• openAccess   Air Pollution Exposure during Pregnancy and Childhood Autistic Traits in Four European Population-Based Cohort Studies: The ESCAPE Project 

      Guxens, Mònica; García Esteban, Raquel; De Nazelle, Audrey; Forns, Joan; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Rebagliato, Marisa; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Ghassabian, Akhgar; Gong, Tong; Porta, Daniela; Giorgis-Allemand, Lise; Almqvis, Catarina; Aranbarri, Aritz; Beelen, Rob; Badaloni, Chiara; Cesaroni, Giulia; Estarlich, Marisa; Forastiere, Francesco; Gehring, Ulrike; Ibarluzea, Jesus; Jaddoe, Vincent W.V.; Korek, Michal; Lichtenstein, Paul; Slama, Rémy; Tiemeier, Henning; Verhulst, Frank C.; Volk, Heather E.; Pershagen, Göran; Brunekreef, Bert National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) (2015)
      Background: Prenatal exposure to air pollutants has been suggested as a possible etiologic factor for the occurrence of autism spectrum disorder. Objectives: We aimed to assess whether prenatal air pollution exposure ...
    • openAccess   Characterisation of exposure to non-ionising electromagnetic fields in the Spanish INMA birth cohort: study protocol 

      Gallastegi, Mara; Guxens, Mònica; Jiménez Zabala, Ana; Calvente, Irene; Fernández, Marta; Birks, Laura; Struchen, Benjamin; Vrijheid, Martine; Estarlich, Marisa; Fernández, Mariana F.; Torrent, Maties; Ballester, Ferran; Aurrekoetxea, J. J.; Ibarluzea, Jesus; Guerra, David; González Pascual, Julián; Röösli, Martin; SANTA MARINA, LORETO BioMed Central (2016)
      Background Analysis of the association between exposure to electromagnetic fields of non-ionising radiation (EMF-NIR) and health in children and adolescents is hindered by the limited availability of data, mainly due ...
    • closedAccess   Comparison of urinary iodine levels in women of childbearing age during and after pregnancy 

      Castilla, Ane M.; Murcia, Mario; Arrizabalaga, Juan José; Espada, Mercedes; Julvez, Jordi; Basterretxea, Mikel; Álvarez Pedrerol, Mar; Estarlich, Marisa; Moreno, Elena; Guxens, Mònica; Vioque, Jesus; Rebagliato, Marisa Springer (2018-08)
      Purpose Median urinary iodine concentration (UIC) is used to describe the iodine status of a population. However, the link between UIC and iodine intake may vary during pregnancy. The aim of this study was to compare ...
    • openAccess   Exploration of thyroglobulin as a biomarker of iodine status in iodine-sufficient and mildly iodine-deficient pregnant women 

      Dineva, Mariana; Rayman, Margaret; Levie, Deborah; Hunziker, Sandra; Guxens, Mònica; Peeters, Robin; Murcia, Mario; Rebagliato, Marisa; Irizar Loibide, Amaia; Jimeno-Romero, Alba; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Korevaar, Tim; Bath, Sarah Springer (2023-03-27)
      Purpose Urinary iodine-to-creatinine ratio (UI/Creat) reflects recent iodine intake but has limitations for assessing habitual intake. Thyroglobulin (Tg) concentration, which increases with thyroid size, appears to be an ...
    • closedAccess   Factors associated with second-hand smoke exposure in non-smoking pregnant women in Spain: Self-reported exposure and urinary cotinine levels 

      Aurrekoetxea, J. J.; Murcia, Mario; Rebagliato, Marisa; Fernández Somoano, Ana; Miren Castlla, Ane; Guxens, Mònica; López Espinosa, María José; Lertxundi, Aitana; Espada, Mercedes; Tardon, Adonina; Ballester, Ferran; SANTA MARINA, LORETO Elsevier (2014-02)
      The aim of this study was to evaluate the main sources of and sociodemographic factors associated with second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure, assessed both by questionnaire and by urinary cotinine (UC) levels, in non-smoking ...
    • closedAccess   High doses of folic acid in the periconceptional period and risk of low weight for gestational age at birth in a population based cohort study. 

      Navarrete-Muñoz, Eva María; Valera-Gran, Desirée; Garcia de la Hera, Manuela; González-Palacios, Sandra; Riaño-Galan, Isolina; Murcia, Mario; Lertxundi, Aitana; Guxens, Mònica; Tardon, Adonina; Amiano, Pilar; Vrijheid, Martine; Rebagliato, Marisa; Vioque, Jesus Springer (2019)
      Purpose We investigated the association between maternal use of folic acid (FA) during pregnancy and child anthropometric measures at birth. Methods We included 2302 mother–child pairs from a population-based birth cohort ...
    • openAccess   Maternal iron status during pregnancy and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in 7-year-old children: a prospective cohort study 

      Díaz-López, Andrés; Canals, Josefa; Julvez, Jordi; Fernández-Barrés, Sílvia; Llop, Sabrina; Rebagliato, Marisa; Lertxundi, Nerea; SANTA MARINA, LORETO; Guxens, Mònica; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Arija, Victoria Nature (2022)
      Evidence suggests that iron status may be linked to symptoms of childhood attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but there is little data available on the relationship between iron status in pregnancy and the ...
    • closedAccess   Maternal pre-pregnancy overweight and obesity, and child neuropsychological development: two Southern European birth cohort studies 

