Browsing by Author "Lertxundi, Aitana"

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  • Arsenic exposure and respiratory outcomes during childhood in the INMA study
    Signes-Pastor, Antonio J.; Díaz-Coto, Susana; Martinez-Camblor, Pablo; Carey, Manus; Soler Blasco, Raquel; García-Villarino, Miguel; Fernández-Somoano, Ana; Júlvez Calvo, Jordi; Carrasco, Paula; Lertxundi, Aitana; Santa Marina, Loreto; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; Meharg, Andrew A.; Karagas, Margaret R.; Vioque, Jesus (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022)
    Ingested inorganic arsenic (iAs) is a human carcinogen that is also linked to other adverse health effects, such as respiratory outcomes. Yet, among populations consuming low-arsenic drinking water, the impact of iAs ...
  • Associations of maternal cell-phone use during pregnancy with pregnancy duration and fetal growth in 4 birth cohorts
    Tsarna, Ermioni; Reedijk, Marije; Birks, Laura Ellen, 1983-; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Ballester Díez, Ferran; Ha, Mina; Jiménez-Zabala, Ana; Kheifets, Leeka; Lertxundi, Aitana; Lim, Hyungryul; Olsen, Jørn; González-Safont, Llúcia; Sudan, Madhuri; Cardis, Elisabeth; Vrijheid, Martine; Vrijkotte, Tanja; Huss, Anke; Vermeulen, Roel (Oxford University Press, 2019)
    Results from studies evaluating potential effects of prenatal exposure to radio-frequency electromagnetic fields from cell phones on birth outcomes have been inconsistent. Using data on 55,507 pregnant women and their ...
  • Associations of residential greenspace exposure and fetal growth across four areas in Spain
    Torres Toda, Maria; Estarlich, Marisa; Ballester Díez, Ferran; de Castro, Montserrat; Fernández-Somoano, Ana; Ibarluzea, Jesús; Iñiguez, Carmen; Lertxundi, Aitana; Subiza-Pérez, Mikel; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Tardón, Adonina; Foraster Pulido, Maria, 1984-; Dadvand, Payam (Elsevier, 2022)
    An accumulating body of evidence has associated exposure to greenspace with improved birth outcomes, including higher birth weight and lower risk of low birth weight; however, evidence on such association with in-utero ...
  • Children who sleep more may have longer telomeres: findings from the INMA birth cohort study
    Petermann-Rocha, Fanny; Valera-Gran, Desirée; Fernández-Pires, Paula; Martens, Dries S.; Júlvez Calvo, Jordi; Rodríguez Dehli, Cristina; Andiarena, Ainara; Lozano Relaño, Manuel; Fernández-Somoano, Ana; Lertxundi, Aitana; Llop, Sabrina; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Nawrot, Tim S.; Navarrete-Muñoz, Eva-María (Nature Research, 2022)
    Background: Inadequate sleep duration has been suggested as a chronic stressor associated with changes in telomere length (TL). This study aimed to explore the association between sleep duration and TL using the INMA birth ...
  • Early-life exposure to outdoor air pollution and respiratory health, ear infections, and eczema in infants from the INMA study
    Aguilera Jiménez, Inmaculada, 1977-; Pedersen, Marie; García Esteban, Raquel; Ballester Díez, Ferran; Basterrechea, Mikel; Esplugues, Ana; Fernández Somoano, Ana; Lertxundi, Aitana; Tardón, Adonina; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2013)
    Background: Prenatal and early-life periods may be critical windows for harmful effects of air pollution on infant health. Objectives: We studied the association of air pollution exposure during pregnancy and the first ...
  • Efecto del empleo y de la carga doméstica en el desarrollo fetal y en la duración de la gestación en una cohorte de mujeres embarazadas
    Arizo-Luque, Vanessa; García, Ana María; Estarlich, Marisa; Ballester Díez, Ferran; Fernández-Tardón, Guillermo; Tardón, Adonina; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Vrijheid, Martine; Lertxundi, Aitana; Santa Marina, Loreto; Ronda-Pérez, Elena (Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, 2018)
    Fundamentos: Los estudios publicados no son concluyentes sobre el impacto de determinadas exposiciones ocupacionales en el embarazo, evidenciando la necesidad de considerar el doble rol, profesional y familiar, de las ...
