• Associations of low sex hormone-binding globulin and androgen excess in early pregnancy with fasting and post-prandial hyperglycaemia, gestational diabetes, and its severity 

      Mustaniemi, Sanna; Morin-Papunen, Laure; Keikkala, Elina; Öhman, Hanna; Surcel, Heljä-Marja; Kaaja, Risto; Gissler, Mika; Eriksson, Johan G.; Laivuori, Hannele; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Vääräsmäki, Marja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Aims We studied whether androgen excess and low sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) measured in early pregnancy are independently associated with fasting and post-prandial hyperglycaemia, gestational diabetes (GDM), and ...
    • Gestational diabetes is associated with the risk of offspring's congenital anomalies: a register-based cohort study 

      Kinnunen, Jenni; Nikkinen, Hilkka; Keikkala, Elina; Mustaniemi, Sanna; Gissler, Mika; Laivuori, Hannele; Eriksson, Johan G.; Kaaja, Risto; Pouta, Anneli; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Vääräsmäki, Marja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a common pregnancy-related disorder and a well-known risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes. There are conflicting findings on the association of GDM with the risk of ...
    • Higher hemoglobin levels are an independent risk factor for gestational diabetes 

      Sissala, Niina; Mustaniemi, Sanna; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Vääräsmäki, Marja; Koivunen, Peppi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Incidence of gestational diabetes (GDM) has increased rapidly. It poses significant risks for both mother and fetus affecting also negatively their longer-term metabolic heath. We asked whether early pregnancy maternal ...
    • Increased Oral Care Needs and Third Molar Symptoms in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Finnish Gestational Diabetes Case-Control Study 

      Pukkila, Jenni; Mustaniemi, Sanna; Lingaiah, Shilpa; Lappalainen, Olli-Pekka; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Pouta, Anneli; Kaaja, Risto; Eriksson, Johan G.; Laivuori, Hannele; Gissler, Mika; Vääräsmäki, Marja; Keikkala, Elina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      (1) Hyperglycemia and oral pathology accelerate each other in diabetes. We evaluated whether gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with self-reported increased oral health care needs and oral symptoms, including ...
    • LongITools: Dynamic longitudinal exposome trajectories in cardiovascular and metabolic noncommunicable diseases 

      Ronkainen, Justiina; Nedelec, Rozenn; Atehortua, Angelica; Balkhiyarova, Zhanna; Cascarano, Anna; Dang, Vien Ngoc; Elhakeem, Ahmed; Van Enckevort, Esther; Soares, Ana Goncalves; Haakma, Sido; Halonen, Miia; Heilb, Katharina F.; Heiskala, Anni; Hyde, Eleanor; Jacquemin, Bénédicte; Keikkala, Elina; Kerckhoffs, Jules; Klåvus, Anton; Kopinska, Joanna A.; Lepeule, Johanna; Marazzi, Francesca; Motoc, Irina; Näätänen, Mari; Ribbenstedt, Anton; Rundblad, Amanda; Savolainen, Otto; Simonetti, Valentina; De Toro Eadie, Nina; Tzala, Evangelia; Ulrich, Anna; Wright, Thomas; Zarei, Iman; D'Amicov, Enrico; Belotti, Federico; Bruniu, Carl; Castleton, Christopher; Charles, Marie-Aline; Gaillard, Romy; Hanhineva, Kati; Hoek, Gerard; Holven, Kirsten Bjørklund; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.; Kaakinen, Marika A.; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Kavousi, Maryam; Lakka, Timo; Matthews, Jason; Mortari, Andrea Piano; Vääräsmäki, Marja; Voortman, Trudy; Webster, Claire; Zinsm, Marie; Atella, Vincenzo; Bulgheroni, Maria; Chadeau-Hyam, Marc; Conti, Gabriella; Evans, Jayne; Felix, Janine F.; Heude, Barbara; Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Kolehmaine, Marjukka; Landberg, Rikard; Lekadir, Karim; Parusso, Stefano; Prokopenko, Inga; De Rooij, Susanne R.; Roseboom, Tessa; Swertz, Morris; Timpson, Nicholas; Ulven, Stine Marie; Vermeulen, Roel; Juola, Teija; Sebert, Sylvain (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The current epidemics of cardiovascular and metabolic noncommunicable diseases have emerged alongside dramatic modifications in lifestyle and living environments. These correspond to changes in our “modern” postwar societies ...
    • Maternal haemoglobin levels in pregnancy and child DNA methylation: a study in the pregnancy and childhood epigenetics consortium 

