Publication Catalogue

Publications of the Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion 2000

A. Original articles and reviews

  1. Aalto AM, Uutela A, Aro AR: Disease-related distress among insulin-treated diabetic patients. Associations with health status, psychosocial factors and self-care practices. European Journal of Public Health 2000;10:68-74.
  2. Absetz P, Aro AR, Rehnberg G, Sutton SR: Comparative optimism in breast cancer risk perception: effects of experience and risk factor knowledge. Psychology, Health and Medicine 2000;5:367-376.
  3. Adlercreutz H, Mazur W, Stumpf K, Kilkkinen A, Pietinen P, Hulten K, Hallmans G: Food containing phytoestrogens, and breast cancer. BIOFACTORS 2000;12:89-93.
  4. Aktan-Collan K, Mecklin JP, De la Chapelle A, Peltomäki P, Uutela A, Kääriäinen H: Evaluation of a counselling protocol for predictive genetic testing for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer. J Med Genet 2000;37:108-113.
  5. Aktan-Collan K, Mecklin JP, Järvinen H, Nyström-Lahti M, Peltomäki P, Söderling I, Uutela A, De la Chapelle A, Kääriäinen H: Predictive genetic testing for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer: Uptake and long-term satisfaction. Int J Cancer 2000;89:44-50.
  6. Antikainen R, Jousilahti P, Vanhanen H, Tuomilehto J: Excess mortality associated with increased pulse pressure among middle-aged men and women is explained by high systolic blood pressure. J Hypertens 2000;18:417-423.
  7. Anttila T, Poikolainen K, Uutela A, Lönnqvist J: Structure and determinants of worrying among adolescent girls. Journal of youth studies 2000;3:49-60.
  8. Aro AR: Gentests und genscreening: Hoffnung fur die Gesundheitsförderung. Public Health Forum 2000;8:9.
  9. Aro AR, Absetz P, Van Elderen TM, Van der Ploeg E, Van der Kamp LJT: False-positive findings in mammography screening induces short-term distress - breast cancer-specific concern prevails longer. Eur J Cancer 2000;36:1089-1097.
  10. Balkau B, DECODE Study Group, European Diabetes Epidemiology Group, Tuomilehto J, Qing Q, Eriksson J, Jousilahti P, Lindström J: The new diagnostic criteria and their impact on the global prevalence of diabetes. Medicographia 2000;21:354-359.
  11. Collins HE, Li H, Inda SE, Anderson J, Laiho K, Tuomilehto J, Seldin MF: A simple and accurate method for determination of microsatellite total allele content differences between DNA pools. Hum Genet 2000;106:218-226.
  12. Cox HS, Williams JW, De Courten MP, Chitson P, Tuomilehto J, Zimmet PZ: Decreasing prevalence of cigarette smoking in the middle income country of Mauritius: questionnaire survey. BMJ 2000;321:345-349.
  13. EURODIAB ACE Study Group, Karvonen M, Tuomilehto J: Variation and trends in incidence of childhood diabete in Europe. Lancet 2000;355:873-876.
  14. Eriksson J, Forsen T, Tuomilehto J, Osmond C, Barker D: Early growth, adult income, and risk of stroke. Stroke 2000;31:869-874.
  15. Eriksson J, Forsen T, Tuomilehto J, Osmond C, Barker D: Fetal and childhood growth and hypertension in adult life. Hypertension 2000;36:790-794.
  16. Forsen T, Eriksson J, Qiao Q, Tervahauta M, Nissinen A, Tuomilehto J: Short stature and coronary heart disease: a 35-year follow-up of the Finnish cohorts of The Seven Countries Study. J Intern Med 2000;248:326-332.
  17. Forsen T, Eriksson J, Tuomilehto J, Reunanen A, Osmond C, Barker D: The fetal and childhood growth of persons who develop type 2 diabetes. Ann Intern Med 2000;133:176-182.
  18. Fuentes R, Ilmaniemi N, Laurikainen E, Tuomilehto J, Nissinen A: Hypertension in developing economies: a review of population-based studies carried out from 1980 to 1998. J Hypertens 2000;18:521-529.
  19. Fuentes RM, Notkola IL, Shemeikka S, Tuomilehto J, Nissinen A: Familial aggregation of blood pressure: a population-based family study in eastern Finland. J Hum Hypertens 2000;14:441-445.
  20. Fullerton SM, Clark AG, Weiss KM, Nickerson DA, Taylor SL, Stengård JH, Salomaa V, Vartiainen E, Perola M, Boerwinkle E, Sing CF: Apolipoprotein E variation at the sequence haplotype level: Implications for the origin and maintenance of a major human polymorphism. Am J Hum Genet 2000;67:881-900.
