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The distribution of intra-twin birth weight discordance and its association with total twin birth weight, gestational age, and neonatal mortalityHongzhuan Tan
OMNI Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ont, Canada
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 121:27-33. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of birth weight discordance > or =25% among twin pregnancies was 8.6%, which is associated with lower gestational age at delivery and higher neonatal mortality rates, and may represent a pathologic process...- Agreement in measuring socio-economic status: area-based versus individual measuresK Demissie
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Chronic Dis Can 21:1-7. 2000..Caution should therefore be used in designing or interpreting the results of studies in which area-based SES measures are used to test hypotheses or control for confounding... 
Operative vaginal delivery and neonatal and infant adverse outcomes: population based retrospective analysisKitaw Demissie
Division of Epidemiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Public Health, 683 Hoes Lane West, PO Box 9, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
BMJ 329:24-9. 2004..To compare the risk of neonatal and infant adverse outcomes between vacuum and forceps assisted deliveries...- Fetal and neonatal mortality among twin gestations in the United States: the role of intrapair birth weight discordanceKitaw Demissie
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway 08854, USA
Obstet Gynecol 100:474-80. 2002..To examine the association of intrapair birth weight discordance with fetal and neonatal mortality... - Trends in preterm birth and neonatal mortality among blacks and whites in the United States from 1989 to 1997K Demissie
Department of Environmental and Community Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854 5635, USA
Am J Epidemiol 154:307-15. 2001..The widening race gap in mortality among preterm infants merits attention... - Racial differences in the treatment of colorectal cancer: a comparison of surgical and radiation therapy between Whites and BlacksKitaw Demissie
Division of Epidemiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ, USA
Ann Epidemiol 14:215-21. 2004..To evaluate black to white differences in treatment for colorectal cancer... - The association between hospital readmission and insurance provider among adults with asthmaShabana Ather
Department of Epidemiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey--School of Public Health, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-5635, USA
J Asthma 41:709-13. 2004..In trying to provide cost-effective patient care, we may be discharging patients prematurely... - Relationship among placenta previa, fetal growth restriction, and preterm delivery: a population-based studyC V Ananth
Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1977, USA
Obstet Gynecol 98:299-306. 2001..The risk of fetal smallness is increased slightly among women with previa, but this association may be of little clinical significance... - Placental abruption among singleton and twin births in the United States: risk factor profilesC V Ananth
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Obstetrics, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/Saint Peter's University Hospital, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Am J Epidemiol 153:771-8. 2001..28 and 5.08). The authors conclude that abruption is twice as likely to occur in twins as in singletons with differing risk factor profiles. This suggests that abruption in twins may result from different pathophysiologic processes... - Birth weight discordancy and adverse perinatal outcomes among twin gestations in the United States: the effect of placental abruptionCande V Ananth
Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 188:954-60. 2003..In the presence of placental abruption, these risks are further compounded. The results underscore the need for careful monitoring of twin pregnancies... - Rates of preterm delivery among Black women and White women in the United States over two decades: an age-period-cohort analysisC V Ananth
Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 1977, USA
Am J Epidemiol 154:657-65. 2001..The presence of period effects might be linked to the increased survival of premature infants or to increased viability among births occurring at lower lengths of gestation... - Association of maternal fever during labor with neonatal and infant morbidity and mortalityA Petrova
Department of Family Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
Obstet Gynecol 98:20-7. 2001..CONCLUSION: Intrapartum fever is an important predictor of neonatal morbidity and infection-related mortality... - Placenta previa in singleton and twin births in the United States, 1989 through 1998: a comparison of risk factor profiles and associated conditionsCande V Ananth
Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 188:275-81. 2003..CONCLUSION: The increased rate of placenta previa among twin births underscores the need to monitor carefully such pregnancies with heightened suspicion and awareness for the development of this condition... 
