Association of Maternal Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants in Early Pregnancy With Fetal Growth.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) has been associated with birth size, but data on fetal growth and among racially/ethnically diverse pregnant women remain scarce.

Objectives

To assess the association between maternal plasma POPs in early pregnancy and fetal growth and by infant sex and maternal race/ethnicity.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Fetal Growth Studies-Singleton cohort, which recruited nonobese, low-risk pregnant women before 14 weeks' gestation between July 1, 2009, and January 31, 2013, in 12 community-based clinics throughout the United States. Participants self-identified their race/ethnicity, self-reported their behavioral risk facto

SUBMITTER: Ouidir M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6990715 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature