2025
Bountziouka V, Nelson CP, Codd V, Samani NJ. Higher dietary n-3 PUFA and fibre intake is associated with longer leukocyte telomere length: Evidence from a substitution model analysis in the UK Biobank. Nutr Res. 2025; In press.
Samadi, S., Kaloudis, E., Wahyudi, I., Wajizah, S., & Munawar, A. A. (2025). Enhancing the Accuracy of NIRS Prediction with Adaptive Machine Learning for Assessing Fermented Citronella Feed Quality. Tropical Animal Science Journal, 48(5), 440–449. https://doi.org/10.5398/tasj.2025.48.5.440
Georgoulis M, Grapsa I, Arnaoutis G, Karachaliou A, Saltaouras G, Bathrellou E, Bountziouka V, Yannakoulia M, Dimitrakopoulos G, Kontogianni MD. Association between physical activity and indicators of overweight/obesity and metabolically unhealthy obesity risk in children and adolescents: a systematic review of prospective epidemiological studies and randomised controlled trials in Western countries. Obes Rev. 2025; In press. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.70014.
Panagiotou M, Gkatzioni Ai, Bountziouka V, Gkatzionis K. Development and evaluation of a culture-specific lexicon for measuring food-elicited emotions in languages other than english: a case study of a questionnaire developed in the Greek language. Food Qual Prefer. 2025; 134: 105659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2025.105659.
Potsaki P, Papagianni OI, Almpounioti K, Soulakellis C, Voutsa A, Katira O, Bountziouka V, Karantonis C, Koutelidakis AE. Acute Effects of Olive Leaf Tea and Olive Leaf Powder Biscuits on Postprandial Glycemia, Lipid Profile and Inflammatory Markers: A Randomized Controlled Crossover Trial in Healthy Volunteers. Applied Sciences. 2025; 15(14): 7857. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15147857.
Yilmaz A, Weech M, Bountziouka V, Jackson KG, Lovegrove JA. Association between empirically driven dietary patterns and cardiometabolic disease risk factors: a cross-sectional analysis in disease-free adults. Nutr Metab (Lond) 2025; 22(1): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12986-025-00965-6.
Kaloudis E, Kouti V, Triantafillou FM, Ventouris P, Pavlidis R, Bountziouka V. AI-Powered Analysis of Weight Loss Reports from Reddit: Unlocking Social Media’s Potential in Dietary Assessment. Nutrients 2025; 17(5): 818. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17050818.
Anthimopoulos, G., Plakas, S., Gkatzionis, K., & Kaloudis, E. (2025). Quantitative Analysis of Mastication Electromyography Data. Application in Chewing Behavior of three types of Gels. Current Cell Science. https://doi.org/10.2174/0127726215335752250226060859
Rossos, Stavros, Agrafioti, Paraskevi, Sotiroudas, Vasilis, Athanassiou, Christos G., Kaloudis, Efstathios (2025). Predicting Heat Treatment Duration for Pest Control Using Machine Learning on a Large-Scale Dataset. Agronomy, 15(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy15051254
Pillay T, Rivero-Arias O, Armstrong N, Seaton SE, Yang M, Banda VL, Dawson K, Ismail AQ, Bountziouka V, Cupit C, Paton A, Manktelow BN, Draper ES, Modi N, Campbell HE, Boyle EM. Optimising neonatal services for very preterm births between 27+0 and 31+6 weeks gestation in England: the OPTI-PREM mixed-methods study. Health Soc Care Deliv Res. 2025; 13(12): 1-126. https://doi.org/10.3310/JYWC6538.
Panagiotou, Malamatenia, Gkatzionis, Konstantinos, Kaloudis, Efstathios (2025). Food Neologisms and Word Formation Trends Identified on Social Media Posts Using LLMs for Hashtag Collection. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 3972. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3972/paper1.pdf
Bousdouni P, Kandyliari A, Kargadouri A, Potsaki P, Papagianni OI, Stylianou M-E, Stathopoulou N, Andrianopoulou P, Kapsokefalou M, Bountziouka V, Kolomvotsou A, Prapa I, Mitropoulou G, Pavlatou C, Tzakos AG, Panas P, Kourkoutas Y, Koutelidakis AE. Effect of Daily Lactococcus cremoris spp. Consumption Immobilized on Oat Flakes on Blood and Urine Biomarkers: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial. Medicina. 2025; 61(6): 956. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61060956.
