Research at the Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine

Research projects

The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (YFS) - Epidemiologic study on atherosclerotic precursors in Finnish children and young adults

The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study is one of the largest follow-up studies into cardiovascular risk from childhood to adulthood. The main aim is to determine the contribution made by childhood lifestyle, biological, and psychological measures to the risk of cardiovascular diseases in adulthood.

Project Leader: Academy Professor Olli Raitakari

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The STRIP Project - A Prospective Randomized Trial of Atherosclerosis Prevention in Infancy and Childhood - An Epidemiological Study

The STRIP study is unique worldwide; no other study has started dietary intervention in infancy and continued it for 20 years, and simultaneously collected data with repeated measurements on a vast number of risk factors and subclinical markers for cardiovascular health.

The main purpose of the STRIP Study (Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project) is the prevention of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease by a dietary intervention which began in infancy and has continued to early adulthood. The trial was launched in 1990 when 1062 7-month-old children and their families were enrolled. Half of the families have received individualized dietary and other life-style counseling at least twice a year whereas the rest of the families have served as a control group. The STRIP Study intervention continued until the participants reached the age of 20 years.

Project Leader: Academy Professor Olli Raitakari

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Recent publications of the Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine

A century of trends in adult human height (2016)

eLife
Bentham J, Cesare MD, Stevens GA, Zhou B, Bixby H, Cowan M, Fortunato L, Bennett JE, Danaei G, Hajifathalian K, Lu Y, Riley LM, Laxmaiah A, Kontis V, Paciorek CJ, Riboli E, Ezzati M, Abdeen ZA, Hamid ZA, Abu-Rmeileh NM, Acosta-Cazares B, Adams R, Aekplakorn W, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Agyemang C, Ahmadvand A, Ahrens W, Al-Hazzaa HM, Al-Othman AR, Raddadi RA, Ali MM, Alkerwi A, Alvarez-Pedrerol M, Aly E, Amouyel P, Amuzu A, Andersen LB, Anderssen SA, Anjana RM, Aounallah-Skhiri H, Ariansen I, Aris T, Arlappa N, Arveiler D, Assah FK, Avdicová M, Azizi F, Babu BV, Bahijri S, Balakrishna N, Bandosz P, Banegas JR, Barbagallo CM, Barceló A, Barkat A, Barros MV, Bata I, Batieha AM, Batista RL, Baur LA, Beaglehole R, Romdhane HB, Benet M, Bennett JE, Bernabe-Ortiz A, Bernotiene G, Bettiol H, Bhagyalaxmi A, Bharadwaj S, Bhargava SK, Bhatti Z, Bhutta ZA, Bi H, Bi Y, Bjerregaard P, Bjertness E, Bjertness MB, Björkelund C, Blokstra A, Bo S, Bobak M, Boddy LM, Boehm BO, Boeing H, Boissonnet CP, Bongard V, Bovet P, Braeckman L, Bragt MC, Brajkovich I, Branca F, Breckenkamp J, Brenner H, Brewster LM, Brian GR, Bruno G, Bueno-de-Mesquita HA, Bugge A, Burns C, León AC, Cacciottolo J, Cama T, Cameron C, Camolas J, Can G, Cândido AP, Capuano V, Cardoso VC, Carlsson AC, Carvalho MJ, Casanueva FF, Casas JP, Caserta CA, Chamukuttan S, Chan AW, Chan Q, Chaturvedi HK, Chaturvedi N, Chen CJ, Chen F, Chen H, Chen S, Chen Z, Cheng CY, Chetrit A, Chiolero A, Chiou ST, Chirita-Emandi A, Cho B, Cho Y, Christensen K, Chudek J, Cifkova R, Claessens F, Clays E, Concin H, Cooper C, Cooper R, Coppinger TC, Costanzo S, Cottel D, Cowell C, Craig CL, Crujeiras AB, D'Arrigo G, d'Orsi E, Dallongeville J, Damasceno A, Damsgaard CT, Danaei G, Dankner R, Dauchet L, Backer GD, Bacquer DD, Gaetano Gd, Henauw SD, Smedt DD, Deepa M, Deev AD, Dehghan A, Delisle H, Delpeuch F, Deschamps V, Dhana K, Castelnuovo AF, Dias-da-Costa JS, Diaz A, Djalalinia S, Do HT, Dobson AJ, Donfrancesco C, Donoso SP, Döring A, Doua K, Drygas W, Dzerve V, Egbagbe E, Eggertsen R, Ekelund U, Ati JE, Elliott P, Engle-Stone R, Erasmus RT, Erem C, Eriksen L, Peña JE, Evans A, Faeh D, Fall CH, Farzadfar F, Felix-Redondo FJ, Ferguson TS, Fernández-Bergés D, Ferrante D, Ferrari M, Ferreccio C, Ferrieres J, Finn JD, Fischer K, Flores EM, Föger B, Foo LH, Forslund AS, Forsner M, Fortmann SP, Fouad HM, Francis DK, Franco Mdo C, Franco OH, Frontera G, Fuchs FD, Fuchs SC, Fujita Y, Furusawa T, Gaciong Z, Gafencu M, Gareta D, Garnett SP, Gaspoz JM, Gasull M, Gates L, Geleijnse JM, Ghasemian A, Giampaoli S, Gianfagna F, Giovannelli J, Giwercman A, Goldsmith RA, Gonçalves H, Gross MG, Rivas JP, Gorbea MB, Gottrand F, Graff-Iversen S, Grafnetter D, Grajda A, Grammatikopoulou MG, Gregor RD, Grodzicki T, Grøntved A, Gruden G, Grujic V, Gu D, Gualdi-Russo E, Guan OP, Gudnason V, Guerrero R, Guessous I, Guimaraes AL, Gulliford MC, Gunnlaugsdottir J, Gunter M, Guo X, Guo Y, Gupta PC, Gureje O, Gurzkowska B, Gutierrez L, Gutzwiller F, Halkjær J, Hambleton IR, Hardy R, Kumar RH, Hata J, Hayes AJ, He J, Hendriks ME, Cadena LH, Herrala S, Heshmat R, Hihtaniemi IT, Ho SY, Ho SC, Hobbs M, Hofman A, Hormiga CM, Horta BL, Houti L, Howitt C, Htay TT, Htet AS, Htike MM, Hu Y, Husseini A, Huu CN, Huybrechts I, Hwalla N, Iacoviello L, Iannone AG, Ibrahim MM, Ikeda N, Ikram MA, Irazola VE, Islam M, Ivkovic V, Iwasaki M, Jackson RT, Jacobs JM, Jafar T, Jamil KM, Jamrozik K, Janszky I, Jasienska G, Jelakovic B, Jiang CQ, Joffres M, Johansson M, Jonas JB, Jørgensen T, Joshi P, Juolevi A, Jurak G, Jureša V, Kaaks R, Kafatos A, Kalter-Leibovici O, Kapantais E, Kasaeian A, Katz J, Kaur P, Kavousi M, Keil U, Boker LK, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S, Kelishadi R, Kemper HC, Kengne AP, Kersting M, Key T, Khader YS, Khalili D, Khang YH, Khaw KT, Khouw IM, Kiechl S, Killewo J, Kim J, Klimont J, Klumbiene J, Koirala B, Kolle E, Kolsteren P, Korrovits P, Koskinen S, Kouda K, Koziel S, Kratzer W, Krokstad S, Kromhout D, Kruger HS, Kubinova R, Kujala UM, Kula K, Kulaga Z, Kumar RK, Kurjata P, Kusuma YS, Kuulasmaa K, Kyobutungi C, Laamiri FZ, Laatikainen T, Lachat C, Laid Y, Lam TH, Landrove O, Lanska V, Lappas G, Larijani B, Laugsand LE, Laxmaiah A, Bao Kle N, Le TD, Leclercq C, Lee J, Lee J, Lehtimäki T, Lekhraj R, León-Muñoz LM, Li Y, Lilly CL, Lim WY, Lima-Costa MF, Lin HH, Lin X, Linneberg A, Lissner L, Litwin M, Liu J, Lorbeer R, Lotufo PA, Lozano JE, Luksiene D, Lundqvist A, Lunet N, Lytsy P, Ma G, Ma J, Machado-Coelho GL, Machi S, Maggi S, Ano DJ, Maire B, Makdisse M, Malekzadeh R, Malhotra R, Rao KM, Malyutina S, Manios Y, Mann JI, Manzato E, Margozzini P, Markey O, Marques-Vidal P, Marrugat J, Martin-Prevel Y, Martorell R, Masoodi SR, Mathiesen EB, Matsha TE, Mazur A, Mbanya JC, McFarlane SR, McGarvey ST, McKee M, McLachlan S, McLean RM, McNulty BA, Yusof SM, Mediene-Benchekor S, Meirhaeghe A, Meisinger C, Menezes AM, Mensink GB, Meshram II, Metspalu A, Mi J, Michaelsen KF, Mikkel K, Miller JC, Miquel JF, Miranda JJ, Mišigoj-Durakovic M, Mohamed MK, Mohammad K, Mohammadifard N, Mohan V, Yusoff MF, Molbo D, Møller NC, Molnár D, Mondo CK, Monterrubio EA, Monyeki KD, Moreira LB, Morejon A, Moreno LA, Morgan K, Mortensen EL, Moschonis G, Mossakowska M, Mostafa A, Mota J, Motlagh ME, Motta J, Mu TT, Muiesan ML, Müller-Nurasyid M, Murphy N, Mursu J, Murtagh EM, Musa KI, Musil V, Nagel G, Nakamura H, Jana N, Nang EE, Nangia VB, Nankap M, Narake S, Navarrete Muñoz EM, Neal WA, Nenko I, Neovius M, Nervi F, Neuhauser HK, Nguyen ND, Nguyen QN, Nieto Martínez RE, Ning G, Ninomiya T, Nishtar S, Noale M, Norat T, Noto D, Nsour MA, O'Reilly D, Oh K, Olayan IH, Olinto MT, Oltarzewski M, Omar MA, Onat A, Ordunez P, Ortiz AP, Osler M, Osmond C, Ostojic SM, Otero JA, Overvad K, Owusu-Dabo E, Paccaud FM, Padez C, Pahomova E, Pajak A, Palli D, Palloni A, Palmieri L, Panda-Jonas S, Panza F, Parnell WR, Parsaeian M, Pecin I, Pednekar MS, Peeters PH, Peixoto SV, Peltonen M, Pereira AC, Pérez CM, Peters A, Petkeviciene J, Peykari N, Pham ST, Pigeot I, Pikhart H, Pilav A, Pilotto L, Pistelli F, Pitakaka F, Piwonska A, Plans-Rubió P, Poh BK, Porta M, Portegies ML, Poulimeneas D, Pradeepa R, Prashant M, Price JF, Puiu M, Tartu MP, Qasrawi RF, Qorbani M, Bao TQ, Radic I, Radisauskas R, Rahman M, Raitakari O, Raj M, Rao SR, Ramachandran A, Ramke J, Ramos