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Tapani Rönnemaa is affiliated with Turku University Hospital in Finland. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a total of 115 publications.

Their subfield expertise includes:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (27 publications)
  • Physiology (21 publications)
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (20 publications)
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology (20 publications)
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (10 publications)

Key topics in Tapani Rönnemaa's research cover a range of health-related areas:

  • Birth, Development, and Health (40 publications)
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (30 publications)
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet (24 publications)
  • Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (22 publications)
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies (18 publications)
  • Pregnancy and Preeclampsia Studies (18 publications)
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (10 publications)

Tapani Rönnemaa's recent published papers include:

  • 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
  • Metformin versus insulin therapy for gestational diabetes: Effects on offspring anthropometrics and metabolism at the age of 9 years: A follow-up study of two open-label, randomized controlled trials, 2021, Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
  • Obesity risk is associated with altered cerebral glucose metabolism and decreased μ-opioid and CB1 receptor availability, 2021, International Journal of Obesity
  • Childhood exposure to parental smoking and life-course overweight and central obesity, 2020, Annals of Medicine
  • Blood Pressure at Different Life Stages Over the Early Life Course and Intima-Media Thickness, 2023, JAMA Pediatrics

Frequent co-authors of Tapani Rönnemaa include:

  • Harri Niinikoski (33 joint works)
  • Katja Pahkala (31 joint works)
  • Jorma Viikari (29 joint works)
  • Suvi Rovio (28 joint works)
  • Antti Jula (23 joint works)

Common publication venues for this researcher consist of:

  • Atherosclerosis (3 publications)
  • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports (3 publications)
  • Nutrients (3 publications)
  • Journal of Nutrition (2 publications)
  • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Mortality from Coronary Heart Disease in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes and in Nondiabetic Subjects with and without Prior Myocardial Infarction

    Steven M. Haffner;Seppo Lehto;Tapani Rönnemaa;Kalevi Pyörälä

  • 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

  • Cohort profile: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

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

  • Medial Artery Calcification A Neglected Harbinger of Cardiovascular Complications in Non–Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

    Seppo Lehto;Leo Niskanen;Matti Suhonen;Tapani Rönnemaa

  • Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk: A meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children

    Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen;Lu Qi;Soren Brage;Stephen J. Sharp

  • Branched-Chain and Aromatic Amino Acids Are Predictors of Insulin Resistance in Young Adults

    Peter Würtz;Pasi Soininen;Pasi Soininen;Antti J. Kangas;Tapani Rönnemaa

  • Increased aortic intima-media thickness: a marker of preclinical atherosclerosis in high-risk children.

    Mikko J. Järvisalo;Laura Jartti;Kirsti Näntö-Salonen;Kerttu Irjala

  • 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

  • Type 2 Diabetes as a “Coronary Heart Disease Equivalent”: An 18-year prospective population-based study in Finnish subjects

    Auni Juutilainen;Seppo Lehto;Tapani Rönnemaa;Kalevi Pyörälä

  • Serum Uric Acid Is a Strong Predictor of Stroke in Patients With Non–Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

    Seppo Lehto;Leo Niskanen;Tapani Rönnemaa;Markku Laakso

  • Gender Difference in the Impact of Type 2 Diabetes on Coronary Heart Disease Risk

    Auni Juutilainen;Saara Kortelainen;Seppo Lehto;Tapani Rönnemaa

  • Dyslipidemia and Hyperglycemia Predict Coronary Heart Disease Events in Middle-Aged Patients With NIDDM

    S. Lehto;T. Rönnemaa;S. M. Haffner;K. Pyörälä

  • Bone mineral density in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

    J T Tuominen;O Impivaara;P Puukka;T Rönnemaa

  • Endothelial Dysfunction and Increased Arterial Intima-Media Thickness in Children With Type 1 Diabetes

    Mikko J. Järvisalo;Maria Raitakari;Jyri O. Toikka;Anne Putto-Laurila

  • Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in Children With Type 1 Diabetes

    Mikko J. Järvisalo;Anne Putto-Laurila;Laura Jartti;Terho Lehtimäki

  • Cardiovascular risk in young Finns.

    Akerblom Hk;Uhari M;Pesonen E;Dahl M

  • Glucose uptake and perfusion in subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue during insulin stimulation in nonobese and obese humans.

    Kirsi A. Virtanen;Peter Lönnroth;Riitta Parkkola;Pauliina Peltoniemi

  • Proteinuria Predicts Stroke and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease Events in Nondiabetic and Non–Insulin-Dependent Diabetic Subjects

    Heikki Miettinen;Steven M. Haffner;Seppo Lehto;Tapani Rönnemaa

  • 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

  • Metabolic Signatures of Insulin Resistance in 7,098 Young Adults

    Peter Würtz;Ville Petteri Mäkinen;Pasi Soininen;Pasi Soininen;Antti J. Kangas

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorma Viikari
Jorma Viikari Turku University Hospital
Olli T. Raitakari
Olli T. Raitakari Turku University Hospital
Olli Simell
Olli Simell Turku University Hospital
Markus Juonala
Markus Juonala Turku University Hospital
Terho Lehtimäki
Terho Lehtimäki Tampere University
Markku Laakso
Markku Laakso University of Eastern Finland
Mika Kähönen
Mika Kähönen Tampere University
Pirjo Nuutila
Pirjo Nuutila Turku University Hospital
Juhani Knuuti
Juhani Knuuti Turku University Hospital
Kalevi Pyörälä
Kalevi Pyörälä University of Eastern Finland

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