2010
Growth of infants born to HIV‐infected women in South Africa according to maternal and infant characteristics
Venkatesh K, Lurie M, Triche E, De Bruyn G, Harwell J, McGarvey S, Gray G. Growth of infants born to HIV‐infected women in South Africa according to maternal and infant characteristics. Tropical Medicine And International Health 2010, 15: 1364-1374. PMID: 20955499, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02634.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAnti-HIV AgentsBody HeightBody WeightCD4 Lymphocyte CountEpidemiologic MethodsFemaleGrowth DisordersHIV InfectionsHumansInfant FormulaInfant Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaInfant, NewbornInfectious Disease Transmission, VerticalMaleMaternal AgeNevirapinePregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousViral LoadYoung AdultZidovudineConceptsMaternal CD4 cell countMonths of ageCD4 cell countUninfected infantsFormula feedingPremature birthGastrointestinal infectionsLower maternal CD4 cell countMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsCell countZ-scoreCox proportional hazards modelAdvanced HIV diseaseInfant HIV infectionLow maternal ageAppropriate antiretroviral therapyGrowth of infantsProportional hazards modelFunction of infantsMother-infant dyadsAntiretroviral therapyHIV diseaseHIV infectionMaternal ageMaternal characteristics
2007
Respiratory symptoms among infants at risk for asthma: association with surfactant protein A haplotypes
Pettigrew MM, Gent JF, Zhu Y, Triche EW, Belanger KD, Holford TR, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Respiratory symptoms among infants at risk for asthma: association with surfactant protein A haplotypes. BMC Medical Genomics 2007, 8: 15. PMID: 17407567, PMCID: PMC1852548, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-8-15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPersistent coughSurfactant protein ARespiratory symptomsWhite infantsClinician-diagnosed asthmaInfant respiratory symptomsRespiratory symptom frequencyRisk of wheezeCohort of infantsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsMonths of ageQuarterly telephone interviewsLogistic regression modelsRace/ethnicityStudy infantsNewborn infantsSymptom frequencyInfant's birthStandardized questionnaireCoughWheezeAsthmaInfantsTelephone interviewsOlder children
2006
Association of surfactant protein A polymorphisms with otitis media in infants at risk for asthma
Pettigrew MM, Gent JF, Zhu Y, Triche EW, Belanger KD, Holford TR, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Association of surfactant protein A polymorphisms with otitis media in infants at risk for asthma. BMC Medical Genomics 2006, 7: 68. PMID: 16884531, PMCID: PMC1557482, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-7-68.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOtitis mediaWhite infantsInfant respiratory symptomsPhysician-diagnosed asthmaCohort of infantsLarger confirmatory studiesSurfactant proteinsInnate immune responseMonths of ageQuarterly telephone interviewsLogistic regression modelsRace/ethnicityRespiratory symptomsCommon infectionsProspective studyImmune responseStudy populationInfant's birthStandardized questionnaireInfantsConclusionThese resultsAsthmaTelephone interviewsConfirmatory studiesWhole blood
2004
Association of early‐onset otitis media in infants and exposure to household mould
Pettigrew MM, Gent JF, Triche EW, Belanger KD, Bracken MB, Leaderer BP. Association of early‐onset otitis media in infants and exposure to household mould. Paediatric And Perinatal Epidemiology 2004, 18: 441-447. PMID: 15535820, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2004.00596.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly otitis mediaOtitis mediaMonths of ageHousehold moldInfant respiratory symptomsAcute otitis mediaPhysician-diagnosed asthmaCohort of infantsOtitis media episodesRecurrent otitis mediaEarly onset otitis mediaMonths of lifeQuarterly telephone interviewsRespiratory symptomsCommon infectionsProspective studyPotential confoundersHigh riskInfant's birthStandardised questionnaireTelephone interviewsMonthsAsthmaEarly childhoodFurther studies