Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Carolina C. V. Silva, Susana Santos, Ryan L. Muetzel, Meike W. Vernooij, Bas B. van Rijn, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Hanan El Marroun
Summary: The study found that poor maternal cardiovascular health during pregnancy may impact offspring brain development in the long term, with higher maternal diastolic blood pressure in early pregnancy associated with lower offspring white matter mean diffusivity.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
(2022)
Review
Psychology, Clinical
Adam O'Riordan, Stephen Gallagher, Siobhan Howard
Summary: Type D personality is associated with cardiovascular reactivity to stress, particularly among females and in response to nonsocial stressors.
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Kristiane Tommerup, Rebecca E. Lacey
Summary: The study found that maternal distress reported at 9 months was associated with steeper increases in BMI and FMI trajectories for girls; paternal distress reported at 9 months was associated with steeper increases in BMI and FMI for both girls and boys; and maternal moderate distress at 3 years was associated with steeper BMI and FMI trajectories for girls.
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Wilfried Gyselaers, Pauline Dreesen, Anneleen Simone Staelens, Kathleen Tomsin, Liesbeth Bruckers, Sharona Vonck
Summary: A study found that there is an imbalance between cardiac output and total vascular resistance in first-trimester normotensive pregnancies, which is associated with increased risks for adverse gestational outcomes.
Review
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Veronica Giorgione, Gwyneth Jansen, Jamie Kitt, Chahinda Ghossein-Doha, Paul Leeson, Basky Thilaganathan
Summary: There is an increased occurrence of cardiovascular diseases in women within 1 to 2 decades after a preeclamptic pregnancy. Recent evidence suggests that the abnormal biochemical and echocardiographic findings in preeclamptic women do not resolve after giving birth. Many women remain hypertensive in the immediate postnatal period, with some showing signs of cardiac dysfunction. Close monitoring and effective blood pressure control in the immediate postnatal period may lead to persistently lower blood pressures in women years after stopping medication. This review emphasizes the importance of delivering effective medical care in the fourth trimester of pregnancy to improve long-term cardiovascular health after a preeclamptic birth.
Article
Family Studies
Jared M. Poff, Jonathan A. Jarvis, Kevin Shafer, Mikaela J. Dufur
Summary: Unlike Western studies, this study finds that maternal psychological distress is associated with child internalizing and externalizing behavioral problems in Japan, while paternal psychological distress has no significant association. Further research is needed to understand how parental psychological factors affect child behavior in non-Western locations with different family dynamics and child-rearing practices.
JOURNAL OF CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Zhuoyan Li, Yujian Wu, Bowen Du, Xiaodan Yu, Hualing Wang, Yiwei Niu, Jian Wang, Sun Chen, Kun Sun
Summary: This study found that maternal gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with cardiovascular alterations in early childhood, particularly in male offspring, independent of maternal and child characteristics.
DIABETES-METABOLISM RESEARCH AND REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Pediatrics
Alexander Testa, Dylan B. Jackson
Summary: Unmarried mothers without paternal involvement who have experienced accumulating adverse childhood experiences are at significantly higher risk for having newborns with low birth weight and preterm birth.
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Zhuoyan Li, Yiwei Niu, Yujian Wu, Bowen Du, Yujiao Ye, Hualing Wang, Yu Meng, Yanan Lu, Kun Sun, Jian Wang
Summary: Maternal hyperglycemia is associated with cardiovascular risks in offspring, not limited to populations with diabetes. This study found that gestational glucose concentrations in women without (pre)gestational diabetes mellitus were associated with childhood cardiovascular alterations. Further research is needed to evaluate whether reducing gestational glucose can mitigate cardiometabolic risks in offspring.
JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2023)
Review
Pediatrics
Tatsuhiko Azegami, Keiko Uchida, Mitsuaki Tokumura, Masaaki Mori
Summary: Hypertension is the most common non-communicable disease among adults and early identification of young individuals at risk for hypertension allows for early intervention. Studies suggest that elevated childhood blood pressure may be associated with increased risk of adult hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
FRONTIERS IN PEDIATRICS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Arash Derakhshan, Elise M. Philips, Akhgar Ghassabian, Susana Santos, Alexandros G. Asimakopoulos, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Andreas Kortenkamp, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Leonardo Trasande, Robin P. Peeters, Tim I. M. Korevaar
Summary: Exposure to bisphenols during pregnancy may interfere with maternal thyroid function and affect the thyroid system in offspring. There were associations between BPA and BPS concentrations with maternal thyroid function, with late pregnancy BPA exposure linked to higher TSH in female newborns and higher FT4 during childhood in males.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Meddy N. Bongers-Karmaoui, Clarissa J. Wiertsema, Annemarie G. M. G. J. Mulders, Wim A. Helbing, Alexander Hirsch, Arno A. W. Roest, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Romy Gaillard
Summary: This study aimed to examine the association between gestational hypertensive disorders and gestational blood pressure with subclinical changes in cardiac structure and function of offspring. The results showed that offspring exposed to pre-eclampsia had lower right ventricular ejection fraction. Higher maternal diastolic blood pressure in early and late pregnancy was associated with lower left and right ventricular end-diastolic volumes. There were no consistent associations with other cardiac outcomes.
BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Hao Hou, Caochen Zhang, Jie Tang, Jingjing Wang, Jiaqi Xu, Qin Zhou, Wenjun Yan, Xiuyin Gao, Wei Wang
Summary: This study aimed to explore the combined effect of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and benevolent childhood experiences (BCEs) on psychological distress among Chinese undergraduates. The findings suggested that ACEs and BCEs can independently predict psychological distress, and BCEs can counteract the negative effect of ACEs on psychological problems. Therefore, it is important to identify and support individuals affected by ACEs and increase benevolent childhood experiences in early childhood.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Marlon J. R. Aliberti, Claudia Szlejf, Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa, Fabiola B. de Andrade, Tiago S. Alexandre, Cleusa P. Ferri, Claudia K. Suemoto
Summary: The relationship between hypertension and cognition in later life is controversial, and the association of hypertension with cognitive performance may be influenced by frailty status among older adults. Frailty status may modify the association of hypertension with cognitive performance in those aged 65 years and older.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yoshihiro Miyake, Keiko Tanaka, Hitomi Okubo, Satoshi Sasaki, Masashi Arakawa
Summary: Limited and inconsistent evidence exists regarding the relationship between maternal calcium intake during pregnancy and childhood blood pressure. This prebirth cohort study in Japanese children aged 6 years found that higher maternal calcium intake may be associated with a decrease in diastolic blood pressure, but not systolic blood pressure.
ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Scott W. Delaney, Yllza Xerxa, Ryan L. Muetzel, Tonya White, Sebastien Haneuse, Kerry J. Ressler, Henning Tiemeier, Laura D. Kubzansky
Summary: The study suggests that positive prenatal family environments may have lasting benefits on white matter neurodevelopment in preadolescence, which can reduce the risk of behavior problems.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Pediatrics
Liron Borenstein-Levin, Jarinda A. Poppe, Willem van Weteringen, H. Rob Taal, Ori Hochwald, Amir Kugelman, Irwin K. M. Reiss, Sinno H. P. Simons
Summary: The study showed that the SpO(2) histogram classification system provides an objective measure of response to doxapram therapy in preterm infants. Infants who responded to treatment within 24 hours were less likely to require invasive mechanical ventilation. The classification system allows for bedside assessment of oxygenation status changes in response to respiratory interventions within a few hours.
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Pediatrics
Farah Qureshi, Izzuddin M. Aris, Sheryl L. Rifas-Shiman, Wei Perng, Emily Oken, Janet Rich-Edwards, Andres Cardenas, Andrea A. Baccarelli, Michelle Bosquet Enlow, Mandy B. Belfort, Henning Tiemeier
Summary: This study investigated the association between leukocyte telomere length (LTL) at birth and markers of adiposity growth linked with cardiometabolic health later in life. The results suggest that LTL may be an early biomarker of altered adiposity growth, with shorter LTL being related to a later age of peak BMI for females and an earlier age of BMI rebound for both males and females.
Article
Pediatrics
Jonathan S. Litt, Samantha Johnson, Neil Marlow, Henning Tiemeier
Summary: This study aimed to investigate whether poor childhood pulmonary function explains the association between extremely preterm birth and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in young adulthood. The results showed that extremely preterm individuals had a higher risk of inattention compared to term-born peers, and this risk may be related to poor pulmonary function.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Elizabeth W. Diemer, Alexandra Havdahl, Ole A. Andreassen, Marcus R. Munafo, Pal R. Njolstad, Henning Tiemeier, Luisa Zuccolo, Sonja A. Swanson
Summary: In this study, the researchers computed nonparametric bounds for the causal risk difference derived from multiple proposed instruments in a Mendelian randomisation study. The results showed that when proposing multiple instruments, bounds can provide a reasonable range and direction of the expected effects.
