Kronholm, E., Partonen, T., Laatikainen, T., Peltonen, M., Harma, M., Hublin, C., ...
A hypothesis concerning habitual sleep reduction and its adverse consequences among general population in modern societies has received wide publicity in the mass media, although scientific evidence...
Liability to anxiety and severe life events as predictors of new-onset sleep disturbances (2007)
Vahtera, J., Kivimäki, M., Hublin, C., Korkeila, K., Suominen, S., Paunio, T., ...
Study Objectives: This study examined the effects of liability to anxiety and stressful life events on the onset of sleep disturbances. Design: A 5-year longitudinal observational cohort study....
Suominen, S., Vahtera, J., Korkeila, K., Helenius, H., Kivimäki, M., Koskenvuo, M.
OBJECTIVE: To examine job strain, adverse life events, and their co-occurrence as predictors of sickness absence. METHODS: Random sample-based mail survey data on 1806 Finns in gainful employment...
Feldt, T., Lintula, H., Suominen, S., Koskenvuo, M., Vahtera, J., Kivimäki, M.
Study objective: To investigate whether the structure of Antonovsky’s [Unraveling the Mystery of Health. How People Manage Stress and Stay Well. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1987] 13-item Sense of...
Childhood adversities as a predictor of disability retirement (2007)
Harkonmäki, K., Korkeila, K., Vahtera, J., Kivimäki, M., Suominen, S., Sillanmäki, L., ...
BACKGROUND: There is a large body of research on adulthood risk factors for retirement due to disability, but studies on the effect of adverse childhood experiences are scarce. AIM: To examine...
Virtanen, P., Saloniemi, A., Vahtera, J., Kivimäki, M., Virtanen, M., Koskenvuo, M.
Increasing levels of non-permanent employment have raised concern about quality of working life in the public sector. This Finnish study examines whether the public sector can be characterized as a...
Virtanen, P., Kivimäki, M., Vahtera, J., Koskenvuo, M.
Background The dichotomy employed vs. unemployed is still a relevant, but rather crude measure of status in current labour markets. Also, studies concerning the association of employment status with...
Childhood adversities, adult risk factors and depressiveness: a population study (2005)
Korkeila, K., Korkeila, J., Vahtera, J., Kivimäki, M., Sillanmäki, L., ...
Objective: Childhood adversities have been associated with adulthood depressiveness, but the contribution of adult risk factors is seldom described. We examined whether adult risk factors lie on the...
Associations of social support and sex life - the HeSSup Study (2005)
Ojanlatva, A., Rautava, P., Helenius, H., Korkeila, K., Sundell, J., Kivimäki, M., ...
The present study characterized the associations of three sex life issues (importance of, satisfaction with, and ease in talking about sex life) with social support and reciprocity. We utilised...
Childhood adversities, parent-child relationships and dispositional optimism in adulthood (2004)
Korkeila, K., Suominen, S., Vahtera, J., Kivimäki, M., Sundell, J., ...
Background: Studies exploring the effects of childhood adversities and parent-child relationship on adulthood dispositional optimism are rather rare, have been performed on small, selected samples...
Health inequalities in the workforce: the labour market core-periphery structure (2003)
Virtanen, P., Liukkonen, V., Vahtera, J., Kivimäki, M., Koskenvuo, M.
Objectives: To explore health inequalities between six labour market groups ranging from permanent employees to the long-term unemployed receiving minimum daily allowance. Methods: A sample of 15 468...
Elovainio, M., Kivimäki, M., Vahtera, J., Ojanlatva, A., Korkeila, K., Suominen, S., ...
The aim of the study was to examine associations of social support with early retirement and reported retirement preference. Logistic regression analyses of early retirement (retired before the age...
Kivimäki, M., Vahtera, J., Koskenvuo, M., Uutela, A., Pentti, J.
BACKGROUND: According to the psychosocial vulnerability model, the health of hostile individuals is at greater risk than that of non-hostile individuals, due partly to lesser ability of the former to...
Hostility and registered sickness absences: a prospective study of municipal employees (1997)
Vahtera, J., Kivimäki, M., Koskenvuo, M., Pentti, J.
BACKGROUND: Prior evidence on the relationship between hostility and minor health problems is limited to cross-sectional self-report studies. In the present study, this relationship was examined...
Harrela, M, Koistinen, H, Kaprio, J, Lehtovirta, M, Tuomilehto, J, Eriksson, J, ...
We assessed the magnitude of the genetic component in the variation of circulating levels of insulin-like growth factors I and II (IGF-I and IGF-II), and their binding proteins IGFBP-1 and IGFBP-3 by...
Silventoinen, K, Kaprio, J, Lahelma, E, Koskenvuo, M
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the change in heritability of adult body height across birth cohorts in Finland. METHODS: In 1981, cross-sectional questionnaires were completed by 10,968 twin pairs...
