Browsing by Author "Missmer, Stacey"
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Air Pollution Exposures During Adulthood and Risk of Endometriosis in the Nurses’ Health Study II
Mahalingaiah, Shruthi; Hart, Jaime E.; Laden, Francine; Aschengrau, Ann; Missmer, Stacey A. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2013)Background: Particulate matter and proximity to large roadways may promote disease mechanisms, including systemic inflammation, hormonal alteration, and vascular proliferation, that may contribute to the development and ... -
Analysis of Multiple-cycle Data From Couples Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization
Missmer, Stacey Ann; Pearson, Kimberly Hope; Ryan, Louise Marie; Meeker, John D.; Cramer, Daniel William; Hauser, Russ B. (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2011)The number of in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles in the U.S. increased from fewer than 46,000 in 1995 to more than 120,000 in 2005. IVF and other assisted reproductive technology (ART) data are routinely collected and ... -
Association of Exposure to Phthalates with Endometriosis and Uterine Leiomyomata: Findings from NHANES, 1999–2004
Weuve, Jennifer Lynn; Hauser, Russ B.; Calafat, Antonia M.; Missmer, Stacey Ann; Wise, Lauren A. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2010)Background: Phthalates are ubiquitous chemicals used in consumer products. Some phthalates are reproductive toxicants in experimental animals, but human data are limited. Objective: We conducted a cross-sectional study of ... -
Association of Hexachlorobenzene (HCB), Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), and Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) with in Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Outcomes
Mahalingaiah, Shruthi; Maity, Arnab; Meeker, John D.; Berry, Katharine; Missmer, Stacey Ann; Williams, Paige L.; Ehrlich, Shelley; Perry, Melissa J.; Cramer, Daniel William; Hauser, Russ B. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2012)Background: Hexachlorobenzene (HCB), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) are persistent chlorinated pesticides with endocrine activity that may adversely affect the early stages ... -
Cotinine concentrations in follicular fluid as a measure of secondhand tobacco smoke exposure in women undergoing in vitro fertilization: Inter-matrix comparisons with urine and temporal variability
Benedict, Merle D.; Missmer, Stacey Ann; Vitonis, Allison F.; Cramer, Daniel William; Meeker, John D. (Elsevier BV, 2011)We examined the relationship between cotinine measures in follicular fluid (FF) and urine to inform our exposure assessment strategy for an ongoing epidemiological study of secondhand tobacco smoke (STS) exposure and early ... -
Determinants of Global Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality
Boundy, Ellen O'Neal (2015-04-23)In 2013, approximately 289,000 women died from pregnancy-related causes and 2.8 million newborns died within the first 28 days of life. The vast majority of these deaths occur in resource-limited settings. This work examines ... -
Does a woman’s educational attainment influence in vitro fertilization outcomes?
Mahalingaiah, Shruthi; Berry, Katharine F.; Hornstein, Mark Donald; Cramer, Daniel William; Missmer, Stacey Ann (Elsevier BV, 2011)The association between educational level and cycle outcomes was quantified by applying multivariable logistic and linear regression within a prospective cohort of 2,569 women commencing their first in vitro fertilization ... -
Effect of Alcohol Consumption on In Vitro Fertilization
Rossi, Brooke V.; Berry, Katharine F.; Hornstein, Mark Donald; Cramer, Daniel William; Ehrlich, Shelley; Missmer, Stacey Ann (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2011)To estimate whether alcohol use at the initiation of an in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle is associated with IVF outcomes. METHODS In this prospective cohort study, men and women completed a self-administered ... -
Exposure to Fumonisins and the Occurrence of Neural Tube Defects Along the Texas–Mexico Border
Missmer, Stacey Ann; Suarez, Lucina; Felkner, Marilyn; Wang, Elaine; Merrill, Alfred H.; Rothman, Kenneth J.; Hendricks, Katherine A. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2005)Along the Texas–Mexico border, the prevalence of neural tube defects (NTDs) among Mexican-American women doubled during 1990–1991. The human outbreak began during the same crop year as epizootics attributed to exposure to ... -
Genetic variants underlying risk of endometriosis: insights from meta-analysis of eight genome-wide association and replication datasets
Rahmioglu, Nilufer; Nyholt, Dale R.; Morris, Andrew P.; Missmer, Stacey A.; Montgomery, Grant W.; Zondervan, Krina T. (Oxford University Press, 2014)BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a heritable common gynaecological condition influenced by multiple genetic and environmental factors. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have proved successful in identifying common genetic ... -
Genome-wide Association Meta-analysis Identifies New Endometriosis Risk Loci
Nyholt, Dale R.; Low, Siew-Kee; Anderson, Carl A.; Painter, Jodie N.; Uno, Satoko; Morris, Andrew P.; MacGregor, Stuart; Gordon, Scott D.; Henders, Anjali K.; Martin, Nicholas G.; Attia, John; Holliday, Elizabeth G.; McEvoy, Mark; Scott, Rodney J.; Kennedy, Stephen M; Treloar, Susan A.; Missmer, Stacey Ann; Adachi, Sosuke; Tanaka, Kenichi; Nakamura, Yusuke; Zondervan, Krina T.; Zembutsu, Hitoshi; Montgomery, Grant W. (2012)We conducted a genome-wide association (GWA) meta-analysis of 4,604 endometriosis cases and 9,393 controls of Japanese and European ancestry. We show that rs12700667 on chromosome 7p15.2, previously found in Europeans, ... -
Genome-wide enrichment analysis between endometriosis and obesity-related traits reveals novel susceptibility loci
Rahmioglu, Nilufer; Macgregor, Stuart; Drong, Alexander W.; Hedman, Åsa K.; Harris, Holly R.; Randall, Joshua C.; Prokopenko, Inga; Nyholt, Dale R.; Morris, Andrew P.; Montgomery, Grant W.; Missmer, Stacey A.; Lindgren, Cecilia M.; Zondervan, Krina T. (2015)Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition in women that results in pelvic pain and subfertility, and has been associated with decreased body mass index (BMI). Genetic variants contributing to the heritable component ... -
Gestational carriers: A viable alternative for women with medical contraindications to pregnancy*
Anchan, Raymond M.; Missmer, Stacey A.; Correia, Katharine F.; Ginsburg, Elizabeth S. (2013)Objective: Compare the efficacy of surrogate or gestational carrier (GC) cycles to that of autologous in vitro fertilization (IVF)/intracytoplasmic sperm injections (ICSI) in patients with gynecologic or medical co-morbidities ... -
Insights into Assessing the Genetics of Endometriosis
Rahmioglu, Nilufer; Missmer, Stacey Ann; Montgomery, Grant W.; Zondervan, Krina T. (Current Science Inc., 2012)Endometriosis is a complex disease arising from the interplay between multiple genetic and environmental factors. The genetic variants potentially underlying the hereditary component of endometriosis have been widely ... -
In Vitro Fertilization in Women With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is as Successful as in Women From the General Infertility Population
Oza, Sveta Shah; Pabby, Vikas; Moragianni, Vasiliki A.; Correia, Katharine; Ibrahim, Yetunde; Penzias, Alan S.; Burakoff, Robert; Friedman, Sonia; Cheifetz, Adam S.; Hacker, Michele; Dodge, Laura; Missmer, Stacey; Fox, Janis (Elsevier BV, 2015-09)BACKGROUND and AIMS: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) affects women of reproductive age, so there are concerns about its effects on fertility. We investigated the success of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in patients with ... -
MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is effective for the distinct pattern of uterine fibroids seen in African-American women: data from phase III/IV, non-randomized, multicenter clinical trials
Machtinger, Ronit; Fennessy, Fiona M; Stewart, Elizabeth A; Missmer, Stacey A; Correia, Katharine F; Tempany, Clare MC (BioMed Central, 2013)Background: Uterine fibroids are common among women at the reproductive age. Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) is a novel and a conservative treatment for symptomatic cases. The aim of the study ... -
Oral Contraceptive Use and Colorectal Cancer in the Nurses' Health Study I and II
Charlton, Brittany Michelle; Wu, Kana; Zhang, Xuehong; Giovannucci, Edward L.; Fuchs, Charles Stewart; Missmer, Stacey Ann; Rosner, Bernard Alfred; Hankinson, Susan Elizabeth; Willett, Walter C.; Michels, Karin B. (American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), 2015)Background—It remains unclear if oral contraceptive (OC) use is associated with the incidence of colorectal cancer. Few studies have examined this association by duration of OC use, time since last OC use, and different ... -
Oral contraceptive use and mortality after 36 years of follow-up in the Nurses' Health Study: prospective cohort study
Charlton, Brittany Michelle; Rich-Edwards, Janet Wilson; Colditz, Graham Andrew; Missmer, Stacey Ann; Rosner, Bernard Alfred; Hankinson, Susan Elizabeth; Speizer, Frank E.; Michels, Karin B. (BMJ, 2014)Objective: To determine whether use of oral contraceptives is associated with all cause and cause specific mortality. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Nurses’ Health Study, data collected between 1976 and ... -
Ovarian cancer risk factors by tumor dominance, a surrogate for cell of origin
Kotsopoulos, Joanne; Terry, Kathryn Lynne; Poole, Elizabeth M.; Rosner, Bernard Alfred; Murphy, Megan A.; Hecht, Jonathan Lewis; Crum, Christopher Paul; Missmer, Stacey Ann; Cramer, Daniel William; Tworoger, Shelley Slate (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)Differentiating ovarian tumors based on developmental pathway may further our understanding of the disease. Traditionally, ovarian cancers were thought to arise from the ovarian surface epithelium; however, recent evidence ... -
Ovarian Reserve in Women Treated for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia or Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Chemotherapy, but Not Stem Cell Transplantation
Rossi, Brooke V.; Missmer, Stacey Ann; Correia, Katharine Fischer Berry; Wadleigh, Martha; Ginsburg, Elizabeth Sarah (International Scholarly Research Network, 2012)Purpose: It is well known that chemotherapy regimens may have a negative effect on ovarian reserve, leading to amenorrhea or premature ovarian failure. There are little data regarding the effects of leukemia chemotherapy ...