Publication Catalogue

Publications of the Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion 1991

A. Original articles and reviews

  1. Amery A, Birkenhäger W, Bulpitt CJ, Clement D, De Leeuw P, Dollery CT, Fagard R, Fletcher A, Forette F, Leonetti G, Rodicio JL, Rosenfeld J, Staessen J, Strasser T, Terzoli L, Thijs L, Tuomilehto J, Webster J, SYST-EUR Investigators, Sarti C: SYST-EUR. A multicentre trial on the treatment of isolated systolic hypertension in the elderly: objectives, protocol, and organization. AGING 1991;3:287-302.
  2. DERI Mortality Study Group, Tuomilehto J, Lounamaa R, Lounamaa P, Tuomilehto-Wolf E: International evaluation of cause-specific mortality and IDDM. Diabetes Care 1991;14:55-60.
  3. DERI Mortality Study Group, Tuomilehto J, Lounamaa R, Lounamaa P, Tuomilehto-Wolf E: Major cross-country differences in risk of dying for people with IDDM. Diabetes Care 1991;14:49-54.
  4. DERI Mortality Study Group, Tuomilehto J, Lounamaa R, Lounamaa P, Tuomilehto-Wolf E: Sex differences in the mortality associated with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in four countries. The Diabetes Epidemiology Research International (DERI) study. Am J Epidemiol 1991;133:577-584.
  5. Dobson AJ, Kuulasmaa K, Eberle E, Scherer J: Confidence intervals for weighted sums of poisson parameters. Stat Med 1991;10:457-462.
  6. Dowse GK, Zimmet PZ, Gareeboo H, Alberti KGMM, Tuomilehto J, Finch CE, Chitson P, Tulsidas H: Abdominal obesity and physical inactivity as risk factors for NIDDM and impaired glucose tolerance in Indian, Creole, and Chinese Mauritians. Diabetes Care 1991;14:271-282.
  7. Fagard R, EWPHE Group, Tuomilehto J, Puska P: Serum cholesterol levels and survival in elderly hypertensive patients: analysis of data from the European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly. Am J Med 1991;90:62S-63S.
  8. Fletcher A, EWPHE Group, Tuomilehto J, Puska P: Adverse treatment effects in the trial of the European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly. Am J Med 1991;90:42S-44S.
  9. Gey KF, Puska P, Jordan P, Moser UK: Inverse correlation between plasma vitamin E and mortality from ischemic heart disease in cross-cultural epidemiology. Am J Clin Nutr 1991;53:326S-334S.
  10. Van Hoof R, EWPHE Group, Tuomilehto J, Puska P: Left ventricular hypertrophy in elderly hypertensive patients: a report from the European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly trial. Am J Med 1991;90:55S-59S.
  11. King H, Rewers M, WHO Ad Hoc Diabetes Reporting Group, Tuomilehto J: Diabetes in adults is now a Third World problem. BULL WORLD HEALTH ORGAN 1991;69:643-648.
  12. De Leeuw PW, EWPHE Group, Tuomilehto J, Puska P: Renal function in the elderly: results from the European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly trial. Am J Med 1991;90:45S-49S.
  13. Li N, Tuomilehto J, Dowse GK, Zimmet PZ, Gareeboo H, Chitson P, Korhonen HJ, Alberti KGMM, Fareed D: Prevalence and medical care of hypertension in four ethnic groups in the newly-industrialized nation of Mauritius. J Hypertens 1991;9:859-866.
  14. Marti B, Tuomilehto J, Salomaa V, Kartovaara L, Korhonen HJ, Pietinen P: Body fat distribution in the Finnish population: environmental determinants and predictive power for cardiovascular risk factor levels. J EPIDEMIOL COMMUNITY HEALTH 1991;45:131-137.
  15. Molgaard CA, Poikolainen K, Elder JP, Nissinen A, Pekkanen J, Golbeck AL, De Moor C, Lahtela K, Puska P: Depression late after combat: a follow-up of Finnish World War Two veterans from the Seven Countries East-West cohort. Mil Med 1991;156:219-222.
  16. Nissinen A, Wiklund I, Lahti T, Akkila J, Wilson A, Wahl M, Puska P: Anti-anginal therapy and quality of life. A comparison of the effects of transdermal nitroglycerin and long-acting oral nitrates. J Clin Epidemiol 1991;44:989-997.
  17. Olsson G, Tuomilehto J, Berglund G, Elmfeldt D, Warnhold I, Barber H, Eliasson K, Jastrup P, Karatzas N, Leer J, Marchetta F, Ragnarsson J, Robitaille NM, Valkova L, Wesseling H, Wikstrand J, for the MAPHY Study Group: Primary prevention of sudden cardiovascular death in hypertensive patients. Mortality results from the MAPHY Study. AM J HYPERTENS 1991;4:151-158.
  18. Poikolainen K: Abstain from poisoning your unborn child. BR J ADDICT 1991;86:1060-1061.
  19. Poikolainen K: Epidemiologic assessment of population risks and benefits of alcohol use. ALCOHOL ALCOHOL SUPPL 1991;1:27-34.
  20. Salomaa V, Jauhiainen M, Pietinen P, Korhonen HJ, Kartovaara L, Vartiainen E, Tuomilehto J: Five-year trend in serum HDL-lipoprotein cholesterol in the Finnish population aged 25-64 years. A suggestion of an increase. Atherosclerosis 1991;86:39-48.
  21. Salomaa V, Strandberg TE, Vanhanen H, Naukkarinen V, Sarna S, Miettinen TA: Glucose tolerance and blood pressure: long term follow-up in middle-age men. BMJ 1991;302:493-496.
  22. Salonen JT, Salonen R, Korpela H, Suntioinen S, Tuomilehto J: Serum copper and the risk of acute myocardial infarction. A prospective population study in Eastern Finnish men. Am J Epidemiol 1991;134:268-276.
  23. Salonen JT, Salonen R, Seppänen K, Rauramaa R, Tuomilehto J: HDL, HDL2, and HDL3 subfractions, and the risk of acute myocardial infarction. Circulation 1991;84:129-139.
  24. Sarti C, Tuomilehto J, Salomaa V, Sivenius J, Kaarsalo E, Narva EV, Salmi K, Torppa J: Epidemiology of subarachnoid hemorrhage in Finland from 1983 to 1985. Stroke 1991;22:848-853.
