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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Obstructed Labour and Uterine Rupture in the Global Burden of Disease 2021 Study: A Metric Requiring Nuanced Interpretation27
Initial respiratory support modality and outcome in preterm infants with less than 32 weeks of gestation in China: A multicentre retrospective cohort study27
Exploring the utility of synthetic data to extract more value from sensitive health data assets: A focused example in perinatal epidemiology26
COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the world25
Group B Streptococcus real‐time PCR may potentially reduce intrapartum maternal antibiotic treatment25
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Neonatal anthropometry of malformed newborns: A large South American population‐based study21
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Disparities in early initiation of breast feeding and prelacteal feeding: A study of low‐ and middle‐income countries20
Assessing exposure to air pollution during pregnancy:The role of personal exposure monitoring18
The heritability of weight gain in infancy: A population‐based twin study17
Residential Exposure to PM2.5 Constituents and Fecundability in a Danish Preconception Cohort17
Maternal periconceptional folic acid supplements use and fetus risk for limb defects16
Reducing the burden from tobacco‐related complications of pregnancy in the United States15
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Neurodevelopmental outcomes in children after prenatal marijuana exposure15
A prospective cohort study examining the association between the periconceptual vaginal microbiota and first‐trimester miscarriage in Kenyan women14
Harnessing women's full reproductive history in assessing cardiovascular risk14
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Assessing cardiovascular disease risk in women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: A guidance paper for studies using administrative data14
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Association between vaginal bleeding in pregnancy that resulted in delivery and risk of cancer: A Danish registry‐based cohort study14
Health equity research on sexual orientation and race: Centering at the intersections13
Interpregnancy interval and preterm delivery: An empirical comparison of between‐persons and within‐sibship designs13
Conception cohorts, birth cohorts and gestational age–period–cohort effects: Study design and interpretation13
How could such a promising risk predictor as bacterial vaginosis not cause preterm birth?13
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Rising global temperatures is likely to exacerbate persistent disparities in preterm birth13
Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER) 34th Annual Meeting Abstracts 2021 Virtual Conference12
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Using mothers as the denominator12
Causes of ART‐related outcomes in the COVID‐19 era12
SARS‐CoV‐2 infection during pregnancy and preterm birth in Massachusetts from March 2020 through March 202112
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Changes in social relationships from 26 to 34 years of age in adults born very preterm11
Impaired head circumference growth and behavioural problems in childhood: Longitudinal findings from the MINA‐Brazil birth cohort11
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Maternal early‐pregnancy ferritin and offspring neurodevelopment: A prospective cohort study from gestation to school age10
Complexities of Trauma Exposure Over the Life Course and Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy10
The effect of wildfire smoke on children's health: A systematic review10
Prescribed medicine use and extent of off‐label use according to age in a nationwide sample of Australian children10
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?9
High ambient temperature and child emergency and hospital visits in New York City9
Air pollution and fecundability: Results from a Danish preconception cohort study9
Heterogeneity of design features in studies included in systematic reviews with meta‐analysis of cognitive outcomes in children born very preterm9
The clinical performance and population health impact of birthweight‐for‐gestational age indices at term gestation9
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Surviving Severe Bleeding After Childbirth: Consequences Along the Life Course?9
Forecasting childhood adversities from conditions of birth9
A Life‐Course Approach to Gestational Exposure to Famine and Risk of Mortality9
Evidence of under‐reporting of early‐onset preeclampsia using register data8
Is prenatal diet associated with the composition of the vaginal microbiome?8
Examining the role of pre‐pregnancy weight and gestational weight gain in allergic disease development among offspring: A population‐based cohort study in Ontario, Canada8
Menstrual cycle length and adverse pregnancy outcomes among women in Project Viva8
Cerebral palsy as a public health indicator8
Maternal obesity and childhood asthma risk: Exploring mediating pathways8
The effect of hospital phototherapy on early breastmilk feeding8
Measuring severe neonatal morbidity using hospital discharge data in France8
Inter‐hospital variations in the respiratory outcomes of very and extremely pre‐term infants: A cohort study in Japan8
Perinatal mortality among term births: Informing decisions about singleton early term births in Western Australia7
Are There Indicators of Risk for Adenomyosis Already in Early Life?7
The association between wildfire exposure in pregnancy and foetal gastroschisis: A population‐based cohort study7
The Survey of Neonates in Pomerania: Design, Recruitment and Follow‐Up of the Second Cohort, 2013–20177
Meet us at the intersection between pharmaco and perinatal epidemiology7
