2020
Elucidating the role of overweight and obesity in racial and ethnic disparities in cesarean delivery risk
Glazer K, Danilack V, Werner E, Field A, Savitz D. Elucidating the role of overweight and obesity in racial and ethnic disparities in cesarean delivery risk. Annals Of Epidemiology 2020, 42: 4-11.e4. PMID: 32005568, DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2019.12.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexCesarean delivery riskPopulation attributable fractionAttributable fractionHispanic womenPreconception weight managementRole of overweightLow-risk pregnanciesDelivery riskCesarean riskNulliparous birthsPerinatal disparitiesPrepregnancy overweightGestational complicationsDelivery hospitalMass indexRisk ratioWeight managementHigh prevalenceAdditional adjustmentRisk differenceClinical approachOverweightObesityEthnic disparities
2019
Should we adjust for delivery hospital in studies of air pollution and pregnancy outcomes?
Savitz D, Eliot M, Ito K, Johnson S, Manjourides J, Danilack V, Wellenius G. Should we adjust for delivery hospital in studies of air pollution and pregnancy outcomes? Environmental Epidemiology 2019, 3: e064. PMID: 33195963, PMCID: PMC7608891, DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPregnancy outcomesDelivery hospitalGestational hypertensionPreterm birthBirth weightMaternal residenceAir pollution exposure estimatesLow birth weightAir pollution exposureAmbient air pollutionPregnancy complicationsPatient characteristicsPotential confoundersClinical practiceOutcome associationsHospitalPollution exposureNew York CityPotential markerLarge hospitalsAmbient fine particlesOutcomesExposure estimatesHypertensionOutcome misclassification