2016
Fine Particulates, Preterm Birth, and Membrane Rupture in Rochester, NY
Pereira G, Evans KA, Rich DQ, Bracken MB, Bell ML. Fine Particulates, Preterm Birth, and Membrane Rupture in Rochester, NY. Epidemiology 2016, 27: 66-73. PMID: 26247489, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000000366.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreterm birthPrelabor ruptureWhole pregnancyOdds ratioSame womenElevated PM2.5 exposureConditional logistic regressionFine particulate exposureIndividual-level confoundersThird trimesterFirst trimesterSecond trimesterPregnancyPM2.5 exposureTrimesterLogistic regressionParticulate exposureBirthLongitudinal studyLow exposureWomen comparisonsMembrane ruptureRuptureWomenExposure
2014
Longitudinal associations between asthma and general and abdominal weight status among Norwegian adolescents and young adults: the HUNT Study
Egan KB, Ettinger AS, DeWan AT, Holford TR, Holmen TL, Bracken MB. Longitudinal associations between asthma and general and abdominal weight status among Norwegian adolescents and young adults: the HUNT Study. Pediatric Obesity 2014, 10: 345-352. PMID: 25405952, DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of asthmaWeight statusSelf-reported physician-diagnosed asthmaSubsequent weight statusPhysician-diagnosed asthmaBaseline weight statusPopulation-based surveyConsequences of obesityAsthmatic malesBaseline asthmaGeneral overweightAbdominal obesitySubsequent asthmaNormal weightObese adolescentsAsthma statusOverweight malesAdiposity associationsAsthmaAsthma associationsOverweightObesitySex stratificationBidirectional associationsAdiposity
1984
A Longitudinal Study of Fetal Head Biometry
Jeanty P, Cousaert E, Hobbins J, Tack B, Bracken M, Cantraine F. A Longitudinal Study of Fetal Head Biometry. American Journal Of Perinatology 1984, 1: 118-128. PMID: 6394010, DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-999987.Peer-Reviewed Original Research