  21. Ghosh S, Watanabe RM, Valle T, Hauser ER, Magnuson VL, Lnagefeld CD, Ally DS, Mohlke KL, Silander K, Kohtamäki K, Chines P, Balow J, Birznieks G, Chang J, Eldridge W, Erdos MR, Karanjawala E, Knapp JI, Pfahl C, Porter R, Rayman JB, Rha D, Segal L, Shapiro S, Sharaf R, Shurtleff B, So A, Tannenbaum J, Te C, Tovar J, Unni A, Welch C, Whiten R, Witt A, Blaschak-Harvan J, Douglas JA, Duren WL, Epstein MP, Fingerlin TE, Kaleta HS, Lange EM, Li C, McEachin RC, Stringham HM, Trager E, White PP, Eriksson J, Toivanen L, Vidgren G, Nylund SJ, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Ross EH, Demirchyan E, Hagopian WA, Buchanan TA, Tuomilehto J, Bergman RN, Collins FS, Boehnke M: The Finland-United States investigation of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus genetics (FUSION)Study. I. An autosomal genome scan for genes that predispose to type 2 diabetes. Am J Hum Genet 2000;67:1174-1185.
  22. Harrela M, Koistinen R, Tuomilehto J, Nissinen A, Seppälä M: Low serum insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 is associated with an unfavourable cardiovascular risk profile in elderly men. Ann Med 2000;32:424-428.
  23. Hassmen P, Koivula N, Uutela A: Physical exercise and psychological well-being: A population study in Finland. Prev Med 2000;30:17-25.
  24. Haukkala A, Uutela A: Cynical hostility, depression, and obesity: the moderating role of education and gender. INT J EAT DISORD 2000;27:106-109.
  25. Haukkala A, Uutela A, Vartiainen E, McAlister A, Knekt P: Depression and smoking cessation: The role of motivation and self-efficacy. ADDICT BEHAV 2000;25:311-316.
  26. Hietanen P, Aro AR, Holli K, Absetz P: Information and communication in the context of a clinical trial. Eur J Cancer 2000;36:2096-2104.
  27. Hyppönen E, Virtanen SM, Kenward MG, Knip M, Åkerblom HK, Childhood Diabetes in Finland (DiMe) Study Group, Tuomilehto J: Obesity, increased linear growth, and risk of type 1 diabetes in children. Diabetes Care 2000;23:1755-1760.
  28. Ilonen J, Reijonen H, Green A, Reunanen A, Knip M, Simell O, Åkerblom HK, Childhood Diabetes in Finland (DiMe) Study Group, Tuomilehto J: Geographical differences within Finland in the frequency of HLA-DQ genotypes associated with Type 1 diabetes susceptibility. EUR J IMMUNOGEN 2000;27:225-230.
  29. Ingall T, Asplund K, Mähönen M, Bonita R, for the WHO MONICA Project, Tuomilehto J, Puska P, Torppa J, Sarti C, Salomaa V, Sivenius J, Salmi K, Narva EV, Immonen-Räihä P, Kaarsalo E, Kuulasmaa K, Rajakangas A, Ruokokoski E: A multinational comparison of subarachnoid hemorrhage epidemiology in the WHO MONICA stroke study. Stroke 2000;31:1054-1061.
  30. de Irala-Estevez J, Groth M, Johansson L, Oltersdorf U, Prättälä R, Martinez-Gonzalez MA: A systematic review of socio-economic differences in food habits in Europe: consumption of fruit and vegetables. Eur J Clin Nutr 2000;54:706-714.
  31. Jallinoja P, Aro AR: Does knowledge make a difference? The association between knowledge about genes and attitudes toward gene tests. Journal of health communication 2000;5:29-39.
  32. Jousilahti P, Rastenyte D, Tuomilehto J: Serum gamma-glutamyl transferase, self-reported alcohol drinking, and the risk of stroke. Stroke 2000;31:1851-1855.
  33. Jousilahti P, Tuomilehto J, Vartiainen E, Eriksson J, Puska P: Relation of adult height to cause-specific and total mortality: A prospective follow-up study of 31,199 middle-aged men and women in Finland. Am J Epidemiol 2000;151:1112-1120.
  34. Karanjawala ZE, Kääriäinen H, Ghosh S, Tannenbaum J, Martin C, Ally D, Tuomilehto J, Valle T, Collins F: Complete maternal isodisomy of chromosome 8 in an individual with an early-onset ileal carcinoid tumor. Am J Med Genet 2000;93:207-210.
  35. Karvonen M, Viik-Kajander M, Moltchanova E, Libman I, LaPorte R, Tuomilehto J, Diabetes Mondiale (DiaMond) Project Group: Incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes worldwide. Diabetes Care 2000;23:1516-1526.
  36. Kastarinen M, Nissinen A, Vartiainen E, Jousilahti P, Korhonen HJ, Puska P, Tuomilehto J: Blood pressure levels and obesity trends in hypertensive and normotensive Finnish population from 1982 to 1997. J Hypertens 2000;18:255-262.
  37. Kastarinen M, Tuomilehto J, Vartiainen E, Jousilahti P, Sundvall J, Puska P, Nissinen A: Trends in lipid levels and hypercholesterolemia in hypertensive and normotensive Finnish adults from 1982 to 1997. J Intern Med 2000;247:53-62.
  38. Kleemola P, Jousilahti P, Pietinen P, Vartiainen E, Tuomilehto J: Coffee consumption and the risk of coronary heart disease and death. Arch Intern Med 2000;160:3393-3400.
  39. Korhonen T, McAlister A, Laaksonen M, Laatikainen T, Puska P: International Quit and Win 1996: Standardized evaluation in selected campaign countries. Prev Med 2000;31:472-751.
