{"title":"Maternal social deprivation and preterm birth: The PreCARE cohort study.","authors":"Elsa Gottardi, Elsa Lorthe, Thomas Schmitz, Laurent Mandelbrot, Dominique Luton, Candice Estellat, Elie Azria","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13126","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13126","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Maternal exposure to unfavourable social conditions is associated with a higher rate of perinatal complications, such as placental vascular pathologies. A higher risk of preterm birth (PTB) has also been reported, and variations across studies and settings suggest that different patterns may be involved in this association.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the association between maternal social deprivation and PTB (overall and by phenotype).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analysed 9365 patients included in the PreCARE cohort study. Four dimensions (social isolation, insecure housing, no income from work and absence of standard health insurance) defined maternal social deprivation (exposure). They were considered separately and combined into a social deprivation index (SDI). The associations between social deprivation and PTB <37 weeks (primary outcome) were analysed with univariable and multivariable log-binomial models (adjusted for maternal age, parity, education level and birthplace). Then we used multinomial analysis to examine the association with preterm birth phenotypes (secondary outcome): spontaneous labour, preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (PPROM) and placental vascular pathologies.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In all, 66.3%, 17.8%, 8.9% and 7.0% of patients had an SDI of 0, 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Social isolation affected 4.5% of the patients, insecure housing 15.5%, no income from work 15.6% and no standard health insurance 22.4%. Preterm birth complicated 7.0% of pregnancies (39.8% spontaneous labour, 28.3% PPROM, 21.8% placental vascular pathologies and 10.1% other phenotypes). Neither the univariable nor multivariable analyses found any association between social deprivation and the risk of preterm birth overall (SDI 1 versus 0: aRR 1.02, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.83, 1.26; 2 versus 0: aRR 1.05, 95% CI 0.80, 1.38; 3 versus 0: aRR 0.92, 95% CI 0.66, 1.29) or its different phenotypes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In the French PreCARE cohort, we observed no association between markers of social deprivation and the risk of preterm birth, regardless of phenotype.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142292856","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":"Association between postterm birth and adverse growth outcomes in children aged 3-6 years: A national retrospective cohort study.","authors":"Marini Ahmad Suhaimi,Yingyan Zheng,Haizhen You,Yuantao Su,Gareth J Williams,Manish Prasad Gupta,Wenchong Du,Jing Hua","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13122","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDGestational age significantly influences children's growth and development. Yet, the effect of postterm birth (gestation beyond 42 weeks) on children's growth outcomes remains underexplored.OBJECTIVESThis study aimed to assess the impact of postterm birth on adverse growth outcomes in children using a nationally representative sample from China.METHODSA retrospective cohort study was conducted in China from 1 April 2018, to 31 December 2019. The final analysis included 141,002 children aged 3-6 years from 551 cities. Postterm birth was defined as children with postterm birth at a gestational age of 42 weeks or more. Obesity, overweight and thinness were assessed using body mass index-for-age (BMI-for-age) z-scores, based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards. Generalised additive models were employed to investigate the non-linear relationship between maternal gestational age and BMI-for-age z scores. Poisson regression models and subgroup analyses with forest plots were performed to examine the associations between postterm birth and the risks of obesity, overweight and thinness in children.RESULTSWe included 141,002 mother-child pairs, of whom 7314 (5.2%) children were classified as postterm births. There exists a non-linear relationship between gestational age and BMI-for-age z scores. Children born postterm exhibited a 46% increased risk of obesity, a 27% increased risk of combined overweight/obesity and a 13% increased risk of thinness. Similar associations were observed in most cases when further sensitivity and subgroup analysis were conducted.CONCLUSIONSPostterm birth was associated with elevated risks of obesity, overweight and thinness in children aged 3-6 years, independent of sex. These findings underscore the importance of further research across diverse populations to understand the implications of postterm births on child health outcomes.","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142268297","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":"Conception cohorts, birth cohorts and gestational age–period–cohort effects: Study design and interpretation","authors":"Sarka Lisonkova, Bahi Fayek, K. S. Joseph","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13120","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":"49 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142268296","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}
Aya Yoshikawa, Keiko Asakura, Sachie Mori, Aya Fujiwara, Satoshi Sasaki, Yuji Nishiwaki
