Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Papers
(The median citation count of Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)
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Analysis goals, error‐cost sensitivity, and analysis hacking: Essential considerations in hypothesis testing and multiple comparisons36
Quantification of selection bias in studies of risk factors for birth defects among livebirths26
Interpregnancy interval and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: A population‐based cohort study23
Changes in preterm birth and caesarean deliveries in the United States during the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic19
Patient characteristics associated with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in parturients admitted for labour and delivery in Massachusetts during the spring 2020 surge: A prospective cohort study18
Sedentary behaviour and physical activity across pregnancy and birth outcomes17
Extreme heat and its association with social disparities in the risk of spontaneous preterm birth17
Cohort profile: The COPENHAGEN Minipuberty Study—A longitudinal prospective cohort of healthy full‐term infants and their parents16
Common Core Assessments in follow‐up studies of adults born preterm—Recommendation of the Adults Born Preterm International Collaboration16
Lost to follow‐up in the Norwegian mother, father and child cohort study16
Preconception exposures and adverse pregnancy, birth and postpartum outcomes: Umbrella review of systematic reviews16
Patterns of prenatal antidepressant exposure and risk of preeclampsia and postpartum haemorrhage15
Severe maternal morbidity at delivery and postpartum readmission in the United States15
Risk of selection bias due to non‐participation in a cohort study on pubertal timing15
Occurrence of fatal police violence during pregnancy and hazard of preterm birth in California15
Maternal age at birth and neonatal mortality: Associations from 67 low‐income and middle‐income countries14
The association between wildfire exposure in pregnancy and foetal gastroschisis: A population‐based cohort study14
Air pollution and fecundability: Results from a Danish preconception cohort study14
Infants’ prenatal exposure to opioids and the association with birth outcomes: A systematic review and meta‐analysis13
Gestational weight gain and delivery outcomes: A population‐based cohort study13
Effects of public health measures during the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic on the winter respiratory syncytial virus epidemic: An interrupted time series analysis13
Multidisciplinary and neuroimaging findings in preterm born very low birthweight individuals from birth to 28 years of age: A systematic review of a Norwegian prospective cohort study12
Racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in SARS‐CoV‐2 infection amongst children12
Association of screen time and sleep duration among Spanish 1‐14 years old children12
Maternal factors and risk of spontaneous preterm birth due to high ambient temperatures in New South Wales, Australia12
Epidemiology of Pierre‐Robin sequence in Europe: A population‐based EUROCAT study12
SARS‐CoV‐2 infections among neonates born to pregnant people with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: Maternal, pregnancy and birth characteristics12
SARS‐CoV‐2 during pregnancy and associated outcomes: Results from an ongoing prospective cohort11
Lifestyle and Early Achievement in Families (LEAF) study: Design of an ambidirectional cohort study of prenatal marijuana exposure and child development and behaviour11
Risk of large for gestational age births at early, full and late term in relation to pre‐pregnancy body mass index: Mediation by gestational diabetes status11
Accuracy of self‐reported birth outcomes relative to birth certificate data in an Internet‐based prospective cohort study11
Maternal overnutrition elevates offspring’s blood pressure—A systematic review and meta‐analysis11
Low neurodevelopmental performance and behavioural/emotional problems at 24 and 48 months in Brazilian children exposed to acetaminophen during foetal development11
Neurodevelopmental findings in children 20‐30 months of age with postnatal Zika infection at 1‐12 months of age, Colombia, September‐November 201711
Parent‐recorded videos of infant spontaneous movement: Comparisons at 3–4 months and relationships with 2‐year developmental outcomes in extremely preterm, extremely low birthweight and term‐born infa10
Is prenatal diet associated with the composition of the vaginal microbiome?10
Global trends in incidence rates of childhood liver cancers: A systematic review and meta‐analysis10
The association between late preterm birth and cardiometabolic conditions across the life course: A systematic review and meta‐analysis10
Disparities in early initiation of breast feeding and prelacteal feeding: A study of low‐ and middle‐income countries10
The maternal health study: Study design update for a prospective cohort of first‐time mothers and their firstborn children from birth to age ten10
Effect of prenatal screening on trends in perinatal mortality associated with congenital anomalies before and after the introduction of prenatal screening: A population‐based study in the Northern Net10
Preterm birth, unplanned hospital contact, and mortality in infants born to teenage mothers in five countries: An administrative data cohort study9
High ambient temperature and child emergency and hospital visits in New York City9
Temporal and geographical variations in survival of children born with congenital anomalies in Europe: A multi‐registry cohort study9
