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 Publications  
  
            - Measuring bone metabolic activity in dialysis patients with renal osteodystrophy using [18F]-Sodium Fluoride positron emission tomography- comparison between static and dynamic measurements  (2025)  
- BMC Nephrology
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - CADKID-tutkimus tuo lisätietoa kroonisen munuaistaudin, sydän- ja verisuonitautien, elämänlaadun sekä kuolleisuuden yhteyksistä  (2024)  
- Duodecim
 
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Cardiac Biomarkers are Associated with Incident Fracture Risk in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease  (2024)  
- Calcified Tissue International
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Characteristics, treatment and disease burden among stage 3-4 chronic kidney disease patients with and without type 2 diabetes in Finland during 2016-2022  (2024)  
- Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Prevalence, risks and treatment of incident chronic kidney disease stage 3-4: an observational study in Finland between 2016-2022  (2024)  
- Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
 
(Other publication) - Survival, cumulative hospital days and infectious complications in urgent-start PD compared with urgent-start HD  (2024)  
- Peritoneal Dialysis International
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Chronic kidney disease stage is associated with the number of risk factors in type 2 diabetes patients (STages Of NEphropathy in type 2 diabetes and Heart Failure - STONE HF)  (2023)  
- Primary Care Diabetes
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Anemiaepidemia hemodialyysiyksikössä  (2022)  
- Lääkärilehti
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Association between bone mineral metabolism and vascular calcification in end-stage renal disease  (2022)  
- BMC Nephrology
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Cardiovascular outcome according to renal status in Finnish patients with type 2 diabetes  (2022)  
- Diabetes epidemiology and management
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Evolution of Quality of Life in Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 4-5 Patients Transitioning to Dialysis and Transplantation  (2022)  
- Nephron Physiology
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Maximal Exercise Capacity in Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 4-5 Patients Transitioning to Renal Replacement Therapy or Continuing Conservative Care: A Longitudinal Follow-Up Study  (2022)  
- Kidney and Blood Pressure Research
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Progression of Aortic Calcification in Stage 4-5 Chronic Kidney Disease Patients Transitioning to Dialysis and Transplantation  (2022)  
- Kidney and Blood Pressure Research
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The majority of type 2 diabetic patients in Finnish primary care are at very high risk of cardiovascular events: A cross-sectional chart review study (STONE HF)  (2022)  
- Primary Care Diabetes
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Arterial endothelial function, carotid artery intima-media thickness and abdominal aortic calcification in diabetic and nondiabetic CKD stage 4-5 patients not on dialysis  (2021)  
- Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Association of maximal stress ergometry performance with troponin T and abdominal aortic calcification score in advanced chronic kidney disease  (2021)  
- BMC Nephrology
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Bone Histomorphometry and 18F‑Sodium Fluoride Positron Emission Tomography Imaging: Comparison Between only Bone Turnover-based and Unified TMV-based Classification of Renal Osteodystrophy  (2021)  
- Calcified Tissue International
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Dental health assessed using panoramic radiograph and adverse events in chronic kidney disease stage 4-5 patients transitioning to dialysis and transplantation-A prospective cohort study  (2021)  
- PLoS ONE
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Depression Is Associated With Progression of Diabetic Nephropathy in Type 1 Diabetes  (2021)  
- Diabetes Care
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Elevated Troponin T and Enlarged Left Atrium Are Associated with the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with CKD Stage 4-5  (2021)  
- Nephron Physiology
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) 