Kujala, U M, Kaprio, J, Sarna, S, Koskenvuo, M
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the association between physical activity behavior and morbidity, taking into account genetic selection. METHODS: Hospitalizations were followed from the beginning...
Snoring as a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and stroke in men.
Koskenvuo, M, Kaprio, J, Telakivi, T, Partinen, M, Heikkilä, K, Sarna, S
The association of snoring with ischaemic heart disease and stroke was studied prospectively in 4388 men aged 40-69. The men were asked, in a questionnaire sent to them, whether they snored...
Snoring as a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and stroke in men.
Koskenvuo, M, Kaprio, J, Heikkilä, K, Sarna, S, Telakivi, T, Partinen, M
Koskenvuo, M, Kaprio, J, Langinvainio, H, Romo, M, Pulkkinen, P
The components of the decline in mortality from ischaemic heart disease in Finland were studied by analysing the changes in incidence and prognosis between 1972 and 1981. Using personal...
Mortality after bereavement: a prospective study of 95,647 widowed persons.
Kaprio, J, Koskenvuo, M, Rita, H
The mortality of 95,647 persons, widowed during 1972-76 and identified by linking the Finnish Population Register and cause-of-death files, was followed up to the end of 1976. A total of 7,635 deaths...
Risk of cancer in Finnish children living close to power lines.
Verkasalo, P K, Pukkala, E, Hongisto, M Y, Valjus, J E, Järvinen, P J, Heikkilä, K V, ...
OBJECTIVE--To investigate the risk of cancer in children living close to overhead power lines with magnetic fields of > or = 0.01 microteslas (microT). DESIGN--Cohort study. SETTING--The whole of...
Harrela, M, Koistinen, H, Kaprio, J, Lehtovirta, M, Tuomilehto, J, Eriksson, J, ...
We assessed the magnitude of the genetic component in the variation of circulating levels of insulin-like growth factors I and II (IGF-I and IGF-II), and their binding proteins IGFBP-1 and IGFBP-3 by...
Snoring as a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and stroke in men.
Koskenvuo, M, Kaprio, J, Telakivi, T, Partinen, M, Heikkilä, K, Sarna, S
The association of snoring with ischaemic heart disease and stroke was studied prospectively in 4388 men aged 40-69. The men were asked, in a questionnaire sent to them, whether they snored...
Snoring as a risk factor for ischaemic heart disease and stroke in men.
Koskenvuo, M, Kaprio, J, Heikkilä, K, Sarna, S, Telakivi, T, Partinen, M
Koskenvuo, M, Kaprio, J, Langinvainio, H, Romo, M, Pulkkinen, P
The components of the decline in mortality from ischaemic heart disease in Finland were studied by analysing the changes in incidence and prognosis between 1972 and 1981. Using personal...
Silventoinen, K, Kaprio, J, Lahelma, E, Koskenvuo, M
OBJECTIVES: This study examined the change in heritability of adult body height across birth cohorts in Finland. METHODS: In 1981, cross-sectional questionnaires were completed by 10,968 twin pairs...
Kujala, U M, Kaprio, J, Sarna, S, Koskenvuo, M
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the association between physical activity behavior and morbidity, taking into account genetic selection. METHODS: Hospitalizations were followed from the beginning...
Mortality after bereavement: a prospective study of 95,647 widowed persons.
Kaprio, J, Koskenvuo, M, Rita, H
The mortality of 95,647 persons, widowed during 1972-76 and identified by linking the Finnish Population Register and cause-of-death files, was followed up to the end of 1976. A total of 7,635 deaths...
Risk of cancer in Finnish children living close to power lines.
Verkasalo, P K, Pukkala, E, Hongisto, M Y, Valjus, J E, Järvinen, P J, Heikkilä, K V, ...
OBJECTIVE--To investigate the risk of cancer in children living close to overhead power lines with magnetic fields of > or = 0.01 microteslas (microT). DESIGN--Cohort study. SETTING--The whole of...
Lassila, R., Seyberth, H. W., Haapanen, A., Schweer, H., Koskenvuo, M., Laustiola, K. E.
The mechanism by which atherosclerotic disease is induced by cigarette smoking has not yet been identified unequivocally. Chronic cigarette smoking and the generation of vasoactive prostanoids and...
Biliary lipid composition in monozygotic and dizygotic pairs of twins.
Antero Kesäniemi, Y, Koskenvuo, M, Vuoristo, M, Miettinen, T A
The relative contribution of genetic factors to biliary and serum lipid composition was studied in 17 monozygotic and 18 dizygotic middle aged male pairs of twins. Cholesterol precursors, squalene...
Prospective study of asthma in relation to smoking habits among 14,729 adults.
Vesterinen, E, Kaprio, J, Koskenvuo, M
The prevalence and incidence of asthma in relation to cigarette smoking habits was studied in a population of 14,729 Finnish adult men and women who participated in a postal health survey in 1975. Of...
