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Preterm birth and future maternal blood pressure, inflammation, and intimal-medial thickness: the CARDIA studyJanet M Catov
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Hypertension 61:641-6. 2013..In the United States, where rates of PTB are high and race disparities persist, PTB may identify women with higher blood pressure in the years after pregnancy...
Chronic hypertension related to risk for preterm and term small for gestational age birthsJanet M Catov
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, USA
Obstet Gynecol 112:290-6. 2008..To identify factors associated with SGA that may involve a placental pathogenesis, we related chronic hypertension and other maternal factors that may be markers of endothelial dysfunction to preterm compared with term SGA births...
Activation of the fibrinolytic cascade early in pregnancy among women with spontaneous preterm birthJ M Catov
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Magee Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Obstet Gynecol 112:1116-22. 2008..To evaluate the association of early pregnancy concentrations of thrombin-antithrombin III complex with subsequent spontaneous preterm birth...
Parity and cardiovascular disease risk among older women: how do pregnancy complications mediate the association?Janet M Catov
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Pittsburgh PA 15213, USA
Ann Epidemiol 18:873-9. 2008..To determine whether parity is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) after accounting for perinatal complications...
Association of periconceptional multivitamin use with reduced risk of preeclampsia among normal-weight women in the Danish National Birth CohortJanet M Catov
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Am J Epidemiol 169:1304-11. 2009..Regular periconceptional multivitamin use was associated with a reduced risk of preeclampsia among normal-weight women, and the immediate postconception period appeared to be the relevant exposure window...
Anxiety and optimism associated with gestational age at birth and fetal growthJanet M Catov
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
Matern Child Health J 14:758-64. 2010..Trait anxiety was associated with a reduction in gestational age and increased risk for preterm birth among African American women. Interventions that reduce anxiety among African American pregnant women may improve pregnancy outcomes...
Prepregnancy lipids related to preterm birth risk: the coronary artery risk development in young adults studyJanet M Catov
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pittsburgh, 300 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 95:3711-8. 2010..Preterm birth is associated with maternal cardiovascular risk, but mechanisms are unknown...
Early or recurrent preterm birth and maternal cardiovascular disease riskJanet M Catov
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Ann Epidemiol 20:604-9. 2010..Preterm birth (PTB) has been associated with a later increased risk of maternal cardiovascular disease (CVD). We hypothesized a more pronounced relation between early or recurrent PTB and maternal CVD risk...
Prior preterm or small-for-gestational-age birth related to maternal metabolic syndromeJanet M Catov
Department of Ob Gyn, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Obstet Gynecol 117:225-32. 2011..To estimate whether women who deliver small babies due to preterm birth or growth restriction have excess risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes later in life...
Periconceptional multivitamin use and risk of preterm or small-for-gestational-age births in the Danish National Birth CohortJanet M Catov
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 94:906-12. 2011..The intake of periconceptional multivitamins may decrease the risk of preterm births (PTBs) or small-for-gestational-age (SGA) births...
Association of periconceptional multivitamin use and risk of preterm or small-for-gestational-age birthsJanet M Catov
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Am J Epidemiol 166:296-303. 2007..Study results indicate lower rates of severe preterm births and extreme SGA in women who report periconceptional vitamin use, although these should be considered cautiously until replicated...
Association between infant birth weight and maternal cardiovascular risk factors in the health, aging, and body composition studyJanet M Catov
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Ann Epidemiol 17:36-43. 2007....
Evidence of endothelial dysfunction in preeclampsia and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomeRobert W Powers
Magee Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Reprod Sci 15:374-81. 2008..5-13.1) in women with preeclampsia, hyperuricemia, and elevated cFN compared with normotensive women. Elevated cFN is prevalent among women with preeclampsia and identifies women at increased risk of preterm delivery and SGA...
Racial/ethnic differences in the monthly variation of preeclampsia incidenceLisa M Bodnar
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 196:324.e1-5. 2007..The purpose of this study was to assess monthly patterns in preeclampsia risk separately by race/ethnicity...
Maternal vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of preeclampsiaLisa M Bodnar
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, A742 Crabtree Hall, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15261, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 92:3517-22. 2007..Vitamin D has direct influence on molecular pathways proposed to be important in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia, yet the vitamin D-preeclampsia relation has not been studied...
Prepregnancy body mass index and the occurrence of severe hypertensive disorders of pregnancyLisa M Bodnar
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
Epidemiology 18:234-9. 2007..Prepregnancy overweight is a risk factor for mild preeclampsia and mild transient hypertension of pregnancy. Its association with severe subtypes of these disorders has received less attention...
Low concentrations of thrombin-inhibitor complexes and the risk of preterm deliveryDavid N Hackney
Department of Obstetrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 203:184.e1-6. 2010..The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between TAT in asymptomatic subjects at 24 and 28 weeks and spontaneous preterm birth (SPTB)...
Maternal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are associated with small-for-gestational age births in white womenLisa M Bodnar
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
J Nutr 140:999-1006. 2010..One SNP in the VDR gene among white women and 3 SNP in black women were significantly associated with SGA. Our results suggest that vitamin D has a complex relation with fetal growth that may vary by race...
Risk of early or severe pre-eclampsia related to pre-existing conditionsJanet M Catov
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Int J Epidemiol 36:412-9. 2007..We estimated the population attributable fractions of severe or early PE associated with pre-existing conditions among nulliparous and multiparous women...
Maternal leptin across pregnancy in women with small-for-gestational-age infantsJanet M Catov
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 196:558.e1-8. 2007..We hypothesized that women with small-for-gestational-age (SGA) neonates would have lower concentrations of leptin compared to women with appropriately grown infants (AGA)...
Inflammation and dyslipidemia related to risk of spontaneous preterm birthJanet M Catov
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Am J Epidemiol 166:1312-9. 2007..The results indicate that some metabolic factors together with inflammation may be related to the risk of sPTB...
Preterm delivery and later maternal cardiovascular disease riskJanet M Catov
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Epidemiology 18:733-9. 2007..Women who have delivered a preterm infant are at elevated risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), but mechanisms for this association are not understood...
Aspirin for pre-eclampsia: compelling data on benefit and riskJames M Roberts
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Magee-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Lancet 369:1765-6. 2007
Prepregnancy obesity predicts poor vitamin D status in mothers and their neonatesLisa M Bodnar
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
J Nutr 137:2437-42. 2007..The rise in maternal obesity highlights that maternal and newborn vitamin D deficiency will continue to be a serious public health problem until steps are taken to identify and treat low 25(OH)D...
Racial and seasonal differences in 25-hydroxyvitamin D detected in maternal sera frozen for over 40 yearsLisa M Bodnar
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, A742 Crabtree Hall, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Br J Nutr 101:278-84. 2009..Therefore, trends could be obtained from the decades-old serum data that would be relevant in exploring vitamin D-related hypotheses in future studies...
Early pregnancy lipid concentrations and spontaneous preterm birthJanet M Catov
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:610.e1-7. 2007..Women who deliver preterm infants may be at increased risk for cardiovascular disease, perhaps related to dyslipidemia...
Accuracy and reliability of maternal recall of infant birth weight among older womenJanet M Catov
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ann Epidemiol 16:429-31. 2006..We assessed the accuracy and reliability of maternal recall of infant birth weight 35 to 70 years after delivery...