Bathrellou E, Bountziouka V, Lamprou D, Fragedaki E, Papachristou E, Vriesekoop F, Kontogianni MD. Higher cost of gluten-free products compared to gluten-containing equivalents is mainly attributed to staple foods. Nutr Bull. 2025; 50(1): 44–51. https://doi.org/10.1111/nbu.12716.
Fullard, John F., NM, Prashant, Lee, …, Tsetsos, Fotios, …, Roussos, Panos (2025). Population-scale cross-disorder atlas of the human prefrontal cortex at single-cell resolution. Scientific Data, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04687-5
Strom, Nora I., Halvorsen, Matthew W., …, Tsetsos, Fotis, …, Mattheisen, Manuel (2025). Genome-Wide Association Study Meta-Analysis of 9619 Cases With Tic Disorders. Biological Psychiatry, 97(7), 743 – 752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.07.025
2024
Kaloudis, Efstathios (2024). Improving the Oxygen Removal Process in a Chamber Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations for Pest Control Applications. Oxygen, 4(3), 295 – 306. https://doi.org/10.3390/oxygen4030017
Agrafioti, Paraskevi, Kaloudis, Efstathios, Kateris, Dimitrios, Athanassiou, Christos G. (2024). Assessment of Phosphine Resistance in Major Stored-Product Insects in Greece Using Two Diagnostic Protocols. Insects, 15(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15100802
Agrafioti, Paraskevi, Lampiri, Evagelia, Kaloudis, Efstathios, Gourgouta, Marina, Vassilakos, Thomas N., Ioannidis, Philippos M., Athanassiou, Christos G. (2024). Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Stored Product Insects in a Feed Mill in Greece. Agronomy, 14(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14122812
Panagiotou M, Kaloudis E, Koukoumaki DI, Bountziouka V, Giannakou E, Pandi M, Gkatzionis K. Key drivers of consumption, conceptual, sensory, and emotional profiling of cheeses based on origin and consumer familiarity: a case study of local and imported cheeses in Greece. Gastronomy 2024; 2: 141–154. https://doi.org/10.3390/gastronomy2040011.
Agrafioti, Paraskevi, Kaloudis, Efstathios, Kateris, Dimitrios, Athanassiou, Christos G. (2024). Modeling the concentration of phosphine and insect mortality with computational fluid dynamics. Control and Management of Pests in Stored Products, , 587 – 615. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003309888-17
Pillay T, Seaton SE, Yang M, Bountziouka V, Banda V, Campbell H, Dawson K, Manktelow BN, Draper ES, Modi N, Boyle EM, Rivero-Arias O; OPTI-PREM study group; Contributing neonatal units and leads. Improving outcomes for very preterm babies in England: does place of birth matter? Findings from OPTI-PREM, a national cohort study. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2025:fetalneonatal-2024-327474. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327474
Saltaouras G, Kyrkili A, Bathrellou E, Georgoulis M, Yannakoulia M, Bountziouka V, Smrke U, Dimitrakopoulos G, Kontogianni MD. Associations between Meal Patterns and Risk of Overweight/Obesity and Metabolically Unhealthy Obesity in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies and Randomised Controlled Trials. Children (Basel). 2024; 11(9): 1100. https://doi.org/10.3390/children11091100
Akyakar B, Yildiran H, Bountziouka V. Ultra-processed food intake during pregnancy and its impact on maternal diet quality and weight change: A systematic review of observational studies. Curr Nutr Rep. 2024; 13(4): 800-814. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13668-024-00580-6
Spinou M, Naska A, Nelson CP, Codd V, Samani NJ, Bountziouka V. Micronutrient intake and telomere length: findings from the UK Biobank. Eur J Nutr. 2024;63(8):2871-2883. Erratum in: Eur J Nutr. 2024; 64(1): 53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-024-03460-5
Papagianni O, Bountziouka V, Maniati E, Pegkos A, Dimou C, Karantonis HC, Koutelidakis AE. The frequency of consumption of selective functional foods with functionality is related to improved anthropometric obesity indices: A cross-sectional study in Greek and Cypriots adults. Functional Food Science 2024; 4(4): 134-152. https://doi.org/10.31989/ffs.v4i4.1274
Bilak JM, Gulsin GS, Bountziouka V, Parke KS, Redman E, Henson J, Zhao L, Costet P, Cvijic ME, Maya J, Chang CP, Davies MJ, Yates T, McCann GP, Brady EM. Temporal Responses of a Low-Energy Meal Replacement Plan or Exercise Training on Cardiovascular Function and Fibro-Inflammatory Markers in People with Type 2 Diabetes—A Secondary Analysis of the “Diabetes Interventional Assessment of Slimming or Training to Lessen Inconspicuous Cardiovascular Dysfunction” Study. Hearts. 2024; 5(1): 165-181. https://doi.org/10.3390/hearts5010011.
