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I am a licensed nutritionist and an associate professor of nutrition and public health, especially nutritional epidemiology. My main topics of interest involve 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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Eggs – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023
Virtanen, Jyrki K; Larsson, Susanna C. 2024. Food and nutrition research. 68: 1-19 -
In vivo vitamin D targets reveal the upregulation of focal adhesion-related genes in primary immune cells of healthy individuals
Ghosh Dastidar, Ranjini; Jaroslawska, Julia; Malinen, Marjo; Tuomainen, Tomi Pekka; Virtanen, Jyrki K; Bendik, Igor; Carlberg, Carsten. 2024. Scientific reports. 14: . 17552 -
Meat and meat products – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023
Meinilä, Jelena; Virtanen, Jyrki K. 2024. Food and nutrition research. 68: . 10538 -
Omega-3 Blood Levels and Stroke Risk: A Pooled and Harmonized Analysis of 183 291 Participants From 29 Prospective Studies
O’Keefe, James H.; Tintle, Nathan L.; Harris, William S.; O’Keefe, Evan L.; Sala-Vila, Aleix; Attia, John; Garg, G. Manohar; Hure, Alexis; Bork, Christian Sørensen; Schmidt, Erik Berg; Venø, Stine Krogh; Chien, Kuo-Liong; Chen, Yun-Yu (Amelia); Egert, Sarah; Feldreich, Tobias Rudholm; Ärnlöv, Johan; Lind, Lars; Forouhi, Nita G.; Geleijnse, Johanna M.; Pertiwi, Kamalita; Imamura, Fumiaki; de Mello Laaksonen, Vanessa; Uusitupa, W. Matti; Tuomilehto, Jaakko; Laakso, Markku; Lankinen, Maria Anneli; . 2024. Stroke. 55: 50-58 -
Role of Polyunsaturated Fat in Modifying Cardiovascular Risk Associated With Family History of Cardiovascular Disease: Pooled De Novo Results From 15 Observational Studies
Laguzzi, F.; Åkesson, A.; Marklund, M.; Qian, F.; Gigante, B.; Bartz, T.M.; Bassett, J.K.; Birukov, A.; Campos, H.; Hirakawa, Y.; Imamura, F.; Jäger, S.; Lankinen, M.; Murphy, R.A.; Senn, M.; Tanaka, T.; Tintle, N.; Virtanen, J.K.; Yamagishi, K.; Allison, M.; Brouwer, I.A.; De Faire, U.; Eiriksdottir, G.; Ferrucci, L.; Forouhi, N.G.; Geleijnse, J.M.; Hodge, A.M; Kimura, H.; Laakso, M.; Risérus, U.; van Westing, A.C.; Bandinelli, S.; Baylin, A.; Giles, G.G.; Gudnason, V.; Iso, H.; Lemaitre, R.N.;. 2024. Circulation. 149: 305-316 -
Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
Phelps, Nowell H; Singleton, Rosie K; Zhou, Bin; Heap, Rachel A; Mishra, Anu; Bennett, James E; Paciorek, Christopher J; Lhoste, Victor PF; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M; Stevens, Gretchen A; Rodriguez-Martinez, Andrea; Bixby, Honor; Bentham, James; Di Cesare, Mariachiara; Danaei, Goodarz; Rayner, Archie W; Barradas-Pires, Ana; Cowan, Melanie J; Savin, Stefan; Riley, Leanne M; Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A; Baker, Jennifer L; Barkat, Amina; Bhutta, Zulfiqar A; Branca, Francesco; Caixeta, Roberta B; Cusc. 2024. The Lancet. 403: 1027-1050 -
Association of omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids with incident chronic kidney disease: pooled analysis of 19 cohorts
Ong, Kwok Leung; Marklund, Matti; Huang, Liping; Rye, Kerry-Anne; Hui, Nicholas; Pan, Xiong-Fei; Rebholz, Casey M; Kim, Hyunju; Steffen, Lyn M; van Westing, Anniek C; Geleijnse, Johanna M; Hoogeveen, Ellen K; Chen, Yun-Yu; Chien, Kuo-Liong; Fretts, Amanda M; Lemaitre, Rozenn N; Imamura, Fumiaki; Forouhi, Nita G; Wareham, Nicholas J; Birukov, Anna; Jäger, Susanne; Kuxhaus, Olga; Schulze, Matthias B; de Mello, Vanessa Derenji; Tuomilehto, Jaakko; Uusitupa, Matti; Lindström, Jaana; Tintle, Nathan; . 2023. BMJ. 380: -
Dietary fat quality and serum androgen concentrations in middle-aged men
Wynne-Ellis, Miika M; Mursu, Jaakko J; Tuomainen, Tomi Pekka; Bertone-Johnson, Elizabeth; Salonen, Jukka T; Virtanen, Jyrki K. 2023. European journal of clinical nutrition. 2024; 78: 99-106 -
Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development
NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). 2023. Nature. 615: 874-883 -
Efficacy of vitamin D3 supplementation on cancer mortality: systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Kuznia, Sabine; Zhu, Anna; Akutsu, Taisuke; Buring, Julie E; Camargo Jr, Carlos A; Cook, Nancy R; Chen, Li-Ju; Cheng, Ting-Yuan David; Hantunen, Sari; Lee, I-Min; Manson, JoAnn E; Neale, Rachel E; Scragg, Robert; Shadyab, Aladdin H; Sha, Sha; Sluyter, John; Tuomainen, Tomi-Pekka; Urashima, Mitsuyoshi; Virtanen, Jyrki K; Voutilainen, Ari; Wactawski-Wende, Jean; Waterhouse, Mary; Brenner, Hermann; Schöttker, Ben. 2023. Ageing research reviews. 87: