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Tiina Laatikainen

Researcher at National Institute for Health and Welfare

Publications -  585
Citations -  38082

Tiina Laatikainen is an academic researcher from National Institute for Health and Welfare. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Dementia. The author has an hindex of 73, co-authored 540 publications receiving 29799 citations. Previous affiliations of Tiina Laatikainen include Imperial College London & University of Eastern Finland.

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Disparities in treatment of diabetes and hypertension among groups of foreign origin and the general Finnish population.

TL;DR: Diabetes, CVD risks and treatment outcomes in patients were sub-optimal, especially among foreign origin groups, and comprehensive health promotion strategies are needed to improve cardiometabolic health in vulnerable populations.

Apolipoproteins and HDL cholesterol do not associate with the risk of future dementia and Alzheimer's disease: the National Finnish population study (FINRISK)

TL;DR: The study does not support the use of these risk markers to predict incident dementia or AD in the general population free of dementia at baseline and HDL-C was inversely associated with incident AD risk when adjusted for competing risks.
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Epigenetic Differences in Long Non-coding RNA Expression in Finnish and Russian Karelia Teenagers With Contrasting Risk of Allergy and Asthma

TL;DR: In Finnish and Russian teenagers with contrasting allergy and asthma prevalence, epigenetic differences in lncRNA expression appear to be important components of the underlying microbiota-immune interactions.

Implementing a package of noncommunicable disease interventions in the Republic of Moldova: two-year follow-up data

TL;DR: Sustainable improvements in NCD risk factor control can be achieved in primary health care in low resource settings by adapting existing resources and conducting focused clinical training and support, which could significantly translate to reductions in premature mortality from NCDs.
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Diet and cognition: Baseline associations in the Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability (FINGER)

TL;DR: While biomarkers alone likely will not provide individual prediction information for development of symptomatic AD, they are a valuable tool in assessing risk for developing clinical symptoms and may reflect early changes in the spectrum of AD.