Mika Kähönen

Latest publications

• A genome-wide association meta-analysis of cholesterol synthesis intermediates identifies three associations for lanosterol

  Förster, F., Horn, K., Pott, J., Delgado, G. E., Kleber, M. E., März, W., Moissl-Blanke, A. P., Silbernagel, G., Waldenberger, M., Grallert, H., Peters, A., Gieger, C., Baber, R., Kirsten, H., Loeffler, M., Isermann, B., Thiery, J., Kovacs, P., Tönjes, A. & Stumvoll, M. & 7 others, Gylling, H., Kähönen, M., Lehtimäki, T., Mishra, P. P., Raitakari, O., Ceglarek, U. & Scholz, M., Feb 2026, In: eBioMedicine. 124, 106144.

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• Associations of long-term cumulative C-reactive protein and glycoprotein acetyls concentrations in childhood, adolescence and adulthood with adulthood retinal microvascular structure

  Repo, O., Juonala, M., Niinikoski, H., Rovio, S., Mykkänen, J., Cheung, C. Y., Ala-Korpela, M., Vaahtoranta-Lehtonen, H., Nevalainen, J., Jula, A., Kähönen, M., Lehtimäki, T., Laitinen, T. P., Rönnemaa, T., Viikari, J., Raitakari, O., Tapp, R. & Pahkala, K., Jan 2026, In: Atherosclerosis. 412, 120595.

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• Cohort Profile Update: Expanding the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study into a multigenerational cohort

  Pahkala, K., Rovio, S., Kartiosuo, N., Auranen, K., Bourgery, M., Elovainio, M., Fogelholm, M., Haapala, J., Hirvensalo, M., Hutri, N., Jokinen, E., Jula, A., Juonala, M., Kaikkonen, J., Kiviranta, H., Koskinen, J. S., Kotaja, N., Kähönen, M., Laitinen, T. P. & Lehtimäki, T. & 20 others, Lisinen, I., Loo, B. M., Lyytikäinen, L. P., Magnussen, C. G., Mishra, P. P., Mykkänen, J., Mäkelä, J. A., Männistö, S., Nevalainen, J., Pulkki-Råback, L., Raitoharju, E., Rantakokko, P., Rönnemaa, T., Stenbacka, S., Taittonen, L., Tammelin, T. H., Toppari, J., Tossavainen, P., Viikari, J. & Raitakari, O., 2 Jan 2026, In: International Journal of Epidemiology. 55, 1, 7 p., dyaf206.

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• Differential effects of adolescent health behaviours on adult cardiometabolic health by parental and neighbourhood socioeconomic background

  Jackisch, J., Noor, N., Raitakari, O. T., Lehtimäki, T., Kähönen, M., Cullati, S., Delpierre, C., Kivimäki, M. & Carmeli, C., 2026, In: European Journal of Public Health. 36, 1, p. 40-48 9 p.

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• Genome-wide DNA methylation patterns for indicators of liver steatosis: a longitudinal multiomic study

  Ciantar, J., Rajic, S., Kostiniuk, D., Raulamo, E., Kaartiosuo, N., Lai, L., Mishra, P., Lyytikäinen, L.-P., Kleber, M. E., Rovio, S., Mykkänen, J., Pahkala, K., Peters, A., Winklemann, J., März, W., Kähönen, M., Raitakari, O., Lehtimäki, T., Waldenberger, M. & Marttila, S. & 1 others, Raitoharju, E., 2026, In: Clinical Epigenetics. 18, 1, 22.

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• Large-scale blood pressure GWAS accounting for gene-depression interactions in 564,680 individuals from diverse populations

  Lifelines cohort study, The Biobank Japan Project, Lee, S., Miller, C. L., Bentley, A. R., Brown, M. R., Nagarajan, P., Noordam, R., Morrison, J. L., Schwander, K., Westerman, K., Kho, M., Kraja, A. T., de Vries, P. S., Ammous, F., Aschard, H., Bartz, T. M., Do, A., Dupont, C. T. & Feitosa, M. F. & 35 others, Gudmundsdottir, V., Guo, X., Harris, S. E., Hikino, K., Huang, Z., Lefevre, C., Lyytikäinen, L. P., Milaneschi, Y., Nardone, G. G., Santin, A., Schmidt, H., Shen, B., Sofer, T., Sun, Q., Tan, Y. A., Tang, J., Thériault, S., van der Most, P. J., Ware, E. B., Weiss, S., Xing, W. Y., Yu, C., Zhao, W., Ansari, M. A. Y., Anugu, P., Attia, J. R., Bazzano, L. A., Bis, J. C., Breyer, M., Cade, B., Chen, G., Collins, S., Corley, J., Kähönen, M. & Lehtimäki, T., 9 Apr 2026, In: Human Genetics and Genomics Advances. 7, 2, 100566.

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• Life-Course Blood Pressure Levels, 38-Year Tracking, and Prediction of Hypertension

  Iiskala, F., Meng, Y., Juonala, M., Magnussen, C. G., Pahkala, K., Hutri, N., Kähönen, M., Lehtimäki, T., Fogelholm, M., Jokinen, E., Laitinen, T. P., Taittonen, L., Tossavainen, P., Jula, A., Viikari, J., Raitakari, O. & Rovio, S., 6 Jan 2026, In: Journal of the American Heart Association. 15, 1, e041805.

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• Longitudinal association of circulating inflammatory biomarkers with epigenetic ageing in the Young Finns Study

  Humaloja, L., Marttila, S., Raitoharju, E., Mononen, N., Jalkanen, S., Salmi, M., Kähönen, M., Raitakari, O. T., Lehtimäki, T. & Mishra, P. P., 2026, In: Scientific Reports. 16, 1, 15543.

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• Neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage from childhood to midlife and carotid atherosclerosis

  Raitakari, O., Pentti, J., Koskinen, J. S., Mykkänen, J., Rovio, S., Pahkala, K., Juonala, M., Lehtimäki, T., Kähönen, M., Kawachi, I., Kivimäki, M., Viikari, J. & Vahtera, J., 1 May 2026, In: International Journal of Cardiology. 450, 134216.

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• Polygenic risk for schizophrenia predicting test-measured and self-reported cognitive performance in individuals without psychosis

  Rosenqvist, E., Lyytikäinen, L.-P., Sormunen, E., Kähönen, M., Raitakari, O., Hietala, J., Pahkala, K., Lehtimäki, T., Keltikangas-Järvinen, L., Rovio, S. & Saarinen, A., 12 Jan 2026, In: BMC Psychiatry. 26, 1, 34.

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