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Estimation of the correlation coefficient using the Bayesian Approach and its applications for epidemiologic researchEnrique F Schisterman
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
BMC Med Res Methodol 3:5. 2003..The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the utility of the Bayesian approach for estimating correlations using prior knowledge...
Measures of maternal tobacco exposure and infant birth weight at termL J England
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Epidemiol 153:954-60. 2001..These findings should be considered by researchers studying the effects of smoking reduction on birth outcomes...- Effects of smoking reduction during pregnancy on the birth weight of term infantsL J England
Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemiology Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Program Office, Atlanta, GA, USA
Am J Epidemiol 154:694-701. 2001..Findings were similar when urine cotinine concentration was used. Women who smoke during pregnancy may need to reduce to low levels of exposure (less than eight cigarettes per day) to improve infant birth weight... - Adverse pregnancy outcomes in snuff usersLucinda J England
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 189:939-43. 2003..The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of smokeless tobacco use during pregnancy... - Reduced bone cortical thickness in boys with autism or autism spectrum disorderMary L Hediger
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 38:848-56. 2008..001). Our data suggest that the bone development of autistic boys should be monitored as part of routine care, especially if they are on casein-free diets... - Misclassification of maternal smoking status and its effects on an epidemiologic study of pregnancy outcomesLucinda J England
Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:1005-13. 2007..The potential for this type of bias should be considered when conducting and interpreting epidemiologic studies of smoking and pregnancy outcomes... - Effects of different data-editing methods on trends in race-specific preterm delivery rates, United States, 1990-2002Cheng Qin
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 21:41-9. 2007..Uncertainty persists around the true trends in preterm delivery, especially among African Americans. Additional research is needed to identify the approach that results in the most accurate classification of gestational age... - Elevated levels of growth-related hormones in autism and autism spectrum disorderJames L Mills
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 67:230-7. 2007..We investigated whether children with autism were taller and heavier, and whether they had higher levels of growth-related hormones than control children did... - Pregnancy outcomes in smokers who develop pre-eclampsiaLauren A Beste
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 19:12-8. 2005..In conclusion, among women who developed pre-eclampsia, smoking during pregnancy was not associated with disease severity. We found no evidence that pre-eclampsia and smoking act synergistically to restrict fetal growth... - Two-stage elevation of cell-free fetal DNA in maternal sera before onset of preeclampsiaRichard J Levine
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 190:707-13. 2004..The purpose was to determine whether preeclampsia (PE) is caused by microfragments of syncytial trophoblast shed into the maternal circulation that stimulate an exaggerated inflammatory response... - Circulating angiogenic factors and the risk of preeclampsiaRichard J Levine
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
N Engl J Med 350:672-83. 2004..Limited data suggest that excess circulating soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFlt-1), which binds placental growth factor (PlGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), may have a pathogenic role... - Glucose tolerance and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in nulliparous women who smoke during pregnancyLucinda J England
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Epidemiol 160:1205-13. 2004..9, 95% confidence interval: 1.0, 3.6). These findings support an association between smoking and gestational diabetes mellitus... 
Weight-management interventions for pregnant or postpartum womenAnne K Sebert Kuhlmann
Axiom Resource Management, Falls Church, Virginia, USA
Am J Prev Med 34:523-8. 2008..A review of randomized controlled trials of weight-management interventions for pregnant or postpartum women was conducted to assess whether effective weight-management interventions exist for this population...- Smoking before pregnancy and risk of gestational hypertension and preeclampsiaLucinda J England
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892-7510, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 186:1035-40. 2002..9-1.3). Results were similar for gestational hypertension and preeclampsia examined separately. CONCLUSION: Women who smoke but quit before becoming pregnant do not have a reduced risk for gestational hypertension or preeclampsia... - Elevated plasma homocysteine in early pregnancy: a risk factor for the development of severe preeclampsiaRichard J Levine
Am J Obstet Gynecol 186:1107; author reply 1108. 2002 - A comparison of LMP-based and ultrasound-based estimates of gestational age using linked California livebirth and prenatal screening recordsPatricia M Dietz
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 21:62-71. 2007..The 2003 revised US Standard Certificate of Live Birth includes a new gestational age item, the obstetric estimate. It will be important to assess whether this estimate addresses the problems presented by LMP-based gestational age... - Maternal obesity and risk of gestational diabetes mellitusSusan Y Chu
Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop K 23, 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Diabetes Care 30:2070-6. 2007..This meta-analysis was conducted to better estimate this risk and to explore differences across studies... - Twenty-four-hour urine insulin as a measure of hyperinsulinaemia/insulin resistance before onset of pre-eclampsia and gestational hypertensionStephen P Emery
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
BJOG 112:1479-85. 2005..6] x 10(3)microIU/24 hour, P= 0.04; severe pre-eclampsia vs controls: 12.3 [2.2] vs 11.5 [1.2], P= 0.69). CONCLUSION: The data suggest that early hyperinsulinaemia, a marker of insulin resistance, may predispose to mild pre-eclampsia... - Postpartum screening for diabetes after a gestational diabetes mellitus-affected pregnancyPatricia M Dietz
Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Obstet Gynecol 112:868-74. 2008..To estimate trends in postpartum glucose testing in a cohort of women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)...