# Markku Laakso

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/markku-laakso/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 163,125 |
| Field | Genetic Associations and Epidemiology |
| h-index | 173 |
| i10-index | 803 |
| Last Known Institution | Cleveland Clinic |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5101939212 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3394-7749 |
| Works | 1,205 |

## Researcher papers

- [Secondary prevention of macrovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes in the PROactive Study (PROspective pioglitAzone Clinical Trial In macroVascular Events): a randomised controlled trial](https://scholariq.org/papers/secondary-prevention-of-macrovascular-events-in-patients-with-type-2-diabetes-in/)
- [Acarbose for prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus: the STOP-NIDDM randomised trial](https://scholariq.org/papers/acarbose-for-prevention-of-type-2-diabetes-mellitus-the-stop-niddm-randomised/)
- [Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases: executive summary: The Task Force on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)](https://scholariq.org/papers/guidelines-on-diabetes-pre-diabetes-and-cardiovascular-diseases-executive/)
- [Intense metabolic control by means of insulin in patients with diabetes mellitus and acute myocardial infarction (DIGAMI 2): effects on mortality and morbidity](https://scholariq.org/papers/intense-metabolic-control-by-means-of-insulin-in-patients-with-diabetes-mellitus/)
- [Blood n-3 fatty acid levels and total and cause-specific mortality from 17 prospective studies](https://scholariq.org/papers/blood-n-3-fatty-acid-levels-and-total-and-cause-specific-mortality-from-17/)
- [Genetic evidence that raised sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes](https://scholariq.org/papers/genetic-evidence-that-raised-sex-hormone-binding-globulin-shbg-levels-reduce-the/)
- [Large meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies five loci for lean body mass](https://scholariq.org/papers/large-meta-analysis-of-genome-wide-association-studies-identifies-five-loci-for/)

## Researcher topics

- [Genetic Associations and Epidemiology](https://scholariq.org/topics/genetic-associations-and-epidemiology/)
- [Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins](https://scholariq.org/topics/diabetes-cardiovascular-risks-and-lipoproteins/)
- [Adipose Tissue and Metabolism](https://scholariq.org/topics/adipose-tissue-and-metabolism/)
- [Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases](https://scholariq.org/topics/adipokines-inflammation-and-metabolic-diseases/)
- [Pancreatic function and diabetes](https://scholariq.org/topics/pancreatic-function-and-diabetes/)

## Researcher university

- [Cleveland Clinic](https://scholariq.org/institutions/cleveland-clinic/)

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