September 2024
Examining the psychometric properties of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 among young urban South African women

 

Claire Hart, Catherine E Draper, Larske M Soepnel,, et al.

Journal of Affective Disorders

July 2024
A qualitative exploration of the reasons and infuencing factors for pregnancy termination among young women in Soweto, South Africa: a Socio-ecological perspective

 

Khuthala Mabetha, Larske M. Soepnel, Derrick SSewanyana, et al.

Reproductive Health

April 2024
Young women’s social support networks during pregnancy in Soweto, South Africa

 

Khuthala Mabetha, Larske M. Soepnel, Sonja Klingberg, et al.

PHCFM

April 2024
Cost-effectiveness of a complex continuum of care intervention targeting women and children: Protocol for an Economic Evaluation of the Bukhali trial in South Africa

 

Tom Palmer, Rolando Leiva Granados, Catherine E Draper, et al.

BMJ Open (Accepted)

March 2024
The role of a community health worker-delivered preconception and pregnancy intervention in achieving a more positive pregnancy experience: the Bukhali trial in Soweto, South Africa

 

Larske M. Soepnel, Khuthala Mabetha, Shane Norris, et al.

BMC Women’s Health

November 2023
Navigating relationship dynamics, pregnancy and fatherhood in the Bukhali trial: a qualitative study with men in Soweto, South Africa

 

Draper CE, Motlhatlhedi M, Mabasa J, et al.

BMC Public Health

June 2023
The impact of HIV and ART exposure during pregnancy on fetal growth: a prospective study in a South African cohort

 

Mtintsilana A, Norris S, Dlamini SN, et al.

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

June 2023
Young women’s health behaviours in context: a qualitative longitudinal study in the Bukhali trial

 

Draper C, Motlhatlhedi M, Klindberg S, et al.

This is a preprint

June 2023
Developing Policy for the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative: Going from National to International

 

Patrinos D, Kleiderman E, Fraser W, et al.

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

May 2023
Integration of nutrition support using the FIGO nutrition checklist in the Bukhali trial: a dietitian’s perspective

 

Mogashoa L, Norris SA, Mabetha K, et al.

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

May 2023
A cross-sectional study of the associations between biomarkers of Vitamin D, iron status, and hemoglobin in South African women of reproductive age: the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) South Africa

 

Soepnel LM, Mabetha K, Draper CE, et al.

Current Developments in Nutrition

April 2023
The Canadian Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) Trial: a study protocol for monitoring fidelity of a preconception-lifestyle behaviour intervention

 

Dennis CL, Marini F, Prioreschi A, et al.

Trials

March 2023
A cross-sectional study of the associations between biomarkers of Vitamin D, iron status, and hemoglobin in South African women of reproductive age: the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) South Africa

 

Soepnel LM, Mabetha K, Draper CE, et al.

Current Developments in Nutrition

March 2023
Development, Implementation, and Process Evaluation of Bukhali: An Intervention from Preconception to Early Childhood

 

Draper CE, Thwala N, Slemming W, et al.

Global Implementation Research and Applications

March 2023
An intergenerational life-course approach to address early childhood obesity and adiposity: the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI)

 

Kumaran K, Birken C, Baillargeon JP, et al.

Lancet Glob Health

March 2023
Interactions between maternal health and placental morphology on neonate body composition

 

Prioreschi, A. Goldstein, JA. Koethe, J. Aronoff, et al.

Global Paediatrics

February 2023
Maternal perceptions of infant’s body weight and childhood obesity in South Africa: a qualitative study in Soweto

 

Cohen E, Slemming, Wrottesley SV, et al.

Children and Society

February 2023
Delivery and neonatal outcomes of pregnant women during the Shanghai lockdown: A retrospective analysis

 

Zhou FY, Li C, Qin KZ, et al.

Frontiers

February 2023
Associations between short-term and long-term exposure to particulate matter and preterm birth

 

Su YF, Li C, Xu JJ, et al.

Chemosphere

January 2023
Impact of an integrated nutrition, health, water sanitation and hygiene, psychosocial care and support intervention package delivered during the pre- and peri-conception period and/or during pregnancy and early childhood on linear growth of infants in the first two years of life, birth outcomes and nutritional status of mothers: study protocol of a factorial, individually randomized controlled trial in India

 

Teneja S, Chowdhury R, Dhabhai N, et al.