  40. Korhonen T, Puska P: International Quit and Win: Successful global action for smoking cessation. Cent Eur J Public Health 2000;8:62-64.
  41. Kulmala P, Savola K, Reijonen H, Veijola R, Vähäsalo P, Karjalainen J, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Ilonen J, Tuomilehto J, Åkerblom HK, Knip M, Childhood Diabetes in Finland (DiMe) Study Group: Genetic markers, humoral autoimmunity, and prediction of type 1 diabetes in siblings of affected children. Diabetes 2000;49:48-58.
  42. Kuulasmaa K, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Dobson A, Fortmann S, Sans S, Tolonen H, Evans A, Ferrario M, Tuomilehto J, for the WHO MONICA Project, Arstila M, Ehnholm C, Immonen-Räihä P, Jousilahti P, Kaarsalo E, Ketonen M, Lehto S, Miettinen H, Mustaniemi H, Niemelä M, Nissinen A, Palomäki P, Pyörälä K, Romo M, Salomaa V, Sundvall J, Torppa J, Vartiainen E, Vuorenmaa T, Molarius A, Mähönen M, Moltchanov V, Ruokokoski E, Rajakangas A, Cepaitis Z: Estimation of contribution of changes in classic risk factors to trends in coronary-event rates across the WHO MONICA Project populations. Lancet 2000;355:675-87.
  43. Lahti-Koski M, Pietinen P, Männistö S, Vartiainen E: Trends in waist-to-hip ratio and its determinants in adults in Finland from 1987 to 1997. Am J Clin Nutr 2000;72:1436-1444.
  44. Lahti-Koski M, Vartiainen E, Männistö S, Pietinen P: Age, ecucation and occupation as determinants of trends in body mass index in Finland from 1982 to 1997. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2000;24:1669-1676.
  45. Lehtovirta M, Kaprio J, Forsblom C, Eriksson J, Tuomilehto J, Groop L: Insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion in monozygotic and dizygotic twins. Diabetologia 2000;43:285-293.
  46. Lindström J, Tuomilehto J, Spengler M, Finnish Acarbose Study Group: Acarbose treatment does not change the habitual diet of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabet Med 2000;17:20-25.
  47. Luoto R, Latikka P, Pukkala E, Hakulinen T, Vihko V: The effect of physical activity on breast cancer risk: A cohort study of 30,548 women. EUR J EPIDEMIOL 2000;16:973-980.
  48. Luoto R, Uutela A, Puska P: Occasional smoking increases total and cardiovascular mortality among men. Nicotine and tobacco research 2000;2:133-139.
  49. Lönnrot M, Salminen K, Knip M, Savola K, Kulmala P, Leinikki P, Hyypiä T, Åkerblom HK, Hyöty H: Enterovirus RNA in Serum Is a Risk Factor for Beta-Cell Autoimmunity and Clinical Type 1 Diabetes: A Prospective study. J Med Virol 2000;61:214-220.
  50. McAlister AL, Gumina T, Urjanheimo E, Laatikainen T, Uhanov M, Oganov R, Puska P: Promoting smoking cessation in Russian Karelia: a 1-year community-based program with quasi-experimental evaluation. Health Promotion International 2000;15:109-112.
  51. Molarius A, Seidell JC, Sans S, Tuomilehto J, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA Project: Educational level, relative body weight, and changes in their association over 10 years: an international perspective from the WHO MONICA Project. Am J Public Health 2000;90:1260-1268.
  52. Mähönen M, Salomaa V, Keskimäki I, Moltchanov V: The feasibility of routine mortality and morbidity register data linkage to study the occurrence of acute coronary heart disease events in Finland. The Finnish Cardiovascular Diseases Registers (CVDR) Project. EUR J EPIDEMIOL 2000;16:701-711.
  53. Mähönen M, Salomaa V, Keskimäki I, Moltchanov V, Torppa J, Molarius A, Tuomilehto J, Sarti C, FINMONICA Stroke Register Study Group: The feasibility of combining data from routine Hospital Discharge and Causes-of-Death Registers for epidemiological studies on stroke. EUR J EPIDEMIOL 2000;16:815-817.
  54. Nickerson DA, Taylor SL, Fullerton SM, Weiss KM, Clark AG, Stengård JH, Salomaa V, Boerwinkle E, Sing CF: Sequence diversity and large-scale typing of SNPs in the human apolipoprotein E gene. Genome Res 2000;10:1532-1545.
  55. Numminen H, Service E, Ahonen T, Korhonen T, Tolvanen A, Patja K, Ruoppila I: Working memory structure and intellectual disability. J INTELLECT DISABIL RES 2000;44:579-590.
  56. Okin PM, Jern S, Devereux RB, Kjeldsen SE, Dahlöf B, LIFE Study Group, Sarti C, Tuomilehto J: Effect of obesity on electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive patients. The Losartan Intervention For Endpoints (LIFE). Reduction in Hypertension Study. Hypertension 2000;35:13-18.
  57. Patja K, Iivanainen M, Vesala H, Oksanen H, Ruoppila I: Life expectancy of persons with intellectual disability: A 35-year follow-up study. J INTELLECT DISABIL RES 2000;44:591-599.
