International collaboration projects

2020

    • Di Girolamo C, Nusselder WJ, Bopp M, et al. Progress in reducing inequalities in cardiovascular disease mortality in Europe. Heart 2020;106:40–9. doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2019-315129

2019

    • Baars AE, Rubio-Valverde JR, Hu Y, et al. Fruit and vegetable consumption and its contribution to inequalities in life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy in ten European countries. Int J Public Health Published Online First: 11 June 2019. doi:10.1007/s00038-019-01253-w
    • Mackenbach JP, Valverde JR, Bopp M, et al. Determinants of inequalities in life expectancy: an international comparative study of eight risk factors. Lancet Public Heal 2019;4:e529–37. doi:10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30147-1
    • Mackenbach JP, Rubio Valverde J, Bopp M, et al. Progress against inequalities in mortality: register-based study of 15 European countries between 1990 and 2015. Eur J Epidemiol 2019;34:1131–42. doi:10.1007/s10654-019-00580-9

2018

    • Lorant V., de Gelder R., Kapadia D., Borrell C., Kalediene R., Kovacs K., Leinsalu M., Martikainen P., Menvielle G., Regidor E., Rodriguez-Sanz M., Wojtyniak B., Strand B. H., Bopp M., and Mackenbach J. P., Socioeconomic inequalities in suicide in Europe: the widening gap, Br J Psychiatry, 212 (2018), 356-61.
    • Mackenbach J. P., Valverde J. R., Artnik B., Bopp M., Bronnum-Hansen H., Deboosere P., Kalediene R., Kovacs K., Leinsalu M., Martikainen P., Menvielle G., Regidor E., Rychtarikova J., Rodriguez-Sanz M., Vineis P., White C., Wojtyniak B., Hu Y., and Nusselder W. J., Trends in health inequalities in 27 European countries, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 115 (2018), 6440-45.
    • Tanaka H, Nusselder WJ, Bopp M, et al. Mortality inequalities by occupational class among men in Japan, South Korea and eight European countries: a national register-based study, 1990-2015. J Epidemiol Community Health 2019;:jech-2018-211715. doi:10.1136/jech-2018-211715

2017

  • Gadeyne S., Menvielle G., Kulhanova I., Bopp M., Deboosere P., Eikemo T. A., Hoffmann R., Kovacs K., Leinsalu M., Martikainen P., Regidor E., Rychtarikova J., Spadea T., Strand B. H., Trewin C., Wojtyniak B., and Mackenbach J. P., The turn of the gradient? Educational differences in breast cancer mortality in 18 European populations during the 2000s, Int J Cancer, 141 (2017), 33-44.
  • Gregoraci G., van Lenthe F. J., Artnik B., Bopp M., Deboosere P., Kovacs K., Looman C. W. N., Martikainen P., Menvielle G., Peters F., Wojtyniak B., de Gelder R., and Mackenbach J. P., Contribution of smoking to socioeconomic inequalities in mortality: a study of 14 European countries, 1990-2004, Tob Control, 26 (2017), 260-68.
  • Hoffmann K., De Gelder R., Hu Y., Bopp M., Vitrai J., Lahelma E., Menvielle G., Santana P., Regidor E., Ekholm O., Mackenbach J. P., and van Lenthe F. J., Trends in educational inequalities in obesity in 15 European countries between 1990 and 2010, Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act, 14 (2017), 63.
  • Mackenbach J. P., Looman C. W., Artnik B., Bopp M., Deboosere P., Dibben C., Kalediene R., Kovacs K., Leinsalu M., Martikainen P., Regidor E., Rychtarikova J., and de Gelder R., ‘Fundamental causes’ of inequalities in mortality: an empirical test of the theory in 20 European populations, Sociol Health Illn (2017).
  • Mackenbach J, Hu Y, Artnik B, Bopp M, Costa G, Kalediene R, Martikainen P, Menvielle G, Strand BH, Woytiniak B, Nusselder W. Trends in inequalities in mortality amenable to health care: a study of 17 European countries. Health Affairs (Millwood), 36 (2017), 110-18
  • Ostergren O., Lundberg O., Artnik B., Bopp M., Borrell C., Kalediene R., Leinsalu M., Martikainen P., Regidor E., Rodriguez-Sanz M., de Gelder R., and Mackenbach J. P., Educational expansion and inequalities in mortality-A fixed-effects analysis using longitudinal data from 18 European populations, PLoS One, 12 (2017), e0182526