      Ronkainen, Justiina; Heiskala, Anni; Vehmeijer, Florianne O.; Lowry, Estelle; Caramaschi, Doretta; Estrada Gutierrez, Guadalupe; Heiss, Jonathan A.; Hummel, Nadine; Keikkala, Elina; Kvist, Tuomas; Kupsco, Allison; Melton, Phillip E.; Pesce, Giancarlo; Soomro, Munawar Hussain; Vives-Usano, Marta; Baïz, Nour; Binder, Elisabeth B.; Czamara, Darina; Guxens, Mònica; Mustaniemi, Sanna; London, Stephanie J.; Rauschert, Sebastian; Vääräsmäki, Marja; Vrijheid, Martine; Ziegler, Anette-G.; Annesi-Maesano, Isabella; Bustamante, Mariona; Huang, Rae-Chi; Hummel, Sandra; Just, Allan C.; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Lahti, Jari; Lawlor, Debbie A.; Räikkönen, Katri; Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Felix, Janine F.; Sebert, Sylvain (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Altered maternal haemoglobin levels during pregnancy are associated with pre-clinical and clinical conditions affecting the fetus. Evidence from animal models suggests that these associations may be partially explained by ...
    • Maternal pre-pregnancy overweight and gestational diabetes and dietary intakes among young adult offspring 

      Kaseva, Nina; Vääräsmäki, Marja; Matinolli, Hanna-Maria; Sipola, Marika; Tikanmäki, Marjaana; Kanerva, Noora; Heinonen, Kati; Lano, Aulikki; Wolke, Dieter; Andersson, Sture; Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Räikkönen, Katri; Eriksson, Johan G.; Männistö, Satu; Kajantie, Eero Olavi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background/Objectives Maternal pre-pregnancy overweight/obesity and gestational diabetes (GDM) are associated with increased fat deposition in adult offspring. The purpose of this study was to identify if maternal ...
    • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of gestational diabetes mellitus highlights genetic links with type 2 diabetes 

      Pervjakova, Natalia; Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth; Borges, Maria-Carolina; Ferreira, Teresa; Cook, James P.; Allard, Catherine; Beaumont, Robin N.; Canouil, Mickaël; Hatem, Gad; Heiskala, Anni; Joensuu, Anni; Karhunen, Ville; Kwak, Soo Heon; Lin, Frederick T J; Liu, Jun; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl; Tam, Claudia H.; Tam, Wing Hung; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Andrew, Toby; Auvinen, Juha; Bhowmik, Bishwajit; Bonnefond, Amélie; Delahaye, Fabien; Demirkan, Ayse; Froguel, Philippe; Haller-Kikkatalo, Kadri; Hardardottir, Hildur; Hummel, Sandra; Hussain, Akhtar; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Keikkala, Elina; Khamis, Amna; Lahti, Jari; Lekva, Tove; Mustaniemi, Sanna; Sommer, Christine; Tagoma, Aili; Tzala, Evangelia; Uibo, Raivo; Vääräsmäki, Marja; Villa, Pia M.; Birkeland, Kåre Inge; Bouchard, Luigi; Duijn, Cornelia M.; Finer, Sarah; Groop, Leif; Hämäläinen, Esa; Hayes, Geoffrey M.; Hitman, Graham A.; Jang, Hak C.; Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta; Jenum, Anne Karen; Laivuori, Hannele; Ma, Ronald C.; Melander, Olle; Oken, Emily; Park, Kyong Soo; Perron, Patrice; Prasad, Rashmi B.; Qvigstad, Elisabeth; Sebert, Sylvain; Stefansson, Kari; Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur; Tuomi, Tiinamaija; Hivert, Marie-France; Franks, Paul W.; McCarthy, Mark I.; Lindgren, Cecilia M.; Freathy, Rachel M.; Lawlor, Deborah A.; Morris, Andrew P.; Mägi, Reedik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with increased risk of pregnancy complications and adverse perinatal outcomes. GDM often reoccurs and is associated with increased risk of subsequent diagnosis of type 2 ...
    • Normal Gestational Weight Gain Protects From Large-for-Gestational-Age Birth Among Women With Obesity and Gestational Diabetes 

