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  1. Neonatal admission as a marker of risk for poor educational attainment and special educational needs in children aged 5-11 years

    Article • July 2026, openRxiv

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  2. Raised Leptin and Pappalysin2 cell-free RNAs are the hallmarks of pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia with fetal growth restriction

    Article • Nature Communications, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  3. Genetic Variants Associated With Preeclampsia and Maternal Serum sFLT1 Levels

    Article • Hypertension, May 2025, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  4. Mendelian Randomization with longitudinal exposure data: simulation study and real data application

    Article • April 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  5. Maternal haemoglobin levels and adverse pregnancy outcomes: individual patient data analysis from two prospective UK pregnancy cohorts

    Article • January 2024, Wiley

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  6. Placental Streptococcus agalactiae DNA is associated with neonatal unit admission and foetal pro-inflammatory cytokines in term infants

    Article • Nature Microbiology, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  7. Prediction of spontaneous preterm birth using supervised machine learning on metabolomic data: A case–cohort study

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, November 2023, Wiley

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  8. A multi-ancestry genome-wide association study identifies novel candidate loci in theRARBgene associated with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

    Article • November 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  9. Association between adverse pregnancy outcome and placental biomarkers in the first trimester: A prospective cohort study

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, October 2023, Wiley

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  10. Objective measures of smoking and caffeine intake and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, September 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  11. Maternal serum levels of soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 and placental growth factor at 20 and 28 weeks of gestational age and the risk of spontaneous preterm birth

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, August 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  12. Association between antenatal diagnosis of late fetal growth restriction and educational outcomes in mid-childhood: A UK prospective cohort study with long-term data linkage study

    Article • PLoS Medicine, April 2023, PLOS

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  13. Increased Placental sFLT1 (Soluble fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase Receptor-1) Drives the Antiangiogenic Profile of Maternal Serum Preceding Preeclampsia but Not Fetal Growth Restriction

    Article • Hypertension, February 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  14. Metabolomic Identification of a Novel, Externally Validated Predictive Test for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, April 2022, Endocrine Society

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  15. Author Correction: Inherent mosaicism and extensive mutation of human placentas

    Article • Nature, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  16. Circulating maternal placental growth factor responses to low-molecular-weight heparin in pregnant patients at risk of placental dysfunction

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  17. A Maternal Serum Metabolite Ratio Predicts Large for Gestational Age Infants at Term: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, November 2021, Endocrine Society

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  18. Slowing of fetal growth and elevated maternal serum sFLT1:PlGF are associated with early term spontaneous labor

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, November 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  19. The RNA landscape of the human placenta in health and disease

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  20. Inherent mosaicism and extensive mutation of human placentas

    Article • Nature, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  21. Comparison of estimated fetal weight percentiles near term for predicting extremes of birthweight percentile

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  22. Universal late pregnancy ultrasound screening to predict adverse outcomes in nulliparous women: a systematic review and cost-effectiveness analysis

    Article • Health Technology Assessment, February 2021, National Institute for Health Research

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Alexander Heazell

  23. Universal third-trimester ultrasonic screening using fetal macrosomia in the prediction of adverse perinatal outcome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy

    Article • PLoS Medicine, October 2020, PLOS

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Alexander Heazell

  24. Abnormal placental CD8 + T‐cell infiltration is a feature of fetal growth restriction and pre‐eclampsia

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, September 2020, Wiley

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  25. Independent influences of maternal obesity and fetal sex on maternal cardiovascular adaptation to pregnancy: a prospective cohort study

    Article • International Journal of Obesity, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  26. Performance of a risk score for predicting preterm pre‐eclampsia

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, May 2020, Wiley

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  27. Fetal inheritance of chromosomally integrated human herpesvirus 6 predisposes the mother to pre-eclampsia

    Article • Nature Microbiology, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  28. Performance of a risk score for predicting preterm pre-eclampsia. (Mini-commentary on BJOG-19-0970.R4)