2016

  • Hu Y, van Lenthe FJ, Borsboom GJ, Looman CWN, Bopp M, Burstrom B, Dzurova D, Ekholm O, Klumbiene J, Lahelma E, Leinsalu M, Regidor E, Santana P, de Gelder R, Mackenbach JP, for the DEMETRIQ consortium. Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in self-assessed health in 17 European countries between 1990 and 2010. JECH 2016;70:644-652
  • Nagavci BL, de Gelder R, Martikainen P, Deboosere P, Bopp M, Rychtarikova J, Kalediene R, Leinsalu M, Mackenbach JP, for the DEMETRIQ consortium. Inequalities in tuberculosis mortality: long-term trends in 11 European countries. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2016;20(5):574-581
  • Mackenbach JP, Kulhanova I, Artnik B, Bopp M, Borrell C, Clemens T, Costa G, Dibben C, Kalediene R, Lundberg O, Martikainen P, Menvielle G, Östergren O, Prochorskas R, Rodriguez-Sanz M, Strand BH, Looman CWN, de Gelder R. Changes in mortality inequalities over two decades: register based study of European countries. BMJ 2016;353:i1732      doi: 10.1136/bmj.i1732
  • Hoffmann R, Hu Y, de Gelder R, Menvielle G, Bopp M, Mackenbach JP, for the DEMETRIQ consortium. The impact of increasing income inequalities on educational inequalities in mortality – An analysis of six European countries. Int J for Equity in Health 2016;15:103
  • Kulhanova I., Menvielle G., Hoffmann R., Eikemo T. A., Kulik M. C., Toch-Marquardt M., Deboosere P., Leinsalu M., Lundberg O., Regidor E., Looman C. W., and Mackenbach J. P., The role of three lifestyle risk factors in reducing educational differences in ischaemic heart disease mortality in Europe, Eur J Public Health, 26 (2016), 1081-88.

2015

  • Mackenbach JP, Kulhanova I, Menvielle G, Bopp M, Borrell C, Costa G, Deboosere P, Esnaola S, Kalediene R, Kovacs K, Leinsalu M, Martikainen P, Regidor E, Rodriguez-Sanz M, Strand BH, Hoffmann R, Eikemo TA, Östergren O, Lundberg O, for the Eurothine and EURO-GBD-SE consortiums. Trends in inequalities in premature mortality: A study of 3.2 million deaths in 13 European countries. J Epidemiol Community Health 2015;69:207-217 (epub ahead of print June,25,2014)  doi:10.1136/jech-2014-204319
  • Mackenbach JP, Kulhanova I, Bopp M, Deboosere P, Eikemo TA, Hoffmann R, Kulik M, Leinsalu M, Martikainen P, Menvielle G, Regidor E, Wojtyniak B, Östergren O, Lundberg O, for the EURO-GBD-SE consortium. Variations in the relation between education and cause-specific mortality in 19 European populations: A test of the “fundamental causes” theory of social inequalities in health. Soc Sci Med 2015;127:51-62  doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.05.021
  • van Hedel K, Avendano M, Berkman LF, Bopp M, Deboosere P, Lundberg O, Martikainen P, Menvielle G, van Lenthe F, Mackenbach JP. The contribution of national disparities to international differences in mortality between the United States and 7 European countries. Am J Public Health 2015;105(4):e112-119 (epub 2015 Feb 25) doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302344
  • Vandenheede H, Deboosere P, Espelt A, Bopp M, Borrell C, Costa G, Eikemo TA, Gnavi R, Hoffmann R, Kulhanova I, Kulik MC, Leinsalu M, Martikainen P, Menvielle G, Rodriguez-Sanz M, Rychtarikova J, Mackenbach JP, for the EURO-GBD_SE consortium. Educational inequalities in diabetes mortality across Europe in the 2000s: the interaction with gender. Int J Public Health 2015;60:401-410    doi:10.1007/s00038-015-0669-8
  • van Hedel K, van Lenthe F, Avendano M, Bopp M, Esnaola S, Kovacs K, Martikainen P, Regidor E, Mackenbach JP. Marital status, labour force activity and mortality. A study of the United States and 6 European countries. Scand J Public Health 2015;43:469-480   doi:10.1177/1403494815578947
  • Mackenbach JP, Kulhanova I, Bopp M, Borrell C, Deboosere P, Kovacs K, Looman CWN, Leinsalu M, Mäkelä P, Martikainen P, Menvielle G, Rodriguez-Sanz M, Rychtarikova J, de Gelder R, for the DEMETRIQ consortium. Inequalities in alcohol-related mortality in 17 European countries: a retrospective analysis of mortality registers. PLoS Medicine 2015;12(12):e1001909.          doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001909
  • Hoffmann R, Eikemo TA, Kulhanova I, Kulik MC, Looman CWN, Menvielle G, Deboosere P, Martikainen P, Regidor E, Mackenbach JP. Obesity and the potential reduction of inequalities in mortality: Evidence from 21 European populations. Eur J Public Health 2015;25:849-856   doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckv090

