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Niina Kannisto

Institute of Biomedicine (Faculty of Medicine)

niina.siitonen@utu.fi

+358 29 450 4364

+358 50 406 3612

Kiinamyllynkatu 10

Turku

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7383-4987

Areas of expertise

genetics; genomics; statistics; bioinformatics; epidemiology; cardiovascular diseases; metabolic diseases; risk factors

Biography

EDUCATION AND DEGREES

2011 PhD, Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland

1999 MSc, Genetics, University of Turku

CURRENT POSITION

Senior scientist, Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Turku

PAST POSITIONS

2013 – 2015 Post-doctoral researcher/study coordinator, Institute of Clinical Medicine / Neurology, University of Eastern Finland

2011 - 2013 Senior scientist, Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Turku

2002 - 2011 Post-graduate student, Department of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland

Publications

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Childhood Exposure to Passive Smoking and Bone Health in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (2019)
- Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Markus Juonala, Niina Pitkänen, Sanna Tolonen, Marika Laaksonen, Harri Sievänen, Eero Jokinen, Tomi Laitinen, Matthew A Sabin, Nina Hutri-Kähönen, Terho Lehtimäki, Leena Taittonen, Antti Jula, Britt-Marie Loo, Olli Impivaara, Mika Kähönen, Costan G Magnussen, Jorma S A Viikari, Olli T Raitakari
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Genetic predisposition to higher body fat yet lower cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents (2019)
- International Journal of Obesity
Anna Viitasalo, Theresia M. Schnurr, Niina Pitkänen, Mette Hollensted, Tenna R. H. Nielsen, Katja Pahkala, Niina Lintu, Mads V. Lind, Mustafa Atalay, Christine Frithioff-Bøjsøe, Cilius E. Fonvig, Niels Grarup, Mika Kähönen, Anni Larnkjaer, Oluf Pedersen, Jens-Christian Holm, Kim F. Michaelsen, Timo A. Lakka, Terho Lehtimäki, Olli Raitakari, Torben Hansen, Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Health endowment and later-life outcomes in the labour market: Evidence using genetic risk scores and reduced-form models (2019)
- SSM - Population Health
Pehkonen J., Viinikainen J., Böckerman P., Pitkänen N., Lehtimäki T., Raitakari O.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Maternal and fetal genetic effects on birth weight and their relevance to cardio-metabolic risk factors (2019)
- Nature Genetics
Warrington N.M., Beaumont R.N., Horikoshi M., Day F.R., Helgeland Ø., Laurin C., Bacelis J., Peng S., Hao K., Feenstra B., Wood A.R., Mahajan A., Tyrrell J., Robertson N.R., Rayner N.W., Qiao Z., Moen G.-H., Vaudel M., Marsit C.J., Chen J., Nodzenski M., Schnurr T.M., Zafarmand M.H., Bradfield J.P., Grarup N., Kooijman M.N., Li-Gao R., Geller F., Ahluwalia T.S., Paternoster L., Rueedi R., Huikari V., Hottenga J.-J., Lyytikäinen L.-P., Cavadino A., Metrustry S., Cousminer D.L., Wu Y., Thiering E., Wang C.A., Have C.T., Vilor-Tejedor N., Joshi P.K., Painter J.N., Ntalla I., Myhre R., Pitkänen N., van Leeuwen E.M., Joro R., Lagou V., Richmond R.C., Espinosa A., Barton S.J., Inskip H.M., Holloway J.W., Santa-Marina L., Estivill X., Ang W., Marsh J.A., Reichetzeder C., Marullo L., Hocher B., Lunetta K.L., Murabito J.M., Relton C.L., Kogevinas M., Chatzi L., Allard C., Bouchard L., Hivert M.-F., Zhang G., Muglia L.J., Heikkinen J., Morgen C.S., van Kampen A.H.C., van Schaik B.D.C., Mentch F.D., Langenberg C., Luan J., Scott R.A., Zhao J.H., Hemani G., Ring S.M., Bennett A.J., Gaulton K.J., Fernandez-Tajes J., van Zuydam N.R., Medina-Gomez C., de Haan H.G., Rosendaal F.R., Kutalik Z., Marques-Vidal P., Das S., Willemsen G., Mbarek H., Müller-Nurasyid M., Standl M., Appel E.V.R., Fonvig C.E., Trier C., van Beijsterveldt C.E.M., Murcia M., Bustamante M., Bonas-Guarch S., Hougaard D.M., Mercader J.M., Linneberg A., Schraut K.E., Lind P.A., Medland S.E., Shields B.M., Knight B.A., Chai J.