PAEDIATRIC AND PERINATAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Iryna Culpin, Gemma Hammerton, Alan Stein, Marc H. Bornstein, Henning Tiemeier, Tim Cadman, Eivor Fredriksen, Jonathan Evans, Tina Miller, Esther Dermott, Jon Heron, Hannah M. Sallis, Rebecca M. Pearson
Summary: The present study suggests that the adverse effects of maternal postnatal depression on child development cannot be explained by various aspects of paternal involvement. Only father-child conflict has been identified as a risk factor for adverse child development and as a mediator in the association between maternal postnatal depression and child development. If found causal, interventions that reduce father-child conflict may improve developmental outcomes of children of mothers with postnatal depression.
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Laura Perez-Crespo, Esmee Essers, Maria Foraster, Albert Ambros, Henning Tiemeier, Monica Guxens
Summary: Outdoor residential exposure to road traffic and multiple noise levels may compromise sleep quality in preadolescents. Road traffic noise is associated with reduced total sleep time and longer wake after sleep onset, but not with maternal-reported sleep disturbances.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
X. Liu, M. Kayser, S. A. Kushner, H. Tiemeier, F. Rivadeneira, V. W. V. Jaddoe, W. J. Niessen, E. B. Wolvius, G. Roshchupkin
Summary: This study found that low-to-moderate levels of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) were associated with children's facial shape, even at levels below 12 g of alcohol per week. However, this association diminished as children grew older.
HUMAN REPRODUCTION
(2023)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Alexandra Hillcoat, Jaya Prakash, Leah Martin, Yu Zhang, Gabriela Rosa, Henning Tiemeier, Nicole Torres, Vicente Mustieles, Charleen D. Adams, Carmen Messerlian
Summary: The aetiology of female reproductive disorders is poorly understood despite their prevalence and burden on women's lives. Traumatic experiences may be linked to these disorders, and further research is needed to understand the relationship between trauma and reproductive outcomes. Racism may also act as a traumatic experience, and it is important to consider the interaction between mental and reproductive health. Neuroendocrinological mechanisms may contribute to the increased risk of adverse health outcomes in these domains. Future primary research is needed to investigate the proposed pathways between traumatic experiences and adverse female reproductive outcomes.
HUMAN REPRODUCTION
(2023)
Editorial Material
Psychology, Developmental
Henning Tiemeier
Summary: In their study on the stability of psychopathology using longitudinal population surveys, Oldehinkel and Ormel emphasize the importance of not only comparing groups but also focusing on within-person variability. They suggest that adopting a within-person approach can enhance our understanding of emotional and behavioral problems and potentially improve intervention research.
JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Sara Sammallahti, Fadila Serdarevic, Henning Tiemeier
Summary: Excessive crying and irritability in infancy are associated with behavioral problems and amygdala volume among children and adolescents.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Pediatrics
Jarinda A. Poppe, Sean P. Fitzgibbon, H. Rob Taal, Sjoukje E. Loudon, Angela M. Tjiam, Charles C. Roehr, Irwin K. M. Reiss, Sinno H. P. Simons, Caroline Hartley
Summary: This study examines the ability of physiological data during the first postnatal month to predict laser treatment for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) in preterm infants. The results show that physiological data already have predictive accuracy, but further validation is needed. These findings suggest the potential of physiological data for future ROP prediction and early interventions to protect infants from abnormal retinal development.
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
(2023)
Correction
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Bethany Kotlar, Emily Michelle Gerson, Sophia Petrillo, Ana Langer, Henning Tiemeier
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
(2023)
Review
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Federica Sileo, Joris A. J. Osinga, W. Edward Visser, Toyah A. Jansen, Wichor M. Bramer, Arash Derakhshan, Valeria Citterio, Henning Tiemeier, Luca Persani, Tim I. M. Korevaar
Summary: Postpartum depression (PPD) has a significant impact on maternal and offspring well-being. This study found no association between thyroid function/TPOAb positivity and PPD through a population-based prospective cohort study, systematic literature review, and meta-analysis.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Tessa A. Mulder, Purdey J. Campbell, Peter N. Taylor, Robin P. Peeters, Scott G. Wilson, Marco Medici, Colin Dayan, Vincent V. W. Jaddoe, John P. Walsh, Nicholas G. Martin, Henning Tiemeier, Tim I. M. Korevaar
Summary: This study found that the effects of many known thyroid function-related genes are already apparent in childhood, and some genes have a greater impact on children compared to adults. These findings provide new insights into the genetic regulation of thyroid function in early life.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2023)