Maternal iodine status in a multi‐ethnic UK birth cohort: Associations with child cognitive and educational development9
Mendelian randomisation approaches to the study of prenatal exposures: A systematic review9
Time trends, geographic variation and risk factors for gastroschisis in Canada: A population‐based cohort study 2006–20179
Childhood patterns of overweight and wheeze and subsequent risk of current asthma and obesity in adolescence8
Composite neonatal morbidity indicators using hospital discharge data: A systematic review8
The importance of maternal insulin resistance throughout pregnancy on neonatal adiposity8
Residential particulate matter, proximity to major roads, traffic density and traffic volume as risk factors for preterm birth in California8
The Nutrition in Early Life and Asthma (NELA) birth cohort study: Rationale, design, and methods8
Maternal persistent marijuana use and cigarette smoking are independently associated with shorter gestational age8
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Trends in survival, perinatal morbidities and two‐year neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low‐birthweight infants over four decades7
Maternal risk factors for congenital limb deficiencies: A population‐based case–control study7
Mother‐reported pain experience between ages 7 and 10: A prospective study in a population‐based birth cohort7
Recurrence of severe maternal morbidity: A population‐based cohort analysis of California women7
Breast feeding and timing of puberty in boys and girls: A nationwide cohort study7
Subsequent risk of stillbirth, preterm birth, and small for gestational age: A cross‐outcome analysis of adverse birth outcomes7
Emotional responses of parents participating for the first time in caregiving for their baby in a neonatal unit7
Association between first and second stage of labour duration and mode of delivery: A population‐based cohort study7
Association between prenatal antibiotic exposure and autism spectrum disorder among term births: A population‐based cohort study7
Pregnancy outcomes in women living with HIV and HIV‐negative women in South Africa: Cohort analysis based on bias‐corrected gestational age7
Improving the external validity of Antenatal Late Preterm Steroids trial findings7
Severity of illness by pregnancy status among laboratory‐confirmed SARS‐CoV‐2 infections occurring in reproductive‐aged women in Colombia7
Vitamin D status at birth and acute respiratory infection hospitalisation during infancy7
Point: Uncertainty about estimating the risks of COVID‐19 during pregnancy7
The role of parental education on the relationship between gestational age and school outcomes7
COVID‐19 in pregnancy—what study designs can we use to assess the risk of congenital anomalies in relation to COVID‐19 disease, treatment and vaccination?7
Performance of diagnostic coding and laboratory testing results to measure COVID‐19 during pregnancy and associations with pregnancy outcomes6
Effects of previous birth interval length on child outcomes can be estimated in a sibling analysis even when there are only two siblings6
Maternal early‐pregnancy ferritin and offspring neurodevelopment: A prospective cohort study from gestation to school age6
Rating the seriousness of maternal and child health outcomes linked with pregnancy weight gain6
Severe maternal morbidity and other perinatal complications among women with physical, sensory, or intellectual and developmental disabilities6
Early infant behavioural correlates of social skills in adolescents6
The challenges of heterogeneity in gestational age and birthweight inclusion criteria for research synthesis on very preterm birth and childhood cognition: An umbrella review and meta‐regression analy6
Maternal periconceptional alcohol consumption and gastroschisis in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–20116
The Stockholm–Gotland perinatal cohort—A population‐based cohort including longitudinal data throughout pregnancy and the postpartum period6
Bone mineral density in very low birthweight adults—A sibling study6
Incidence of retinopathy of prematurity treatment in extremely preterm infants in China6
Testing the role of the timing and chronicity of maternal depressive symptoms in the associations with child behaviour and development6
Trends in first‐trimester nausea and vomiting of pregnancy and use of select treatments: Findings from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study6
Severe maternal morbidity and maternal mortality: A need for consensus on concepts and prevention efforts6
Examining the role of pre‐pregnancy weight and gestational weight gain in allergic disease development among offspring: A population‐based cohort study in Ontario, Canada6
A population‐based study of concurrent prescriptions of opioid analgesic and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor medications during pregnancy and risk for adverse birth outcomes6
Risk of non‐syndromic orofacial clefts by maternal rural‐urban residence and race/ethnicity: A population‐based case‐control study in Washington State 1989‐20146
Air pollution and preterm birth: A time‐stratified case‐crossover study in the San Joaquin Valley of California6
Pregnancy‐related outcomes among women with physical disabilities: A systematic review6
The validity of self‐reported SARS‐CoV‐2 results among postpartum respondents5
Wildfires in Pregnancy: Potential Threats to the Newborn5
Early childhood weight gain: Latent patterns and body composition outcomes5
Adverse psychosocial factors in pregnancy and preterm delivery5
Cohort Profile: The Shanghai Sleep Birth Cohort Study5
Childhood cancer survival and avoided deaths in Australia, 1983–20165
