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Marjo-Riitta Järvelin

Marjo-Riitta Järvelin

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Overview

Marjo-Riitta Järvelin is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, their work extends into subfields such as Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Birth, Development, and Health; Genetic Associations and Epidemiology; Epigenetics and DNA Methylation; Gestational Diabetes Research and Management; Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging; Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet; and Ovarian function and disorders.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Marjo-Riitta Järvelin include:

  • Genome-wide analysis of 102,084 migraine cases identifies 123 risk loci and subtype-specific risk alleles (2022), published in Nature Genetics
  • The genetic basis of endometriosis and comorbidity with other pain and inflammatory conditions (2023), published in Nature Genetics
  • Cohort Profile: 46 years of follow-up of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 (NFBC1966) (2021), published in International Journal of Epidemiology
  • Genome-wide characterization of circulating metabolic biomarkers (2024), published in Nature
  • Genetic analysis of over half a million people characterises C-reactive protein loci (2022), published in Nature Communications

Marjo-Riitta Järvelin collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Sylvain Sebért, Terho Lehtimäki, Ville Karhunen, Juha Auvinen, and Olli T. Raitakari.

Their work has been featured in numerous publication venues, with the most frequent being bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), UNC Libraries, Nature Genetics, Nature Communications, and the International Journal of Epidemiology.

Best Publications

  • A common variant in the FTO gene is associated with body mass index and predisposes to childhood and adult obesity

    Timothy M. Frayling;Nicholas J. Timpson;Michael N. Weedon;Eleftheria Zeggini;Eleftheria Zeggini;Eleftheria Zeggini

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • Intake of vitamin D and risk of type 1 diabetes: a birth-cohort study

    Elina Hypponen;Esa Läärä;Antti Reunanen;Marjo-Riitta Marjo-Riitta Järvelin;Marjo-Riitta Marjo-Riitta Järvelin

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • 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

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study

    Thomas J. Wang;Feng Zhang;J. Brent Richards;Bryan Kestenbaum

  • Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation

    Cristen J. Willer;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Ruth J. F. Loos;Shengxu Li

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts.

    Karani S. Vimaleswaran;Diane J. Berry;Emmi Tikkanen;Emmi Tikkanen;Stefan Pilz;Stefan Pilz

  • Maternal lifestyle factors in pregnancy risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and associated behaviors: Review of the current evidence

    Karen Markussen Linnet;Søren Dalsgaard;Carsten Obel;Kirsten Wisborg

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Terho Lehtimäki
Terho Lehtimäki Tampere University
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Johan G. Eriksson
Johan G. Eriksson National University of Singapore
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Anneli Pouta
Anneli Pouta Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
André G. Uitterlinden
André G. Uitterlinden Erasmus University Rotterdam
Tim D. Spector
Tim D. Spector King's College London
Samuli Ripatti
Samuli Ripatti University of Helsinki

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