Jyrki Virtanen
Research Director
Nutrition researcher
Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
[email protected] | +358 40 355 2957
I am a nutrition researcher, an adjunct professor of nutritional epidemiology and a licensed nutritionist. My main topics of interest include the role of dietary factors in development of chronic diseases, mainly cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes and memory disorders. The study methods include both observational cohort studies and clinical trials.
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The Effect of Vitamin D3 Supplementation on the Risk of Falls in a General Population — The Finnish Vitamin D Trial
Rikkonen, Toni; Hantunen, Sari; Kröger, Heikki; Lamberg‐Allardt, Christel; Manson, JoAnn E; Nurmi, Tarja; Tuppurainen, Marjo; Voutilainen, Ari; Tuomainen, Tomi‐Pekka; Virtanen, Jyrki K, 2026, Journal of the american geriatrics society, [First published: 13 January 2026], 1-10. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Adherence to a healthy Nordic diet is associated with a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms
Roponen, Johanna; Virtanen, Jyrki K; Partonen, Timo; Absetz, Pilvikki; Hantunen, Sari; Tuomainen, Tomi Pekka; Nuutinen, Outi; Tolmunen, Tommi; Ruusunen, Anu, 2025, British journal of nutrition, 134, 1, 79-85. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Associations of serum n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations with heart rate at rest, during and after exercise in men
Esmaili, Haleh; Tajik, Behnam; Tuomainen, Tomi-Pekka; Kurl, Sudhir; Salonen, Jukka T; Virtanen, Jyrki K, 2025, Nutrition metabolism and cardiovascular diseases, 35, 7, 103873. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Associations of serum n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations with heart rate-corrected QT and JT intervals in middle-aged males
Esmaili, Haleh; Tajik, Behnam; Tuomainen, Tomi-Pekka; Kauhanen, Jussi; Kurl, Sudhir; Salonen, Jukka T; Virtanen, Jyrki K, 2025, Journal of nutrition, 155, 11, 4016-4022. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Concentrations of the serum long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and hair mercury in men in different apolipoprotein E phenotypes
Fagerholm, Unna; Virtanen, Heli EK; Tuomainen, Tomi-Pekka; Salonen, Jukka T; Virtanen, Jyrki K, 2025, Biometals, 38, 3, 807-816. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Consensus statement on vitamin D role in metabolic health
Giustina, Andrea; di Filippo, Luigi; Aleksova, Aneta; Bollerslev, Jens; Colao, Anna Maria; Dawson-Hughes, Bess; Donini, Lorenzo M; Ebeling, Peter R; Lazaretti-Castro, Marise; Lorusso, Roberto; Luzi, Livio; Marcocci, Claudio; Minisola, Salvatore; Napoli, Nicola; Pittas, Anastassios G.; Rizzoli, René; Querini, Patrizia Rovere; Santini, Ferruccio; Schafer, Anne L; Virtanen, Jyrki K; Bilezikian, John P, 2025, Metabolism: clinical and experimental, 176, 156484. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Serum copper, zinc and selenium and their ratios as predictors of pneumonia death risk in men: the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study
Laine, Jaakko T; Tuomainen, Tomi Pekka; Salonen, Jukka T; Virtanen, Jyrki K, 2025, Infection, [Epub ahead of print 10 July 2025], 1-8. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The effect of vitamin D3 supplementation on the incidence of diagnosed dementia among healthy older adults – the Finnish Vitamin D Trial
Lönnroos, Eija; Ylilauri, Maija; Lamberg-Allardt, Christel; Manson, Jo Ann E; Nurmi, Tarja; Uusitupa, Matti; Voutilainen, Ari; Hantunen, Sari; Tuomainen, Tomi-Pekka; Virtanen, Jyrki K, 2025, Journals of gerontology series a: biological sciences and medical sciences, 80, 7, glaf077. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Associations of the serum n-6 PUFA concentrations with exercise-induced myocardial ischaemia in middle-aged and older men
Esmaili, Haleh; Tajik, Behnam; Tuomainen, Tomi-Pekka; Kurl, Sudhir; Salonen, Jukka T; Virtanen, Jyrki K, 2024, British journal of nutrition, 132, 11, 1522-1529. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Consensus Statement on Vitamin D Status Assessment and Supplementation: Whys, Whens, and Hows
Giustina, Andrea; Bilezikian, John P; Adler, Robert A; Banfi, Giuseppe; Bikle, Daniel D; Binkley, Neil C; Bollerslev, Jens; Bouillon, Roger; Brandi, Maria Luisa; Casanueva, Felipe F; di Filippo, Luigi; Donini, Lorenzo M; Ebeling, Peter R; Fuleihan, Ghada El-Hajj; Fassio, Angelo; Frara, Stefano; Jones, Glenville; Marcocci, Claudio; Martineau, Adrian R; Minisola, Salvatore; Napoli, Nicola; Procopio, Massimo; Rizzoli, Rene; Schafer, Anne L; Sempos, Christopher T; Ulivieri, Fabio Massimo; Virtanen,, 2024, Endocrine reviews, 45, 5, 624-654. A2 Review article, Literature review, Systematic review


