Publications by authors named "Anna-Maaria Auvinen"
Autoantibodies predict type 1 diabetes after gestational diabetes - a 23-year cohort study.
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne)
January 2024
Objective: To study the predictive value of autoantibodies for type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 (T2DM) diabetes morbidity after gestational diabetes (GDM) in a 23-year follow-up study.
Design: Prospective population-based cohort study.
Methods: We studied 391 women with GDM, and 391 age- and parity-matched controls, who delivered in 1984-1994.
Aims/hypothesis: The aim of this work was to examine the progression to type 1 and type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in a 23 year follow-up study.
Methods: We carried out a cohort study of 391 women with GDM diagnosed by an OGTT or the use of insulin treatment during pregnancy, and 391 age- and parity-matched control participants, who delivered in 1984-1994 at the Oulu University Hospital, Finland. Diagnostic cut-off levels for glucose were as follows: fasting, ≥4.