Mika Kivimaki

Cumulative exposure to high-strain and active jobs as predictors of cognitive function: the Whitehall II study. (2009)

Elovainio, Marko, Ferrie, Jane, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Gimeno, David, De Vogli, Roberto, Shipley, Martin, ...

OBJECTIVES: A high-strain job (a combination of high job demands and low job control) is expected to increase the risk of health problems, whereas an active job (high demands and high control) can be...

Cumulative exposure to high-strain and active jobs as predictors of cognitive function: the Whitehall II study. (2009)

Elovainio, Marko, Ferrie, Jane, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Gimeno, David, De Vogli, Roberto, Shipley, Martin, ...

OBJECTIVES: A high-strain job (a combination of high job demands and low job control) is expected to increase the risk of health problems, whereas an active job (high demands and high control) can be...

Socioeconomic position and cognitive decline using data from 2 waves: What is the role of the wave 1 cognitive measure? (2009)

Dugravot, Aline, Guéguen, Alice, Kivimaki, Mika, Vahtera, Jussi, Shipley, Martin, Marmot, Michael, ...

BACKGROUND: Analysis of change in health status using data from two waves can be examined either adjusted or unadjusted for baseline health status. We assess the effect of socioeconomic position...

Socioeconomic position and cognitive decline using data from 2 waves: What is the role of the wave 1 cognitive measure? (2009)

Dugravot, Aline, Guéguen, Alice, Kivimaki, Mika, Vahtera, Jussi, Shipley, Martin, Marmot, Michael, ...

BACKGROUND: Analysis of change in health status using data from two waves can be examined either adjusted or unadjusted for baseline health status. We assess the effect of socioeconomic position...

Cardiorespiratory risk factors as predictors of 40-year mortality in women and men. (2009)

Ferrie, Jane, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Kivimaki, Mika, Mindell, Jennifer, Breeze, Elizabeth, Davey Smith, George, ...

OBJECTIVE: Most historical studies of cardiorespiratory risk factors as predictors of mortality have been based on men. This study examines whether they predict mortality over long periods in women...

Cardiorespiratory risk factors as predictors of 40-year mortality in women and men. (2009)

Ferrie, Jane, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Kivimaki, Mika, Mindell, Jennifer, Breeze, Elizabeth, Davey Smith, George, ...

OBJECTIVE: Most historical studies of cardiorespiratory risk factors as predictors of mortality have been based on men. This study examines whether they predict mortality over long periods in women...

Cardiorespiratory risk factors as predictors of 40-year mortality in women and men. (2009)

Ferrie, Jane, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Kivimaki, Mika, Mindell, Jennifer, Breeze, Elizabeth, Davey Smith, George, ...

OBJECTIVE: Most historical studies of cardiorespiratory risk factors as predictors of mortality have been based on men. This study examines whether they predict mortality over long periods in women...

Socioeconomic position and cognitive decline using data from 2 waves: What is the role of the wave 1 cognitive measure? (2009)

Dugravot, Aline, Guéguen, Alice, Kivimaki, Mika, Vahtera, Jussi, Shipley, Martin, Marmot, Michael, ...

BACKGROUND: Analysis of change in health status using data from two waves can be examined either adjusted or unadjusted for baseline health status. We assess the effect of socioeconomic position...

Cumulative exposure to high-strain and active jobs as predictors of cognitive function: the Whitehall II study. (2009)

Elovainio, Marko, Ferrie, Jane, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Gimeno, David, De Vogli, Roberto, Shipley, Martin, ...

OBJECTIVES: A high-strain job (a combination of high job demands and low job control) is expected to increase the risk of health problems, whereas an active job (high demands and high control) can be...

Hostility and Trajectories of Body Mass Index Over 19 Years: The Whitehall II Study (2009)

Nabi, Hermann, Kivimaki, Mika, Sabia, Séverine, Dugravot, Aline, Lajnef, Mohamed, Marmot, Michael G., ...

The authors examined the associations of hostility measured in adulthood with subsequent body mass index (BMI; weight (kg)/height (m)2) assessed at 4 time points over a 19-year period (1985–2004)...

Health Behaviors From Early to Late Midlife as Predictors of Cognitive Function: The Whitehall II Study (2009)

Sabia, Séverine, Nabi, Hermann, Kivimaki, Mika, Shipley, Martin J., Marmot, Michael G., Singh-Manoux, Archana

The authors examined associations of health behaviors over a 17-year period, separately and in combination, with cognition in late midlife in 5,123 men and women from the Whitehall II study (United...

