Publication Catalogue

Publications of the Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion 1998

A. Original articles and reviews

  1. Antikainen R, Jousilahti P, Tuomilehto J: Systolic blood pressure, isolated systolic hypertension and risk of coronary heart disease, strokes, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in the middle-aged population. J Hypertens 1998;16:577-583.
  2. Aro AR: Recent Finnish health psychology publications. European Health Psychology Society Newsletter 1998;16:5-6.
  3. Borch-Johnsen K, Neil A, Balkau B, Muggeo M, Stolk R, Vaccaro O, Charles MA, Jarrett J, Pyörälä K, Tuomilehto J: Epidemiological considerations related to the new diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus. Diabetologia 1998;41:B51-B52.
  4. Chukwuma CS, Tuomilehto J: The 'thrifty' hypotheses: clinical and epidemiological significance for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease risk factors. Cardiovascular risk factors 1998;5:11-23.
  5. Clark AG, Weiss KM, Nickerson DA, Taylor SL, Buchanan A, Stengård J, Salomaa V, Vartiainen E, Perola M, Boerwinkle E, Sing CF: Haplotype Structure and Population Genetic Inferences from Nucleotide-Sequence Variation in Human Lipoprotein Lipase. Am J Hum Genet 1998;63:595-612.
  6. DECODE Study Group, on behalf of the European Diabetes Epidemiology Study Group, Tuomilehto J, Jousilahti P, Lindström J: Will new diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus change phenotype of patients with diabetes? Reanalysis of European epidemiological data. BMJ 1998;317:371-375.
  7. Dahlöf B, Devereux RB, Julius S, Kjeldsen SE, Beevers G, de Faire U, Fyhrquist F, Hedner T, Ibsen H, Kristianson K, Lederballe-Pedersen O, Lindholm LH, Nieminen MS, Omvik P, Oparil S, Wedel H, LIFE Study Group, Tuomilehto J, Sarti C: Characteristics of 9194 patients with left ventricular hypertrophy. The LIFE Study. Hypertension 1998;32:989-997.
  8. Dobson AJ, Evans A, Ferrario M, Kuulasmaa K, Moltchanov V, Sans S, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Tuomilehto J, Wedel H, Yarnell J, for the WHO MONICA Project: Changes in estimated coronary risk in the 1980s: data from 38 populations in the WHO MONICA Project. Ann Med 1998;30:199-205.
  9. Dobson AJ, Kuulasmaa K, Moltchanov V, Evans A, Fortmann SP, Jamrozik K, Sans S, Tuomilehto J, for the WHO MONICA Project: Changes in cigarette smoking among adults in 35 populations in the mid-1980s. Tobacco Control 1998;7:14-21.
  10. Dowse GK, Humphrey ARG, Collins VR, Plehwe W, Gareeboo H, Fareed D, Hemraj F, Taylor HR, Tuomilehto J, Alberti KGMM, Zimmet PZ: Prevalence and Risk Factors for Diabetic Retinopathy in the Multiethnic Population of Mauritius. Am J Epidemiol 1998;147:448-457.
  11. EURODIAB ACE Study Group, EURODIAB ACE Substudy 2 Study Group, Tuomilehto J: Familial risk of type I diabetes in European children. Diabetologia 1998;41:1151-1156.
  12. Eriksson J, Tuominen J, Valle T, Sundberg S, Sovijärvi A, Lindholm H, Tuomilehto J, Koivisto V: Aerobic endurance exercise or circuit-type resistance training for individuals with impaired glucose tolerance? Horm Metab Res 1998;30:37-41.
  13. Esposito L, Hill NJ, Pritchard LE, Cucca F, Muxworthy C, Merriman ME, Wilson A, Julier C, Delepine M, Tuomilehto J, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Ionesco-Tirgoviste C, Nistico L, the IMDIAB Group, Buzzetti R, Pozzilli P, Ferrari M, Bosi E, Pociot F, Nerup J, Bain SC, Todd JA: Genetic analysis of chromosome 2 in Type 1 diabetes. Analysis of putative loci IDDM7, IDDM12, and IDDM13 and candidate genes NRAMP1 and IA-2 and the interleukin-1 gene cluster. Diabetes 1998;47:1797-1799.
  14. Evans A, Dobson A, Ferrario M, Kuulasmaa K, Moltchanov V, Sans S, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Tuomilehto J, Wedel H, Yarnell J, for the WHO MONICA Project: The WHO MONICA Project: Changes in coronary risk in the 1980s. Atherosclerosis 1998;11:49-55.
  15. Fletcher AE, Bulpitt CJ, Tuomilehto J, Browne J, Bossini A, Kawecka-Jaszcz K, Kivinen P, O´Brien E, Staessen J, Thijs L, Vänskä O, Vanhanen H, on behalf of the Syst-Eur Trial Investigators, Sarti C: Quality of life of elderly patients with isolated systolic hypertension: baseline data from the Syst-Eur Trial. J Hypertens 1998;16:1117-1124.
  16. Forette F, Seux ML, Staessen JA, Thijs L, Birkenhäger WH, Babarskiene MR, Babeanu S, Bossini A, Gil-Extremera B, Girerd X, Laks T, Lilov E, Moisseyev V, Tuomilehto J, Vanhanen H, Webster J, Yodfat Y, Fagard R, on behalf of the Syst-Eur Investigators, Sarti C: Prevention of dementia in randomised double-blind placebo-controlled Systolic Hypertension in Europe (Syst-Eur) trial. Lancet 1998;352:1347-1351.
