Search Results - "Salomaa, Veikko"
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Circulating Ceramides Predict Cardiovascular Outcomes in the Population-Based FINRISK 2002 Cohort
Published in Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology (01-12-2016)“…OBJECTIVE—Ceramides are molecular lipids implicated in apoptosis, inflammation, obesity, and insulin resistance. An earlier study reported that ceramides were…”
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Prospects of Fine-Mapping Trait-Associated Genomic Regions by Using Summary Statistics from Genome-wide Association Studies
Published in American journal of human genetics (05-10-2017)“…During the past few years, various novel statistical methods have been developed for fine-mapping with the use of summary statistics from genome-wide…”
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FINEMAP: efficient variable selection using summary data from genome-wide association studies
Published in Bioinformatics (15-05-2016)“…The goal of fine-mapping in genomic regions associated with complex diseases and traits is to identify causal variants that point to molecular mechanisms…”
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Polygenic Risk Scores Predict Hypertension Onset and Cardiovascular Risk
Published in Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) (01-04-2021)“…Although genetic risk scores have been used to predict hypertension, their utility in the clinical setting remains uncertain. Our study comprised N=218 792…”
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Atlas of plasma NMR biomarkers for health and disease in 118,461 individuals from the UK Biobank
Published in Nature communications (03-02-2023)“…Blood lipids and metabolites are markers of current health and future disease risk. Here, we describe plasma nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) biomarker data…”
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Taxonomic signatures of cause-specific mortality risk in human gut microbiome
Published in Nature communications (11-05-2021)“…The collection of fecal material and developments in sequencing technologies have enabled standardised and non-invasive gut microbiome profiling. Microbiome…”
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Risks of Light and Moderate Alcohol Use in Fatty Liver Disease: Follow‐Up of Population Cohorts
Published in Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) (01-03-2020)“…Background and Aims The effects of alcohol use in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease are unclear. We investigated the impact of alcohol use in fatty liver…”
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Sex, Smoking, and Risk for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Published in Stroke (1970) (01-08-2016)“…BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE—Women are at higher risk for subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) than men for unknown reasons. Also cumulative effects of smoking have been…”
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Genome-wide Association Study Identifies 27 Loci Influencing Concentrations of Circulating Cytokines and Growth Factors
Published in American journal of human genetics (05-01-2017)“…Circulating cytokines and growth factors are regulators of inflammation and have been implicated in autoimmune and metabolic diseases. In this genome-wide…”
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Greengenes2 unifies microbial data in a single reference tree
Published in Nature biotechnology (01-05-2024)“…Studies using 16S rRNA and shotgun metagenomics typically yield different results, usually attributed to PCR amplification biases. We introduce Greengenes2, a…”
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A metabolic profile of all-cause mortality risk identified in an observational study of 44,168 individuals
Published in Nature communications (20-08-2019)“…Predicting longer-term mortality risk requires collection of clinical data, which is often cumbersome. Therefore, we use a well-standardized metabolomics…”
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Genomic prediction of coronary heart disease
Published in European heart journal (14-11-2016)“…Genetics plays an important role in coronary heart disease (CHD) but the clinical utility of genomic risk scores (GRSs) relative to clinical risk scores, such…”
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Genetic Risk Prediction and a 2-Stage Risk Screening Strategy for Coronary Heart Disease
Published in Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology (01-09-2013)“…OBJECTIVE—Genome-wide association studies have identified several genetic variants associated with coronary heart disease (CHD). The aim of this study was to…”
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Genetic Associations of Chronotype in the Finnish General Population
Published in Journal of biological rhythms (01-10-2020)“…Individuals with a later chronotype (evening types) tend to have unhealthier behaviors and increased morbidity and mortality as compared with those with an…”
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Genome-wide association meta-analysis of nicotine metabolism and cigarette consumption measures in smokers of European descent
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-06-2021)“…Smoking behaviors, including amount smoked, smoking cessation, and tobacco-related diseases, are altered by the rate of nicotine clearance. Nicotine clearance…”
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Risk Factors of Sudden Death From Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Published in Stroke (1970) (01-09-2017)“…BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE—One in every 4 subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients dies suddenly outside hospital, but most SAH risk factor studies focus on…”
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Alcohol consumption, cardiac biomarkers, and risk of atrial fibrillation and adverse outcomes
Published in European heart journal (21-03-2021)“…Abstract Aims There is inconsistent evidence on the relation of alcohol intake with incident atrial fibrillation (AF), in particular at lower doses. We…”
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Geographic Variation and Bias in the Polygenic Scores of Complex Diseases and Traits in Finland
Published in American journal of human genetics (06-06-2019)“…Polygenic scores (PSs) are becoming a useful tool to identify individuals with high genetic risk for complex diseases, and several projects are currently…”
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Associations of healthy food choices with gut microbiota profiles
Published in The American journal of clinical nutrition (01-08-2021)“…Diet has a major influence on the human gut microbiota, which has been linked to health and disease. However, epidemiological studies on associations of a…”
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Twenty-five-year trends in myocardial infarction attack and mortality rates, and case-fatality, in six European populations
Published in Heart (British Cardiac Society) (01-09-2015)“…Due to the burden of coronary heart disease (CHD), the monitoring of CHD trends is required. This study sought to examine the acute myocardial infarction (AMI)…”
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