Wagner SK, Bountziouka V, Hysi P, Rahi JS; UK Biobank Eye & Vision Consortium. Associations between unilateral amblyopia in childhood and cardiometabolic disorders in adult life: a cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of the UK Biobank. EClinicalMedicine. 2024; 70: 102493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102493
Tsetsos, Fotis, Topaloudi, Apostolia, …., Paschou, Peristera (2024). Genome-Wide Association Study Points to Novel Locus for Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome. Biological Psychiatry, 96(2), 114 – 124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.01.023
2023
Kaloudis, Efstathios, Agrafioti, Paraskevi, Athanassiou, Christos (2023). Prediction of Oxygen Distribution in Silos and Chambers Filled with Various Agricultural Commodities. Agronomy, 13(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13123027
Bountziouka V, Horvat-Gitsels LA, Cortina-Borja M, Rahi JS. Trends in the long-term impact of childhood visual impairment on health and social outcomes in the UK: a cross-cohort study across three decades of disability-related legislation and policy implementation. Eur J Publ Health. 2023; 33 (6): 1035-1042. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad162
Ismail, Abdul Qader Tahir, Boyle, Elaine M., Pillay, Thillagavathie, Modi, Neena, Rivero-Arias, Oliver, Manktelow, Bradley, Seaton, Sarah E., Armstrong, Natalie, Yang, Miaoqing, Bountziouka, Sila, Cupit, Caroline S., Paton, Alexis, Banda, Victor L, Draper, Elizabeth S, Dawson, Kelvin (2023). Clinical outcomes for babies born between 27 – 31 weeks of gestation: Should they be regarded as a single cohort?. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 29(1), 27 – 32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnn.2022.04.003
Pallikadavath S, Richards C, Bountziouka V, Sandilands AJ, Graham-Brown MPM, Robinson T, Singh A, McCann GP. The AFLETES Study: Atrial Fibrillation in Veteran Athletes and the Risk of Stroke. Clin J Sport Med. 2023; 33(3): 209-216. https://doi.org/10.1097/JSM.0000000000001115
Diamantopoulos LN, Makrakis D, Korentzelos D, Alevizakos M, Wright JL, Grivas P, Bountziouka V, Vadikolias K, Lambropoulou M, Tripsianis G. Development and validation of a prognostic nomogram for overall and disease-specific survival in patients with sarcomatoid urothelial carcinoma. Urol Oncol. 2023; 41(6): 296.e17-296.e28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urolonc.2023.01.019.