  25. Schranz A, Tuomilehto J, Marti B, Jarrett RJ, Grabauskas V, Vassallo A: Low physical activity and worsening of glucose tolerance: results froma 2-year follow-up of a population sample in Malta. DIABETES RES CLIN PRACT 1991;11:127-136.
  26. Staessen J, EWPHE Group, Tuomilehto J, Puska P: Mortality and treated blood pressure in patients of the European Working Party on High Blood Pressur in the Elderly trial. Am J Med 1991;90:60S-61S.
  27. Staessen J, EWPHE Group, Tuomilehto J, Puska P: The determinants and prognostic significance of serum uric acid in elderly patients of the European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly trial. Am J Med 1991;90:50S-54S.
  28. Stengård JH, Stenbäck F, Saarni HU, Rautio A, Sotaniemi EA: Time dependent effects of medroxyprogesterone acetate on hepatic ultrastructure in rats. RES COMMUN CHEM PATHOL PHARMACOL 1991;74:25-37.
  29. Strandberg TE, Salomaa V, Naukkarinen V, Vanhanen H, Sarna S, Miettinen TA: Long-term mortality after five-year multifactorial primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in middle-aged men. JAMA 1991;266:1225-1229.
  30. Thijs L, EWPHE Group, Tuomilehto J, Puska P: Age-related hypotensive effects of placebo and active treatment in patients older than 60 years. Am J Med 1991;90:24S-26S.
  31. Tuomilehto J: Health status in Finland and other Nordic countries with special reference to chronic non-communicable diseases. Ann Nutr Metab 1991;35(Suppl 1):41-52.
  32. Tuomilehto J, Bonita R, Stewart A, Nissinen A, Salonen JT: Hypertension, cigarette smoking, and the decline in stroke incidence in eastern Finland . Stroke 1991;22:7-11.
  33. Tuomilehto J, EWPHE Group: Body mass index and prognosis in elderly hypertensive patients: a report from the European Working Party on High Blood Pressure in the Elderly. Am J Med 1991;90:34S-41S.
  34. Tuomilehto J, Korhonen HJ, Kartovaara L, Salomaa V, Stengård JH, Pitkänen M, Aro A, Javela K, Uusitupa M, Pitkäniemi J: Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in the middle-aged population of three areas in Finland. Int J Epidemiol 1991;20:1010-1017.
  35. Tuomilehto J, Pietinen P: Coffee and cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular risk factors 1991;1:165-173.
  36. Tuomilehto J, Podar T, Tuomilehto-Wolf E: Comparison of incidence of IDDM in childhood between Estonia and Finland, 1980-1988. Diabetes Care 1991;14:982-988.
  37. Tuomilehto J, Rewers M, Reunanen A, Lounamaa P, Lounamaa R, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Åkerblom HK: Increasing trend in Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in childhood in Finland. Analysis of age, calendar time and birth cohort effects during 1965 to 1984. Diabetologia 1991;34:282-287.
  38. Tuomilehto J, Zimmet PZ, Li N, Dowse GK: ECG abnormalities in relation to glucose tolerance and other risk factors in men of developing Pacific nation of Kiribati. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 1991;1:195-200.
  39. Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Tuomilehto J: HLA antigens in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Ann Med 1991;23:481-488.
  40. Vartiainen E, Dianjun D, Marks JS, Korhonen HJ, Guanyi G, Ze-Yu G, Koplan JP, Pietinen P, Guang-Lin W, Williamson D, Nissinen A: Mortality, cardiovascular risk factors, and diet in China, Finland, and the United States. PUBLIC HEALTH REP 1991;106:41-46.
  41. Vartiainen E, Heath G, Ford E: Assessing population-based programs to reduce blood cholesterol level and saturated fats. INT J TECHNOL ASSESS HEALTH CARE 1991;7:315-326.
  42. Vartiainen E, Korhonen HJ, Pietinen P, Tuomilehto J, Kartovaara L, Nissinen A, Puska P: Fifteen-year trends in coronary risk factors with special reference to North Karelia. Int J Epidemiol 1991;20:651-662.
  43. Vartiainen E, Tossavainen K, Viri L, Niskanen E, Puska P: The North Karelia Youth programs. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1991;623:332-349.
  44. Virtanen SM, Räsänen L, Aro A, Lindström J, Sippola H, Lounamaa R, Toivanen L, Tuomilehto J, Åkerblom HK, Childhood Diabetes in Finland (DiMe) Study Group: Infant feeding in Finnish children <7 yr of age with newly diagnosed IDDM. Diabetes Care 1991;14:415-417.
  45. WHO DIAMOND Study Group, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Tuomilehto J: Familial insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) epidemiology - standardization of data for the DIAMOND project. The WHO Multinational Project for Childhood Diabetes Group. BULL WORLD HEALTH ORGAN 1991;69:767-777.
  46. Wikstrand J, Berglund G, Tuomilehto J: Beta-blockade in the primary prevention of coronary heart disease in hypertensive patients. Review of present evidence. Circulation 1991;84(Suppl VI):VI93-VI100.
  47. Wikstrand J, Warnhold I, Tuomilehto J, Olsson G, Eliasson K, Elmfeldt D, Jastrup B, Karatzas NB, Leer J, Marchetta F, Ragnarsson J, Robitaille N, Valkova L, Wesseling H, Berglund G: Metoprolol versus thiazide diuretics in hypertension. Morbidity results from the MAPHY Study. Hypertension 1991;17:579-588.
  48. Zimmet PZ, Collins VR, Dowse GK, Alberti KGMM, Tuomilehto J, Gareeboo H, Chitson P, Mauritius Noncommunicable Diseases Study Group: The relation of physical activity to cardiovascular disease risk factors in Mauritians. Am J Epidemiol 1991;134:862-875.

