Vaag A

ORCID: 0000-0002-3690-2191 · 3 papers in corpus · active 2016-2020
2020
Genetic factors and risk of type 2 diabetes among women with a history of gestational diabetes: findings from two independent populations.
BMJ open diabetes research & care ·doi:10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000850

ObjectiveWomen with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have an exceptionally high risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D). Yet, little is known about genetic determinants for T2D in this population. We examined the association of a gen…

2018
Genetic variants of gestational diabetes mellitus: a study of 112 SNPs among 8722 women in two independent populations.
Diabetologia ·doi:10.1007/s00125-018-4637-8

Aims/hypothesisGestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a common complication of pregnancy that has substantial short- and long-term adverse health implications for women and their children. However, large-scale studies on genetic risk loci f…

2016
Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease.
Nature ·doi:10.1038/nature19806

Birth weight (BW) has been shown to be influenced by both fetal and maternal factors and in observational studies is reproducibly associated with future risk of adult metabolic diseases including type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular dis…