Effects of air pollution on adverse birth outcomes and pregnancy complications in the U.S. state of Kansas (2000–2015)
Hao H, Yoo S, Strickland M, Darrow L, D’Souza R, Warren J, Moss S, Wang H, Zhang H, Chang H. Effects of air pollution on adverse birth outcomes and pregnancy complications in the U.S. state of Kansas (2000–2015). Scientific Reports 2023, 13: 21476. PMID: 38052850, PMCID: PMC10697947, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-48329-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGestational diabetes mellitusAdverse birth outcomesLow birth weightGestational hypertensionBirth outcomesBirth weightPregnancy complicationsPreterm birthFirst trimesterRisk of GDMMaternal medical complicationsSingleton live birthsWeeks of pregnancyO3 exposureAdverse pregnancyPregnancy exposurePregnancy outcomesDiabetes mellitusMedical complicationsAdverse birthThird trimesterNeonatal mortalityResidential census tractsSocio-economic status factorsDiscrete-time survivalAssociations Between Long-Term Air Pollutant Exposure and 30-Day All-Cause Hospital Readmissions in US Patients With Stroke
Tran P, Warren J, Leifheit E, Goldstein L, Lichtman J. Associations Between Long-Term Air Pollutant Exposure and 30-Day All-Cause Hospital Readmissions in US Patients With Stroke. Stroke 2023, 54: e126-e129. PMID: 36729388, PMCID: PMC11059199, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.122.042265.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term air pollutant exposureAir pollutant exposureCause hospital readmissionHospital readmissionPollutant exposureMedicare beneficiaries agePerformance categoriesMatter 2.5Sulfur dioxide exposureCause readmission measureIschemic strokeStroke incidenceUS patientsHospital characteristicsSD increaseReadmissionCox modelReadmission measuresBeneficiaries ageLong-term exposureStrokePatientsMedicaid ServicesParticulate matter 2.5US fee