{"title":"Possible determinants of physical fitness in Japanese school children: A cross-sectional study.","authors":"Aya Yoshikawa, Keiko Asakura, Sachie Mori, Aya Fujiwara, Satoshi Sasaki, Yuji Nishiwaki","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13121","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Physical fitness is one of the most important health indicators in children. Although appropriate body composition or certain lifestyle factors such as frequent physical activity are thought to improve physical fitness, results of previous studies are inconsistent, and most studies were from Western countries.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>We investigated associations of body composition and modifiable lifestyle factors such as physical activity, screen time, diet and sleep duration with physical fitness in Japanese primary school children.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>2308 children (age 10-12 years old) in 12 primary schools were analysed in this cross-sectional study. Physical fitness was evaluated by sports battery tests conducted routinely and annually at schools. The total score of sports battery tests, 20-m shuttle run (laps) and grip strength (kg) were selected as outcomes. Information about lifestyle factors was collected by two questionnaires. Associations between lifestyle factors and physical fitness were assessed by multivariable linear mixed models by sex.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Frequent exercise was related to better overall physical fitness. Regarding the 20-m shuttle run, many unfavourable lifestyle factors such as higher BMI in boys (β -7.37, 95% confidence interval [CI] -8.39, -6.35) and girls (β -3.54, 95% CI -4.50, -2.58), longer screen time (β -4.31, 95% CI -7.29, -1.34) in boys and girls (β -5.65, 95% CI -9.01, -2.30); shortest (reference) versus longest, breakfast skipping in boys (β -5.24, 95% CI -8.71, -1.77) and girls (β -3.57, 95% CI -6.84, -0.30); consumers (reference) versus skippers were associated with worse performance. Better quality of diet was associated with better results in the 20-m shuttle run only in girls (β 2.58, 95% CI 0.24, 4.93); lowest (reference) versus highest.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Frequent exercise was related to better physical fitness. Higher BMI and unfavourable lifestyle factors such as longer screen time and breakfast skipping were associated with worse results of the 20-m shuttle run.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142120363","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":"Language and communication development and school readiness of children raised by grandparents or in multi-generational homes.","authors":"Sarah A Keim, Rachel E Mason, Samrawit F Yisahak","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.13118","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>One in ten U.S. children lives with a grandparent, and more foster children are being placed in kinship care.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Our objective was to compare early language and communication development and school readiness among children raised by grandparents (alone or in multigenerational households) to children raised by parents.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We included in this cross-sectional study children ages 1-5 years from the 2016-2020 National Survey of Children's Health to examine healthy and ready to learn school readiness outcomes and binary language and communication development (2018-2020 data only) by caregiver type (parent, multigenerational, and grandparent-only) with survey-weighted log-binomial regression adjusted for confounders. We stratified by survey years pre-COVID-19 pandemic versus during.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 33,342 children, 86.0% (SE = 0.51) of children were 'On-Track' for language and communication development; only 37.2% (SE = 0.68) were 'On-Track' overall for school readiness. Children raised by grandparents or in multigenerational households were more often 'On-Track' for school readiness than children raised by parents, but only upon adjustment for covariates (adjusted prevalence ratio (aPR) for grandparent-only 1.13, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.11, 1.15; aPR for multigenerational 1.13, CI 1.12, 1.15). Smaller and less consistent differences in prevalence were observed for the other outcomes (language and communication development, school readiness domains of early learning skills, social-emotional development, self-regulation development and physical well-being and motor development). A disparity in school readiness may have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic; children in grandparent-only households had a lower prevalence of being 'On-Track' for school readiness (aPR 0.71, 95% CI 0.69, 0.73) compared to children in parent households, whereas children in multigenerational households continued to be more often school-ready than children in parent households.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Large proportions of children across caregiver types were not fully prepared for school. Consideration of key covariates is important because socio-economic disadvantage may mask other advantages grandparent-led and multigenerational households offer children's early development.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142120362","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":"Strategies for data harmonisation in preterm health research: Bridging the gap.","authors":"Eric O Ohuma, Joseph Akuze","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13110","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13110","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"624-626"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141897947","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}
Charlotte Powell, Deborah Bamber, Helen E Collins, Elizabeth S Draper, Bradley Manktelow, Eero Kajante, Marina Cuttini, Dieter Wolke, Rolf F Maier, Jennifer Zeitlin, Samantha Johnson
{"title":"Recommendations for data collection in cohort studies of preterm born individuals - The RECAP Preterm Core Dataset.","authors":"Charlotte Powell, Deborah Bamber, Helen E Collins, Elizabeth S Draper, Bradley Manktelow, Eero Kajante, Marina Cuttini, Dieter Wolke, Rolf F Maier, Jennifer Zeitlin, Samantha Johnson","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13096","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13096","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Preterm birth (before 37 completed weeks of gestation) is associated with an increased risk of adverse health and developmental outcomes relative to birth at term. Existing guidelines for data collection in cohort studies of individuals born preterm are either limited in scope, have not been developed using formal consensus methodology, or did not involve a range of stakeholders in their development. Recommendations meeting these criteria would facilitate data pooling and harmonisation across studies.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To develop a Core Dataset for use in longitudinal cohort studies of individuals born preterm.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This work was carried out as part of the RECAP Preterm project. A systematic review of variables included in existing core outcome sets was combined with a scoping exercise conducted with experts on preterm birth. The results were used to generate a draft core dataset. A modified Delphi process was implemented using two stages with three rounds each. Three stakeholder groups participated: RECAP Preterm project partners; external experts in the field; people with lived experience of preterm birth. The Delphi used a 9-point Likert scale. Higher values indicated greater importance for inclusion. Participants also suggested additional variables they considered important for inclusion which were voted on in later rounds.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>An initial list of 140 data items was generated. Ninety-six participants across 22 countries participated in the Delphi, of which 29% were individuals with lived experience of preterm birth. Consensus was reached on 160 data items covering Antenatal and Birth Information, Neonatal Care, Mortality, Administrative Information, Organisational Level Information, Socio-economic and Demographic information, Physical Health, Education and Learning, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Social, Lifestyle and Leisure, Healthcare Utilisation and Quality of Life.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This core dataset includes 160 data items covering antenatal care through outcomes in adulthood. Its use will guide data collection in new studies and facilitate pooling and harmonisation of existing data internationally.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"615-623"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141420230","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":"A selection of challenges in addressing selection bias.","authors":"Penelope P Howards, Candice Y Johnson","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13102","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13102","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"638-640"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141469913","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}
Payal Chakraborty, Bethany G Everett, Colleen A Reynolds, Tabor Hoatson, Jennifer J Stuart, Sarah C McKetta, Kodiak R S Soled, Aimee K Huang, Jorge E Chavarro, A Heather Eliassen, Juno Obedin-Maliver, S Bryn Austin, Janet W Rich-Edwards, Sebastien Haneuse, Brittany M Charlton
{"title":"Sexual orientation disparities in gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.","authors":"Payal Chakraborty, Bethany G Everett, Colleen A Reynolds, Tabor Hoatson, Jennifer J Stuart, Sarah C McKetta, Kodiak R S Soled, Aimee K Huang, Jorge E Chavarro, A Heather Eliassen, Juno Obedin-Maliver, S Bryn Austin, Janet W Rich-Edwards, Sebastien Haneuse, Brittany M Charlton","doi":"10.1111/ppe.13101","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ppe.13101","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Sexual minority (SM) individuals (e.g., those with same-sex attractions/partners or who identify as lesbian/gay/bisexual) experience a host of physical and mental health disparities. However, little is known about sexual orientation-related disparities in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP; gestational hypertension [gHTN] and preeclampsia).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To estimate disparities in GDM, gHTN and preeclampsia by sexual orientation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used data from the Nurses' Health Study II-a cohort of nurses across the US enrolled in 1989 at 25-42 years of age-restricted to those with pregnancies ≥20 weeks gestation and non-missing sexual orientation data (63,518 participants; 146,079 pregnancies). Our primary outcomes were GDM, gHTN and preeclampsia, which participants reported for each of their pregnancies. Participants also reported their sexual orientation identity and same-sex attractions/partners. We compared the risk of each outcome in pregnancies among heterosexual participants with no same-sex experience (reference) to those among SM participants overall and within subgroups: (1) heterosexual with same-sex experience, (2) mostly heterosexual, (3) bisexual and (4) lesbian/gay participants. We used modified Poisson models to estimate risk ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI), fit via weighted generalised estimating equations, to account for multiple pregnancies per person over time and informative cluster sizes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The overall prevalence of each outcome was ≤5%. Mostly heterosexual participants had a 31% higher risk of gHTN (RR 1.31, 95% CI 1.03, 1.66), and heterosexual participants with same-sex experience had a 31% higher risk of GDM (RR 1.31, 95% CI 1.13, 1.50), compared to heterosexual participants with no same-sex experience. The magnitudes of the risk ratios were high among bisexual participants for gHTN and preeclampsia and among lesbian/gay participants for gHTN.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Some SM groups may be disparately burdened by GDM and HDP. Elucidating modifiable mechanisms (e.g., structural barriers, discrimination) for reducing adverse pregnancy outcomes among SM populations is critical.</p>","PeriodicalId":19698,"journal":{"name":"Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology","volume":" ","pages":"545-556"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11427163/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141469816","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}