Ambient air pollutant concentrations during pregnancy and the risk of fetal growth restrictionD Q Rich
UMDNJ, Department of Epidemiology, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
J Epidemiol Community Health 63:488-96. 2009..It was hypothesised that trimester mean pollutant concentrations could be associated with fetal growth restriction, with larger risks among complicated pregnancies...- The contribution of mild and moderate preterm birth to infant mortality. Fetal and Infant Health Study Group of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance SystemM S Kramer
1020 Pine Ave W, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 1A2
JAMA 284:843-9. 2000..However, infants born at 32 through 36 weeks are more common and their public health impact has not been well studied... - Birth weight discordance and adverse fetal and neonatal outcomes among triplets in the United StatesAndrea R Jacobs
Division of Epidemiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Public Health, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
Obstet Gynecol 101:909-14. 2003..A birth weight discordance threshold of at least 29% should alert obstetricians for appropriate decision making... - Trends in twin preterm birth subtypes in the United States, 1989 through 2000: impact on perinatal mortalityCande V Ananth
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 1977, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 193:1076-82. 2005..We further examined whether the changes in preterm birth subtypes were associated with trends in twin perinatal mortality... - Recent trends in asthma hospitalization and mortality in the United StatesDarios Getahun
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 1977, USA
J Asthma 42:373-8. 2005..To study the recent trends in asthma hospitalization and mortality rates by age, gender, and race categories in the United States... - Adverse perinatal outcomes among interracial couples in the United StatesDarios Getahun
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, 08901, USA
Obstet Gynecol 106:81-8. 2005..We examined the association between parental race and stillbirth and adverse perinatal and infant outcomes... - Use of adjuvant systemic therapy for early breast cancer among women 65 years of age and olderBijal A Balasubramanian
Department of Family Medicine, University of Medicineand Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson MedicalSchool, Somerset, NJ 08873, USA
Cancer Control 14:63-8. 2007..The National Institutes of Health (NIH) consensus statement recommends adjuvant therapy for early breast cancer irrespective of age. However, the actual use of such therapy is not well documented among women over 65 years of age... - Maternal and obstetric risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome in the United StatesDarios Getahun
Department of Family Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903 0019, USA
Obstet Gynecol 103:646-52. 2004..The objectives of this study were to 1). study the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) among singleton births in the United States and 2). identify maternal and obstetric risk factors for SIDS... - Temporal changes in rates of stillbirth, neonatal and infant mortality among triplet gestations in the United StatesDarios Getahun
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 1977, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 195:1506-11. 2006..The purpose of this study was to examine temporal changes in stillbirth, neonatal and infant mortality rates among triplet births in the US, and to assess the contributions of triplet delivery at < 34 weeks to these changes... - Trends in preterm birth and perinatal mortality among singletons: United States, 1989 through 2000Cande V Ananth
Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Obstet Gynecol 105:1084-91. 2005..We examined trends in preterm birth among singletons following ruptured membranes, medical indications, and spontaneous preterm birth and evaluated the impact of these trends on perinatal mortality... - Asthma in pregnancy--its relationship with race, insurance, maternal education, and prenatal care utilizationKatherine D Chung
Department of Epidemiology, UMDNJ School of Public Health SPH, Piscataway, NJ 08854 5635, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 96:1414-21. 2004..This study examines racial/ethnic disparities in the rate of asthma during pregnancy, and examines insurance type, maternal education, and prenatal care initiation/utilization as potential determinants of the disparities... - Racial differences in adjuvant systemic therapy for early breast cancer among Medicaid beneficiariesBijal A Balasubramanian
Department of Family Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Somerset, New Jersey 08873, USA
Breast J 16:162-8. 2010..In spite of this, blacks had higher mortality than whites. Our findings suggest that factors other than treatment differences may contribute to the racial disparity in mortality... - Contemporary risk profile of prostate cancer in the United StatesYu Hsuan Shao
Department of Population Science, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 101:1280-3. 2009..In conclusion, more men were diagnosed with prostate cancer at a younger age and earlier stage in 2004-2005 than in earlier years. The racial disparity in cancer stage at diagnosis has decreased statistically significantly over time... - Impact of mode of delivery on neonatal complications: trends between 1997 and 2005Neetu J Jain
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, MCH Epidemiology Program, Trenton, New Jersey 08625 0364, USA