    Article • April 2020, Wiley

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  29. A maternal serum metabolite ratio predicts fetal growth restriction at term

    Article • Nature Medicine, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  30. GWAS on longitudinal growth traits reveals different genetic factors influencing infant, child, and adult BMI

    Article • Science Advances, September 2019, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Prof. John W Holloway, Professor Alina Rodriguez

  31. Authors’ reply re: Evaluation of a simple risk score to predict preterm pre‐eclampsia using maternal characteristics: a prospective cohort study

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, August 2019, Wiley

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  32. Performance of different fetal weight charts in the prediction of large‐for gestational age and associated neonatal morbidity in a multi‐ethnic, obese population

    Article • Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, July 2019, Wiley

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  33. 4-Hydroxyglutamate is a novel predictor of pre-eclampsia

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, May 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  34. Screening for breech presentation using universal late-pregnancy ultrasonography: A prospective cohort study and cost effectiveness analysis

    Article • PLoS Medicine, April 2019, PLOS

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  35. A lower maternal cortisol to cortisone ratio precedes clinical diagnosis of preterm and term preeclampsia by many weeks

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, February 2019, Endocrine Society

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  36. Detecting eukaryotic microbiota with single-cell sensitivity in human tissue

    Article • Microbiome, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  37. Screening performance of consensus definition of fetal growth restriction inappropriately evaluated – Authors' reply

    Article • The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, September 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  38. Screening for fetal growth restriction using ultrasound and the sFLT1/PlGF ratio in nulliparous women: a prospective cohort study

    Article • The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, August 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  39. Placental polyamine metabolism differs by fetal sex, fetal growth restriction, and preeclampsia

    Article • JCI Insight, July 2018, American Society for Clinical Investigation

    Dr Albert Koulman, Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  40. Blinded ultrasound fetal biometry at 36 weeks and risk of emergency Cesarean delivery in a prospective cohort study of low‐risk nulliparous women

    Article • Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, June 2018, Wiley

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  41. Universal vs selective ultrasonography to screen for large‐for‐gestational‐age infants and associated morbidity

    Article • Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  42. Reply

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, March 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  43. Genome-wide oxidative bisulfite sequencing identifies sex-specific methylation differences in the human placenta

    Article • Epigenetics, February 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  44. The effect of customization and use of a fetal growth standard on the association between birthweight percentile and adverse perinatal outcome

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  45. Screening for fetal growth restriction using fetal biometry combined with maternal biomarkers

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  46. Birth weight to placenta weight ratio and its relationship to ultrasonic measurements, maternal and neonatal morbidity: A prospective cohort study of nulliparous women

    Article • Placenta, November 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  47. A community-based motivational personalised lifestyle intervention to reduce BMI in obese adolescents: results from the Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Programme (HELP) randomised controlled trial

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood, July 2017, BMJ

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  48. Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

    Article • Nature Genetics, April 2017, Nature

    Dr Cristina Menni, Dr Ulla Sovio

  49. Prediction of Preeclampsia Using the Soluble fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 1 to Placental Growth Factor RatioNovelty and Significance

    Article • Hypertension, February 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  50. 155: Screening for late fetal growth restriction using ultrasound and the sFlt-1:PlGF ratio

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  51. Fetus-derived DLK1 is required for maternal metabolic adaptations to pregnancy and is associated with fetal growth restriction

    Article • Nature Genetics, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  52. The pregnancy outcome prediction (POP) study: Investigating the relationship between serial prenatal ultrasonography, biomarkers, placental phenotype and adverse pregnancy outcomes

    Article • Placenta, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  53. Fetal Growth and the Risk of Spontaneous Preterm Birth in a Prospective Cohort Study of Nulliparous Women

    Article • American Journal of Epidemiology, July 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  54. Accelerated Fetal Growth Prior to Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Cohort Study of Nulliparous Women

