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Jari Kaikkonen
Ph.D., adjunct professor

Cardiovascular Medicine (CAPC) (Centre for Population Health Research (POP Centre))

jari.kaikkonen@utu.fi

+358 29 450 4373

Kiinamyllynkatu 10

Turku

Analysis methods for biochemical markers, biochemistry, epidemiology, environmental pollutants, environmental safety, metabolic diseases, occupational safety, public health, quality systems

More than 25 years of experience concerning risk and preventive factors of cardio-metabolic diseases. Development, validation, carry out and quality control for different analysis methods including biomarkers of cardio-metabolic diseases, circulating nutrients such as vitamins, lipid peroxidation products in vivo, volatile organic compounds, ect.

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Childhood exposure to multiple persistent organic pollutants and midlife cognitive function (2026)
- Science of the Total Environment
Wu, Feitong; Kartiosuo, Noora; Kaikkonen, Jari; Magnussen, Costan G.; Rantakokko, Panu; Kiviranta, Hannu; Pahkala, Katja; Hutri, Nina; Juonala, Markus; Viikari, Jorma S. A.; Raitakari, Olli T.; Rovio, Suvi P.
Cohort Profile Update: Expanding the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study into a multigenerational cohort (2026)
- International Journal of Epidemiology
Pahkala, Katja; Rovio, Suvi; Kartiosuo, Noora; Auranen, Kari; Bourgery, Matthieu; Elovainio, Marko; Fogelholm, Mikael; Haapala, Johanna; Hirvensalo, Mirja; Hutri, Nina; Jokinen, Eero; Jula, Antti; Juonala, Markus; Kaikkonen, Jari; Kiviranta, Hannu; Koskinen, Juhani S.; Kotaja, Noora; Kahonen, Mika; Laitinen, Tomi P.; Lehtimaki, Terho; Lisinen, Irina; Loo, Britt-Marie; Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka; Magnussen, Costan G.; Mishra, Pashupati P.; Mykkanen, Juha; Makela, Juho-Antti; Mannisto, Satu; Nevalainen, Jaakko; Pulkki-Raback, Laura; Raitoharju, Emma; Rantakokko, Panu; Ronnemaa, Tapani; Stenbacka, Sini; Taittonen, Leena; Tammelin, Tuija H.; Toppari, Jorma; Tossavainen, Paivi; Viikari, Jorma; Raitakari, Olli
Prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis in 3-92-year-old Finns. The 3-generational cardiovascular risk in young Finns study (2025)
- Atherosclerosis
Raitakari, Olli T.; Koskinen, Juhani S.; Pahkala, Katja; Rovio, Suvi; Mykkänen, Juha; Kartiosuo, Noora; Stenbacka, Sini; Lisinen, Irina; Loo, Britt-Marie; Lehtimäki, Terho; Kähönen, Mika; Juonala, Markus; Laitinen, Tomi P.; Jokinen, Eero; Kaikkonen, Jari; Tossavainen, Päivi; Viikari, Jorma S.A.
The effect of polychlorinated biphenyls on type 2 diabetes risk is mediated via DNA methylation (2025)
- Environment International
Kartiosuo, Noora; Auranen, Kari; Mansell, Toby; Novakovic, Boris; Nevalainen, Jaakko; Pahkala, Katja; Rovio, Suvi; Mykkänen, Juha; Viikari, Jorma; Juonala, Markus; Rantakokko, Panu; Kiviranta, Hannu; Kaikkonen, Jari; Lehtimäki, Terho; Raitoharju, Emma; Mishra, Pashupati P.; Kähönen, Mika; Ponsonby, Anne-Louise; Tanner, Sam; Burgner, David; Raitakari, Olli; Saffery, Richard
Associations of Serum Fatty Acid Proportions with Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Blood Pressure, and Fatty Liver: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (2021)
- Journal of Nutrition
Kaikkonen Jari E, Jula Antti, Viikari Jorma SA, Juonala Markus, Hutri-Kähönen Nina, Kähönen Mika, Lehtimäki Terho, Raitakari Olli T
The associations of oxidized lipoprotein lipids with lipoprotein subclass particle concentrations and their lipid compositions. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (2021)
- Free Radical Biology and Medicine
Kresanov Petri, Mykkänen Juha, Ahotupa Markku, Ala-Korpela Mika, Juonala Markus, Kaikkonen Jari, Kähönen Mika, Lehtimäki Terho, Vasankari Tommi, Viikari Jorma, Raitakari Olli T.
Childhood and adulthood serum fatty acid proportions as risk and preventive factors for cardiometabolic outcomes in adulthood : the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (2020) Kaikkonen Jari
Metabolic profiling of fatty liver in young and middle-aged adults: Cross-sectional and prospective analyses of the Young Finns Study (2017)
- Hepatology
Kaikkonen JE, Würtz P, Suomela E, Lehtovirta M, Kangas AJ, Jula A, Mikkilä V, Viikari JS, Juonala M, Rönnemaa T, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Soininen P, Ala-Korpela M, Raitakari OT
Longitudinal study of circulating oxidized LDL and HDL and fatty liver: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (2016)
- Free Radical Research
Kaikkonen JE, Kresanov P, Ahotupa M, Jula A, Mikkilä V, Viikari JS, Juonala M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Ala-Korpela M, Raitakari OT
Factors associated with six-year weight change in young and middle-aged adults in the Young Finns Study (2015)
- Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation
Kaikkonen JE, Mikkila V, Juonala M, Keltikangas-Jarvinen L, Hintsanen M, Pulkki-Raback L, Viikari JSA, Kahonen M, Lehtimaki T, Telama R, Raitakari OT