Trials

January 2023
Evaluating implementation of the FIGO Nutrition Checklist for preconception and pregnancy within the Bukhali trial in Soweto, South Africa

 

Soepnel LM, Draper CE, Mabetha K, et al.

International Journal of Gynaecology & Obstetrics

December 2022
Maternal BMI in the preconception period, and association with child zBMI growth rates

 

Deveci A, Keown-Stoneman C, Maguire J, et al.

Pediatric Obesity

December 2022
Predictors of preconception health knowledge among Canadian women: A nationwide cross-sectional study

 

Dennis CL, Birken CS, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

Journal of Clinical Nursing

December 2022
Supporting behaviour change: Implementation of Healthy Conversation Skills in the Bukhali trial in Soweto, South Africa

 

Draper CE, Mabena G, Motlhatlhedi M, et al.

Social Science & Medicine – Mental Health

December 2022
A PPARG Splice Variant in Granulosa Cells Is Associated with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

 

Shi CY, Xu JJ, Li C, et al.

JCM

December 2022
Interactive effects of ambient air pollution and sunshine duration on the risk of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy

 

Li C, Yu JL, Xu JJ, et al.

Environmental Research

November 2022
Barriers and Facilitators of micronutrient supplementation among women of reproductive age in South Africa

 

Silubonde T, Draper C.E, Baumgartner J, et al.

PLoS Global Public Health

November 2022
Association of maternal triglyceride responses to thyroid function in early pregnancy with gestational diabetes mellitus

 

Zhang C, Bai L, Sun K, et al.

Front Endocrinol 

November 2022
Association between residential proximity to municipal solid waste incinerator sites and birth outcomes in Shanghai: a retrospective cohort study of births during 2014–2018

 

Hao Y, Wu W, Fraser WD, et al.

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

October 2022
Genetic deconvolution of fetal and maternal cell-free DNA in maternal plasma enables next-generation non-invasive prenatal screening

 

Xu C, Li J, Chen SC, et al.

Cell Discovery

October 2022
Breastfeeding Practices and Associated Factors in Shanghai: A Cross-Sectional Study

 

Hao Y, Wang L, Wang C, et al.

Nutrients

October 2022
Alternations of cesarean section rates in a non-infected population after the outbreak of COVID-19: a cross-sectional study

 

Xue RH, Li J, Chen L, et al.

Psychology, Health & Medicine

October 2022
Diet quality during pregnancy and its association with social factors: 3D Cohort Study (Design, Develop, Discover)

 

Yu Y, Feng C, Bédard B, et al.

Maternal & Child Nutrition

September 2022
Medical, behavioural and social preconception and interconception risk factors among pregnancy planning and recently pregnant Canadian women

 

Dennis CL, Prioreschi A, Brown HK, et al.

Family Medicine and Community Health

September 2022
Internet-based cognitive therapy for women with antenatal depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: protocol for a multi-center randomized controlled trial across China

 

Duan CC, Yu JL, Tao J, et al.

Trials

September 2022
Maternal lipid profile during early pregnancy and birth weight: A retrospective study

 

Zhu SM, Zhang HQ, Li C, et al.

Front Endocrinol

September 2022
A protocol for monitoring fidelity of a preconception-life course intervention in a middle-income setting: the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI), South Africa

 

Soepnel LM, Draper CE, Mabetha K, et al.

Trials

August 2022
Evaluation of a short messaging service (SMS) intervention to promote preconception micronutrient supplement use: The Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) Study, South Africa

 

Soepnel LM, McKinley MC, Klingberg S, et al.

JMIR Formative Research

August 2022
Evaluation of a Text Messaging Intervention to Promote Preconception Micronutrient Supplement Use: Feasibility Study Nested in the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative Study in South Africa

 

Soepnel LM, McKinley MC, Klingberg S, et al.

PLoS One

August 2022
Tracking of menstrual cycles and prediction of the fertile window via measurements of basal body temperature and heart rate as well as machine-learning algorithms

 

Yu JL, Su YF, Zhang C, et al.

