{"title":"Looking Beyond the Individual: The Impact of Neighbourhood on Gestational Diabetes.","authors":"Cara D Dolin, Heather H Burris","doi":"10.1111/ppe.70009","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.70009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":"39 4","pages":"346-347"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12121329/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144174436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perinatal Epidemiology When Data Are Imperfect: Lessons From Studies on Maternal Mortality.","authors":"Jennifer Zeitlin","doi":"10.1111/ppe.70017","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.70017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"308-310"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12121337/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143753883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","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":"10.1111/ppe.13139","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"314-316"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","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}
Isabel Giacomini, Bárbara Hatzlhoffer Lourenço, Mia Zhu, Allison L Seeley, Alicia Matijasevich, Eduardo Villamor, Marly Augusto Cardoso
{"title":"Re: 'Childhood Growth and Later Outcomes-How We Quantify and Model Growth Matters'.","authors":"Isabel Giacomini, Bárbara Hatzlhoffer Lourenço, Mia Zhu, Allison L Seeley, Alicia Matijasevich, Eduardo Villamor, Marly Augusto Cardoso","doi":"10.1111/ppe.70016","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.70016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"387-388"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143780919","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":"Maternal mortality surveillance: Getting it right is essential to drive preventive actions.","authors":"Marian Knight, Catherine Deneux-Tharaux","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13140","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13140","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"317-320"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12121334/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142505353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Melissa Pérez Capotosto, Ann Wolbert Burgess, Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman, Victoria Fitz, Jan Shifren, Jorge E Chavarro, Emily Oken
{"title":"Associations of Infertility With Depressive Symptom Change Across Specific Life Stages (Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Midlife) Among Parous Women.","authors":"Melissa Pérez Capotosto, Ann Wolbert Burgess, Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman, Victoria Fitz, Jan Shifren, Jorge E Chavarro, Emily Oken","doi":"10.1111/ppe.70026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.70026","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Limited longitudinal data exist on the associations of infertility with depressive symptoms across the lifecourse.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To investigate how depressive symptoms change across specific life stages (pregnancy, postpartum, and midlife), with a focus on the differences between women with and without a history of infertility before index pregnancy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Women enrolled in Project Viva (1999-2002) during early pregnancy (mean [SD] age 32.5 [4.7] years) completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) in mid-pregnancy (median 27.9 weeks gestation) and at 6 months postpartum, and completed the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) in midlife (2017-2021, 50.9 [5.1] years). We converted EPDS and PHQ-9 scores to externally standardised T-scores (mean = 50, SD = 10). We defined infertility before index pregnancy as ≥ 6 cycles to achieve pregnancy if ≥ 35 years of age or ≥ 12 cycles to achieve pregnancy if < 35 years of age, or claims for infertility treatments or prescriptions abstracted from medical records. We performed adjusted linear regression models to examine associations of infertility with depressive symptoms across the three-time spans (pregnancy-postpartum, postpartum-midlife, and pregnancy-midlife).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 1368 participants, 281 (21%) experienced infertility at index pregnancy. Infertility was associated with a 1.83- point increase in depressive symptoms (T-score) between the postpartum period and midlife (adjusted <math> <semantics><mrow><mi>β</mi></mrow> <annotation>$$ beta $$</annotation></semantics> </math> 1.83, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.00, 3.66). Infertility was unrelated to change in depressive symptoms between pregnancy and postpartum (adjusted <math> <semantics><mrow><mi>β</mi></mrow> <annotation>$$ beta $$</annotation></semantics> </math> 0.02, 95% CI -1.24, 1.28) or pregnancy and midlife (adjusted <math> <semantics><mrow><mi>β</mi></mrow> <annotation>$$ beta $$</annotation></semantics> </math> 1.30, -0.64, 3.23).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The experience of infertility among parous women is associated with a greater increase in depressive symptoms between the post-partum period and midlife.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144022699","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":"Drops in Atmospheric Pressure and Subsequent Fluctuations in Daily Delivery Volume: A Case-Crossover Study.","authors":"Shuhei Terada, Hisaaki Nishimura, Naoyuki Miyasaka, Takeo Fujiwara","doi":"10.1111/ppe.70012","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.70012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Fluctuations in daily delivery volume impact obstetricians' workload and maternal-fetal complications. While sudden drops in atmospheric pressure (e.g. due to typhoons or hurricanes) may be associated with an increase in daily delivery volume in the following days, few studies have explored these associations by gestational week while considering lagged effects.