Publications

Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2023 Apr;34(4):e13945. doi: 10.1111/pai.13945. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Urban-related nature exposures are suggested to contribute to the rising prevalence of allergic diseases despite little supporting evidence. Our aim was to evaluate the impact of 12 land cover classes and two greenness indices around homes at birth on the development…

BMC Public Health. 2023 Apr 25;23(1):764. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15653-4. ABSTRACT The current study sought to determine whether public perceptions of other vaccines and diseases than COVID-19 have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. We longitudinally examined whether there had been a change from before the COVID-19 pandemic to during the pandemic…

Eur J Epidemiol. 2023 Jun;38(6):689-697. doi: 10.1007/s10654-023-01002-7. Epub 2023 Apr 20. ABSTRACT In many populations, the peak period of incidence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) has been observed to be around 10-14 years of age, coinciding with puberty, but direct evidence of the role of puberty in the development of…

Eur J Neurosci. 2023 May;57(10):1671-1688. doi: 10.1111/ejn.15989. Epub 2023 May 2. ABSTRACT Exposures to prenatal maternal depressive symptoms (PMDS) may lead to neurodevelopmental changes in the offspring in a sex-dependent way. Although a connection between PMDS and infant brain development has been established by earlier studies, the relationship between PMDS…

Dev Psychopathol. 2023 Apr 3:1-16. doi: 10.1017/S0954579423000275. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Prenatal adversity has been linked to later psychopathology. Yet, research on cumulative prenatal adversity, as well as its interaction with offspring genotype, on brain and behavioral development is scarce. With this study, we aimed to address this gap.

Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2023 Apr 3. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000003178. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: Five times sit-to-stand (STS) test is commonly used as a clinical assessment of lower-extremity functional ability, but its association with free-living performance has not been studied. Therefore, we investigated the association between laboratory-based STS capacity…

Infant Behav Dev. 2023 May;71:101838. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2023.101838. Epub 2023 Mar 28. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: In previous studies, an attention bias for signals of fear and threat has been related to socioemotional problems, such as anxiety symptoms, and socioemotional competencies, such as altruistic behaviors in children, adolescents and adults. However, previous studies…

Toxics. 2023 Mar 4;11(3):241. doi: 10.3390/toxics11030241. ABSTRACT Phthalates are mainly used as plasticizers and are associated inter alia with adverse effects on reproductive functions. While more and more national programs in Europe have started monitoring internal exposure to phthalates and its substitute 1,2-Cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid (DINCH), the comparability of results from…

J Pediatr X. 2023 Feb 28;9:100085. doi: 10.1016/j.ympdx.2023.100085. eCollection 2023 Summer. ABSTRACT Using data from the Special Turku Coronary Risk Factor Intervention Project, cardiorespiratory fitness (rank-order correlation coefficient = 0.60-0.62) tracked stronger than physical activity (rank-order correlation coefficient = 0.27-0.38) between youth (age = 17 years) and young adulthood (age…

Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2023 Jun 16:110780. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2023.110780. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT AIMS: To compare body composition, visceral adiposity, adipocytokines, and low-grade inflammation markers in prepubertal offspring of mothers who were treated with metformin or insulin for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). METHODS: 172 offspring of 311 mothers randomized…