Prescribed medicine use and extent of off‐label use according to age in a nationwide sample of Australian children5
Nutrition in Pregnancy and Growth in Southwest China (NPGSC) cohort: Design, implementation, and characteristics5
Chronic hypertension and risk of preterm delivery: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescents to Adult Health5
Levels and potential drivers of under‐five mortality sex ratios in low‐ and middle‐income countries5
Disparities in neonatal abstinence syndrome and health insurance status: A statewide study using non–claims real‐time surveillance data5
Postnatal exposure to ambient temperature and rapid weight gain among infants delivered at term gestations: a population‐based cohort study5
Why did preterm birth rates fall during the COVID‐19 pandemic?5
Population‐based study of serum ferritin in early pregnancy and adverse perinatal outcomes5
Exposure to the early COVID‐19 pandemic and early, moderate and overall preterm births in the United States: A conception cohort approach5
Paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and caesarean section: A report from the United Kingdom Childhood Cancer Study (UKCCS)5
Effects of intergenerational exposure interventions on adolescent outcomes: An application of inverse probability weighting to longitudinal pre‐birth cohort data5
Prenatal exposure to acetaminophen and neurodevelopment5
Gestational weight gain disparities in South Carolina: Temporal trends, 2004‐20155
Adverse motor outcome after paediatric ischaemic stroke: A nationwide cohort study5
Selection bias in studies of birth defects among livebirths: Much ado about nothing?5
Maternal glucose tolerance in pregnancy and child cognitive and behavioural problems in early and mid‐childhood5
Racial inequity in preterm delivery among college‐educated women: The role of racism5
Short interpregnancy interval and pregnancy outcomes: How important is the timing of confounding variable ascertainment?5
Survey of data collection methods and retention strategies in European birth cohorts of children and adults born very preterm5
Measuring severe neonatal morbidity using hospital discharge data in France5
Does HIV infection modify the relationship between pre‐pregnancy body mass index and adverse birth outcomes?5
Defining maternal obesity in studies of birth outcomes: Comparing ICD‐9 codes at delivery and measures on the birth certificate5
Birth outcomes affecting infants of mothers with intellectual and developmental disabilities5
Multilevel modelling for measuring interaction of effects between multiple categorical variables: An illustrative application using risk factors for preeclampsia4
SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in pregnancy: Lessons learned from the first pandemic wave4
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Public health indicators for cerebral palsy: A European collaborative study of the Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe network4
The matrix revolutions: How databases and database linkages will transform epidemiologic research4
Associations between metabolic acidosis at birth and reduced Apgar scores within the normal range (7‐10): A Swedish cohort study of term non‐malformed infants4
Exploring the utility of synthetic data to extract more value from sensitive health data assets: A focused example in perinatal epidemiology4
Household pesticide exposures and infant gross motor development in the MADRES cohort4
Incidence, antibiotic treatment and outcomes of lactational mastitis: Findings from The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)4
Increased Risk of ADHD at Short and Long Interpregnancy Intervals in a National Birth Cohort4
Advanced maternal age and risk of adverse perinatal outcome among women with congenital heart disease: A nationwide register‐based cohort study4
Early factors associated with risk of developmental coordination disorder in very preterm children: A prospective area‐based cohort study in Italy4
Maternal age at delivery and fertility of the next generation4
Maternal social risk, gestational age at delivery, and cognitive outcomes among adolescents born extremely preterm4
Severity of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy and early childhood neurobehavioural outcomes: The Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes study4
Characterization of ovarian development in girls from birth to 9 months4
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is: Conducting within‐woman comparison studies with only one exposure observation per woman4
Early coronavirus disease 2019 restrictive measures and changes in maternal characteristics, use of assisted reproductive technology, and stillbirth4
Early postnatal growth and subsequent neurodevelopment in children delivered at term: The ELFE cohort study4
Parent report of child behaviour: Findings from the Flint Registry cohort4
Prenatal diagnosis and pregnancy outcome of major structural anomalies detectable in the first trimester: A population‐based cohort study in the Netherlands4
Evidence of under‐reporting of early‐onset preeclampsia using register data4
Rising global temperatures is likely to exacerbate persistent disparities in preterm birth3
Third trimester maternal vitamin D and early childhood socioemotional development3
Menstrual cycle length and adverse pregnancy outcomes among women in Project Viva3
All day‐long pacifier use and intelligence quotient in childhood: A birth cohort study3
Defining severe maternal morbidity—When is it time to stop?3
Cohort profile: The PreEclampsia, Angiogenesis, Cardiac dysfunction and Hypertension (PEACH) Study3
Self‐reported executive function problems in adults born very low birthweight3