Bountziouka V, Hansell AL, Nelson CP, Codd V, Samani NJ. Large scale analysis of the association between air pollutants and leucocyte telomere length in UK Biobank. Environ Health Perspect. 2023; 131(2): 027701. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP11745
Debiec R, Lawday D, Bountziouka V, Beeston E, Greengrass C, Bramley R, Sehmi S, Kharodia S, Newton M, Marshall A, Krzeminski A, Zafar A, Chahal A, Heer A, Khunti K, Joshi N, Lakhani M, Farooqi A, Patel R, Samani NJ. Evaluating the clinical effectiveness of the NHS Health Check programme: A prospective analysis in the Genetics and Vascular Health Check (GENVASC) Study. BMJ Open 2023; 13(5): e068025. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068025
Bountziouka V, Nelson CP, Wang Q, Musicha C, Codd V, Samani NJ. Dietary patterns and practices and leucocyte telomere length: Findings from the UK Biobank. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2023; 123(6): 912-922.e26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2023.01.008
Bountziouka V, Johnson S, Manktelow B. Methods for constructing normalised reference scores: an application for assessing child development at 24 months of age. Multivar Behav Res. 2023; 58(5): 894-910. https://doi.org/10.1080/00273171.2022.2142189
Jain, Pritesh, Miller-Fleming, Tyne, Topaloudi, Apostolia, …, Tsetsos, Fotis, …, Mathews, Carol A. (2023). Polygenic risk score-based phenome-wide association study identifies novel associations for Tourette syndrome. Translational Psychiatry, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-023-02341-5
Hallast, Pille, Ebert, Peter, Loftus, Mark, Yilmaz, Feyza, Audano, Peter A., Logsdon, Glennis A., Bonder, Marc Jan, Zhou, Weichen, Höps, Wolfram, Kim, Kwondo, Li, Chong, Hoyt, Savannah J., Dishuck, Philip C., Porubsky, David, Tsetsos, Fotios, Kwon, Jee Young, Zhu, Qihui, Munson, Katherine M., Hasenfeld, Patrick, Harvey, William T., Lewis, Alexandra P., Kordosky, Jennifer, Hoekzema, Kendra, O’Neill, Rachel J., Korbel, Jan O., Tyler-Smith, Chris, Eichler, Evan E., Shi, Xinghua, Beck, Christine R., Marschall, Tobias, Konkel, Miriam K., Lee, Charles (2023). Assembly of 43 human Y chromosomes reveals extensive complexity and variation. Nature, 621(7978), 355 – 364. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06425-6
2022
Agrafioti, Paraskevi, Kaloudis, Efstathios, Athanassiou, Christos G (2022). Utilizing low oxygen to mitigate resistance of stored product insects to phosphine. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 102(13), 6080 – 6087. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.11960
Brabec, Daniel, Kaloudis, Efstathios, Athanassiou, Christos G., Campbell, James, Agrafioti, Paraskevi, Scheff, Deanna S., Bantas, Sotiris, Sotiroudas, Vasilis (2022). Fumigation Monitoring and Modeling of Hopper-Bottom Railcars Loaded with Corn Grits. Journal of Biosystems Engineering, 47(3), 358 – 369. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42853-022-00148-8
Barker J, Li X, Khavandi S, Koeckerling D, Mavilakandy A, Pepper C, Bountziouka V, Chen L, Kotb A, Antoun I, Mansir J, Smith-Byrne K, Schlindwein FS, Dhutia H, Tyukin I, Nicolson WB, Ng GA. Machine learning in sudden cardiac death risk prediction: a systematic review. EP Europace 2022; 24(11): 1777-1787. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euac135.
Morris GE, Denniff MJ, Karamanavi E, Andrews SA, Kostogrys RB, Bountziouka V, Ghaderi-Najafabadi M, Shamkhi N, McConnell G, Kaiser MA, Carleton L, Schofield C, Kessler T, Rainbow RD, Samani, NJ, Webb T. The integrin ligand SVEP1 regulates GPCR-mediated vasoconstriction via integrins α9β1 and α4β1. Br J Pharmacol. 2022; 179(21): 4958-4973. https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.15921.
Cupit C, Paton A, Boyle E, Pillay T, Armstrong N; OPTI-PREM Study Team. Managerial thinking in neonatal care: a qualitative study of place of care decision-making for preterm babies born at 27-31 weeks gestation in England. BMJ Open. 2022; 12(6): e059428. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059428.
