Mika Kähönen

Latest publications

• 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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• 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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• A large-scale genome-wide study of gene-sleep duration interactions for blood pressure in 811,405 individuals from diverse populations

  Million Veteran Program, Nagarajan, P., Winkler, T. W., Bentley, A. R., Miller, C. L., Kraja, A. T., Schwander, K., Lee, S., Wang, W., Brown, M. R., Morrison, J. L., Giri, A., O'Connell, J. R., Bartz, T. M., de Las Fuentes, L., Gudmundsdottir, V., Guo, X., Harris, S. E., Huang, Z. & Kals, M. & 31 others, Kho, M., Lefevre, C., Luan, J., Lyytikäinen, L.-P., Mangino, M., Milaneschi, Y., Palmer, N. D., Rao, V., Rauramaa, R., Shen, B., Stadler, S., Sun, Q., Tang, J., Thériault, S., van der Graaf, A., van der Most, P. J., Wang, Y., Weiss, S., Westerman, K. E., Yang, Q., Yasuharu, T., Zhao, W., Zhu, W., Altschul, D., Ansari, M. A. Y., Anugu, P., Argoty-Pantoja, A. D., Arzt, M., Aschard, H., Kähönen, M. & Lehtimäki, T., 2025, In: Molecular Psychiatry. 30, 8, p. 3660-3672 13 p.

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• A multilayer network analysis of cardiovascular-depression comorbidity reveals symptom-specific molecular biomarkers

  Li, J., Bosch, J. A., Rydin, A. O., Hourican, C., Koloi, A., Tassi, S., Mishra, P. P., Mishra, B. H., Kähönen, M., Lehtimäki, T., Raitakari, O. T., Laaksonen, R., Keltikangas-Järvinen, L., Juonala, M. & Quax, R., 24 Oct 2025, In: Psychological Medicine. 55, e316.

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