Carrie J Nobles1, Katherine L Grantz1, Danping Liu2, Andrew Williams1, Marion Ouidir1, Indulaxmi Seeni1, Seth Sherman3, Pauline Mendola4. 1. Epidemiology Branch, Division of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA. 2. Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA. 3. The Emmes Corporation, Rockville, MD, USA. 4. Epidemiology Branch, Division of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: pauline.mendola@nih.gov.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Ambient air pollution may affect fetal growth restriction (FGR) through several mechanisms. However, prior studies of air pollution and small-for-gestational age (SGA), a common proxy for FGR, have reported inconsistent findings. OBJECTIVE: We assessed air pollution in relation to physician-diagnosed FGR and population-based SGA in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Consecutive Pregnancy Study (2002-2010). METHODS: Among 50,005 women (112,203 singleton births), FGR was captured from medical records and ICD-9 codes, and SGA determined by population standards for birthweight <10th, <5th and <3rd percentile. Community Multiscale Air Quality models estimated ambient levels of seven criteria pollutants for whole pregnancy, 3-months preconception, and 1st, 2nd and 3rd trimesters. Generalized estimating equations with robust standard errors accounted for interdependency of pregnancies within participant. Models adjusted for maternal age, race/ethnicity, pre-pregnancy body mass index, smoking, alcohol, parity, insurance, marital status, asthma and temperature. RESULTS: FGR was diagnosed in 1.5% of infants, and 6.7% were <10th, 2.7% <5th and 1.5% <3rd percentile for SGA. Positive associations of SO2, NO2 and PM10 and negative associations of O3 with FGR were observed throughout preconception and pregnancy. For example, an interquartile increase in whole pregnancy SO2 was associated with 16% (95% CI 8%, 25%) increased FGR risk, 17% for NO2 (95% CI 9%, 26%) and 12% for PM10 (95% CI 6%, 19%). Associations with SGA were less clear. CONCLUSIONS: Chronic exposure to air pollution may be associated with FGR but not SGA in this low-risk population. Published by Elsevier B.V.
BACKGROUND: Ambient air pollution may affect fetal growth restriction (FGR) through several mechanisms. However, prior studies of air pollution and small-for-gestational age (SGA), a common proxy for FGR, have reported inconsistent findings. OBJECTIVE: We assessed air pollution in relation to physician-diagnosed FGR and population-based SGA in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Consecutive Pregnancy Study (2002-2010). METHODS: Among 50,005 women (112,203 singleton births), FGR was captured from medical records and ICD-9 codes, and SGA determined by population standards for birthweight <10th, <5th and <3rd percentile. Community Multiscale Air Quality models estimated ambient levels of seven criteria pollutants for whole pregnancy, 3-months preconception, and 1st, 2nd and 3rd trimesters. Generalized estimating equations with robust standard errors accounted for interdependency of pregnancies within participant. Models adjusted for maternal age, race/ethnicity, pre-pregnancy body mass index, smoking, alcohol, parity, insurance, marital status, asthma and temperature. RESULTS: FGR was diagnosed in 1.5% of infants, and 6.7% were <10th, 2.7% <5th and 1.5% <3rd percentile for SGA. Positive associations of SO2, NO2 and PM10 and negative associations of O3 with FGR were observed throughout preconception and pregnancy. For example, an interquartile increase in whole pregnancy SO2 was associated with 16% (95% CI 8%, 25%) increased FGR risk, 17% for NO2 (95% CI 9%, 26%) and 12% for PM10 (95% CI 6%, 19%). Associations with SGA were less clear. CONCLUSIONS: Chronic exposure to air pollution may be associated with FGR but not SGA in this low-risk population. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Entities:
Keywords:
Ambient air pollution; Fetal growth restriction; Small-for-gestational age
Authors: Rob McConnell; Kiros Berhane; Ling Yao; Frederick W Lurmann; Edward Avol; John M Peters Journal: Sci Total Environ Date: 2005-08-10 Impact factor: 7.963
Authors: Eric Lavigne; Abdool S Yasseen; David M Stieb; Perry Hystad; Aaron van Donkelaar; Randall V Martin; Jeffrey R Brook; Daniel L Crouse; Richard T Burnett; Hong Chen; Scott Weichenthal; Markey Johnson; Paul J Villeneuve; Mark Walker Journal: Environ Res Date: 2016-04-30 Impact factor: 6.498
Authors: Diana B P Clemente; Maribel Casas; Nadia Vilahur; Haizea Begiristain; Mariona Bustamante; Anne-Elie Carsin; Mariana F Fernández; Frans Fierens; Wilfried Gyselaers; Carmen Iñiguez; Bram G Janssen; Wouter Lefebvre; Sabrina Llop; Nicolás Olea; Marie Pedersen; Nicky Pieters; Loreto Santa Marina; Ana Souto; Adonina Tardón; Charlotte Vanpoucke; Martine Vrijheid; Jordi Sunyer; Tim S Nawrot Journal: Environ Health Perspect Date: 2015-08-28 Impact factor: 9.031
Authors: Kartik K Venkatesh; Robert A Strauss; Daniel J Westreich; John M Thorp; David M Stamilio; Katherine L Grantz Journal: Pregnancy Hypertens Date: 2020-03-10 Impact factor: 2.899
Authors: Andrew D Williams; Jenna Kanner; Katherine L Grantz; Marion Ouidir; Shanshan Sheehy; Seth Sherman; Candace Robledo; Pauline Mendola Journal: Environ Res Date: 2021-04-18 Impact factor: 8.431
Authors: David A Savitz; Melissa N Eliot; Kazuhiko Ito; Sarah Johnson; Justin Manjourides; Valery A Danilack; Gregory A Wellenius Journal: Environ Epidemiol Date: 2019-10-14