  17. Forsen T, Nissinen A, Tuomilehto J, Notkola I, Eriksson J, Vinni S: Growth in childhood and blood pressure in Finnish children. J Hum Hypertens 1998;12:397-402.
  18. Ghosh S, Hauser ER, Magnuson VL, Valle T, Ally DS, Karanjawala ZE, Rayman JB, Knapp JI, Musick A, Tannenbaum J, Te C, Eldridge W, Shapiro S, Musick T, Martin C, So A, Witt A, Harvan JB, Watanabe RM, Hagopian W, Eriksson J, Nylund SJ, Kohtamaki K, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Toivanen L, Vidgren G, Ehnholm C, Bergman RN, Tuomilehto J, Collins FS, Boehnke M: A large Sample of Finnish Diabetic Sib-Pairs Reveals No Evidence for a Non-Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus Susceptibility Locus at 2qter. J Clin Invest 1998;102:704-709.
  19. Grodzicki T, Rajzer M, Fagard R, Thijs L, Clement D, Davidson C, Palatini P, Parati G, Kocemba J, Staessen J, behalf of the Syst-Eur Trial Investigators Group, Tuomilehto J, Sarti C: Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and postprandial hypertension in elderly patients with isolated systolic hypertension. J Hum Hypertens 1998;12:161-165.
  20. Hanewinkel R, Wiborg G, Paavola M, Vartiainen E: European smoke-free class competition. Tobacco Control 1998;7:326.
  21. Heistaro S, Vartiainen E, Heliövaara M, Puska P: Trends of back pain in eastern Finland, 1972-1992, in relation to socioeconomic status and behavioral risk factors. Am J Epidemiol 1998;148:671-681.
  22. Hodge AM, De Courten MP, Dowse GK, Zimmet PZ, Collier GR, Gareeboo H, Chitson P, Fareed D, Hemraj F, Alberti KGMM, Tuomilehto J, for the Mauritius Non-communicable Disease Study Group: Do leptin levels predict weight gain? - A 5-year follow-up study in Mauritius. OBES RES 1998;6:319-325.
  23. Jallinoja P, Hakonen A, Aro AR, Niemelä P, Hietala M, Lönnqvist J, Peltonen L, Aula P: Attitudes towards genetic testing:analysis of contradictions. Soc Sci Med 1998;46:1367-1374.
  24. Joensuu H, Holli K, Heikkinen M, Suonio E, Aro AR, Hietanen P, Huovinen R: Combination chemotherapy versus single-agent therapy as first- and second-line treatment in metastatic breast cancer: A prospective randomized trial. J Clin Oncol 1998;16:3720-3730.
  25. Jousilahti P, Vartiainen E, Tuomilehto J, Pekkanen J, Puska P: Role of known risk factors in explaining the difference in the risk of coronary heart disease between eastern and southwestern Finland. Ann Med 1998;30:481-487.
  26. Jousilahti P, Vartiainen E, Pekkanen J, Tuomilehto J, Sundvall J, Puska P: Serum cholesterol distribution and coronary heart disease risk. Observations and predictions among middle-aged population in Eastern Finland. Circulation 1998;97:1087-1094.
  27. Järvelin M, Lauren L, Chee D, Vartiainen E: Intrauterine and life course factors in the aetiology of adult cardiovascular disease. International journal of circumpolar health 1998;57:114-122.
  28. Kaarisalo M, Immonen-Räihä P, Marttila RJ, Salomaa V, Torppa J, Tuomilehto J, FINMONICA MI, Sarti C: Stroke after myocardial infarction. CVD prevention 1998;1:200-206.
  29. Karvonen M, Jäntti V, Muntoni SA, Stabilini M, Stabilini L, Muntoni SE, Tuomilehto J: Comparison of the seasonal pattern in the clinical onset of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in Finland and Sardinia. Diabetes Care 1998;21:1101-1109.
  30. Kastarinen MJ, Salomaa VV, Vartiainen EA, Jousilahti PJ, Tuomilehto JO, Puska PM, Nissinen AM: Trends in blood pressure levels and control of hypertension in Finland from 1982 to 1997. J Hypertens 1998;16:1379-1387.
  31. Kiiskinen U, Vartiainen E, Puska P, Aromaa A: Long-term cost and life-expectancy consequences of hypertension. J Hypertens 1998;16:1103-1112.
  32. Kivimäki M, Vahtera J, Koskenvuo M, Uutela A, Pentti J: Response of hostile individuals to stressful change in their working lives: test of a psychosocial vulnerability model. Psychol Med 1998;28:903-913.
  33. Knip M, Karjalainen J, Åkerblom HK, The Childhood Diabetes in Finland Study Group, Tuomilehto J: Islet cell antibodies are less predictive of IDDM among unaffected children in the general population than in sibs of children with diabetes. Diabetes Care 1998;21:1670-1673.
  34. Kolominsky-Rabas PL, Sarti C, Heuschmann PU, Graf C, Siemonsen S, Neundoerfer B, Katalinic A, Lang E, Gassmann KG, Ritter ST: A prospective community-based study of stroke in Germany - The Erlangen Stroke Project (ESPro). Incidence and case fatality at 1, 3, and 12 months. Stroke 1998;29:2501-2506.
