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Greenspace, Air Pollution, Neighborhood Factors, and Preeclampsia in a Population-Based Case-Control Study in California. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:ijerph18105127. [PMID: 34066190 PMCID: PMC8151979 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18105127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
To investigate preeclampsia etiologies, we examined relationships between greenspace, air pollution, and neighborhood factors. Data were from hospital records and geocoded residences of 77,406 women in San Joaquin Valley, California from 2000 to 2006. Preeclampsia was divided into mild, severe, or superimposed onto pre-existing hypertension. Greenspace within 100 and 500 m residential buffers was estimated from satellite data using normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI). Air quality data were averaged over pregnancy from daily 24-h averages of nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter <10 µm (PM10) and <2.5 µm (PM2.5), and carbon monoxide. Neighborhood socioeconomic (SES) factors included living below the federal poverty level and median annual income using 2000 US Census data. Odds of preeclampsia were estimated using logistic regression. Effect modification was assessed using Wald tests. More greenspace (500 m) was inversely associated with superimposed preeclampsia (OR = 0.57). High PM2.5 and low SES were associated with mild and severe preeclampsia. We observed differences in associations between greenspace (500 m) and superimposed preeclampsia by neighborhood income and between greenspace (500 m) and severe preeclampsia by PM10, overall and among those living in higher SES neighborhoods. Less greenspace, high particulate matter, and high-poverty/low-income neighborhoods were associated with preeclampsia, and effect modification was observed between these exposures. Further research into exposure combinations and preeclampsia is warranted.
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Padula AM, Ma C, Huang H, Morello-Frosch R, Woodruff TJ, Carmichael SL. Drinking water contaminants in California and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. Environ Epidemiol 2021; 5:e149. [PMID: 33870020 PMCID: PMC8043732 DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
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Environmental pollutants have been associated with hypertensive disorders in pregnancy including gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and eclampsia, though few have focused on drinking water contamination. Water pollution can be an important source of exposures that may contribute to adverse pregnancy outcomes. METHODS We linked water quality data on 13 contaminants and two violations from the California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool to birth records from vital statistics and hospital discharge records (2007-2012) to examine the relationship between drinking water contamination and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. We examined contaminants in single- and multipollutant models. Additionally, we examined if the relationship between water contamination and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy differed by neighborhood poverty, individual socioeconomic status, and race/ethnicity. RESULTS Arsenic, nitrate, trihalomethane, hexavalent chromium, and uranium were detected in a majority of water systems. Increased risk of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy was modestly associated with exposure to cadmium, lead, trihalomethane, and hexavalent chromium in drinking water after adjusting for covariates in single pollutant models with odds ratios ranging from 1.01 to 1.08. In multipollutant models, cadmium was consistent, lead and trihalomethane were stronger, and additional contaminants were associated with hypertensive disorders in pregnancy including trichloroethylene, 1,2-Dibromo-3-chloropropane, nitrate, and tetrachloroethylene. Other contaminants either showed null results or modest inverse associations. The relationship between water contaminants and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy did not differ by neighborhood poverty. CONCLUSIONS We found increased risk of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy associated with exposure to several contaminants in drinking water in California. Results for cadmium, lead, trihalomethane, and hexavalent chromium were robust in multipollutant models.
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Affiliation(s)
- Amy M. Padula
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management & School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management & School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California
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Lee KS, Kim HI, Kim HY, Cho GJ, Hong SC, Oh MJ, Kim HJ, Ahn KH. Association of Preterm Birth with Depression and Particulate Matter: Machine Learning Analysis Using National Health Insurance Data. Diagnostics (Basel) 2021; 11:diagnostics11030555. [PMID: 33808913 PMCID: PMC8003604 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics11030555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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This study uses machine learning and population data to analyze major determinants of preterm birth including depression and particulate matter. Retrospective cohort data came from Korea National Health Insurance Service claims data for 405,586 women who were aged 25–40 years and gave births for the first time after a singleton pregnancy during 2015–2017. The dependent variable was preterm birth during 2015–2017 and 90 independent variables were included (demographic/socioeconomic information, particulate matter, disease information, medication history, obstetric information). Random forest variable importance was used to identify major determinants of preterm birth including depression and particulate matter. Based on random forest variable importance, the top 40 determinants of preterm birth during 2015–2017 included socioeconomic status, age, proton pump inhibitor, benzodiazepine, tricyclic antidepressant, sleeping pills, progesterone, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) for the years 2002–2014, particulate matter for the months January–December 2014, region, myoma uteri, diabetes for the years 2013–2014 and depression for the years 2011–2014. In conclusion, preterm birth has strong associations with depression and particulate matter. What is really needed for effective prenatal care is strong intervention for particulate matters together with active counseling and medication for common depressive symptoms (neglected by pregnant women).
