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  • Association of early life exposure to phthalates with obesity and cardiometabolic traits in childhood: sex specific associations
    Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Myridakis, Antonis; Roumeliotaki, Theano; Margetaki, Katerina; Chalkiadaki, Georgia; Dermitzaki, Eirini; Venihaki, Maria; Sarri, Katerina; Vassilaki, Maria; Leventakou, Vasiliki; Stephanou, Euripides G.; Kogevinas, Manolis; Chatzi, Leda (Frontiers, 2018)
    Few studies have investigated longitudinal associations between early life phthalate exposure and subsequent obesity and cardiovascular risks in children with inconsistent results. We aimed to evaluate the associations ...
  • Association of Prenatal Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants with Obesity and Cardiometabolic Traits in Early Childhood: The Rhea Mother-Child Cohort (Crete, Greece).
    Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Georgiou, Vaggelis; Chalkiadaki, Georgia; Rantakokko, Panu; Kiviranta, Hannu; Karachaliou, Marianna; Fthenou, Eleni; Venihaki, Maria; Sarri, Katerina; Vassilaki, Maria; Kyrtopoulos, Sosterios A.; Oken, Emily; Kogevinas, Manolis; Chatzi, Leda (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2015)
    BACKGROUND: Prenatal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) may increase risk of obesity later in life. OBJECTIVE: We examined the relation of in utero POPs exposure to ...
  • Associations of prenatal exposure to cadmium with child growth, obesity, and cardiometabolic traits
    Chatzi, Leda; Ierodiakonou, Despo; Margetaki, Katerina; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Chalkiadaki, Georgia; Roumeliotaki, Theano; Fthenou, Eleni; Pentheroudaki, Eirini; McConnell, Rob; Kogevinas, Manolis; Kippler, Maria (Oxford University Press, 2019)
    Prenatal cadmium exposure has been associated with impaired fetal growth; much less is known about the impact during later childhood on growth and cardiometabolic traits. To elucidate the associations of prenatal cadmium ...
  • Diet as a source of exposure to environmental contaminants for pregnant women and children from six european countries
    Papadopoulou, Eleni, 1985-; Haug, Line Småstuen; Sakhi, Amrit Kaur; Andrušaitytė, Sandra; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Brantsaeter, Anne Lise; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; Fernández Barrés, Sílvia; Grazuleviciene, Regina; Knutsen, Helle Katrine; Maitre, Léa; Meltzer, Helle Margrete; McEachan, Rosemary R.C.; Roumeliotaki, Theano; Slama, Rémy; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Wright, John; Vrijheid, Martine; Thomsen, Cathrine; Chatzi, Leda (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2019)
    Background: Pregnant women and children are especially vulnerable to exposures to food contaminants, and a balanced diet during these periods is critical for optimal nutritional status. Objectives: Our objective was to ...
  • Early life multiple exposures and child cognitive function: A multi-centric birth cohort study in six European countries
    Julvez, Jordi; López Vicente, Mònica, 1988-; Warembourg, Charline; Maitre, Léa; Philippat, Claire; Gützkow, Kristine B.; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Evandt, Jorunn; Andrušaitytė, Sandra; Burgaleta Díaz, Miguel, 1981-; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; Chatzi, Leda; de Castro, Montserrat; Donaire González, David; Gražulevičienė, Regina; Hernandez-Ferrer, Carles, 1987-; Heude, Barbara; McEachan, Rosie; Mon-Williams, Mark; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Robinson, Oliver; Sakhi, Amrit Kaur; Sebastián Gallés, Núria; Slama, Rémy; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Tamayo-Uria, Ibon; Thomsen, Cathrine; Urquiza, José M.; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Vrijheid, Martine (Elsevier, 2021)
    Epidemiological studies mostly focus on single environmental exposures. This study aims to systematically assess associations between a wide range of prenatal and childhood environmental exposures and cognition. The study ...
  • Effect of hormone disruptors on birth outcomes and child's anogenital distance
    Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983- (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2014-02-26)
    Introduction: Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) include a wide range of synthetic chemical substances that are ubiquitous in the environment and are identified as endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) which can alter ...
