Personal profile
Research areas
Developmental programming of health and disease
I study the relationship between growth trajectories in infancy and childhood, and later risk factors for type-2-diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Current research
MAP4LIFE
This study aims to identify trajectories of differential glycemic control, as measured by HbA1c, among Danish children aged 0-18 years.
Inter99 - A 20 year cardiometabolic outcome follow-up
This study aims to test the hypothesis that an adverse fetal environment, reflected as low birth weight or prematurity, is associated with disproportionately increased multi-organ damage and patient relevant health outcomes in people with and without T2D.
The iABC study – Body composition and metabolic risk trajectories in African children
This study aims to identify critical periods of growth from birth and onwards in childhood that predispose for suboptimal cardio-metabolic profile in mid-childhood.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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HbA1c trajectories and risk of albuminuria in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes followed into adulthood - a joint modeling approach of Danish nationwide register data
Rønn, P. F., Svensson, J., Wibaek, R., Dabelea, D. & Hulman, A., 27 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Diabetes and its Complications. 40, 5, p. 109317 1 p., 109317.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Associations of body composition at birth and accretion from 0 to 5 years with kidney function and volume at the 10-year follow-up: the Ethiopian Infant Anthropometry and Body Composition birth cohort
Zinab, B., Ali, R., Megersa, B. S., Belachew, T., Kedir, E., Girma, T., Admasu, B., Friis, H., Abera, M., Filteau, S., Nitsch, D., Wells, J. C., Wibaek, R. & Yilma, D., Feb 2025, In: The American journal of clinical nutrition. 121, 2, p. 385-393 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Associations of early childhood exposure to severe acute malnutrition and recovery with cardiometabolic risk markers in later childhood: 5-year prospective matched cohort study in Ethiopia
Gizaw, G., Wells, J. C. K., Argaw, A., Olsen, M. F., Abdissa, A., Asres, Y., Challa, F., Berhane, M., Abera, M., Sadler, K., Boyd, E., Friis, H., Girma, T. & Wibaek, R., Feb 2025, In: The American journal of clinical nutrition. 121, 2, p. 343-354 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Associations of linear growth trajectories from 0 to 5 years with cognitive function and school achievement at 10 years of age: the Ethiopian Infant Anthropometry and Body Composition birth cohort study
Ali, R., Filteau, S., Wells, J. C., Zinab, B., Megersa, B. S., Yilma, D., Girma, T., Nitsch, D., Olsen, M. F., Friis, H., Marphatia, A. A., Christensen, R. W. & Abera, M., 29 Dec 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The British journal of nutrition. p. 1-26 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Diabetes in pregnancy as risk factor for hypertension after preeclampsia: a Danish nationwide register-based study
Nielsen, H., Petersen, G. B., Hauge, M. G., Christensen, R. W., Linde, J. J., Johansen, M., Damm, P., Byberg, S. & Kragelund Nielsen, K., 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Danish Diabetes Academy Pitch Awards 2020 (runner up)
Christensen, R. W. (Recipient), 7 Dec 2020
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