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Niina
Pitkänen
Institute of Biomedicine

Contact

+358 29 450 4364
+358 50 406 3612
Kiinamyllynkatu 10
20520
Turku

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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Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption May Modify Associations Between Genetic Variants in the CHREBP (Carbohydrate Responsive Element Binding Protein) Locus and HDL-C (High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol) and Triglyceride Concentrations (2021)

Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine
Haslam Danielle E., Peloso Gina M., Guirette Melanie, Imamura Fumiaki, Bartz Traci M., Pitsillides Achilleas N., Wang Carol A., Li-Gao Ruifang, Westra Jason M., Pitkänen Niina, Young Kristin L., Graff Mariaelisa, Wood Alexis C., Braun Kim V.E., Luan Jian’an, Kähönen Mika, Kiefte-de Jong Jessica C., Ghanbari Mohsen, Tintle Nathan, Lemaitre Rozenn N., Mook-Kanamori Dennis O., North Kari, Helminen Mika, Mossavar-Rahmani Yasmin, Snetselaar Linda, Martin Lisa W., Viikari Jorma S., Oddy Wendy H., Pennell Craig E., Rosendall Frits R., Ikram M. Arfan, Uitterlinden Andre G, Psaty Bruce M., Mozaffarian Dariush, Rotter Jerome I., Taylor Kent D., Lehtimäki Terho, Raitakari Olli T., Livingston Kara A., Voortman Trudy, Forouhi Nita G., Wareham Nick J., de Mutsert Renée, Rich Steven S., Manson JoAnn E., Mora Samia, Ridker Paul M., Merino Jordi, Meigs James B., Dashti Hassan S., Chasman Daniel I., Lichtenstein Alice H., Smith Caren E., Dupuis Josée, Herman Mark A., McKeown Nicola M.
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

The Role of Inflammatory Cytokines as Intermediates in the Pathway from Increased Adiposity to Disease (2021)

Obesity
Kalaoja Marita, Corbin Laura J, Tan Vanessa Y, Ahola-Olli Ari V, Havulinna Aki S, Santalahti Kristiina, Pitkänen Niina, Lehtimäki Terho, Lyytikäinen Leo-Pekka, Raitoharju Emma, Seppälä Ilkka, Kähönen Mika, Ripatti Samuli, Palotie Aarno, Perola Markus, Viikari Jorma S, Jalkanen Sirpa, Maksimow Mikael, Salomaa Veikko, Salmi Marko, Raitakari Olli T, Kettunen Johannes, Timpson Nicholas J
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids (2021)