B. Original articles and reviews published in domestic languages

  1. Berg M, Pietinen P, Puska P: Ravintovalistuksen teho. Suom Lääkäril 1991;46:253-259.
  2. Laks T, Tuomilehto J, Salomaa V, Palomäki P, Torppa J, Karu K: Sydän- ja verisuonitautikuolemat Suomessa ja Virossa. Suom Lääkäril 1991;46:3269-3275.
  3. Pekkanen J, Poikolainen K: Kolesterolia vähentävät lääkkeet ja väkivaltakuolleisuus. Duodecim 1991;107:1145-1148.
  4. Poikolainen K: Auttaako juoppouden hoito? Oikeita vastauksia satunnaistetun kontrolloidun kokeen avulla. Sosiaalilääket Aikakausl 1991;28:239-243.
  5. Puska P, Berg M, Korhonen HJ, Vartiainen E: Aikuisten tupakointi Suomessa viime vuosina. Suom Lääkäril 1991;46:2332-2335.
  6. Pyörälä K, Puska P: Sepelvaltimotaudin ehkäisy Suomessa. Duodecim 1991;107:1180-1184.
  7. Rasi V, Salomaa V, Pekkanen J: Hyytymistekijät, verihiutaleet ja sepelvaltimotauti (review). Duodecim 1991;107:1277-1285.
  8. Sairanen P, Poikolainen K: Suomalaisten käsityksiä alkoholin vaikutuksesta terveyteen elokuussa 1990. Alkoholipolitiikka 1991;56:332-335.
  9. Salomaa V, Pyörälä K, Rajala A, Huttunen J: Suomalaisen väestön ja lääkärien tiedot ja asenteet kolesterolikysymyksessä. Suom Lääkäril 1991;46:600-606.
  10. Tuomilehto J, Arstila M, Kaarsalo E, Kankaanpää J, Ketonen M, Lehto S, Miettinen H, Mustaniemi H, Palomäki P, Puska P, Pyörälä K, Romo M, Salomaa V, Torppa J, Vuorenmaa T: Akuutin sydäninfarktin ilmaantuvuus - FINMONICA-sydäninfarktirekisterin tuloksia vuosilta 1983-1985. Suom Lääkäril 1991;46:2938-2943.
  11. Vartiainen E, Korhonen HJ, Puska P, Berg M: Miksi tupakointi ei vähene Suomessa. Suom Lääkäril 1991;46:2525-2528.
  12. Vartiainen E, Mustaniemi H, Urjanheimo E, Muuttoranta A, Vänskä O, Kuosmanen P, Korhonen HJ, Pietinen P, Berg M, Puska P: Pohjois-Karjalan kolesteroliprojekti: koko väestön kolesterolimittaus onnistuu. Suom Lääkäril 1991;46:40-43.
  13. Vartiainen E, Pekkanen J, Tuomilehto J, Pitkäniemi J, Salomaa V, Puska P: Sydän- ja verisuonisairauksien riskitekijöiden osuus sepelvaltimotautikuolleisuudessa. Suom Lääkäril 1991;46:1876-1881.

