Why do UK-born Pakistani babies have high perinatal and neonatal mortality rates?

abstract：:This study reports changes in the prevalence and outcome of Down's syndrome pregnancies within a 15-year period in a defined geographical population in the north of England. Cases of Down's syndrome in births and terminations of pregnancy occurring between 1985 and 1999, were identified from the Northern Congenital Ab...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Bell R,Rankin J,Donaldson LJ,Northern Congenital Abnormality Survey Steering Group.

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospective reports of smoking in pregnancy are of importance for clinical or scientific purposes. Careful analyses of stability and accuracy of recalled behaviour are, therefore, needed. In 1998, the mothers of 2369 pre-teens born in Sweden retrospectively reported their smoking behaviour during the first trimester...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Post A,Gilljam H,Bremberg S,Galanti MR

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a methodology for comparing the seasonal influences on two outcomes, when those influences may act cumulatively or instantaneously. We have used this to compare the seasonal pattern of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR, as reflected by weight-for-gestational-age) and preterm delivery (as assessed...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Fulford AJ,Rayco-Solon P,Prentice AM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are relatively few studies on the association between environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) during pregnancy and childhood, and cancer in childhood, adolescence or adulthood. The associations between maternal smoking during pregnancy and childhood cancer have been studied intensively, but there is no clear associati...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Trédaniel J,Boffetta P,Little J,Saracci R,Hirsch A

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decade, there has been growing concern about the possible health effects, including a number of adverse reproductive outcomes, from pesticide exposure of people living near agricultural fields. This systematic review evaluates the current epidemiological evidence on the association between living near ag...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Shirangi A,Nieuwenhuijsen M,Vienneau D,Holman CD

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The public health objective for cerebral palsy (CP) in the United States is to reduce the percentage of children with CP who were born low birthweight (LBW, <2500 g) by 10% between 2006 and 2020. This study reports the prevalence of CP in a constant surveillance area for the years 2006, 2008, and 2010 and de...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Durkin MS,Benedict RE,Christensen D,Dubois LA,Fitzgerald RT,Kirby RS,Maenner MJ,Van Naarden Braun K,Wingate MS,Yeargin-Allsopp M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate whether the adverse infant health outcomes associated with early birth and severe neonatal morbidity (SNM) persist beyond the first year of life and impact on paediatric hospitalisations for children up to 6 years of age. METHODS:The study population included all singleton live births, >32 we...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Stephens AS,Lain SJ,Roberts CL,Bowen JR,Simpson JM,Nassar N

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a scheduled visit to the school physician, the number of children with a history of febrile seizures was determined in 3570 children attending primary schools in the suburban area of the city of Rotterdam. At the age of 6 years, 140 had experienced at least one febrile seizure (3.9%, 95% confidence interval 3.3...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Offringa M,Hazebroek-Kampschreur AA,Derksen-Lubsen G

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic reviews are used by clinicians, policy makers and consumers of health care, and should provide up-to-date evidence for clinical decision making. Motivating systematic review authors to update reviews is a challenge, and despite resources such as methodologists and statisticians, many reviews are not updated...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Ervin AM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired fetal development is associated with a number of adult chronic diseases and it is believed that these associations arise as a result of the phenomenon of prenatal programming, which involves persisting changes in structure and function of various body organs caused by ambient factors during critical and vulne...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Jedrychowski WA,Perera FP,Maugeri U,Mroz E,Klimaszewska-Rembiasz M,Flak E,Edwards S,Spengler JD

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Causal hypotheses for spastic cerebral palsy were sought by comparing a population based sample of 183 cases with 549 matched controls. A time-ordered multivariate analysis was used to distinguish confounders and consequences of disease from possible causes, which could be single factors or sequences of factors. Eight...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Blair E,Stanley F

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies based on data from the US have reported that the birthweight distribution at gestational age 28-31 weeks is bimodal with a second peak occurring at approximately 3300 g, suggesting that there is misclassification of term infants. In these studies, gestational ages were estimated from the date of the last menst...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Haglund B

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent data suggest that early-term births are associated with later respiratory morbidity (LRTI), and post-term births may decrease this risk. OBJECTIVES:The objective was to determine the impact of early-term, late-term, and post-term birth on hospital admission for LRTI up to the age of seven years. Addi...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Haataja P,Korhonen P,Ojala R,Hirvonen M,Korppi M,Gissler M,Luukkaala T,Tammela O

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrence risk provides information on the heterogeneity of risk in the population, and thus is useful for aetiological studies. While recurrence risk is observable in many areas of epidemiology, it is particularly accessible in the study of perinatal events. High recurrence rates of pregnancy problems suggest geneti...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Wilcox AJ

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied infant mortality rates in Canada within specific gestational age and birthweight categories after using probabilistic techniques to link information in Statistics Canada's live births data base (1985-94) with that in the death data base (1985-95). Gestational age- and birthweight-specific mortality rates in...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Joseph KS,Kramer MS,Allen AC,Cyr M,Fair M,Ohlsson A,Wen SW

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the mechanisms that underlie successful human reproduction and development is an ambitious goal, given the many unique methodological challenges surrounding such study. These challenges are well understood by reproductive and perinatal epidemiologists and include its conditional nature, unobservable yet ...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Buck Louis GM,Yeung E,Sundaram R,Laughon SK,Zhang C