  35. Komulainen J, Knip M, Sabbah E, Vähäsalo P, Lounamaa R, Åkerblom HK, Reijonen H, Ilonen J, Childhood Diabetes in Finland (DiMe) Study Group, Tuomilehto J: Autoimmune and clinical characteristics of type 1 diabetes in children with different genetic risk loads defined by HLA-DQB1 alleles. CLIN SCI (COLCH) 1998;94:263-269.
  36. Korhonen T, Kamardina T, Salto E, Korhonen HJ, Puska P: Quit and Win Contest 1994. European Journal of Public Health 1998;8:150-153.
  37. Korhonen T, Uutela A, Korhonen HJ, Puska P: Impact of Mass Media and Interpersonal Health Communication on Smoking Cessation Attempts: A Study in North Karelia, 1989-1996. Journal of health communication 1998;3:105-118.
  38. Laaksonen M, Rahkonen O, Prättälä R: Smoking Status and Relative Weight by Educational Level in Finland, 1978-1995. Prev Med 1998;27:431-437.
  39. Leino-Arjas P, Hänninen K, Puska P: Socioeconomic variation in back and joint pain in Finland. EUR J EPIDEMIOL 1998(14):79-87.
  40. De Leo D, Diekstra R, Lönnqvist J, Trabucchi M, Cleiren M, Frisoni G, Buono M, Aro AR, Zucchetto M, Rozzini R, Grigoletto F, Sampaio-Faria J: LEIPAD, an international applicable instrument to assess quality of life in the elderly. BEHAV MED 1998;24:17-27.
  41. Lindberg O, Tilvis RS, Strandberg TE, Lehtonen A, Ehnholm C, Tuomilehto J: Inverse association of serum cholesterol with plasma insulin in the elderly. Cross-sectional and prospective analyses. AGING (MILANO) 1998;10:137-140.
  42. Luoto R, Männistö S, Vartiainen E: Hormone replacement therapy and body size: How much does lifestyle explain? AM J OBSTET GYNECOL 1998;178:66-73.
  43. Luoto R, Poikolainen K, Uuutela A: Unemployment, sociodemographic background and consumption of alcohol before and during the economic recession of the 1990s in Finland. Int J Epidemiol 1998;27:623-629.
  44. Luoto R, Prättälä R, Uutela A, Puska P: Impact of Unhealthy Behaviors on Cardiovascular Mortality in Finland, 1978-1993. Prev Med 1998(27):93-100.
  45. Luukkaa V, Pesonen U, Huhtaniemi I, Lehtonen A, Tilvis R, Tuomilehto J, Koulu M, Huupponen R: Inverse correlation between serum testosterone and leptin in men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1998;83:3243-3246.
  46. Mann J, Julius S, Tuomilehto J, Sarti C, Value Trial Group: The valsartan antihypertensive long-term use evaluation (VALUE) trial of cardiovascular events in hypertension. Rationale and design. BLOOD PRESS 1998;7:176-183.
  47. Merriman TR, Eaves IA, Twells RCJ, Merriman ME, Danoy PAC, Muxworthy CE, Hunter KMD, Cox RD, Cucca F, McKinney PA, Shield JPH, Baum JD, Tuomilehto J, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Ionesco-Tirgoviste C, Joner G, Thorsby E, Undlien DE, Pociot F, Nerup J, Ronnigen KS, Bain SC, Todd JA: Transmission of haplotypes of microsatellite markers rather than single marker allels in the mapping of a putative type 1 diabetes susceptibility gene (IDDM6). Hum Mol Genet 1998;7:517-524.
  48. Miettinen H, Lehto S, Salomaa V, Mähönen M, Niemelä M, Haffner S, Pyörälä K, Tuomilehto J, the FINMONICA Myocardial Infarction Register Group: Impact of diabetes on mortality after the first myocardial infarction. Diabetes Care 1998;21:69-75.
  49. Molarius A, Seidell JC: Selection of anthropometric indications for classification of abdominal fatness - a critical review. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 1998;22:719-727.
  50. Nakagawa Y, Kawaguchi Y, Twells RCJ, Muxworthy C, Hunter KMD, Wilson A, Merriman ME, Cox RD, Merriman T, Cucca F, McKimey PA, Shield JPH, Tuomilehto J, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Ionescu-Tirgoviste C, Nistico L, Buzzetti R, Pozzilli P, San-Raffaele Family Study Group, Joner G, Thorsby E, Undlien DB, Pociot F, Nerup J, Ronningen KS, Bart's-Oxford Family Study Group, Bain SC, Todd JA: Fine mapping of the diabetes susceptibility locus IDDM4 on chromosome 11q12. Am J Hum Genet 1998;63:547-556.
  51. Nickerson DA, Taylor SL, Weiss KM, Clark AG, Hutchinson G, Stengård J, Salomaa V, Vartiainen E, Boerwinkle E, Sing CF: DNA sequence diversity in a 9.7-kb region of the human lipoprotein lipase gene. Nat Genet 1998;19:´233-240.
  52. Notkola I, Sulkava R, Pekkanen J, Erkinjuntti T, Ehnholm C, Kivinen P, Tuomilehto J, Nissinen A: Serum total cholesterol, apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele, and Alzheimer's disease. Neuroepidemiology 1998;17:14-20.
  53. Notkola I, Sulkava R, Pekkanen J, Erkinjuntti T, Ehnholm C, Kivinen P, Tuomilehto J, Nissinen A: Serum total cholesterol, apolipoprotein E e4 Allele, and Alzheimer's disease. Neuroepidemiology 1998;17: 14-20.