C. Textbooks and chapters in textbooks, reports and proceedings

  1. Berg M, Peltoniemi J, Puska P: Suomalaisen aikuisväestön terveyskäyttäytyminen kevät 1991. Helsinki: Kansanterveyslaitos, 1991. (Kansanterveyslaitoksen julkaisuja B4/1991).
  2. Furst EL, Prättälä R, Ekström M, Holm L, Kjaernes U: Palatable worlds. Sociocultural food studies. Oslo: Solum Forlag A/S, 1991.
  3. McAlister A, Puska P, Orlandi M, Bye LL, Zyblot P: Behaviour modification - principles and illustrations. In: Holland WW, Detels R, Knox G ed. Oxford Textbook of Public Health. Second Edition. Volume 3, Applications in Public Health. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991:3-16.
  4. Prättälä R: Outlining multidisciplinary food research. In: Fürst EL, Prättälä R, Ekström M, Holm L, Kjærnes U ed. Palatable worlds: sociocultural food studies. Oulu: Solum Forlag, 1991:17-27.
  5. Puska P: Intervention and experimental studies. In: Holland W, Detels R, Knox G ed. Oxford Textbook of Public Health. Second Edition. Volume 2, Methods of Public Health. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991:177-187.
  6. Tuomilehto J, Mustaniemi H, Puska P: The Northern Karelia Project: community-based prevention of coronary heart disease since 1972. In: Proceedings from the Sixth Paulo Foundation International Symposium. 1991:39-48. (Acta Universitatis Ouluensis Ser. D, Medica/1991).
  7. Tuomilehto J, Podar T, Tuomilehto-Wolf E: Variation in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in Finland and in the Baltic region - a case of genetic-environmental interaction? In: Rifkin H, Colwell JA, Taylor SI ed. Diabetes 1991. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V, 1991:995-1001.
  8. Vartiainen E, de Pinto OS: The tolerability of TJ-15. Final Clinical Report. National Public Health Institute and North Karelia Project, 1991.
  9. Vartiainen E, Tossavainen K, Viri L, Niskanen E, Puska P: The North Karelia Youth Programs. In: Williams CL, Wynder EL ed. Hyperlipidemia in childhood and the developments of atherosclerosis. New York: The New York Academy of Sciences, 1991:332-349. (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 623/1991).
  10. Vartiainen E, Tossavainen K, Viri L, Niskanen E, Puska P: The North Karelia Youth programs. In: Nutbeam D, Haglund B, Farley P, Tillgren P ed. Youth Health Promotion. From theory to practice in school and community. London: Forbes Publications Ltd, 1991:108-136.

E. Theses

  1. Jalkanen L: Studies on obesity and on the effect of intervention on overweight hypertensive subjects (dissertation). Kuopio: Kuopion yliopisto, 1991. (Kuopion yliopiston julkaisuja Lääketiede 14/1991).
  2. Männistö S: Keski-ikäisten tupakoivien miesten alkoholinkulutus ja ravinto (Pro Gradu). Helsingin yliopisto, 1991.
  3. Männistö S: Keski-ikäisten tupakoivien miesten alkoholinkulutus ja ravinto. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto, Ravitsemustieteen laitos, 1991.