  58. Pitkäniemi J, Onkamo P, Arjas E, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Tuomilehto J, Childhood Diabetes in Finland (DiMe) Study Group: Estimation of transmission probabilities in families ascertained through a proband with variable age-at-onset disease: Application to the HLA A, B and DR loci in Finnish families with type 1 diabetes. Hum Hered 2000;50:308-317.
  59. Podar T, Solntsev A, Reunanen A, Urbonaite B, Zalinkevicius R, Karvonen M, LaPorte RE, Tuomilehto J: Mortality in patients with childhood-onset type 1 diabetes in Finland, Estonia, and Lithuania. Diabetes Care 2000;23:290-294.
  60. Puska P: Do we learn our lessons from the population-based interventions?(Editorial). J EPIDEMIOL COMMUNITY HEALTH 2000;54:562-563.
  61. Puska P: Nutrition and mortality: the Finnish experience (Tutorial). ACTA CARDIOL 2000;55:213-220.
  62. Puska P, Bettcher D, Yach D: Framework convention on tobacco control. Possible European linkages. European Journal of Public Health 2000;10:5-6.
  63. Qiao Q, Nakagami T, Tuomilehto J, Borch-Johnsen K, Balkau B, Iwamoto Y, Tajima N, DECODA Study Group on behalf of the International Diabetes E: Comparison of the fasting and 2-h glucose criteria for diabetes in different Asian countries. Diabetologia 2000;43:1470-1475.
  64. Qiao Q, Tervahauta M, Nissinen A, Tuomilehto J: Mortality from all causes and from coronary heart disease related to smoking and changes in smoking during a 35-year follow-up of middle-aged Finnish men. Eur Heart J 2000;21:1621-1626.
  65. Roos G, Johansson L, Kasmel A, Klumbiene J, Prättälä R: Disparities in vegetable and fruit consumption: European casea from the north to the south. Public health nutrition 2000;4:35-43.
  66. Salomaa V, Niemelä M, Miettinen H, Ketonen M, Immonen-Räihä P, Koskinen S, Mähönen M, Lehto S, Vuorenmaa T, Palomäki P, Mustaniemi H, Kaarsalo E, Arstila M, Torppa J, Kuulasmaa K, Puska P, Pyörälä K, Tuomilehto J: Relationship of socioeconomic status to the incidence and prehospital, 28-day, and 1-year mortality rates of acute coronary events in the FINMONICA Myocardial Infarction Register Study. Circulation 2000;101:1913-1918.
  67. Salomaa V, Pankow J, Heiss G, Cakir B, Eckfeldt JH, Ellison RC, Myers RH, Hiller KM, Brantley KR, Morris TL, Weston BW: Genetic background of Lewis negative blood group phenotype and its association with atherosclerotic disease in the NHLBI Family Heart Study. J Intern Med 2000;247:689-698.
  68. Santti J, Harvala H, Kinnunen L, Hyypiä T: molecular epidemiology and evolution of coxsackievirus A9. J Gen Virol 2000;81:1361-1372.
  69. Sarti C, Kaarisalo M, Tuomilehto J: The relationship between cholesterol and stroke. Implications for antihyperlipidaemic therapy in older patients. DRUGS AGING 2000;17:33-51.
  70. Sarti C, Rastenyte D, Cepaitis Z, Tuomilehto J: International trends in mortality from stroke, 1968 to 1994. Stroke 2000;31:1588-1601.
  71. Shaw JE, Zimmet PZ, Hodge AM, De Courten M, Dowse GK, Chitson P, Tuomilehto J, Alberti KGMM: Impaired fasting glucose: How low should it go? Diabetes Care 2000;23:34-39.
  72. Sillanaukee P, Alho H, Strid N, Jousilahti P, Vartiainen E, Olsson U: Effect of hormone balance on carbohydrate-deficient transferrin and gamma-glutamyl transferase in female social drinkers. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2000;24:1505-1509.
  73. Sillanaukee P, Massot N, Jousilahti P, Vartiainen E, Sundvall J, Olsson U, Poikolainen K, Pönniö M, Allen JP, Alho H: Dose response of laboratory markers to alcohol consumption in a general population. Am J Epidemiol 2000;152:747-751.
  74. Strandberg TE, Salomaa V: Factors related to the development of diabetes during a 20-year follow-up. A prospective study in homogeneous group of middle-aged men. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2000;10:239-246.
  75. Strandberg TE, Salomaa V: White coat effect, blood pressure and mortality in men: prospective cohort study . Eur Heart J 2000;21:1714-1718.
  76. Stumpf K, Pietinen P, Puska P, Adlercreutz H: Changes in Serum Enterolactone, Genistein, and Daidzein in a Dietary Intervention Study In Finland. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2000;9:1369-1372.
  77. Suominen-Taipale AL, Widström E, Alanen P, Uutela A: Trends in self-reported use of dental services among Finnish adults during two decades. Community Dent Health 2000;17:31-37.