Paediatric Type 1 Diabetes Still Remains a Challenge7
Chronic hypertension and risk of preterm delivery: National Longitudinal Study of Adolescents to Adult Health7
Explained and unexplained inter‐center variability in outcomes: Where should we go next?7
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Association between cumulative maternal exposures related to inflammation and child attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A cohort study7
Little evidence for long‐term harm from antenatal corticosteroids in a population‐based very low birthweight young adult cohort7
Importance of considering infection during pregnancy: An underappreciated and preventable perinatal concern6
Paternal and maternal birthweight and offspring risk of macrosomia at term gestations: A nationwide population study6
Pregnancy outcomes in women living with HIV and HIV‐negative women in South Africa: Cohort analysis based on bias‐corrected gestational age6
Association between postterm birth and adverse growth outcomes in children aged 3–6 years: A national retrospective cohort study6
Maternal Prepregnancy Obesity and Offspring Intelligence Quotient at 5 Years: A Multicohort Analysis6
Patterns of multiple chronic conditions in pregnancy: Population‐based study using latent class analysis6
Gestational Age‐Specific Stillbirth Rates: Are We Using the Right Denominator?6
The Stockholm–Gotland perinatal cohort—A population‐based cohort including longitudinal data throughout pregnancy and the postpartum period6
History of multifetal gestation and long‐term maternal mortality6
Early mortality among aboriginal and non‐aboriginal women who had a preterm birth in Western Australia: A population‐based cohort study6
Who Is at Risk for Stillbirth? The Discussion Continues6
Corrigendum to: Association Between Postterm Birth and Adverse Growth Outcomes in Children Aged 3–6 Years: A National Retrospective Cohort Study6
Studies of recurrent outcomes in perinatal epidemiology: To describe, explain or predict?6
Small for gestational age preterm infants and later adiposity and height: A systematic review and meta‐analysis6
Long‐term cardiovascular mortality in women with twin pregnancies by lifetime reproductive history6
Perinatal Health and Healthcare Utilisation During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Nationwide Interrupted Time Series Analysis6
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What twin pregnancies may tell us about associations of fertility and adverse pregnancy outcomes with long‐term maternal health6
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Maternal body mass index and cerebral palsy in children: A systematic review and dose–response meta‐analysis5
Maternal periconceptional alcohol consumption and gastroschisis in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–20115
Residential particulate matter, proximity to major roads, traffic density and traffic volume as risk factors for preterm birth in California5
Effects of public health measures during the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic on the winter respiratory syncytial virus epidemic: An interrupted time series analysis5
Association between prenatal antibiotic exposure and autism spectrum disorder among term births: A population‐based cohort study5
Performance of diagnostic coding and laboratory testing results to measure COVID‐19 during pregnancy and associations with pregnancy outcomes5
Studying reproductive and gynaecologic health as risk factors for chronic disease development5
Response: Maternal infection, prenatal antibiotics and risk of autism in the offspring5
Multifoetal gestations mediate the effect of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) on ischaemic placental disease in autologous oocyte IVF more than donor oocyte IVF5
Childhood cancer survival and avoided deaths in Australia, 1983–20165
Preconception exposures and adverse pregnancy, birth and postpartum outcomes: Umbrella review of systematic reviews5
Caesarean delivery and pubertal timing in boys and girls: A Danish population‐based cohort study5
Survey of data collection methods and retention strategies in European birth cohorts of children and adults born very preterm5
Maternal social risk, gestational age at delivery, and cognitive outcomes among adolescents born extremely preterm5
Prenatal diagnosis and pregnancy outcome of major structural anomalies detectable in the first trimester: A population‐based cohort study in the Netherlands5
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Prevalence and correlates of very rapid repeat pregnancy: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, United States, 2009–20204
Point: Abnormalities of foetal growth—Is it time to move towards a personalised medicine approach to predict adverse neonatal outcomes?4
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Early childhood body mass index growth and school readiness: A longitudinal cohort study4
The association between preconception cannabis use and gestational diabetes mellitus: The Preconception Period Analysis of Risks and Exposures Influencing health and Development (PrePARED) 4
Pre‐pregnancy substance use and first trimester cardiovascular health among nulliparous pregnant people: The nuMoM2b Study4
The COVID‐19 pandemic, preterm birth and the potential role of composition of gestations4
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Association between the initiation of insurance coverage for fetal echocardiography and mortality from congenital heart disease in infants: An interrupted time series analysis4
The promise of fecundity for understanding health across the lifespan: Is menstrual cycle length informative?4
Burden of adverse motor outcomes in paediatric stroke patients4