Juntunen, J, Kinnunen, E, Antti-Poika, M, Koskenvuo, M
From the Finnish Twin Cohort (n = 27,100 pairs with known zygosity) all cases of diagnosed multiple sclerosis (MS) were reviewed and those with clinically verified MS were invited for further...
Exposure to organic solvents and neuropsychological dysfunction: a study on monozygotic twins.
Hänninen, H, Antti-Poika, M, Juntunen, J, Koskenvuo, M
Twenty one monozygotic twins exposed to organic solvents were compared with their non-exposed cotwins by performance in psychological tests. A further 28 monozygotic twin pairs were examined as a...
Asthma and other pulmonary diseases in former elite athletes.
Kujala, U M, Sarna, S, Kaprio, J, Koskenvuo, M
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of asthma is rising and there are recent reports of increasing asthma rates among top level skiers and runners in the Nordic countries. METHODS: The lifetime occurrence of...
Natural selection to sports, later physical activity habits, and coronary heart disease
Kujala, U., Sarna, S., Kaprio, J., Tikkanen, H., Koskenvuo, M.
Objectives—To investigate the associations between natural selection to sports at a young age, continuity of physical activity, and occurrence of coronary heart disease.
Perinatal risk factors for asthma in Finnish adolescent twins
Rasanen, M., Kaprio, J., Laitinen, T., Winter, T., Koskenvuo, M., Laitinen, L.
BACKGROUND—Previous studies have suggested that, in addition to genetic liability and environment in early childhood, intrauterine life also influences the risk for asthma beyond childhood. Low...
Home dampness, current allergic diseases, and respiratory infections among young adults
Kilpelainen, M, Terho, E, Helenius, H, Koskenvuo, M
BACKGROUND—The relation between home dampness and respiratory symptoms among adults is well confirmed, but data on specific allergic diseases and respiratory infections is more limited. Individual...
Hippocampal MRI volumetry in cognitively discordant monozygotic twin pairs
Jarvenpaa, T, Laakso, M, Rossi, R, Koskenvuo, M, Kaprio, J, Raiha, I, ...
Objective: To investigate whether hippocampal atrophy, a proxy for incipient Alzheimer's disease, can be detected in non-demented monozygotic co-twins of demented twins by using volumetric magnetic...
Mortality of adults with asthma: a prospective cohort study
Huovinen, E., Kaprio, J., Vesterinen, E., Koskenvuo, M.
BACKGROUND: Few studies have been published on the overall survival of adult patients with asthma. A cohort study was performed to assess the mortality from all causes, from chronic obstructive...
Social predictors of adult asthma: a co-twin case-control study
Huovinen, E, Kaprio, J, Laitinen, L, Koskenvuo, M
BACKGROUND—Environmental factors are needed to explain the observed increase in the prevalence of asthma during recent decades, despite the existence of a recognised genetic component in asthma. A...
Environmental differences in twin pairs discordant for Alzheimer's disease
Raiha, I, Kaprio, J, Koskenvuo, M, Rajala, T, Sourander, L
The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of environmental factors to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease by comparing environmental differences in twin pairs discordant for...
Koskenvuo, M, Kaprio, J, Romo, M, Langinvainio, H
Increased mortality from ischaemic heart disease (IHD) has been found in previous studies among divorced, widowed, and unskilled middle-aged Finnish men. In this study all cases of IHD in men aged...
Kaprio, J, Sarna, S, Fogelholm, M, Koskenvuo, M
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To study differences in total life expectancy and in occupationally active life expectancy in relation to social class and marital status in men classified as healthy as young...
Atopy: a predisposing factor for chronic bronchitis in Finland.
Terho, E O, Koskenvuo, M, Kaprio, J
STUDY OBJECTIVE--To investigate the predictive value of atopy, smoking, and living in a farm environment in the development of chronic bronchitis. DESIGN--This was a cross sectional and longitudinal...
Migration and mortality: a 20 year follow up of Finnish twin pairs with migrant co-twins in Sweden
Hammar, N, Kaprio, J, Hagstrom, U, Alfredsson, L, Koskenvuo, M, Hammar, T
Study objective: Finland has a higher mortality overall and for major causes of death than Sweden, primarily in men. The objective of this study was to analyse mortality in migrants from Finland to...
Verkasalo, P. K., Pukkala, E., Kaprio, J., Heikkilä, K. V., Koskenvuo, M.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the risk of cancer in association with magnetic fields in Finnish adults living close to high voltage power lines. DESIGN: Nationwide cohort study. SUBJECTS: 383,700 people...
Suominen, S., Gould, R., Ahvenainen, J., Vahtera, J., Uutela, A., Koskenvuo, M.
Background: Strong sense of coherence (SOC) has been shown to be associated with good, perceived health both in cross sectional and longitudinal studies.