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Preterm Birth And Air Pollution: Critical Windows Of Exposure For Women With Asthma, Pauline Mendola, Maeve Wallace, Beom Seuk Hwang, Danping Liu, Candace Robledo, Tuija Männistö
Preterm Birth And Air Pollution: Critical Windows Of Exposure For Women With Asthma, Pauline Mendola, Maeve Wallace, Beom Seuk Hwang, Danping Liu, Candace Robledo, Tuija Männistö
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Background: Ambient air pollutants may increase preterm birth (PTB) risk, but critical exposure windows are uncertain. The interaction of asthma and pollutant exposure is rarely studied.
Objective: We sought to assess the interaction of maternal asthma and air pollutant exposures in relation to PTB risk.
Methods: Electronic medical records for 223,502 US deliveries were linked with modified Community Multiscale Air Quality model outputs. Logistic regression with generalized estimating equations estimated the odds ratio and 95% CIs for PTB on the basis of the interaction of maternal asthma and particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 microns and particulate …