaje. J Hum Hypertens. 2024 November;38:733–735. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41371-024-00974-7
Agbaje AO. Incidental and progressive tobacco smoking from childhood through young adulthood with premature structural and functional cardiac damage in 1931 children: A 14-Year Longitudinal Study. Circulation 2024; Nov 11;150:Supplement_1 https://doi.org/10.1161/circ.150.suppl_1.4147083
Agbaje AO. Fat mass mediating effect on the association of worsening insulin resistance with increased left ventricular mass in 1595 adolescents: a 7-Year Longitudinal and Mediation Study. Eur Heart J, 2024 Oct;45,Supplement_1:ehae666.2898. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehae666.2898
Agbaje AO. Waist-circumference-to-height-ratio had better longitudinal agreement with DEXA-measured fat mass than BMI in 7237 children. Pediatr Res. 2024 Oct;96(5):1369-1380. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-024-03112-8.
Agbaje AO. Accelerometer-based sedentary time and physical activity from childhood through young adulthood with progressive cardiac changes: a 13-year longitudinal study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2024 Sep 6;31(12):1480-1492. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwae129
Agbaje AO. Author reply to correspondence from Hudda et al. on waist-circumference-to-height-ratio had better longitudinal agreement with DEXA-measured fat mass than BMI in 7237 children. Pediatr Res. 2024 Aug;96(3):538-539. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-024-03316-y
Agbaje AO, Saner C, Zhang J, Henderson M, Tuomainen TP. DXA-based Fat Mass With Risk of Worsening Insulin Resistance in Adolescents: A 9-Year Temporal and Mediation Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Aug 13;109(9):e1708-e1719. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgae004
Agbaje AO. Associations of Sedentary Time and Physical Activity From Childhood With Lipids: A 13-Year Mediation and Temporal Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Jun 17;109(7):e1494-e1505. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgad688
Agbaje AO. Accelerometer-based sedentary time and physical activity with MASLD and liver cirrhosis in 2684 British adolescents. npj Gut & Liver 2024 Jun 1;1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44355-024-00002-y
A O Agbaje, Increased low-density lipoprotein cholesterol predict the risk of progressive structural but not functional cardiac damage in youth: a 7-year follow-up study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2024 Jun 1;31,Issue Supplement_1: zwae175.366, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwae175.366
A O Agbaje, No association between increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and progressive cardiac damage in 1595 adolescents: a 7-year longitudinal study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2024 Jun 1;31, Issue Supplement_1:zwae175.365, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwae175.365
Zachariah JP, Jone PN, Agbaje AO, Ryan HH, Trasande L, Perng W, Farzan SF; American Heart Association Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health; and Council on Clinical Cardiology. Environmental Exposures and Pediatric Cardiology: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2024 May 14;149(20):e1165-e1175. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001234.
Agbaje AO, Barker AR, Lewandowski AJ, Leeson P, Tuomainen TP. Accelerometer-based sedentary time, light physical activity, and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity from childhood with arterial stiffness and carotid IMT progression: A 13-year longitudinal study of 1339 children. Acta Physiol (Oxf). 2024 May;240(5):e14132. https://doi.org/10.1111/apha.14132
Agbaje AO. Mediating effect of fat mass, lean mass, blood pressure and insulin resistance on the associations of accelerometer-based sedentary time and physical activity with arterial stiffness, carotid IMT and carotid elasticity in 1574 adolescents. J Hum Hypertens. 2024 May;38:393–403. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41371-024-00905-6
Agbaje AO. The Interactive Effects of Sedentary Time, Physical Activity, and Fat Mass on Insulin Resistance in the Young Population. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Mar 5:dgae135. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgae135. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38441224.
Agbaje AO. Increasing lipids with risk of worsening cardiac damage in 1595 adolescents: A 7-year longitudinal and mediation study. Atherosclerosis. 2024 Feb 1:389;117440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2023.117440
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Agbaje AO, Perng W, Tuomainen TP. Effects of accelerometer-based sedentary time and physical activity on DEXA-measured fat mass in 6059 children. Nature Communications. 2023 Dec 12;14(1):8232. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43316-w
Agbaje AO. Associations of Sedentary Time and Physical Activity From Childhood With Lipids: A 13-Year Mediation and Temporal Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Dec 14:dgad688. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgad688 Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38097375.