  • Exposure to natural environments during pregnancy and birth outcomes in 11 European birth cohorts
    Torres Roda, Maria; Fossati, Serena; de Castro, Montserrat; Fernandes, Amanda; Roumeliotaki, Theano; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Vrijheid, Martine; Foraster Pulido, Maria, 1984-; Dadvand, Payam (Elsevier, 2022)
    Research suggests that maternal exposure to natural environments (i.e., green and blue spaces) promotes healthy fetal growth. However, the available evidence is heterogeneous across regions, with very few studies on the ...
  • Gestational sleep deprivation is associated with higher offspring body mass index and blood pressure
    Harskamp-van Ginkel, Margreet W.; Ierodiakonou, Despo; Margetaki, Katerina; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Karachaliou, Marianna; Kogevinas, Manolis; Vrijkotte, Tanja; Chatzi, Leda (Oxford University Press, 2020)
    Study objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between gestational sleep deprivation and childhood adiposity and cardiometabolic profile. Methods: Data were used from two population-based ...
  • Identification of autosomal cis expression quantitative trait methylation (cis eQTMs) in children's blood
    Ruiz-Arenas, Carlos; Hernandez-Ferrer, Carles, 1987-; Vives Usano, Marta, 1990-; Marí, Sergi; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Vrijheid, Martine; González Ruiz, Juan Ramón; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona (eLife Sciences Publications, 2022)
    Background: The identification of expression quantitative trait methylation (eQTMs), defined as associations between DNA methylation levels and gene expression, might help the biological interpretation of epigenome-wide ...
  • Impact of prenatal exposure to cadmium on cognitive development at preschool age and the importance of selenium and iodine
    Kippler, Maria; Bottai, Mateo; Georgiou, Vaggelis; Koutra, Katerina; Chalkiadaki, Georgia; Kampouri, Mariza; Kyriklaki, Andriani; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Fthenou, Eleni; Vassilaki, Maria; Kogevinas, Manolis; Vahter, Marie; Chatzi, Leda (SpringerOpen, 2016)
    The evidence regarding a potential link of low-to-moderate iodine deficiency, selenium status, and cadmium exposure during pregnancy with neurodevelopment is either contradicting or limited. We aimed to assess the prenatal ...
  • In utero exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like compounds and anogenital distance in newborns and infants
    Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Agramunt, Silvia; Papadopoulou, Eleni, 1985-; Besselink, Harrie; Mathianaki, Kleopatra; Karakosta, Polyxeni; Spanaki, Ariana; Koutis, Antonis; Chatzi, Leda; Vrijheid, Martine; Kogevinas, Manolis (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2013)
    BACKGROUND: Anogenital distance in animals is used as a measure of fetal androgen action. Prenatal exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like compounds in rodents causes reproductive changes in male offspring and decreases ...
  • Obesity is associated with shorter telomeres in 8 year-old children
    Clemente Batalha Pardal, Diana, 1990-; Maitre, Léa; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; Chatzi, Leda; Roumeliotaki, Theano; Fossati, Serena; Grazuleviciene, Regina; Gützkow, Kristine B.; Lepeule, Johanna; Martens, Dries S.; McEachan, Rosemary R.C.; Meltzer, Helle Margrete; Petraviciene, Inga; Slama, Rémy; Tamayo-Uria, Ibon; Urquiza, José M.; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Wright, John; Nawrot, Tim S.; Vrijheid, Martine (Nature Research, 2019)
    Telomere length is considered a biomarker of biological aging. Shorter telomeres and obesity have both been associated with age-related diseases. To evaluate the association between various indices of obesity with leukocyte ...
  • Prenatal and childhood traffic-related air pollution exposure and telomere length in european children: The HELIX Project
    Clemente Batalha Pardal, Diana, 1990-; Vrijheid, Martine; Martens, Dries S.; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; Chatzi, Leda; Danileviciute, Asta; de Castro, Montserrat; Grazuleviciene, Regina; Gutzkow, Kristine B.; Lepeule, Johanna; Maitre, Léa; McEachan, Rosemary R.C.; Robinson, Oliver; Schwarze, Per E.; Tamayo-Uria, Ibon; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Wright, John; Slama, Rémy; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Nawrot, Tim S. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2019)
    Background: Telomere length is a molecular marker of biological aging. Objective: Here we investigated whether early-life exposure to residential air pollution was associated with leukocyte telomere length (LTL) at 8 y of ...