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

July 2022
Cross-sectional associations between mental health indicators and social vulnerability, with physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in urban African young women

 

Draper C, Cook C, Redinger S, et al.

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

July 2022
Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy in severe male factor infertility: protocol for a multicenter randomised controlled trial

 

Lin XH, Guo MX, Wu DD, et al.

BMJ Open

June 2022
Preconception risk factors and health care needs of pregnancy-planning women and men with a lifetime history or current mental illness: A nationwide survey

 

Dennis CL, Brown HK, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

PLoS One

June 2022
Cognitive and motor development in 3- to 6-year-old children born to mothers with hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy in an Urban African population

 

Soepnel LM, Nicolaou, V, Draper, C, et al.

Maternal Child Health Journal

June 2022
Association between paternal age and subtypes of preterm birth: a retrospective study

 

Mao Y, Liu Z, Zhang C, et al.

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

June 2022
Association between prenatal exposure to ambient air pollutants and postpartum depressive symptoms: A multi-city cohort study

 

Duan CC, Li C, Xu JJ, et al.

Environmental Research

May 2022
Associations between abdominal adiposity, body size and objectively measured physical activity in infants from Soweto, South Africa

 

Prioreschi A, Ong K, De Lucia Rolfe, E, et al.

International Journal of Obesity

May 2022
The impact of maternal hyperglycemia first detected in pregnancy on offspring blood pressure in Soweto, South Africa

 

Boerstra B, Soepnel LM, Nicolaou V, et al.

Journal of Hypertension

May 2022
Maternal inheritance of glucose intolerance via oocyte TET3 insufficiency

 

Chen B, Du YR, Zhu H, et al.

Nature

May 2022
Exposure to Chloramine and Chloroform in Tap Water and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes in Shanghai

 

Zhu SM, Li C, Xu JJ, et al.

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health

April 2022
Social Support during pregnancy: A phenomenological exploration of young women’s experiences of support networks on pregnancy care and wellbeing in Soweto, South Africa

 

Mabetha K, Soepnel LM, Klingberg S, et al.

This article is a preprint.

April 2022
Building knowledge, optimising physical and mental health, and setting up healthier life trajectories in South Africa (Bukhali): a preconception randomised control trial part of the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI)

 

Norris S, Draper C, Prioreschi A, et al.

BMJ Open

April 2022
High Maternal Serum Estradiol in First Trimester of Multiple Pregnancy Contributes to Small for Gestational Age via DNMT1-Mediated CDKN1C Upregulation

 

Hu XL, Shi S, Hou NN, et al.

Reproductive Sciences

March 2022
Describing correlates of early childhood screen time and outdoor play in  Soweto, South Africa

 

Prioreschi A, et al.

Infant and Child Development

March 2022
High-Risk Health Behaviours of Pregnancy-Planning Women and Men: Is there a Need for Preconception Care?

 

Dennis CL, Brennenstuhl S, Brown H, et al.

Midwifery

March 2022
Perspectives on gestational diabetes mellitus in South Africa

 

Nicolaou V, Levitt N, Huddle K, et al.

South African Medical Journal

March 2022
Prevalence and socio-structural determinants of tobacco exposure in young women: Data from the Healthy Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) study in urban Soweto, South Africa

 

Soepnel LM, Kolkenbeck-Ruh A, Crouch SH, et al.

Drug and Alcohol Dependence 

March 2022
Describing correlates of early childhood screen time and outdoor time in Soweto, South Africa

 

P Prioreschi, A., & Norris, S. A.

PLoS One

March 2022
Associations of PM2.5 exposure with blood glucose impairment in early pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus

 

Cheng X, Ji X, Yang DJ, et al.

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

February 2022
Short- and long-read metagenomics of urban and rural South African gut microbiomes reveal a transitional composition and undescribed taxa

 

Tamburini FB, Maghini D, Oduaran OH, et al.

Nat ure Communications

February 2022
Contextualising individual, household and community level factors associated with sugar-sweetened beverage intake and screen time in Soweto, South Africa

 

Prioreschi A. et al.

