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Pekka Mäntyselkä

Researcher at University of Eastern Finland

Publications -  140
Citations -  5548

Pekka Mäntyselkä is an academic researcher from University of Eastern Finland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Depression (differential diagnoses). The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 131 publications receiving 4689 citations. Previous affiliations of Pekka Mäntyselkä include Turku University Hospital & University of Jyväskylä.

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The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study

Thomas W. Winkler, +438 more
- 01 Oct 2015 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors performed meta-analyses of 114 studies with genome-wide chip and/or Metabochip data by the Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium.
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Exome-wide association study of plasma lipids in > 300,000 individuals

Dajiang J. Liu, +288 more
- 30 Oct 2017 - 
TL;DR: It is found that beta-thalassemia trait carriers displayed lower TC and were protected from coronary artery disease (CAD), and only some mechanisms of lowering LDL-C appeared to increase risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D); and TG-lowering alleles involved in hepatic production of TG-rich lipoproteins tracked with higher liver fat, higher risk for T2D, and lower risk for CAD.
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Pain as a reason to visit the doctor: a study in Finnish primary health care.

TL;DR: It is confirmed that pain is a major primary health care problem, which has an enormous impact on public health.
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Chronic Pain and Poor Self-rated Health

TL;DR: Chronic pain is independently related to low self-rated health in the general population, and the determinants of health included sex, age, education, working status, chronic diseases, and mood.