-F., Panoutsopoulou K., Bartels M., Sánchez F., Stokholm J., Torrents D., Vinding R.K., Willems S.M., Atalay M., Chawes B.L., Kovacs P., Prokopenko I., Tuke M.A., Yaghootkar H., Ruth K.S., Jones S.E., Loh P.-R., Murray A., Weedon M.N., Tönjes A., Stumvoll M., Michaelsen K.F., Eloranta A.-M., Lakka T.A., van Duijn C.M., Kiess W., Körner A., Niinikoski H., Pahkala K., Raitakari O.T., Jacobsson B., Zeggini E., Dedoussis G.V., Teo Y.-Y., Saw S.-M., Montgomery G.W., Campbell H., Wilson J.F., Vrijkotte T.G.M., Vrijheid M., de Geus E.J.C.N., Hayes M.G., Kadarmideen H.N., Holm J.-C., Beilin L.J., Pennell C.E., Heinrich J., Adair L.S., Borja J.B., Mohlke K.L., Eriksson J.G., Widén E.E., Hattersley A.T., Spector T.D., Kähönen M., Viikari J.S., Lehtimäki T., Boomsma D.I., Sebert S., Vollenweider P., Sørensen T.I.A., Bisgaard H., Bønnelykke K., Murray J.C., Melbye M., Nohr E.A., Mook-Kanamori D.O., Rivadeneira F., Hofman A., Felix J.F., Jaddoe V.W.V., Hansen T., Pisinger C., Vaag A.A., Pedersen O., Uitterlinden A.G., Järvelin M.-R., Power C., Hyppönen E., Scholtens D.M., Lowe W.L., Jr, Davey Smith G., Timpson N.J., Morris A.P., Wareham N.J., Hakonarson H., Grant S.F.A., Frayling T.M., Lawlor D.A., Njølstad P.R., Johansson S., Ong K.K., McCarthy M.I., Perry J.R.B., Evans D.M., Freathy R.M.; EGG Consortium
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Multivariate Genome-wide Association Analysis of a Cytokine Network Reveals Variants with Widespread Immune, Haematological, and Cardiometabolic Pleiotropy (2019)
- American Journal of Human Genetics
Nath AP, Ritchie SC, Grinberg NF, Tang HH, Huang QQ, Teo SM, Ahola-Olli AV, Würtz P, Havulinna AS, Santalahti K, Pitkänen N, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Lyytikäinen LP, Raitoharju E, Seppälä I, Sarin AP, Ripatti S, Palotie A, Perola M, Viikari JS, Jalkanen S, Maksimow M, Salmi M, Wallace C, Raitakari OT, Salomaa V, Abraham G, Kettunen J, Inouye M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Variants in the fetal genome near pro-inflammatory cytokine genes on 2q13 associate with gestational duration (2019)
- Nature Communications
Xueping Liu, Dorte Helenius, Line Skotte, Robin N. Beaumont, Matthias Wielscher, Frank Geller, Julius Juodakis, Anubha Mahajan, Jonathan P. Bradfield, Frederick T.J. Lin, Suzanne Vogelezang, Mariona Bustamante, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Niina Pitkänen, Carol A. Wang, Jonas Bacelis, Maria C. Borges, Ge Zhang, Bruce A. Bedell, Robert M. Rossi, Kristin Skogstrand, Shouneng Peng, Wesley K. Thompson, Vivek Appadurai, Debbie A. Lawlor, Ilkka Kalliala, Christine Power, Mark I. McCarthy, Heather A. Boyd, Mary L. Marazita, Hakon Hakonarson, M. Geoffrey Hayes, Denise M. Scholtens, Fernando Rivadeneira, Vincent W.V. Jaddoe, Rebecca K. Vinding, Hans Bisgaard, Bridget A. Knight, Katja Pahkala, Olli Raitakari, Øyvind Helgeland, Stefan Johansson, Pål R. Njølstad, João Fadista, Andrew J. Schork, Ron Nudel, Daniel E. Miller, Xiaoting Chen, Matthew T. Weirauch, Preben Bo Mortensen, Anders D. Børglum, Merete Nordentoft, Ole Mors, Ke Hao, Kelli K. Ryckman, David M. Hougaard, Leah C. Kottyan, Craig E. Pennell, Leo-Pekka Lyytikainen, Klaus Bønnelykke, Martine Vrijheid, Janine F. Felix, William L. Lowe Jr, Struan F.A. Grant, Elina Hyppönen, Bo Jacobsson, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Louis J. Muglia, Jeffrey C. Murray, Rachel M. Freathy, Thomas M. Werge, Mads Melbye, Alfonso Buil, Bjarke Feenstra
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Youth and Long-Term Dietary Calcium Intake With Risk of Impaired Glucose Metabolism and Type 2 Diabetes in Adulthood (2019)
- Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Feitong Wu, Markus Juonala, Katja Pahkala, Marie-Jeanne Buscot, Matthew A Sabin, Niina Pitkänen, Tapani Rönnemaa, Antti Jula, Terho Lehtimäki, Nina Hutri-Kähönen, Mika Kähönen, Tomi Laitinen,Jorma S A Viikari, Olli T Raitakari, Costan G Magnussen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Both youth and long-term vitamin D status is associated with risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adulthood: a cohort study (2018)
- Annals of Medicine
Feitong Wu, Markus Juonala, Niina Pitkänen, Antti Jula, Terho Lehtimäki, Matthew A. Sabin, Katja Pahkala, Nina Hutri-Kähönen, Mika Kähönen, Tomi Laitinen, Jorma S. A. Viikari, Costan G. Magnussen, Olli T. Raitakari
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Does education protect against depression? Evidence from the Young Finns Study using Mendelian randomization (2018)
- Preventive Medicine
Viinikainen J, Bryson A, Böckerman P, Elovainio M, Pitkänen N, Pulkki-RÅback L, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Pehkonen J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Education as a moderator of genetic risk for higher body mass index: prospective cohort study from childhood to adulthood (2018)
- International Journal of Obesity
Komulainen K, Pulkki-Raback L, Jokela M, Lyytikainen LP, Pitkanen N, Laitinen T, Hintsanen M, Elovainio M, Hintsa T, Jula A, Juonala M, Pahkala K, Viikari J, Lehtimaki T, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Jarvinen L
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Genetic polymorphism of sterol transporters in children with future gallstones (2018)
- Digestive and Liver Disease
Markku J.Nissinen, Niina Pitkänen, Piia Simonen, Helena Gylling, Jorma Viikari, Olli Raitakari, Terho Lehtimäki, Markus Juonala, Mikko P. Pakarinen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
GWAS and colocalization analyses implicate carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaque loci in cardiovascular outcomes (2018)
- Nature Communications
Franceschini N, Giambartolomei C, de Vries PS, Finan C, Bis JC, Huntley RP, Lovering RC, Tajuddin SM, Winkler TW, Graff M, Kavousi M, Dale C, Smith AV, Hofer E, van Leeuwen EM, Nolte IM, Lu LY, Scholz M, Sargurupremraj M, Pitkanen N, Franzen O, Joshi PK, Noordam R, Marioni RE, Hwang SJ, Musani SK, Schminke U, Palmas W, Isaacs A, Correa A, Zonderman AB, Hofman A, Teumer A, Cox AJ, Uitterlinden AG, Wong A, Smit AJ, Newman AB, Britton A, Ruusalepp A, Sennblad B, Hedblad B, Pasaniuc B, Penninx BW, Langefeld CD, Wassel CL, Tzourio C, Fava C, Baldassarre D, O'Leary DH, Teupser D, Kuh D, Tremoli E, Mannarino E, Grossi E, Boerwinkle E, Schadt EE, Ingelsson E, Veglia F, Rivadeneira F, Beutner F, Chauhan G, Heiss G, Snieder H, Campbell H, Volzke H, Markus HS, Deary IJ, Jukema JW, de Graaf J, Price J, Pott J, Hopewell JC, Liang JJ, Thiery J, Engmann J, Gertow K, Rice K, Taylor KD, Dhana K, Kiemeney LALM, Lind L, Raffield LM, Launer LJ, Holdt LM, Dorr M, Dichgans M, Traylor M, Sitzer M, Kumari M, Kivimaki M, Nalls MA, Melander O, Raitakari O, Franco OH, Rueda-Ochoa OL, Roussos P, Whincup PH, Amouyel P, Giral P, Anugu P, Wong Q, Malik R, Rauramaa R, Burkhardt R, Hardy R, Schmidt R, de Mutsert R, Morris RW, Strawbridge RJ, Wannamethee SG, Hagg S, Shah S, McLachlan S, Trompet S, Seshadri S, Kurl S, Heckbert SR, Ring S, Harris TB, Lehtimaki T, Galesloot TE, Shah T, de Faire U, Plagnol V, Rosamond WD, Post W, Zhu XF, Zhang XL, Guo XQ, Saba Y, Dehghan A, Seldenrijk A, Morrison AC, Hamsten A, Psaty BM, van Duijn CM, Lawlor DA, Mook-Kanamori DO, Bowden DW, Schmidt H, Wilson JF, Wilson JG, Rotter JI, Wardlaw JM, Deanfield J, Halcox J, Lyytikainen LP, Loeffler M, Evans MK, Debette S, Humphries SE, Volker U, Gudnason V, Hingorani AD, Bjorkegren JLM, Casas JP, O'Donnell CJ, Humphries SE, Volker U, Gudnason V, Hingorani AD, Bjorkegren JLM, Casas JP, O'Donnell CJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Maternal and fetal genetic contribution to gestational weight gain (2018)