  78. Söhnlein P, Muller M, Syren K, Hartmann U, Böhm BO, Meinck HM, Knip M, Åkerblom HK, Childhood Diabetes in Finland (DiMe) Study Group, Richter W, Tuomilehto J, Tuomilehto-Wolf E: Epitope spreading and a varying but not disease-specific GAD65 antibody response in type I diabetes. Diabetologia 2000;43:210-217.
  79. Tanskanen A, Tuomilehto J, Viinamäki H: Cholesterol, depression and suicide. Br J Psychiatry 2000;176:398-399.
  80. Tanskanen A, Tuomilehto J, Viinamäki H, Vartiainen E, Lehtonen J, Puska P: Heavy coffee drinking and the risk of suicide. EUR J EPIDEMIOL 2000;16:789-791.
  81. Tanskanen A, Tuomilehto J, Viinamäki H, Vartiainen E, Lehtonen J, Puska P: Joint heavy use of alcohol, cigarettes and coffee and the risk of suicide. Addiction 2000;95:1699-1704.
  82. Tanskanen A, Tuomilehto J, Viinamäki H, Vartiainen E, Lehtonen J, Puska P: Smoking and the risk of suicide. Acta Psychiatr Scand 2000;101:243-245.
  83. Tanskanen A, Vartiainen E, Tuomilehto J, Viinamäki H, Lehtonen J, Puska P: High serum cholesterol and risk of suicide. Am J Psychiatry 2000;157:648-650.
  84. Tunstall-Pedoe H, Vanuzzo D, Hobbs M, Mähönen M, Cepaitis Z, Kuulasmaa K, Keil U, for the WHO MONICA Project, Tuomilehto J, Puska P, Arstila M, Immonen-Räihä P, Kaarsalo E, Ketonen M, Lehto S, Miettinen H, Niemelä M, Palomäki P, Pyörälä K, Romo M, Salomaa V, Torppa J, Vuorenmaa T, Tolonen H, Ruokokoski E, Rajakangas A: Estimation of contribution of changes in coronary care to improving survival, event rates, and coronary heart disease mortality across the WHO MONICA Project populations. Lancet 2000;355:688-700.
  85. Tuomilehto J: Controlling glucose and blood pressure in type 2 diabetes. Starting treatment earlier may reduce complications (Editorial). BMJ 2000;321:394-395.
  86. Tuomilehto J: Preventing cardiovascular disease in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes: is there a superior antihypertensive therapy? J Hypertens 2000;18:1553-1556.
  87. Uusitalo L, Ovaskainen M, Prättälä R: Antioxidants in the Finnish press: a battlefield of alternative and conventional medicine. Health Promotion International 2000;15:71-78.
  88. Uusitupa M, Louheranta A, Lindström J, Valle T, Sundvall J, Eriksson J, Tuomilehto J, Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study Group: The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study. BR J NUTR 2000;83(Suppl.1):S137-S142.
  89. Vahtera J, Kivimäki M, Uutela A, Pentti J: Hostility and ill health: role of psychosocial resources in two contexts of working life. J PSYCHOSOM RES 2000;48:89-98.
  90. Vartiainen E, Jousilahti P, Alfthan G, Sundvall J, Pietinen P, Puska P: Cardiovascular risk factor changes in Finland, 1972-1997. Int J Epidemiol 2000;29:49-56.
  91. Vikat A, Rimpelä M, Salminen JJ, Rimpelä A, Savolainen A, Virtanen SM: Neck or shoulder pain and low back pain in Finnish adolescents. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2000;28:164-173.
  92. Virtanen SM, Feskens EJM, Räsänen L, Fidanza F, Tuomilehto J, Giampaoli S, Nissinen A, Kromhout D: Comparison of diets of diabetic and non-diabetic elderly men in Finland, The Netherlands and Italy. Eur J Clin Nutr 2000;54:181-186.
  93. Virtanen SM, Läärä E, Hyppönen E, Reijonen H, Räsänen L, Aro A, Knip M, Ilonen J, Åkerblom HK, Childhood Diabetes in Finland (Dime) Study Group, Tuomilehto J: Cow's milk consumption, HLA-DQB1 genotype, and type 1 diabetes. A nested case-control study of siblings of children with diabetes. Diabetes 2000;49:912-917.
  94. Virtanen SM, Ylönen K, Räsänen L, Ala-Venna E, Mäenpää J, Åkerblom HK: Two year prospective dietary survey of newly diagnosed children with diabetes aged less than 6 years. Arch Dis Child 2000;82:21-26.
  95. Wachtell K, Bella JN, Liebson PR, Gerdts E, Dahlöf B, Aalto T, Roman MJ, Papademetriou V, Ibsen H, Rokkedal J, Devereux RB, Sarti C, Tuomilehto J: Impact of different partition values on prevalences of left ventricular hypertrophy and concentric geometry in a large hypertensive population. The LIFE Study. Hypertension 2000;35:6-12.
  96. Wald NJ, Watt HC, George L, Knekt P, Helzisouer KJ, Tuomilehto J: Adding free to total prostate-specific antigen levels in trials of prostate cancer screening. Br J Cancer 2000;82:731-736.