Antibiotic treatment of bacterial vaginosis to prevent preterm delivery: Systematic review and individual participant data meta‐analysis3
Sporadic anovulation is not an important determinant of becoming pregnant and time to pregnancy among eumenorrheic women: A simulation study3
Time of delivery among low‐risk women at 37–42 weeks of gestation and risks of stillbirth and infant mortality, and long‐term neurological morbidity3
The COVID‐19 pandemic, preterm birth and the potential role of composition of gestations3
Long‐term cardiovascular mortality in women with twin pregnancies by lifetime reproductive history3
Maternal periconceptional folic acid supplements use and fetus risk for limb defects3
The effect of hospital phototherapy on early breastmilk feeding3
In utero acetaminophen exposure and child neurodevelopmental outcomes: Systematic review and meta‐analysis3
Inequality in early childhood chronic health conditions requiring hospitalisation: A data linkage study of health service utilisation and costs3
National data linkage assessment of live births and deaths in Mexico: Estimating under‐five mortality rate ratios for vulnerable newborns and trends from 2008 to 20193
Economic costs and health utility values associated with extremely preterm birth: Evidence from the EPICure2 cohort study3
Placental weight Z‐score and pubertal timing: A population‐based cohort study3
Machine learning to study placental pathology: Risk of reification and other considerations3
Challenges and future directions in menstrual cycle research3
Multifoetal gestations mediate the effect of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) on ischaemic placental disease in autologous oocyte IVF more than donor oocyte IVF3
Forecasting childhood adversities from conditions of birth3
Initial respiratory support modality and outcome in preterm infants with less than 32 weeks of gestation in China: A multicentre retrospective cohort study3
Little evidence for long‐term harm from antenatal corticosteroids in a population‐based very low birthweight young adult cohort3
Risk of adverse maternal and foetal outcomes associated with inactivated influenza vaccination in first trimester of pregnancy3
Bounding the average causal effect in Mendelian randomisation studies with multiple proposed instruments: An application to prenatal alcohol exposure and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder3
Overuse of antenatal visits and ultrasounds in low‐risk women: A national population‐based study3
Association between toxic metals, vitamin D and preterm birth in the Maternal–Infant research on environmental chemicals study3
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Periconceptional antibiotic use and spontaneous abortion: A prospective cohort study3
Pregnancy intention and phthalate metabolites among pregnant women in The Infant Development and Environment Study cohort3
Relationship between pre‐pregnancy maternal body mass index and infant weight trajectories in HIV‐exposed and HIV‐unexposed infants3
Interpregnancy interval and preterm delivery: An empirical comparison of between‐persons and within‐sibship designs3
Comparison of stillbirth trends over two decades in Wales, United Kingdom and Western Australia: An international retrospective cohort study2
Reimagining methodological considerations for research studies using ‘big’ administrative data sets2
Determinants of nutritional status during the first 1000 days of life in Lebanon: Sex of the child matters2
Are paternal or grandmaternal age associated with higher probability of trisomy 21 in offspring? A population‐based, matched case‐control study, 1995‐20152
Adiposity is associated with anovulation independent of serum free testosterone: A prospective cohort study2
Comparing adverse neonatal and maternal outcomes of chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and syphilis infections and co‐infections in pregnancy2
Endometriosis diagnosis, staging and typology and adverse pregnancy outcome history2
Caesarean delivery and pubertal timing in boys and girls: A Danish population‐based cohort study2
The clinical performance and population health impact of birthweight‐for‐gestational age indices at term gestation2
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia subtypes: Comparing birth prevalence, occurrence by maternal age, and mortality in a national birth cohort2
Trends in survival of children with severe congenital heart defects by gestational age at birth: A population‐based study using administrative hospital data for England2
Characterisation of personalised air pollution exposure in pregnant women participating in a birth cohort study2
Outcomes in extremely low‐birthweight infants: What can we learn by comparing epidemiological studies over time?2
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Group B Streptococcus real‐time PCR may potentially reduce intrapartum maternal antibiotic treatment2
Small for date preterm infants and risk of higher blood pressure in later life: A systematic review and meta‐analysis2
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Trends in prenatal diagnosis of congenital anomalies in Western Australia between 1980 and 2020: A population‐based study2
Remapping racial and ethnic inequities in severe maternal morbidity: The legacy of redlining in California2
Prevalence and correlates of very rapid repeat pregnancy: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, United States, 2009–20202
Prospective associations of lifestyle patterns in early childhood with socio‐emotional and behavioural development and BMI: An outcome‐wide analysis of the EDEN mother–child coho2
Causes of ART‐related outcomes in the COVID‐19 era2
Maternal hypertensive disorders and subtypes of hypospadias: A Dutch case‐control study2
Association between interpregnancy interval and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Effect modification by maternal age2
Re: Challenges and future directions in menstrual cycle research2
Cohort profile update: The Canadian Maternal–Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals Child Development study (MIREC‐CD PLUS)2
Risk factors for very preterm delivery out of a level III maternity unit: The EPIPAGE‐2 cohort study2
Out‐of‐hospital births and infant mortality in the United States: Effect measure modification by rural maternal residence2
The association between caesarean and postnatal psychological distress: Effect modification by mental health history2
Risk of stroke the year following a delivery after using assisted reproductive technologies2
Machine learning‐based placental clusters and their associations with adverse pregnancy outcomes2
Small for gestational age preterm infants and later adiposity and height: A systematic review and meta‐analysis2
Antepartum severe maternal morbidity: A population‐based study of risk factors and delivery outcomes2
The association of gestational age at birth with trajectories of early childhood developmental delay among late preterm and early term born children: A longitudinal analysis of All Our Families pregna2
Recent history of maternal mortality in the United States: Tragedy and farce2
Importance of considering infection during pregnancy: An underappreciated and preventable perinatal concern1
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Ramadan exposure during early pregnancy and risk of stillbirth in Arab women living in Canada1
Geographic variation in caesarean delivery in India1
Paternal and maternal birthweight and offspring risk of macrosomia at term gestations: A nationwide population study1
Beyond COVID‐19: Equitable epidemiology for studying the impact of maternal infections on neonatal mortality and morbidity1
The impact of setting a pregnancy weight gain goal on total weight gain1
Factors associated with non‐nutritive sucking habits at 2 years of age among very preterm children: EPIPAGE‐2 cohort study1
SARS‐CoV‐2 infection during pregnancy and preterm birth in Massachusetts from March 2020 through March 20211
Counter‐point: You can’t always get what you want…: Ideal vs. operational measures in the study of COVID‐19 and pregnancy1
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Implications for quantifying early life growth trajectories of term‐born infants using INTERGROWTH‐21st newborn size standards at birth in conjunction with World Health Organization child growth stand1
Drug‐drug interactions in pregnancy: An important frontier for pharmacoepidemiology1
The Pregnancy, Arsenic, and Immune Response (PAIR) Study in rural northern Bangladesh1
Antenatal corticosteroids and outcomes into adulthood1
Patterns of multiple chronic conditions in pregnancy: Population‐based study using latent class analysis1
Prenatal ultrasound use and risk of autism spectrum disorder: Findings from the case‐control Study to Explore Early Development1
Maternal obesity and childhood asthma risk: Exploring mediating pathways1
Vanilla is not always best: Why to try other flavours of study methodology1
Apgar scores: Is anything less than perfect a cause for concern?1
Hospital and emergency department discharge against medical advice in Western Australian Aboriginal children aged 0–4 years from 2002 to 2018: A cohort study1
Association between cumulative maternal exposures related to inflammation and child attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A cohort study1
Effect of preschool childcare on school‐aged children’s adiposity in Quebec, Canada1
Heterogeneity of design features in studies included in systematic reviews with meta‐analysis of cognitive outcomes in children born very preterm1
Pregnancy‐associated mortality due to cardiovascular disease: Impact of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy1
No, it is not too good to be true1
Lack of consensus on the definition of severe congenital heart defects for research: A challenge for comparing international studies1
Detection of major congenital malformations depends on length of follow‐up in Swedish National Health Register Data: Implications for pharmacoepidemiological research on medication safety i1
Technology as a tool to speed progress in reproductive, perinatal, and paediatric epidemiology1
Long interpregnancy interval and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Difficulties in interpreting and translating data to clinical practice1
Point: Abnormalities of foetal growth—Is it time to move towards a personalised medicine approach to predict adverse neonatal outcomes?1
Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER) 34th Annual Meeting Abstracts 2021 Virtual Conference1
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Association between rotavirus vaccination and intussusception in Australian children: A record linkage study1
The ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of interpregnancy interval effects: Who contributes, and does it matter?1
Neurodevelopmental outcomes in children after prenatal marijuana exposure1
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Association between vaginal bleeding in pregnancy that resulted in delivery and risk of cancer: A Danish registry‐based cohort study1
Point: Setting realistic expectations for the evaluation of intrauterine growth charts1
Post‐partum interval and time to pregnancy in a prospective preconception cohort1
Impacts of climate change on reproductive, perinatal and paediatric health1
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