Prenatal ultrasound use and risk of autism spectrum disorder: Findings from the case‐control Study to Explore Early Development4
Machine learning‐based placental clusters and their associations with adverse pregnancy outcomes4
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Long interpregnancy interval and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Difficulties in interpreting and translating data to clinical practice3
Relationship between pre‐pregnancy maternal body mass index and infant weight trajectories in HIV‐exposed and HIV‐unexposed infants3
Antenatal corticosteroids and outcomes into adulthood3
A flexible approach to modelling stillbirths using the foetuses at risk approach3
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Bias analyses to investigate the impact of differential participation: Application to a birth defects case‐control study3
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Postneonatal Cerebral Palsy in Europe: Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics According to Contributory Events: An SCPE Study3
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Population‐level changes in perinatal death for pregnancies prior to and during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A pregnancy cohort analysis3
Possible determinants of physical fitness in Japanese school children: A cross‐sectional study3
Malpresentation and autism spectrum disorder in the study to explore early development3
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Child Development3
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Ramadan exposure during early pregnancy and risk of stillbirth in Arab women living in Canada3
Maternal hepatitis C prevalence and trends by county, US: 2016–20203
Pregnancy, stroke and selection bias3
Remapping racial and ethnic inequities in severe maternal morbidity: The legacy of redlining in California3
Recommendations for data collection in cohort studies of preterm born individuals – The RECAP Preterm Core Dataset3
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
Geographic variation in caesarean delivery in India3
Vaginal washing behaviour and fecundability among Kenyan women in a prospective preconception cohort3
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Fertility and Fecundity3
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Trends in prenatal diagnosis of congenital anomalies in Western Australia between 1980 and 2020: A population‐based study2
Accuracy of self‐reported birth outcomes relative to birth certificate data in an Internet‐based prospective cohort study2
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Time trends, geographic variation and risk factors for gastroschisis in Canada: A population‐based cohort study 2006–20172
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Women’s Reproductive/Gynecologic Health2
‘Cross‐over’ risks of pregnancy: Are cardiovascular disease risk factors an underlying cause?2
No, it is not too good to be true: Response by Hutcheon and Harper2
Risk of spontaneous abortion after periconceptional medication use: Time to tackle the methodological challenges2
Opioid analgesic and antidepressant use during pregnancy and the risk of spontaneous preterm birth: A nested case–control study2
Detection of major congenital malformations depends on length of follow‐up in Swedish National Health Register Data: Implications for pharmacoepidemiological research on medication safety i2
No, it is not too good to be true2
Linking public health surveillance data to programme data for perinatal epidemiologic research2
Maternal mortality surveillance: Getting it right is essential to drive preventive actions2
Organic food consumption and fecundability in a preconception cohort study of Danish couples trying to conceive2
Multiple mediators, causal assumptions and potential caveats2
Maternal factors and risk of spontaneous preterm birth due to high ambient temperatures in New South Wales, Australia2
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Risk of stroke the year following a delivery after using assisted reproductive technologies2
The role of parental education on the relationship between gestational age and school outcomes2
Machine learning to study placental pathology: Risk of reification and other considerations2
Social Influences on Maternal Health: A Norwegian Register‐Based Study2
Impacts of climate change on reproductive, perinatal and paediatric health2
Prognosis after very preterm birth: Insights for the future2
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The Nutrition in Early Life and Asthma (NELA) birth cohort study: Rationale, design, and methods2
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Understanding and reducing perinatal health disparities for immigrants and between ethnicities2
The Healthcare Needs of Children With Down Syndrome in the First Year of Life: An Analysis of the EUROlinkCAT Data Linkage Study2
A comparison of cohorts of children with cerebral palsy from a population register and hospital admission data: A data linkage study2
Endometriosis diagnosis, staging and typology and adverse pregnancy outcome history2
Maternal hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and electrocardiographic findings among newborns: The Copenhagen Baby Heart Study1
Improving Register Ascertainment of Children With Post‐Neonatally Acquired Cerebral Palsy Through Health Service Partnerships1
ICD‐10 coding for placenta accreta spectrum: An opportunity for improvement1
Effect of preschool childcare on school‐aged children’s adiposity in Quebec, Canada1
Comparing adverse neonatal and maternal outcomes of chlamydia, gonorrhoea, and syphilis infections and co‐infections in pregnancy1
Fetal Growth, Loss, and Preterm Birth1
Response: ‘Pledging my time: In utero exposure to acetaminophen and childhood neurodevelopment’1
Placental Abruption and Cardiovascular Event Risk (PACER): Design, data linkage, and preliminary findings1