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- Kwang-Sig Lee
- AI Center, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul 02841, Korea; (K.-S.L.); (H.-I.K.)
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- AI Center, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul 02841, Korea; (K.-S.L.); (H.-I.K.)
- School of Industrial Management Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul 02841, Korea;
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan 15355, Korea; (H.Y.K.); (H.J.K.)
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul 08308, Korea; (G.J.C.); (M.J.O.)
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul 02841, Korea;
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul 08308, Korea; (G.J.C.); (M.J.O.)
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan 15355, Korea; (H.Y.K.); (H.J.K.)
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul 02841, Korea;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +82-02-920-6777
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Buxton MA, Perng W, Tellez-Rojo MM, Rodríguez-Carmona Y, Cantoral A, Sánchez BN, Rivera-González LO, Gronlund CJ, Shivappa N, Hébert JR, O'Neill MS, Peterson KE. Particulate matter exposure, dietary inflammatory index and preterm birth in Mexico city, Mexico. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2020; 189:109852. [PMID: 32979989 PMCID: PMC7525039 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Particulate matter ≤10 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM10) and diet quality are risk factors for systemic inflammation, which is associated with preterm birth (PTB). PM10 and a pro-inflammatory diet (assessed by the Dietary Inflammatory Index [DII®]) have been individually evaluated as causes of PTB and differences by offspring sex have been reported for the DII. However, additional studies are needed to evaluate joint effects of these associations to inform intervention efforts. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the independent and joint effects of PM10 and energy-adjusted DII (E-DII) on PTB risks. METHODS PM10 estimates were generated from daily citywide averages for 1216 pregnant women from three subcohorts of the Early Life Exposures in Mexico to Environmental Toxicants study using data from the Mexico City Outdoor Air Monitoring Network. Among a subset of participants (N = 620), E-DII scores were calculated using a validated food frequency questionnaire. Cox Proportional Hazards models were run for select periods during pregnancy and entire pregnancy averages for E-DII and PM10. We assessed for potential non-linear associations using natural splines. RESULTS In adjusted models, PM10 exposure was associated with increased risks of PTB for a range of values (58-72 μg/m3) during the second trimester, while negative associations were seen during the second (≥74 μg/m3) and third trimesters (55-65 μg/m3). Analyses conducted using distributed lag models for periods closer to delivery (max lag = 90) did not show negative associations between PM10 exposure and preterm birth, and indeed positive significant associations were observed (estimates and figures). E-DII was not associated with PTB and there was no evidence of effect modification by infant sex. There was no evidence of interaction between PM10 and E-DII and the risk of preterm birth. DISCUSSION Associations between PM10 and PTB in Mexico City varied over time and across levels of PM10. Our findings of negative associations in the second and third trimesters, which are contrary to the hypothesized relationship between PM10 and PTB, may be due to a number of factors, including live birth bias and the exposure period evaluated. Differences in results for the periods evaluated suggest that PM10 from shorter exposure windows may play a more proximal role in initiating preterm labor.
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- Miatta A Buxton
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Center for Research on Nutrition and Health, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, USA
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- Center for Research on Nutrition and Health, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Community Health Investigations, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, (CDC/ATSDR), Edison, NJ, USA
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- Institute for Social Research, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA; Connecting Health Innovations LLC, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA; Connecting Health Innovations LLC, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Department of Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI, USA
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