  54. Närhinen M, Nissinen A, Puska P: Sales data of a supermarket - a tool for monitoring nutrition interventions. Public health nutrition 1998;1:101-107.
  55. Oscarson M, Gullsten H, Rautio A, Bernal ML, Sinues B, Dahl M, Stengård JH, Pelkonen O, Raunio H, Ingelman-Sundber M: Genotyping of human cytochrome P450 2A6 (CYP2A6), a nicotine C-oxidase. Febs Lett 1998;438:201-205.
  56. Palosuo H, Uutela A, Zhuravleva I, Lakomova N: Social patterning of ill health in Helsinki and Moscow. Soc Sci Med 1998;46:1121-1136.
  57. Parati G, Omboni S, Staessen J, Thijs L, Fagard R, Ulian L, Mancia G, Syst-Eur Investigators, Sarti C, Tuomilehto J: Limitations of the difference between clinic and daytime blood pressure as a surrogate measure of the 'white coat' effect. J Hypertens 1998;16:23-29.
  58. Pastinen T, Perola M, Niini P, Terwilliger J, Salomaa V, Vartiainen E, Peltonen L, Syvänen A: Array-based multiplex analysis of candidate genes reveals two independent and additive genetic risk factors for myocardial infarction in the Finnish population. Hum Mol Genet 1998;7:1453-1462.
  59. Peltola H, Enlund H, Nissinen A, Tuomilehto J: Physicians opinions about the management of hypertension - changes in Finland between 1985 and 1992. J Hum Hypertens 1998;12:239-243.
  60. Pereira MA, Kriska AM, Collins VR, Dowse GK, Zimmet PZ, Tuomilehto J, Alberti KGGM, Gareeboo H, Hemraj F, Purran A, Fareed D, Brissonnette G: Occupational status and cardiovascular disease risk factors in the rapidly developing high-risk population of Mauritius. Am J Epidemiol 1998;148:148-159.
  61. Prättälä RS, Laaksonen MT, Rahkonen OJ: Smoking and unhealthy food habits. How stable is the association? European Journal of Public Health 1998;8:28-33.
  62. Puska P, Ukhanov M, Laatikainen T, Pokusaeva S, Urjanheimo E, Gumina T, Tossavainen K, Panteleev V, Vartiainen E, Moiseeva N, Korpelainen V: Pitkyaranta Project: results and experiences with collaborative demonstration project for noncommunicable disease prevention and health promotion. Profilaktika zabolevaniy i ukreplenie zdorowya 1998(1):37-45.
  63. Puska P, Vartiainen E, Tuomilehto J, Salomaa V, Nissinen A: Changes in premature deaths in Finland: successful long-term prevention of cardiovascular diseases. BULL WORLD HEALTH ORGAN 1998;76:419-425.
  64. Puska P, Vartiainen E, Tuomilehto J, Nissinen A: Community-based prevention of cardiovascular diseases: 25-year experience of the North Karelia Project in Finland. Journal of the Saudi Heart Association 1998;10:128-131.
  65. Rastenyte D, Stegmayr B, Tuomilehto J: Diabetes and the risk of stroke. CVD prevention 1998;1:108-113.
  66. Rastenyte D, Tuomilehto J, Sarti C: Genetics of stroke - a review. J Neurol Sci 1998;153:132-145.
  67. Roivainen M, Alfthan G, Jousilahti P, Kimpimäki M, Hovi T, Tuomilehto J: Enterovirus Infections as a Possible Risk Factor for Myocardial Infarction. Circulation 1998;98:2534-2537.
  68. Roivainen M, Knip M, Hyöty H, Kulmala P, Hiltunen M, Vähäsalo P, Hovi T, Åkerblom HK, the Childhood Diabetes in Finland (DiMe) Study Group, Tuomilehto J: Several different enterovirus serotypes can be associated with prediabetic autoimmune episodes and onset of overt IDDM. J Med Virol 1998;56:74-78.
  69. Roos E, Lahelma E, Virtanen M, Prättälä R, Pietinen P: Gender, socioeconomic status and family status as determinants of food behaviour. Soc Sci Med 1998;46:1519-1529.
  70. Salomaa V, Rasi V, Stengård J, Vahtera E, Pekkanen J, Vartiainen E, Ehnholm C, Puska P: Intra- and Interindividual Variability of Hemostatic Factors and Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Three-year Follow-up. Thromb Haemost 1998;79:969-974.
  71. Santalahti P, Aro AR, Hemminki E, Helenius H, Ryynänen M: On what grounds do women participate in prenatal screening? Prenat Diagn 1998;18:153-165.
  72. Savola K, Bonifacio E, Sabbah E, Kulmala P, Vähäsalo P, Karjalainen J, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Meriläinen J, Åkerblom HK, Knip M, Leinikki P, the Childhood Diabetes in Finland Study Group, Tuomilehto J: IA-2 antibodies - a sensitive marker of IDDM with clinical onset in childhood and adolescence. Diabetologia 1998;41:424-429.
  73. Schreiner P, Salomaa V, Rasi V, Pietinen P, Vahtera EM, Kleemola P, Haukkala A, Myllylä G: Dietary fat intake and hemostasis among participants in the 1992 FINRISK Hemostasis survey. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 1998;8:21-30.
