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SWIFT Study of Women with GDM

  1. Gunderson EP, Matias SL, Hurston SR, Dewey KG, Ferrara A, Quesenberry CP Jr., Lo JC,  Sternfeld B, Selby JV. Study of Women, Infant Feeding, and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus After GDM Pregnancy (SWIFT), A Prospective Cohort Study: Methodology and Design. BMC Public Health. 2011 Dec 23;11(1):952. PMC3295844
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  2. Gunderson EP, Hedderson MM, Chiang V, Crites Y, Walton D, Azevedo RA, Fox G, Elmasian C, Young S, Salvador N, Lum M, Quesenberry CP Jr., Lo JC, Sternfeld B, Ferrara A, Selby, JV.  Lactation Intensity and Postpartum Maternal Glucose Tolerance and Insulin Resistance in Women with Recent GDM: The SWIFT Cohort. Diabetes Care. 2012 Jan;35(1):50-6. PMC3241296
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  3. Gunderson EP, Crites Y, Chiang V, Hedderson MM, Walton D, Azevedo RA, Fox G, Elmasian C, Young S, Salvador N, Lum M, Quesenberry CP Jr., Lo JC, Ferrara A, Sternfeld B.  Breastfeeding During the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test at 6-9 weeks Postpartum: Effects on Blood Glucose and Insulin Levels in Women with Recent GDM: The SWIFT Cohort. Obstet Gynecol. 2012 July;120(1):136-143. PMC3427537
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  4. Matias SL, Dewey KG, Quesenberry CP Jr, Gunderson EP.  Maternal prepregnancy obesity and insulin treatment during pregnancy are independently associated with delayed lactogenesis in women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014, Jan; 99(1):115-21. PMC3862450
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  5. Gunderson EP, Kim C, Quesenberry CP Jr, Marcovina S, Walton D, Azevedo RA, Fox G, Elmasian C, Young S, Salvador N, Lum M, Crites Y, Lo JC, Ning X, Dewey KG. Lactation Intensity and Fasting Plasma Lipids, Lipoproteins, Free Fatty Acids, Leptin and Adiponectin in Postpartum Women with Recent GDM: The SWIFT Cohort. Metabolism. 2014 Jul;63(7):941-50. PMC4076292
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  6. Gunderson EP, Hurston SR, Ning X, Lo JC, Crites Y, Walton D, Dewey KG, Azevedo RA, Young S, Fox G, Elmasian CC, Salvador N, Lum M, Sternfeld B, Quesenberry CP Jr; Study of Women, Infant Feeding and Type 2 Diabetes After GDM Pregnancy Lactation and Progression to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus After Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Cohort Study. Ann Intern Med. 2015 Dec 15;163(12):889-98. PMC5193135.
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  7. Davis JN, Shearrer GE, Ning X, Tao W, Hurston SR, Gunderson EP. Soda consumption linked to substantial postpartum weight retention at 1-year after delivery among women with GDM pregnancy (SWIFT cohort). BMC Obes. 2017 Aug 3;4:31. PMC5541731
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Metabolomics and Type 2 Diabetes in SWIFT

  1. Allalou A, Nalla A, Prentice KJ, Liu Y, Zhang M, Dai FF, Ning X, Osborne L, Cox, BJ, *Co-senior authors: Gunderson EP,* Wheeler MB*. A Predictive Metabolic Signature for the Transition from Gestational Diabetes to Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes, 2016; 65(9):2529-39. PMC5001181
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  2. Batchuluun B, Al Rijjal D, Prentice KJ, Eversley JA, Burdett E, Mohan H, Bhattacharjee A, Gunderson EP, Liu Y, Wheeler MB. Elevated Medium-Chain Acylcarnitines Are Associated With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Early Progression to Type 2 Diabetes and Induce Pancreatic β-Cell Dysfunction. Diabetes. 2018 May;67(5):885-897; PMC5910003.
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  3. Khan SR, Mohan H, Liu Y, Batchuluun B, Gohil H, Al Rijjal D, Manialawy Y, Cox BJ, Gunderson EP, Wheeler MB. The discovery of novel predictive biomarkers and early-stage pathophysiology for the transition from gestational diabetes to type 2 diabetes. 2019 Jan 15. doi: 10.1007/s00125-018-4800-2. PubMed PMID: 30645667
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  4. Lai M, Liu Y, Ronnett GV, Wu A, Cox BJ, Dai FF, Röst HL, Gunderson EP*, Wheeler MB.  (*Co-senior author) Amino acid and lipid metabolism in post-gestational diabetes and progression to type 2 diabetes: A metabolic profiling study. PLoS Med. 2020 May 20;17(5):e1003112. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003112. PMC7239388.
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  5. Lai M, Al Rijjal D, Röst HL, Dai FF, Gunderson EP*, Wheeler MB* (*Co-senior authors). Underlying dyslipidemia postpartum in women with a recent GDM pregnancy who develop type 2 diabetes. Elife. 2020 Aug 4;9:e59153. doi: 10.7554/eLife.59153. PMC7417169
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  6. Khan SR, Manialawy Y, Obersterescu A, Cox BJ, Gunderson EP*, Wheeler MB* (*Co-senior authors). Diminished sphingolipid metabolism, a hallmark of future type 2 diabetes pathogenesis, is linked to pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction. Science, 2020 Sep 15;23(10):101566. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101566. PMID: 33103069; PMC7578680
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  7. Zhang, Z., Lai, M., Piro, A.L., Alexeeff, S.E., Allalou, A., Röst, H.L., Dai, F.F., Wheeler, M.B., Gunderson, E.P. Intensive lactation among women with recent gestational diabetes significantly alters the early postpartum circulating lipid profile: the SWIFT study. BMC Med 19, 241 (2021).
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  8. Zhang Z, Piro AL, Allalou A, Alexeeff SE, Dai FF, Gunderson EP, Wheeler MB. Prolactin and Maternal Metabolism in Women With a Recent GDM Pregnancy and Links to Future T2D: The SWIFT Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Aug 18;107(9):2652-2665. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgac346. PMID: 35666146; PMCID: PMC9387721.
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SWIFT Offspring Study