Chan N, Premawardhana D, Al-Hussaini A, Wood A, Bountziouka V, Kotecha D, Swahn E, Palmefors H, Pagonis C, Sederholm Lawesson S, Kadziela J, Garcia-Guimaraes M, Alfonso F, Escaned J, Macaya F, Santas-Alvarez M, Cerrato E, Maas A, Hlinomaz O, Bogale N, Cortese B, Cheng M, Bolger A, Hussain S, Samani N, Knight M, Cauldwell M, Adlam D. Pregnancy and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: lessons from survivors and non-survivors. Circulation. 2022; 146(1): 69-72. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.059635.
Kite TA, Kurmani SA, Bountziouka V, Cooper NJ, Lock ST, Gale CP, Flather M, Curzen N, Banning AP, McCann GP, Ladwiniec A. Timing of Invasive Strategy in Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials. Eur Heart J. 2022; 43(33): 3148-3161. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac213.
Bountziouka V, Musicha C, Allara E, Kaptoge S, Wang Q, Di Angelantonio E, Butterworth AS, Thompson JR, Danesh JN, Wood AM, Nelson CP, Codd V, Samani NJ. Modifiable traits, healthy behaviours, and leucocyte telomere length: a population-based analysis in UK Biobank. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2022; 3(5): e321-e331. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-7568(22)00072-1.
Bountziouka V, Nelson CP, Codd V, Wang Q, Musicha C, Allara E, Kaptoge S, Di Angelantonio E, Butterworth AS, Thompson JR, Curtis EM, Wood AM, Danesh JN, Harvey NC, Cooper C, Samani NJ. Association of shorter leucocyte telomere length with risk of frailty. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2022; 13(3): 1741-1751. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12971.
Debiec R, Hamby SE, Jones PD, Safwan K, Sosin M, Hetherington S, Sprigings D, Sharman D, Lee K, Salahshouri P, Wheeldon N, Chukwuemeka A, Bountziouka V, Elamin M, Coolman S, Asiani M, Kharodia S, Skinner GJ, Samani NJ, Webb TR, Bolger AP. Contribution of NOTCH1 genetic variants to bicuspid aortic valve and other congenital lesions. Heart. 2022; 108: 1114-1120. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2021-320428.
Codd V, Denniff M, Swinfield C, Warner SC, Papakonstantinou M, Sheth S, Nanus DE, Budgeon CA, Musicha C, Bountziouka V, Wang Q, Bramley R, Allara E, Kaptoge S, Stoma S, Jiang T, Butterworth AS, Wood AM, Di Angelantonio E, Thompson JR, Danesh JN, Nelson CP, Samani NJ. Measurement and initial characterization of leukocyte telomere length in 474,074 participants in UK Biobank. Nat Aging. 2022; 2: 170–179. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-021-00166-9.
Cumberland PM, Bountziouka V, Hammond CJ, Hysi PG, Rahi JS; for the UK Biobank Eye and Vision Consortium. Temporal trends in frequency, type and severity of myopia and associations with key environmental risk factors in the UK: findings from the UK Biobank Study. PLoS One. 2022; 17(1): e0260993. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260993.
Topaloudi, Apostolia, Zagoriti, Zoi, Flint, Alyssa Camille, Martinez, Melanie Belle, Yang, Zhiyu, Tsetsos, Fotis, Christou, Yiolanda-Panayiota, Lagoumintzis, George, Yannaki, Evangelia, Zamba-Papanicolaou, Eleni, Tzartos, John, Tsekmekidou, Xanthippi, Kotsa, Kalliopi, Maltezos, Efstratios, Papanas, Nikolaos, Papazoglou, Dimitrios, Passadakis, Ploumis, Roumeliotis, Athanasios, Roumeliotis, Stefanos, Theodoridis, Marios, Thodis, Elias, Panagoutsos, Stylianos, Yovos, John, Stamatoyannopoulos, John, Poulas, Konstantinos, Kleopa, Kleopas, Tzartos, Socrates, Georgitsi, Marianthi, Paschou, Peristera (2022). Myasthenia gravis genome-wide association study implicates AGRN as a risk locus. Journal of Medical Genetics, 59(8), 801 – 809. https://doi.org/10.1136/jmedgenet-2021-107953