Maria C Padilla-Azain, Sarah S Osmundson, Olivia Bosworth, Andrew Wiese, Amelie Pham, Ashley A Leech, Andrew J Spieker, Carlos G Grijalva, Margaret A Adgent
{"title":"Opioid analgesic and antidepressant use during pregnancy and the risk of spontaneous preterm birth: A nested case-control study.","authors":"Maria C Padilla-Azain, Sarah S Osmundson, Olivia Bosworth, Andrew Wiese, Amelie Pham, Ashley A Leech, Andrew J Spieker, Carlos G Grijalva, Margaret A Adgent","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13142","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13142","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Given the high prevalence of both mental health and acute pain conditions during pregnancy, use of antidepressants and analgesic opioids in this period is widespread. Whether single and combined use of these medications is associated with spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) remains unclear.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To investigate the association between maternal prescription opioid and antidepressant medication exposures for co-occurring mental health and acute pain management, either alone or in combination, and sPTB.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used Tennessee Medicaid data (2007-2019) linked to birth certificates to conduct a nested case-control study among 15- to 44-year-old pregnant patients with singleton live births. Cases were identified as spontaneous live births between 24 and <37 gestational weeks using a validated birth certificate-based algorithm. We selected up to 10 controls per case, matched on estimated pregnancy start date and other factors. We identified analgesic opioid and antidepressant pharmacy fills to define medication exposures in the 60 days before index date (case delivery date) and categorised them as unexposed, opioid-only, antidepressant-only and combined exposure. We estimated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) using conditional logistic regression, adjusting for confounders. We assessed the additive interaction between opioids and antidepressants by estimating relative excess risk due to interaction.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 25,406 eligible cases of sPTB and 225,771 matched controls. Opioid-only and combined exposures were associated with higher odds of sPTB relative to unexposed (adjusted OR 1.29, 95% CI 1.23, 1.35 and 1.22, 95% CI 1.06, 1.40, respectively), while antidepressant-only exposure was not (1.04, 95% CI 0.96, 1.12). No additive interaction was identified for combined exposure.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Exposure to prescription opioids during pregnancy, but not antidepressants, was associated with increased relative odds of sPTB. Co-exposure to opioids and antidepressants did not elevate the odds of sPTB above what we observed for opioid-only exposure.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142648425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zeina Jamaluddine, Lorena Suarez Idueta, Enny S Paixao, Julia M Pescarini, Hala Ghattas, Miho Sato, Akihiro Seita, Luis A Martinez-Juarez, Mauricio L Barreto, Eric O Ohuma, Louise T Day, Oona M R Campbell, Hannah Blencowe
{"title":"Post-term births as a risk factor for small for gestational age births and infant mortality in Brazil, Mexico, and Palestinian refugees: An analysis of electronic birth records.","authors":"Zeina Jamaluddine, Lorena Suarez Idueta, Enny S Paixao, Julia M Pescarini, Hala Ghattas, Miho Sato, Akihiro Seita, Luis A Martinez-Juarez, Mauricio L Barreto, Eric O Ohuma, Louise T Day, Oona M R Campbell, Hannah Blencowe","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13137","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Post-term pregnancy, defined as reaching or exceeding 42 + 0 weeks of gestation, is known to be associated with unfavourable birth outcomes. High-income countries have responded to this risk by widely adopting labour induction protocols in late-term, but many low- and middle-income countries have not. However, understanding underlying mechanisms linking post-term births to adverse newborn and infant outcomes remains limited.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the (a) prevalence of post-term, (b) the risk factors associated with post-term (c) the association between post-term births and the risk of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) neonates and of infant mortality in middle-income settings.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used existing electronic datasets from the general population of Brazil, Mexico, and Palestinian refugees. Regression models were used to explore the associations between post-term birth and SGA and infant mortality.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We analysed 21,335,033 live births in Brazil (2011-2018), 23,416,126 in Mexico (2008-2019), and 966,102 in Palestinian refugees (2010-2020) (N = 45,717,261). Post-term deliveries accounted for 3.1% of births in Brazil, 1.2% in Mexico, and 2.1% in Palestinian refugees. Post-term births had approximately three times the risk of resulting in SGA neonates compared to term births. Additionally, post-term neonates exhibited a 15% to 40% increased risk of infant mortality compared to term infants. Notably, post-term SGA neonates faced a significantly increased risk of infant mortality compared to term appropriate for gestational age neonates.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings emphasise the critical significance of implementing induction strategies to prevent post-term pregnancies and mitigate the associated risks of SGA neonates and subsequent infant mortality. Moreover, the study highlights the importance of accurately determining gestational age and using INTERGROWTH-21st charts to improve the identification of SGA cases, enabling targeted interventions. This is especially relevant because post-term SGA neonates may not exhibit low birthweight (a commonly used risk marker) and, therefore, may miss out on required specialised attention.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142648430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Making sense of US maternal mortality data.","authors":"Elliott K Main","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13139","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142625337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Teresa Janevic, Eugene Declercq, Elizabeth A Howell
