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• Hyperglycemia and stroke mortality: comparison between fasting and 2-h glucose criteria.

  OBJECTIVE: We investigated stroke mortality in individuals in different categories of glycemia and compared hazard ratios (HRs) corresponding to a 1-S…

  Authors: Marjukka Hyvärinen, Qing Qiao, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Tiina Laatikainen, Robert J Heine, Coen D A Stehouwer, K George M M Alberti, Kalevi Pyörälä, Björn Zethelius, Birgitta Stegmayr,…

  Source: Diabetes care. 2009 Feb

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• Depression: an important comorbidity with metabolic syndrome in a general population.

  OBJECTIVE: There is a recognized association among depression, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to examine in a sample …

  Authors: James A Dunbar, Prasuna Reddy, Nathalie Davis-Lameloise, Benjamin Philpot, Tiina Laatikainen, Annamari Kilkkinen, Stephen J Bunker, James D Best, Erkki Vartiainen, Sing Kai Lo,…

  Source: Diabetes care. 2008 Dec

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• Gender differences in the associations between depressive symptoms, cardiovascular diseases, and all-cause mortality.

  PURPOSE: We examine the relationships between depressive symptoms and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a representative sample …

  Authors: Ari Haukkala, Hanna Konttinen, Antti Uutela, Ichiro Kawachi, Tiina Laatikainen

  Source: Annals of epidemiology. 2009 Sep

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• Associations of leisure time physical activity, self-rated physical fitness, and estimated aerobic fitness with serum C-reactive protein among 3,803 adults.

  OBJECTIVE: Serum C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of systemic inflammation, is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Obesity and physical activi…

  Authors: Katja Borodulin, Tiina Laatikainen, Veikko Salomaa, Pekka Jousilahti

  Source: Atherosclerosis. 2006 Apr

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• Evaluating risk for cardiovascular diseases--vain or value? How do different cardiovascular risk scores act in real life.

  BACKGROUND: Screening tools to identify persons with high cardiovascular risk exist, but less is known about their validity in different population gr…

  Authors: Eeva Ketola, Tiina Laatikainen, Erkki Vartiainen

  Source: European journal of public health. 2010 Feb

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• Prevalence, awareness and treatment of hypertension in Finland during 1982-2007.

  OBJECTIVES: To assess the trends in prevalence and in control of hypertension in various parts of Finland during 1982-2007. METHODS: Three independent…

  Authors: Mika Kastarinen, Riitta Antikainen, Markku Peltonen, Tiina Laatikainen, Noel C Barengo, Antti Jula, Veikko Salomaa, Pekka Jousilahti, Aulikki Nissinen, Erkki Vartiainen,…

  Source: Journal of hypertension. 2009 Aug

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• Trends in lifestyle factors affecting blood pressure in hypertensive and normotensive Finns during 1982-2002.

  OBJECTIVE: To assess the trends in blood pressure (BP) affecting lifestyle factors in hypertensive and normotensive Finns from 1982 to 2002. DESIGN AN…

  Authors: Mika Kastarinen, Tiina Laatikainen, Veikko Salomaa, Pekka Jousilahti, Riitta Antikainen, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Aulikki Nissinen, Erkki Vartiainen

  Source: Journal of hypertension. 2007 Feb

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• Explaining the decline in coronary heart disease mortality in Finland between 1982 and 1997.

  In Finland since the 1980s, coronary heart disease mortality has declined more than might be predicted by risk factor reductions alone. The aim of thi…

  Authors: Tiina Laatikainen, Julia Critchley, Erkki Vartiainen, Veikko Salomaa, Matti Ketonen, Simon Capewell

  Source: American journal of epidemiology. 2005 Oct 15

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• Marital status, educational level and household income explain part of the excess mortality of survey non-respondents.

  Survey respondents and non-respondents differ in their demographic and socio-economic position. Many of the health behaviours are also known to be ass…

  Authors: Hanna Tolonen, Tiina Laatikainen, Satu Helakorpi, Kirsi Talala, Tuija Martelin, Ritva Prättälä

  Source: European journal of epidemiology. 2010 Feb

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• Thirty-year trends of physical activity in relation to age, calendar time and birth cohort in Finnish adults.

  BACKGROUND: The aim of this article was to investigate time trends 1972-2002 in leisure time, occupational and commuting physical activity across birt…

  Authors: Katja Borodulin, Tiina Laatikainen, Anne Juolevi, Pekka Jousilahti

  Source: European journal of public health. 2008 Jun

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