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Childhood growth predicts higher bone mass and greater bone area in early old age: findings among a subgroup of women from the Helsinki Birth Cohort …

2017

Abstract Summary: We examined the associations between childhood growth and bone properties among women at early old age. Early growth in height predicted greater bone area and higher bone mineral mass. However, information on growth did not improve prediction of bone properties beyond that predicted by body size at early old age. Introduction: We examined the associations between body size at birth and childhood growth with bone area, bone mineral content (BMC), and areal bone mineral density (aBMD) in early old age. Methods: A subgroup of women (n = 178, mean 60.4 years) from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study, born 1934–1944, participated in dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) measuremen…

Estrogenic regulation of skeletal muscle proteome : a study of premenopausal women and postmenopausal MZ cotwins discordant for hormonal therapy

2017

Female middle age is characterized by a decline in skeletal muscle mass and performance, predisposing women to sarcopenia, functional limitations, and metabolic dysfunction as they age. Menopausal loss of ovarian function leading to low circulating level of 17b-estradiol has been suggested as a contributing factor to aging-related muscle deterioration. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown and thus far androgens have been considered as a major anabolic hormone for skeletal muscle. We utilized muscle samples from 24 pre- and postmenopausal women to establish proteome-wide profiles, associated with the difference in age (30–34 years old vs. 54– 62 years old), men…

A rare disease and education : Neurofibromatosis type 1 decreases educational attainment

2021

Rare heritable syndromes may affect educational attainment. Here, we study education in neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) that is associated with multifaceted medical, social and cognitive consequences. Educational attainment in the Finnish population‐based cohort of 1408 individuals with verified NF1 was compared with matched controls using Cox proportional hazards model with delayed entry and competing risk for death. Moreover, models accounting for the effects of cancer at age 15–30 years, parental NF1 and developmental disorders were constructed. Overall, the attainment of secondary education was reduced in individuals with NF1 compared to controls (hazard ratio 0.83, 95%CI 0.74–0.92). History …

Migrant women, work, and investment in language learning : Two success stories

2019

Abstract In the media, migrant mothers are often portrayed as uneducated, having trouble learning a new language, and preferring to stay at home rather than entering paid employment. This article offers a contrasting point of view as a result of examining how two migrant women narrativize their experiences of language learning and working-life-related integration during a three-year period. Specific attention is paid to how the women make sense of their language use over time, and how this may have contributed to their integration into working life and the wellbeing of their families. Interview data was analyzed using the short story analytical approach, focusing on both the content and the…

Tiedonarkeologisia pohdintoja Viipurin vuoden 1918 haudatuista muistoista

2021

The subject of the article is the ‘memory war’ over the memory of the Civil War of 1918 in Vyborg, and the displaced Karelians’ experience in the time of diaspora. Until the wars of 1939–1945 the culture of remembrance of the Civil War was divided in Vyborg and in Finland and many truths of the war were maintained in the Red’s and White’s own groups. The article details how the dichotomous history culture of Civil War memories has slowly transformed into a diversified and critical analysis over the past one hundred years. The qualitative material used in the article consists of memory data written by displaced Karelians held in Finnish archives. The article is a knowledge-archaeological ana…

Radical sex role ideology and the Finnish gender role movement in the late 1960s

2022

An active discussion of gender roles and the need to renegotiate them took place in the late 1960s in Finland. While previous studies have associated this ‘sex role debate’ with the independent civic organisation Association 9, this article focuses on the wider gender role movement. The article analyses the interplay and differences among the Finnish Women’s Democratic League, the Committee for Women’s Status, and Association 9’s grassroots activism between 1965 and 1970. It demonstrates that similar ideas about sex roles were presented simultaneously in two public spheres: the dominant public, where the ideas were promoted by Association 9, and the people’s democratic counterpublic, which …

A Soprano has no credibility: Joni Mitchell and the rock press (1968-1978)

2011

Pukeutuminen ajan peilinä : nuorten naisten pukeutuminen yhteiskuntaan sidonnaisena kulttuurisena ilmiönä 1960- ja 1970-lukujen Suomessa

2016

Tässä pro gradu -työssä syvennyn nuorten naisten pukeutumiseen 1960- ja 1970-lukujen Suomessa kulttuurisena ilmiönä. Tutkimuksen keskiössä on naisten omakohtaiset kokemukset ja kertomukset. Vertaan naisten kokemustarinoita muuhun pukeutumisen tutkimukseen, jolloin saadaan aikaan mielenkiintoinen yhtälö. Tämä yhtälö heijastaa yhteiskunnan suurten suuntaviivojen muutosta, kertoo kulutustottumusten murroksesta ja kuvastaa nuorisokulttuurin esiintymistä. Tutkimuksessa sivuan, miten suomalaiset naiset omaksuivat maailmalta tulevia muotivirtauksia ja millaisia muotoja pukeutumisen tapakulttuurissa esiintyi. Työssä esittelen myös pukeutumisen eroavaisuuksia kaupunkilaisnuorten ja…

Irtolaisen elämänkulku : Ilmajoen työlaitoksen naiset 1962-1972

2015

Tutkimus käsittelee naisirtolaisten elämää sotienjälkeisessä Suomessa. Vuonna 1937 voimaan astuneessa laissa irtolaisuus määriteltiin tuomittavaksi elämäntavaksi ja sen nojalla yhteiskunnan kannalta vaikeat ongelmatapaukset voitiin määrätä työlaitokseen. Irtolaisnaiset tuomittiin työn vieroksunnan, juopottelun ja haureuden harjoittamisen perusteella. Työlaitos oli ankarin irtolaisuudesta määrätty rangaistus, johon turvauduttiin vasta sitten, kun lievemmät huoltotoimet osoittautuivat tehottomiksi. Tutkimuksessa käsitellään irtolaisuuden muodostumista Ilmajoen työlaitoksessa vuosien 1962-1972 välillä hoidettujen naisten elämäntarinoiden kautta. Tutkimuskohteena ei ole ainoastaan irtolaisuus v…

Hormone therapy is associated with better body composition and adipokine/glucose profiles

2012

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the possibility of preventing the metabolic health consequences of postmenopausal hypogonadism with the use of long-term hormone therapy (HT). Methods: We used a monozygotic co-twin control design including 10 twin pairs (aged 56-62 y) discordant for HT (duration of HT, 2-10 y). In addition, 14 premenopausal women (aged 29-35 y) who did not use HT were studied to evaluate the differences in metabolic health between the premenopausal and postmenopausal states. Body composition was determined, and waist-to-hip ratio was used as an estimate for fat distribution. Serum sex steroids, sex hormone-binding globulin, and serum lipid and glucose profil…