A O Agbaje, A R Barker, A J Lewandowski, P Leeson, T P Tuomainen. Cumulative accelerometer-based sedentary time from childhood through young adulthood with increased arterial stiffness and carotid intima-media thickness in youth: a 13-year longitudinal study. European Heart Journal 2023 Nov 2;44(Supplement_2):ehad655.2077. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad655.2077
A O Agbaje, A R Barker, A J Lewandowski, P Leeson, T P Tomi-Pekka. Cumulative accelerometer-based light physical activity from childhood through young adulthood with arterial stiffness and carotid intima-media thickness progression: a 13-year longitudinal study. European Heart Journal 2023 Nov 2;44(Supplement_2):ehad655.2338. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad655.2338
A O Agbaje. Cumulative accelerometer-based sedentary time from childhood through young adulthood with progressive left ventricular remodelling in British youth: a 13-year longitudinal study. European Heart Journal 2023 Nov 2;44(Supplement_2):ehad655.2393. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad655.2393
A O Agbaje. Prospective associations of non-HDL cholesterol with premature structural and functional cardiac damage progression in British youth: the ALSPAC study. European Heart Journal 2023 Nov 2;44(Supplement_2):ehad655.3017. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad655.3017
A O Agbaje. Cumulative accelerometer-based light physical activity from childhood through young adulthood progressively decreases left ventricular mass in British youth: a 13-year longitudinal study. European Heart Journal 2023 Nov 2;44(Supplement_2):ehad655.1139. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad655.1139
A O Agbaje. Increased triglyceride independently associates with premature structural and functional cardiac damage progression in asymptomatic adolescents: a 7-year longitudinal study. European Heart Journal 2023 Nov 2;44(Supplement_2):ehad655.2502. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad655.2502
A O Agbaje. A 7-year longitudinal association of total cholesterol with premature structural and functional cardiac damage progression in youth: the ALSPAC birth cohort study. European Heart Journal 2023 Nov 2;44(Supplement_2):ehad655.1138. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad655.1138
A O Agbaje. An average of 60mins/day of moderate to vigorous physical activity from childhood through young adulthood was associated with worsening cardiac structural damage in youth: A 13-year longitudinal study. European Heart Journal 2023 Nov 2;44(Supplement_2):ehad655.2602. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehad655.2602
A O Agbaje. Longitudinal Associations of Accelerometer-Based Sedentary Time and Physical Activity With Blood Pressure Progression From Childhood Through Young Adulthood: A 13-year Mediation and Isotemporal Substitution Study of 2513 Children. Circulation. 2023 Nov 6;148:A16549. https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circ.148.suppl_1.16549
Agbaje AO, Zachariah JP, Tuomainen TP. Arterial Stiffness but not Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression Precede Premature Structural and Functional Cardiac Damage in Youth: A 7-Year Temporal and Mediation Longitudinal Study. Atherosclerosis 2023 Sep;380:117197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2023.117197
Agbaje AO. Associations of accelerometer-based sedentary time, light physical activity and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity with resting cardiac structure and function in adolescents according to sex, fat mass, lean mass, BMI, and hypertensive status. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2023 Aug;33(8):1399-1411. doi: 10.1111/sms.14365.
Agbaje AO. Adolescents Cholesterol Passport: A Universal Pediatric Lipid Screening Tool to Combat Atherosclerosis – the World’s Deadliest Scourge. Front Pediatr. 2023 June 19;11. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1228483
Agbaje AO. Longitudinal Mediating effect of Fatmass and Lipids on Sedentary Time, Light PA, and MVPA with Inflammation in Youth. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023 Jun 13:dgad354. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgad354. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37310686.
Agbaje AO. Arterial stiffness preceding metabolic syndrome in 3,862 adolescents: a mediation and temporal causal longitudinal birth cohort study. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2023 Jun 1;324(6):H905-H911. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00126.2023.
Agbaje AO. Does arterial stiffness mediate or suppress the associations of blood pressure with cardiac structure and function in adolescents?. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. June 1 2023;324(6):H776-H781. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00094.2023.
Agbaje AO. Longitudinal Left Ventricular Mass Indexing for DEXA-Measured Lean Mass and Fat Mass: Novel Normative Reference Centiles in Post-Pubertal Adolescents and Young Adults. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology 2023, Apr 1;324(4):H571-H577. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00045.2023
Agbaje AO, Barker AR, Tuomainen TP. Cumulative muscle mass and blood pressure but not fat mass drives arterial stiffness and carotid intima-media thickness progression in the young population and is unrelated to vascular organ damage. Hypertension Research April 1 2023;46:984–999. doi: 10.1038/s41440-022-01065-1.
Agbaje AO. Elevated Blood Pressure and Worsening Cardiac Damage During Adolescence. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2023 Mar 3:S0022-3476(23)00132-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.02.018.
