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Stress During Pregnancy Associated with Newborn Low Birth Weight: Experiences from the State of Rhode Island.
Matern Child Health J
February 2024
Department of Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, and Health Services, Policy and Practice, Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Brown School of Public Health, Hasbro Children's Hospital/Rhode Island, Hospital/Providence Rhode Island, Providence, RI, USA.
Purpose: Prenatal stress is a known risk for poor birth outcomes. This study specifically looked at reported stress during pregnancy and low birth weight (LBW) in Rhode Island.
Methods: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) data from 2016 to 2018 for the state of Rhode Island was utilized.
Relationship Between Risks for Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Resistant Hypertension, and Aldosterone Among African American Adults in the Jackson Heart Study.
Am J Hypertens
October 2022
Department of Family Medicine and Epidemiology, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Brown School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Background: African Americans have a higher prevalence of resistant hypertension compared with Caucasians. Racial differences in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and increased aldosterone level may explain the racial disparity in resistant hypertension prevalence. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate if aldosterone level and hypertension status differ by risks for OSA (e.
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