    Article • Diabetes Care, April 2016, American Diabetes Association

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  55. Screening for Fetal Growth Restriction With Universal Third Trimester Ultrasonography in Nulliparous Women in the Pregnancy Outcome Prediction (POP) Study

    Article • Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, March 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  56. Body mass index trajectories from 2 to 18 years – exploring differences between European cohorts

    Article • Pediatric Obesity, February 2016, Wiley

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  57. Assessing within-woman changes in mammographic density: a comparison of fully versus semi-automated area-based approaches

    Article • Cancer Causes & Control, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  58. The relationship between human placental morphometry and ultrasonic measurements of utero-placental blood flow and fetal growth

    Article • Placenta, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Stephen Charnock-Jones

  59. 556: Universal versus selective ultrasonography to detect large for gestational age (LGA) infants

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  60. 103: Accelerated fetal growth precedes diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  61. Screening for fetal growth restriction with universal third trimester ultrasonography in nulliparous women in the Pregnancy Outcome Prediction (POP) study: a prospective cohort study

    Article • The Lancet, November 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  62. Development and evaluation of an online tool for management of overweight children in primary care: a pilot study

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2015, BMJ

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  63. Do eating disorders in parents predict eating disorders in children? Evidence from a Swedish cohort

    Article • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, January 2015, Wiley

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  64. 401: Fetal growth and the risk of spontaneous preterm birth

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  65. 151: Screening for fetal growth restriction (FGR) using universal third trimester ultrasonography: a prospective cohort study of 3,977 nulliparous women

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  66. Prediction of adolescent and adult adiposity outcomes from early life anthropometrics

    Article • Obesity, October 2014, Wiley

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  67. Breast Cancer Susceptibility Variants and Mammographic Density Phenotypes in Norwegian Postmenopausal Women

    Article • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, September 2014, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  68. Life course structural equation model of the effects of prenatal and postnatal growth on adult blood pressure

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, August 2014, BMJ

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  69. Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

    Article • Nature, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Massimo Mangino, Professor Dorret I Boomsma, Dr Ulla Sovio

  70. Infant locomotive development and its association with adult blood pressure

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Professor Alina Rodriguez

  71. Stability of the Associations between Early Life Risk Indicators and Adolescent Overweight over the Evolving Obesity Epidemic

    Article • PLOS One, April 2014, PLOS

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  72. Preschool Weight and Body Mass Index in Relation to Central Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Adulthood

    Article • PLOS One, March 2014, PLOS

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  73. Comparison of fully and semi-automated area-based methods for measuring mammographic density and predicting breast cancer risk

    Article • British Journal of Cancer, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  74. 207: First trimester placental thickness and the risk of delivering a small for gestational age infant

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  75. 206: First trimester PAPP-A and the risk of fetal growth restriction

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  76. LB1: Level 1 evidence for the diagnostic effectiveness of routine sonography as a screening test for small for gestational age (SGA) infants

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  77. How do changes in body mass index in infancy and childhood associate with cardiometabolic profile in adulthood? Findings from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study

    Article • International Journal of Obesity, September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  78. Overweight in Childhood, Adolescence and Adulthood and Cardiovascular Risk in Later Life: Pooled Analysis of Three British Birth Cohorts

    Article • PLOS One, July 2013, PLOS

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  79. Socioeconomic and early-life factors and risk of being overweight or obese in children of Swedish- and foreign-born parents

    Article • Pediatric Research, June 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  80. Birth size and survival in breast cancer patients from the Uppsala Birth Cohort Study

    Article • Cancer Causes & Control, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  81. Genome-wide association and longitudinal analyses reveal genetic loci linking pubertal height growth, pubertal timing and childhood adiposity

    Article • Human Molecular Genetics, February 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  82. Association Study of 25 Type 2 Diabetes Related Loci with Measures of Obesity in Indian Sib Pairs

