scholarly journals Incense Burning during Pregnancy and Birth Weight and Head Circumference among Term Births: The Taiwan Birth Cohort Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 124 (9) ◽  
pp. 1487-1492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Le-Yu Chen ◽  
Christine Ho
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Head Circumference ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Incense Burning ◽  
Term Births ◽  
Taiwan Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Pregnancy And Birth

Household incense burning and infant gross motor development: Results from the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 110-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-Fu Wei ◽  
Mei-Huei Chen ◽  
Ching-Chun Lin ◽  
Yueliang Leon Guo ◽  
Shio-Jean Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Gross Motor ◽  
Gross Motor Development ◽  
Incense Burning ◽  
Taiwan Birth Cohort Study

scholarly journals Association between In Utero arsenic exposure, placental gene expression, and infant birth weight: a US birth cohort study

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Liang Fei ◽  
Devin C Koestler ◽  
Zhigang Li ◽  
Camilla Giambelli ◽  
Avencia Sanchez-Mejias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Arsenic Exposure ◽  
In Utero ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Infant Birth

scholarly journals Fetal Thyroid Function, Birth Weight, andin UteroExposure to Fine Particle Air Pollution: A Birth Cohort Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 125 (4) ◽  
pp. 699-705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bram G. Janssen ◽  
Nelly D. Saenen ◽  
Harry A. Roels ◽  
Narjes Madhloum ◽  
Wilfried Gyselaers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Thyroid Function ◽  
Fine Particle ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Fetal Thyroid

scholarly journals Association between maternal shift work and infant neurodevelopmental outcomes: results from the Taiwan Birth Cohort Study with propensity-score-matching analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 1545-1555
Author(s):  
Chih-Fu Wei ◽  
Mei-Huei Chen ◽  
Ching-Chun Lin ◽  
Yueliang Leon Guo ◽  
Shio-Jean Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Propensity Score ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Shift Work ◽  
Fine Motor ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Work Status ◽  
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes ◽  
Gross Motor ◽  
Taiwan Birth Cohort Study

Abstract Background Maternal shift work is associated with preterm delivery, small-for-gestational-age new-borns, childhood obesity and future behavioural problems. However, the adverse effects on and interactions of maternal shift work with infant neurodevelopment remain uncertain. Therefore, we examined the associations between maternal-shift-work status and infant neurodevelopmental parameters. Methods The Taiwan Birth Cohort Study is a nationwide birth cohort study following representatively sampled mother–infant pairs in 2005. The participants’ development and exposure conditions were assessed by home interviews with structured questionnaires at 6 and 18 months of age. Propensity scores were calculated with predefined covariates for 1:1 matching. Multivariate conditional logistic regression and the Cox proportional-hazards model were used to examine the association between maternal-shift-work status and infant neurodevelopmental-milestone-achievement status. Results In this study, 5637 term singletons were included, with 2098 cases selected in the propensity-score-matched subpopulation. Persistent maternal shift work was associated with increased risks of delays in gross-motor neurodevelopmental milestones [aOR = 1.36, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.06–1.76 for walking steadily], fine-motor neurodevelopmental milestones (aOR = 1.39, 95% CI = 1.07–1.80 for scribbling) and social neurodevelopmental milestones (aOR = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.03–1.76 for coming when called upon). Moreover, delayed gross-motor and social development were identified in the propensity-score-matched sub-cohort. Conclusions This study shows negative associations between maternal shift work and delayed neurodevelopmental-milestone achievement in the gross-motor, fine-motor and social domains at 18 months. Future research is necessary to elucidate the possible underlying mechanisms and long-term health effects.

scholarly journals From dissociative experience and internet use to happiness: A Taiwan Birth Cohort Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
For-Wey Lung ◽  
Bih-Ching Shu ◽  
Tung-Liang Chiang ◽  
Shio-Jean Lin
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Depressive Mood ◽  
High Risk Group ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Taiwan Birth Cohort Study

