The utility of neonatal dried blood spots for the assessment of neonatal vitamin D status.

abstract：:A nested case-control study of cryptorchidism (i.e. undescended testicles) was undertaken as part of a hospital-based cohort study of 6699 singleton male neonates in New York City. Since some of the cryptorchid infants experienced spontaneous descent of their testes, separate analysis was performed for this third grou...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Berkowitz GS,Lapinski RH

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stillbirths and spontaneous abortuses have higher rates of birth defects than liveborn infants. The relationship between a woman's previous pregnancy loss and the risk of birth defects in the offspring has not been adequately examined, however. Using data from a population-based case-control study, we assessed whether...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Khoury MJ,Erickson JD

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Case-control studies of clinic samples constitute the usual research method for the investigation of the causes and course of psychiatric disorder. However, they carry substantial disadvantages and if causal hypotheses are to be tested in rigorous fashion, it is necessary to use longitudinal research strategies applie...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Rutter M

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated time trends in maternal weight before and during pregnancy and in infant birthweight in France, from 1972 to 2003, using data on singleton live term births from the representative National Perinatal Surveys of 1972, 1981, 1995, 1998 and 2003 (n=8,664, 4,494, 11,445, 12,006, 12,692, respectively). Mothe...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Diouf I,Charles MA,Blondel B,Heude B,Kaminski M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nationwide cross-sectional survey covering the perinatal period was attempted throughout Greece for the 30 consecutive days of April 1983. It aimed to determine the perinatal mortality rate (PNMR) and the way it varied in the country in relation to underlying demographic, biological, socioeconomic and medical factor...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Tzoumaka-Bakoula C

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This project was undertaken to examine the associations of a number of risk factors with impaired fetal growth, exemplified by delivery of a low-birthweight infant at term (TLBW). Utilising a large database of largely homogeneous (white) births in Wales, the Cardiff Births Survey, multivariable analysis by logistic re...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Meis PJ,Michielutte R,Peters TJ,Wells HB,Sands RE,Coles EC,Johns KA

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is conflicting evidence concerning the relationship between breast feeding and wheezing illness. The objective of this study was to investigate whether there is any association between breast feeding and wheezing in children aged over 5 years and to discover possible sources of heterogeneity. An electronic searc...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Brew BK,Allen CW,Toelle BG,Marks GB

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the timing of puberty in 8- to 13-year-old girls enrolled in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) and identifies factors associated with earlier achievement of menarche. Women were enrolled during pregnancy and their offspring were followed prospectively. We analysed self-r...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Rubin C,Maisonet M,Kieszak S,Monteilh C,Holmes A,Flanders D,Heron J,Golding J,McGeehin M,Marcus M

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women recalled their sexual activity during pregnancy in telephone interviews occurring during and after the third trimester, as part of a study of preterm delivery in central North Carolina in 1996-97. This retrospective information was compared with prospective daily records for the same time periods in a subsample ...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Sayle AE,Savitz DA,Williams JF

更新日期：2003-04-01 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：: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：:It has been suggested that a birthweight limit of 2.5 kg should not be regarded as valid for all populations as the cut-off point of low-weight births because of demographic, genetic and environmental differences. Countries often choose alternative cut-off values for low birthweight for clinical purposes. Bangladesh a...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Ullah A,Barman A,Haque J,Khanum M,Bari I

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insufficient supply of vitamin D during early development may negatively affect offspring growth. METHODS:We examined the association between umbilical cord (UC) serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations and infant size in a study of two Faroese birth cohorts of 1038 singleton infants. In the third...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Dalgård C,Petersen MS,Steuerwald U,Weihe P,Grandjean P

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of childhood overweight body mass index (BMI). Less is known about the association between prenatal secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure and childhood BMI. We followed 292 mother-child dyads from early pregnancy to 3 years of age. Prenatal tobacco ...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Braun JM,Daniels JL,Poole C,Olshan AF,Hornung R,Bernert JT,Khoury J,Needham LL,Barr DB,Lanphear BP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND: This paper describes the background, aim and study design for the Swedish SELMA study that aimed to investigate the importance of early life exposure during pregnancy and infancy to environmental factors with a major focus on endocrine disrupting chemicals for multiple chronic diseases/disorders in offsprin...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Bornehag CG,Moniruzzaman S,Larsson M,Lindström CB,Hasselgren M,Bodin A,von Kobyletzkic LB,Carlstedt F,Lundin F,Nånberg E,Jönsson BA,Sigsgaard T,Janson S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Designing, piloting and proceeding with a longitudinal birth cohort is a major exercise. Here we outline ways in which a resource centre could be initiated to provide advice and training, a library of appropriate instruments and publications, provision for cross-cohort comparisons and a biobanking facility. The resour...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Golding J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies on a limited scale in urban settings of Bangladesh report stillbirth rates that do not specifically provide information on the situation of underprivileged slum populations. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of, and risk factors associated with, stillbirth in a developing population. METHOD...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Nahar S,Rahman A,Nasreen HE

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：: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：: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：BACKGROUND:Stress during pregnancy is known to affect fetal neurodevelopment. It seems likely therefore that intimate partner violence (IPV) and domestic violence (DV) as extreme stressors will have a similarly adverse effect. OBJECTIVES:A systematic review was conducted to assess the association between prenatal expo...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Toso K,de Cock P,Leavey G

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：:The study, aiming to document the effect of continued support for mothers on frequency of exclusive breast feeding, was carried out by inclusion of breast feeding counselling in the context of well-baby care. One hundred and forty-six mothers who had been exposed to two educational sessions on breast feeding after del...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Neyzi O,Güleçyüz M,Dinçer Z,Olgun P,Kutluay T,Uzel N,Saner G

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate the association between maternal country of birth and father's origin and unplanned and planned caesarean birth in Sweden. METHODS:Population-based register study including all singleton births in Sweden between 1999 and 2012 (n = 1 311 885). Multinomial regression was conducted to estimate o...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Juárez SP,Small R,Hjern A,Schytt E

更新日期：2017-11-01 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:To optimise the health of pregnant women and their children by evidence-based primary and secondary prevention, more scientific knowledge is needed. To overcome the methodological limitations of many studies on pregnancy and child health, which often use a retrospective design, we established the PRIDE (PReg...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： van Gelder MM,Bretveld RW,Roukema J,Steenhoek M,van Drongelen J,Spaanderman ME,van Rumpt D,Zielhuis GA,Verhaak CM,Roeleveld N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper is to estimate the infant mortality rate and the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Lombardy, Northern Italy, in the period 1990-2000 and to provide basic information for a subsequent comparison of the SIDS incidence before and after the risk-intervention campaign. A retrospectiv...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Montomoli C,Monti MC,Stramba-Badiale M,Marinoni A,Foglieni N,Carreri V,Amigoni M,Schwartz PJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Large-for-gestational-age (LGA) or macrosomic infants are associated with adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. It is unclear if these associations are stronger using customised birthweight centiles. We compared outcomes between term infants defined macrosomic by birthweight >4000 g (Macro(4000) ) or LGA b...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Pasupathy D,McCowan LM,Poston L,Kenny LC,Dekker GA,North RA,SCOPE consortium.

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Bariatric procedures are on the rise. The risk of birth defects in pregnancies following such procedures may be increased (eg, due to nutrient deficiencies) or decreased (eg, due to decreased maternal body mass index, BMI). METHODS:We conducted a systematic literature review of the association between baria...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Benjamin RH,Littlejohn S,Mitchell LE

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00