Kari Kuulasmaa

Research interests

Publications

• SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe

  European Heart Journal · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab309

• Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol

  Nature · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2338-1

• Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol

  Nature · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2338-1

• Application of non-HDL cholesterol for population-based cardiovascular risk stratification: results from the Multinational Cardiovascular Risk Consortium

  The Lancet · 2019 · 10.1016/s0140-6736(19)32519-x

• Application of High-Sensitivity Troponin in Suspected Myocardial Infarction

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2019 · 10.1056/nejmoa1803377

• European health examination surveys – a tool for collecting objective information about the health of the population

  Archives of Public Health · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-018-0282-4

• Sex Differences and Similarities in Atrial Fibrillation Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Mortality in Community Cohorts

  Circulation · 2017 · 10.1161/circulationaha.117.028981

• Exome-wide association study of plasma lipids in >300,000 individuals

  Nature Genetics · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3977

• Cohort Profile: The National FINRISK Study

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2017 · 10.1093/ije/dyx239

• Lipoprotein(a) and the risk of cardiovascular disease in the European population: results from the BiomarCaRE consortium

  European Heart Journal · 2017 · 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx166

• Troponin I and cardiovascular risk prediction in the general population: the BiomarCaRE consortium

  European Heart Journal · 2016 · 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw172

• Rare variant in scavenger receptor BI raises HDL cholesterol and increases risk of coronary heart disease

  Science · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad3517

• Impact of smoking and smoking cessation on cardiovascular events and mortality among older adults: meta-analysis of individual participant data from prospective cohort studies of the CHANCES consortium

  BMJ · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h1551

• Impact of Age and Gender on the Prevalence and Prognostic Importance of the Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components in Europeans. The MORGAM Prospective Cohort Project

  PLoS ONE · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107294

• World Health Organization definition of myocardial infarction: 2008-09 revision

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2010 · 10.1093/ije/dyq165

• Contribution of 30 Biomarkers to 10-Year Cardiovascular Risk Estimation in 2 Population Cohorts

  Circulation · 2010 · 10.1161/circulationaha.109.901413

• Cold periods and coronary events: an analysis of populations worldwide

  Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health · 2005 · 10.1136/jech.2004.028514

• The validity of the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register and Causes of Death Register data on coronary heart disease

  European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation · 2005 · 10.1097/00149831-200504000-00007

• Trends in obesity and energy supply in the WHO MONICA Project

  International Journal of Obesity · 2004 · 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802614

• Educational level, relative body weight, and changes in their association over 10 years: an international perspective from the WHO MONICA Project

  American Journal of Public Health · 2000 · 10.2105/ajph.90.8.1260

• Estimation of contribution of changes in coronary care to improving survival, event rates, and coronary heart disease mortality across the WHO MONICA Project populations

  The Lancet · 2000 · 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)11181-4

• Estimation of contribution of changes in classic risk factors to trends in coronary-event rates across the WHO MONICA Project populations

  The Lancet · 2000 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(99)11180-2

• Contribution of trends in survival and coronar y-event rates to changes in coronary heart disease mortality: 10-year results from 37 WHO MONICA Project populations

  The Lancet · 1999 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(99)04021-0

• Waist and hip circumferences, and waist-hip ratio in 19 populations of the WHO MONICA Project

  International Journal of Obesity · 1999 · 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800772

• Population Versus Clinical View of Case Fatality From Acute Coronary Heart Disease

  Circulation · 1997 · 10.1161/01.cir.96.11.3849

• Stroke Incidence, Case Fatality, and Mortality in the WHO MONICA Project

  Stroke · 1995 · 10.1161/01.str.26.3.361

• Myocardial infarction and coronary deaths in the World Health Organization MONICA Project. Registration procedures, event rates, and case-fatality rates in 38 populations from 21 countries in four continents.

  Circulation · 1994 · https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.90.1.583

• Confidence intervals for weighted sums of poisson parameters

  Statistics in Medicine · 1991 · 10.1002/sim.4780100317

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