• Maternal and child gluten intake and association with type 1 diabetes: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study 

      Lund-Blix, Nicolai Andre; Tapia, German; Mårild, Karl Staffan; Brantsæter, Anne Lise; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Joner, Geir; Skrivarhaug, Torild; Størdal, Ketil; Stene, Lars Christian Mørch (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background The relationship between maternal gluten intake in pregnancy, offspring intake in childhood, and offspring risk of type 1 diabetes has not been examined jointly in any studies. Our aim was to study the relationship ...
    • Maternal microchimerism in cord blood and risk of childhood-onset type 1 diabetes 

      Tapia, German; Mortimer, Georgina; Ye, Jody; Gillard, Benjamin Thomas; Chipper-Keating, Saranna; Mårild, Karl Staffan; Viken, Marte K; Lie, Benedicte Alexandra; Joner, Geir; Skrivarhaug, Torild; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Størdal, Ketil; Gillespie, Kathleen; Stene, Lars Christian Mørch (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-09)
      Background: Maternal microchimerism (MMc), the transmission of small quantities of maternal cells to the fetus, is relatively common and persistent. MMc has been detected with increased frequency in the circulation and ...
    • Parental smoking and risk of childhood-onset type 1 diabetes 

      Magnus, Maria Christine; Tapia, German; Olsen, Sjurdur Frodi; Granström, Charlotta; Mårild, Karl Staffan; Ueland, Per Magne; Midttun, Øivind; Svensson, Jannet; Johannesen, Jesper; Skrivarhaug, Torild; Joner, Geir; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Størdal, Ketil; Stene, Lars Christian Mørch (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-11)
      Background: A few prospective studies suggest an association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and lower risk of type 1 diabetes. However, the role of unmeasured confounding and misclassification remains unclear. ...
    • Prediction of type 1 diabetes at birth: Cord blood metabolites vs genetic risk score in the Norwegian mother, father, and child cohort 

      Tapia, German; Suvitaival, Tommi; Ahonen, Linda; Lund-Blix, Nicolai Andre; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Joner, Geir; Skrivarhaug, Torild; Legido-Quigley, Cristina; Størdal, Ketil; Stene, Lars Christian Mørch (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background and aim: Genetic markers are established as predictive of type 1 diabetes, but unknown early life environment is believed to be involved. Umbilical cord blood may reflect perinatal metabolism and exposures. We ...
    • Prenatal iron exposure and childhood type 1 diabetes 

      Størdal, Ketil; McArdle, Harry J.; Hayes, Helen; Tapia, German; Viken, Marte K; Lund-Blix, Nicolai Andre; Haugen, Margaretha; Joner, Geir; Skrivarhaug, Torild; Mårild, Karl Staffan; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Eggesbø, Merete Åse; Mandal, Siddhartha; Page, Christian; London, Stephanie J.; Lie, Benedicte Alexandra; Stene, Lars Christian Mørch (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-06-13)
      Iron overload due to environmental or genetic causes have been associated diabetes. We hypothesized that prenatal iron exposure is associated with higher risk of childhood type 1 diabetes. In the Norwegian Mother and Child ...
    • Short-term safety of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines with respect to all-cause mortality in the older population in Norway 

      Lopez-Doriga Ruiz, Paz; Gunnes, Nina; Gran, Jon Michael; Karlstad, Øystein; Selmer, Randi Marie; Dahl, Jesper; Bøås, Håkon; White, Richard Aubrey; Hofman, Aurora Christine; Paulsen, Trine Hessevik; Watle, Sara Sofie Viksmoen; Ranhoff, Anette Hylen; Bukholm, Geir; Gulseth, Hanne Løvdal; Tapia, German (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background There have been concerns about COVID-19 vaccination safety among frail older individuals. We investigated the relationship between COVID-19 mRNA vaccination and mortality among individuals aged ≥ 70 years and ...