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nutritional status of a woman before and during pregnancy is important for a healthy pregnancy outcome. Maternal malnutrition is a key contributor to poor fetal growth, low birthweight (LBW) and short- and long-term infant morbidity and mortality. This review summarised the evidence on association of maternal nutr...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Imdad A,Bhutta ZA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (NVP) is the most common complication of pregnancy. NVP has been associated with improved fetal outcomes, but its association with childhood neurodevelopmental outcomes has rarely been studied. METHODS:Subjects were children aged 5-12 years (n = 560) who were controls in...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Parker SE,Starr JR,Collett BR,Speltz ML,Werler MM

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium supplementation in mothers with low calcium intake has been of interest recently because of its association with optimal fetal growth and improved pre-eclampsia-related outcomes. While the effects of calcium supplementation have demonstrated benefits in prolonging gestation and subsequently improving birthweig...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Abalos E,Merialdi M,Wojdyla D,Carroli G,Campodónico L,Yao SE,Gonzalez R,Deter R,Villar J,Van Look P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although previous studies evaluated the association of maternal health parameters with neonatal adiposity, little is known regarding the complexity of the relationships among different maternal health parameters throughout pregnancy and its impact on neonatal adiposity. OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the direct and...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Lima RA,Desoye G,Simmons D,Devlieger R,Galjaard S,Corcoy R,Adelantado JM,Dunne F,Harreiter J,Kautzky-Willer A,Damm P,Mathiesen ER,Jensen DM,Andersen LT,Tanvig M,Lapolla A,Dalfra MG,Bertolotto A,Manta U,Wender-Ozegow

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this population-based cohort study was to evaluate the prevalence of persistent otitis media with effusion (OME) and its seasonal variation in 12-month-old infants. All 30099 infants born in the eastern part of The Netherlands between 1 January 1996 and 1 April 1997 were invited for hearing screening,...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Rovers MM,Straatman H,Zielhuis GA,Ingels K,van der Wilt GJ

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study examined potential self-selection bias in a large pregnancy cohort by comparing exposure-outcome associations from the cohort to similar associations obtained from nationwide registry data. The outcome under study was specialist-confirmed diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). METHODS:The...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Nilsen RM,Surén P,Gunnes N,Alsaker ER,Bresnahan M,Hirtz D,Hornig M,Lie KK,Lipkin WI,Reichborn-Kjennerud T,Roth C,Schjølberg S,Smith GD,Susser E,Vollset SE,Øyen AS,Magnus P,Stoltenberg C

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of neural tube defects was monitored among all live- and still-births delivered between June 1986 and July 1988. In all there were 19,115 total births. The incidence of neural tube defects (NTD) was 1.9 per 1000 among those whose conception time was prior to May 1986. However, in conceptions occurring in...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Caglayan S,Kayhan B,Menteşoğlu S,Aksit S

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the performance of a new, self-assessment questionnaire that aims to measure pubertal status by using gender-specific line drawings of the Tanner puberty stages. The study was carried out on 103 children aged 12-16 years attending a paediatric endocrinology outpatient clinic and used physical examination b...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Taylor SJ,Whincup PH,Hindmarsh PC,Lampe F,Odoki K,Cook DG

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evidence that relates malnutrition to enteroparasite infections arises from studies that demonstrate the improvement of nutritional indicators after antiparasitism treatment. However, the role of malnutrition as an aggravating factor to the susceptibility to enteroparasite infections is still not fully understood....

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Saldiva SR,Carvalho HB,Castilho VP,Struchiner CJ,Massad E

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies using vital records-based maternal weight data have become more common, but the validity of these data is uncertain. METHODS:We evaluated the accuracy of prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) reported on birth certificates using medical record data in 1204 births at a ...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Bodnar LM,Abrams B,Bertolet M,Gernand AD,Parisi SM,Himes KP,Lash TL

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Twins and triplets fall behind singletons in cognitive and physical development. We analysed whether these differences are modified by family social position. METHODS:IQ, height, body mass index (BMI) and elbow flexion, handgrip and knee extension strength were measured in Swedish men born between 1951 and ...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Silventoinen K,Myrskylä M,Tynelius P,Yokoyama Y,Rasmussen F

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Labour induction and caesarean are increasingly done without clinical indication. However, little is known about the prevalence of such interventions, or the characteristics of women who receive them. We used the 2003 revision of the US birth certificates to summarise recorded interventions and to characteri...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Ananth CV,Wilcox AJ,Gyamfi-Bannerman C

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1988 and 1991, years of political and economic crisis, Bulgaria reported a 25% increase in infant mortality. From 1991 to 1995, the rate then dropped slightly. Analysis of detailed unpublished vital statistics shows that the reported increase could not have been a result of more complete reporting of early neo...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Carlson E,Tsvetarsky S

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Preterm delivery may affect the development of the upper airways resulting in a higher risk of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). We investigated whether children born at early term (37-38 6/7 weeks' gestation) are at an increased risk for childhood OSA as compared with those born later. METHODS:In this popula...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Walfisch A,Wainstock T,Beharier O,Landau D,Sheiner E

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00