2018
Foetal ultrasound measurement imputations based on growth curves versus multiple imputation chained equation (MICE)
Ferguson K, Yu Y, Cantonwine D, McElrath T, Meeker J, Mukherjee B. Foetal ultrasound measurement imputations based on growth curves versus multiple imputation chained equation (MICE). Paediatric And Perinatal Epidemiology 2018, 32: 469-473. PMID: 30016545, PMCID: PMC6939297, DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12486.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLinear mixed modelsComplete-case analysisMultiple imputationEpidemiological studies of risk factorsImputed datasetsComplete-caseDemographic factorsStudy of risk factorsLIFECODES birth cohortUltrasound measurementsCalculate associationsBirth cohortCross-sectionEpidemiological studiesRisk factorsStudy visitsLongitudinal analysisParametric linear mixed modelImputationMissing dataMixed modelsLongitudinal measurementsSample sizeCovariate dataGrowth restriction
2016
Mediation of the Relationship between Maternal Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth by Oxidative Stress with Repeated Measurements across Pregnancy
Ferguson K, Chen Y, VanderWeele T, McElrath T, Meeker J, Mukherjee B. Mediation of the Relationship between Maternal Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth by Oxidative Stress with Repeated Measurements across Pregnancy. Environmental Health Perspectives 2016, 125: 488-494. PMID: 27352406, PMCID: PMC5332184, DOI: 10.1289/ehp282.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExposure-mediator interactionPreterm birthMaternal phthalate exposureNested case-control study of preterm birthCase-control study of preterm birthNested case-control studyPhthalate exposureStudy of preterm birthPhthalate metabolitesOxidative stressSpontaneous preterm birthLongitudinal measurementsMetabolites of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateOdds ratioRepeated measuresDi(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMediation analysisRegression modelsOxidative stress biomarkersEstimated proportionPretermPregnancyInteraction termsBirthAssociation
2015
Comparative genome-wide association studies of a depressive symptom phenotype in a repeated measures setting by race/ethnicity in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis
Ware E, Mukherjee B, Sun Y, Diez-Roux A, Kardia S, Smith J. Comparative genome-wide association studies of a depressive symptom phenotype in a repeated measures setting by race/ethnicity in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. BMC Genomic Data 2015, 16: 118. PMID: 26459564, PMCID: PMC4603946, DOI: 10.1186/s12863-015-0274-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMulti-Ethnic StudyGenome-wide association studiesStudies of depressive symptomsMulti-Ethnic Study of AtherosclerosisDepressive symptomsStudy of AtherosclerosisGenome-wide suggestive levelMeasures analysisSingle-nucleotide polymorphismsMultiple ethnicitiesBaseline measurementsMeta-analysisEuropean AmericansLongitudinal measurementsGenome-wide analysisLongitudinal frameworkSuggestive levelAssociation studiesMethodsThis studyEthnicityGenetic predictorsP-valueMood disordersHealthNovel variants