ArticleJournal of epidemiology2022
Effects of External Radiation Exposure on Perinatal Outcomes in Pregnant Women After the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident: the Fukushima Health Management Survey.
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- Final Report of Trends in Pregnancy and Birth Survey after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident: The Fukushima Health Management Survey.Fukushima journal of medical science · 2025Article
- Consequences of Natural and Man-made Disasters on Pregnancy Outcomes and Complications: A Systematic Review.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2024Review
- 2022 Fukushima Medical University International Symposium on the Fukushima Health Management Survey Build Back Better, Together. "Science for Society: Advancing Fukushima's Well-Being".Fukushima journal of medical science · 2024Article
- Congenital Anomalies in Infants in Fukushima from 2011 to 2014: The Japan Environment and Children's Study.JMA journal · 2023Article
- A Special Issue on Fukushima Has Been Released a Decade After the Great East Japan Earthquake.Journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- The Effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake on Perinatal Outcomes: Results of the Pregnancy and Birth Survey in the Fukushima Health Management Survey.Journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Achievements and Current Status of the Fukushima Health Management Survey.Journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Radiation-induced congenital malformations in Fukushima after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster.Congenital anomaliesArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to investigate the effects of maternal exposure to external radiation on perinatal outcomes among women who experienced the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster (FDND) using the Fukushima Health Management Survey (FHMS).
methodsData from the Pregnancy and Birth Survey and Basic Survey in the FHMS were combined to analyze external maternal radiation exposure following the FDND, and the relationship between radiation dose and perinatal outcomes was analyzed using binomial logistic regression analysis. Missing dose data were supplemented using multiple imputation.
resultsA total of 6,875 individuals responded to the survey. Congenital anomalies occurred in 2.9% of patients, low birth weight (LBW) in 7.6%, small for gestation age (SGA; <10th percentile) in 8.9%, and preterm birth in 4.1%. The median maternal external radiation dose was 0.5 mSv (maximum, 5.2 mSv). Doses were classified as follows: <1 mSv (reference), 1 to <2 mSv, and ≥2 mSv. For congenital anomalies, the crude odds ratio for 1 to <2 mSv was 0.81 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.56-1.17) (no participants with congenital anomaly were exposed to ≥2 mSv). At 1 to <2 mSv and ≥2 mSv, the respective adjusted odds ratios were 0.91 (95% CI, 0.71-1.18) and 1.21 (95% CI, 0.53-2.79) for LBW, 1.14 (95% CI, 0.92-1.42) and 0.84 (95% CI, 0.30-2.37) for SGA, and 0.91 (95% CI, 0.65-1.29) and 1.05 (95% CI, 0.22-4.87) for preterm birth.
conclusionExternal radiation dose due to the FDND was not associated with congenital anomalies, LBW, SGA, or preterm birth.
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