ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2011
Air pollution and stillbirth: a population-based case-control study in Taiwan.
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- Meta-analysis of adverse health effects due to air pollution in Chinese populations.BMC public health · 2013Pooled it
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- Residential proximity to roadways and placental-associated stillbirth: a case-control study.International journal of environmental health research · 2021Article
- Prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Ahvaz, Iran: a generalized additive model.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2021Article
- Maternal exposure to outdoor air pollution and congenital limb deficiencies in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study.Environmental research · 2019Article
- Ambient air pollution and the risk of stillbirth: a population-based prospective birth cohort study in the coastal area of China.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2019Article
- Traffic-related Air Pollution and Pregnancy Loss.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2019Article
- Live-Birth Bias and Observed Associations Between Air Pollution and Autism.American journal of epidemiology · 2018Article
- Air pollution exposure during pregnancy and spontaneous abortion and stillbirth.Reviews on environmental health · 2018Review
- Road Traffic Noise, Air Pollutants, and the Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease in Taichung, Taiwan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Chronic and Acute Ozone Exposure in the Week Prior to Delivery Is Associated with the Risk of Stillbirth.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- Residential Proximity to Roadways and Ischemic Placental Disease in a Cape Cod Family Health Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is limited evidence suggesting that prenatal exposure to ambient air pollutants may increase the risk of stillbirth, but previous epidemiological studies have not elaborated the most susceptible gestational period for the effects of air pollution exposure on stillbirth.
objectivesWe estimated associations between exposure to ambient air pollutants and stillbirth, with special reference to the assessment of gestational periods when the fetus is most susceptible.
methodsWe conducted a population-based case-control study in Taiwan. The case group consisted of 9,325 stillbirths, and the control group included 93,250 births randomly selected from 1,510,064 Taiwanese singleton newborns in 2001-2007. Adjusted logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) per 10-ppb change for ozone and nitrogen dioxide, 1-ppb change for sulfur dioxide (SO2), 10-μg/m3 change for particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter ≤ 10 μm (PM10), and 100-ppb change for carbon monoxide during different gestational periods and according to term or preterm (< 37 weeks) birth status.
resultsStillbirth increased in association with a 1-ppb increase in first-trimester SO2 [adjusted OR = 1.02; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.00-1.04], particularly among preterm births (adjusted OR = 1.04; 95% CI, 1.01-1.07). Stillbirth was also associated with a 10-μg/m3 increase in PM10 during the first (adjusted OR = 1.02; 95% CI, 1.00-1.05) and second (adjusted OR = 1.02; 95% CI, 1.00-1.04) month of gestation, and, as with SO2, associations appeared to be restricted to preterm births (first-trimester adjusted OR = 1.03; 95% CI, 1.00-1.07).
conclusionThe study provides evidence that exposure to outdoor air SO2 and PM10 may increase the risk of stillbirth, especially among preterm births, and that the most susceptible time periods for exposure are during the first trimester of gestation.
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