{"title":"Data have consequences-Centring equity in the maternal mortality surveillance debate.","authors":"Teresa Janevic, Eugene Declercq, Elizabeth A Howell","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13138","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142625335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Substance Use and Cardiovascular Health in Pre-Conception Care: Surprising Findings!","authors":"Amy R Mahar, Jorge E Chavarro","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13145","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":"38 8","pages":"677-678"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142740202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The burden of paediatric adverse medical events.","authors":"Asma M Ahmed, Lindsay A Thompson","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13127","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13127","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"700-702"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142292857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Monitoring trends and inequities in neonatal mortality rates using national perinatal data collections.","authors":"Helen D Bailey, Carol Bower","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13135","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13135","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"714-716"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142505354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emma Skovgaard Pedersen, Ellen M Mikkelsen, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Elizabeth E Hatch, Lauren A Wise, Kenneth J Rothman, Joseph B Stanford, Anne Sofie Dam Laursen
{"title":"The association between the use of fertility indicators and fecundability in a Danish preconception cohort.","authors":"Emma Skovgaard Pedersen, Ellen M Mikkelsen, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Elizabeth E Hatch, Lauren A Wise, Kenneth J Rothman, Joseph B Stanford, Anne Sofie Dam Laursen","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13108","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13108","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The use of fertility indicators to predict ovulation has largely been studied for contraceptive purposes, while less so as fertility-promoting tools.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the association between fertility indicators and fecundability in Danish women trying to conceive.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Web-based preconception cohort study. We analysed data from 11,328 females aged 18-49 years trying to conceive without fertility treatment for ≤6 menstrual cycles, from the Danish SnartGravid.dk and SnartForældre.dk cohorts (2007-2023). Participants reported the use of fertility indicators (counting days since the last menstrual period, cervical fluid monitoring, urinary ovulation testing, feeling ovulation, using a smartphone fertility app and measuring basal body temperature [BBT]). Time to pregnancy was measured in menstrual cycles ascertained by self-reported pregnancy status. We estimated fecundability ratios (FR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) using proportional probabilities regression models adjusted for age, socio-economic position, health indicators, reproductive history and gynaecological factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fertility indicators were used by 63.3% of participants at study entry. Counting days was the most common (46.9%), while measuring BBT was the least (3.0%). Other indicators ranged from 17.0% to 23.6%, with 69.7% using more than one indicator. Compared with non-use, use of any fertility indicator was associated with greater fecundability (adjusted FR 1.14, 95% CI 1.08, 1.19). Cervical fluid monitoring showed the strongest association (aFR 1.46, 95% CI 1.03, 2.07), followed by urinary ovulation testing (aFR 1.35, 95% CI 1.16, 1.58) and counting days (aFR 1.18, 95% CI 1.09, 1.29). Feeling ovulation and fertility apps were modestly associated with fecundability, while measuring BBT was not associated. Sensitivity analysis restricting to ≤2 cycles of attempt time and two cycles of follow-up showed an aFR for any indicator use of 1.21 (95% CI 1.13, 1.31).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In this Danish preconception cohort, use of fertility indicators was associated with a higher fecundability, varying by type of indicator.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"641-650"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141897948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zifan Wang, Donna D Baird, Michelle A Williams, Anne Marie Z Jukic, Allen J Wilcox, Christine L Curry, Tyler Fischer-Colbrie, Jukka-Pekka Onnela, Russ Hauser, Brent A Coull, Shruthi Mahalingaiah
{"title":"Early-life menstrual characteristics and gestational diabetes in a large US cohort.","authors":"Zifan Wang, Donna D Baird, Michelle A Williams, Anne Marie Z Jukic, Allen J Wilcox, Christine L Curry, Tyler Fischer-Colbrie, Jukka-Pekka Onnela, Russ Hauser, Brent A Coull, Shruthi Mahalingaiah","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13129","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Associations between early-life menstrual cycle characteristics (MCC) and gestational diabetes (GDM) remain unclear.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate associations between early-life MCCs and GDM in first pregnancy, across pregnancies and its recurrence.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This analysis included participants from a US-based digital cohort enrolled between 11/2019 and 9/2023 who provided consent, completed relevant surveys, were without diabetes and aged ≥18 at first pregnancy (n = 30,473). Age at menarche [<11 (early), 11-15 (referent), ≥16 (late) years] and time from menarche to cycle regularity [<1 (referent), 1-2, 3-4, ≥5 years, not yet regular, regular after hormones] were self-recalled at enrolment. Additionally, the last three categories were considered prolonged time-to-regularity (PTTR). GDM history was recalled at enrolment for each pregnancy. We restricted to pregnancies of ≥24 weeks with a live birth. We evaluated associations of early-life MCCs with GDM at first pregnancy using modified Poisson regression, across pregnancies using cluster-weighted Poisson generalised estimating equation and GDM recurrence using multinomial logistic regression, adjusted for sociodemographic, early-life factors and age at pregnancy. Missing variables were imputed with multiple imputation by chained equations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 30,473 participants, 20,591 had eligible first pregnancies, of which 5.9% reported GDM. In 17,512 participants with ≥2 pregnancies, 8.3% had GDM once and 3.7% had recurrent GDM. Early menarche (<11 years, vs. 11-15 years) was associated with GDM in first pregnancy (RR 1.34, 95% CI 1.15, 1.57), across pregnancies (RR 1.24, 95% CI 1.10, 1.39) and recurrence (OR 1.51, 95% CI 1.21, 1.89). PTTR was associated with GDM in the first pregnancy (RR 1.22, 95% CI 1.08, 1.38), across pregnancies (RR 1.16, 95% CI 1.05, 1.27) and recurrence (OR 1.19, 95% CI 0.99, 1.43).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Earlier menarche and prolonged time-to-regularity are associated with higher risk of GDM and recurrence, suggesting menstrual characteristics during childhood/adolescence as potential early-life markers for GDM.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":"38 8","pages":"654-665"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142740200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of child BMI growth in neurodevelopment and school readiness-Current landscape and future directions.","authors":"Yi Ying Ong","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13132","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13132","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"745-747"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142372490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}