2018
Associations between maternal plasma measurements of inflammatory markers and urinary levels of phenols and parabens during pregnancy: A repeated measures study
Aung M, Ferguson K, Cantonwine D, Bakulski K, Mukherjee B, Loch-Caruso R, McElrath T, Meeker J. Associations between maternal plasma measurements of inflammatory markers and urinary levels of phenols and parabens during pregnancy: A repeated measures study. The Science Of The Total Environment 2018, 650: 1131-1140. PMID: 30308801, PMCID: PMC6236678, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.356.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma inflammatory markersInflammatory markersC-reactive proteinInterquartile range increaseFetal developmentImmunological biomarkersRange increaseTumor necrosis factor-aCase-control studyProspective birth cohortImmune system regulationHealthy pregnancyUrinary phenolSystemic inflammationImmunological mechanismsInterleukin-10Urinary levelsInterleukin-1bPregnancyStudy visitsMultivariate linear mixed modelReproductive outcomesMeasures of exposureInverse probability weightingUrine samples
2016
Repeated measures of inflammation and oxidative stress biomarkers in preeclamptic and normotensive pregnancies
Ferguson K, Meeker J, McElrath T, Mukherjee B, Cantonwine D. Repeated measures of inflammation and oxidative stress biomarkers in preeclamptic and normotensive pregnancies. American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology 2016, 216: 527.e1-527.e9. PMID: 28043842, PMCID: PMC5420472, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.12.174.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor necrosis factor-aNormotensive pregnanciesC-reactive proteinMeasures of inflammationHazard ratioOxidative stress biomarkersInterleukin-1bTime pointsInflammation biomarkersStudy visitsTime of preeclampsia diagnosisPrediction of preeclampsiaOxidative stressHigher body mass indexOxidative stress biomarker 8-isoprostaneStress biomarkersCox proportional hazards modelsCompared to other time pointsBody mass indexProspective birth cohortCalculate hazard ratiosSmall study populationPanel of inflammationFactor AProportional hazards model