2024
Influenza Activity and Preterm Birth in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area: A Time-Series Analysis from 2010 to 2017.
Zheng X, Wang T, Hao H, D'Souza R, Strickland M, Warren J, Darrow L, Chang H. Influenza Activity and Preterm Birth in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area: A Time-Series Analysis from 2010 to 2017. Epidemiology 2024 PMID: 39588975, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000001819.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfluenza-like illnessExposure lagTest positivityPreterm birthPregnant peopleRisk of adverse birth outcomesIncreased risk of adverse birth outcomesInfluenza activityAssociated with increased risk of preterm birthInterquartile range increaseAdverse birth outcomesTime-varying confoundersComposite measureRisk of preterm birthShort-term associationsAssociated with increased riskPublic health burdenPoisson log-linear modelSymptoms of influenza-like illnessEstimate associationsBirth outcomesEffect modificationAnnual influenza epidemicsRange increaseMaternal characteristics
2023
Associations between weekly gestational exposure of fine particulate matter, ozone, and nitrogen dioxide and preterm birth in a North Carolina Birth Cohort, 2003–2015
Krajewski A, Luben T, Warren J, Rappazzo K. Associations between weekly gestational exposure of fine particulate matter, ozone, and nitrogen dioxide and preterm birth in a North Carolina Birth Cohort, 2003–2015. Environmental Epidemiology 2023, 7: e278. PMID: 38912391, PMCID: PMC11189686, DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000278.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPreterm birthGestational exposureWeeks of pregnancyRisk of PTBInterquartile range increasePM 2.5 exposurePoisson regression modelsGestational weeksPotential confoundersFine particulate matterAssociation magnitudeRisk differenceNull associationBirth cohortExposure windowsResidential addressesMultipollutant modelsBirthWeeksPositive associationAssociationExposurePM 2.5Regression modelsCensus tracts