    Article • PLOS One, January 2013, PLOS

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  83. Improving Prediction Algorithms for Cardiometabolic Risk in Children and Adolescents

    Article • Journal of Obesity, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  84. New loci associated with birth weight identify genetic links between intrauterine growth and adult height and metabolism

    Article • Nature Genetics, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dorret I Boomsma, Prof. John W Holloway, Dr Ulla Sovio

  85. Infant Growth and Adult Obesity: Relationship and Factors Affecting Them

    Article • November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  86. Scoping the impact of the national child measurement programme feedback on the child obesity pathway: study protocol

    Article • BMC Public Health, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  87. OP41 Birth Size and Mortality in Breast Cancer Patients

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, September 2012, BMJ

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  88. Social Determinants of Infant Mortality in a Historical Swedish Cohort

    Article • Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, June 2012, Wiley

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  89. Early and current socio-economic position and cardiometabolic risk factors in the Indian Migration Study

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, April 2012, SAGE Publications

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  90. Common variants at 6q22 and 17q21 are associated with intracranial volume

    Article • Nature Genetics, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dorret I Boomsma, Dr Stefan Ropele, Prof. John W Holloway, Professor Alina Rodriguez, Dr Ulla Sovio

  91. Common variants at 12q15 and 12q24 are associated with infant head circumference

    Article • Nature Genetics, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dorret I Boomsma, Dr Stefan Ropele, Prof. John W Holloway, Jari Lahti, Professor Alina Rodriguez, Dr Ulla Sovio

  92. Maternal weight gain during the first half of pregnancy and offspring obesity at 16 years: a prospective cohort study

    Article • BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, April 2012, Wiley

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  93. Pubertal Timing and Growth Influences Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Adult Males and Females

    Article • Diabetes Care, March 2012, American Diabetes Association

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  94. Assessing the efficacy of the healthy eating and lifestyle programme (HELP) compared with enhanced standard care of the obese adolescent in the community: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

    Article • Trials, November 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Deborah Christie, Dr Ulla Sovio

  95. Physical Activity Attenuates the Influence of FTO Variants on Obesity Risk: A Meta-Analysis of 218,166 Adults and 19,268 Children

    Article • PLoS Medicine, November 2011, PLOS

    Dr Massimo Mangino, Natalia V Rivera, Dr Simin Liu, Dr Ulla Sovio

  96. A genome-wide meta-analysis of genetic variants associated with allergic rhinitis and grass sensitization and their interaction with birth order

    Article • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, November 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  97. Fetal and infant growth and the risk of obesity during early childhood: the Generation R Study

    Article • European Journal of Endocrinology, October 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  98. High-Dose Vitamin D Supplements Are Not Associated with Linear Growth in a Large Finnish Cohort1–3

    Article • Journal of Nutrition, May 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  99. Genome-wide association and genetic functional studies identify autism susceptibility candidate 2 gene ( AUTS2 ) in the regulation of alcohol consumption

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Massimo Mangino, Dr Ulla Sovio

  100. A Bivariate Genome-Wide Approach to Metabolic Syndrome

    Article • Diabetes, March 2011, American Diabetes Association

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  101. Association between Common Variation at the FTO Locus and Changes in Body Mass Index from Infancy to Late Childhood: The Complex Nature of Genetic Association through Growth and Development

    Article • PLoS Genetics, February 2011, PLOS

    Professor Craig Edward Pennell, Dr Ulla Sovio

  102. Birthweight and mortality in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, February 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  103. Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Article • Nature Genetics, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Massimo Mangino, Professor Dorret I Boomsma, Dr Ulla Sovio

  104. Relationship between Eating Behavior, Breakfast Consumption, and Obesity Among Finnish and Greek Adolescents

    Article • Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, November 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  105. Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Article • Nature Genetics, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Massimo Mangino, Peter Schwarz, Dr Ulla Sovio

  106. Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Article • Nature Genetics, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Massimo Mangino, Peter Schwarz, Dr Ulla Sovio

