Browsing HMS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "Birth weight"

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    • The association of body size in early to mid-life with adult urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin levels among night shift health care workers 

      Ramin, Cody A; Massa, Jennifer; Wegrzyn, Lani R; Brown, Susan B; Pierre-Paul, Jeffrey; Devore, Elizabeth E; Hankinson, Susan E; Schernhammer, Eva S (BioMed Central, 2015)
      Background: Adult body mass index (BMI) has been associated with urinary melatonin levels in humans; however, whether earlier-life body size is associated with melatonin, particularly among night shift workers, remains ...

    • Birth weight-for-gestational age is associated with DNA methylation at birth and in childhood 

      Agha, Golareh; Hajj, Hanine; Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl L.; Just, Allan C.; Hivert, Marie-France; Burris, Heather H.; Lin, Xihong; Litonjua, Augusto A.; Oken, Emily; DeMeo, Dawn L.; Gillman, Matthew W.; Baccarelli, Andrea A. (BioMed Central, 2016)
      Background: Both higher and lower fetal growth are associated with cardio-metabolic health later in life, suggesting that prenatal developmental programming determines long-term cardiovascular disease risk. Epigenetic ...

    • Ghana randomized air pollution and health study (GRAPHS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial 

      Jack, Darby W.; Asante, Kwaku Poku; Wylie, Blair J.; Chillrud, Steve N.; Whyatt, Robin M.; Ae-Ngibise, Kenneth A.; Quinn, Ashlinn K.; Yawson, Abena Konadu; Boamah, Ellen Abrafi; Agyei, Oscar; Mujtaba, Mohammed; Kaali, Seyram; Kinney, Patrick; Owusu-Agyei, Seth (BioMed Central, 2015)
      Background: Household air pollution exposure is a major health risk, but validated interventions remain elusive. Methods/Design The Ghana Randomized Air Pollution and Health Study (GRAPHS) is a cluster-randomized trial ...

    • Impact of biomass fuels on pregnancy outcomes in central East India 

      Wylie, Blair J; Coull, Brent A; Hamer, Davidson H; Singh, Mrigendra P; Jack, Darby; Yeboah-Antwi, Kojo; Sabin, Lora; Singh, Neeru; MacLeod, William B (BioMed Central, 2014)
      Background: Smoke from biomass burning has been linked to reduced birth weight; association with other birth outcomes is poorly understood. Our objective was to evaluate effects of exposure to biomass smoke on birth weight, ...

    • Risk factors for small-for-gestational-age and preterm births among 19,269 Tanzanian newborns 

      Muhihi, Alfa; Sudfeld, Christopher R.; Smith, Emily R.; Noor, Ramadhani A.; Mshamu, Salum; Briegleb, Christina; Bakari, Mohamed; Masanja, Honorati; Fawzi, Wafaie; Chan, Grace Jean-Yee (BioMed Central, 2016)
      Background: Few studies have differentiated risk factors for term-small for gestational age (SGA), preterm-appropriate for gestational age (AGA), and preterm-SGA, despite evidence of varying risk of child mortality and ...