2017
Urinary BPA and Phthalate Metabolite Concentrations and Plasma Vitamin D Levels in Pregnant Women: A Repeated Measures Analysis
Johns L, Ferguson K, Cantonwine D, McElrath T, Mukherjee B, Meeker J. Urinary BPA and Phthalate Metabolite Concentrations and Plasma Vitamin D Levels in Pregnant Women: A Repeated Measures Analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives 2017, 125: 087026. PMID: 28934718, PMCID: PMC5783673, DOI: 10.1289/ehp1178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCohort of pregnant womenMono-3-carboxypropyl phthalateVitamin D levelsPregnant womenD levelsNested case-control study of preterm birthMeasures of urinary phthalate metabolitesProspective cohort of pregnant womenOdds of vitamin D deficiencyCase-control study of preterm birthDi(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate metabolitesInverse associationStudy of preterm birthInterquartile rangePlasma vitamin D levelsCirculating total 25(OH)DNested case-control studyMetabolites of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateVitamin D deficiencyDi(2-ethylhexyl) phthalatePhthalate metabolite concentrationsUrinary phthalate metabolitesUrinary bisphenol AProspective birth cohortPreterm birth
2016
Mediation of the Relationship between Maternal Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth by Oxidative Stress with Repeated Measurements across Pregnancy
Ferguson K, Chen Y, VanderWeele T, McElrath T, Meeker J, Mukherjee B. Mediation of the Relationship between Maternal Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth by Oxidative Stress with Repeated Measurements across Pregnancy. Environmental Health Perspectives 2016, 125: 488-494. PMID: 27352406, PMCID: PMC5332184, DOI: 10.1289/ehp282.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExposure-mediator interactionPreterm birthMaternal phthalate exposureNested case-control study of preterm birthCase-control study of preterm birthNested case-control studyPhthalate exposureStudy of preterm birthPhthalate metabolitesOxidative stressSpontaneous preterm birthLongitudinal measurementsMetabolites of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateOdds ratioRepeated measuresDi(2-ethylhexyl) phthalateMediation analysisRegression modelsOxidative stress biomarkersEstimated proportionPretermPregnancyInteraction termsBirthAssociation