  • Effects of residential greenness on attention in a longitudinal study at 8 and 11-13 years
    Anabitarte Riol, Asier; Ibarluzea, Jesús; García-Baquero, Gonzalo; Santa Marina, Loreto; Fernández-Somoano, Ana; Tardón, Adonina; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; de Castro, Montserrat; Dadvand, Payam; Lertxundi, Aitana (Elsevier, 2022)
    In an urbanizing world, with 55% of the population living in cities, it is essential to design friendly and healthy ones. An emerging body of evidence has associated greenspace exposure with improved cognitive development, ...
  • Exposure to metals and metalloids among pregnant women from Spain: Levels and associated factors
    Lozano Relaño, Manuel; Murcia, Mario; Soler Blasco, Raquel; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; Zubero, Begotxu; Riutort-Mayol, Gabriel; Gil, Fernando; Olmedo, Pablo; Grimalt Obrador, Joan; Amorós, Rubén; Lertxundi, Aitana; Vrijheid, Martine; Ballester Díez, Ferran; Llop, Sabrina (Elsevier, 2022)
    Background: Humans are regularly exposed to metals and metalloids present in air, water, food, soil and domestic materials. Most of them can cross the placental barrier and cause adverse impacts on the developing foetus. ...
  • Gestational phthalate exposure and lung function during childhood: A prospective population-based study
    Bosch de Basea i Gómez, Magda, 1982-; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Abellan, Alicia; Cobo, Inés; Lertxundi, Aitana; Marin, Natalia; Soler Blasco, Raquel; Ibarluzea, Jesús; Vrijheid, Martine; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; García Aymerich, Judith (Elsevier, 2022)
    The potential effect of gestational exposure to phthalates on the lung function levels during childhood is unclear. Therefore, we examined this association at different ages (from 4 to 11 years) and over the whole childhood. ...
  • Integration of gene expression and DNA methylation identifies epigenetically controlled modules related to PM2.5 exposure
    Merid, Simon Kebede; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; Standl, Marie; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Heinrich, Joachim; Lemonnier, Nathanael; Aguilar, Daniel; Antó i Boqué, Josep Maria; Bousquet, Jean; Santa Marina, Loreto; Lertxundi, Aitana; Bergström, Anna; Kull, Inger; Wheelock, Åsa M.; Koppelman, Gerard H.; Melén, Erik; Gruzieva, Olena (Elsevier, 2020)
    Air pollution has been associated with adverse health effects across the life-course. Although underlying mechanisms are unclear, several studies suggested pollutant-induced changes in transcriptomic profiles. In this ...
  • Nutritional modulation of associations between prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants and childhood obesity: a prospective cohort study
    Cano-Sancho, German; Warembourg, Charline; Güil, Nuria; Stratakis, Nikos; Lertxundi, Aitana; Irizar, Amaia; Llop, Sabrina; Lopez-Espinosa, Maria-José; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; González, Juan Ramón; Coumoul, Xavier; Fernández-Barrés, Sílvia; Antignac, Jean-Philippe; Vrijheid, Martine; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2023)
    Prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) may contribute to the development of childhood obesity and metabolic disorders. However, little is known about whether the maternal nutritional status during pregnancy ...
  • Prenatal air pollution exposure and growth and cardio-metabolic risk in preschoolers
    Fossati, Serena; Valvi, Damaskini, 1983-; Martínez, David; Cirach, Marta; Estarlich, Marisa; Fernández Somoano, Ana; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Iñiguez, Carmen; Irizar, Amaia; Lertxundi, Aitana; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Tamayo-Uria, Ibon; Vioque, Jesus; Tardón, Adonina; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Vrijheid, Martine (Elsevier, 2020)
    Objectives: We investigated the association between outdoor air pollutants exposure in the first trimester of pregnancy, and growth and cardio-metabolic risk at four years of age, and evaluated the mediating role of birth ...
  • Prenatal ambient air pollution exposure, infant growth and placental mitochondrial DNA content in the INMA birth cohort
    Clemente Batalha Pardal, Diana, 1990-; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; Janssen, Bram G.; Lertxundi, Aitana; Santa Marina, Loreto; Iñiguez, Carmen; Llop, Sabrina; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Nawrot, Tim S.; Vrijheid, Martine (Elsevier, 2017)
    BACKGROUND: The association between prenatal air pollution exposure and postnatal growth has hardly been explored. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), as a marker of oxidative stress, and growth at birth can play an intermediate ...
