ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2016
Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Premature Rupture of Membranes.
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- Exposure to traffic-related air pollution and the risk of premature rupture of membranes: a cohort analysis of the Korean CHildren's ENvironmental health Study (Ko-CHENS).Environmental science and pollution research international · 2026Article
- Impact of short-term air pollution exposure on premature rupture of membranes in the North China Plain, 2015-2021: a multicity case-crossover study.Journal of global health · 2025Article
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- Maternal Exposure to Environmental Air Pollution and Premature Rupture of Membranes: Evidence from Southern China.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024Article
- Maternal exposure to ambient air pollution mixture and premature rupture of membranes: Evidence from a large cohort in Southern California (2008-2018).Environment international · 2023Article
- Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollution and Pre-Labor Rupture of Membranes in a Prospective Cohort Study: The Role of Maternal Hemoglobin and Iron Supplementation.Environmental health perspectives · 2023Article
- The role of extreme heat exposure on premature rupture of membranes in Southern California: A study from a large pregnancy cohort.Environment international · 2023Article
- Exposure to oil pollution and maternal outcomes: The Niger Delta prospective cohort study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Smog and risk of maternal and fetal birth outcomes: A retrospective study in Baoding, China.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2022Article
- World Prematurity Day: it takes an NIH village to prevent preterm birth and improve treatments for preterm infants.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2021Article
- Acute associations between air pollution on premature rupture of membranes in Hefei, China.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2021Article
- Air Pollution and Risk of Placental Abruption: A Study of Births in New York City, 2008-2014.American journal of epidemiology · 2021Article
- Khat chewing in pregnant women associated with prelabor rupture of membranes, evidence from eastern Ethiopia.The Pan African medical journal · 2020Article
- Toxicant Disruption of Immune Defenses: Potential Implications for Fetal Membranes and Pregnancy.Frontiers in physiology · 2020Article
- Maternal exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and risk of premature rupture of membranes in Wuhan, Central China: a cohort study.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2019Article
- Effect of ambient air pollution on premature SGA in Changzhou city, 2013-2016: a retrospective study.BMC public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
Premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is a major factor that predisposes women to preterm delivery. Results from previous studies have suggested that there are associations between exposure to air pollution and preterm birth, but evidence of a relationship with PROM is sparse. Modified Community Multiscale Air Quality models were used to estimate mean exposures to particulate matter less than 10 µm or less than 2.5 µm in aerodynamic diameter, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and ozone among 223,375 singleton deliveries in the Air Quality and Reproductive Health Study (2002-2008). We used log-linear models with generalized estimating equations to estimate adjusted relative risks and 95% confidence intervals for PROM per each interquartile-range increase in pollutants across the whole pregnancy, on the day of delivery, and 5 hours before delivery. Whole-pregnancy exposures to carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide were associated with an increased risk of PROM (for carbon monoxide, relative risk (RR) = 1.09, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.04, 1.14; for sulfur dioxide, RR = 1.15, 95% CI: 1.06, 1.25) but not preterm PROM. Ozone exposure increased the risk of PROM on the day of delivery (RR = 1.06, 95% CI: 1.02, 1.09) and 1 day prior (RR = 1.04, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.07). In the 5 hours preceding delivery, there were 3%-7% increases in risk associated with exposure to ozone and particulate matter less than 2.5 µm in aerodynamic diameter and inverse associations with exposure to carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides. Acute and long-term air pollutant exposures merit further study in relation to PROM.
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