Abstract Background Functional and excessive use of internet is hard to distinguish, and internet use can affect adolescents’ development of self-identity. The aim of our study was to investigate the pathway relationship of the risk and protective factors of internet use, including mother care, absorptive dissociative trait, having been bullied, exercise, self-perceived depressive mood and happiness of 12-year-old adolescents. Methods The Taiwan Birth Cohort Study dataset, which used a national household probability sampling method and included 17,694 12-years-old adolescents, was used for this study. Results Our results showed 5.3% adolescents reported to spend more than five hours online during schooldays. Additionally, adolescents that spend more than five hours online during schooldays tended to have higher absorptive trait, perceived less care from mothers, more likely to have been bullied, expressed higher level of depressed mood, which leads to lower level of perceived happiness. Conclusions Adolescents that spend more than 5 hours online during schooldays, compared to those that spent less than an hour online, were more likely to have been bullied and affect their level of happiness, showing that they may be a group of higher concern. Since parental care and regular exercise are protective factors for internet addiction, it should be promoted to all adolescents, especially those in the high risk group, to prevent them from being addicted online.

Regional differences in birth size: a comparison between the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study and contemporaneous births on the Åland Islands

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 263-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sandboge ◽  
J. Fellman ◽  
P. M. Nilsson ◽  
A. W. Eriksson ◽  
C. Osmond ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Model ◽  
Life Course Perspective ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Average Birth Weight ◽  
Birth Characteristics

The Åland Islands were recently ranked as Finland’s healthiest region with lower prevalence of several non-communicable diseases compared with the national mean. We have compared birth characteristics of 1697 individuals born on the Åland Islands between 1937 and 1944 with contemporaneous data from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study (HBCS;n=11,808). This is a first step towards a potential future analysis of Ålandic health from a life-course perspective. Mean birth weight and length were calculated for both cohorts. Birth weight was entered into a multiple linear regression model with sex, maternal age, marital status and birth year as predictors. Mean birth weight in the Åland cohort was 3499 g, 87 g (95% CI 62; 111) higher compared with the HBCS. Sex and maternal marital status were the strongest predictors of birth weight. More detailed studies are needed to explore the potential effects of this difference in average birth weight between cohorts.

scholarly journals Maternal and cord blood manganese (Mn) levels and birth weight: The MIREC birth cohort study

2018 ◽  
Vol 221 (6) ◽  
pp. 876-882 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian Ashley-Martin ◽  
Linda Dodds ◽  
Tye E. Arbuckle ◽  
Adrienne S. Ettinger ◽  
Gabriel D. Shapiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Cord Blood ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Blood Manganese

scholarly journals Developmental factors associated with decline in grip strength from midlife to old age: a British birth cohort study

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. e025755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Kuh ◽  
Rebecca Hardy ◽  
Joanna M Blodgett ◽  
Rachel Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Cohort Study ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Grip Strength ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Muscle Development ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Birth Cohort Study ◽  
Developmental Factors

ObjectivesTo test whether developmental factors are associated with grip strength trajectories between 53 and 69 years, and operate independently or on the same pathway/s as adult factors.DesignBritish birth cohort study.SettingEngland, Scotland and Wales.Participants3058 men and women.Main outcome measuresGrip strength (kg) at ages 53, 60–64 and 69 were analysed using multilevel models to estimate associations with developmental factors (birth weight, growth parameters, motor and cognitive development) and father’s social class, and investigate adult factors that could explain observed associations, testing for age and sex interactions.ResultsIn men, heavier birth weight, beginning to walk ‘on time’, later puberty and greater weight 0–26 years and in women, heavier birth weight and earlier age at first standing were independently associated with stronger grip but not with its decline. The slower decline in grip strength (by 0.07 kg/year, 95% CI 0.02 to 0.11 per 1 SD, p=0.003) in men of higher cognitive ability was attenuated by adjusting for adult verbal memory.ConclusionsPatterns of growth and motor development have persisting associations with grip strength between midlife and old age. The strengthening associations with cognition suggest that, at older ages, grip strength increasingly reflects neural ageing processes. Interventions across life that promote muscle development or maintain muscle strength should increase the chance of an independent old age.

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