Research Topics
Genomes and GenesSpecies | Antti JulaSummaryAffiliation: University of Turku Country: Finland Publications
| Collaborators
|
Detail Information
Publications
Parental smoking in childhood and brachial artery flow-mediated dilatation in young adults: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study and the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health studyMarkus Juonala
Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Finland
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 32:1024-31. 2012..Passive smoking has been associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity. The present study aimed to examine the long-term effects of childhood exposure to tobacco smoke on endothelium-dependent vasodilation in adults...- A longitudinal analysis on associations of adiponectin levels with metabolic syndrome and carotid artery intima-media thickness. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns StudyMarkus Juonala
Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Atherosclerosis 217:234-9. 2011..To gain insight on the interrelations between MetS, adiponectin and cardiovascular risk, we also examined the associations of adiponectin and carotid atherosclerosis according to MetS status... - Influence of age on associations between childhood risk factors and carotid intima-media thickness in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Study, the Bogalusa Heart Study, and the Muscatine StMarkus Juonala
Department of Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4 8, FIN 20520 Turku, Finland
Circulation 122:2514-20. 2010..The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of age on the associations between childhood risk factors and carotid artery intima-media thickness, a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis... - [Why coronary heart disease is still more problem in Eastern than Western Finland?]Markus Juonala
Loimaan aluesairaala
Duodecim 122:55-61. 2006 - Life-time risk factors and progression of carotid atherosclerosis in young adults: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns studyMarkus Juonala
Department of Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Central Hospital, PO Box 52, 20500 Turku, Finland
Eur Heart J 31:1745-51. 2010..The aim of this study is to evaluate whether childhood risk factors are associated with a 6-year change in carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in young adulthood independent of the current risk factors... - Effect of age and sex on carotid intima-media thickness, elasticity and brachial endothelial function in healthy adults: the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns StudyMarkus Juonala
Department of Medicine, University of Turku, PO Box 52, 20521 Turku, Finland
Eur Heart J 29:1198-206. 2008..The objective was to produce reference values and to analyse the associations of age and sex with carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), carotid compliance (CAC), and brachial flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) in young healthy adults... - Alcohol consumption is directly associated with carotid intima-media thickness in Finnish young adults: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns StudyMarkus Juonala
University of Turku, Department of Medicine, Finland
Atherosclerosis 204:e93-8. 2009..Therefore, our aim was to study whether alcohol consumption is associated with carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), marker of subclinical atherosclerosis, in young, healthy adults... - Childhood levels of serum apolipoproteins B and A-I predict carotid intima-media thickness and brachial endothelial function in adulthood: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns studyMarkus Juonala
Department of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
J Am Coll Cardiol 52:293-9. 2008..The aim of this study was to determine whether apolipoproteins (apo) B and A-I measured in childhood and adolescence predict atherosclerosis in adulthood... - Socioeconomic status, cardiovascular risk factors, and subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults: the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns StudyPaula Kestilä
Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, and Department of Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 32:815-21. 2012.... - Pulse pressure in youth and carotid intima-media thickness in adulthood: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns studyOlli T Raitakari
Departments of Clinical Physiology, Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Stroke 40:1519-21. 2009..We examined whether exposure to large pulse pressure in childhood predicts carotid artery intima-media thickness in adulthood... - Associations of dyslipidemias from childhood to adulthood with carotid intima-media thickness, elasticity, and brachial flow-mediated dilatation in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns StudyMarkus Juonala
Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Finland
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 28:1012-7. 2008..In the present study, we examined the effects of dyslipidemias from childhood to adulthood and their interaction with nonlipid risk factors on markers of subclinical atherosclerosis... - Tracking of serum lipid levels, blood pressure, and body mass index from childhood to adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns StudyJonna Juhola
Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland
J Pediatr 159:584-90. 2011..To examine tracking and predictiveness of childhood lipid levels, blood pressure, and body mass index for risk profile in adulthood and the best age to measure the childhood risk factor levels... - Effect of repeated dietary counseling on serum lipoproteins from infancy to adulthoodHarri Niinikoski
Department of Pediatrics, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Pediatrics 129:e704-13. 2012..Our aim was to study the influences of repeated low saturated fat dietary counseling on dietary intakes and lipoprotein measures from infancy to adulthood... - Relations between carotid artery distensibility and heart rate variability The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns StudyTuomas Koskinen
Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Finland
Auton Neurosci 161:75-80. 2011..We studied at the population level the relations between carotid-artery-distensibility (Cdist) and vagal modulation of heart rate... - Blood pressure is lower in children and adolescents with a low-saturated-fat diet since infancy: the special turku coronary risk factor intervention projectHarri Niinikoski
Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Hypertension 53:918-24. 2009..The importance of childhood lifestyle counseling and primary prevention of hypertension should be emphasized, especially in those children with a family history of hypertension or atherosclerotic vascular disease... - Association of liver enzymes with metabolic syndrome and carotid atherosclerosis in young adults. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns StudyJuha Koskinen
Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, Turku, Finland
Ann Med 44:187-95. 2012.... - Short-term heart rate variability in healthy young adults: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns StudyTuomas Koskinen
Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Finland
Auton Neurosci 145:81-8. 2009..Because of good reproducibility the short-term indices of HRV and deep breathing test can be used in clinical work... - Beat-to-beat oscillations in pulse pressureRaine Virtanen
Department of Medicine, Turku University Central Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4 8, FIN 20520 Turku, Finland
Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 24:304-9. 2004..18, P = 0.031) and serum triglycerides (0.16, P = 0.048). Our findings suggest that increased beat-to-beat oscillation of PP reflects arterial stiffening and impaired baroreflex function... - Impact of repeated dietary counseling between infancy and 14 years of age on dietary intakes and serum lipids and lipoproteins: the STRIP studyHarri Niinikoski
Department of Pediatrics, University of Turku, Kiinamyllynkatu 4 8, 20520 Turku, Finland
Circulation 116:1032-40. 2007..The aims of the present study were to evaluate the effect of low-saturated-fat, low-cholesterol dietary counseling on fat intakes, growth, serum cholesterol values, and pubertal development in children and adolescents... - Relation of total and free testosterone and sex hormone-binding globulin with cardiovascular risk factors in men aged 24-45 years. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns StudySonja Firtser
Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland
Atherosclerosis 222:257-62. 2012..We studied the levels of total testosterone, calculated free testosterone and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), and their relations with cardiovascular risk factors in young Finnish men... - Childhood serum cholesterol ester fatty acids are associated with blood pressure 27 y later in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns StudyJari E Kaikkonen
Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Tampere University Hospital and University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Am J Clin Nutr 95:1422-31. 2012..In adults, dietary fatty acids (FAs) modify blood pressure (BP), but it is not known whether childhood FA quality is associated with adulthood BP... - The effects of a 6-month sodium restriction on cardiac autonomic function in patients with mild to moderate essential hypertensionPetri Mäkelä
Department of Medicine, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Am J Hypertens 21:1183-7. 2008..The blood pressure-lowering mechanism of low-sodium diet is not fully understood... - Home-measured blood pressure is more strongly associated with atherosclerosis than clinic blood pressure: the Finn-HOME StudyTeemu Niiranen
Department of Health and Functional Capacity, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
J Hypertens 25:1225-31. 2007..Other risk factors associated with carotid atherosclerosis were also investigated... - Cardiovascular risk scores in the prediction of subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults: evidence from the cardiovascular risk in a young Finns studyJuho R H Raiko
Research Center of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital dFinnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki, Finland
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 17:549-55. 2010..To study the utility of risk scores in the prediction of subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults... - Metabolic syndrome and carotid intima-media thickness in young adults: roles of apolipoprotein B, apolipoprotein A-I, C-reactive protein, and secretory phospholipase A2: the cardiovascular risk in young Finns studyNoora Mattsson
The Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Finland
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 30:1861-6. 2010..We examined whether the association between carotid atherosclerosis and MetS in a population of young adults is mediated by apoB and apoA-I and/or by inflammatory markers C-reactive protein and type II secretory phospholipase A2... - Statin adherence and the risk of major coronary events in patients with diabetes: a nested case-control studyPäivi Ruokoniemi
Department of Pharmacology, Drug Development and Therapeutics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Br J Clin Pharmacol 71:766-76. 2011..To evaluate whether good statin adherence is associated with a reduced incidence of major coronary events (MCEs) among diabetic patients with and without coronary heart disease (CHD)... - Evaluation of multiplex immunoassays, used for determination of adiponectin, resistin, leptin, and ghrelin from human blood samples, in comparison to ELISA assaysBritt Marie Loo
National Institute for Health and Welfare, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, Turku, Finland
Scand J Clin Lab Invest 71:221-6. 2011..We have evaluated the performance of two multiplex immunoassays for determination of adiponectin, resistin, ghrelin and leptin in comparison to corresponding, conventional ELISA assays... - Genetic variation of the interleukin-1 family and nongenetic factors determining the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist phenotypesKari Luotola
Department of Medicine, HUCH Helsinki University Central Hospital, Box 340 HUS, FI 00029 Helsinki, Finland
Metabolism 59:1520-7. 2010..The proportion of phenotypic variation in IL-1Ra explained by the genetic variants was, however, modest compared with the proportion explained by the body mass index... - Vitamin D status and common risk factors for bone fragility as determinants of quantitative ultrasound variables in a nationally representative population sampleMaarit Kauppi
Department of Health and Functional Capacity, National Public Health Institute, Turku, Finland
Bone 45:119-24. 2009..Obesity should be taken into account in future assessments of vitamin D status in Finland as in other countries... - Effects of diet and simvastatin on fatty acid composition in hypercholesterolemic men: a randomized controlled trialAntti Jula
Department of Health and Functional Capacity, National Public Health Institute of Finland, Turku, Finland
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 25:1952-9. 2005..To explore the separate and combined effects of simvastatin and a low-saturated diet rich in alpha-linolenic acid on serum fatty acids... - Anxiety and hostility are associated with reduced baroreflex sensitivity and increased beat-to-beat blood pressure variabilityRaine Virtanen
Department of Medicine, Turku University Central Hospital, Finland
Psychosom Med 65:751-6. 2003..The purpose of this study was to determine whether psychological factors are associated with heart rate variability (HRV), blood pressure variability (BPV), and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) among healthy middle-aged men and women...