  • Prenatal exposure to multiple organochlorine compounds and childhood body mass index
    Colicino, Elena; Margetaki, Katerina; Valvi, Damaskini, 1983-; Pedretti, Nicolo Foppa; Stratakis, Nikos; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Roumeliotaki, Theano; Kyrtopoulos, Soterios A.; Kiviranta, Hannu; Stephanou, Euripides G.; Kogevinas, Manolis; McConnell, Rob; Berhane, Kiros T.; Chatzi, Leda; Conti, David V. (Wolters Kluwer (LWW), 2022)
    Background: Prenatal exposure to organochlorine compounds (OCs) has been associated with increased childhood body mass index (BMI); however, only a few studies have focused on longitudinal BMI trajectories, and none of ...
  • Prenatal metal mixtures and child blood pressure in the Rhea mother-child cohort in Greece
    Howe, Caitlin G.; Margetaki, Katerina; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Roumeliotaki, Theano; Karachaliou, Marianna; Kogevinas, Manolis; McConnell, Rob; Eckel, Sandrah P.; Conti, David V.; Kippler, Maria; Farzan, Shohreh F.; Chatzi, Leda (BioMed Central, 2021)
    Background: Child blood pressure (BP) is predictive of future cardiovascular risk. Prenatal exposure to metals has been associated with higher BP in childhood, but most studies have evaluated elements individually and ...
  • Unravelling sex-specific BPA toxicokinetics in children using a pediatric PBPK model
    Deepika, Deepika; Sharma, Raju Prasad; Schuhmacher, Marta; Sakhi, Amrit Kaur; Thomsen, Cathrine; Chatzi, Leda; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Quentin, Joane; Slama, Rémy; Grazuleviciene, Regina; Andrušaitytė, Sandra; Waiblinger, Dagmar; Wright, John; Yang, Tiffany C.; Urquiza, José M.; Vrijheid, Martine; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; Domingo, José L.; Kumar, Vikas (Elsevier, 2022)
    Bisphenol A (BPA) is a widely known endocrine disruptor (ED) found in many children's products such as toys, feeding utensils, and teething rings. Recent epidemiology association studies have shown postnatal BPA exposure ...
  • Urban environment and cognitive and motor function in children from four European birth cohorts
    Binter, Anne-Claire; Bernard, Jonathan Y.; Mon-Williams, Mark; Andiarena, Ainara; González-Safont, Llúcia; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Lepeule, Johanna; Soler Blasco, Raquel; Alonso, Lucia; Kampouri, Mariza; McEachan, Rosie; Santa Marina, Loreto; Wright, John; Chatzi, Leda; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Philippat, Claire; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Vrijheid, Martine; Guxens Junyent, Mònica (Elsevier, 2022)
    Background: The urban environment may influence neurodevelopment from conception onwards, but there is no evaluation of the impact of multiple groups of exposures simultaneously. We investigated the association between ...
  • Urinary metabolite quantitative trait loci in children and their interaction with dietary factors
    Calvo Serra, Beatriz; Maitre, Léa; Lau, Chung-Ho E.; Siskos, Alexandros P.; Gützkow, Kristine B.; Andrušaitytė, Sandra; Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; Cadiou, Solène; Chatzi, Leda; González, Juan Ramón; Grazuleviciene, Regina; McEachan, Rosemary R.C.; Slama, Rémy; Vafeiadi, Marina, 1983-; Wright, John; Coen, Muireann; Vrijheid, Martine; Keun, Hector C.; Escaramís, Geòrgia; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona (Oxford University Press, 2021)
    Human metabolism is influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Previous studies have identified over 23 loci associated with more than 26 urine metabolites levels in adults, which are known as urinary metabolite ...