{"title":"Shedding Light on Physical Fitness During Childhood: Insights From Japan's Fitness Survey.","authors":"Tomoko Aoyama, Naho Morisaki","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13158","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142952685","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}
Malika Delobel-Ayoub, Virginie Ehlinger, Dana Klapouszczak, Anja Troha Gergeli, Elodie Sellier, Katalin Hollody, Daniel Virella, Torstein Vik, Célia Perret, Nicolas Vidart d'Egurbide Bagazgoïtia, Karen Horridge, Catherine Arnaud
{"title":"Postneonatal Cerebral Palsy in Europe: Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics According to Contributory Events: An SCPE Study.","authors":"Malika Delobel-Ayoub, Virginie Ehlinger, Dana Klapouszczak, Anja Troha Gergeli, Elodie Sellier, Katalin Hollody, Daniel Virella, Torstein Vik, Célia Perret, Nicolas Vidart d'Egurbide Bagazgoïtia, Karen Horridge, Catherine Arnaud","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13164","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13164","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Postneonatal cerebral palsy (PNCP) is rare and requires large databases to be studied over time.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To study the time trend of prevalence of PNCP overall and by cause, and to describe the clinical characteristics of children with PNCP according to cause and compared with children with pre/peri/neonatal CP (PPNCP).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe (SCPE) database was used. Primary events (the first known chronological event in the causal chain) were classified according to the SCPE classification (six main and 19 sub-categories). Prevalence trends for children born during 1976-2012 were modelled using multilevel generalised linear models. The clinical characteristics of PNCP and PPNCP cases born after 1998 were reported as proportions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence rates of PNCP were 1.76 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.37, 2.23) and 0.82 per 10,000 live births (95% CI 0.73, 0.92) in children born during 1976-1980 and 2006-2012, respectively. The models showed a 2% annual decline in overall prevalence (prevalence rate multiplied by 0.98 each year) and a 10% decline for infectious causes for every 5-year change. The prevalence rate in children born during 2006-2012 was 0.26 per 10,000 (95% CI 0.21, 0.32) for infectious causes, which remained the most frequent. No trend emerged for other causes. Unilateral spastic CP, associated impairments and severe gross motor dysfunction were more frequent in PNCP than in PPNCP, and PNCP showed predominantly grey matter injury (55.6%). Seventeen percent were born preterm. PNCP differed by cause, with cerebrovascular accidents presenting the least severe and hypoxic causes the most severe forms.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study confirms the decrease in the prevalence of PNCP in children born up to 2012, particularly for CP, due to infectious causes, which remain the most frequent. Children with PNCP had more severe presentation overall than those with PPNCP, with severity depending on the cause.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142952683","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}
Courtney Dow, Elsa Lorthe, Jonathan Y Bernard, Cédric Galera, Laetitia Marchand-Martin, Muriel Tafflet, Pierre-Yves Ancel, Marie-Aline Charles, Barbara Heude
{"title":"Maternal Prepregnancy Obesity and Offspring Intelligence Quotient at 5 Years: A Multicohort Analysis.","authors":"Courtney Dow, Elsa Lorthe, Jonathan Y Bernard, Cédric Galera, Laetitia Marchand-Martin, Muriel Tafflet, Pierre-Yves Ancel, Marie-Aline Charles, Barbara Heude","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13157","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The relationship between maternal obesity and childhood cognitive development remains unclear. Prior studies did not adjust for important confounders, and preterm infants are a developmentally distinct group that remains scarcely examined.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To determine whether maternal prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) is associated with offspring intelligence quotient (IQ) up to 5 years and whether this relationship varies with gestational age.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from two French birth cohorts, EDEN (all gestational ages) and EPIPAGE-2 (preterm children born between 24 and 34 weeks of gestation), were used for this study. Maternal prepregnancy weight and height were used to calculate prepregnancy BMI. The Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence was used to assess child IQ around 5 years. Multivariable models were adjusted for confounders, including socioeconomic status and paternal BMI.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Analytical cohorts included 1100 children from EDEN and 2629 from EPIPAGE-2. Lower intellectual functioning (full-scale IQ < 85) was observed in 8.1% of children in EDEN and 19.6% in EPIPAGE-2. The prevalence of maternal obesity was 13.6% (EDEN) and 21.3% (EPIPAGE-2) among children with lower intellectual functioning compared to 8.9% (EDEN) and 12.9% (EPIPAGE-2) among children with normal intellectual functioning. Maternal prepregnancy obesity was associated with an approximately 3-point decrease in full-scale IQ scores in fully adjusted models (adjusted β -2.8, 95% confidence interval [CI] -5.6, -0.1 and -2.6, 95% CI -4.7, -0.6 in EDEN and EPIPAGE-2, respectively). In EDEN, maternal obesity was associated with lower scores in the verbal IQ domain. Among infants born preterm (EPIPAGE-2), maternal obesity was associated with lower scores in the processing, reasoning, and verbal IQ domains. Adjustment for paternal BMI did not change the magnitude of the relationship with maternal obesity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>High maternal prepregnancy BMI is associated with child cognitive development around 5 years of age.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142952681","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}
