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Impact of the 2008 Beijing Olympics on the risk of pregnancy complications.

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Assibey-Mensah, V; Liu, K; Thurston, SW; Stevens, TP; Zhang, J; Zhang, J; Kane, C; Pan, Y; Weinberger, B; Ohman-Strickland, P; Woodruff, T; Rich, DQ
Published in: Archives of environmental & occupational health
July 2016

Taking advantage of the natural experiment of the 2008 Beijing Olympics (August 8 to September 24), when air pollution levels decreased by 13% to 60%, the authors assessed whether having ≥1 pregnancy month during the Olympics was associated with decreased risks of hypertensive disorders (HDs) and/or fetal-placental conditions (FPCs). Singleton births to mothers with ≥1 pregnancy month in 2008 or 2009 (N = 56,155) were included. Using generalized additive models, the authors estimated the risk of HDs and FPCs associated with (1) the 2008 Olympics compared with the same dates in 2009, and (2) increased mean ambient PM10 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter <10 μm), NO2 (nitrogen dioxide), and SO2 (sulfur dioxide) concentrations during each trimester. However, no association between HDs or FPCs and having any trimester during the 2008 Olympic period was found. This may, in part, be due to a small number of pregnancy complications in this population.

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Published In

Archives of environmental & occupational health

DOI

EISSN

2154-4700

ISSN

1933-8244

Publication Date

July 2016

Volume

71

Issue

4

Start / End Page

208 / 215

Related Subject Headings

  • Toxicology
  • Sports
  • Risk Assessment
  • Pregnancy Complications
  • Pregnancy
  • Particulate Matter
  • Hypertension
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Beijing
 

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Assibey-Mensah, V., Liu, K., Thurston, S. W., Stevens, T. P., Zhang, J., Kane, C., … Rich, D. Q. (2016). Impact of the 2008 Beijing Olympics on the risk of pregnancy complications. Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, 71(4), 208–215. https://doi.org/10.1080/19338244.2015.1058236
Assibey-Mensah, Vanessa, Kaibo Liu, Sally W. Thurston, Timothy P. Stevens, Junfeng Zhang, Jinliang Zhang, Cathleen Kane, et al. “Impact of the 2008 Beijing Olympics on the risk of pregnancy complications.Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health 71, no. 4 (July 2016): 208–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/19338244.2015.1058236.
Assibey-Mensah V, Liu K, Thurston SW, Stevens TP, Zhang J, Kane C, et al. Impact of the 2008 Beijing Olympics on the risk of pregnancy complications. Archives of environmental & occupational health. 2016 Jul;71(4):208–15.
Assibey-Mensah, Vanessa, et al. “Impact of the 2008 Beijing Olympics on the risk of pregnancy complications.Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health, vol. 71, no. 4, July 2016, pp. 208–15. Epmc, doi:10.1080/19338244.2015.1058236.
Assibey-Mensah V, Liu K, Thurston SW, Stevens TP, Zhang J, Kane C, Pan Y, Weinberger B, Ohman-Strickland P, Woodruff T, Rich DQ. Impact of the 2008 Beijing Olympics on the risk of pregnancy complications. Archives of environmental & occupational health. 2016 Jul;71(4):208–215.

Published In

Archives of environmental & occupational health

DOI

EISSN

2154-4700

ISSN

1933-8244

Publication Date

July 2016

Volume

71

Issue

4

Start / End Page

208 / 215

Related Subject Headings

  • Toxicology
  • Sports
  • Risk Assessment
  • Pregnancy Complications
  • Pregnancy
  • Particulate Matter
  • Hypertension
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Beijing