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 22:491-500. 2009..This study examined whether rates of selected neonatal complications vary by mode of delivery and whether these rates are changing as a result of the increasing cesarean delivery rate... - Small-for-gestational-age births among black and white women: temporal trends in the United StatesCande V Ananth
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick 08901-1977, USA
Am J Public Health 93:577-9. 2003 - Physician cesarean delivery rates and risk-adjusted perinatal outcomesTong Li
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08540, USA
Obstet Gynecol 101:1204-12. 2003..To compare perinatal outcomes in obstetric practices with high and low cesarean delivery rates... - Weekend versus weekday admission and mortality from myocardial infarctionWilliam J Kostis
Department of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08903 0019, USA
N Engl J Med 356:1099-109. 2007..Management of acute myocardial infarction requires urgent diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, which may not be uniformly available throughout the week... - Small-for-gestational-age births in the United States: an age-period-cohort analysisCande V Ananth
Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey 08901 1977, USA
Epidemiology 15:28-35. 2004..Little is known as to how age, period, and birth cohort interact on trends in small births at term... - Risk factors for intrapair birth weight discordance in twinsS Sannoh
Division of Epidemiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Public Health, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 13:230-6. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Maternal hypertensive disorders, smoking and delayed childbearing were associated with intrapair birth weight discordance. The mechanisms of these associations deserve further investigation... - Does reducing infant mortality depend on preventing low birthweight? An analysis of temporal trends in the AmericasMichael S Kramer
Departments of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 19:445-51. 2005.... - The efficacy of the non-stress test in preventing fetal death in post-term pregnancyT Li
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 15:265-70. 2001..05 [95% CI 0.57, 1.91]. These results do not support the efficacy of non-stress testing in post-term pregnancies. A more detailed evaluation of this widely used screening procedure is needed... - Sudden infant death syndrome among twin births: United States, 1995-1998Darios Getahun
Department of Family Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
J Perinatol 24:544-51. 2004..There is a higher rate of SIDS in the second twin after a first twin SIDS. CONCLUSIONS: Twins are at higher risk of SIDS than are singletons. Overall, the epidemiology of SIDS in twins is quite similar to that seen in singletons... - Cancer incidence among Korean-American immigrants in the United States and native Koreans in South KoreaJoanne Lee
Department of Epidemiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Cancer Control 14:78-85. 2007..This study compares cancer incidence rates between Korean-Americans, whites, and blacks in the United States and native Koreans... - Initial metformin or sulphonylurea exposure and cancer occurrence among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitusH Qiu
Department of Epidemiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Diabetes Obes Metab 15:349-57. 2013..This was a retrospective cohort study of type 2 diabetes patients, to evaluate the association between initial metformin or sulphonylurea treatment and cancer incidence... - Efficacy of tobacco dependence treatment in the context of a "smoke-free grounds" worksite policy: a case studyOmowunmi Y O Osinubi
Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Sciences Institute, Piscataway, 08854, USA
Am J Ind Med 46:180-7. 2004..Smoking restrictions provide opportunities to modify smoking behavior. A large insurance company implemented a smoke-free grounds policy at two of their office complexes in January, 2000... - Synchronous primary ovarian and endometrial cancers: a population-based assessment of survivalMelony G Williams
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
Obstet Gynecol 113:783-9. 2009..To estimate the occurrence of synchronous epithelial ovarian and endometrial cancers among ovarian cancer patients and to assess survival of women with synchronous cancers... - A pilot study of telephone-based smoking cessation intervention in asbestos workersOmowunmi Y O Osinubi
Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Sciences Institute, 170 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
J Occup Environ Med 45:569-74. 2003..Incorporating telephone-based smoking cessation treatment into medical screening activities for asbestos workers is feasible and the intervention is effective in increasing quit rates at 6 months... - Association of codon 16 and codon 27 beta 2-adrenergic receptor gene polymorphisms with obesity: a meta-analysisMihai S Jalba
Health Services Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, Division of Research, Department of Family Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Somerset, New Jersey, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:2096-106. 2008..To search for an association between the Glu27Gln (rs1042714; B27) and the Arg16Gly (rs1042713; B16) polymorphisms of the beta 2-adrenergic receptor (ADRB2) gene and obesity... - Length of hospital stay, obstetric conditions at childbirth, and maternal readmission: a population-based cohort studyShiliang Liu
Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division, Centre for Healthy Human Development, Health Canada, and McLaughlin Center for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada
Am J Obstet Gynecol 187:681-7. 2002..We assessed the association between obstetric conditions, length of hospital stay for childbirth, and maternal readmission... - Obstetric intervention, stillbirth, and preterm birthK S Joseph
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Semin Perinatol 26:250-9. 2002..Obstetric intervention at preterm gestation, when indicated, can prevent stillbirth and reduce infant morbidity and mortality despite the increasing rates of preterm delivery... - Maternal morbidity and obstetric complications in triplet pregnancies and quadruplet and higher-order multiple pregnanciesShi Wu Wen
OMNI Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Am J Obstet Gynecol 191:254-8. 2004..The purpose of this study was to assess the risk of maternal morbidity and obstetric complications in women with triplet pregnancies and quadruplet and higher-order multiple pregnancies... - Preterm birth, stillbirth and infant mortality among triplet births in Canada, 1985-96K S Joseph
Department of Obstetrics and Gyneacology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 16:141-8. 2002..In spite of temporal reductions in infant mortality, triplet births continue to be associated with very high rates of preterm birth and fetal and infant mortality. Fetal mortality among triplets has not changed over the last ten years... - Secular trends of fetal growth in Canada, 1981 to 1997Shi Wu Wen
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 17:347-54. 2003..We conclude that Canadian infants are getting bigger, but only those born at term. The temporal trends for more extremely distributed fetal growth measures are particularly marked... - Occurrence and predictors of cesarean delivery for the second twin after vaginal delivery of the first twinShi Wu Wen
OMNI Research Group, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Obstet Gynecol 103:413-9. 2004..To estimate the occurrence and to assess clinical predictors of emergent cesarean delivery in the second twin after vaginal delivery of the first twin... - The association between fetal sex and preterm birth in twin pregnanciesHongzhuan Tan
OMNI Research Group and Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1H 8L6
Obstet Gynecol 103:327-32. 2004..To assess the association between the fetal sex and preterm birth... - Teenage pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes: a large population based retrospective cohort studyXi Kuan Chen
OMNI Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Int J Epidemiol 36:368-73. 2007..The objective of this study was to determine whether teenage pregnancy is associated with increased adverse birth outcomes independent of known confounding factors... - Asthma development with obesity exposure: observations from the cohort of the National Health and Nutrition Evaluation Survey Epidemiologic Follow-up Study (NHEFS)Ava H Stanley
Institute of Health, Healthcare and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901 1293, USA
J Asthma 42:97-9. 2005..These results suggest that asthma development may be a point on the trajectory of chronic obesity disease or asthma appears with obesity as a concurrent disorder... - The effect of parental race on fetal and infant mortality in twin gestationsHongzhuan Tan
OMNI Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Canada
J Natl Med Assoc 96:1337-43. 2004..19-1.58) and lowest for W-W. Thus, twin infants born to black parents have higher risk of fetal and infant mortality compared with twin infants born to white parents and infants of mixed race parents generally have intermediate outcomes... - Parental race, birth weight, gestational age, and fetal growth among twin infants in the United StatesHongzhuan Tan
OMNI Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 501 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Canada, K1H 8L6
Early Hum Dev 80:153-60. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Both parents' races are important determinants of birth weight, gestational age, and fetal growth among twin pregnancies, with higher effect on gestational age and greater maternal influence than paternal influence... - Fetal and neonatal mortality among twin gestations in a Canadian population: the effect of intrapair birthweight discordanceShi Wu Wen
Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division, Centre for Healthy Human Development, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Am J Perinatol 22:279-86. 2005.... - Neonatal mortality in second twin according to cause of death, gestational age, and mode of deliveryShi Wu Wen
OMNI Research Group, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Am J Obstet Gynecol 191:778-83. 2004..The purpose of this study was to assess the risk of neonatal death in the second twin... - Neonatal morbidity in second twin according to gestational age at birth and mode of deliveryShi Wu Wen
OMNI Research Group, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Am J Obstet Gynecol 191:773-7. 2004..This study was undertaken to assess the risk of neonatal morbidity in the second twins... - Early prediction of preterm birth for singleton, twin, and triplet pregnanciesHongzhuan Tan
School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, PR China
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 131:132-7. 2007..To create prediction models of early preterm birth for singletons, twin, and triplet pregnancies... - Impact of oral antihyperglycemic therapy on all-cause mortality among patients with diabetes in the Veterans Health AdministrationKristijan H Kahler
Center for Health Care Knowledge and Management, VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey, USA
Diabetes Care 30:1689-93. 2007....