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| M L HedigerSummaryAffiliation: National Institutes of Health Country: USA Publications
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Assisted reproductive technologies and children's neurodevelopmental outcomesMary L Hediger
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland Electronic address
Fertil Steril 99:311-7. 2013..Population-based cohorts with longitudinal assessment of the multifaceted nature of neurodevelopment across critical and sensitive windows is paramount for the development of empirically based guidance for clinical and population health...
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...
Association of endometriosis with body size and figureMary L Hediger
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7510, USA
Fertil Steril 84:1366-74. 2005..To determine whether body size and perceived figure, both current and historical, are associated with a diagnosis of endometriosis on laparoscopy...
Fetal growth rates and the very preterm delivery of twinsMary L Hediger
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 193:1498-507. 2005..Our objective was to determine whether slow fetal growth rates and twin growth patterns from 20 weeks' gestation to delivery are associated with very preterm delivery...
Midupper arm circumference (MUAC) changes in late pregnancy predict fetal growth in twinsMary L Hediger
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH DHHS, Building 6100, Rm 7B03, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510, USA
Twin Res Hum Genet 8:267-70. 2005..This simple, relatively precise, measure of change in maternal body composition during pregnancy may be useful in identifying twin pregnancies at risk for faltering intrauterine growth, particularly among overweight or obese women...
Association between infant breastfeeding and overweight in young childrenM L Hediger
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, NICHD NIH, Bldg 6100, Room 7B03, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510, USA
JAMA 285:2453-60. 2001..It has been suggested that breastfeeding is protective against children becoming overweight, and that there is a dose-dependent effect of its duration...
Birthweight and gestational age effects on motor and social developmentMary L Hediger
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 16:33-46. 2002....
Effect of breastfeeding on cognitive development of infants born small for gestational ageM R Rao
Epidemiology Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Acta Paediatr 91:267-74. 2002..These data suggest that mothers should breastfeed exclusively for 24 wk to enhance cognitive development...
Birth weight for gestational age of Mexican American infants born in the United StatesM D Overpeck
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7510, USA
Obstet Gynecol 93:943-7. 1999..To develop a reference for birth weight for gestational age to identify Mexican American infants born in the United States who are small or large for gestational age...
A two-part model for reference curve estimation subject to a limit of detectionZ Zhang
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510, USA
Stat Med 30:1455-65. 2011..The method is illustrated with hormone data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey...
Intrauterine exposures and risk of endometriosisGermaine M Buck Louis
Department of Health and Human Services, Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Hum Reprod 22:3232-6. 2007..Intrauterine environmental exposures have been adversely associated with male reproductive health in contrast to limited investigation of such exposures and female reproductive health...
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...
Perinatal and early childhood outcomes of twins versus tripletsBarbara Luke
School of Nursing and Health Studies, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33143, USA
Twin Res Hum Genet 9:81-8. 2006..Compared to twins, triplets have greater neonatal morbidity, and through 18 months of age lower mental and motor scores, slower postnatal growth and more residual stunting, particularly of length and head circumference...
Body mass index--specific weight gains associated with optimal birth weights in twin pregnanciesBarbara Luke
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1801 NW 9th Avenue, Room 200H, Miami, FL 33136, USA
J Reprod Med 48:217-24. 2003..To formulate maternal weight gain guidelines, by maternal pregravid body mass index (BMI) status, associated with optimal fetal growth and birth weight in twins...
Prenatal DDT exposure in relation to anthropometric and pubertal measures in adolescent malesBeth C Gladen
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Environ Health Perspect 112:1761-7. 2004..No associations between prenatal exposure to any of the DDT compounds and any outcome measure were seen...
Fetal phenotypes and neonatal and early childhood outcomes in twinsBarbara Luke
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 191:1270-6. 2004....
The use and misuse of matching in case-control studies: the example of polycystic ovary syndromeMichael S Bloom
Epidemiology Branch, Division of Epidemiology Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, U S Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Fertil Steril 88:707-10. 2007....
Body mass index and overweight in adolescents in 13 European countries, Israel, and the United StatesInge Lissau
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:27-33. 2004..To compare the body mass index (BMI) (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters) and the prevalence of BMI at or above the 85th centile and 95th centile (overweight) in adolescents...