      Mustaniemi, Sanna; Nikkinen, Hilkka; Bloigu, Aini; Pouta, Anneli; Kaaja, Risto; Eriksson, Johan G.; Laivuori, Hannele; Gissler, Mika; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Vääräsmäki, Marja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: Pre-pregnancy obesity, excess gestational weight gain (GWG), and gestational diabetes (GDM) increase fetal growth. Our aim was to assess whether normal GWG is associated with lower risk for a large-for-gestational-age ...
    • A Pregnancy and Childhood Epigenetics Consortium (PACE) meta-analysis highlights potential relationships between birth order and neonatal blood DNA methylation 

      Li, Shaobo; Spitz, Natalia; Ghantous, Akram; Abrishamcar, Sarina; Reimann, Brigitte; Marques, Irene; Silver, Matt J.; Aguilar-Lacasaña, Sofía; Kitaba, Negusse; Rezwan, Faisal I.; Röder, Stefan; Sirignano, Lea; Tuhkanen, Johanna; Mancano, Giulia; Sharp, Gemma C.; Metayer, Catherine; Morimoto, Libby; Stein, Dan J.; Zar, Heather J.; Alfano, Rossella; Nawrot, Tim; Wang, Congrong; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Keikkala, Elina; Mustaniemi, Sanna; Ronkainen, Justiina; Sebert, Sylvain; Silva, Wnurinham; Vääräsmäki, Marja; Jaddoe, Vincent W. V.; Bernstein, Robin M.; Prentice, Andrew M.; Cosin-Tomas, Marta; Dwyer, Terence; Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Herceg, Zdenko; Magnus, Maria Christine; Munthe-Kaas, Monica Cheng; Page, Christian Magnus; Völker, Maja; Gilles, Maria; Send, Tabea; Witt, Stephanie; Zillich, Lea; Gagliardi, Luigi; Richiardi, Lorenzo; Czamara, Darina; Räikkönen, Katri; Chatzi, Lida; Vafeiadi, Marina; Arshad, S. Hasan; Ewart, Susan; Plusquin, Michelle; Felix, Janine F.; Moore, Sophie E.; Vrijheid, Martine; Holloway, John W.; Karmaus, Wilfried; Herberth, Gunda; Zenclussen, Ana; Streit, Fabian; Lahti, Jari; Hüls, Anke; Hoang, Thanh T.; London, Stephanie J.; Wiemels, Joseph L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Higher birth order is associated with altered risk of many disease states. Changes in placentation and exposures to in utero growth factors with successive pregnancies may impact later life disease risk via persistent DNA ...
    • Pregnancy outcomes according to the definition of gestational diabetes 

      Koivunen, Sanna; Viljakainen, Matti; Männistö, Tuija; Gissler, Mika; Pouta, Anneli; Kaaja, Risto; Eriksson, Johan G.; Laivuori, Hannele; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Vääräsmäki, Marja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Objective To assess the frequency and perinatal outcomes of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) defined by the criteria according to the International Association of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group (IADPSG) and the ...
    • Risk-taking behavior of adolescents and young adults born preterm 

      Alenius, Suvi; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Sund, Reijo; Nurhonen, Markku; Haaramo, Peija; Näsänen-Gilmore, Pieta; Vääräsmäki, Marja; Lemola, Sakari; Räikkönen, Katri; Schnitzlein, Daniel D.; Wolke, Dieter; Gissler, Mika; Hovi, Petteri (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Objectives To study sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis infections (STCTs), teenage pregnancies, and payment defaults in individuals born preterm as proxies for engaging in risk-taking behavior. Study design Our ...
    • Serum ceramides in early pregnancy as predictors of gestational diabetes 

      Mustaniemi, Sanna; Keikkala, Elina; Kajantie, Eero Olavi; Nurhonen, Markku; Jylhä, Antti; Morin-Papunen, Laure; Öhman, Hanna; Männistö, Tuija; Laivuori, Hannele; Eriksson, Johan G.; Laaksonen, Reijo; Vääräsmäki, Marja; Kaaja, Risto; Gissler, Mika; Pouta, Anneli (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Ceramides contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes but it is uncertain whether they predict gestational diabetes (GDM). In this multicentre case–control study including 1040 women with GDM and 958 non-diabetic ...