  74. Seux M, Thijs L, Forette F, Staessen JA, Birkenhäger WH, Bulpitt CJ, Girerd X, Jääskivi M, Vanhanen H, Kivinen P, Yodfat Y, Vänskä O, Antikainen R, Laks T, Webster JR, Hakamäki T, Lehtomäki E, Lilov E, Grigorov M, Janculova K, Halonen K, Kohonen-Jalonen P, Kermowa R, Nachev C, Tuomilehto J, on behalf of SYST-EUR Investigators, Sarti C: Correlates of cognitive status of old patients with isolated systolic hypertension: the Syst-Eur Vascular Dementia Project. J Hypertens 1998;16:963-969.
  75. Shaw JE, Hodge AM, de Courten M, Dowse GK, Gareeboo H, Tuomilehto J, Alberti KGMM, Zimmet PZ: Diabetic neuropathy in Mauritius: Prevalence and risk factors. DIABETES RES CLIN PRACT 1998;42:131-139.
  76. Staessen JA, Fagard R, Thijs L, Celis H, Birkenhager WH, Bulpitt CJ, de Leeuw PW, Fletcher AE, Babarskiene M, Forette F, Kocemba J, Laks T, Leonetti G, Nachev C, Petrie JC, Tuomilehto J, Vanhanen H, Webster J, Yodfat Y, Zanchetti A, for the Systolic Hypertension in Europe Trial Investigators, Sarti C: Subgroup and Pre-Protocol Analysis of the Randomized European Trial on Isolated Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly. Arch Intern Med 1998;158:1681-1691.
  77. Staessen JA, Thijs L, Fagard RH, Birkenhäger WH, Arabidze G, Babeanu S, Gil-Extremera B, Bulpitt CJ, Davidson C, De Leeuw PW, Efstratopoulus AD, Fletcher AE, Fogari R, Jääskivi M, Kawecka-Jaszcz K, Nachev C, Petrie JC, Seux ML, Tuomilehto J, Webster J, Yodfat Y, SYST-EUR Trial Investigators, Sarti C: Calcium channel blockade and cardiovascular prognosis in the European trial on isolated systolic hypertension. Hypertension 1998;32:410-416.
  78. Stengård JH, Weiss KM, Sing CF: An ecological study of association between coronary heart disease mortality rates in men and the relative frequencies of common allelic variations in the gene coding for apolipoprotein E. Hum Genet 1998;103:234-241.
  79. Tuomilehto J, Borch-Johnsen K, Molarius A, Forsen T, Rastenyte D, Sarti C, Reunanen A: Incidence of cardiovascular disease in Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic subjects with and without diabetic nephropathy in Finland. Diabetologia 1998;41:784-790.
  80. Tuomilehto J, Qiao Q, Salonen R, Nissinen A, Salonen JT: Ultrasonographic Manifestations of Carotid Atherosclerosis and Glucose Intolerance in Elderly Eastern Finnish Men. Diabetes Care 1998;21:1349-1352.
  81. Tuomilehto J, Ryynänen OP, Koistinen A, Rastenyte D, Nissinen A, Puska P: Low diastolic blood pressure and mortality in a population-based cohort of 16 913 hypertensive patients in North Karelia Finland. J Hypertens 1998;16:1235-1242.
  82. Tuomilehto J, Ylihärsilä H: Antibodies as predictors of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus before the clinical onset. NUTRITION 1998;14:403-404.
  83. Valle T, Tuomilehto J, Bergman RN, Ghosh S, Eriksson J, Nylund SJ, Kohtamäki K, Toivanen L, Vidgren G, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Ehnholm C, Blaschak J, Langefeld CD, Watanabe RM, Magnuson V, Ally DS, Hagopian WA, Ross E, Buchanan TA, Collins F, Boehnke M: Mapping Genes for NIDDM. Design of the Finland - United States Investigation of NIDDM Genetics (FUSION) Study. Diabetes Care 1998;21:949-958.
  84. Vartiainen E, Korhonen HJ, Koskela K, Puska P: Twenty year smoking trends in a community-based cardiovascular diseases prevention programme. Results from the North Karelia Project. European Journal of Public Health 1998;8:154-159.
  85. Vartiainen E, Paavola M, McAlister A, Puska P: Fifteen-year follow-up of smoking prevention effects in the North Karelia Youth Project. Am J Public Health 1998;88:81-85.
  86. Vartiainen E, Pekkanen J, Koskinen S, Jousilahti P, Salomaa V, Puska P: Do changes in cardiovascular risk factors explain the increasing socioeconomic difference in mortality from ishaemic heart disease in Finland? J EPIDEMIOL COMMUNITY HEALTH 1998;52:416-419.
  87. Zimmet PZ, Collins VR, de Courten MP, Hodge AM, Collier GR, Dowse GK, Alberti KGMM, Tuomilehto J, Hemraj F, Gareeboo H, Chitson P, Fareed D: Is there a relationship between leptin and insulin sensitivity independent of obesity - A population-based study in the Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 1998;22:171-177.

B. Original articles and reviews published in domestic languages

  1. Anttolainen M, Ovaskainen M, Lauronen J, Aro A: Trans- ja muiden rasvahappojen saanti suomalaisista elintarvikkeista, TRANSFAIR-tutkimus. Suom Lääkäril 1998;53:2651-2656.
  2. Aro AR: Viitearvot terveyteen liittyvälle elämänlaadulle: RAND-36 laajimmin käytetty yleinen elämänlaadun mittari. Kansanterveys - the Bulletin of National Public Health Institute of Finland 1998(6):9.