- International Journal of Obesity
Warrington NM, Richmond R, Fenstra B, Myhre R, Gaillard R, Paternoster L, Wang CA, Beaumont RN, Das S, Murcia M, Barton SJ, Espinosa A, Thiering E, Atalay M, Pitkanen N, Ntalla I, Jonsson AE, Freathy R, Karhunen V, Tiesler CMT, Allard C, Crawford A, Ring SM, Melbye M, Magnus P, Rivadeneira F, Skotte L, Hansen T, Marsh J, Guxens M, Holloway JW, Grallert H, Jaddoe VWV, Lowe WL, Roumeliotaki T, Hattersley AT, Lindi V, Pahkala K, Panoutsopoulou K, Standl M, Flexeder C, Bouchard L, Nohr E, Marina L, Kogevinas M, Niinikoski H, Dedoussis G, Heinrich J, Reynolds RM, Lakka T, Zeggini E, Raitakari OT, Chatzi L, Inskip HM, Bustamante M, Hivert MF, Jarvelin MR, Sorensen TIA, Pennell C, Felix JF, Jacobsson B, Geller F, Evans DM, Lawlor DA
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Serum Proteomic Profiling to Identify Biomarkers of Premature Carotid Atherosclerosis (2018)
- Scientific Reports
Santosh D. Bhosale, Robert Moulder, Mikko S. Venäläinen, Juhani S. Koskinen, Niina Pitkänen, Markus T. Juonala, Mika A. P. Kähönen, Terho J. Lehtimäki, Jorma S. A. Viikari, Laura L. Elo, David R. Goodlett, Riitta Lahesmaa, Olli T. Raitakari
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Does higher education protect against obesity? Evidence using Mendelian randomization (2017)
- Preventive Medicine
Bockerman P, Viinikainen J, Pulkki-Raback L, Hakulinen C, Pitkanen N, Lehtimaki T, Pehkonen J, Raitakari OT
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Fasting Glucose and the Risk of Depressive Symptoms: Instrumental-Variable Regression in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (2017)
- International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Karolina Wesołowska, Marko Elovainio, Taina Hintsa, Markus Jokela, Laura Pulkki-Råback, Niina Pitkänen, Jari Lipsanen, Janne Tukiainen, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Terho Lehtimäki, Markus Juonala, Olli Raitakari, Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Fasting glucose and the risk of depressive symptoms: Instrumental-variable regression in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (2017)
- International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Wesołowska K, Elovainio M, Hintsa T, Jokela M, Pulkki-Råback L, Pitkänen N, Lipsanen J, Tukiainen J, Lyytikäinen LP, Lehtimäki T, Juonala M, Raitakari O, Keltikangas-Järvinen L
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Gene-environment interactions between education and body mass: Evidence from the UK and Finland (2017)
- Social Science and Medicine
Vikesh Amina, Petri Böckerman, Jutta Viinikainen, Melissa C. Smart, Yanchun Bao, Meena Kumari, Niina Pitkänen, Terho Lehtimäki, Olli Raitakari, Jaakko Pehkonen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Genetic endowments, parental resources and adult health: Evidence from the Young Finns Study (2017)
- Social Science and Medicine
Pehkonen J, Viinikainen J, Böckerman P, Lehtimäki T, Pitkänen N, Raitakari O
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Genome-wide Association Study Identifies 27 Loci Influencing Concentrations of Circulating Cytokines and Growth Factors (2017)
- American Journal of Human Genetics
Ahola-Olli AV, Wurtz P, Havulinna AS, Aalto K, Pitkanen N, Lehtimaki T, Kahonen M, Lyytikainen LP, Raitoharju E, Seppala I, Sarin AP, Ripatti S, Palotie A, Perola M, Viikari JS, Jalkanen S, Maksimow M, Salomaa V, Salmi M, Kettunen J, Raitakari OT
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)