Nature
Graham SE, Clarke SL, Wu KH, Kanoni S, Zajac GJM, Ramdas S, Surakka I, Ntalla I, Vedantam S, Winkler TW, Locke AE, Marouli E, Hwang MY, Han S, Narita A, Choudhury A, Bentley AR, Ekoru K, Verma A, Trivedi B, Martin HC, Hunt KA, Hui Q, Klarin D, Zhu X, Thorleifsson G, Helgadottir A, Gudbjartsson DF, Holm H, Olafsson I, Akiyama M, Sakaue S, Terao C, Kanai M, Zhou W, Brumpton BM, Rasheed H, Ruotsalainen SE, Havulinna AS, Veturi Y, Feng Q, Rosenthal EA, Lingren T, Pacheco JA, Pendergrass SA, Haessler J, Giulianini F, Bradford Y, Miller JE, Campbell A, Lin K, Millwood IY, Hindy G, Rasheed A, Faul JD, Zhao W, Weir DR, Turman C, Huang H, Graff M, Mahajan A, Brown MR, Zhang W, Yu K, Schmidt EM, Pandit A, Gustafsson S, Yin X, Luan J, Zhao JH, Matsuda F, Jang HM, Yoon K, Medina-Gomez C, Pitsillides A, Hottenga JJ, Willemsen G, Wood AR, Ji Y, Gao Z, Haworth S, Mitchell RE, Chai JF, Aadahl M, Yao J, Manichaikul A, Warren HR, Ramirez J, Bork-Jensen J, Kårhus LL, Goel A, Sabater-Lleal M, Noordam R, Sidore C, Fiorillo E, McDaid AF, Marques-Vidal P, Wielscher M, Trompet S, Sattar N, Møllehave LT, Thuesen BH, Munz M, Zeng L, Huang J, Yang B, Poveda A, Kurbasic A, Lamina C, Forer L, Scholz M, Galesloot TE, Bradfield JP, Daw EW, Zmuda JM, Mitchell JS, Fuchsberger C, Christensen H, Brody JA, Feitosa MF, Wojczynski MK, Preuss M, Mangino M, Christofidou P, Verweij N, Benjamins JW, Engmann J, Kember RL, Slieker RC, Lo KS, Zilhao NR, Le P, Kleber ME, Delgado GE, Huo S, Ikeda DD, Iha H, Yang J, Liu J, Leonard HL, Marten J, Schmidt B, Arendt M, Smyth LJ, Cañadas-Garre M, Wang C, Nakatochi M, Wong A, Hutri-Kähönen N, Sim X, Xia R, Huerta-Chagoya A, Fernandez-Lopez JC, Lyssenko V, Ahmed M, Jackson AU, Irvin MR, Oldmeadow C, Kim HN, Ryu S, Timmers PRHJ, Arbeeva L, Dorajoo R, Lange LA, Chai X, Prasad G, Lorés-Motta L, Pauper M, Long J, Li X, Theusch E, Takeuchi F, Spracklen CN, Loukola A, Bollepalli S, Warner SC, Wang YX, Wei WB, Nutile T, Ruggiero D, Sung YJ, Hung YJ, Chen S, Liu F, Yang J, Kentistou KA, Gorski M, Brumat M, Meidtner K, Bielak LF, Smith JA, Hebbar P, Farmaki AE, Hofer E, Lin M, Xue C, Zhang J, Concas MP, Vaccargiu S, van der Most PJ, Pitkänen N, Cade BE, Lee J, van der Laan SW, Chitrala KN, Weiss S, Zimmermann ME, Lee JY, Choi HS, Nethander M, Freitag-Wolf S, Southam L, Rayner NW, Wang CA, Lin SY, Wang JS, Couture C, Lyytikäinen LP, Nikus K, Cuellar-Partida G, Vestergaard H, Hildalgo B, Giannakopoulou O, Cai Q, Obura MO, van Setten J, Li X, Schwander K, Terzikhan N, Shin JH, Jackson RD, Reiner AP, Martin LW, Chen Z, Li L, Highland HM, Young KL, Kawaguchi T, Thiery J, Bis JC, Nadkarni GN, Launer LJ, Li H, Nalls MA, Raitakari OT, Ichihara S, Wild SH, Nelson CP, Campbell H, Jäger S, Nabika T, Al-Mulla F, Niinikoski H, Braund PS, Kolcic I, Kovacs P, Giardoglou T, Katsuya T, Bhatti KF, de Kleijn D, de Borst GJ, Kim EK, Adams HHH, Ikram MA, Zhu X, Asselbergs FW, Kraaijeveld AO, Beulens JWJ, Shu XO, Rallidis LS, Pedersen O, Hansen T, Mitchell P, Hewitt AW, Kähönen M, Pérusse L, Bouchard C, Tönjes A, Chen YI, Pennell CE, Mori TA, Lieb W, Franke A, Ohlsson C, Mellström D, Cho YS, Lee H, Yuan JM, Koh WP, Rhee SY, Woo JT, Heid IM, Stark KJ, Völzke H, Homuth G, Evans MK, Zonderman AB, Polasek O, Pasterkamp G, Hoefer IE, Redline S, Pahkala K, Oldehinkel AJ, Snieder H, Biino G, Schmidt R, Schmidt H, Chen YE, Bandinelli S, Dedoussis G, Thanaraj TA, Kardia SLR, Kato N, Schulze