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Markus Juonala is affiliated with Turku University Hospital in Finland and has a substantial publication record in the field of medicine, with a focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research interests extend into several subfields including public health, environmental and occupational health, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, as well as molecular biology.

The scientist's recent papers include:

  • Childhood Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Adult Cardiovascular Events, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Health Trajectories From Childhood Through Middle Age and Their Association With Subclinical Atherosclerosis, 2020, JAMA Cardiology
  • Physical inactivity from youth to adulthood and adult cardiometabolic risk profile, 2021, Preventive Medicine
  • Lipoprotein(a) in Youth and Prediction of Major Cardiovascular Outcomes in Adulthood, 2022, Circulation
  • Effects of 20-year infancy-onset dietary counselling on cardiometabolic risk factors in the Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project (STRIP): 6-year post-intervention follow-up, 2020, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Olli T. Raitakari
  • Jorma Viikari
  • Mika Kähönen
  • Terho Lehtimäki
  • Costan G. Magnussen

Major publication venues where Markus Juonala has contributed include:

  • Atherosclerosis
  • Circulation
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • PEDIATRICS
  • Scientific Reports

The main fields of study associated with their research are largely centered on medicine, with specific emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, supported by significant contributions to public health, pediatrics, endocrinology, and molecular biology.

The central topics in their work encompass:

  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

Best Publications

  • Cardiovascular risk factors in childhood and carotid artery intima-media thickness in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.

    Olli T. Raitakari;Markus Juonala;Mika Kähönen;Leena Taittonen

  • Childhood Adiposity, Adult Adiposity, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors

    Markus Juonala;Costan G. Magnussen;Gerald S. Berenson;Alison Venn

  • Cohort profile: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

    Olli T Raitakari;Markus Juonala;Tapani Rönnemaa;Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen

  • The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

    Thomas W. Winkler;Anne E. Justice;Mariaelisa Graff;Llilda Barata

  • Interrelations Between Brachial Endothelial Function and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Young Adults The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

    Markus Juonala;Jorma S.A. Viikari;Tomi Laitinen;Jukka Marniemi

  • Polygenic and clinical risk scores and their impact on age at onset and prediction of cardiometabolic diseases and common cancers.

    Nina Mars;Jukka T Koskela;Pietari Ripatti;Tuomo T J Kiiskinen

  • Risk Factors Identified in Childhood and Decreased Carotid Artery Elasticity in Adulthood The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

    Markus Juonala;Mikko J. Järvisalo;Noora Mäki-Torkko;Mika Kähönen

  • 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 Study for the International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohort (i3C) Consortium

    Markus Juonala;Costan G. Magnussen;Alison Venn;Terence Dwyer

  • Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome Predicts Adulthood Metabolic Syndrome, Subclinical Atherosclerosis, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus but Is No Better Than Body Mass Index Alone The Bogalusa Heart Study and the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

    Costan G. Magnussen;Juha Koskinen;Wei Chen;Russell Thomson

  • Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity. A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults

    Mariaelisa Graff;Robert A. Scott;Anne E. Justice;Kristin L. Young

  • Ideal Cardiovascular Health in Childhood and Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

    Tomi T. Laitinen;Katja Pahkala;Costan G. Magnussen;Jorma S.A. Viikari

  • Combined Effects of Child and Adult Elevated Blood pressure on Subclinical Atherosclerosis: The International Childhood Cardiovascular Cohort Consortium

    Jonna Juhola;Costan G. Magnussen;Gerald S. Berenson;Alison Venn

  • The 21‐year follow‐up of the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study: risk factor levels, secular trends and east–west difference

    M Juonala;J S A Viikari;N Hutri-Kähönen;M Pietikäinen

  • The Biomarker GlycA Is Associated with Chronic Inflammation and Predicts Long-Term Risk of Severe Infection

    Scott C. Ritchie;Peter Würtz;Artika P. Nath;Gad Abraham

  • Life-time risk factors and progression of carotid atherosclerosis in young adults: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study.

    Markus Juonala;Jorma S.A. Viikari;Mika Kähönen;Leena Taittonen

  • The association of pediatric low- and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol dyslipidemia classifications and change in dyslipidemia status with carotid intima-media thickness in adulthood evidence from the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns study, the Bogalusa Heart study, and the CDAH (Childhood Determinants of Adult Health) study.

    Costan G. Magnussen;Alison Venn;Russell Thomson;Markus Juonala

  • Childhood C-reactive protein in predicting CRP and carotid intima-media thickness in adulthood: The cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

    Markus Juonala;Jorma S.A. Viikari;Tapani Rönnemaa;Leena Taittonen

  • Effect of age and sex on carotid intima-media thickness, elasticity and brachial endothelial function in healthy adults: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

    Markus Juonala;Mika Kähönen;Tomi Laitinen;Nina Hutri-Kähönen

  • Conventional Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Metabolic Syndrome in Predicting Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression in Young Adults The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

    Juha Koskinen;Mika Kähönen;Jorma S.A. Viikari;Leena Taittonen

  • Obesity in childhood and vascular changes in adulthood: insights into the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study.

    O T Raitakari;M Juonala;J S A Viikari

Frequent Co-Authors

Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Jorma Viikari
Jorma Viikari Turku University Hospital
Mika Kähönen
Mika Kähönen Tampere University
Terho Lehtimäki
Terho Lehtimäki Tampere University
Marko Elovainio
Marko Elovainio University of Helsinki
Tapani Rönnemaa
Tapani Rönnemaa Turku University Hospital
Terence Dwyer
Terence Dwyer University of Oxford
Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen
Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen University of Helsinki
Mika Kivimäki
Mika Kivimäki University College London
Laura Pulkki-Råback
Laura Pulkki-Råback University of Helsinki

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