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    Transplantation of maternal intestinal flora to the newborn after elective cesarean section (SECFLOR): study protocol for a double blinded randomized controlled trial

    A complication of elective cesarean section (CS) delivery is its interference with the normal intestinal colonization of the infant, affecting the immune and metabolic signaling in early life— a process that h...

    Noora Carpén, Petter Brodin, Willem M. de Vos, Anne Salonen in BMC Pediatrics (2022)

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    Intrapartal cardiotocographic patterns and hypoxia-related perinatal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus

    In previous reports, cardiotocographic (CTG) fetal heart rate (FHR) monitoring has shown only limited benefits in decreasing adverse perinatal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellit...

    Mikko Tarvonen, Petteri Hovi, Susanna Sainio, Piia Vuorela in Acta Diabetologica (2021)

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    Macronutrient intake during pregnancy in women with a history of obesity or gestational diabetes and offspring adiposity at 5 years of age

    The impact of maternal macronutrient intake during pregnancy on offspring childhood adiposity is unclear. We assessed the associations between maternal macronutrient intake during and after pregnancy with offs...

    Jelena Meinilä, Miira M. Klemetti, Emilia Huvinen in International Journal of Obesity (2021)

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    Maternal pre-pregnancy overweight and gestational diabetes and dietary intakes among young adult offspring

    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 pre-pregnancy ove...

    Nina Kaseva, Marja Vääräsmäki, Hanna-Maria Matinolli, Marika Sipola in Nutrition & Diabetes (2020)

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    The origin of plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in cardiac surgery

    Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common after heart surgery. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is produced in injured kidney. NGAL has been used as an early plasma biomarker for AKI in patients und...

    Arie Passov, Liisa Petäjä, Marjut Pihlajoki, Ulla-Stina Salminen in BMC Nephrology (2019)

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    Body size modifies the relationship between maternal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations and gestational diabetes in high-risk women

    Obesity increases the risk of low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations and gestational diabetes (GDM). We explored whether the association between GDM and change in 25(OH)D concentrations measured in t...

    Anita J Valkama, Jelena M Meinilä in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2018)

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    Towards evidence-based vitamin D supplementation in infants: vitamin D intervention in infants (VIDI) — study design and methods of a randomised controlled double-blinded intervention study

    Vitamin D is important for bone mass accrual during growth. Additionally, it is considered a requirement for a multitude of processes associated with, for example, the development of immunity. Many countries a...

    Otto Helve, Heli Viljakainen, Elisa Holmlund-Suila, Jenni Rosendahl in BMC Pediatrics (2017)

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    Trajectories of growth and symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children: a longitudinal study

    Empirical evidence suggests that prenatal growth is associated with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and its symptoms. Data on the importance of postnatal growth is, however scanty. We studied w...

    Kati Heinonen, Katri Räikkönen, Anu-Katriina Pesonen, Sture Andersson in BMC Pediatrics (2011)

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    Behavioural symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in preterm and term children born small and appropriate for gestational age: A longitudinal study

    It remains unclear whether it is more detrimental to be born too early or too small in relation to symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Thus, we tested whether preterm birth and small b...

    Kati Heinonen, Katri Räikkönen, Anu-Katriina Pesonen, Sture Andersson in BMC Pediatrics (2010)