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Erkki Vartiainen is affiliated with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare in Finland. Their research contributions focus primarily on the field of Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, General Health Professions, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Throughout their career, Erkki Vartiainen has explored a variety of topics including:

  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Health, Psychology, and Well-being
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research

They have published extensively in several notable venues, including:

  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Journal of Hypertension
  • European Heart Journal
  • Clinical & Experimental Allergy
  • EP Europace

Among recent papers authored with others, the following stand out:

  • "Alcohol consumption, cardiac biomarkers, and risk of atrial fibrillation and adverse outcomes," 2020, European Heart Journal
  • "Association Between the Gut Microbiota and Blood Pressure in a Population Cohort of 6953 Individuals," 2020, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • "Immune-microbiota interaction in Finnish and Russian Karelia young people with high and low allergy prevalence," 2020, Clinical & Experimental Allergy
  • "Comparison of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in European Population Cohorts for Predicting Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure, Their Subsequent Onset, and Death," 2020, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • "Comprehensive biomarker profiling of hypertension in 36 985 Finnish individuals," 2021, Journal of Hypertension

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Erkki Vartiainen include:

  • Veikko Salomaa
  • Teemu Niiranen
  • Pekka Jousilahti
  • Tiina Laatikainen
  • Tanja Zeller

Best Publications

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Six new loci associated with blood low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol or triglycerides in humans.

    Sekar Kathiresan;Sekar Kathiresan;Olle Melander;Candace Guiducci;Aarti Surti

  • Sex, Age, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Coronary Heart Disease A Prospective Follow-Up Study of 14 786 Middle-Aged Men and Women in Finland

    Pekka Jousilahti;Erkki Vartiainen;Jaakko Tuomilehto;Pekka Puska

  • Environmental biodiversity, human microbiota, and allergy are interrelated

    Ilkka Hanski;Leena von Hertzen;Nanna Fyhrquist;Kaisa Koskinen

  • A structural variation reference for medical and population genetics

    Ryan L Collins;Ryan L Collins;Harrison Brand;Harrison Brand;Konrad J Karczewski;Konrad J Karczewski;Xuefang Zhao;Xuefang Zhao

  • GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

    Cornelius A. Rietveld;Sarah E. Medland;Jaime Lane Derringer;Jian Yang

  • Reduction of serum cholesterol with sitostanol-ester margarine in a mildly hypercholesterolemic population

    Tatu A. Miettinen;Pekka Puska;Helena Gylling;Hannu Vanhanen

  • DNA sequence diversity in a 9.7-kb region of the human lipoprotein lipase gene

    Deborah A. Nickerson;Scott L. Taylor;Kenneth M. Weiss;Andrew G. Clark

  • Thirty-five-year trends in cardiovascular risk factors in Finland

    Erkki Vartiainen;Tiina Laatikainen;Markku Peltonen;Anne Juolevi

  • Changes in risk factors explain changes in mortality from ischaemic heart disease in Finland

    Vartiainen E;Puska P;Pekkanen J;Tuomilehto J

  • Cardiovascular risk factor changes in Finland, 1972–1997

    Erkki Vartiainen;Pekka Jousilahti;Georg Alfthan;Jouko Sundvall

  • Body weight, cardiovascular risk factors, and coronary mortality. 15-year follow-up of middle-aged men and women in Eastern Finland

    Pekka Jousilahti;Jaakko Tuomilehto;Erkki Vartiainen;Juha Pekkanen

  • Diabetes Mellitus as a Risk Factor for Death From Stroke: Prospective Study of the Middle-aged Finnish Population

    Jaakko Tuomilehto;Daiva Rastenytė;Pekka Jousilahti;Cinzia Sarti

  • Haplotype structure and population genetic inferences from nucleotide- sequence variation in human lipoprotein lipase

    Andrew G. Clark;Kenneth M. Weiss;Deborah A. Nickerson;Scott L. Taylor

  • Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

    Cristian Pattaro;Alexander Teumer;Mathias Gorski;Audrey Y. Chu

  • Association of common variants in NPPA and NPPB with circulating natriuretic peptides and blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Martin G Larson;Ramachandran S Vasan;Daniel Levy

  • Fish Consumption and Depressive Symptoms in the General Population in Finland

    Antti Tanskanen;Joseph R. Hibbeln;Jaakko Tuomilehto;Antti Uutela

  • Elevated resting heart rate is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease in healthy men and women

    Marie Therese Cooney;Erkki Vartiainen;Tinna Laakitainen;Anne Juolevi

  • Associations of body mass index and obesity with physical activity, food choices, alcohol intake, and smoking in the 1982–1997 FINRISK Studies

    Marjaana Lahti-Koski;Pirjo Pietinen;Markku Heliövaara;Erkki Vartiainen

  • Apolipoprotein E Variation at the Sequence Haplotype Level: Implications for the Origin and Maintenance of a Major Human Polymorphism

    Stephanie M. Fullerton;Andrew G. Clark;Kenneth M. Weiss;Deborah A. Nickerson

Frequent Co-Authors

Tiina Laatikainen
Tiina Laatikainen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Pekka Jousilahti
Pekka Jousilahti Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Pekka Puska
Pekka Puska Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Veikko Salomaa
Veikko Salomaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki
Satu Männistö
Satu Männistö Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Markku Peltonen
Markku Peltonen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Torben Jørgensen
Torben Jørgensen University of Copenhagen
Aulikki Nissinen
Aulikki Nissinen National Institutes of Health

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