Browsing Terveystieteiden tiedekunta by Subject "children"

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    • Abdominal adiposity and cardiometabolic risk factors in children and adolescents: a Mendelian randomization analysis 

      Viitasalo, A; Schnurr, TM; Pitkänen, N; Hollensted, M; Nielsen, TRH; Pahkala, K; Atalay, M; Lind, MV; Heikkinen, S; Frithioff-Bøjsøe, C; Fonvig, CE; Grarup, N; Kähönen, M; Carrasquilla, GD; Larnkjaer, A; Pedersen, O; Michaelsen, KF; Lakka, TA; Holm, JC; Lehtimäki, T; et al. (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2019)
      Background Mendelian randomization studies in adults suggest that abdominal adiposity is causally associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease in adults, but its causal effect on cardiometabolic ...
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    • An overview on the associations between health behaviors and brain health in children and adolescents with special reference to diet quality 

      Naveed, Sehrish; Lakka, Timo; Haapala, Eero A (MDPI AG, 2020)
      Unhealthy diet has been associated with overweight, obesity, increased cardiometabolic risk, and recently, to impaired cognition and academic performance. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of the associations ...
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    • Associations between cardiorespiratory fitness, motor competence, and adiposity in children 

      Haapala, Eero A; Gao, Ying; Lintu, Niina; Väistö, Juuso; Vanhala, Anssi; Tompuri, Tuomo; Lakka, Timo A; Finni, Taija (Wiley, 2021)
      We investigated the associations of motor competence (MC) with peak oxygen uptake (V̇O2peak), peak power output (Wmax), and body fat percentage (BF%) and whether measures of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) modify the ...
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    • Associations of dietary carbohydrate and fatty acid intakes with cognition among children 

      Naveed, Sehrish; Venäläinen, Taisa; Eloranta, Aino-Maija; Erkkilä, Arja; Jalkanen, Henna; Lindi, Virpi; Lakka, Timo; Haapala, Eero (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2020)
      Objective: To investigate the cross-sectional associations of dietary carbohydrate and fatty acid intakes with cognition in mid-childhood. Design: Dietary carbohydrate and fatty acid intakes were assessed using 4-d ...
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    • Associations of Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time With Arterial Stiffness in Pre-pubertal Children 

      Haapala Eero; Väistö Juuso; Veijalainen Aapo; Lintu Niina; Wiklund P; etri Westgate Kate; Ekelund Ulf; Lindi Virpi; Brage Soren; Lakka Timo A (2017)
      Purpose: To investigate the relationships of objectively measured physical activity (PA) and sedentary time (ST) to arterial stiffness in pre-pubertal children. Method: Altogether 136 children (57 boys, 79 girls) aged ...
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    • Children's Fruit and Vegetable Preferences Are Associated with Their Mothers' and Fathers' Preferences 

      Kähkönen, Kaisa; Sandell, Mari; Rönkä, Anna; Hujo, Mika; Nuutinen, Outi (MDPI AG, 2021)
      Children’s preference for fruit and vegetables must emerge during childhood. At children’s homes, mothers and fathers influence children’s developing food preferences with their own preferences and actions. The purpose of ...
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    • Environmental Correlates of Motor Competence in Children - The Skilled Kids Study 

      Niemistö, D; Finni, T; Haapala, EA; Cantell, M; Korhonen, E; Sääkslahti, A (MDPI AG, 2019)
      Environment, physical activity (PA) and motor development are tightly interwoven during childhood. We examined the associations of environmental factors with motor competence (MC) in children. Children (N = 945, 50.1% boys, ...
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    • Food sources of energy and nutrients in Finnish girls and boys 6-8 years of age - the PANIC study 

      Eloranta Aino-Maija; Venäläinen Taisa; Soininen Sonja; Jalkanen Henna; Kiiskinen Sanna; Schwab Ursula; Lakka Timo A; Lindi Virpi (Informa UK Limited, 2016)
      Background: Data on food sources of nutrients are needed to improve strategies to enhance nutrient intake among girls and boys in Western countries. Objective: To identify major food sources of energy, energy ...
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    • Indoor Bacterial Microbiota and the Development of Asthma by 10.5 years of age 

      Karvonen, AM; Kirjavainen, PV; Täubel, M; Jayaprakash, B; Adams, RI; Sordillo, JE; Gold, DR; Hyvärinen, A; Remes, S; von Mutius, E; Pekkanen, J (Elsevier BV, 2019)
      Background Early-life indoor bacterial exposure is associated with the risk of asthma, but the roles of specific bacterial genera are poorly understood. Objective We sought to determine whether individual bacterial ...
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    • Insulin-Like Growth Factors in the Pathogenesis of Neurological Diseases in Children 

      Riikonen Raili (MDPI AG, 2017)
      Insulin-like growth factors play a key role for neuronal growth, differentiation, the survival of neurons and synaptic formation. The action of IGF-1 is most pronounced in the developing brain. In this paper we will try ...
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    • Longitudinal Associations of Fitness, Motor Competence, and Adiposity with Cognition 

      Haapala, Eero A; Lintu, Niina; Väistö, Juuso; Tompuri, Tuomo; Soininen, Sonja; Viitasalo, Anna; Eloranta, Aino-Maija; Venäläinen, Taisa; Sääkslahti, Arja; Laitinen, Tomi; Lakka, Timo A (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2019)
      Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the longitudinal associations of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), motor competence (MC), and body fat percentage (BF%) with cognition in children. Methods Altogether, ...
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    • Mediating effects of motor performance, cardiorespiratory fitness, physical activity, and sedentary behaviour on the associations of adiposity and other cardiometabolic risk factors with academic achievement in children 

      Haapala, Eero A; Lintu, Niina; Eloranta, Aino-Maija; Venäläinen, Taisa; Poikkeus, Anna-Maija; Ahonen, Timo; Lindi, Virpi; Lakka, Timo A (Informa UK Limited, 2018)
      We investigated the associations of cardiometabolic risk factors with academic achievement and whether motor performance, cardiorespiratory fitness, physical activity, or sedentary behaviour mediated these associations. ...
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    • Oxycodone Target Concentration Dosing for Acute Pain in Children 

      Morse, James D.; Hannam, Jacqueline A.; Anderson, Brian J.; Kokki, Hannu; Kokki, Merja (Wiley, 2021)
      Background Oxycodone pharmacokinetics have been described in premature neonates through to obese adults. Covariate influences have been accounted for using allometry (size) and maturation of oxycodone clearance with age. ...
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    • Population pharmacokinetics of oxycodone: premature neonates to adults 

      Morse, James D; Sundermann, Milan; Hannam, Jacqueline A; Kokki, Hannu; Kokki, Merja; Anderson, Brian J (Wiley, 2021)
      Background Oxycodone is used in children and adults for the control of acute postoperative pain. Covariate influences such as age, size, and fat mass on oxycodone pharmacokinetic parameters over the human lifespan are ...
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    • Single-parenthood and perceived income insufficiency as challenges for meal patterns in childhood 

      Parikka, Suvi; Levälahti, Esko; Martelin, Tuija; Laatikainen, Tiina (Elsevier BV, 2018)
      Family is an important setting for development of eating behaviour in childhood. The aim of this study was to investigate associations and direct and indirect pathways between family socioeconomic position (SEP) factors, ...
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    • Subjective wellbeing of preschool children 

      Silva, Bianca Núbia Souza; Martins, Bianca Gonzalez; Campos, Lucas Arrais; Marôco, João; Campos, Juliana Alvares Duarte Bonini (Frontiers Media S.A., 2023)
      Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Autoquestionnaire Qualité de Vie Enfant Imagé (AUQEI) in pre-school children and estimate the influence of demographic characteristics ...