  3. Eriksson J: Äiti, lapsi ja sepelvaltimotauti. Duodecim 1998;114:103-104.
  4. Hakonen A: Työnantajat ja työntekijät sanovat ei geeniseulonnoille työhönotossa. Kansanterveys - the Bulletin of National Public Health Institute of Finland 1998(10):10-11.
  5. Helasoja V, Prättälä R: Ruisleipä taitaa olla muodissa. 1998. (Kansanterveys (5):10-11).
  6. Luoto R, Latikka P, Pukkala E, Hakulinen T, Vihko V: Suomalaistutkimuksessa liikunnan yhteys rintasyöpään heikko. Kansanterveys - the Bulletin of National Public Health Institute of Finland 1998(2):9-10.
  7. Pitkäniemi J, Onkamo P: Lapsuusiän diabetes yleistyy jatkuvasti - syytä ei tiedetä. 1998. (Kansanterveys (4):10).
  8. Puska P: Kahvi ja terveys. Eläkeliitto 1998(2):B10.
  9. Puska P: Kahvi ja terveys. Eläkeliitto 1998;2:B10.
  10. Puska P: Kansainvälinen Quit & Win kolmannen kerran 1998. 1998. (Kansanterveys 1997;(7):12).
  11. Puska P: Terveelliset elintavat - juhannuksenako? 1998. (Kansanterveys (6):2-3).
  12. Puska P: Tupakoinnin lopettamisen yhteydessä painon nousun voi ehkäistä. 1998. (Kansanterveys (6):11).
  13. Puska P, Helakorpi S, Korhonen T, Uutela A: Tupakoinnin lopettaminen Suomessa. Suom Lääkäril 1998;53:3217-3224.
  14. Rehnberg G, Absetz P, Aro AR, Hietanen P: Rintasyöpäseulonnassa kirurgiseen biopsiaan - odotus ennen leikkausta ja diagnoosin saamista. Suom Lääkäril 1998;53:2995-2999.
  15. Rehnberg N, Absetz P, Aro AR, Hietanen P: Rintasyöpäseulonnasta kirurgiseen biopsiaan - odotus ennen leikkausta ja diagnoosin saamista. Suom Lääkäril 1998;53:2996-2999.
  16. Sivenius J, Sarti C, Immonen-Räihä P, Kaarsalo E, Kuulasmaa K, Mähönen M, Narva EV, Salomaa V, Salmi K, Torppa J, Tuomilehto J: Aivohalvausten ilmaantuvuuden ja aivohalvauskuolleisuuden muutokset kymmenen vuoden aikana FINMONICA-tutkimuksessa. Suom Lääkäril 1998;53:3071-3079.
  17. Uutela A: Puheenvuoroja terveyden edistämisestä. 1998. (Kansanterveys (2):1).
  18. Valsta L, Anttolainen M: Rasvavalinnat ja rasvan saanti Finravinto 1997-tutkimuksessa. Ravintotekijä 1998(3):3-5.
  19. Vartiainen E: FINRISKI -97: sydän- ja verisuonisairauksien riskitekijätaso alenee edelleen. 1998. (Kansanterveys (1):10-11).
  20. Vartiainen E, Jousilahti P, Alfthan G, Sundvall J, Pietinen P, Puska P: Sydän- ja verisuonisairauksien riskitekijöiden muutokset FINRISKI-tutkimuksessa 1972-1997. Suom Lääkäril 1998;53:2013-2020.
  21. Vartiainen E, Puska P, Jousilahti P, Huttunen J: Sepelvaltimotaudin ehkäisyn onnistuminen Suomessa. Suom Lääkäril 1998;53:2023-2026.

C. Textbooks and chapters in textbooks, reports and proceedings

  1. Aro AR, Absetz-Ylöstalo P, Eerola T, Pamilo M, Lönnqvist J: Chapter 24, Breast Diseases: Pain and discomfort during mammography. In: Mishell DR, Herbst AL, Kirschbaum TH, Bergman A, Hindle WH ed. 1998 The year book of obstetrics, gynecology and women's health. St. Louis: Mosby Inc, 1998:537-539.
  2. Buchanan T, Watanabe RM, Valle T, Tuomilehto J, Eriksson J, Bergman RN, for the FUSION Study Group: An emperical solution for the problem of zero insulin sensitivity in insulin-resistant individuals (abstract). In: International Diabetes Monitor. 1998:A-9. (Vol 10 no 1/1998).
  3. EURODIAB TIGER Study Group, Tuomilehto J: Recent trends in the incidence of type 1 diabetes in European children (abstract). In: Diabetologia. 1998:A 21. (41 Suppl 1/1998).
  4. Evans A, Dobson A, Ferrario M, Kuulasmaa K, Moltchanov V, Sans S, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Tuomilehto J, Wedel H, Yarnell J, for the WHO MONICA Project: The WHO MONICA Project: changes in coronary risk in the 1980s. In: Jacotot B, Mathe D, Fruchart J ed. Proceedings of the XIth International Symposium on Atherosclerosis. Singapore: Elsevier Science, 1998:49-55.
  5. Fuentes R, Notkola I, Shemeikka S, Tuomilehto J, Nissinen A: Familial aggregation of blood pressure in a population-based family study in eastern Finland (abstract). In: Eur Heart J. 1998:P563. (Vol 19).