Mandy S Hall, Holly R Harris, Sawsan As-Sanie, Kristen Upson
{"title":"Early-Life Exposures and Odds of Adenomyosis: A Population-Based Case-Control Study.","authors":"Mandy S Hall, Holly R Harris, Sawsan As-Sanie, Kristen Upson","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13165","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Adenomyosis can confer life-altering symptoms such as pelvic pain. Yet, the epidemiologic study of this uterine condition lags other gynaecologic conditions. This includes the investigation of intrauterine exposures that could disrupt foetal development and contribute to the presence of adenomyosis in adulthood.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>We investigated nine early-life factors and the odds of adenomyosis using data from a population-based case-control study of enrollees of an integrated healthcare system in Washington State ages 18-59.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cases (n = 386) had incident, pathology-confirmed adenomyosis diagnosed between 2001 and 2006. Two control groups were employed: hysterectomy controls (n = 233) and randomly selected age-matched enrollees with an intact uterus ('population controls', n = 323). The primary study activity was a structured in-person interview; participants were also mailed a family history questionnaire that included questions on early-life factors. We conducted logistic regression to estimate adjusted odds ratios (aOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the associations between early-life factors and adenomyosis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Comparing cases to population controls, our data suggested an 80% increased odds of adenomyosis with younger maternal age at participant's birth (≤ 19 vs. ages 25-29) (aOR 1.81, 95% CI 0.94, 3.50) and a 50% increased odds of adenomyosis for participants who were the fourth or later live birth (vs. firstborn) (aOR 1.51, 95% CI 0.88, 2.59). Among never-smoking participants, our data suggested a 50% increased odds of adenomyosis with intrauterine exposure to cigarette smoking (aOR 1.50, 95% CI 0.92, 2.46). In analyses using hysterectomy controls, these associations were attenuated.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These data suggested that several intrauterine exposures were associated with increased odds of adenomyosis in adulthood. The intrauterine period may be a susceptible window for subsequent development of adenomyosis and warrants further investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142952568","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":"Susceptibility and Vulnerability of Children to Wildfire Smoke Exposure: Important Considerations and Remaining Knowledge Gaps.","authors":"Jennifer D Stowell, Amelia K Wesselink","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13153","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142952687","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}
Nedghie Adrien, Richard F MacLehose, Martha M Werler, Mahsa M Yazdy, Matthew P Fox, Samantha E Parker
{"title":"Assessing the Impact of Exposure Misclassification in Case-Control Studies of Self-Reported Medication Use.","authors":"Nedghie Adrien, Richard F MacLehose, Martha M Werler, Mahsa M Yazdy, Matthew P Fox, Samantha E Parker","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13161","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13161","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Empirically evaluating the potential impact of recall bias on observed associations of prenatal medication exposure is crucial.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>We sought to assess the effects of exposure misclassification on previous studies of the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in early pregnancy and increased risk of amniotic band syndrome (ABS).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS) on births from 1997 to 2011, we included 189 mothers of infants with ABS and 11,829 mothers of infants without congenital anomalies. We identified external studies of medication use during pregnancy to obtain validity parameters for a probabilistic bias analysis to adjust for exposure misclassification. Due to uncertainty about the transportability of these parameters, we conducted multidimensional bias analyses to explore combinations of values on the results.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>When we assumed higher specificity in cases or higher sensitivity in controls, misclassification-adjusted estimates suggested confounding-adjusted estimates were attenuated. However, in a few instances, when we assumed greater sensitivity in the cases than the controls (and Sp ≥ 0.9), the misclassification-adjusted estimates suggested upward bias in the confounding-adjusted estimates.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results from our bias analysis highlighted that the magnitude of bias depended on the mechanism and the extent of misclassification. However, the parameters available from the validation studies were not directly applicable to our study. In the absence of reliable validation studies, considering mechanisms of bias and simulation studies to outline combinations of plausible scenarios to better inform conclusions on the effects of these medications on pregnancy outcomes remains important.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142829352","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":"It Does Take a Village! How the Presence of Grandparents Promotes Child Development.","authors":"Samantha E Parker, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13163","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142829495","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}
