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Overview

Pekka Jousilahti is affiliated with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare in Finland. Their research spans multiple fields, with a significant number of publications focused on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Jousilahti's work addresses a range of subfields, including Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology, and Physiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to Gut microbiota and health, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Diet and metabolism studies, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet.

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe, 2021, European Heart Journal
  • Global Effect of Modifiable Risk Factors on Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Combined effects of host genetics and diet on human gut microbiota and incident disease in a single population cohort, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Atlas of plasma NMR biomarkers for health and disease in 118,461 individuals from the UK Biobank, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Greengenes2 unifies microbial data in a single reference tree, 2023, Nature Biotechnology

Jousilahti frequently collaborates with several co-authors who have contributed to multiple works together. These include Veikko Salomaa, Teemu Niiranen, Aki S. Havulinna, Michael Inouye, and Leo Lahti.

The scientist has published in journals such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), European Journal of Public Health, Nature Genetics, Nature Communications, and Journal of Hypertension. The largest number of publications appear in bioRxiv and European Journal of Public Health.

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Plasma fibrinogen level and the risk of major cardiovascular diseases and nonvascular mortality: an individual participant meta-analysis.

    J Danesh;S Lewington;S G Thompson;Lowe Gdo.

  • Glucose tolerance and cardiovascular mortality - Comparison of fasting and 2-hour diagnostic criteria

    K. Borch-Johnsen;A. Neil;B. Balkau;S. Larsen

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • 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

  • 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

  • SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe

    Steven Hageman;Lisa Pennells

  • Urinary sodium excretion and cardiovascular mortality in Finland: a prospective study

    Jaakko Tuomilehto;Pekka Jousilahti;Daiva Rastenyte;Vladislav Moltchanov

  • Genome-wide association scan meta-analysis identifies three Loci influencing adiposity and fat distribution

    Cecilia M. Lindgren;Iris M. Heid;Joshua C. Randall;Claudia Lamina

  • 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

  • Relationship of Physical Activity and Body Mass Index to the Risk of Hypertension: A Prospective Study in Finland

    Gang Hu;Noël C. Barengo;Jaakko Tuomilehto;Timo A. Lakka

  • 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

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Veikko Salomaa
Veikko Salomaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Tiina Laatikainen
Tiina Laatikainen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki
Erkki Vartiainen
Erkki Vartiainen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Satu Männistö
Satu Männistö Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Aki S. Havulinna
Aki S. Havulinna Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Andrew P. Morris
Andrew P. Morris University of Liverpool
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki

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