Anna Viitasalo

1.2k total citations
39 papers, 823 citations indexed

About

Anna Viitasalo is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna Viitasalo has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 823 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 18 papers in Physiology and 10 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Anna Viitasalo's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (15 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (8 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (6 papers). Anna Viitasalo is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (15 papers), Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (8 papers) and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (6 papers). Anna Viitasalo collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Denmark and United Kingdom. Anna Viitasalo's co-authors include Timo A. Lakka, Virpi Lindi, Tuomo Tompuri, Niina Lintu, Juuso Väistö, Aino‐Maija Eloranta, David E. Laaksonen, Eero A. Haapala, Hanna‐Maaria Lakka and Jarmo Jääskeläinen and has published in prestigious journals such as American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

In The Last Decade

Anna Viitasalo

39 papers receiving 806 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anna Viitasalo Finland	18	376	261	169	141	139	39	823
Carla Rêgo Portugal	16	319 0.8×	251 1.0×	58 0.3×	90 0.6×	105 0.8×	57	807
Aino‐Maija Eloranta Finland	16	456 1.2×	263 1.0×	115 0.7×	48 0.3×	92 0.7×	40	789
Claudia Banzato Italy	11	397 1.1×	179 0.7×	145 0.9×	102 0.7×	116 0.8×	20	719
C Hadjigeorgiou Hungary	10	388 1.0×	145 0.6×	120 0.7×	59 0.4×	105 0.8×	10	600
Niko Wasenius Finland	14	177 0.5×	282 1.1×	45 0.3×	67 0.5×	61 0.4×	57	617
C Boreham United Kingdom	15	384 1.0×	319 1.2×	332 2.0×	150 1.1×	32 0.2×	19	1.0k
Noora Mattsson Finland	9	364 1.0×	187 0.7×	279 1.7×	360 2.6×	135 1.0×	10	864
GR Hunter United States	10	242 0.6×	375 1.4×	76 0.4×	104 0.7×	77 0.6×	11	616
Karen E. Remsberg United States	12	503 1.3×	230 0.9×	344 2.0×	283 2.0×	142 1.0×	16	1.4k
JOHN D. WITT United States	8	507 1.3×	255 1.0×	155 0.9×	314 2.2×	39 0.3×	8	969

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Auer, Franziska, Julie Vogt, Andrea Hänel, et al.. (2025). Trajectories from single-cells to PAX5-driven leukemia reveal PAX5-MYC interplay in vivo. Leukemia. 39(7). 1607–1626. 1 indexed citations

Zarei, Iman, Santtu Mikkonen, Anna Viitasalo, et al.. (2024). Longitudinal associations of an exposome score with serum metabolites from childhood to adolescence. Communications Biology. 7(1). 890–890. 2 indexed citations

Zagura, Maksim, Anna Viitasalo, Mika Kähönen, et al.. (2024). Associations of Cardiovascular Health Metrics in Childhood and Adolescence With Arterial Health Indicators in Adolescence: The PANIC Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(22). e035790–e035790. 1 indexed citations

Kivelä, Laura, Pauliina Hiltunen, Anna Viitasalo, et al.. (2023). Alanine aminotransferase cutoffs for the pediatric fatty liver disease: Major impact of the reference population. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 78(3). 488–496. 2 indexed citations

Haapala, Eero A., Tuomo Tompuri, Niina Lintu, et al.. (2022). Is low cardiorespiratory fitness a feature of metabolic syndrome in children and adults?. Journal of science and medicine in sport. 25(11). 923–929. 13 indexed citations

Sallinen, Taisa, Anna Viitasalo, Niina Lintu, et al.. (2022). The effects of an 8-year individualised lifestyle intervention on food consumption and nutrient intake from childhood to adolescence: the PANIC Study. Journal of Nutritional Science. 11. e40–e40. 10 indexed citations

Viitasalo, Anna, et al.. (2020). Child-related and parental predictors for thelarche in a general population of girls: the PANIC study. Pediatric Research. 88(4). 676–680. 6 indexed citations

Viitasalo, Anna, Niina Pitkänen, Katja Pahkala, et al.. (2019). Increase in adiposity from childhood to adulthood predicts a metabolically obese phenotype in normal-weight adults. International Journal of Obesity. 44(4). 848–851. 8 indexed citations

Tompuri, Tuomo, Jarmo Jääskeläinen, Virpi Lindi, et al.. (2019). Adiposity Criteria in Assessing Increased Cardiometabolic Risk in Prepubertal Children. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 10. 410–410. 13 indexed citations

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Väistö, Juuso, Eero A. Haapala, Anna Viitasalo, et al.. (2018). Longitudinal associations of physical activity and sedentary time with cardiometabolic risk factors in children. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 29(1). 113–123. 45 indexed citations

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Agbaje, Andrew O., Eero A. Haapala, Niina Lintu, et al.. (2018). Peak oxygen uptake cut‐points to identify children at increased cardiometabolic risk – The PANIC Study. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 29(1). 16–24. 20 indexed citations

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Schnurr, Theresia M., Anna Viitasalo, Camilla T. Damsgaard, et al.. (2017). Genetic predisposition to adiposity is associated with increased objectively assessed sedentary time in young children. International Journal of Obesity. 42(1). 111–114. 10 indexed citations

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Viitasalo, Anna, Aino‐Maija Eloranta, Mustafa Atalay, et al.. (2016). Association of MBOAT7 gene variant with plasma ALT levels in children: the PANIC study. Pediatric Research. 80(5). 651–655. 43 indexed citations

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Viitasalo, Anna, Aino‐Maija Eloranta, Niina Lintu, et al.. (2016). The effects of a 2-year individualized and family-based lifestyle intervention on physical activity, sedentary behavior and diet in children. Preventive Medicine. 87. 81–88. 44 indexed citations

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Viitasalo, Anna, et al.. (2016). Plasma polyunsaturated fatty acids are directly associated with cognition in overweight children but not in normal weight children. Acta Paediatrica. 105(12). 1502–1507. 4 indexed citations

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Venäläinen, Taisa, Anna Viitasalo, Ursula Schwab, et al.. (2016). Effect of a 2-y dietary and physical activity intervention on plasma fatty acid composition and estimated desaturase and elongase activities in children: the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children Study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 104(4). 964–972. 14 indexed citations

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Kivelä, Laura, Heini Huhtala, Markku Mäki, et al.. (2016). Prevalence and associated factors of abnormal liver values in children with celiac disease. Digestive and Liver Disease. 48(9). 1023–1029. 21 indexed citations

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Jääskeläinen, Jarmo, Virpi Lindi, Anna Viitasalo, et al.. (2014). The Presentation of Adrenarche Is Sexually Dimorphic and Modified by Body Adiposity. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 99(10). 3889–3894. 52 indexed citations

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Lintu, Niina, Anna Viitasalo, Tuomo Tompuri, et al.. (2014). Cardiorespiratory fitness, respiratory function and hemodynamic responses to maximal cycle ergometer exercise test in girls and boys aged 9–11 years: the PANIC Study. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 115(2). 235–243. 23 indexed citations

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Väistö, Juuso, Aino‐Maija Eloranta, Anna Viitasalo, et al.. (2014). Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in relation to cardiometabolic risk in children: cross-sectional findings from the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children (PANIC) Study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 11(1). 55–55. 118 indexed citations

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