Addressing the Persistent Social Challenges of Very Preterm Birth1
Reasons for participation in a child development study: Are cases with developmental diagnoses different from controls?1
Maternal social deprivation and preterm birth: The PreCARE cohort study1
Maternal infection, prenatal antibiotics, and risk of autism in the offspring1
Cumulative maternal exposures of inflammation and attention‐deficit, hyperactivity disorder risk in children: Does one size fit all?1
Perinatal Epidemiology When Data Are Imperfect: Lessons From Studies on Maternal Mortality1
Counterpoint: Are abnormal fetal growth indices valid predictors of neonatal morbidity and mortality?1
Point: Setting realistic expectations for the evaluation of intrauterine growth charts1
How are socioeconomic inequalities in preterm birth explained by maternal smoking and maternal body mass index: A mediation analysis1
Periconceptional antibiotic use and spontaneous abortion: A prospective cohort study1
Better understanding of discharge against medical advice for the improvement of health among Australian Aboriginal children1
Exposure to the early COVID‐19 pandemic and early, moderate and overall preterm births in the United States: A conception cohort approach1
Is it time to re‐think how we look for teratogenic effects in exposure cohort studies?1
Cerebral palsy in term gestations: Complication of delivery or a delivery complicated?1
Trends in Postneonatally Acquired Cerebral Palsy: Insights From a CP Surveillance Network1
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Pregnancy‐related outcomes among women with physical disabilities: A systematic review1
Counter‐point: You can’t always get what you want…: Ideal vs. operational measures in the study of COVID‐19 and pregnancy1
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 analy1
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The association between caesarean and postnatal psychological distress: Effect modification by mental health history1
Validation of parental recall questionnaire to classify preterm delivery subtypes: Spontaneous preterm labour, preterm premature rupture of membranes and clinician‐initiated preterm delivery1
Recreational screen time trajectories during early childhood and imaging‐measured body composition at age 7 in the Odense child cohort1
Maximising retention in longitudinal cohort studies – Work in progress1
But Did You See the Gorilla?1
Outcomes in extremely low‐birthweight infants: What can we learn by comparing epidemiological studies over time?1
Hypertensive disorders across successive pregnancies and cardiovascular risks: A nuanced picture emerges, but raises questions too1
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 Net1
Evaluating Perinatal Health in Europe: A Comparison of Routine Population Birth Data Sources1
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Insights from the epidemiology of cerebral palsy: Navigating the advantages and limitations of registry versus administrative health data1
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Early childhood weight gain: Latent patterns and body composition outcomes1
Extreme heat and its association with social disparities in the risk of spontaneous preterm birth1
Low‐dose aspirin, maternal cardiometabolic health, and offspring respiratory health 9 to 14 years after delivery: Findings from the EAGeR Follow‐up Study1
Studying early pregnancy exposures and outcomes in routinely collected healthcare data: Conceiving of target trials1
Low Birthweight, Body Composition and Cardiometabolic Risk: Nature Versus Nurture?1
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Post‐term births as a risk factor for small for gestational age births and infant mortality in Brazil, Mexico, and Palestinian refugees: An analysis of electronic birth records1
Vitamin D status at birth and acute respiratory infection hospitalisation during infancy1
Susceptibility and Vulnerability of Children to Wildfire Smoke Exposure: Important Considerations and Remaining Knowledge Gaps1
Hypertension/Preeclampsia1
Lack of consensus on the definition of severe congenital heart defects for research: A challenge for comparing international studies1
Cancer incidence and stage at diagnosis in children and adolescents in the Community of Madrid, 2015–20181
Understanding the association between first and second stages of labour duration and its impact on mode of delivery1
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Response to the Commentary ‘Causes of ART‐related outcomes in the COVID‐19 era’1
Vascular health after assisted reproduction: A stroke of bad luck?1
Pregnancy‐associated mortality due to cardiovascular disease: Impact of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy1
Changes in preterm birth and caesarean deliveries in the United States during the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic1
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
Case–control study of exclusive breast feeding and severe bronchiolitis in the United States1
Language and communication development and school readiness of children raised by grandparents or in multi‐generational homes1
Conditional logistic versus conditional Poisson regression in sibship studies of interpregnancy interval1
Estimating the effect of diuretics and inhaled corticosteroids for evolving bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants1
The ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of interpregnancy interval effects: Who contributes, and does it matter?1
Growth patterns by birth size of preterm children born at 24–29 gestational weeks for the first 3 years1
Small for date preterm infants and risk of higher blood pressure in later life: A systematic review and meta‐analysis1
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