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Ambient air pollution and preterm birth in the environment and pregnancy outcomes study at the University of California, Los Angeles.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17675655     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The authors conducted a case-control survey nested within a birth cohort and collected detailed risk factor information to assess the extent to which residual confounding and exposure misclassification may impact air pollution effect estimates. Using a survey of 2,543 of 6,374 women sampled from a cohort of 58,316 eligible births in 2003 in Los Angeles County, California, the authors estimated with logistic regression and two-phase models the effects of pregnancy period-specific air pollution exposure on the odds of preterm birth. For the first trimester, the odds of preterm birth consistently increased with increasing carbon monoxide exposures and also at high levels of exposure to particulate matter less than or equal to 2.5 microm in diameter (>21.4 microg/m(3)), regardless of type of data (cohort/sample) or covariate adjustment (carbon monoxide exposures of >1.25 ppm increased the odds by 21-25%). Women exposed to carbon monoxide above 0.91 ppm during the last 6 weeks of pregnancy experienced increased odds of preterm birth. Crude and birth certificate covariate-adjusted results for carbon monoxide differed from each other. However, further adjustment for risk factors assessed in the survey did not change effect estimates for short-term pollutant averages appreciably, except for time-activity patterns, which strengthened the observed associations. These results confirm the importance of reducing exposure misclassification when evaluating the effect of traffic-related pollutants that vary spatially.
Authors:
Beate Ritz; Michelle Wilhelm; Katherine J Hoggatt; Jo Kay C Ghosh
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural     Date:  2007-08-04
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of epidemiology     Volume:  166     ISSN:  0002-9262     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Epidemiol.     Publication Date:  2007 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-10-10     Completed Date:  2007-12-12     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7910653     Medline TA:  Am J Epidemiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1045-52     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. britz@ucla.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Air Pollution / adverse effects*
Antimetabolites / adverse effects*,  analysis
Carbon Monoxide / adverse effects*,  analysis
Case-Control Studies
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Logistic Models
Los Angeles / epidemiology
Maternal Exposure*
Odds Ratio
Particle Size
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Outcome
Premature Birth / epidemiology*,  etiology*
Risk Factors
Time Factors
Vehicle Emissions / analysis
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
5P30 ES07048/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS; R01 ES010960-01/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antimetabolites; 0/Vehicle Emissions; 630-08-0/Carbon Monoxide

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