Journal of Hunger and Environment Nutrition

February 2022
Pediatric and adult obesity concerns in female health: a Mendelian randomization study

 

Yan YS, Qu Z, Lv PP, et al.

Endocrine

January 2022
Relationships between adiposity distribution and metabolic health in preconception women in South Africa

 

Prioreschi A, Koethe JR, Aronoff DM, et al.

Obesity Science and Practice

January 2022
Cardiometabolic outcomes of women exposed to hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy at 3-6 years post-partum in an urban South African setting

 

Nicolaou V, Soepnel LM, Huddle K, et al.

PLoS One

January 2022
Screen Use and Internet Addiction among Parents of Young Children: A Nationwide Canadian Cross-Sectional Survey

 

Dennis CL, Carsley S, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

PLoS One

December 2021
Physical activity and sedentary behaviours during pregnancy are associated with neonatal size at birth

 

Prioreschi A, Wrottesley SV, Norris SA

The South African Journal of Child Health

December 2021
Selecting and Evaluating Mobile Health Apps for the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative: Development of the eHealth Resource Checklist

 

Vanderloo LM, Carsley S, Agarwal P, et al.

JMIR Medhealth and Uhealth

December 2021
Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes With Levothyroxine Treatment in Women With Subclinical Hypothyroidism Based on New Diagnostic Criteria: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

 

Ding Z, Liu Y, Maraka S, et al.

Front Endocrinol 

November 2021
Describing 24-hour movement behaviours among preconception and recently pregnant Canadian parents: who do we need to target?

 

Dennis CL, Birken C, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

October 2021
Striving for evidence-based health care with eHealth and technology in a time of half-truths and disinformation

 

Dol J, Dennis CL

JBI Evidence Synthesis

October 2021
Anxiety and depression-like behaviours are more frequent in aged male mice conceived by ART compared with natural conception

 

Qin NX, Zhao R, Shi WH, et al

Reproduction

September 2021
Determinants of Anaemia Among Women of Reproductive Age In South Africa: A Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI)
Silubonde TM, Smuts CM, Ware LJ, et al.

PLoS One

September 2021
Social vulnerability, parity and food insecurity in urban African young women: The Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) Study

 

Ware L, Lim A, Prioreschi A, et al.

Journal of Public Health Policy

August 2021
Observations of the Effects of Maternal Fasting Plasma Glucose Changes in Early Pregnancy on Fetal Growth Profiles and Birth Outcomes.

 

Wu Y, Ma X, Fraser WD, et al.

Frontiers in Endocrinology

August 2021
Maternal perspectives on infant feeding practices in Soweto, South Africa

 

Wrottesley SV*, Prioreschi A, Slemming W, et al.

Public Health and Nutrition

August 2021
Comprehensive non-invasive prenatal screening for pregnancies with elevated risks of genetic disorders: protocol for a prospective, multicentre study

 

Xu C, Cai X, Chen SC, et al.

BMJ Open

August 2021
Effect of an individualised nutritional intervention on gestational diabetes mellitus prevention in a high-risk population screened by a prediction model: study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial

 

Zhang C, Wang L, Sun W, et al.

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

July 2021
Association Between Paternal Age and Birth Weight in Preterm and Full-Term Birth: A Retrospective Study

 

Mao Y, Zheng C, Wang Y, et al.

Front Endocrinol

July 2021
Comparison of Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Profiles of Human Fetal Tissues Conceived by in vitro Fertilization and Natural Conception

 

Liu Y, Li X, Chen SC, et al.

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

July 2021
Integrative Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis of Human Fetal Thymocyte Development

 

Li Y, Zeng W, Li T, et al.

Frontiers in Genetics

July 2021
Application of the RCOG Risk Assessment Model for Evaluating Postpartum Venous Thromboembolism in Chinese Women: A Case-Control Study

 

Ge YZ, Zhang C, Ca YQ, et al.

Medical Science Monitor

May 2021
Obesity and adiposity of 3- to 6-year-old children born to mothers with hyperglycemia first detected in pregnancy in an urban South African setting

 

Soepnel LM, Nicolaou V, Slater C, et al.