  97. Watanabe RM, Ghosh S, Langefeld CD, Valle T, Hauser ER, Magnuson VL, Mohlke KL, Silander K, Ally DS, Chines P, Blaschak-Harvan J, Douglas JA, Duren W, Epstein MP, Fingerlin TE, Kaleta HS, Lange EM, McEachin RC, Stringham HM, Trager E, White PP, Balow J, Birznieks G, Chang J, Eldridge W, Erdos MR, Karanjawala ZE, Knapp JI, Kudelko K, Martin C, Morales-Mena A, Musick A, Musick T, Pfahl C, Porter R, Rayman JB, Rha D, Segal L, Shapiro S, Sharaf R, Shurtleff B, So A, Tannenbaum J, Te C, Tovar J, Unni A, Welch C, Whiten R, Witt A, Kohtamäki K, Ehnholm C, Eriksson J, Toivanen L, Vidgren G, Nylund SJ, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Ross EH, Demirchyan E, Hagopian WA, Buchanan TA, Tuomilehto J, Bergman RN, Collins F, Boehnke M: The Finland-United States investigation of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus genetics (FUSION) Study. II. An autosomal genome scan for diabetes-related quantitative-trait loci. Am J Hum Genet 2000;67:1186-1200.
  98. Yu Z, Nissinen A, Vartiainen E, Song G, Guo Z, Tian H: Changes in cardiovascular risk factors in different socioeconomic groups: seven year trends in a Chinese urban population. J EPIDEMIOL COMMUNITY HEALTH 2000;54:692-696.
  99. Yu Z, Nissinen A, Vartiainen E, Song G, Guo Z, Zheng G, Tuomilehto J, Tian H: Associations between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular risk factors in an urban population in China. BULL WORLD HEALTH ORGAN 2000;78:1296-1305.
  100. Zhang L, Wang W, Zhao Q, Vartiainen E: Psychosocial predictors of smoking among secondary school students in Henan, China. Health Educ Res 2000;15:415-422.

B. Original articles and reviews published in domestic languages

  1. Aro AR: Suomalaiset luottavat lääketieteeseen ja geenitutkijoihin. Kansanterveys - the Bulletin of National Public Health Institute of Finland 2000(8):10.
  2. Högström P, Tuomilehto J, Korpela R: Sterolijogurtin,- tuorejuuston- ja kypsytetyn sterolijuuston vaikutus veren kolesteroliin. Nutrifocus 2000(2):10-11.
  3. Karvonen M, Tuomilehto J: Lasten diabetes lisääntyy Suomessa - yhä nuoremmat sairastuvat. Suom Lääkäril 2000;55:1579-1582.
  4. Knuuttila M, Ylöstalo P, Uutela A: Ikääntyvän väestön hammaslääkäripalvelujen tuleva käyttö. Suom Hammaslääkärilehti 2000(22):1350-1352.
  5. Kuulasmaa K: Tavanomaiset riskitekijät ja hoito selittävät sepelvaltimotautiepidemian kansainvälisiä eroja. Duodecim 2000;116:2057-2058.
  6. Laatikainen T: Terveystutkimusta Karjalan tasavallassa. Erikoislääkäri 2000;10:231-238.
  7. Nummela O, Helakorpi S, Uutela A, Puska P: Suutarin lapsen kengät? - Terveyskäyttäytyminen Kansanterveyslaitoksessa 1999. Kansanterveys - the Bulletin of National Public Health Institute of Finland 2000(1):9-10.
  8. Nummela O, Uutela A: Sosioekonomisen aseman ja sosiaalisen liikkuvuuden yhteys terveydentilaan neljällä alueella Suomessa vuonna 1992. Sosiaalilääket Aikakausl 2000;37:110-121.
  9. Ovaskainen M, Raulio S, Valsta L, Vartiainen E: Sydäninfarktin sairastaneiden, diabeetikoiden ja korkeariskisten ruokavalio suomalaisessa aikuisväestössä. Suom Lääkäril 2000;55:3787-3794.
  10. Pietilä K, Puska P: Nikotiinikorvaushoidon turvallisuus. Suom Lääkäril 2000;55:45-50.
  11. Puska P: Meta-analyysi kasvisterolimargariinien vaikutuksesta. Suom Lääkäril 2000;55:2669.
  12. Puska P: Sydänterveyttä eurooppalaisittain (pääkirjoitus). Suom Lääkäril 2000;55:1575.
  13. Tuomilehto J: Aterian jälkeinen kohonnut veren glukoosi on itsenäinen sydän- ja verisuonitautien vaaratekijä. Novartis news 2000(2):12-15.
  14. Tuomilehto J: Veren kolesteroli - aina ajankohtainen asia, mutta ajatukset uudet. Nutrifocus 2000(2):3.

C. Textbooks and chapters in textbooks, reports and proceedings

  1. Aro AR: Evaluating health promotion. Practice and Methods. (Book review). Int J Epidemiol 2000;29:1099-1100.
  2. Fuentes R, Notkola IL, Shemeikka S, Tuomilehto J, Nissinen A: Tracking of systolic blood pressure during childhood: a 15-year follow-up population-based family study in eastern Finland (abstract). Eur Heart J 2000;21(Suppl):452.
  3. Helakorpi S, Uutela A, Prättälä R, Puska P: Suomalaisen aikuisväestön terveyskäyttäytyminen ja terveys, kevät 2000. Health behaviour and health among Finnish adult population, Spring 2000. Publications of National Public Health Institute, Series B 2000(8).
