Systematic review and meta-analysis investigating breast feeding and childhood wheezing illness.

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine sociodemographic and life style-related risk factors and trimester specific maternal, placental, and fetal consequences of maternal anaemia and elevated haemoglobin levels in pregnancy. METHODS:In a population-based prospective cohort study of 7317 mothers, we measured haemoglobin levels in ear...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Gaillard R,Eilers PH,Yassine S,Hofman A,Steegers EA,Jaddoe VW

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiological examination of the abdomen is critical to the diagnosis of necrotising enterocolitis (NEC). Previous studies on the reproducibility of radiological findings have been limited in size and based only on infants with the disease. We conducted a study among a sample of high-risk infants with and without the d...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Di Napoli A,Di Lallo D,Perucci CA,Schifano P,Orzalesi M,Franco F,De Carolis MP

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:It is not clear to what extent ethnic differences in the term birthweight distribution are constitutional or pathological. This study explored term birthweight heterogeneity between ethnic groups and the explanatory role of constitutional and environmental factors. As part of a prospective cohort study, the Amsterdam ...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Goedhart G,van Eijsden M,van der Wal MF,Bonsel GJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:We evaluated the importance of measuring early vaginal levels of eight bacterial vaginosis (BV)-associated bacteria, at two points in pregnancy, and the risk of spontaneous preterm delivery (SPTD) among pregnant women and the subgroup of pregnant women with a history of preterm delivery (PTD). METHODS:This ...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Nelson DB,Hanlon A,Nachamkin I,Haggerty C,Mastrogiannis DS,Liu C,Fredricks DN

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We estimated the accuracy of a non-invasive, inexpensive method (the Chinese lunar calendar, CLC) to predict the sex of a baby from around the time of conception, using 2,840,755 singleton births occurring in Sweden between 1973 and 2006. Maternal lunar age and month of conception were estimated, and used to predict e...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Villamor E,Dekker L,Svensson T,Cnattingius S

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deformational plagiocephaly, an abnormal asymmetric flattening of infants' heads, is diagnosed in approximately 10% of infants. The prevalence of plagiocephaly has increased dramatically since 1992 when it was first recommended that infants be placed to sleep in a non-prone position to reduce the risk of sudden infant...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： McKinney CM,Cunningham ML,Holt VL,Leroux B,Starr JR

更新日期：2009-07-01 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:Shorter gestation or smaller birth size are indicators of a suboptimal fetal environment and negatively impact short- and long-term offspring health. Understanding how modifiable maternal behaviours, such as moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) or sedentary behaviour (SED), improve fetal o...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Jones MA,Catov JM,Jeyabalan A,Whitaker KM,Barone Gibbs B

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Using national data, we develop and contrast the birth-weight percentiles for gestational age by infants of extremely-low-risk (ELR) White and African-American women and examine racial differences in the proportion of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) births. We then scrutinise racial variations in infant mortality rate...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Alexander GR,Kogan MD,Himes JH,Mor JM,Goldenberg R

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of the study were to describe the trend in birthweight from 1985 to 2000 in Chile and ascertain the possible factors that may explain the changes in birthweight during the period. We used time series of birthweight and length at birth of all live births (n > 4,000,000). Multivariable regression analyses were ...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Amigo H,Vargas C,Rona RJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal injuries during pregnancy are common (∼7% prevalence). However, few studies have examined the association between maternal injuries and birth defects. The National Birth Defects Prevention Study is a population-based case-control study of birth defects in 10 U.S. states. Cases were ascertained through surveil...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Tinker SC,Reefhuis J,Dellinger AM,Jamieson DJ

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：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：:Development of the perineum as well as the external genitalia is determined by dihydrotestosterone, resulting in a greater anogenital distance (AGD) in males than females. In animal experiments with hormonally active agents, anogenital distance is used as a bioassay of fetal androgen action. Use of anogenital distance...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Romano-Riquer SP,Hernández-Avila M,Gladen BC,Cupul-Uicab LA,Longnecker MP

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age at menarche is correlated within families, but estimates of the heritability of menarcheal age have a wide range (0.45-0.95). We examined the familial resemblance for age at menarche and the extent to which this is due to genetic and shared environmental factors. Between 2003 and 2010 data were retrospectively col...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Morris DH,Jones ME,Schoemaker MJ,Ashworth A,Swerdlow AJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The caesarean delivery rate has become a commonly used measure intended to reflect the quality of obstetric care. At least 25% of all primary caesarean deliveries occur electively, i.e. to women who are not in labour. This study is intended to validate a previously published model designed to use ICD-9-CM codes to ide...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Korst LM,Gregory KD,Gornbein JA

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：:Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) accounts for the largest number of deaths during the first year of life in developed countries. The possible causes of SIDS are numerous and, to date, there is no adequate unifying pathological explanation for SIDS. Epidemiological studies have played a key role in identifying risk ...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Sullivan FM,Barlow SM

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is adequate evidence that growth during the perinatal period is linked to the risk of several adult onset diseases, and recent findings indicate that the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system is involved in prenatal growth, as reflected in birthweight. However, whether major components of the IGF system are in...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Skalkidou A,Petridou E,Papathoma E,Salvanos H,Trichopoulos D

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined hospital and domestic infant care practices in Oxfordshire and Northampton Health Districts to measure changes in prevalence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) risk factors, and to evaluate a specific educational intervention restricted to Oxfordshire. We sent a postal questionnaire to 2781 parents of ...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Rose M,Murphy M,Macfarlane JA,Sefi S,Shribman S,Hales V

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to determine the relationship of douching prior to pregnancy and bacterial vaginosis (BV) during pregnancy on preterm birth, addressing individual and joint effects. We used a prospective cohort study and assessed vaginal microflora using gram stains and Nugent's criteria. Douching behaviour was based on self...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Thorp JM Jr,Dole N,Herring AH,McDonald TL,Eucker B,Savitz DA,Kaczor D

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During pregnancy, most women do not meet gestational weight gain (GWG) guidelines, potentially resulting in adverse maternal and infant health consequences. Social environment determinants of GWG have been identified, but evidence on the relationship between neighbourhood violence and GWG is scant. Our study...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Galin J,Abrams B,Leonard SA,Matthay EC,Goin DE,Ahern J

更新日期：2017-01-01 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: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：: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：:This study evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of a verbal autopsy (VA) tool in ascertaining the causes of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in rural Ghana and was nested within a community-based maternal vitamin A supplementation trial (ObaapaVitA trial). All stillbirths and neonatal deaths between 1 January 2003 and 30 ...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Edmond KM,Quigley MA,Zandoh C,Danso S,Hurt C,Owusu Agyei S,Kirkwood BR

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shanxi province in Northern China has one of the highest reported prevalence rates of neural tube defects (NTD) in the world. To explore the risk factors for NTDs in Shanxi province, we carried out a population-based case-control study in four selected counties with prevalence rates >10 per 1000 births during 2003. Us...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Li Z,Ren A,Zhang L,Guo Z,Li Z

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring and evaluating maternal mortality in African countries is impossible without specific and reliable data and indicators. This study of maternal mortality using the 'Sisterhood Method' was undertaken in Swaziland. The crude data on 'sisterhood mortality' were obtained from the 1993-94 Multi-Purpose Household ...

journal_title：Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology

authors： Lech MM,Zwane A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00