2022
Asthma in a prospective cohort of rural pregnant women from Sri Lanka: Need for better care during the pre-conceptional and antenatal period
Rajapakse S, Wickramasinghe N, Warnasekara J, Abeyrathna P, Amarasinghe G, Hettiarachchi AU, Jayasinghe IU, Koralegedara I, Agampodi TC, Agampodi SB. Asthma in a prospective cohort of rural pregnant women from Sri Lanka: Need for better care during the pre-conceptional and antenatal period. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0269888. PMID: 35834567, PMCID: PMC9282538, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269888.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNew-onset wheezePregnant womenSecond trimesterAsthmatic womenPregnancy outcomesPregnant asthmatic womenEligible pregnant womenProspective cohort studyLow birth weightPrevalence of wheezeEffect of asthmaRural pregnant womenMaternal care programmeCohort studyProspective cohortHospital admissionAntenatal periodAsthma prevalenceFirst trimesterBirth weightClinical assessmentHigh prevalenceWheezeAsthmaTrimester
2021
Household Food Expenditure Share During Pregnancy: Evidence From Rural Sri Lanka
Gunarathne S, Wickramasinghe N, Agampodi T, Prasanna I, Agampodi S. Household Food Expenditure Share During Pregnancy: Evidence From Rural Sri Lanka. Current Developments In Nutrition 2021, 5: 753. PMCID: PMC8181375, DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzab046_050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPregnant womenHousehold food expenditureMean monthly household incomeRural pregnant womenIncome quintileSelf-administered questionnaireMonthly household incomeHousehold incomeProspective cohortPregnancy cohortMean ageHighest quintilePositive correlationTrimesterPregnancyRural Sri LankaSignificant positive correlationWeak positive correlationQuintileMeasures ANOVAOne-way ANOVASignificant differencesCohort