  • Prenatal and postnatal exposure to NO2 and child attentional function at 4-5 years of age
    Sentís, Alexis; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Dalmau Bueno, Albert; Andiarena, Ainara; Ballester Díez, Ferran; Cirach, Marta; Estarlich, Marisa; Fernández-Somoano, Ana; Ibarluzea, Jesús; Íñiguez, Carmen; Lertxundi, Aitana; Tardón, Adonina; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Vrijheid, Martine; Guxens Junyent, Mònica (Elsevier, 2017)
    BACKGROUND: Prenatal and postnatal exposure to air pollution has been linked to cognitive impairment in children, but very few studies have assessed its association with attentional function. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the ...
  • Prenatal exposure to fluoride and neuropsychological development in early childhood: 1-to 4 years old children
    Ibarluzea, Jesús; Gallastegi, Mara; Santa Marina, Loreto; Jiménez-Zabala, Ana; Arranz, Enrique; Molinuevo, Amaia; Lopez-Espinosa, Maria-José; Ballester Díez, Ferran; Villanueva, Cristina M.; Riano-Galan, Isolina; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Tardón, Adonina; Lertxundi, Aitana (Elsevier, 2022)
    Background: Cross-sectional and prospective studies have provided evidence of the neurotoxic effect of early exposure to fluoride (F) in pregnancy. It has been negatively associated with cognitive development during ...
  • Prenatal exposure to NO2 and ultrasound measures of fetal growth in the Spanish INMA cohort.
    Iñiguez, Carmen; Esplugues, Ana; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Basterrechea, Mikel; Fernández Somoano, Ana; Costa, Olga; Estarlich, Marisa; Aguilera Jiménez, Inmaculada, 1977-; Lertxundi, Aitana; Tardón, Adonina; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Murcia, Mario; Lopez-Espinosa, Maria-José; Ballester Díez, Ferran; NMA Project (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2016)
    BACKGROUND: Air pollution exposure during pregnancy has been associated with impaired fetal growth. However, few studies have measured fetal biometry longitudinally, remaining unclear as to whether there are windows of ...
  • Prenatal exposure to residential air pollution and infant mental development: modulation by antioxidants and detoxification factors
    Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Aguilera Jiménez, Inmaculada, 1977-; Ballester Díez, Ferran; Estarlich, Marisa; Fernández Somoano, Ana; Lertxundi, Aitana; Lertxundi, Nerea; Mendez, Michelle A.; Tardón, Adonina; Vrijheid, Martine; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; INMA (Infancia y Medio Ambiente) Project (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2012)
    Background: Air pollution effects on children’s neurodevelopment have recently been suggested to occur most likely through the oxidative stress pathway. Objective: We aimed to assess whether prenatal exposure to residential ...
  • Residential exposure to outdoor air pollution during pregnancy and anthropometric measures at birth in a multicenter cohort in Spain
    Estarlich, Marisa; Ballester Díez, Ferran; Fernández Somoano, Ana; Aguilera Jiménez, Inmaculada, 1977-; Lertxundi, Aitana; Llop, Sabrina; Freire, Carmen; Tardón, Adonina; Basterrechea, Mikel; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Iñiguez, Carmen (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2011)
    Background: A growing body of research suggests that prenatal exposure to air pollution may be harmful to fetal development. We assessed the association between exposure to air pollution during pregnancy and anthropometric ...
  • Surrounding greenness and pregnancy outcomes in four Spanish birth cohorts
    Dadvand, Payam; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Ballester Díez, Ferran; Lertxundi, Aitana; Fernández Somoano, Ana; Estarlich, Marisa; García Esteban, Raquel; Mendez, Michelle A.; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2012)
    Background: Green spaces have been associated with improved physical and mental health; however, the available evidence on the impact of green spaces on pregnancy is scarce. Objectives: We investigated the association ...
  • Susceptible windows of exposure to fine particulate matter and fetal growth trajectories in the Spanish INMA (INfancia y Medio Ambiente) birth cohort
    Chen, Wei-Jen; Rector, Alison; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Iñiguez, Carmen; Swartz, Michael D.; Symanski, Elaine; Ibarluzea, Jesús; Ambros, Albert; Estarlich, Marisa; Lertxundi, Aitana; Riano-Galan, Isolina; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Fernández Somoano, Ana; Chauhan, Suneet P.J.; Ish, Jennifer; Whitworth, Kristina W. (Elsevier, 2023)
    While prior studies report associations between fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure and fetal growth, few have explored temporally refined susceptible windows of exposure. We included 2328 women from the Spanish INMA ...