Research projects
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Optimizing parental health literacy amongst immigrants (OPAL)
The aim of the OPAL project is to develop knowledge about health literacy of immigrant parents, as well as design and evaluate solutions to promote their health literacy.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
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
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Vol. 22.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/93010
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
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Vol. 16.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2984153
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
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Vol. 9.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/73422
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
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Vol. 107.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/67474
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
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Vol. 2018.
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jdr/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. Primary Care Diabetes . Vol. 11.
Kinnunen, Tarja I.; Waage, Christin; Sommer, Christine; Sletner, Line; Raitanen, Jani; Jenum, Anne Karen (2016). Ethnic Differences in Gestational Weight Gain: A Population-Based Cohort Study in Norway. Maternal and Child Health Journal . Vol. 20.
Waage, Christin; Mdala, Ibrahimu; Jenum, Anne Karen; Michelsen, Trond Melbye; Birkeland, Kåre I.; Sletner, Line (2016). Ethnic differences in blood pressure from early pregnancy to postpartum: A Norwegian cohort study. Journal of Hypertension . Vol. 34.
Waage, Christin; Falk, Ragnhild Sørum; Sommer, Christine; Mørkrid, Kjersti; Richardsen, Kåre Rønn; Bærug, Anne Bergljot; Shakeel, Nilam; Birkeland, Kåre I.; Jenum, Anne Karen
(2016).
Ethnic differences in postpartum weight retention: a Norwegian cohort study.
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Vol. 123.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2507766
Sommer, Christine; Jenum, Anne Karen; Waage, Christin; Mørkrid, Kjersti; Sletner, Line; Birkeland, Kåre I. (2015). Ethnic differences in BMI, subcutaneous fat, and serum leptin levels during and after pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes. European Journal of Endocrinology (EJE) . Vol. 172.