Self-Reported Oil Spill Exposure and Pregnancy Complications: The GROWH Study.

ABSTRACT: Adverse infant outcomes often rise in the aftermath of disaster, but few studies have assessed the effects of disaster on maternal health. 1091 southern Louisiana women were interviewed about their pregnancy history, including pregnancy complications. Associations between oil spill exposures and gestational diabetes, hypertensive disorders, and nausea/vomiting were assessed for all reported pregnancies. 631 women had a pregnancy both before and after the oil spill. Generalized estimating equations (logistic regression) with adjustment for confounders were used. To assess possible unmeasured confounding, instead of considering oil spill exposure as a time-varying exposure, women were defined as oil spill-exposed or not. If oil spill-exposed women were equally prone to complications in pregn

SUBMITTER: Harville EW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5551130 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature