Impacts of high temperature on adverse birth outcomes in Seoul, Korea: Disparities by individual- and community-level characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have examined temperature's effect on adverse birth outcomes and relevant effect modifiers.

Objectives

We investigated associations between heat and adverse birth outcomes and how individual and community characteristics affect these associations for Seoul, Korea, 2004-2012.

Methods

We applied logistic regression to estimate associations between heat index during pregnancy, 4 weeks before delivery, and 1 week before delivery and risk of preterm birth and term low birth weight. We investigated effect modification by individual (infant's sex, mother's age, and mother's educational level) and community characteristics (socioeconomic status (SES) and percentage of green areas near residence at the gu level, which is similar to borough in Western cou

SUBMITTER: Son JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6263858 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature