Publications by study design
Cross-sectional study
Heliövaara M, Mäkelä M, Knekt P, Impivaara O, Aromaa A. Determinants of sciatica and low-back pain.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Spine 1991; 16: 608-614.
Mäkelä M, Heliövaara M, Sievers K, Impivaara O, Knekt P, Aromaa A. Prevalence, determinants, and consequences of chronic neck pain in Finland.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Am J Epidemiol 1991; 134: 1356-1367.
Sulkava R, Wikström J, Aromaa A et al. Prevalence of severe dementia in Finland.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Neurology 1985; 35: 1025-1029.
Prospective cohort study
Aromaa A, Raitasalo R, Reunanen A et al. Depression and cardiovascular diseases.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl 1994; 377: 77-82.
Heliövaara M, Aho K, Aromaa A, Knekt P, Reunanen A. Smoking and risk of rheumatoid arthritis.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab J Rheumatol 1993; 20: 1830-1835.
Joukamaa M, Heliövaara M, Knekt P, Aromaa A, Raitasalo R, Lehtinen V. Mental disorders and cause-specific mortality.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Br J Psychiatry 2001; 179: 498-502.
Joukamaa M, Heliövaara M, Knekt P, Aromaa A, Raitasalo R, Lehtinen V. Schizophrenia, neuroleptic medication and mortality.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Br J Psychiatry 2006; 188: 122-127.
Knekt P, Aromaa A, Maatela J et al. Serum selenium and subsequent risk of cancer among Finnish men and women.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab J Natl Cancer Inst 1990; 82: 864-868.
Knekt P, Kumpulainen J, Järvinen R et al. Flavonoid intake and risk of chronic diseases. Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tabAm J Clin Nutr 2002; 76: 560-568.
Knekt P, Reunanen A, Järvinen R, Seppänen R, Heliövaara M, Aromaa A. Antioxidant vitamin intake and coronary mortality in a longitudinal population study.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Am J Epidemiol 1994; 139: 1180-1189.
Knekt P, Reunanen A, Takkunen H, Aromaa A, Heliövaara M, Hakulinen T. Body iron stores and risk of cancer.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Int J Cancer 1994; 56: 379-382.
Knekt P, Järvinen R, Seppänen R, Pukkala E, Aromaa A. Intake of dairy products and the risk of breast cancer. Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tabBr J Cancer 1996; 73: 687-691.
Knekt P, Kilkkinen A, Rissanen H, Marniemi J, Sääksjärvi K, Heliövaara M. Serum vitamin D and the risk of Parkinson disease.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Arch Neurol 2010; 67: 808-811.
Knekt P, Adlercreutz H, Rissanen H, Aromaa A, Teppo L, Heliövaara M. Does antibacterial treatment for urinary tract infection contribute to the risk of breast cancer?Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Br J Cancer 2000; 82: 1107-1110.
Lohi S, Mustalahti K, Kaukinen K et al. Increasing prevalence of coeliac disease over time.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2007; 26: 1217-1225.
Montonen J, Knekt P, Järvinen R, Aromaa A, Reunanen A. Whole-grain and fiber intake and the incidence of type 2 diabetesLink to an external websiteOpens in a new tab.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Am J Clin Nutr 2003; 77: 622-629.
Reunanen A, Takkunen H, Aromaa A. Prevalence of intermittent claudication and its effect on mortality.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Acta Med Scand 1982; 211: 249-256.
Rissanen A, Heliövaara M, Knekt P, Reunanen A, Aromaa A, Maatela J. Risk of disability and mortality due to overweight in a Finnish population.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab BMJ 1990; 301: 835-837.
Tikkanen JT, Junttila MJ, Anttonen O et al. Early repolarization electrocardiographic phenotypes associated with favorable long-term outcome.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Circulation 2011; 12: 2666-2673.
Retrospective cohort study
Tikkanen JT, Anttonen O, Junttila MJ et al. Long-term outcome associated with early repolarization on electrocardiography.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab N Engl J Med 2009; 361: 2529-37.
Nested case-control study
Aromaa A, Kosunen TU, Knekt P et al. Circulating anti-Helicobacter pylori immunoglobulin A antibodies and low serum pepsinogen I level are associated with increased risk of gastric cancerLink to an external websiteOpens in a new tab. Am J Epidemiol 1996; 144: 142-149.
Aho K, Heliövaara M, Knekt P et al. Serum immunoglobulins and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Ann Rheum Dis 1997; 56: 351-356.
Heikkilä R, Aho K, Heliövaara M et al. Serum androgen-anabolic hormones and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Ann Rheum Dis 1998; 57: 281-285.
Heliövaara M, Knekt P, Aho K, Aaran RK, Alfthan G, Aromaa A. Serum antioxidants and risk of rheumatoid arthritis.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Ann Rheum Dis 1994; 53: 51-53.
Aho K, Palosuo T, Knekt P, Alha P, Aromaa A, Heliövaara M. Serum C-reactive protein does not predict rheumatoid arthritis.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab J Rheumatol 2000; 27: 1136-1138.
Knekt P, Heliövaara M, Aho K, Alfthan G, Marniemi J, Aromaa A. Serum selenium, serum alpha-tocopherol, and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Epidemiology 2000; 11: 402-405.
Aho K, Palosuo T, Heliövaara M, Knekt P, Alha P, von Essen R. Antifilaggrin antibodies within "normal" range predict rheumatoid arthritis in a linear fashion.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab J Rheumatol 2000; 27: 2743-2746.
Heliövaara M, Knekt P, Aromaa A. Incidence and risk factors of herniated lumbar intervertebral disc or sciatica leading to hospitalization.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab J Chronic Dis 1987; 40: 251‑258.
Knekt P, Aromaa A, Maatela J et al. Serum vitamin E and risk of cancer among Finnish men during a 10-year follow-up.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Am J Epidem 1988; 127: 28‑41.
Knekt P, Reunanen A, Alfthan G et al. Hyperhomocystinemia: a risk factor or a consequence of coronary heart disease?Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Arch Intern Med 2001; 161: 1589-1594.
Koivula MK, Heliövaara M, Ramberg J et al. Autoantibodies binding to citrullinated telopeptide of type II collagen and to cyclic citrullinated peptides predict synergistically the development of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66: 1450–1455.
Koivula M-K, Heliövaara M, Rissanen H et al. Antibodies binding to citrullinated telopeptides of type I and II collagens and to mutated citrullinated vimentin synergistically predict the development of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Ann Rheum Dis 2012; 71: 1666-1670.
Lehtinen M, Dillner J, Knekt P et al. Serologically diagnosed infection with human papillomavirus type 16 and risk for subsequent development of cervical carcinoma: nested case-control study.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab BMJ 1996; 312: 537-539.
Puisto V, Heliövaara M, Impivaara O et al. Severity of vertebral fracture and risk of hip fracture: a nested case-control study.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Osteoporos Int 2011; 22: 63-68.
Pussinen PJ, Alfthan G, Rissanen H, Reunanen A, Asikainen S, Knekt P. Antibodies to periodontal pathogens and stroke risk. Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tabStroke 2004; 35: 2020-2023.
Stenman UH, Hakama M, Knekt P, Aromaa A, Teppo L, Leinonen J. Serum concentrations of prostate specific antigen and its complex with alpha 1-antichymotrypsin before diagnosis of prostate cancer.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Lancet 1994; 344: 1594-1598.
Tallroth K, Lohman M, Heliövaara M, Aromaa A, Knekt P, Standertskjöld-Nordenstam CG. Dextrocardia and coronal alignment of thoracic curve: a population study.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Eur Spine J 2009; 18: 1941-1945.
Repeated measurement study
Knekt P, Marniemi J, Teppo L, Heliövaara M, Aromaa A. Is low selenium status a risk factor for lung cancer?Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Am J Epidemiol 1998; 148 :975-982.
Rissanen AM, Heliövaara M, Knekt P, Reunanen A, Aromaa A. Determinants of weight-gain and overweight in adult Finns.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Eur J Clin Nutr 1991; 45: 419-430.
Meta-analysis
Bogers RP, Bemelmans WJ, Hoogenveen RT et al. Association of overweight with increased risk of coronary heart disease partly independent of blood pressure and cholesterol levels: a meta-analysis of 21 cohort studies including more than 300 000 persons. Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tabArch Intern Med 2007; 167: 1720-1728.
Jakobsen MU, O'Reilly EJ, Heitmann BL et al. Major types of dietary fat and risk of coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of 11 cohort studies.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Am J Clin Nutr 2009; 89: 1425-1432.
Knekt P, Ritz J, Pereira MA et al. Antioxidant vitamins and coronary heart disease risk: a pooled analysis of 9 cohortsLink to an external websiteOpens in a new tab. Am J Clin Nutr 2004; 80: 1508-1520.
Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases Collaboration (BMI Mediated Effects), Lu Y, Hajifathalian K et al. Metabolic mediators of the effect of body-mass index, overweight, and obesity on coronary heart disease and stroke: a pooled analysis of 97 prospective cohorts with 1.8 million participants.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Lancet 2014; 383: 970-983.
Pereira MA, O'Reilly E, Augustsson K et al. Dietary fiber and risk of coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of cohort studies. Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tabArch Intern Med 2004; 164: 370-376.
Prospective Studies Collaboration, Whitlock G, Lewington S et al. Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in 900 000 adults: collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Lancet 2009; 373: 1083-1096.
Pukkala E, Andersen A, Berglund G et al. Nordic biological specimen banks as basis for studies of cancer causes and control--more than 2 million sample donors, 25 million person years and 100,000 prospective cancers.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Acta Oncol 2007; 46: 286-307.
Qizilbash N, Lewington S, Duffy S et al. Cholesterol, diastolic blood pressure, and stroke: 13000 strokes in 450000 people in 45 prospective cohorts.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Lancet 1995; 346: 1647-1653.
Helicobacter and Cancer Collaborative Group. Gastric cancer and Helicobacter pylori: a combined analysis of 12 case control studies nested within prospective cohortsLink to an external websiteOpens in a new tab.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab GUT 2001; 49: 347-353.
Health follow-up
Aromaa A, Koskinen S eds. Health and functional capacity in Finland. Baseline results of the Health 2000 Survey.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Publications of the National Public Health Institute B12/2004.
Heliövaara M, Impivaara O, Nykyri E et al. Changes in morbidity. Julkaisussa: Kaila-Kangas L ed. Musculoskeletal disorders and diseases in Finland.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Publications of the National Public Health Institute B 25/2007, Helsinki 2007: 60-69.
Kattainen A, Reunanen A, Koskinen S et al. Secular changes in disability among middle-aged and elderly Finns with and without coronary heart disease from 1978-1980 to 2000-2001Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab. Ann Epidemiol 2004; 14: 479-485.
Lahti-Koski M, Seppänen-Nuijten E, Männistö S et al. Twenty-year changes in the prevalence of obesity among Finnish adults.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Obes Rev 2010; 11: 171-176.
Rissanen A, Heliövaara M, Aromaa A. Overweight and anthropometric changes in adulthood: a prospective study of 17,000 Finns.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Int J Obes 1988; 12: 391‑401.
Vasankari TM, Impivaara O, Heliövaara M et al. No increase in the prevalence of COPD in two decades.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Eur Respir J 2010; 36: 766-773.
Quality control
Heliövaara M, Aromaa A, Klaukka T, Knekt P, Joukamaa M, Impivaara O. Reliability and validity of interview data on chronic diseases. The Mini-Finland Health Survey.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab J Clin Epidemiol 1993; 46: 181-191.
Järvinen R, Seppänen R, Knekt P. Short-term and long-term reproducibility of dietary history interview data.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab Int J Epidemiol 1993; 22: 520-527.
Seppänen R, Knekt P, Hasunen K et al. Värdering av dietary history-metodens reliabilitet. Vår Föda Suppl. 1979; 4: 391-398.
Sääksjärvi K, Knekt P, Männistö S, Heliövaara M. Self-administered questionnaire is a reliable measure of coffee consumption.Link to an external websiteOpens in a new tab J Epidemiol 2010; 20: 363-369.