Social Inequality in Walking Speed in Early Old Age in the Whitehall II Study (2009)

Brunner, Eric, Shipley, Martin, Spencer, Victoria, Kivimaki, Mika, Chandola, Tarani, Gimeno, David, ...

Background We investigated social inequalities in walking speed in early old age. Methods Walking speed was measured by timed 8-ft (2.44 m) test in 6,345 individuals, with mean age of 61.1 (SD 6.0)...

All-cause and diagnosis-specific sickness absence as a predictor of sustained sub-optimal health: a 14-year follow-up in the GAZEL cohort. (2009)

Vahtera, Jussi, Westerlund, Hugo, Ferrie, Jane, Head, Jenny, Melchior, Maria, Singh-Manoux, Archana, ...

BACKGROUND: Previous studies show that sickness absence predicts health, but it is unclear whether this association is persistent over time and whether specific diseases underlie long-term...

All-cause and diagnosis-specific sickness absence as a predictor of sustained sub-optimal health: a 14-year follow-up in the GAZEL cohort. (2009)

Vahtera, Jussi, Westerlund, Hugo, Ferrie, Jane, Head, Jenny, Melchior, Maria, Singh-Manoux, Archana, ...

BACKGROUND: Previous studies show that sickness absence predicts health, but it is unclear whether this association is persistent over time and whether specific diseases underlie long-term...

All-cause and diagnosis-specific sickness absence as a predictor of sustained sub-optimal health: a 14-year follow-up in the GAZEL cohort. (2009)

Vahtera, Jussi, Westerlund, Hugo, Ferrie, Jane, Head, Jenny, Melchior, Maria, Singh-Manoux, Archana, ...

BACKGROUND: Previous studies show that sickness absence predicts health, but it is unclear whether this association is persistent over time and whether specific diseases underlie long-term...

Hyperglycemia, type 2 diabetes, and depressive symptoms: the British Whitehall II study. (2009)

Kivimaki, Mika, Tabak, Adam, Batty, G David, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Jokela, Markus, Akbaraly, Tasnime, ...

OBJECTIVE: To examine the recent suggestion that impaired fasting glucose may protect against depression, whereas a diagnosis of diabetes might then result in depression. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:...

Hyperglycemia, type 2 diabetes, and depressive symptoms: the British Whitehall II study. (2009)

Kivimaki, Mika, Tabak, Adam, Batty, G David, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Jokela, Markus, Akbaraly, Tasnime, ...

OBJECTIVE: To examine the recent suggestion that impaired fasting glucose may protect against depression, whereas a diagnosis of diabetes might then result in depression. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:...

Hyperglycemia, type 2 diabetes, and depressive symptoms: the British Whitehall II study. (2009)

Kivimaki, Mika, Tabak, Adam, Batty, G David, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Jokela, Markus, Akbaraly, Tasnime, ...

OBJECTIVE: To examine the recent suggestion that impaired fasting glucose may protect against depression, whereas a diagnosis of diabetes might then result in depression. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS:...

Metabolic syndrome over 10 years and cognitive functioning in late mid life: The Whitehall II study. (2009)

Akbaraly, Tasnime, Kivimaki, Mika, Shipley, Martin, Tabak, Adam, Jokela, Markus, Virtanen, Marianna, ...

Objective: Evidence that the metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for poor cognition is mixed, is mainly focused on elderly population, and it is a rare occurrence that socio-economic factors are...

Metabolic syndrome over 10 years and cognitive functioning in late mid life: The Whitehall II study. (2009)

Akbaraly, Tasnime, Kivimaki, Mika, Shipley, Martin, Tabak, Adam, Jokela, Markus, Virtanen, Marianna, ...

Objective: Evidence that the metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for poor cognition is mixed, is mainly focused on elderly population, and it is a rare occurrence that socio-economic factors are...

Metabolic syndrome over 10 years and cognitive functioning in late mid life: The Whitehall II study. (2009)

Akbaraly, Tasnime, Kivimaki, Mika, Shipley, Martin, Tabak, Adam, Jokela, Markus, Virtanen, Marianna, ...

