Associations of gestational diabetes mellitus with residential air pollution exposure in a large Southern California pregnancy cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies of effects of air pollution on gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) have not been consistent, and there has been little investigation of effects of exposure preceding pregnancy. In previous studies, the temporal relationship between exposure and GDM onset has been difficult to establish.

Methods

Data were obtained for 239,574 pregnancies between 1999 and 2009 in a population-based health care system with comprehensive electronic medical records. Concentrations of ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), particulate matter (PM) ≤2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM_2.5) and ≤10 μm (PM₁₀), and ozone (O₃) during preconception and the first trimester of pregnancy at the residential birth address were estimated from regulatory air

SUBMITTER: Jo H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6684238 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature