2024
Vitamin D and Toxic Metals in Pregnancy - a Biological Perspective
Fisher M, Weiler H, Kuiper J, Borghese M, Buckley J, Shutt R, Ashley-Martin J, Subramanian A, Arbuckle T, Potter B, Little J, Morisset A, Jukic A. Vitamin D and Toxic Metals in Pregnancy - a Biological Perspective. Current Epidemiology Reports 2024, 11: 153-163. PMID: 39156920, PMCID: PMC11329583, DOI: 10.1007/s40471-024-00348-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVitamin DPregnant womenHigher vitamin D statusToxic metalsPrevention of adverse outcomesTrials of vitamin D supplementationVitamin D statusVitamin D supplementationOverall nutritional statusNutritional interventionPotential biological mechanismsPregnant populationEpidemiological studiesBlood metalsNutritional statusD statusD supplementationNorth American studiesProspective studyAdverse outcomesAbsorption of metalsPregnancyIntestinal absorptionMetal exposureEndocrine disruption
2023
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth: A Pooled Study of Sixteen U.S. Cohorts
Welch B, Keil A, Buckley J, Engel S, James-Todd T, Zota A, Alshawabkeh A, Barrett E, Bloom M, Bush N, Cordero J, Dabelea D, Eskenazi B, Lanphear B, Padmanabhan V, Sathyanarayana S, Swan S, Aalborg J, Baird D, Binder A, Bradman A, Braun J, Calafat A, Cantonwine D, Christenbury K, Factor-Litvak P, Harley K, Hauser R, Herbstman J, Hertz-Picciotto I, Holland N, Jukic A, McElrath T, Meeker J, Messerlian C, Michels K, Newman R, Nguyen R, O’Brien K, Rauh V, Redmon B, Rich D, Rosen E, Schmidt R, Sparks A, Starling A, Wang C, Watkins D, Weinberg C, Weinberger B, Wenzel A, Wilcox A, Yolton K, Zhang Y, Ferguson K. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth: A Pooled Study of Sixteen U.S. Cohorts. Environmental Health Perspectives 2023, 131: 127015. PMID: 38117586, PMCID: PMC10732302, DOI: 10.1289/ehp12831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhthalate metabolite concentrationsPreterm birthPhthalate exposurePhthalate metabolitesEthnic disparitiesU.S. cohortHypothetical interventionUrinary phthalate metabolite concentrationsMetabolite concentrationsWhite participantsUrinary phthalate metabolitesCovariate-adjusted differencesLatina participantsExposure-response modelPooled studiesOdds ratioPacific Islander participantsAsian/Pacific Islander participantsLogistic regressionMetabolite levelsBirthPregnancyPositive associationInterventionCohort
2016
Long-term Recall of Time to Pregnancy
Jukic AM, McConnaughey DR, Weinberg CR, Wilcox AJ, Baird DD. Long-term Recall of Time to Pregnancy. Epidemiology 2016, 27: 705-711. PMID: 27487038, PMCID: PMC5444084, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000000506.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive predictive valuePregnancy attemptsPregnancy dataProspective timeNorth Carolina Early Pregnancy StudyPredictive valueEarly Pregnancy StudyLifetime reproductive historiesWeighted kappa statisticHigher gravidityProspective dataRisk factorsChronic diseasesPregnancy StudyPregnancySmall studyReproductive historyLower likelihoodWomenKappa statisticsLong-term recallFuture studiesLower proportionGravidityWidespread useImpact of female age and nulligravidity on fecundity in an older reproductive age cohort
Steiner AZ, Jukic AM. Impact of female age and nulligravidity on fecundity in an older reproductive age cohort. Fertility And Sterility 2016, 105: 1584-1588.e1. PMID: 26953733, PMCID: PMC4893975, DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.02.028.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Urinary Concentrations of Phthalate Metabolites and Bisphenol A and Associations with Follicular-Phase Length, Luteal-Phase Length, Fecundability, and Early Pregnancy Loss
Jukic AM, Calafat AM, McConnaughey DR, Longnecker MP, Hoppin JA, Weinberg CR, Wilcox AJ, Baird DD, Calafat A, McConnaughey D, Longnecker M, Hoppin J, Weinberg C, Wilcox A, Baird D. Urinary Concentrations of Phthalate Metabolites and Bisphenol A and Associations with Follicular-Phase Length, Luteal-Phase Length, Fecundability, and Early Pregnancy Loss. Environmental Health Perspectives 2015, 124: 321-328. PMID: 26161573, PMCID: PMC4786975, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408164.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly pregnancy lossLuteal phase lengthShort luteal phaseFollicular phase lengthPregnancy lossMonocarboxyoctyl phthalatePhthalate metabolitesLuteal phaseMenstrual cycleDaily first-morning urine specimensFirst morning urine specimensUrinary bisphenol AFuture human studiesHuman chorionic gonadotropinVaginal bleedingDEHP metabolitesUrinary concentrationsHuman ovulationProgesterone metabolitesChorionic gonadotropinUrine specimensDetrimental alterationsHuman studiesAnimal studiesPregnancy