ArticleEnvironmental health : a global access science source2021
Prenatal ambient air pollution and maternal depression at 12 months postpartum in the MADRES pregnancy cohort.
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- Air pollution mixture exposure during pregnancy and postpartum psychological functioning: racial/ethnic- and fetal sex-specific associations.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Joint effects of traffic-related air pollution and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy on maternal postpartum depressive and anxiety symptoms.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- The effect of DECO-MOM mobile application for a prenatal environmental health program on environmental health behaviors: a pilot test.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution and persistent postpartum depression.The Science of the total environment · 2024Article
- Spatial and temporal determinants of particulate matter peak exposures during pregnancy and early postpartum.Environmental advances · 2024Article
- EV-miRNA associated with environmental air pollution exposures in the MADRES cohort.Environmental epigenetics · 2024Article
- Air pollution and pregnancy.Seminars in perinatology · 2023Article
- Association of Antepartum and Postpartum Air Pollution Exposure With Postpartum Depression in Southern California.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Pregnant women's perception on the health effects of household air pollution in Rural Butajira, Ethiopia: a phenomenological qualitative study.BMC public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundDepression is the leading cause of mental health-related morbidity and affects twice as many women as men. Hispanic/Latina women in the US have unique risk factors for depression and they have lower utilization of mental health care services. Identifying modifiable risk factors for maternal depression, such as ambient air pollution, is an urgent public health priority. We aimed to determine whether prenatal exposure to ambient air pollutants was associated with maternal depression at 12 months after childbirth.
methodsOne hundred eighty predominantly low-income Hispanic/Latina women participating in the ongoing MADRES cohort study in Los Angeles, CA were followed from early pregnancy through 12 months postpartum through a series of phone questionnaires and in-person study visits. Daily prenatal ambient pollutant estimates of nitrogen dioxide (NO
resultsWe found over a two-fold increased odds of depression at 12 months postpartum associated with second trimester NO
conclusionsIn a low-income cohort consisting of primarily Hispanic/Latina women in urban Los Angeles, we found that prenatal ambient air pollution, especially mid-pregnancy NO
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