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To investigate whether drops in atmospheric pressure are associated with fluctuations in the daily volume of deliveries with spontaneous onset of labour.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We employed a time-stratified case-crossover design. Data on the daily volume of spontaneous-onset deliveries from 47 prefectures between 2011 and 2020 were obtained from the Japan Perinatal Registry Network database. Quasi-Poisson regression models with distributed lag nonlinear models were used to examine the association between pressure drops (e.g. -13.8 hectopascal (hPa), representing the 1st percentile) and daily delivery volume in each prefecture, with lag periods of up to 14 days. Prefectural estimates were combined using random-effects meta-analysis. Stratified analyses were conducted by the gestational week, categorised as < 37, 37, 38, 39, 40 and 41+ weeks.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1,074,380 spontaneous-onset deliveries were recorded. The lag-cumulative relative risk of spontaneous-onset deliveries peaked with a lag period of 0-4 days and became negligible beyond 1 week, likely due to harvesting effects. The associations were most pronounced among women with a gestational age between 38 and 40 weeks. Specifically, for a PCN of -13.8 hPa, the 0-4 day lag-cumulative relative risk was as follows: at 38 weeks, 1.07 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.00, 1.14); at 39 weeks, 1.08 (95% CI 1.02, 1.14); and at 40 weeks, 1.10 (95% CI 1.03, 1.19), compared to no pressure change.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Pressure drops were associated with a modestly larger volume of spontaneous-onset deliveries over the following few days, especially at full-term gestation.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"325-333"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143720939","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":"Perinatal Health in the United States: COVID-19 Exacerbates an Ongoing Crisis.","authors":"Slawa Rokicki, Emily S Barrett","doi":"10.1111/ppe.70023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.70023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":"39 4","pages":"385-386"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144174439","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}
Kimberly L Parra, Leslie V Farland, Robin B Harris, Matthew Toro, Melissa Furlong
{"title":"Neighbourhood Deprivation and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Arizona From the AzPEARS Study.","authors":"Kimberly L Parra, Leslie V Farland, Robin B Harris, Matthew Toro, Melissa Furlong","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13146","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13146","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The maternal population residing in rural areas, tribal lands or near the United States-Mexico border are at high risk for adverse pregnancy complications, notably gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Few studies have considered the socioeconomic status (SES) attributes of neighbourhoods on maternal health during gestation. Given that the national and global rate of GDM is rising, this analysis moves beyond individual-level factors and investigates the role of neighbourhood deprivation on GDM risk.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the relationship between neighbourhood deprivation and risk of GDM using Arizona state birth records.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This population-based study of singleton live births (N = 481,113) utilised birth certificates from 2014 to 2020 from the AzPEARS study. Using American Community Survey (5-year data) linked to 2010 US Census tracts, a composite neighbourhood deprivation index (NDI) score (continuous and quartiles) was derived from 8 socioeconomic indicators. Risk ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were used to examine the association between NDI and GDM risk, adjusting for maternal age, maternal education, race/ethnicity, parity, rurality, and birth year.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The state-wide incidence of GDM was 7.8% (n = 37,636) with variation by neighbourhoods (4% to 12%). GDM risk was highest for Native Americans (17.6%), Asian/Pacific Islanders (13.7%) and Hispanic/Latinas (8.3%). Compared to mothers living in areas with the lowest quartile of NDI, mothers living in neighbourhoods with the highest deprivation had an adjusted risk ratio of 1.21 for developing GDM (95% CI 1.18, 1.26).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We observed that neighbourhood deprivation was positively associated with a higher risk of GDM for each increase in quartile. These results suggest that NDI, a proxy for neighbourhood socioeconomic status, may contribute to GDM risk. Identifying high-risk neighbourhoods for place-based interventions targeting the most vulnerable birthing populations may be an effective strategy in the prevention of GDM.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"336-345"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12122241/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142780489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Weathering Delivery Surges: How Atmospheric Pressure Influences Spontaneous Labour Timing in a Climate-Vulnerable Era.","authors":"Jiayi Liu, Wangnan Cao, Shengzhi Sun","doi":"10.1111/ppe.70030","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.70030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"334-335"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144037608","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}