Objective: Evidence that the metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for poor cognition is mixed, is mainly focused on elderly population, and it is a rare occurrence that socio-economic factors are...

Low organisational justice and heavy drinking: a prospective cohort study (2008)

Kouvonen, Anne, Kivimaki, Mika, Elovainio, Marko, Vaananen, Ari, De Vogli, Roberto, Heponiemi, Tarja, ...

Objectives: To investigate whether low perceived organisational injustice predicts heavy drinking among employees. Methods: Data from the prospective occupational cohort study, the 10-Town Study,...

Low organisational justice and heavy drinking: a prospective cohort study (2008)

Kouvonen, Anne, Kivimaki, Mika, Elovainio, Marko, Vaananen, Ari, De Vogli, Roberto, Heponiemi, Tarja, ...

Objectives: To investigate whether low perceived organisational injustice predicts heavy drinking among employees. Methods: Data from the prospective occupational cohort study, the 10-Town Study,...

Socioeconomic status moderates the association between carotid intima-media thickness and cognition in midlife: evidence from the Whitehall II study. (2008)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Britton, Annie, Kivimaki, Mika, Guéguen, Alice, Halcox, Julian, Marmot, Michael

BACKGROUND: Common carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) is a measure of generalized atherosclerosis and has been shown to be associated with cognitive function. We examine two questions: does...

Low medically certified sickness absence among employees with poor health status predicts future health improvement: the Whitehall II study. (2008)

Kivimaki, Mika, Ferrie, Jane, Shipley, Martin, Vahtera, Jussi, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Marmot, Michael, ...

BACKGROUND: High sickness absence is associated with poor health status, but it is not known whether low levels of sickness absence among people with poor health predict future health improvement....

Socioeconomic status moderates the association between carotid intima-media thickness and cognition in midlife: evidence from the Whitehall II study. (2008)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Britton, Annie, Kivimaki, Mika, Guéguen, Alice, Halcox, Julian, Marmot, Michael

BACKGROUND: Common carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) is a measure of generalized atherosclerosis and has been shown to be associated with cognitive function. We examine two questions: does...

Low medically certified sickness absence among employees with poor health status predicts future health improvement: the Whitehall II study. (2008)

Kivimaki, Mika, Ferrie, Jane, Shipley, Martin, Vahtera, Jussi, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Marmot, Michael, ...

BACKGROUND: High sickness absence is associated with poor health status, but it is not known whether low levels of sickness absence among people with poor health predict future health improvement....

Sickness absence as a prognostic marker for common chronic conditions: analysis of mortality in the GAZEL study. (2008)

Kivimaki, Mika, Head, Jenny, Ferrie, Jane, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Westerlund, Hugo, Vahtera, Jussi, ...

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether sickness absence is a prognostic marker in terms of mortality among people with common chronic conditions. METHODS: Prospective occupational cohort study of 13,077...

Sickness absence as a prognostic marker for common chronic conditions: analysis of mortality in the GAZEL study. (2008)

Kivimaki, Mika, Head, Jenny, Ferrie, Jane, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Westerlund, Hugo, Vahtera, Jussi, ...

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether sickness absence is a prognostic marker in terms of mortality among people with common chronic conditions. METHODS: Prospective occupational cohort study of 13,077...

Positive and negative affect and risk of coronary heart disease: Whitehall II prospective cohort study. (2008)

Nabi, Hermann, Kivimaki, Mika, De Vogli, Roberto, Marmot, Michael, Singh-Manoux, Archana

OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between positive and negative affect and subsequent coronary heart disease events independently of established risk factors. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study...

Positive and negative affect and risk of coronary heart disease: Whitehall II prospective cohort study. (2008)

Nabi, Hermann, Kivimaki, Mika, De Vogli, Roberto, Marmot, Michael, Singh-Manoux, Archana

OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between positive and negative affect and subsequent coronary heart disease events independently of established risk factors. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study...

Low HDL cholesterol is a risk factor for deficit and decline in memory in midlife: the Whitehall II study. (2008)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Gimeno, David, Kivimaki, Mika, Brunner, Eric, Marmot, Michael

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between fasting serum lipids and short-term verbal memory in middle-aged adults. METHODS AND RESULTS: Total cholesterol,...

Low HDL cholesterol is a risk factor for deficit and decline in memory in midlife: the Whitehall II study. (2008)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Gimeno, David, Kivimaki, Mika, Brunner, Eric, Marmot, Michael

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between fasting serum lipids and short-term verbal memory in middle-aged adults. METHODS AND RESULTS: Total cholesterol,...