  107. Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Article • Nature, September 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Massimo Mangino, Dr Ulla Sovio

  108. Life-Course Analysis of a Fat Mass and Obesity-Associated (FTO) Gene Variant and Body Mass Index in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Using Structural Equation Modeling

    Article • American Journal of Epidemiology, August 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  109. Maternal Hb during pregnancy and offspring's educational achievement: a prospective cohort study over 30 years

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, June 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  110. Distinct Variants at LIN28B Influence Growth in Height from Birth to Adulthood

    Article • The American Journal of Human Genetics, May 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  111. Variants in ADCY5 and near CCNL1 are associated with fetal growth and birth weight

    Article • Nature Genetics, April 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dorret I Boomsma, Dr Ulla Sovio

  112. Relation of Immediate Postnatal Growth With Obesity and Related Metabolic Risk Factors in Adulthood: The Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study

    Article • American Journal of Epidemiology, April 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  113. Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Multiple Loci Associated with Primary Tooth Development during Infancy

    Article • PLoS Genetics, February 2010, PLOS

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  114. New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Article • Nature Genetics, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Massimo Mangino, Dr Ulla Sovio

  115. Eating-Related Behaviors Measure

    Article • January 2010, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  116. ASSOCIATION BETWEEN FTO POLYMORPHISM, ADIPOSITY PEAK AND ADIPOSITY REBOUND IN THE NORTHERN FINLAND BIRTH COHORT 1966

    Article • Atherosclerosis, November 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  117. Early-life origins of schizotypal traits in adulthood

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, August 2009, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Jari Lahti, Dr Ulla Sovio

  118. Adolescent Manifestations of Metabolic Syndrome Among Children Born to Women With Gestational Diabetes in a General-Population Birth Cohort

    Article • American Journal of Epidemiology, April 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  119. Genetic Determinants of Height Growth Assessed Longitudinally from Infancy to Adulthood in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966

    Article • PLoS Genetics, March 2009, PLOS

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  120. Common genetic variation near MC4R is associated with eating behaviour patterns in European populations

    Article • International Journal of Obesity, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  121. Genome-wide association analysis of metabolic traits in a birth cohort from a founder population

    Article • Nature Genetics, December 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  122. Comparison of metabolic and inflammatory outcomes in women who used oral contraceptives and the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device in a general population

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, November 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  123. Fecundability and spontaneous abortions in women with self-reported oligo-amenorrhea and/or hirsutism: Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study

    Article • Human Reproduction, June 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  124. A Polymorphism Within the G6PC2 Gene Is Associated with Fasting Plasma Glucose Levels

    Article • Science, May 2008, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  125. Association of variants in the fat mass and obesity associated (FTO) gene with polycystic ovary syndrome

    Article • Diabetologia, May 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  126. Size at birth, weight gain over the life course, and low-grade inflammation in young adulthood: northern Finland 1966 birth cohort study

    Article • European Heart Journal, April 2008, European Society of Cardiology

    Dr Dexter Canoy, Dr Ulla Sovio

  127. No evidence that established type 2 diabetes susceptibility variants in the PPARG and KCNJ11 genes have pleiotropic effects on early growth

    Article • Diabetologia, November 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  128. Disparate genetic influences on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and type 2 diabetes revealed by a lack of association between common variants within the TCF7L2 gene and PCOS

    Article • Diabetologia, September 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  129. Comparison of self-reported emotional and behavioural problems in adolescents from Greece and Finland

    Article • Acta Paediatrica, August 2007, Wiley

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  130. Detailed Analysis of Variation at and around Mitochondrial Position 16189 in a Large Finnish Cohort Reveals No Significant Associations with Early Growth or Metabolic Phenotypes at Age 31 Years

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, August 2007, Endocrine Society

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  131. A Common Variant in the FTO Gene Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Predisposes to Childhood and Adult Obesity

    Article • Science, May 2007, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  132. Relationship between E23K (an established type II diabetes-susceptibility variant within KCNJ11), polycystic ovary syndrome and androgen levels

    Article • European Journal of Human Genetics, March 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  133. Cloninger’s Temperament Dimensions, Socio-economic and Lifestyle Factors and Metabolic Syndrome Markers at Age 31 Years in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966

    Article • Journal of Health Psychology, March 2007, SAGE Publications

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  134. Does vitamin D supplementation in infancy reduce the risk of pre-eclampsia?