Annals of Human Biology

May 2021
Food insecurity, diet quality and body composition: data from the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative pilot survey in urban Soweto, South Africa. Public Health Nutrition

 

Kehoe S, Wrottesley S*, Prioreschi A, Ware L, et al.

Public Health Nutrition

May 2021
Effects of acute ambient pollution exposure on preterm prelabor rupture of membranes: A time-series analysis in Shanghai, China

 

Li C, X JJ, He YC, et al.

Environmental Pollution

April 2021
Identifying priorities for practice improvement related to breastfeeding support in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Medellin, Colombia.

 

González de Armas A, Ochoa Marin SC, Semenic S, et al.

Journal of Neonatal Nursing

April 2021
Study protocol for the Sino- Canadian Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (SCHeLTI): a multicentre, cluster-randomised, parallel-group, superiority trial of a multifaceted community-family-mother-child intervention to prevent childhood overweight and obesity

 

Wu Y, Marc I, Bouchard L, et al.

BMJ Open

April 2021
The association between fetal growth and neonatal adiposity in urban South African infants

 

Wrottesley SV, Prioreschi A, Norris SA, et al.

Pediatric Obesity

April 2021
Young women’s perceptions of life in urban South Africa: Contextualising the preconception knowledge gap

 

Bosire EN, Ware LJ, Draper C, et al.

African Journal of Reproductive Health

April 2021
Caregivers’ perceptions, challenges and service needs related to tackling childhood overweight and obesity: a qualitative study in three districts of Shanghai, China

 

Wu Y, Ma X, Fraser WD, et al.

BMC Public Health

April 2021
Adverse Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Women With Elevated Intrapartum Temperature Complicated by Histological Chorioamnionitis at Term: A Propensity-Score Matched Study

 

Ge YZ, Zhang C, Cai Y, et al.

Frontiers in Pediatrics

April 2021
Association between gestational anemia in different trimesters and neonatal outcomes: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study

 

Sun CF, Liu H, Hao YH, et al.

World Journal of Pediatrics

April 2021
Study protocol for the Sino-Canadian Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (SCHeLTI): a multicentre, cluster-randomised, parallel-group, superiority trial of a multifaceted community-family-mother-child intervention to prevent childhood overweight and obesity

 

Wu Y, Marc I, Bouchard L, et al.

BMJ Open

April 2021
Perinatal outcomes of neonates born from different endometrial preparation protocols after frozen embryo transfer: a retrospective cohort study

 

Li C, He YC, Xu JJ, et al.

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

March 2021
Breastfeeding duration in infancy and dietary intake in childhood and adolescence

 

Kheir F, Feeley N, Maximova K, et al.

Appetite

March 2021
Early Prediction of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in the Chinese Population via Advanced Machine Learning

 

Wu YT, Zhang CJ, Mol BW, et al.

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

February 2021
Protocol for a cluster randomised trial evaluating a multifaceted intervention starting preconceptionally-Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN): a Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) Study

 

Kumaran K, Krishnaveni GV, Gavali Suryanarayana K, et al.

BMJ Open

February 2021
Helti Canada Protocol for a randomised trial evaluating a preconception-early childhood telephone-based intervention with tailored e-health resources for women and their partners to optimise growth and development among children in Canada: A Healthy Life Trajectory Initiative (HeLTI Canada)

 

Dennis CL, Marini FC, Abbass-Dick J, et al.

BMJ Open

February 2021
Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Preconception Health Knowledge Questionnaire

 

Cairncross Z, Dennis CL, Brennenstuhl S, et al.

American Journal of Health Promotion

February 2021
Physical Activity Levels, Food Insecurity and Dietary Behaviours in Women from Soweto, South Africa

 

Prioreschi A, Wrottesley SV, Said-Mohamed R, et al.

Journal of Community Health

February 2021
Protocol for a cluster randomized trial evaluating a multi-faceted intervention starting preconceptually – Early Interventions to Support Trajectories for Healthy Life in India (EINSTEIN). A Healthy Life Trajectory Initiative (HeLTI) Study

 

Paquin C, Côté SM, Tremblay RE, et al.