2014

  • Kulik MC, Menvielle G, Eikemo TA, Bopp M, Jasilionis D, Kulhanova I, Leinsalu M, Martikainen P, Östergren O, Mackenbach JP. Educational inequalities in three smoking-related causes of death in 18 European populations. Nicotine&Tobacco Res 2014;16(5):507-518
  • Kulhanova I, Hoffmann R, Judge K, Looman CWN, Eikemo TA, Bopp M, Deboosere P, Leinsalu M, Martikainen P, Rychtarikova J, Wojtyniak B, Menvielle G, Mackenbach JP, for the EURO-GBD-SE Consortium. Assessing the potential impact of increased participation in higher education on mortality: Evidence from 21 European populations. Soc Sci Med 2014;117:142-149
  • Toch-Marquardt M, Menvielle G, Eikemo TA, Kulhanova I, Kulik MC, Bopp M, Esnaola S, Jasilionis D, Mäki N, Martikainen P, Regidor E, Lundberg O, Mackenbach JP, for the Euro-GBD-SE consortium. Occupational class inequalities in all-cause and cause-specific mortality among middle-aged men in 14 European populations during the early 2000s. PLoS ONE 2014;9(9):e108072   doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108072
  • Kulhanova I, Menvielle G, Bopp M, Borrell C, Deboosere P, Eikemo TA, Hoffmann R, Leinsalu M, Martikainen P, Regidor E, Rodriguez-Sanz M, Rychtarikova J, Wojtyniak B, Mackenbach JP, for the EURO-GBD_SE consortium. Socioeconomic differences in the use of ill-defined causes of death in 16 European countries. BMC Public Health 2014;14:1295       doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-1295
  • Eikemo TA, Hoffmann R, Kulik M, Kulhanova I, Toch-Marquardt M, Menvielle G, Looman C, Jasilionis D, Martikainen P, Lundberg O, Mackenbach JP, for the EURO-GBD-SE consortium. How can inequalities be reduced? A quantitative analysis of 6 risk factors in 21 European populations. PLoS ONE 2014;9(11):e110952

2013

  • Kulik MC, Hoffmann R, Judge K, Looman C, Menvielle G, Kulhanova I, Toch-Marquart M, Östergren O, Martikainen P, Borrell C, Rodriguez-Sanz M, Bopp M, Leinsalu M, Jasilionis D, Eikemo TA, Mackenbach JP. Smoking and the potential for reduction of inequalities in mortality in Europe. Eur J Epidemiol 2013;28(12):959-971 doi 10.1007/s10654-013-9860-5

2012

  • Plug I., Hoffmann R., Artnik B., Bopp M. et al. Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality from conditions amenable to medical interventions: do they reflect inequalities in access or quality of health care? BMC Public Health 2012, 12, 346
  • Stickley A, Leinsalu M, Kunst AE, Bopp M, Strand BH, Martikainen P, Lundberg O, Kovács K, Artnik B, Kalediene R, Rychtaříková J, Wojtyniak B, Mackenbach JP.
  • Socioeconomic inequalities in homicide mortality: population based comparative study of 12 European countries. Eur J Epidemiol 2012;27:877-884 DOI 10.1007/s10654-012-9717-3

2011

  • Álvarez JL, Kunst AE, Leinsalu M, Bopp M, Strand BH, Menvielle G, Lundberg O, Martikainen P, Deboosere P, Kalediene R, Artnik B, Mackenbach JP, Richardus JH.
    Educational inequalities in tuberculosis mortality in sixteen European populations.     Int J Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2011, 15, 1461-1467

2010

  • Stirbu I, Kunst AE, Bopp M, Leinsalu M, Regidor E, Esnaola S, Costa G, Martikainen P, Borrell C, Deboosere P, Kalediene R, Rychtarikova J, Artnik B, Mackenbach JP.
    Educational inequalities in avoidable mortality Europe. J Epidemiol Community Health 2010, 64, 913-920