Low HDL cholesterol is a risk factor for deficit and decline in memory in midlife: the Whitehall II study. (2008)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Gimeno, David, Kivimaki, Mika, Brunner, Eric, Marmot, Michael

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between fasting serum lipids and short-term verbal memory in middle-aged adults. METHODS AND RESULTS: Total cholesterol,...

Low HDL cholesterol is a risk factor for deficit and decline in memory in midlife: the Whitehall II study. (2008)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Gimeno, David, Kivimaki, Mika, Brunner, Eric, Marmot, Michael

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between fasting serum lipids and short-term verbal memory in middle-aged adults. METHODS AND RESULTS: Total cholesterol,...

The role of conventional risk factors in explaining social inequalities in coronary heart disease: the relative and absolute approaches to risk. (2008)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Nabi, Hermann, Shipley, Martin, Guéguen, Alice, Sabia, Séverine, Dugravot, Aline, ...

BACKGROUND: Various methodologic approaches have been used to estimate the role of risk factors in explaining the social gradient in coronary heart disease (CHD). Our objective was to examine whether...

The role of conventional risk factors in explaining social inequalities in coronary heart disease: the relative and absolute approaches to risk. (2008)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Nabi, Hermann, Shipley, Martin, Guéguen, Alice, Sabia, Séverine, Dugravot, Aline, ...

BACKGROUND: Various methodologic approaches have been used to estimate the role of risk factors in explaining the social gradient in coronary heart disease (CHD). Our objective was to examine whether...

The role of conventional risk factors in explaining social inequalities in coronary heart disease: the relative and absolute approaches to risk. (2008)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Nabi, Hermann, Shipley, Martin, Guéguen, Alice, Sabia, Séverine, Dugravot, Aline, ...

BACKGROUND: Various methodologic approaches have been used to estimate the role of risk factors in explaining the social gradient in coronary heart disease (CHD). Our objective was to examine whether...

Low HDL cholesterol is a risk factor for deficit and decline in memory in midlife: the Whitehall II study. (2008)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Gimeno, David, Kivimaki, Mika, Brunner, Eric, Marmot, Michael

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between fasting serum lipids and short-term verbal memory in middle-aged adults. METHODS AND RESULTS: Total cholesterol,...

Sickness absence as a prognostic marker for common chronic conditions: analysis of mortality in the GAZEL study. (2008)

Kivimaki, Mika, Head, Jenny, Ferrie, Jane, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Westerlund, Hugo, Vahtera, Jussi, ...

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether sickness absence is a prognostic marker in terms of mortality among people with common chronic conditions. METHODS: Prospective occupational cohort study of 13,077...

Low HDL cholesterol is a risk factor for deficit and decline in memory in midlife: the Whitehall II study. (2008)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Gimeno, David, Kivimaki, Mika, Brunner, Eric, Marmot, Michael

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between fasting serum lipids and short-term verbal memory in middle-aged adults. METHODS AND RESULTS: Total cholesterol,...

Positive and negative affect and risk of coronary heart disease: Whitehall II prospective cohort study. (2008)

Nabi, Hermann, Kivimaki, Mika, De Vogli, Roberto, Marmot, Michael, Singh-Manoux, Archana

OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between positive and negative affect and subsequent coronary heart disease events independently of established risk factors. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study...

Socioeconomic status moderates the association between carotid intima-media thickness and cognition in midlife: evidence from the Whitehall II study. (2008)

Singh-Manoux, Archana, Britton, Annie, Kivimaki, Mika, Guéguen, Alice, Halcox, Julian, Marmot, Michael

BACKGROUND: Common carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) is a measure of generalized atherosclerosis and has been shown to be associated with cognitive function. We examine two questions: does...

Low medically certified sickness absence among employees with poor health status predicts future health improvement: the Whitehall II study. (2008)

Kivimaki, Mika, Ferrie, Jane, Shipley, Martin, Vahtera, Jussi, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Marmot, Michael, ...

BACKGROUND: High sickness absence is associated with poor health status, but it is not known whether low levels of sickness absence among people with poor health predict future health improvement....

