Christin Waage

Scientific publications

Waage, Christin ; Jenum, Anne Karen; Mdala, Ibrahimu; Lee-Ødegård, Sindre; Brænd, Anja Maria; Sletner, Line; Berg, Jens Petter; Birkeland, Kåre Inge (2025). Diabetes and prediabetes among women universally screened for gestational diabetes: a multi-ethnic, population-based, prospective study with eleven years follow-up. BMC Public Health. Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22493-x

Robinson, Hilde Stendal; Vøllestad, Nina Køpke; Bennetter, Karin Elisabeth; Waage, Christin Wiegels ; Jenum, Anne Karen; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn (2024). Pelvic girdle pain in pregnancy and early postpartum – prevalence and risk factors in a multi-ethnic cohort. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-023-07135-w

Bennetter, Karin Elisabeth; Waage, Christin ; Jenum, Anne Karen; Vøllestad, Nina Køpke; Robinson, Hilde Stendal; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn (2023). Cross-Cultural Contact and Norwegian Language Skills Among Ethnic Minority Women in Norway, and Relationship with Physical Activity in Pregnancy and Postpartum: The STORK-Groruddalen Cohort Study. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. Vol. 26.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-023-01535-9

Bennetter, Karin Elisabeth; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn ; Vøllestad, Nina Køpke; Jenum, Anne Karen; Robinson, Hilde Stendal; Mdala, Ibrahimu; Waage, Christin (2023). Associations between social support and physical activity in postpartum: a Norwegian multi-ethnic cohort study. BMC Public Health. Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15507-z

Waage, Christin ; Mdala, Ibrahimu; Stigum, Hein; Jenum, Anne Karen; Birkeland, Kåre Inge; Shakeel, Nilam; Michelsen, Trond Melbye; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn ; Sletner, Line (2022). Lipid and lipoprotein concentrations during pregnancy and associations with ethnicity. 12 p. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-04524-2

Fragoso-Bargas, Nicolas; Opsahl, Julia Onsrud; Kiryushchenko, Nadezhda; Böttcher, Yvonne; Lee-Ødegård, Sindre; Qvigstad, Elisabeth; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn ; Waage, Christin ; Sletner, Line; Jenum, Anne Karen; Prasad, Rashmi B.; Groop, Leif C.; Moen, Gunn-Helen Øiseth; Birkeland, Kåre Inge; Sommer, Christine (2021). Cohort profile: Epigenetics in Pregnancy (EPIPREG) – Population-based sample of European and South Asian pregnant women with epigenome-wide DNA methylation (850k) in peripheral blood leukocytes. PLOS ONE. Vol. 16.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256158

Kinnunen, Tarja I.; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn ; Sletner, Line; Torgersen, Leila; Sommer, Christine; Waage, Christin Wiegels ; Mdala, Ibrahimu; Jenum, Anne Karen (2019). Ethnic differences in body mass index trajectories from 18 years to postpartum in a population-based cohort of pregnant women in Norway. 9 p. BMJ Open. Vol. 9.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022640

Bærug, Anne Bergljot; Sletner, Line; Laake, Petter; Fretheim, Atle ; Løland, Beate Fossum; Waage, Christin ; Birkeland, Kåre I.; Jenum, Anne Karen (2018). Recent gestational diabetes was associated with mothers stopping predominant breastfeeding earlier in a multi-ethnic population. Acta Paediatrica. Vol. 107.
https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.14274

Eggemoen, Åse Ruth; Waage, Christin ; Sletner, Line; Gulseth, Hanne Løvdal; Birkeland, Kåre I.; Jenum, Anne Karen (2018). Vitamin D, gestational diabetes, and measures of glucose metabolism in a population-based multiethnic cohort. 12 p. Journal of Diabetes Research. Vol. 2018.
https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/8939235

Waage, Christin ; Jenum, Anne Karen; Mdala, Ibrahimu; Berg, Jens Petter; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn ; Birkeland, Kåre I. (2017). Associations between gestational diabetes mellitus and elevated HbA1c early postpartum in a multi-ethnic population. 8 p. Primary Care Diabetes. Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcd.2016.09.007

Dissemination

Waage, Christin ; Toftemo, Ingun; Brænd, Anja Maria; Sletner, Line; Sommer, Christine; Birkeland, Kåre Inge; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn ; Shakeel, Nilam; Vøllestad, Nina Køpke; Jenum, Anne Karen (2023). Cohort profile update: the Norwegian STORK Groruddalen (STORK G) pregnancy and birth cohort—the role of ethnicity and causal pathways for obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other health issues. BMJ Open. Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076251

Waage, Christin ; Mdala, Ibrahimu; Brænd, Anja Maria; Jenum, Anne Karen; Birkeland, Kåre Inge (2023). Prediabetes and diabetes 11 years after pregnancy in ethnic minority groups with and without gestational diabetes. 59th EASD Annual Meeting. European Association for the Study of Diabetes.

Bennetter, Karin Elisabeth; Waage, Christin ; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn ; Jenum, Anne Karen; Robinson, Hilde Stendal (2022). Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity level 11 years postpartum in a multiethnic sample. Idrettsmedisinsk Høstkongress.

Bennetter, Karin Elisabeth; Waage, Christin ; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn ; Jenum, Anne Karen; Vøllestad, Nina Køpke; Robinson, Hilde Stendal; Mdala, Ibrahimu (2022). Associations between social support and physical activity among postpartum women: a cohort study. The European Public Health Conference.

Waage, Christin ; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn ; Jenum, Anne Karen; Vøllestad, Nina Køpke; Robinson, Hilde Stendal (2022). Associations between social support and physical activity among postpartum women: a cohort study. European Journal of Public Health.
https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac131.440

Kinnunen, Tarja I; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn ; Sommer, Christine; Sletner, Line; Waage, Christin Wiegels ; Mdala, Ibrahimu; Torgersen, Leila; Jenum, Anne Karen (2018). Ethnic differences in body mass index trajectories from 18 years to 3 months postpartum in a cohort in Norway. World Congress on Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Health. European Public Health Association.