Katja Pahkala

Associate professor, Academy research fellow

University of Turku

Finland

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Katja Pahkala is an Associate Professor and Academy Research Fellow at the University of Turku, Finland. Her research areas focus primarily on the associations between socioeconomic factors and health outcomes, including cognitive function and cardiovascular risk, as demonstrated in her recent articles. She has conducted extensive studies on the impact of dietary patterns, physical activity, and other lifestyle factors on health trajectories from childhood through adulthood.

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Tuomas Kukko

JAMK University of Applied Sciences

FINLAND

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Articles (16)

Tobacco Smoking in Early Adulthood and Labor Market Performance: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

Childhood 25-hydroxy-vitamin D levels predict early cardiovascular outcomes in adulthood: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

Continuity and Changes in Work Commuting Modes and Their Associations With Overall Physical Activity and Weight Status Among Finnish Adults

The associations between intergenerational mobility of income and cognitive function in midlife–The Young Finns Study

Association of childhood and adult socioeconomic status with adult social connection: a mediation analysis

Hypothesis-driven mediation analysis for compositional data: an application to gut microbiome

Dietary patterns from youth to adulthood and cognitive function in midlife: The cardiovascular risk in Young Finns Study

An Infancy-Onset 20-Year Dietary Counselling Intervention and Gut Microbiota Composition in Adulthood

Organized Youth Sports Trajectories and Adult Health Outcomes: The Young Finns Study

Economic burden of low physical activity and high sedentary behaviour in Finland

Repeatedly Measured Serum Creatinine and Cognitive Performance in Midlife

Effects of Randomized Controlled Infancy-Onset Dietary Intervention on Leukocyte Telomere Length—The Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project (STRIP)

Association between Number of Siblings and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Childhood and in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

Age-Specific Estimates and Comparisons of Youth Tri-Ponderal Mass Index and Body Mass Index in Predicting Adult Obesity-Related Outcomes

Association of Body Mass Index in Youth With Adult Cardiometabolic Risk

Attainment of Targets of the 20-Year Infancy-Onset Dietary Intervention and Blood Pressure Across Childhood and Young Adulthood

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Tuomas Kukko

Marko Elovainio

Jorma Viikari

Anna Aatsinki

Christian Hakulinen

Petri Böckerman

Mika Kähönen

Kasper Salin

Tuija Tammelin

Jaakko Pehkonen

Päivi Kolu

Hanna Lagström

Irinja Lounassalo

Laura Elo

Sanna Palomäki

Leo Lahti

Harri Niinikoski

Suvi Rovio

Kaisla Johanna Komulainen

Jaana Kari

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