  1. Gunderson EP, Hurston SR, Dewey KG, Ning X, Faith MS, Charvat-Aguilar N, Khoury VC, Nguyen VT, Quesenberry CP. The Study of Women, Infant Feeding and Type 2 Diabetes after GDM Pregnancy and Growth of Their Offspring (SWIFT Offspring Study):  Prospective Design, Methodology and Baseline Characteristics. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth; 2015 Jul 17;15:150. PMC4504097
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  2. Gunderson EP, Greenspan LC, Faith MS, Hurston SR, Quesenberry CP Jr; SWIFT Offspring Study Investigators. Breastfeeding and growth during infancy among offspring of mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study. Pediatr Obes. 2018 Aug;13(8):492-504. PMC6108892.
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  3. Faith MS, Hittner JB, Hurston SR, Yin J, Greenspan LC, Quesenberry CP Jr, Gunderson EP. SWIFT Offspring Study Investigators. Association of Infant Temperament With Subsequent Obesity in Young Children of Mothers With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. JAMA Pediatr. 2019 May 1;173(5):424-433. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.5199. PMC6503510.
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  4. Faith MS, Hittner JB, Gunderson EP. Links Between Childhood Obesity, Gestational Diabetes, and Infant Temperament-Reply. JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Aug 26;10.1001/ jamapediatrics.2019.2746. PMID: 31449298
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SWIFT Study in Children and Youth

  1. Vandyousefi S, Davis JN, Gunderson EP. Association of infant diet with subsequent obesity at 2-5 years among children exposed to gestational diabetes: the SWIFT study. Diabetologia. 2021 May;64(5):1121-1132. doi: 10.1007/s00125-020-05379-y. Epub 2021 Jan 26. PMID: 33495846; PMCID: PMC8016720.
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Cardiovascular Disease

  1. Lane A, Lewis CE, Gunderson EP. Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: The Missing Link in Discovering the Role of Lactation in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2022 October;11(20). https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.027707. PMID: 36250661
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News

Erica P. Gunderson, PhD, MS, MPH: The Risks of Gestational Diabetes

In an interview with HCPLive during The Metabolic Institute of America’s (TMIOA) 2021 Heart in Diabetes sessions in New York, NY this weekend, Erica P. Gunderson, PhD, MS, MPH, Senior Research Scientist, Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, discussed the common misinterpretation of newly diagnosed gestational diabetes.

Blood test to identify risk for diabetes after pregnancy in women with gestational diabetes now one step closer

Kaiser Permanente researcher and colleagues reports new findings from long-term study in PLOS Medicine.

Breastfeeding and Maternal Diabetes: What’s the Relationship?

The study findings on the effects of pregnancy and lactation on the development of obesity, metabolic risk factors, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, especially in women with a history of gestational diabetes.

Temperament of Babies Born to Mothers with Diabetes During Pregnancy Linked to Childhood Obesity

Kaiser Permanente prospective study finds that easier-to-soothe babies were more likely to be obese by age 5, and more likely to have started drinking sugared beverages during the first 6 months of life.

A better way to predict diabetes

Scientists develop highly accurate method to predict type 2 diabetes after delivery in women with gestational diabetes.

Breastfeeding May Help Health After Gestational Diabetes

A study suggests that breastfeeding may help women with a history of gestational diabetes from later developing type 2 diabetes.

Breast feeding may cut risk of diabetes in high risk women

Women with gestational diabetes should be encouraged to breast feed exclusively for at least two months to reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, say researchers.

Obesity among risk factors for delayed lactation in women with gestational diabetes

Pre-pregnancy obesity and older maternal age are among the risk factors for delayed lactation for women with gestational diabetes mellitus, according to a study.

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