BMJ Open

February 2021
Protocol for a randomised trial evaluating a preconception-early childhood telephone-based intervention with tailored e-health resources for women and their partners to optimise growth and development among children in Canada: a Healthy Life Trajectory Initiative (HeLTI Canada)

 

Paquin C, Côté SM, Tremblay RE, et al.

BMJ Open

February 2021
Amylin receptor insensitivity impairs hypothalamic POMC neuron differentiation in the male offspring of maternal high-fat diet-fed mice

 

Li C, X JJ, Hu HT, et al.

Molecular Metabolism

February 2021
Abnormal Glucose Metabolism in Male Mice Offspring Conceived by in vitro Fertilization and Frozen-Thawed Embryo Transfer

 

Qin N, Zhou Z, Zhao W, et al.

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

January 2021
Association of high maternal triglyceride levels early and late in pregnancy with adverse outcomes: A retrospective cohort study

 

Xue RH, Wu DD, Zhou CL, et al.

Journal of Clinical Lipidology

January 2021
Associations between Maternal Sleep Quality Throughout Pregnancy and Newborn Birth Weight

 

Liu H, Li H, Li C, et al.

Behavioral Sleep Medicine

January 2021
Maternal high-fat-diet exposure is associated with elevated blood pressure and sustained increased leptin levels through epigenetic memory in offspring

 

Lin XH, Gao L, Tian S, et al.

Scientific Report

December 2020
The Association Between Isolated Maternal Hypothyroxinemia in Early Pregnancy and Preterm Birth

 

Yang X, Yu Y, Zhang C, et al.

Thyroid.

October 2020
Circulating levels of Elabela and Apelin in the second and third trimesters of pregnancies with gestational diabetes mellitus

 

Guo YY, Li T, Liu H, et al.

Gestational Diabetes

September 2020
Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Interconception Intervention Provided by Public Health Nurses

 

Ravindran S, Yoganathan S, Cairncross Z, et al.

Maternal and Child Health Journal

September 2020
A qualitative study reporting maternal perceptions of the importance of play for healthy growth and development in the first two years of life

 

Prioreschi A, Wrottesley SV*, Slemming W, Cohen E, Norris SA

BMC Pediatrics

August 2020
Perinatal depressive and anxiety symptoms of pregnant women during the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak in China

 

Wu Y, Zhang C, Liu H, et al.

Am J Obstet Gynecol.

August 2020
Oocyte exposure to supraphysiological estradiol during ovarian stimulation increased the risk of adverse perinatal outcomes after frozen-thawed embryo transfer: a retrospective cohort study

 

Duan CC, Li C, He YC, et al.

JDOHaD

July 2020
Pilot implementation of Bukhali: A preconception health trial in South Africa

 

Draper CE, Prioreschi A, Ware LJ, Lye S, Norris SA

SAGE Open Medicine

June 2020
Long interpregnancy interval and adverse perinatal outcomes: A retrospective cohort study

 

Lin J, Liu H, W DD, et al.

Science China Life Sciences

April 2020
A maternal “mixed, high sugar” dietary pattern is associated with fetal growth

 

Wrottesley SV, Prioreschi A, Kehoe SH, et al.

Maternal and Child Nutrition

March 2020
Placental NEGR1 DNA methylation is associated with BMI and neurodevelopment in preschool-age children

 

Soepnel LM, Nicolaou V, Huddle K, et al.

Epigenetics

March 2020
Association between higher levels of serum estradiol and elevated levels of fibrin (fibrinogen) degradation products in late pregnancy following assisted reproductive technology treatment

 

Li C, Su YF, Jin L, et al.

Thromb Res.

March 2020
Increased Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Associated With Stage 1 Hypertension in a Low-Risk Cohort: Evidence From 47 874 Cases

 

Wu DD, Gao L, Huang O, et al.

Hypertension 

February 2020
Aim2Be mHealth intervention for children with overweight and obesity: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

 

Mâsse LC, Vlaar J, Macdonald J, et al.

Trials

February 2020
Attitudes and perceptions among urban South Africans towards sugar-sweetened beverages and taxation

 

Bosire EN, Stacey N, Mukoma G, et al.

Public Health Nutrition

February 2020
Understanding how maternal social and biological factors are related to fetal growth in an urban South African cohort

 

Prioreschi A, Wrottesley SV, Said-Mohamed R, et al.

