Katja Pahkala
 Professor, Head of Paavo Nurmi Centre

Centre for Population Health Research, Paavo Nurmi Centre

katpah@utu.fi

+358 40 578 6122

Kiinamyllynkatu 10

Turku

Asiantuntijuusalueet
Sydänterveys, preventio, lapsuus, liikunta, ravinto, epidemiologia, pitkittäistutkimukset

Biografia

I have devoted my research career to examining early life determinants of cardiometabolic health with the ultimate aim to improve primordial prevention of cardiometabolic diseases.



Tutkimus

I am a long-standing senior researcher and the vice director of the Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine (CAPC), and a member of the executive committee of the Centre for Population Health Research. I am also the vice principal investigator of the globally unique atherosclerosis prevention trial, the STRIP study (Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project), which commenced in 1989 and has extensively studied the 1062 participants since age 7 months to 26 years with repeated assessment of diet, lifestyle and versatile cardiometabolic health markers. I am also an active member of the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, started in the late 1970´s. The study involves originally 3596 participants from different parts of Finland. As highlights of my career, in 2014 I received the Academy of Finland’s Postdoctoral Researcher grant, and in 2019 I was invited to receive A/Professorship in Preventive Medicine (tenure track), and I was also awarded the Academy of Finland’s Research Fellowship. In 2023, I achieved full-Professorship in Preventive Medicine. In 2024, I began as a Head of the Paavo Nurmi Centre, a centre of expertise in sports & exercise medicine.



Opetus

I have supervised 15 undergraduate studies and six doctoral studies. Currently I supervise six doctoral students and one undergraduate student.



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  • Increase in adiposity from childhood to adulthood predicts a metabolically obese phenotype in normal-weight adults  (2020)  
    • International Journal of Obesity
     A. Viitasalo, N. Pitkänen, K. Pahkala, T. Lehtimäki, J. S. A. Viikari, O. Raitakari, T. O. Kilpeläinen
    (    A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )


  • Mendelian randomization analysis does not support causal associations of birth weight with hypertension risk and blood pressure in adulthood  (2020)  
    • European Journal of Epidemiology
     Zheng Y., Huang T., Wang T., Mei Z., Sun Z., Zhang T., Ellervik C., Chai J.-F., Sim X., van Dam R.M., Tai E.-S., Koh W.-P., Dorajoo R., Saw S.-M., Sabanayagam C., Wong T.Y., Gupta P., Rossing P., Ahluwalia T.S., Vinding R.K., Bisgaard H., Bønnelykke K., Wang Y., Graff M., Voortman T., van Rooij F.J.A., Hofman A., van Heemst D., Noordam R., Estampador A.C., Varga T.V., Enzenbach C., Scholz M., Thiery J., Burkhardt R., Orho-Melander M., Schulz C.-A., Ericson U., Sonestedt E., Kubo M., Akiyama M., Zhou A., Kilpeläinen T.O., Hansen T., Kleber M.E., Delgado G., McCarthy M., Lemaitre R.N., Felix J.F., Jaddoe V.W.V., Wu Y., Mohlke K.L., Lehtimäki T., Wang C.A., Pennell C.E., Schunkert H., Kessler T., Zeng L., Willenborg C., Peters A., Lieb W., Grote V., Rzehak P., Koletzko B., Erdmann J., Munz M., Wu T., He M., Yu C., Lecoeur C., Froguel P., Corella D., Moreno L.A., Lai C.-Q., Pitkänen N., Boreham C.A., Ridker P.M., Rosendaal F.R., de Mutsert R., Power C., Paternoster L., Sørensen T.I.A., Tjønneland A., Overvad K., Djousse L., Rivadeneira F., Lee N.R., Raitakari O.T., Kähönen M., Viikari J., Langhendries J.-P., Escribano J., Verduci E., Dedoussis G., König I., Balkau B., Coltell O., Dallongeville J., Meirhaeghe A., Amouyel P., Gottrand F., Pahkala K., Niinikoski H., Hyppönen E., März W., Mackey D.A., Gruszfeld D., Tucker K.L., Fumeron F., Estruch R., Ordovas J.M., Arnett D.K., Mook-Kanamori D.O., Mozaffarian D., Psaty B.M., North K.E., Chasman D.I., Qi L.
    (    A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )


  • Novel loci for childhood body mass index and shared heritability with adult cardiometabolic traits  (2020)  
    • PLoS Genetics
     Vogelezang S, Bradfield JP, Ahluwalia TS, Curtin JA, Lakka TA, Grarup N, Scholz M, van der Most PJ, Monnereau C, Stergiakouli E, Heiskala A, Horikoshi M, Fedko IO, Vilor-Tejedor N, Cousminer DL, Standl M, Wang CRA, Viikari J, Geller F, Iniguez C, Pitkanen N, Chesi A, Bacelis J, Yengo L, Torrent M, Ntalla I, Helgeland O, Selzam S, Vonk JM, Zafarmand MH, Heude B, Farooqi IS, Alyass A, Beaumont RN, Have CT, Rzehak P, Bilbao JR, Schnurr TM, Barroso I, Bonnelykke K, Beilin LJ, Carstensen L, Charles MA, Chawes B, Clement K, Closa-Monasterolo R, Custovic A, Eriksson JG, Escribano J, Groen-Blokhuis M, Grote V, Gruszfeld D, Hakonarson H, Hansen T, Hattersley AT, Hollensted M, Hottenga JJ, Hypponen E, Johansson S, Joro R, Kahonen M, Karhunen V, Kiess W, Knight BA, Koletzko B, Kuhnapfel A, Landgraf K, Langhendries JP, Lehtimaki T, Leinonen JT, Li AHL, Lindi V, Lowry E, Bustamante M, Medina-Gomez C, Melbye M, Michaelsen KF, Morgen CS, Mori TA, Nielsen TRH, Niinikoski H, Oldehinkel AJ, Pahkala K, Panoutsopoulou K, Pedersen O, Pennell CE, Power C, Reijneveld SA, Rivadeneira F, Simpson A, Sly PD, Stokholm J, Teo KK, Thiering E, Timpson NJ, Uitterlinden AG, van Beijsterveldt CEM, van Schaik BDC, Vaudel M, Verduci E, Vinding RK, Vogel M, Zeggini E, Sebert S, Lind MV, Brown CD, Santa-Marina L, Reischl E, Frithioff-Bojsoe C, Meyre D, Wheeler E, Ong K, Nohr EA, Vrijkotte TGM, Koppelman GH, Plomin R, Njolstad PR, Dedoussis GD, Froguel P, Sorensen TIA, Jacobsson B, Freathy RM, Zemel BS, Raitakari O, Vrijheid M, Feenstra B, Lyytikainen LP, Snieder H, Kirsten H, Holt PG, Heinrich J, Widen E, Sunyer J, Boomsma DI, Jarvelin MR, Korner A, Smith GD, Holm JC, Atalay M, Murray C, Bisgaard H, McCarthy MI, Jaddoe VWV, Grant SFA, Felix JF
    (    A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )


  • Socioeconomic status, remoteness and tracking of nutritional status from childhood to adulthood in an Australian Aboriginal Birth Cohort: the ABC study  (2020)  
    • BMJ Open
     Pauline Sjöholm, Katja Pahkala, Belinda Davison, Markus Juonala, Gurmeet Singh
    (    A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )


  • Temperament profiles are associated with dietary behavior from childhood to adulthood  (2020)  
    • Appetite
     Lipsanen J., Elovainio M., Hakulinen C., Tremblay M.S., Rovio S., Lagström H., Jaakkola J.M., Jula A., Rönnemaa T., Viikari J., Niinikoski H., Simell O., Raitakari O.T., Pahkala K., Pulkki-Råback L.
    (    A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )


  • Youth to adult body mass index trajectories as a predictor of metabolically healthy obesity in adulthood  (2020)  
    • European Journal of Public Health
     Kylie J Smith, Costan G Magnussen, Katja Pahkala, Juha Koskinen, Matthew A Sabin, Nina Hutri-Kähönen, Mika Kähönen, Tomi Laitinen, Tuija Tammelin, Päivi Tossavainen, Eero Jokinen, Jorma S A Viikari, Markus Juonala, Olli T Raitakari
    (    A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )


  • Abdominal adiposity and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents: a Mendelian randomization analysis  (2019)  
    • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
     Viitasalo A, Schnurr TM, Pitkänen N, Hollensted M, Nielsen TRH, Pahkala K, Atalay M, Lind MV, Heikkinen S, Frithioff-Bøjsøe C, Fonvig CE, Grarup N, Kähönen M, Carrasquilla GD, Larnkjaer A, Pedersen O, Michaelsen KF, Lakka TA, Holm JC, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Hansen T, Kilpeläinen TO
    (    A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )


  • Association of Birth Weight With Type 2 Diabetes and Glycemic Traits: A Mendelian Randomization Study  (2019)  
    • JAMA Network Open
     Huang T, Wang TA, Zheng Y, Ellervik C, Li X, Gao M, Fang Z, Chai JF, Ahluwalia TVS, Wang YJ, Voortman T, Noordam R, Frazier-Wood A, Scholz M, Sonestedt E, Akiyama M, Dorajoo R, Zhou A, Kilpelainen TO, Kleber ME, Crozier SR, Godfrey KM, Lemaitre R, Felix JF, Shi Y, Gupta P, Khor CC, Lehtimaki T, Wang CA, Tiesler CMT, Thiering E, Standl M, Rzehak P, Marouli E, He M, Lecoeur C, Corella D, Lai CQ, Moreno LA, Pitkanen N, Boreham CA, Zhang T, Saw SM, Ridker PM, Graff M, Van Rooij FJA, Uitterlinden AG, Hofman A, van Heemst D, Rosendaal FR, de Mutsert R, Burkhardt R, Schulz CA, Ericson U, Kamatani Y, Yuan JM, Power C, Hansen T, Sorensen TIA, Tjonneland A, Overvad K, Delgado G, Cooper C, Djousse L, Rivadeneira F, Jameson K, Zhao W, Liu JJ, Lee NR, Raitakari O, Kahonen M, Viikari J, Grote V, Langhendries JP, Koletzko B, Escribano J, Verduci E, Dedoussis G, Yu CZ, Tham YC, Lim B, Lim SH, Froguel P, Balkau B, Fink NR, Vinding RK, Sevelsted A, Bisgaard H, Coltell O, Dallongeville J, Gottrand F, Pahkala K, Niinikoski H, Hypponen E, Pedersen O, Marz W, Inskip H, Jaddoe VV, Dennison E, YinWong T, Sabanayagam C, Tai ES, Mohlke KL, Mackey DA, Gruszfeld D, Deloukas P, Tucker KL, Fumeron F, Bonnelykke K, Rossing P, Estruch R, Ordovas JM, Arnett DK, Meirhaeghe A, Amouyel P, Cheng CY, Sim XL, Teo YY, van Dam R, Koh WP, Orho-Melander M, Loeffler M, Kubo M, Thiery J, Mook-Kanamori DO, Mozaffarian D, Psaty BM, Franco OH, Wu TC, North KE, Smith GD, Chavarro JE, Chasman DI, Qi L
    (    A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )


  • Associations of Leisure-Time Physical Activity Trajectories with Fruit and Vegetable Consumption from Childhood to Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study  (2019)  
    • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
     Lounassalo I, Hirvensalo M, Kankaanpää A, Tolvanen A, Palomäki S, Salin K, Fogelholm M, Yang X, Pahkala K, Rovio S, Hutri-Kähönen N, Raitakari O, Tammelin TH
    (    A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )


  • Childhood Psychosocial Environment and Adult Cardiac Health: A Causal Mediation Approach  (2019)  
    • American Journal of Preventive Medicine
     Komulainen K, Mittleman MA, Ruohonen S, Laitinen TT, Pahkala K, Elovainio M, Tammelin T, Kähönen M, Juonala M, Keltikangas-Järvinen L, Raitakari O, Pulkki-Råback L, Jokela M
    (    A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )



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