  6. Grabauskas V, Klumbiene J, Petkeviciene J, Dregval L, Nedzelskiene I, Prättälä R, Helasoja V, Uutela A, Puska P: Suaugusiu Lietuvos zmoniu gyvensenos tyrimas, 1996 - Health behaviour among Lithuanian adult population, spring 1996. Helsinki: Kansanterveyslaitos, 1998. (Kansanterveyslaitoksen julkaisuja B2/1998).
  7. Hassi J, Juopperi K, Remes J, Rintamäki H, Näyhä S, Ervasti O, Jousilahti P, Vartiainen E: FINRISKI '97. Kylmäaltistusalaotos. Oulu: Oulun aluetyöterveyslaitos, 1998. 139 p. (Raportti 4/1998).
  8. Helakorpi S, Uutela A, Prättälä R, Puska P: Suomalaisen aikuisväestön terveyskäyttäytyminen, kevät 1998. Health Behaviour among Finnish Adult Population, Spring 1998. In: . Helsinki: Kansanterveyslaitos, 1998, 1998. (Kansanterveyslaitoksen julkaisuja B10/1998/1998).
  9. Kastarinen M, Salomaa V, Vartiainen E, Jousilahti P, Tuomilehto J, Puska P, Nissinen A: Trends in cardiovascular risk factors in hypertensive and normotensive Finnish adults from 1982 to 1997 (abstract). In: Eur Heart J. 1998:3226. (Vol 19).
  10. Kesäniemi YA, Salomaa V: Sepelvaltimotauti. In: Koskenvuo K, Vertio H ed. Sairauden ehkäisy. Helsinki: Kustannus OY Duodecim, 1998:41-53.
  11. Kuulasmaa K, Hense H, Tolonen H, for the WHO MONICA Project: Quality assessment of data on blood pressure in the WHO MONICA Project. 1998. (Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/bp/bpqa.htm ).
  12. Liao D, Evans G, Arnett D, Pankow J, Liese A, Davis CE, Salomaa V, Heiss G: Multiple metabolic syndrome is associated with increased arterial stiffness - The ARIC study (abstract). In: Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention. 1998.
  13. Molarius A, Seidell JC, Sans S, Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA Project: Educational level and relative body weight and changes in the association over 10 years - an international perspective from the WHO MONICA Project (abstract). In: Int J Obes. 1998:S43. (22 Suppl 3/1998).
  14. Nyström L, Arnqvist H, Blohme G, Bolinder J, Eriksson J, Littorin B, Sundkvist G, Wibell L, Östman J: The incidence of diabetes mellitus in the age group 15-34 years in Sweden is decreasing (abstract). In: Diabetologia. 1998:A82. (41 Suppl 1/1998).
  15. Palosuo H, Zhuravleva I, Uutela A, Lakomova N, Shilova L: Vosprijatie zdorov'ja i svjazannyh s nim privytshek i ustanovok - Scravnitel'noe issledovanie vzroslogo naselenija v Hel'sinki i Moskve. Moskva: Rossijskaja Akademija Nauk, Institut Sociologii RAN, 1998. 158 p.
  16. Puska P: 25 lat programu zintegrowanej profilaktyki chorob niezakaznych w Finlandii w Polnocnej Karelii. In: Drygas W, Maniecka-Bryla I, Bryla M ed. Postepy w profilaktyce i leczeniu przewleklych chorob niezakaznych: materilay III seminarium CINDI, Spala 10-11.10. 1997. Lodz: Wydawca, 1998:14-17.
  17. Puska P: Pohjois-Karjala-projekti. In: Koskenvuo K, Vertio H ed. Sairauksien ehkäisy. Helsinki: Duodecim, 1998:695-699.
  18. Puska P: What is the value of measuring cardiovascular risk factors in childhood?(abstract). In: Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Childhood. XI Medical Symposium of the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation. 1998.
  19. Puska P, Isokääntä M, Korpelainen V, Vartiainen E: Village competition as an innovative method for lowering population cholesterol. In: Nguyen TT ed. New developments in the dietary management of high cholesterol. Minneapolis: McGraw-Hill Companies, 1998:44-53. (Postgraduate medicin special report).
  20. Puska P, Korhonen T, Korhonen HJ, Vertio H, Mannonen P, behalf of Working Group of International Quit and Win 1998: International Quit and Win 1998: Super prize draw at the IUHPE XVIth World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education. Promot Educ 1998;5:84-85.
  21. Roos G: Pile sorting: Kids like candy. In: De Munck V, Sobo E ed. Using methods in the field: A practical introduction and casebook. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press, 1998:97-110.
  22. Salomaa V, Matei C, Aleksic N, Sansores L, Folsom AR, Juneja H, Chambless LE, Wu KK: Soluble thrombomodulin as a predictor of incident coronary heart disease: The atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study (abstract). In: American Heart Association 71st Scientific Sessions. 1998-I524. (Circulation 98/1998).
  23. Sarti C, Tuomilehto J: Geographic variation and time trends in stroke occurrence. In: Jacotot B, Mathe D, Fruchart JC ed. Atherosclerosis XI. Singapore: Elsevier Science Ltd, 1998:651-658.
  24. Sarti C, Tuomilehto J, Borch-Johnsen K, Forsen T, Molarius A, Reunanen A: Incidence of acute coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke events in childhood-onset IDDM (abstract). In: Diabetologia. 1998:A350. (41 Suppl 1/1998).