      Casas, Maribel; Chatzi, Leda; Carsi, Anne-Elie; Amiano, Pilar; Guxens, Mònica; Kogevinas, Manolis; Koutra, Katerina; Lertxundi, Nerea; Murcia, Mario; Rebagliato, Marisa; Riaño, Isolina; Rodríguez-Bernal, Clara L.; Roumeliotaki, Theano; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Mendez, Michelle; Vrijheid, Martine International Epidemiological Association (2013)
      Background Maternal pre-pregnancy obesity may be associated with impaired infant neuropsychological development; however, there are few studies and it is unclear if reported associations are due to intrauterine ...
    • closedAccess   Mediators of the association between maternal body mass index and breastfeeding duration in 3 international cohorts 

      Keyes, Madeline; Andrews, Chloe; Midya, Vishal; Carrasco, Paula; Guxens, Mònica; Jimeno-Romero, Alba; Murcia, Mario; Rodriguez-Dehli, Cristina; Romaguera, Dora; Santa-Maria, Loreto; Vafeiadi, Marina; Chatzi, Lida; Oken, Emily; Vrijheid, Martine; Valvi, Damaskini; Sen, Sarbattama Elsevier (2023-07)
      Background: Maternal obesity has been associated with shorter breastfeeding duration, but little is known about mediating factors explaining this association. It is important to assess these relationships across diverse ...
    • openAccess   Prenatal and postnatal exposure to air pollution and emotional and aggressive symptoms in children from 8 European birth cohorts 

      Jorcano, Ainhoa; Lubczyńska, Malgorzata j.; Pierotti, Livia; Altug, Hicran; Ballester, Ferran; Cesaroni, Giulia; El Marroun, Hanan; Fernández Somoano, Ana; Freire, Carmen; Hanke, Wojciech; Hoek, Gerard; Ibarluzea, Jesus; Iñiguez, Carmen; Jansen, Pauline; Lepeule, Johanna; Markevych, Iana; Nit, Kinga; Porta, Daniela; Schikowski, Tamara; Slama, Remy; Standl, Marie; Tardon, Adonina; Vrijkotte, Tanja; von Berg, Andrea; Tiemeier, Henning; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Guxens, Mònica Elsevier (2019-10)
      Background: The association between air pollution exposure and emotional and behavioural problems in children is unclear. We aimed to assess prenatal and postnatal exposure to several air pollutants and child's depressive and ...
    • closedAccess   Prenatal exposure to mercury and longitudinally assesssed fetal growth: Relation and effect modifiers 

      Ballester, Ferran; Íñiguez, Carmen; Murcia, Mario; Guxens, Mònica; Basterretxea, Mikel; Rebagliato, Marisa; Vioque, Jesus; Lertxundi, Aitana; Fernández Somoano, Ana; Tardon, Adonina; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Llop, Sabrina Elsevier (2018-01)
      Background:Prenatal mercury exposure has been related to reductions in anthropometry at birth. Levels ofmercury have been reported as being relatively elevated in the Spanish population.Objective:To investigate the relation ...
    • closedAccess   Second-hand smoke exposure in 4-year-old children in Spain: Sources, associated factors and urinary cotinine 

      Aurrekoetxea, J. J.; Murcia, Mario; Rebagliato, Marisa; Guxens, Mònica; Fernández Somoano, Ana; López Espinosa, María José; Lertxundi, Aitana; Castilla, Ane M.; Espada, Mercedes; Tardon, Adonina; Ballester, Ferran; SANTA MARINA, LORETO Elsevier (2016-02)
      Introduction Second-hand smoke exposure (SHS) in children remains as a major pollution problem, with important consequences for children's health. This study aimed to identify the sources of exposure to SHS among ...
    • openAccess   Sleep problems at ages 8–9 and ADHD symptoms at ages 10–11: evidence in three cohorts from INMA study 

      González-Safont, Llúcia; Rebagliato, Marisa; Arregi, Ane; Carrasco, Paula; Guxens, Mònica; Vegas, Oscar; Julvez, Jordi; Estarlich, Marisa Springer Nature (2023-09-18)
      Sleep problems and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are interrelated during childhood and preadolescence. The objective of this work is assessing if sleep problems at ages 8–9 represent an alarm sign for ...
    • openAccess   Sleeping, TV, Cognitively Stimulating Activities, Physical Activity, and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptom Incidence in Children: A Prospective Study 

      Peralta, Gabriela; Forns, Joan; Garcia de la Hera, Manuela; Gonzalez, Llúcia; Guxens, Mònica; López-Vicente, Mónica; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins (2018-04)
      Objective: To analyze associations between time spent sleeping, watching TV, engaging in cognitively stimulating activities, and engaging in physical activity, all at 4 years, and (1) attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ...
    • openAccess   The use of lower or higher than recommended doses of folic acid supplements during pregnancy is associated with child attentional dysfunction at 4-5 years of age in the INMA Project 

      Compañ Gabucio, Laura M; Garcia de la Hera, Manuela; Torres-Collado, Laura; Fernández Somoano, Ana; Tardon, Adonina; Guxens, Mònica; Vrijheid, Martine; Rebagliato, Marisa; Murcia, Mario; Ibarluzea, Jesus; Martí, Itxaso; Vioque, Jesus MDPI (2021-01-23)
      We assessed the association between the use of lower- and higher-than-recommended doses of folic acid supplements (FAs) during pregnancy and attentional function in boys and girls at age of 4-5. We analyzed data from 1329 ...