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  135. Birthweight and blood pressure in five European birth cohort studies: an investigation of confounding factors

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, September 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Pauline Marion Emmett, Dr Ulla Sovio

  136. Social predictors of unsuccessful entrance into the labour market—A socialization process perspective

    Article • Journal of Vocational Behavior, June 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  137. Analysis of Multiple Data Sets Reveals No Association between the Insulin Gene Variable Number Tandem Repeat Element and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome or Related Traits

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, May 2005, Endocrine Society

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  138. No association between insulin gene variation and adult metabolic phenotypes in a large Finnish birth cohort

    Article • Diabetologia, April 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  139. Mothers and daughters: intergenerational patterns of reproduction

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, April 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  140. Body size from birth to adulthood and bone mineral content and density at 31 years of age: results from the northern Finland 1966 birth cohort study

    Article • Osteoporosis International, March 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  141. Metabolic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Women With Self-Reported Symptoms of Oligomenorrhea and/or Hirsutism: Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study

    Article • Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, January 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  142. Infant Vitamin D Supplementation and Allergic Conditions in Adulthood: Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, December 2004, Wiley

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  143. Early Life Factors and Blood Pressure at Age 31 Years in the 1966 Northern Finland Birth Cohort

    Article • Hypertension, December 2004, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  144. Social and Developmental Predictors of Optimism from Infancy to Early Adulthood

    Article • Social Indicators Research, November 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  145. Variation at the Insulin Gene VNTR (Variable Number Tandem Repeat) Polymorphism and Early Growth

    Article • Diabetes, August 2004, American Diabetes Association

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  146. Large-Scale Analysis of the Relationship betweenCYP11APromoter Variation, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, and Serum Testosterone

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, May 2004, Endocrine Society

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  147. Metabolic Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Women with Self-Reported Symptoms of Oligomenorrhea and/or Hirsutism: Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, May 2004, Endocrine Society

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  148. Manifestations of Metabolic Syndrome After Hypertensive Pregnancy

    Article • Hypertension, April 2004, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  149. Prevalence of polycystic ovaries in women with self-reported symptoms of oligomenorrhoea and/or hirsutism: Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study

    Article • Human Reproduction, March 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  150. Predictors of abdominal obesity among 31-y-old men and women born in Northern Finland in 1966

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, December 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  151. Growth, psychomotor development and morbidity up to 3 years of age in children born after IVF

    Article • Human Reproduction, November 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  152. Relationship between birthweight and blood lipid concentrations in later life: evidence from the existing literature

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, October 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ulla Sovio, Dr Pauline Marion Emmett

  153. Body size from birth to adulthood as a predictor of self-reported polycystic ovary syndrome symptoms

    Article • International Journal of Obesity, May 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  154. Hormonal Profile of Women with Self-Reported Symptoms of Oligomenorrhea and/or Hirsutism: Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, January 2003, Endocrine Society

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  155. Neonatal Outcome and Congenital Malformations in Children Born After In-Vitro Fertilization

    Article • Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, November 2002, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  156. Neonatal outcome and congenital malformations in children born after IVF

    Article • Human Reproduction, November 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  157. Neonatal outcome and congenital malformations in children born after in-vitro fertilization

    Article • Human Reproduction, May 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Ulla Sovio

  158. Stress-Related Eating and Drinking Behavior and Body Mass Index and Predictors of This Behavior

    Article • Preventive Medicine, January 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Ulla Sovio