  25. Sulkava R, Notkola IL, Pekkanen J, Ehnholm C, Kivinen P, Tuomilehto J, Nissinen A: Serum total cholesterol, apolipoprotein E e4 allele, and Alzheimer's disease. In: Neurobiology of aging. 6th International conference on alzheimer's disease and related disorders (abstract). Elsevier, 1998:S245. (Vol 19 4S/1998).
  26. Tikkanen MJ, Salomaa V: Kohonnut verenpaine. In: Koskenvuo K, Vertio H ed. Sairauden ehkäisy. Helsinki: Kustannus OY Duodecim, 1998:54-58.
  27. Tikkanen MJ, Vartiainen E: Primary prevention program in North Karelia: predicting mortality from changes in CHD risk factors. In: Jacotot B, Mathé D, Fruchart J ed. Atherosclerosis XI. Proceedings of the XIth International Symposium on Atherosclerosis. Singapore: Elsevier Science Pte Ltd, 1998:213-219. (Atherosclerosis XI/1998).
  28. Tuomilehto J: Seasonal variation in the occurrence of stroke (abstract). In: Hassi J, Turtiainen P ed. Second International Course on Health in Cold Environments. Programme and abstract of the course organised by NIVA. 1998:18.
  29. Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Tuomilehto J: Is Lamda a good way of assessing the contribution of HLA to the overall genetics of IDDM? (abstract). In: . 1998:A78. (Diabetologia 41 (Suppl 1)/1998).
  30. Uutela A: Sosiaalinen tuki ja terveys. In: Lahikainen AR, Pirttilä-Backman AM ed. Sosiaalinen vuorovaikutus. Keuruu: Otavan kirjapaino, 1998:208-221.
  31. Vartiainen E: Einflussfaktoren auf den Tabakkonsum im Jugendalter. In: Kolip P ed. Programme gegen Sucht. Internationale Ansätze gegen Suchtprävention im Jugendalter. Weinham: Juventa, 1998:153-162.
  32. Vartiainen E, Jousilahti P, Juolevi A, Sundvall J, Alfthan G, Salminen I, Puska P: FINRISKI 1997: Tutkimus kroonisten kansantautien riskitekijöistä, niihin liittyvistä elintavoista, oireista ja terveyspalvelujen käytöstä. Helsinki: Kansanterveyslaitos, 1998. (Kansanterveyslaitoksen julkaisuja B1/1998).
  33. Vartiainen E, Puska P, Paavola M, Tossavainen K: North Karelia Youth Project. In: Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Childhood. XI Medical Symposium of the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation. 1998.
  34. Väänänen S, Onkamo P, Tuomilehto J, Karvonen M: Increasing incidence of childhood IDDM worldwide - The meta-analysis of the incidence trend data (abstract) . In: Diabetologia. 1998:A 21. (41 Suppl 1/1998).
  35. Watanabe RM, Hauser ER, Valle T, Eriksson J, Bergman RN, Ghosh S, Boehnke M, for the FUSION Study Group: Familiality of minimal model-derived quantitative metabolic traits in a Finnish cohort (abstract). In: International Diabetes Monitor . 1998:A8. (Vol 10 no 1/1998).

D. Other publications

  1. Luoto R: Vaihdevuodet saattavat auttaa koko sukua: hoitavat vanhat isoäidit parantavat lastenlasten mahdollisuuksia pärjätä. 1998. (Helsingin Sanomat 7.3.1998, s. D2).
  2. Luoto R: Vaihdevuosien oireita vain ihmisillä ja apinoilla. 1998. (Helsingin Sanomat 7.3.1998, s. D2).
  3. Puska P: Vältä tupakansavua. Eläkeliitto 1998(1).
  4. Vartiainen E: From information exchange to framework programme. 1998. (Interaction. The ENYPAT Newsletter 9/March 1998).
  5. Vartiainen E: New framework project in testing. 1998. (Interaction. The ENYPAT Newsletter 10/October 1998).

E. Theses

  1. Helasoja V: Postikyselyaineiston ulkoisesta ulottuvuudesta. Aikuisväestön terveyskäyttäytyminen - tutkimuksen vastaajajoukon edustavuus ja alkoholinkulutustietojen yleistettävyys (pro gradu). Helsingin yliopisto, Sosiologian laitos, 1998.
  2. Ketonen M: Äkillisten sepelvaltimotautikohtausten ilmaantuvuus, hoidon porrastus ja ennuste sekä sepelvaltimotaudin invasiivinen hoito Pohjois-Karjalan ja Pohjois-Savon sairaanhoitopiireissä vuosina 1983 - 1992.[Dissertation]. Kuopio: Kuopion yliopiston painatuskeskus, 1998. 338 p. (Kuopion yliopiston julkaisuja D Lääketiede 148/1998).
  3. Mäkipää E: Suomalainen ateriajärjestys 1980-1995. Sosiaalisten tekijöiden yhteys ateriajärjestyksen muutokseen ja vaihteluun [pro gradu]. 1998.
  4. Nummela OP: Sosioekonomisen aseman ja sosiaalisen liikkuvuuden yhteys sairastuvuuteen, toimintakyvyn rajoituksiin ja koettuun terveyteen [pro gradu]. 1998.
  5. Väyrynen M: Polkupyöräilijän liikenneturvallisuus ja pyöräilykypärän käyttö (pro gradu). Kuopion yliopisto. Kansanterveystieteen ja yleislääketieteen laitos, 1998. 76 p.