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Diabetes mellitus and birth defects by Correa, Adolfo, MD, PhD, Gilboa, Suzanne M., PhD, Besser, Lilah M., MPH, Botto, Lorenzo D., MD, Moore, Cynthia A., MD, PhD, Hobbs, Charlotte A., MD, PhD, Cleves, Mario A., PhD, Riehle-Colarusso, Tiffany J., MD, Waller, D. Kim, PhD, Reece, E. Albert, MD, PhD, MBA

“…Objective The purpose of this study was to examine associations between diabetes mellitus and 39 birth defects. Study Design This was a multicenter…”
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Maternal Exposure to Ambient Levels of Benzene and Neural Tube Defects among Offspring: Texas, 1999-2004 by Lupo, Philip J., Symanski, Elaine, Waller, D. Kim, Chan, Wenyaw, Langlois, Peter H., Canfield, Mark A., Mitchell, Laura E.

“…Background: Previous studies have reported positive associations between maternal exposure to air pollutants and several adverse birth outcomes. However, there…”
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Lack of periconceptional vitamins or supplements that contain folic acid and diabetes mellitus–associated birth defects by Correa, Adolfo, MD, PhD, Gilboa, Suzanne M., PhD, Botto, Lorenzo D., MD, Moore, Cynthia A., MD, PhD, Hobbs, Charlotte A., MD, PhD, Cleves, Mario A., PhD, Riehle-Colarusso, Tiffany J., MD, Waller, D. Kim, PhD, Reece, E. Albert, MD, PhD, MBA

“…Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the risk of birth defects in relation to diabetes mellitus and the lack of use of periconceptional vitamins…”
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Neural Tube Defects and Maternal Folate Intake Among Pregnancies Conceived After Folic Acid Fortification in the United States by Mosley, Bridget S., Cleves, Mario A., Siega-Riz, Anna Maria, Shaw, Gary M., Canfield, Mark A., Waller, D. Kim, Werler, Martha M., Hobbs, Charlotte A.

“…Rates of neural tube defects have decreased since folic acid fortification of the food supply in the United States. The authors’ objective was to evaluate the…”
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Association between prepregnancy body mass index and congenital heart defects by Gilboa, Suzanne M., PhD, Correa, Adolfo, MD, PhD, Botto, Lorenzo D., MD, Rasmussen, Sonja A., MD, MS, Waller, D. Kim, PhD, Hobbs, Charlotte A., MD, PhD, Cleves, Mario A., PhD, Riehle-Colarusso, Tiffany J., MD, MSE

“…Objective The purpose of this study was to examine associations between prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and congenital heart defects (CHDs). Study Design…”
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Diabetes and Obesity-Related Genes and the Risk of Neural Tube Defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study by LUPO, Philip J, CANFIELD, Mark A, HUIPING ZHU, CHAPA, Claudia, WEI LU, AGOPIAN, A. J, MITCHELL, Laura E, SHAW, Gary M, KIM WALLER, D, OLSHAN, Andrew F, FINNELL, Richard H

“…Few studies have evaluated genetic susceptibility related to diabetes and obesity as a risk factor for neural tube defects (NTDs). The authors investigated 23…”
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Residential mobility patterns and exposure misclassification in epidemiologic studies of birth defects by Canfield, Mark A, Ramadhani, Tunu A, Langlois, Peter H, Waller, D Kim

“…Many studies of environmental exposures and birth defects use mothers' addresses at delivery as a proxy for the exposure. The validity of these studies is…”
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Multiple bias analysis using logistic regression: an example from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study by Johnson, Candice Y., Howards, Penelope P., Strickland, Matthew J., Waller, D. Kim, Flanders, W. Dana

“…Exposure misclassification, selection bias, and confounding are important biases in epidemiologic studies, yet only confounding is routinely addressed…”
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Fish consumption prior to pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–2011 by Benjamin, Renata H, Mitchell, Laura E, Canfield, Mark A, Hoyt, Adrienne T, Lai, Dejian, Ramadhani, Tunu A, Carmichael, Suzan L, Case, Amy P, Waller, D Kim

“…To evaluate the relationships between maternal fish consumption and pregnancy outcomes in a large, population-based sample of women in the USA. We collected…”
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Maternal Obesity, Gestational Diabetes, and Central Nervous System Birth Defects by Anderson, James L., Waller, D. Kim, Canfield, Mark A., Shaw, Gary M., Watkins, Margaret L., Werler, Martha M.