MB, Girotto G, Jung B, Böger CA, Joshi PK, Bennett DA, De Jager PL, Lu X, Mamakou V, Brown M, Caulfield MJ, Munroe PB, Guo X, Ciullo M, Jonas JB, Samani NJ, Kaprio J, Pajukanta P, Adair LS, Bechayda SA, de Silva HJ, Wickremasinghe AR, Krauss RM, Wu JY, Zheng W, den Hollander AI, Bharadwaj D, Correa A, Wilson JG, Lind L, Heng CK, Nelson AE, Golightly YM, Wilson JF, Penninx B, Kim HL, Attia J, Scott RJ, Rao DC, Arnett DK, Walker M, Koistinen HA, Chandak GR, Yajnik CS, Mercader JM, Tusié-Luna T, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Villalpando CG, Orozco L, Fornage M, Tai ES, van Dam RM, Lehtimäki T, Chaturvedi N, Yokota M, Liu J, Reilly DF, McKnight AJ, Kee F, Jöckel KH, McCarthy MI, Palmer CNA, Vitart V, Hayward C, Simonsick E, van Duijn CM, Lu F, Qu J, Hishigaki H, Lin X, März W, Parra EJ, Cruz M, Gudnason V, Tardif JC, Lettre G, 't Hart LM, Elders PJM, Damrauer SM, Kumari M, Kivimaki M, van der Harst P, Spector TD, Loos RJF, Province MA, Psaty BM, Brandslund I, Pramstaller PP, Christensen K, Ripatti S, Widén E, Hakonarson H, Grant SFA, Kiemeney LALM, de Graaf J, Loeffler M, Kronenberg F, Gu D, Erdmann J, Schunkert H, Franks PW, Linneberg A, Jukema JW, Khera AV, Männikkö M, Jarvelin MR, Kutalik Z, Cucca F, Mook-Kanamori DO, van Dijk KW, Watkins H, Strachan DP, Grarup N, Sever P, Poulter N, Rotter JI, Dantoft TM, Karpe F, Neville MJ, Timpson NJ, Cheng CY, Wong TY, Khor CC, Sabanayagam C, Peters A, Gieger C, Hattersley AT, Pedersen NL, Magnusson PKE, Boomsma DI, de Geus EJC, Cupples LA, van Meurs JBJ, Ghanbari M, Gordon-Larsen P, Huang W, Kim YJ, Tabara Y, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C, Zeggini E, Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Ingelsson E, Abecasis G, Chambers JC, Kooner JS, de Vries PS, Morrison AC, North KE, Daviglus M, Kraft P, Martin NG, Whitfield JB, Abbas S, Saleheen D, Walters RG, Holmes MV, Black C, Smith BH, Justice AE, Baras A, Buring JE, Ridker PM, Chasman DI, Kooperberg C, Wei WQ, Jarvik GP, Namjou B, Hayes MG, Ritchie MD, Jousilahti P, Salomaa V, Hveem K, Åsvold BO, Kubo M, Kamatani Y, Okada Y, Murakami Y, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stefansson K, Ho YL, Lynch JA, Rader DJ, Tsao PS, Chang KM, Cho K, O'Donnell CJ, Gaziano JM, Wilson P, Rotimi CN, Hazelhurst S, Ramsay M, Trembath RC, van Heel DA, Tamiya G, Yamamoto M, Kim BJ, Mohlke KL, Frayling TM, Hirschhorn JN, Kathiresan S; VA Million Veteran Program; Global Lipids Genetics Consortium, Boehnke M, Natarajan P, Peloso GM, Brown CD, Morris AP, Assimes TL, Deloukas P, Sun YV, Willer CJ
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

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
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

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.
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Childhood Exposure to Parental Smoking and Midlife Cognitive Function: The Young Finns Study (2020)

American Journal of Epidemiology
Suvi P Rovio, Jukka Pihlman, Katja Pahkala, Markus Juonala, Costan G Magnussen, Niina Pitkänen, Ari Ahola-Olli, Pia Salo, Mika Kähönen, Nina Hutri-Kähönen, Terho Lehtimäki, Eero Jokinen, Tomi Laitinen, Leena Taittonen, Päivi Tossavainen, Jorma S A Viikari, Olli T Raitakari
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

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
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))