Matthias Heckmann, Felicitas Bruer, Heike Allenberg, Wolfgang Göpel, Marek Zygmunt, Till Ittermann, Anja Lange
{"title":"The Survey of Neonates in Pomerania: Design, Recruitment and Follow-Up of the Second Cohort, 2013-2017.","authors":"Matthias Heckmann, Felicitas Bruer, Heike Allenberg, Wolfgang Göpel, Marek Zygmunt, Till Ittermann, Anja Lange","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13160","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Survey of Neonates in Pomerania (SNiP) is a birth cohort study conducted in Western Pomerania, Germany. SNiP-I recruited participants at birth between the years 2002 and 2008 (5801 inclusions). Since SNiP-I, population sociodemographic characteristics and the prevalence of early exposures, including overweight and gestational diabetes (GDM), have changed.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To establish a second birth cohort (SNiP-II) in the same study area as the first population sample (SNiP-I) a decade later to investigate changes to early life exposures.</p><p><strong>Population: </strong>Mothers with registered principal residence in the defined study area.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Prospective, population-based, birth cohort study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The baseline survey of SNiP-II was conducted at birth between 2013 and 2017. The SNiP-I data set, on medical, epidemiological and socioeconomic data, associated health risk factors and the living conditions of newborns and their parents, and collection and storage of biomaterials, was improved and supplemented with additional data, including fetal growth parameters, urine samples, and maternal DNA. A follow-up survey of SNiP-II of children and their parents was conducted using questionnaires at 5-6 years of age. In a subgroup, an additional 2-h follow-up with clinical testing was performed by the German Neonatal Network (GNN).</p><p><strong>Preliminary results: </strong>The baseline survey database includes 3502 mother-infant pairs, and 1194 (34%) participated in the SNiP-II follow-up study, with 401 in the clinical sub-study by GNN. Mothers in SNiP-II were older, more likely to have GDM and to be overweight, had better SES and smoked less during pregnancy than mothers in SNiP-I. Newborns in SNiP-II were less likely to be hospitalised than those in SNiP-I.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Compared with SNiP-I, SNiP-II documents changes in the prevalence of early exposures during the prenatal and perinatal period. Using data from these prospective birth cohorts provides an opportunity to address research questions on how changes in exposures during pregnancy affect maternal and neonatal outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142807199","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":"Complexities of Trauma Exposure Over the Life Course and Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy.","authors":"Stephanie A Leonard, Danielle M Panelli","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13151","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142807087","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}
Zhifeng Guo, Wangquan Ji, Mengqing Yan, Yang Shi, Teng Chen, Fanghui Bai, Yu Wu, Zhe Guo, Linlin Song
{"title":"Global, Regional and National Burden of Maternal Obstructed Labour and Uterine Rupture, 1990-2021: Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.","authors":"Zhifeng Guo, Wangquan Ji, Mengqing Yan, Yang Shi, Teng Chen, Fanghui Bai, Yu Wu, Zhe Guo, Linlin Song","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13156","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Maternal obstructed labour and uterine rupture (MOLUR) are among the major maternal labour complications that threaten maternal and child health.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this study was to systematically analyse the global burden of MOLUR using the Global Burden of Disease 2021 (GBD 2021) database to inform further improvements in maternal-related public health policies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Incidence and disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) data on MOLUR from 1990 to 2021 were collected in the GBD 2021. The joinpoint and Bayesian age-period-cohort models were used to analyse and predict time burden trends. The slope index and concentration index were used to evaluate health inequality. Frontier analysis was used to visualise the potential for burden reduction in individual countries or territories.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 2021, 13,471,093 (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 8,938,373, 19,008,282) incident cases of MOLUR were reported worldwide, which caused 1,067,270 (95% UI 896,161, 1,275,042) DALYs. Over the past three decades, there has been an overall downward trend in the age-standardised incidence rate (ASIR) and age-standardised DALY rate (ASDR) of MOLUR globally, with the ASIR decreasing from 554.0 (95% UI 355.6, 786.3) per 100,000 in 1990 to 347.0 (95% UI 228.8, 489.4) in 2021. The ASDR decreased from 65.4 (95% UI 56.0, 75.7) per 100,000 in 1990 to 27.0 (95% UI 22.7, 32.2) in 2021. By 2040, the global ASIRs and ASDRs projections for MOLUR will likely continue to decline. Socioeconomic-related inequalities are narrowing, but the burden remains concentrated in low socioeconomically developed countries. Israel and Afghanistan showed the largest differences from the frontier boundaries of ASIR and ASDR.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although the global burden of MOLUR has declined in the last three decades, it remains high and is still concentrated in economically underdeveloped countries. The reduction in DALYs attributable to MOLUR globally reflects significant progress in improving maternal health and reducing complications of childbirth.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142807193","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}