2023
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth: A Pooled Study of Sixteen U.S. Cohorts
Welch B, Keil A, Buckley J, Engel S, James-Todd T, Zota A, Alshawabkeh A, Barrett E, Bloom M, Bush N, Cordero J, Dabelea D, Eskenazi B, Lanphear B, Padmanabhan V, Sathyanarayana S, Swan S, Aalborg J, Baird D, Binder A, Bradman A, Braun J, Calafat A, Cantonwine D, Christenbury K, Factor-Litvak P, Harley K, Hauser R, Herbstman J, Hertz-Picciotto I, Holland N, Jukic A, McElrath T, Meeker J, Messerlian C, Michels K, Newman R, Nguyen R, O’Brien K, Rauh V, Redmon B, Rich D, Rosen E, Schmidt R, Sparks A, Starling A, Wang C, Watkins D, Weinberg C, Weinberger B, Wenzel A, Wilcox A, Yolton K, Zhang Y, Ferguson K. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth: A Pooled Study of Sixteen U.S. Cohorts. Environmental Health Perspectives 2023, 131: 127015. PMID: 38117586, PMCID: PMC10732302, DOI: 10.1289/ehp12831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhthalate metabolite concentrationsPreterm birthPhthalate exposurePhthalate metabolitesEthnic disparitiesU.S. cohortHypothetical interventionUrinary phthalate metabolite concentrationsMetabolite concentrationsWhite participantsUrinary phthalate metabolitesCovariate-adjusted differencesLatina participantsExposure-response modelPooled studiesOdds ratioPacific Islander participantsAsian/Pacific Islander participantsLogistic regressionMetabolite levelsBirthPregnancyPositive associationInterventionCohort
2016
Long-term Recall of Time to Pregnancy
Jukic AM, McConnaughey DR, Weinberg CR, Wilcox AJ, Baird DD. Long-term Recall of Time to Pregnancy. Epidemiology 2016, 27: 705-711. PMID: 27487038, PMCID: PMC5444084, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000000506.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive predictive valuePregnancy attemptsPregnancy dataProspective timeNorth Carolina Early Pregnancy StudyPredictive valueEarly Pregnancy StudyLifetime reproductive historiesWeighted kappa statisticHigher gravidityProspective dataRisk factorsChronic diseasesPregnancy StudyPregnancySmall studyReproductive historyLower likelihoodWomenKappa statisticsLong-term recallFuture studiesLower proportionGravidityWidespread useImpact of female age and nulligravidity on fecundity in an older reproductive age cohort
Steiner AZ, Jukic AM. Impact of female age and nulligravidity on fecundity in an older reproductive age cohort. Fertility And Sterility 2016, 105: 1584-1588.e1. PMID: 26953733, PMCID: PMC4893975, DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.02.028.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Urinary Concentrations of Phthalate Metabolites and Bisphenol A and Associations with Follicular-Phase Length, Luteal-Phase Length, Fecundability, and Early Pregnancy Loss
Jukic AM, Calafat AM, McConnaughey DR, Longnecker MP, Hoppin JA, Weinberg CR, Wilcox AJ, Baird DD, Calafat A, McConnaughey D, Longnecker M, Hoppin J, Weinberg C, Wilcox A, Baird D. Urinary Concentrations of Phthalate Metabolites and Bisphenol A and Associations with Follicular-Phase Length, Luteal-Phase Length, Fecundability, and Early Pregnancy Loss. Environmental Health Perspectives 2015, 124: 321-328. PMID: 26161573, PMCID: PMC4786975, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408164.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly pregnancy lossLuteal phase lengthShort luteal phaseFollicular phase lengthPregnancy lossMonocarboxyoctyl phthalatePhthalate metabolitesLuteal phaseMenstrual cycleDaily first-morning urine specimensFirst morning urine specimensUrinary bisphenol AFuture human studiesHuman chorionic gonadotropinVaginal bleedingDEHP metabolitesUrinary concentrationsHuman ovulationProgesterone metabolitesChorionic gonadotropinUrine specimensDetrimental alterationsHuman studiesAnimal studiesPregnancy
2014
The impact of systematic errors on gestational age estimation
Jukic AM. The impact of systematic errors on gestational age estimation. BJOG An International Journal Of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2014, 122: 842-842. PMID: 25377244, DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13169.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Length of human pregnancy and contributors to its natural variation
Jukic AM, Baird DD, Weinberg CR, McConnaughey DR, Wilcox AJ. Length of human pregnancy and contributors to its natural variation. Human Reproduction 2013, 28: 2848-2855. PMID: 23922246, PMCID: PMC3777570, DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLast menstrual periodLength of gestationGestational lengthPreterm birthGestational ageHuman pregnancyPregnancy lengthProspective cohort studySimilar gestational ageKaplan-Meier curvesBody mass indexSingleton live birthsEarly Pregnancy StudyPARTICIPANTS/MATERIALSUrinary hormone measurementsProportional hazards modelTiming of deliveryROLE OF CHANCEIntramural Research ProgramDate of conceptionCohort studySingleton pregnanciesMass indexMedian timeAlcohol intake