Proximity to roadways and pregnancy outcomes

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Abstract

Adverse birth outcomes are associated with exposure to air pollution during pregnancy. Road proximity is a simple, widely available metric for capturing local variation in exposure to traffic-related air pollution. We characterized maternal exposure to traffic-related air pollution during pregnancy using residential proximity to major roadways among 2004-2008 singleton births in NC. Controlling for maternal race, age, education, nativity, marital status, and tobacco use, and season of birth, parity, infant sex, and Census tract-level urbanization and income, we evaluated the association between road proximity and pregnancy outcomes using generalized linear mixed models with a random intercept for each Census tract. Birth weight, birth weight percentile for gestational age, gestational hypertension, and small-for-gestational age were not associated with road proximity; however, women residing within 250 m of a major roadway were at 3-5% increased odds of low birth weight, preterm birth, and late preterm birth compared with women residing beyond 250 m (P0.05). Our analyses demonstrate an association between proximity to major roadways and pregnancy outcomes using a large sample. Road proximity may represent a relatively straightforward method for assessing maternal risk from exposure to traffic-related air pollution, with results offering guidance for studies that can more accurately characterize air pollution exposures. © 2013 Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Miranda, M. L., Edwards, S. E., Chang, H. H., & Auten, R. L. (2013). Proximity to roadways and pregnancy outcomes. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 23(1), 32–38. https://doi.org/10.1038/jes.2012.78

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