  4. Hevey D, Di BZ, Hall S, Absetz P: CREATE - A postgraduate student initiative to promote further training and support for early career health psychologists. Health Psychology Update 2000;40:16-18.
  5. Hevey D, Di BZ, Hall S, Absetz P: CREATE - A postgraduate student initiative to promote further training and support for early career health psychologists. European Psychologist 2000;5:169.
  6. Hobbs M, Mähönen M, Jamrozik K, for the WHO MONICA Project: Constructing an evidence-based treatment score for relating changes in treatment to changes in mortality, coronary events and case fatality in the WHO MONICA Project. 2000. (Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/carpfish/appendc/accqscore.htm).
  7. Ilanne-Parikka P, Salminen V, Lindström J, Eriksson J, Hämäläinen H, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S, Louheranta A, Tuomilehto J, Uusitupa M, Valle T, Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study Group: The effects of an intensive diet- and exercise programme in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) (abstract). In: Waldhäusl W ed. EASD, 17-21 September 2000, Jerusalem. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2000:A113.
  8. Kjeldsen SE, Dahlöf B, Sarti C, Tuomilehto J: The Losartan Intervention For Endpoint Reduction (LIFE) in Hypertension Study: rationale, design, and characteristics of 9194 patients with left ventricular hypertrophy. In: Oparil S, Weber MA ed. Hypertension (Chapter 37). Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co, 2000:366-371.
  9. Kuulasmaa K, Dobson A, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Fortmann S, Sans S, Tolonen H, Evans A, Ferrario M, Tuomilehto J, for the WHO MONICA Project: Estimation of contribution of changes in classical risk factors to trends in coronary-event rates across the WHO MONICA Project populations: methodological appendix to a paper published in the Lancet. 2000. (Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/earwig/appendix.htm).
  10. Lognig BM, Vidgren G, Kinnunen L, Boddenberg U, Van Landeghem A, Chantelau E, Tuomilehto-Wolf E: Characterisation of HLA-genes in German patients with clinically manifest multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes (abstract). In: Waldhäusl W ed. EASD, Jerusalem 17-21 September 2000. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2000:A78.
  11. Manderbacka K, Forssas E, Keskimäki I, Koskinen S, Lahelma E, Prättälä R, Sihto M: Sosioekonomisten terveyserojen supistaminen - Suomalaisen tutkimuksen painopistealueet 1970-1998. Helsinki: STAKES, 2000. 62 p. (Aiheita 9/2000).
  12. Mähönen M, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA project: MONICA stroke event registration data book 1982-1995. 2000. (Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/strokedb/strokedb.htm ).
  13. Mähönen M, Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, for the WHO MONICA Project: MONICA coronary event registration data book 1980-1995. 2000. (Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/coredb/coredb.htm).
  14. Mähönen M, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Rajakangas A, Cepaitis Z, Kuulasmaa K, Dobson A, Keil U, for the WHO MONICA Project: Definitions of case fatality for coronary events in the WHO MONICA Project. 2000. (Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/carpfish/appendd/cfdef.htm).
  15. Mäki M, Haukkala A: Alkoholi liikenteessä. Onko rattijuopumus muuttunut nykyisen alkoholilain aikana? Helsinki: Liikenneturva, Kansanterveyslaitos, 2000. 29 p.
  16. Nummela O, Helakorpi S, Laatikainen T, Uutela A, Puska P: Terveyskäyttäytyminen ja terveydentila maakunnittain Suomessa 1978-1999. Publications of National Public Health Institute, Series B 2000(B10).
  17. Prättälä R: North European Meals: Observations from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. In: Meiselman H ed. Dimensions of the Meal. The Science, Culture, Business and Art of Eating. Maryland: An Aspen Publication, 2000:191-201.
  18. Pudule I, Grinberga D, Rituma A, Villerusa A, Zile S, Prättälä R, Helasoja V, Puska P: Latvijas iedzivotaju veselibu ietekmejoso paradumu petijums, 1998. Health behaviour among Latvian adult population, 1998. Publications of National Public Health Institute, Series B 2000(B1).
  19. Puska P: Rationale for program development methods - Commentary. In: Sussman S ed. Handbook of program development for health behavior research & practice. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, Inc, 2000:31-33.
  20. Puska P: Sydän- ja verisuoniterveys eilen, tänään ja huomenna. In: Karvonen MJ, Vuokila R ed. Voiton vei voiton - sata puheenvuoroa. Hämeenlinna: Suomen Sydänliitto ry, 2000:132-141.
  21. Puska P, Uutela A: Community intervention in cardiovascular health promotion: North Karelia, 1972-1999. In: Schneiderman N, Speers MA, Silva JM, Tomes H, Gentry JH ed. Integrating Behavioral and Social Sciences with Public Health. United Book Press, Inc., Balti: American Psychological Association, 2000:73-96.
  22. Sulander T, Helakorpi S, Uutela A, Puska P: Eläkeikäisen väestön terveyskäyttäytyminen keväällä 1999 ja sen muutokset 1993-1999. Health behaviour among Finnish elderly, spring 1999 with trends 1993-1999. Publications of National Public Health Institute, Series B 2000(B7).
