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Alternative Title:
Int J Environ Res Public Health
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110808414
Personal Author:
Bashore, Cynthia J. ; Geer, Laura A. ; He, Xin ; Puett, Robin ; Parsons, Patrick J. ; ... More +
Bashore, Cynthia J. ; Geer, Laura A. ; He, Xin ; Puett, Robin ; Parsons, Patrick J. ; Palmer, Christopher D. ; Steuerwald, Amy J. ; Abulafia, Ovadia ; Dalloul, Mudar ; Sapkota, Amir Less -
Description:
Adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth (PTB: <37 weeks gestation) and low birth weight (LBW: <2500 g) can result in severe infant morbidity and mortality. In the United States, there are racial and ethnic differences in the prevalence of PTB and LBW. We investigated the association between PTB and LBW with prenatal mercury (Hg) exposure and season of conception in an urban immigrant community in Brooklyn, New York. We recruited 191 pregnant women aged 18-45 in a Brooklyn Prenatal Clinic and followed them until delivery. Urine specimens were collected from the participants during the 6th to 9th month of pregnancy. Cord blood specimens and neonate anthropometric data were collected at birth. We used multivariate logistic regression models to investigate the odds of LBW or PTB with either maternal urinary mercury or neonate cord blood mercury. We used linear regression models to investigate the association between continuous anthropometric outcomes and maternal urinary mercury or neonate cord blood mercury. We also examined the association between LBW and PTB and the season that pregnancy began. Results showed higher rates of PTB and LBW in this cohort of women compared to other studies. Pregnancies beginning in winter (December, January, February) were at increased odds of LBW births compared with births from pregnancies that began in all other months (OR7.52 [95% CI 1.65, 34.29]). We observed no association between maternal exposure to Hg, and either LBW or PTB. The apparent lack of association is consistent with other studies. Further examination of seasonal association with LBW is warranted.
Subject:
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Adolescent
Adult
African Americans
Article
Cohort Studies
Emigrants And Immigrants
Environmental Pollutants
Female
Fetal Blood
Humans
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Logistic Models
Maternal Exposure
Mercury
Middle Aged
Parturition
Pregnancy
Premature Birth
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
Seasons
Young Adult

Source:
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2014; 11(8):8414-8442.
Pubmed ID:
25153469
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4143869
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
R24 HD041041/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; U38EH000-464-01/EH/NCEH CDC HHS/United States
R24 HD041041/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; U38EH000-464-01/EH/NCEH CDC HHS/United States Less -
Place as Subject:
Caribbean Region ; New York City, NY
Caribbean Region ; New York City, NY Less -
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:558cf4a3655eadef0a7b0d558267173f83754171490de6e387c1b0e7d068293d
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