Work stress and coronary heart disease: what are the mechanisms? (2008)

Chandola, Tarani, Britton, Annie, Brunner, Eric, Hemingway, Harry, Malik, Marek, Kumari, Meena, ...

Aims To determine the biological and behavioural factors linking work stress with coronary heart disease (CHD). Methods and results A total of 10 308 London-based male and female civil servants aged...

Do psychological attributes matter for adherence to antihypertensive medication? The Finnish Public Sector Cohort Study. (2008)

Nabi, Hermann, Vahtera, Jussi, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Pentti, Jaana, Oksanen, Tuula, Gimeno, David, ...

OBJECTIVE: Psychological factors may be important determinants of adherence to antihypertensive medication, as they have been repeatedly found to be associated with an increased risk of hypertension,...

Do psychological attributes matter for adherence to antihypertensive medication? The Finnish Public Sector Cohort Study. (2008)

Nabi, Hermann, Vahtera, Jussi, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Pentti, Jaana, Oksanen, Tuula, Gimeno, David, ...

OBJECTIVE: Psychological factors may be important determinants of adherence to antihypertensive medication, as they have been repeatedly found to be associated with an increased risk of hypertension,...

Do psychological attributes matter for adherence to antihypertensive medication? The Finnish Public Sector Cohort Study. (2008)

Nabi, Hermann, Vahtera, Jussi, Singh-Manoux, Archana, Pentti, Jaana, Oksanen, Tuula, Gimeno, David, ...

OBJECTIVE: Psychological factors may be important determinants of adherence to antihypertensive medication, as they have been repeatedly found to be associated with an increased risk of hypertension,...

Hostility and Trajectories of Body Mass Index Over 19 Years: The Whitehall II Study. (2008)

Nabi, Hermann, Kivimaki, Mika, Sabia, Séverine, Dugravot, Aline, Lajnef, Mohamed, Marmot, Michael, ...

The authors examined the associations of hostility measured in adulthood with subsequent body mass index (BMI; weight (kg)/height (m)(2)) assessed at 4 time points over a 19-year period (1985-2004)...

Hostility and Trajectories of Body Mass Index Over 19 Years: The Whitehall II Study. (2008)

Nabi, Hermann, Kivimaki, Mika, Sabia, Séverine, Dugravot, Aline, Lajnef, Mohamed, Marmot, Michael, ...

The authors examined the associations of hostility measured in adulthood with subsequent body mass index (BMI; weight (kg)/height (m)(2)) assessed at 4 time points over a 19-year period (1985-2004)...

Hostility and Trajectories of Body Mass Index Over 19 Years: The Whitehall II Study. (2008)

Nabi, Hermann, Kivimaki, Mika, Sabia, Séverine, Dugravot, Aline, Lajnef, Mohamed, Marmot, Michael, ...

The authors examined the associations of hostility measured in adulthood with subsequent body mass index (BMI; weight (kg)/height (m)(2)) assessed at 4 time points over a 19-year period (1985-2004)...

Organisational justice and smoking: the Finnish Public Sector Study (2007)

Kouvonen, Anne, Vahtera, Jussi, Elovainio, Marko, Cox, Sara J, Cox, Tom, Linna, Anne, ...

Study Objective: To examine the extent to which justice of decision-making procedures and interpersonal relations is associated with smoking. Setting: Ten municipalities and 21 hospitals in Finland....

Organisational justice and smoking: the Finnish Public Sector Study (2007)

Kouvonen, Anne, Vahtera, Jussi, Elovainio, Marko, Cox, Sara J, Cox, Tom, Linna, Anne, ...

Study Objective: To examine the extent to which justice of decision-making procedures and interpersonal relations is associated with smoking. Setting: Ten municipalities and 21 hospitals in Finland....

Positive and negative affect and risk of coronary heart disease: Whitehall II prospective cohort study

Nabi, Hermann, Kivimaki, Mika, Vogli, Roberto De, Marmot, Michael G, Singh-Manoux, Archana

Objective To examine the associations between positive and negative affect and subsequent coronary heart disease events independently of established risk factors.

Height, wealth, and health: An overview with new data from three longitudinal studies

Batty, G. David, Shipley, Martin J., Gunnell, David, Huxley, Rachel, Kivimaki, Mika, Woodward, Mark, ...

This overview, based on a literature review and new data from the three cohorts (Whitehall Studies I and II, and the Vietnam Experience Study), has four objectives: (a) to outline the major...