2022
The influence of structural racism, pandemic stress, and SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy with adverse birth outcomes
Janevic T, Lieb W, Ibroci E, Lynch J, Lieber M, Molenaar NM, Rommel AS, de Witte L, Ohrn S, Carreño JM, Krammer F, Zapata LB, Snead MC, Brody RI, Jessel RH, Sestito S, Adler A, Afzal O, Gigase F, Missall R, Carrión D, Stone J, Bergink V, Dolan SM, Howell EA, Group K. The influence of structural racism, pandemic stress, and SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy with adverse birth outcomes. American Journal Of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM 2022, 4: 100649. PMID: 35462058, PMCID: PMC9022447, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2022.100649.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionGestational age infantsGestational age newbornsPreterm birthAdverse birth outcomesBirth outcomesZone improvement plan codeRelative riskPandemic-related stressPublic insuranceElectronic medical record databasePregnant personsSerologic enzyme-linked immunosorbentBody mass indexLog-binomial regressionMedical record databaseCOVID-19 mortality ratesEnzyme-linked immunosorbentNeighborhood measuresProspective cohortHighest quartileAdjusted analysisMass indexInsurance statusMaternal age
2021
Prenatal household air pollutant exposure is associated with reduced size and gestational age at birth among a cohort of Ghanaian infants
Quinn AK, Adjei IA, Ae-Ngibise KA, Agyei O, Boamah-Kaali EA, Burkart K, Carrión D, Chillrud SN, Gould CF, Gyaase S, Jack DW, Kaali S, Kinney PL, Lee AG, Mujtaba MN, Oppong FB, Owusu-Agyei S, Yawson A, Wylie BJ, Asante KP. Prenatal household air pollutant exposure is associated with reduced size and gestational age at birth among a cohort of Ghanaian infants. Environment International 2021, 155: 106659. PMID: 34134048, PMCID: PMC8628363, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106659.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow birth weightHousehold air pollutionGestational ageBirth weightPlacental malariaMaternal exposureBirth lengthSubstantial public health benefitsGhana Randomized Air PollutionReduced birth weightImportant risk factorMalaria-endemic areasAge z-scoreEvidence of malariaPublic health benefitsAir pollutant exposureEffects of COMalarial statusPlacental histopathologyBirth outcomesPregnant womenFetal growthPrenatal exposureRisk factorsGhanaian infants