  23. Tanskanen A, Hibbeln JR, Tuomilehto J, Uutela A, Lehtonen J, Viinamäki H, Vartiainen E: Fish consumption and depressive symptoms in the population (abstract). In: American Psychiatric Association 2000 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, May 13-18,2000. 2000:14.
  24. Tolonen H, Kuulasmaa K, Ruokokoski E, for the WHO MONICA Project: MONICA population survey data book. 2000. (Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/surveydb/title.htm ).
  25. Tunstall-Pedoe H, Mähönen M, Cepaitis Z, Kuulasmaa K, Vanuzzo D, Hobbs M, Keil U, for the WHO MONICA Project: Derivation of an acute coronary care quality score for the WHO MONICA Project. 2000. (Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/carpfish/appendc/accqscore.htm).
  26. Tuomilehto J: Keynote lecture: Diabetes as a risk factor for stroke (abstract). In: 64th Annual Scientific Meeting of Japanese Circulation Society and International Sessions "Circulation 2000, Japan". Osaka: 2000:72.
  27. Tuomilehto J, Högström P, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S, Tikkanen M, Karppanen H: Reduction of serum cholesterol concentration with a diet consisting of common foods enriched with plant sterols (abstract). Eur Heart J 2000;20(Suppl):176.
  28. Tuomilehto J, Qiao Q, Balkau B, Borch-Johnsen K, DECODE Study Group: 2-hour post-load glucose in an independent risk factor for CVD and total mortality (abstract). Eur Heart J 2000;21(Suppl):28.
  29. Tuomilehto J, Vartiainen E, Sarti C, Nissinen A, Kastarinen M: Trends in hypertension, cardiovascular risk and stroke mortality in Finland. In: Bulpitt CJ ed. Handbook of Hypertension, Vol.20: Epidemiology of Hypertension. Elsevier Science B.V, 2000:633-644.
  30. Uusitupa M, Lindi V, Lindström J, Louheranta A, Eriksson J, Valle T, Hämäläinen H, Ilanne-Parikka P, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi S, Laakso M, Tuomilehto J, Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study Group: Impact of uncoupling protein 1 Gene (-3826) A-G polymorphism on body weight loss in the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study (abstract). In: International Journal of Obesity 2000;24(Suppl 1):351. 2000.
  31. Uutela A: Sairauksien ehkäisy. In: Terho P, Ala-Laurila EL, Laakso J, Krogius H, Pietikäinen M ed. Kouluterveydenhuolto. Helsinki: Duodecim, 2000:406-411.
  32. Vanuzzo D, Pilotto L, Mähönen M, Hobbs M, for the WHO MONICA Project: Pharmacological treatment during AMI and in secondary prevention: the scientific evidence. 2000. (Available from URL:http://www.ktl.fi/publications/monica/carpfish/appenda/evidence.htm).
  33. Williams R, Tuomilehto J, Björk S: The Economics of Diabetes Care. Edinburgh: Blackwell Science Ltd, UK, 2000. 79 p.
  34. Äijänseppä S, Helkala EL, Tuomilehto J, Nissinen A: Vascular risk factors and cognitive impairment: a cross-sectional study based on the Finnish cohorts of the seven countries study (abstract). Eur Heart J 2000;21(Suppl):140.

D. Other publications

  1. Puska P: Kunnossa kaiken ikää. Eläkeliitto 2000(3).
  2. Puska P: Matkailijan terveys. Eläkeliitto 2000(2).
  3. Puska P: Osteoporoosi - luukato. Eläkeliitto 2000(1).
  4. Puska P: Terveysvaikutteiset elintarvikkeet. Eläkeliitto 2000(5).
  5. Puska P: Verenpaineet kohdalleen. Eläkeliitto 2000(4).
  6. Säilä H, Savolainen A, Tuomilehto-Wolf E, Tuomilehto J, Leirisalo-Repo M: Type of onset of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in monozygotic twins can be phenotypically different [letter]. J Rheumatol 2000;27:2289-2290.
  7. Vartiainen E: New ideas needed. 2000. (Interaction. The ENYPAT Newsletter 13/May 2000).

E. Theses

  1. Antikainen R: Isolated systolic hypertension. Epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular complications [Dissertation]. Oulu: Oulu University Press, 2000. 68 p. (Acta Universitatis Ouluensis, Medica D573/2000).
  2. Berg MA: Ravitsemussuosituksiin liittyvien ruokatottumusten alue-ero ja niiden muutokset Suomessa [Dissertation]. Helsinki: Helsingin yliopisto, 2000. 211 p. (Kansanterveyslaitoksen julkaisuja. A 1/2000).
  3. Koski K: Mies ja ruoka. Ylempien toimihenkilömiesten käsityksiä. Kuopio: Kuopion yliopisto. Kliinisen ravitsemustieteen laitos, 2000. 99 p.
  4. Laatikainen T: Cardiovascular risk in the Republic of Karelia, Russia: Comparison of major risk factors with North Karelia, Finland [Dissertation]. Kuopio: Kuopion yliopisto, 2000. 101 p. (Publications of the National Public Health Institute. A 2/2000).