2008

  • Espelt, A., Borell, C., Roskam, A.J. et al.
    Socioeconomic inequalities in diabetes mellitus across Europe at the beginning of the 21st century. Diabetologia 2008, 51(11): 1971-1979
  • Mackenbach JP, Stirbu I, Roskam AJ, Schaap MM, Menvielle G, Leinsalu M, Kunst AE, for the European Working Group on Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health. Socioeconomic inequalities in health in 22 European countries. N Engl J Med 2008;358:2468-2481
  • Menvielle G, Kunst AE, Stirbu I et al.
    Educational differences in cancer mortality among women and men: a gender pattern that differs across Europe overview    . Br J Cancer 2008;98:1012-1019

2007

  • EUROTHINE group. Tackling health inequalities in Europe: an integrated approach. Final report. Rotterdam: Dept. of Public Health, University Medical Centre, 2007
    (download: http://www.eurothine.org/)
  • Menvielle G, Kunst AE, Stirbu I, Borrell C, Bopp M, Regidor E, Strand BH, Deboosere P, Lundberg O, Leclerc A, Costa C, Chastang JF, Esnaola S, Martikainen P, Mackenbach JP. Socioeconomic inequalities in alcohol related cancer mortality among men: to what extent do they differ between Western European populations? Int J Cancer 2007;121:649-655
  • Strand BH, Kunst A, Huisman M, Menvielle G, Glickman M, Bopp M, Borrell C, Borgan JK, Costa G, Deboosere P, Regidor E, Valkonen T, Mackenbach JP, EU Working Group on Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health.
    The reversed social gradient: Higher breast cancer mortality in the higher educationed compared to the lower educated. A comparison of 11 European populations during the 1990s. Eur J Cancer 2007;43:1200-1207

2006

  • Avendaño M, Kunst AE, Huisman M, van Lenthe F, Bopp M, Regidor E, Glickman M, Costa C, Spadea T, Deboosere P, Borrell C, Valkonen T, Gisser R, Borgan J-K, Gadeyne S, Mackenbach JP. Socioeconomic status and ischaemic heart disease mortality in 10 western European populations during the 1990s. Heart 2006;92:461-467 (published online first 10-10-2005)

2005

  • Borrell C, Plasència A, Huisman M, Costa C, Kunst A, Andersen O, Bopp M, Borgan JK, Deboosere P, Glickman M, Gadeyne S, Minder C, Regidor E, Spadea T, Valkonen T, Mackenbach JP). Education level inequalities and transportation injury mortality in the middle aged and elderly in European settings. Injury Prevention 2005;11:138-142
  • Lorant V, Kunst AE, Huisman M, Costa G, Mackenbach J on behalf of the EU Working Group on Socio-Economic Inequalities in Health (Otto Andersen, Matthias Bopp, Carme Borrell Jens-Kristian Borgan, Patrick Deboosere, Myer Glickman, Sylvie Gadeyne, Christoph Minder, Enrique Regidor, Teresa Spadea, Tapani Valkonen). Socio-economic inequalities in suicide: a European comparative study. Br J Psychiatry 2005;187:49-54
  • Lorant V, Kunst AE, Huisman M, Bopp M, Mackenbach J and the EU Working Group. An European cross-national comparative study of marital status and socio-economic inequalities in suicide. Soc Sci Med 2005;60:2431-2441
  • Huisman M, Kunst AE, Bopp M, Borgan JK, Borrell C, Costa G, Deboosere P, Gadeyne S, Glickman M, Marinacci C, Minder C, Regidor E, Valkonen T, Mackenbach J.  Educational inequalities in cause-specific mortality in middle-aged and older men and women in eight western European populations. Lancet 2005;365:493-500

2004

  • Avendaño M, Kunst AE, Huisman M, van Lenthe F, Bopp M, Borrell C, Valkonen T, Regidor E, Costa G, Donkin A, Borgan J-K, Deboosere P, Gadeyne S, Spadea T, Andersen O, Mackenbach JP. Educational level and stroke mortality – a comparison of 10 European populations during the 1990s. Stroke 2004;35:432-437
  • Huisman M, Kunst AE , Andersen O, Bopp M, Borgan J-K, Borrell C, Costa G, Deboosere P, Donkin A, Gadeyne S, Minder C, Regidor E, Spadea T, Valkonen T, Mackenbach J.
    Socio-economic inequalities in mortality among the elderly in eleven European populations.
    J Epidemiol Community Health 2004;58:468-475
  • Mackenbach J, Huisman M, Andersen O, Bopp M, Borgan J-K, Borrell C, Costa G, Deboosere P, Donkin A, Gadeyne S, Minder C, Regidor E, Spadea T, Valkonen T, Kunst AE.
    Inequalities in lung cancer mortality by the educational level in 10 European populations.
    European Journal of Cancer 2004;40:126-135