R, Rampal S, Rasmussen F, Redon J, Reganit PF, Ribeiro R, Riboli E, Rigo F, Wit TF, Ritti-Dias RM, Rivera JA, Robinson SM, Robitaille C, Rodríguez-Artalejo F, Rodriguez-Perez Mdel C, Rodríguez-Villamizar LA, Rojas-Martinez R, Rojroongwasinkul N, Romaguera D, Ronkainen K, Rosengren A, Rouse I, Rubinstein A, Rühli FJ, Rui O, Ruiz-Betancourt BS, Horimoto AR, Rutkowski M, Sabanayagam C, Sachdev HS, Saidi O, Salanave B, Martinez ES, Salomaa V, Salonen JT, Salvetti M, Sánchez-Abanto J, Sandjaja, Sans S, Santos DA, Santos O, Santos RN, Santos R, Saramies JL, Sardinha LB, Sarrafzadegan N, Saum KU, Savva SC, Scazufca M, Rosario AS, Schargrodsky H, Schienkiewitz A, Schmidt IM, Schneider IJ, Schultsz C, Schutte AE, Sein AA, Sen A, Senbanjo IO, Sepanlou SG, Shalnova SA, Sharma SK, Shaw JE, Shibuya K, Shin DW, Shin Y, Shiri R, Siantar R, Sibai AM, Silva AM, Silva DA, Simon M, Simons J, Simons LA, Sjostrom M, Slowikowska-Hilczer J, Slusarczyk P, Smeeth L, Smith MC, Snijder MB, So HK, Sobngwi E, Söderberg S, Soekatri MY, Solfrizzi V, Sonestedt E, Song Y, Sørensen TIa, Soric M, Jérome CS, Soumare A, Staessen JA, Starc G, Stathopoulou MG, Staub K, Stavreski B, Steene-Johannessen J, Stehle P, Stein AD, Stergiou GS, Stieber J, Stöckl D, Stocks T, Stokwiszewski J, Stratton G, Stronks K, Strufaldi MW, Sun CA, Sundström J, Sung YT, Sunyer J, Suriyawongpaisal P, Swinburn BA, Sy RG, Szponar L, Tai ES, Tammesoo ML, Tamosiunas A, Tang L, Tang X, Tanser F, Tao Y, Tarawneh MR, Tarp J, Tarqui-Mamani CB, Taylor A, Tchibindat F, Theobald H, Thijs L, Thuesen BH, Tjonneland A, Tolonen HK, Tolstrup JS, Topbas M, Topór-Madry R, Torrent M, Toselli S, Traissac P, Trichopoulou A, Trichopoulos D, Trinh OT, Trivedi A, Tshepo L, Tulloch-Reid MK, Tuomainen TP, Tuomilehto J, Turley ML, Tynelius P, Tzotzas T, Tzourio C, Ueda P, Ukoli FA, Ulmer H, Unal B, Uusitalo HM, Valdivia G, Vale S, Valvi D, Schouw YT, Herck KV, Minh HV, Rossem Lv, Valkengoed IG, Vanderschueren D, Vanuzzo D, Vatten L, Vega T, Velasquez-Melendez G, Veronesi G, Verschuren WM, Verstraeten R, Victora CG, Viegi G, Viet L, Viikari-Juntura E, Vineis P, Vioque J, Virtanen JK, Visvikis-Siest S, Viswanathan B, Vollenweider P, Voutilainen S, Vrdoljak A, Vrijheid M, Wade AN, Wagner A, Walton J, Mohamud WN, Wang MD, Wang Q, Wang YX, Wannamethee SG, Wareham N, Weerasekera D, Whincup PH, Widhalm K, Widyahening IS, Wiecek A, Wijga AH, Wilks RJ, Willeit J, Wilsgaard T, Wojtyniak B, Wong JE, Wong TY, Woo J, Woodward M, Wu FC, Wu J, Wu SL, Xu H, Xu L, Yamborisut U, Yan W, Yang X, Yardim N, Ye X, Yiallouros PK, Yoshihara A, You QS, Younger-Coleman NO, Yusoff AF, Zainuddin AA, Zambon S, Zdrojewski T, Zeng Y, Zhao D, Zhao W, Zheng Y, Zhou M, Zhu D, Zimmermann E, Cisneros JZ
(Refereed review article in scientific journal (A2))

Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants (2016)

Lancet
Zhou B, Lu Y, Hajifathalian K, Bentham J, Di Cesare M, Danaei G, Bixby H, Cowan MJ, Ali MK, Taddei C, Lo WC, Reis-Santos B, Stevens GA, Riley LM, Miranda JJ, Bjerregaard P, Rivera JA, Fouad HM, Ma GS, Mbanya JCN, McGarvey ST, Mohan V, Onat A, Ramachandran A, Ben Romdhane H, Paciorek CJ, Bennett JE, Ezzati M, Abdeen ZA, Kadir KA, Abu-Rmeileh NM, Acosta-Cazares B, Adams R, Aekplakorn W, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Agyemang C, Ahmadvand A, Al-Othman AR, Alkerwi A, Amouyel P, Amuzu A, Andersen LB, Anderssen SA, Anjana RM, Aounallah-Skhiri H, Aris T, Arlappa N, Arveiler D, Assah FK, Avdicova M, Azizi F, Balakrishna N, Bandosz P, Barbagallo CM, Barcelo A, Batieha AM, Baur LA, Ben Romdhane H, Benet M, Bernabe-Ortiz A, Bharadwaj S, Bhargava SK, Bi YF, Bjerregaard P, Bjertness E, Bjertness MB, Bjokelund C, Blokstra A, Bo S, Boehm BO, Boissonnet CP, Bovet P, Brajkovich I, Breckenkamp J, Brenner H, Brewster LM, Brian GR, Bruno G, Bugge A, de Leon AC, Can G, Candido APC, Capuano V, Carlsson AC, Carvalho MJ, Casanueva FF, Casas JP, Caserta CA, Castetbon K, Chamukuttan S, Chaturvedi N, Chen CJ, Chen FF, Chen SH, Cheng CY, Chetrit A, Chiou ST, Cho Y, Chudek J, Cifkova R, Claessens F, Concin H, Cooper C, Cooper R, Costanzo S, Cottel D, Cowell C, Crujeiras AB, D'Arrigo G, Dallongeville J, Dankner R, Dauchet L, de Gaetano G, De Henauw S, Deepa M, Dehghan A, Deschamps V, Dhana K, Di Castelnuovo AF, Djalalinia S, Doua K, Drygas W, Du Y, Dzerve V, Egbagbe EE, Eggertsen R, El Ati J, Elosua R, Erasmus RT, Erem C, Ergor G, Eriksen L, Escobedo-de la Pena J, Fall CH, Farzadfar F, Felix-Redondo FJ, Ferguson TS, Fernandez-Berges D, Ferrari M, Ferreccio C, Feskens EJM, Finn JD, Foger B, Foo LH, Forslund AS, Fouad HM, Francis DK, Franco MD, Franco OH, Frontera G, Furusawa T, Gaciong Z, Garnett SP, Gaspoz JM, Gasull M, Gates L, Geleijnse JM, Ghasemian A, Ghimire A, Giampaoli S, Gianfagna F, Giovannelli J, Giwercman A, Gross MG, Rivas JPG, Gorbea MB, Gottrand F, Grafnetter D, Grodzicki T, Grontved A, Gruden G, Gu DF, Guan OP, Guerrero R, Guessous I, Guimaraes AL, Gutierrez L, Hambleton IR, Hardy R, Kumar RH, Hata J, Heidemann C, Herrala S, Hihtaniemi IT, Ho SY, Ho SC, Hofman A, Hormiga CM, Horta BL, Houti L, Howitt C, Htay TT, Htet AS, Htike MMT, Htike MMT, Hu Y, Hussieni AS, Huybrechts I, Hwalla N, Iacoviello L, Iannone AG, Ibrahim MM, Ikeda N, Ikram MA, Irazola VE, Islam M, Iwasaki M, Jacobs JM, Jafar T, Jamil KM, Jasienska G, Jiang CQ, Jonas JB, Joshi P, Kafatos A, Kalter-Leibovici O, Kasaeian A, Katz J, Kaur P, Kavousi M, Kelishadi R, Kengne AP, Kersting M, Khader YS, Khalili D, Khang YH, Kiechl S, Kim J, Kolsteren P, Kratzer W, Kromhout D, Kujala UM, Kula K, Kyobutungi C, Laatikainen T, Lachat C, Laid Y, Lam TH, Landrove O, Lanska V, Lappas G, Laxmaiah A, Leclercq C, Lee J, Lee J, Lehtimaki T, Lekhraj R, Leon-Munoz LM, Li YP, Lim WY, Lima-Costa MF, Lin HH, Lin X, Lissner L, Lorbeer R, Lozano JE, Luksiene D, Lundqvist A, Lytsy P, Ma GS, Machado-Coelho GLL, Machi S, Maggi S, Magliano DJ, Makdisse M, Rao KM, Manios Y, Manzato E, Margozzini P, Marques-Vidal P, Martorell R, Masoodi SR, Mathiesen EB, Matsha TE, Mbanya JCN, McFarlane SR, McGarvey ST, McLachlan S, McNulty BA, Mediene-Benchekor S, Meirhaeghe A, Menezes AMB, Merat S, Meshram II, Mi J, Miquel JF, Miranda JJ, Mohamed MK, Mohammad K, Mohammadifard N, Mohan V, Yusoff MFM, Moller NC, Molnar D, Mondo CK, Morejon A, Moreno LA, Morgan K, Moschonis G, Mossakowska M, Mostafa A, Mota J, Motta J, Mu TT, Muiesan ML, Muller-Nurasyid M, Mursu J, Nagel G, Namesna J, Nang EEK, Nangia VB, Navarrete-Munoz EM, Ndiaye NC, Nenko I, Nervi F, Nguyen ND, Nguyen QN, Nieto-Martinez RSE, Ning G, Ninomiya T, Noale M, Noto D, Al Nsour M, Ochoa-Aviles AM, Oh K, Onat A, Ordunez P, Osmond C, Otero JA, Owusu-Dabo E, Pahomova E, Palmieri L, Panda-Jonas S, Panza F, Parsaeian M, Peixoto SV, Peltonen M, Peters A, Peykari N, Pham ST, Pilav A, Pitakaka F, Piwonska A, Piwonski J, Plans-Rubio P, Porta M, Portegies MLP, Poustchi H, Pradeepa R, Price JF, Punab M, Qasrawi RF, Qorbani M, Radisauskas R, Rahman M, Raitakari O, Rao SR, Ramachandran A, Ramke J, Ramos R, Rampal S, Rathmann W, Redon J, Reganit PFM, Rigo F, Robinson SM, Robitaille C, Rodriguez-Artalejo F, Rodriguez-Perez MD, Rodriguez-Villamizar LA, Rojas-Martinez R, Ronkainen K, Rosengren A, Rubinstein A, Rui O, Ruiz-Betancourt BS, Horimoto ARVR, Rutkowski M, Sabanayagam C, Sachdev HS, Saidi O, Sakarya S, Salanave B, Salonen JT, Salvetti M, Sanchez-Abanto J, Santos D, dos Santos RN, Santos R, Saramies JL, Sardinha LB, Sarrafzadegan N, Saum KU, Scazufca M, Schargrodsky H, Scheidt-Nave C, Sein AA, Sharma SK, Shaw JE, Shibuya K, Shin Y, Shiri R, Siantar R, Sibai AM, Simon M, Simons J, Simons LA, Sjostrom M, Slowikowska-Hilczer J, Slusarczyk P, Smeeth L, Snijder MB, So HK, Sobngwi E, Soderberg S, Solfrizzi V, Sonestedt E, Soumare A, Staessen JA, Stathopoulou MG, Steene-Johannessen J, Stehle P, Stein AD, Stessman J, Stockl D, Stokwiszewski J, Stronks K, Strufaldi MW, Sun CA, Sundstrom J, Sung YT, Suriyawongpaisal P, Sy RG, Tai ES, Tamosiunas A, Tang L, Tarawneh M, Tarqui-Mamani CB, Taylor A, Theobald H, Thijs L, Thuesen BH, Tolonen HK, Tolstrup JS, Topbas M, Torrent M, Traissac P, Trinh OTH, Tulloch-Reid MK, Tuomainen TP, Turley ML, Tzourio C, Ueda P, Ukoli FAM, Ulmer H, Uusitalo HMT, Valdivia G, Valvi D, van Rossem L, van Valkengoed IGM, Vanderschueren D, Vanuzzo D, Vega T, Velasquez-Melendez G, Veronesi G, Verschuren WMM, Verstraeten R, Viet L, Vioque J, Virtanen JK, Viswanathan B, Vollenweider P, Voutilainen S, Vrijheid M, Wade AN, Wagner A, Walton J, Mohamud WNW, Wang F, Wang MD, Wang Q, Wang YX, Wannamethee SG, Weerasekera D, Whincup PH, Widhalm K, Wijga AH, Wilks RJ, Willeit J, Wilsgaard T, Wojtyniak B, Wong TY, Woo J, Woodward M, Wu FC, Wu SL, Xu HQ, Yan WL, Yang XG, Ye XW, Yoshihara A, Younger-Coleman NO, Zambon S, Zargar AH, Zdrojewski T, Zhao WH, Zheng YF, Cisneros JZ
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))