“…Background: Maternal obesity and diabetes are both associated with increased risk of congenital central nervous system (CNS) malformations in the offspring and…”
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Mortality in achondroplasia study: A 42-year follow-up by Wynn, Julia, King, Terri M., Gambello, Michael J., Waller, D. Kim, Hecht, Jacqueline T.

“…Achondroplasia (ACH) is the most common dwarfing condition having a prevalence of 1/25,000 live births. An increase in overall mortality, age specific…”
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Modification of the association between diabetes and birth defects by obesity, National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–2011 by Tinker, Sarah C., Gilboa, Suzanne M., Moore, Cynthia A., Waller, D. Kim, Simeone, Regina M., Kim, Shin Y., Jamieson, Denise J., Botto, Lorenzo D., Fisher, Sarah C., Reefhuis, Jennita

“…Background Maternal pregestational diabetes and obesity are risk factors for birth defects. Diabetes and obesity often occur together; it is unclear whether…”
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Depression Prevalence and Exposure to Organophosphate Esters in Aircraft Maintenance Workers by Hardos, Jennifer E, Whitehead, Lawrence W, Han, Inkyu, Ott, Darrin K, Waller, D Kim

“…Previous studies found that aircraft maintenance workers may be exposed to organophosphates in hydraulic fluid and engine oil. Studies have also illustrated a…”
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Microcephaly inpatient hospitalization and potential Zika outbreak in Texas: A cost and predicted economic burden analysis by Shewale, Jitesh B., Ganduglia Cazaban, Cecilia M., Waller, D. Kim, Mitchell, Laura E., Langlois, Peter H., Agopian, A.J.

“…Estimate inpatient hospitalization costs for patients with microcephaly, and predict cost increases due to a potential Zika virus outbreak. We identified…”
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Maternal fever during early pregnancy and the risk of oral clefts by Shahrukh Hashmi, S., Gallaway, M. Shayne, Waller, D. Kim, Langlois, Peter H., Hecht, Jacqueline T.

“…An increased risk of birth defects after hyperthermic exposures has been confirmed in animal studies, but population studies have yielded inconsistent results…”
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Specific birth defects in pregnancies of women with diabetes: National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–2011 by Tinker, Sarah C., Gilboa, Suzanne M., Moore, Cynthia A., Waller, D. Kim, Simeone, Regina M., Kim, Shin Y., Jamieson, Denise J., Botto, Lorenzo D., Reefhuis, Jennita

“…Diabetes is associated with an increased risk for many birth defects and is likely to have an increasing impact on birth defect prevalence because of the rise…”
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Prevalence of nonsyndromic oral clefts in Texas: 1995-1999 by Hashmi, Syed Shahrukh, Waller, D. Kim, Langlois, Peter, Canfield, Mark, Hecht, Jacqueline T.

“…Nonsyndromic cleft lip with/without cleft palate (NSCLP) and nonsyndromic cleft palate only (NSCPO) are common complex birth defects affecting 4,000 newborns…”
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Maternal genetic markers for risk of celiac disease and their potential association with neural tube defects in offspring by Hoang, Thanh T., Lei, Yunping, Mitchell, Laura E., Sharma, Shreela V., Swartz, Michael D., Waller, D. Kim, Finnell, Richard H., Benjamin, Renata H., Browne, Marilyn L., Canfield, Mark A., Lupo, Philip J., McKenzie, Paige, Shaw, Gary M., Agopian, A. J.

“…Background We examined the association between the maternal genotype for celiac disease‐associated variants and risk of neural tube defects (NTDs). Methods We…”
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Evidence-based reproductive health care in Cameroon : population-based study of awareness, use and barriers by TITA, Alan T. N, SELWYN, Beatrice J, WALLER, D. Kim, KAPADIA, Asha S, DONGMO, Sylvestre

“…To estimate the prevalence of awareness and use of evidence-based reproductive health interventions and to describe the barriers associated with the use of…”
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The association between use of spermicides or male condoms and major structural birth defects by Gallaway, M. Shayne, Waller, D. Kim, Canfield, Mark A, Scheuerle, Angela

“…Abstract Background Women may become pregnant while using contraceptives. Commonly used contraceptives containing spermicides may or may not be associated with…”
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