Agbaje AO, Zachariah JP, Bamsa O, Odili AN, and Tuomainen T-P. Cumulative insulin resistance and hyperglycaemia with arterial stiffness and carotid IMT progression in 1779 adolescents: A 9-Year Longitudinal Cohort Study. American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism 2023 Mar 1;324(3):E268-E278. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpendo.00008.2023
Agbaje AO, Barmi S, Sansum KM, Baynard T, Barker AR, and Tuomainen T-P. Temporal longitudinal associations of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity and carotid intima-media thickness with resting heart rate and inflammation in youth. Journal of Applied Physiology 2023 Mar 1;134(3):657-666. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00701.2022
Agbaje AO, Lloyd-Jones DM, Magnussen CG, Tuomainen T-P. Cumulative Dyslipidemia with Arterial Stiffness and Carotid IMT Progression in Asymptomatic Adolescents: A Simulated Intervention Longitudinal Study Using Temporal Inverse Allocation Model. Atherosclerosis Jan 1 2023;364:39-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.11.011
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Agbaje AO. Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Adolescence: A Telescope into Future Cardiovascular Health. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2022 Dec 13:zwac298. doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwac298.
Andrew O Agbaje, Justin P Zachariah, and Tomi-Pekka Tuomainen. Arterial Stiffness and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression Preceding Worsening Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Diastolic Dysfunction in Youth: A Temporal Causal Longitudinal Study. Circulation 2022, Oct 30. doi/10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.13679
Agbaje AO. To prevent hypertension in Africans: do we need to eat more vegetables? Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2022 Oct 10:zwac233. doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwac233.
A O Agbaje, D M Lloyd-Jones, C G Magnussen, T P Tuomainen. Cumulative dyslipidaemia from mid-adolescence through young adulthood with carotid intima-media thickness progression: a 9-year longitudinal study. European Heart Journal, 2022 Oct 2:43(Supplement_2,); ehac544.2350, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.2350
A O Agbaje, S Barmi, K M Sansum, T Baynard, A R Barker, T P Tuomainen. Does arterial stiffness progression temporally precede higher low-grade inflammation in adolescents? Causal longitudinal evidence using auto-regressive cross-lagged structural equation models. European Heart Journal, 2022 Oct 2:43(Supplement_2,);ehac544.2247. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.2247
A O Agbaje, D M Lloyd-Jones, C G Magnussen, T P Tuomainen. Simulated intervention and optimal timing for attenuating dyslipidaemia-related atherosclerotic progression in the young: a temporal inverse allocation analysis of the ALSPAC cohort. European Heart Journal, 2022 Oct 2:43(Supplement_2,); ehac544.2352, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.2352
A O Agbaje, S Barmi, K M Sansum, T Baynard, A R Barker, T P Tuomainen. Temporal causal longitudinal associations of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein with carotid intima-media thickness progression in adolescents: the ALSPAC birth cohort study. European Heart Journal, 2022 Oct 2:43(Supplement_2,); ehac544.2246, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.2246
A O Agbaje, J P Zachariah, O Bamsa, A N Odili, T P Tuomainen. Cumulative hyperinsulinemia, hyperglycaemia, and insulin resistance from mid-adolescence through young adulthood with carotid intima-media thickness progression: a 9-year longitudinal study. European Heart Journal, 2022 Oct 2:43(Supplement_2,);ehac544.2414, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.2414
A O Agbaje, D M Lloyd-Jones, C G Magnussen, T P Tuomainen. Longitudinal associations of cumulative dyslipidaemia from mid-adolescence through young adulthood with arterial stiffness progression: the ALSPAC study. European Heart Journal, 2022 Oct 2:43(Supplement_2,);ehac544.2351, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.2351
Agbaje AO. Mediating role of body composition and insulin resistance on the association of arterial stiffness with blood pressure among adolescents: The ALSPAC study. Front. Cardiovasc. Med. 2022: 9:939125. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.939125
Agbaje AO. Arterial stiffness precedes hypertension and metabolic risks in youth: a review. J Hypertens. 2022 Oct 1;40(10):1887-1896. . doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003239.
Agbaje AO, Barker AR, Mitchell GF, Tuomainen TP. Effect of Arterial Stiffness and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression on the Risk of Dysglycemia, Insulin Resistance, and Dyslipidemia: a Temporal Causal Longitudinal Study. Hypertension. 2022 Mar;79(3):667-678. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.18754.
Agbaje AO, Barker AR, Tuomainen TP. Effects of Arterial Stiffness and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression on the Risk of Overweight/Obesity and Elevated Blood Pressure/Hypertension: a Cross-Lagged Cohort Study. Hypertension. 2022 Jan;79(1):159-169. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.18449.
Agbaje AO, Barker AR, Tuomainen TP. Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Fat Mass, and Cardiometabolic Health with Endothelial Function, Arterial Elasticity, and Stiffness. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2022 Jan 1;54(1):141-152. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002757.
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- European Society of Cardiology (ESC), France
- American Heart Association (AHA), Dallas, US
- European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS), Sweden
- Association for Research into Arterial Structure and Physiology (Artery Society), UK
- American Physiology Society (APS), US
- American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), Indianapolis, US
- North American Society for Pediatric Exercise Medicine (NASPEM), Canada/US
- International Epidemiology Association (IEA), US
- International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA), Sweden
- Finnish Epidemiology Society (FES), Finland
- European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), France
- Endocrine Society, US
- Finnish Association for the Study of Obesity (FASO), Finland
- European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO), UK
- Tampere Society for Associate Professors, Finland
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ENDO 2024 Press Conference on Sedentary time and liver damage in children 01.06.24
European Congress on Obesity 2024 EASO Pre-conference Interview 11.05.2024
CTV Largest Private Canadian TV Network News on Sedentariness and Heart Damage 07.05.2024
American Heart Association Scientific Statement on Environmental Exposure and Pediatric Cardiology
BBC Point West News on Assessing Childhood Obesity
BBC Radio Devon LIVE interview on Dyslipidemia and Cardiac Damage
DocCheck Interview on Slow and Steady Wins the Race- Light Physical Activity
University of Eastern Finland Video Interview on Sedentariness
Endocrine Society US Podcast on Childhood Sedentariness and Lipids
University of Eastern Finland Podcast Interview on Sedentariness
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- Professor Idowu Senbanjo MBChB, MSc, PGD (Boston), FWACP, Cert Paediatric Gastroenterology (South Africa), Consultant/Specialist in Paediatric Gastroenterologist/Nutritionist, PhD candidate
- Dr. Tolu Shogade MBChB, MWACP, FMCP, Consultant/Specialist in Internal Medicine, PhD candidate
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- Samuel Barmi RN, MPH, PhD candidate
- Dr. Basil Apaokwueze MBBS, MPH candidate
- Ada Korhonen MD candidate
- Viivi Heijari Bachelors thesis in Biomedicine (Completed May 2024)
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Accelerometer-based sedentary time and physical activity from childhood through young adulthood with progressive cardiac changes: a 13-year longitudinal study
Agbaje, Andrew O. 2024. European journal of preventive cardiology. 31: 1480-1492 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Accelerometer-based sedentary time and physical activity with MASLD and liver cirrhosis in 2684 British adolescents
Agbaje, Andrew O.. 2024. npj gut and liver. 1: 1-13 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Accelerometer-based sedentary time and physical activity with incident and progressive tobacco smoking in 2503 children: A 13-year mediation and temporal longitudinal study
Agbaje, Andrew O. 2024. Behaviour research and therapy. 2025; 185: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Accelerometer‐based sedentary time, light physical activity, and moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity from childhood with arterial stiffness and carotid IMT progression: A 13‐year longitudinal study of 1339 children
Agbaje, Andrew O; Barker, Alan R; Lewandowski, Adam J; Leeson, Paul; Tuomainen, Tomi‐Pekka. 2024. Acta physiologica. 240: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Author reply to correspondence from Hudda et al. on waist-circumference-to-height-ratio had better longitudinal agreement with DEXA-measured fat mass than BMI in 7237 children
Agbaje, Andrew O. 2024. Pediatric research. 96: 538-539 B1 Non-refereed journal articles -
DXA-based Fat Mass With Risk of Worsening Insulin Resistance in Adolescents: A 9-Year Temporal and Mediation Study
Agbaje, Andrew O; Saner, Christoph; Zhang, Jie; Henderson, Mélanie; Tuomainen, Tomi-Pekka. 2024. Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism. 109: e1708–e1719 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Effectiveness of a school-based high-intensity interval training intervention in adolescents: study protocol of the PRO-HIIT cluster randomised controlled trial
Liu, Yong; Barker, Alan R; Adlam, Anna-Lynne R.; Li, Minghui; Duncombe, Stephanie L.; Agbaje, Andrew O.; Gu, Yaodong; Zhou, Huiyu; Williams, Craig A. 2024. Frontiers in pediatrics. 12: . 1458610 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Environmental Exposures and Pediatric Cardiology: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Zachariah, Justin P; Jone, Pei-Ni; Agbaje, Andrew O; Ryan, Heather H; Trasande, Leonardo; Perng, Wei; Farzan, Shohreh F; on behalf of the American Heart Association Council on Lifelong Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Health in the Young; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health; and Council on Clinical Cardiology. 2024. Circulation. 149: e1165-e1175 A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review -
Increased low-density lipoprotein cholesterol predict the risk of progressive structural but not functional cardiac damage in youth: a 7-year follow-up study
Agbaje, A O. 2024. European journal of preventive cardiology abstract -
Increasing lipids with risk of worsening cardiac damage in 1595 adolescents: A 7-year longitudinal and mediation study
Agbaje, Andrew O. 2024. Atherosclerosis. 389: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research