Journal of Development Origins of Health and Disease

February 2020
Adjusting Haemoglobin Values for Altitude Maximizes Combined Sensitivity and Specificity to Detect Iron Deficiency among Women of Reproductive Age in Johannesburg, South Africa

 

Silubonde TM, Baumgartner J, Ware LJ, et al.

Nutrients

February 2020
The casein kinase 2α promotes the occurrence polycystic ovary syndrome

 

Yu CJ, Liu X, Zhou ZY, et al.

BBRC

February 2020
MiR-3940-5p promotes granulosa cell proliferation through targeting KCNA5 in polycystic ovarian syndrome

 

Gao L, Wu DD, Wu Y, et al.

BBRC

February 2020
Diet quality during preconception or pregnancy and gestational weight gain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Yu Y, Hardy I, Sun W, et al.

BMJ Open

January 2020
Maternal and neonatal outcomes following the introduction of oral hypoglycaemic agents for gestational diabetes mellitus were comparable to insulin monotherapy in two historical cohorts

 

Nicolaou V, Soepnel LM, Huddle K, et al.

South African Medical Journal

January 2020
Maternal depressive symptoms and children’s cognitive development: Does early childcare and child’s sex matter?

 

Paquin C, Côté SM, Tremblay RE, et al.

PLoS One

December 2019
Maternal and neonatal outcomes following a diabetic pregnancy within the context of HIV

 

Soepnel LM, Nicolaou V, Huddle K, et al.

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

November 2019
Material and relational difficulties: The impact of the household environment on the emotional wellbeing of young black women living in Soweto, South Africa

 

Cohen E, Ware LJ, Norris SA, et al.

Journal of Family Issues

September 2019
Environmental, Social, and Structural Constraints for Health Behavior: Perceptions of Young Urban Black Women During the Preconception Period – A Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative

 

Ware LJ, Prioreschi A, Bosire E, et al.

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

July 2019
Measurement of preconception health knowledge: A systematic review

 

Cairncross Z, Ravindran S, Yoganathan S, et al.

American Journal of Health Promotion

June 2019
Early-life undernutrition reprograms CD4+ T-cell glycolysis and epigenetics to facilitate asthma

 

Chen X, Lin H, Yang D, et al.

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

April 2019
Reliability of anthropometric measurement of young children with parent involvement

 

Rae S, Pullenayegum E, Ong F, et al.

BMC Medical Research Methodology

April 2019
Maternal High Triglyceride Levels During Early Pregnancy and Risk of Preterm Delivery: A Retrospective Cohort Study

 

Lin XH, Wu DD, Li C, et al.

 The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

March 2019
Measurement of Preconception Health Knowledge: A Systematic Review

 

Cairncross ZF, Ravindran S, Yoganathan S, et al.

American Journal of Health Promotion

March 2019
Prenatal determinants of childhood obesity: a review of risk factors

 

Liao XP, Yu Y, Marc I, et al.

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

March 2019
Urban young women’s preferences for intervention strategies to promote physical and mental health preconception: A Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI

 

Draper CE, Bosire E, Prioreschi A, et al.

Preventive Medicine Reports

February 2019
Frequency and risk factors for recurrent gestational diabetes mellitus in primiparous women: a case control study

 

Wang YY, Li C, Lin J, et al.

BMC Endocrine Disorders

February 2019
Mechanism underlying the retarded nuclear translocation of androgen receptor splice variants

 

Liu Y, Wang Y, Wang F, et al.

Science China Life Sciences

November 2018
Diet-Induced Paternal Obesity Impairs Cognitive Function in Offspring by Mediating Epigenetic Modifications in Spermatozoa

 

Zhou Y, Zhu H, Wu HY, et al.

Obesity

October 2018
Cord blood insulin, IGF-I, IGF-II, leptin, adiponectin and ghrelin, and their associations with insulin sensitivity, β-cell function and adiposity in infancy

 

Zhang DL, Du Q, Djemli A, et al.

Diabetic Medicine

July 2018
Novel distance-progesterone-combined selection approach improves human sperm quality

 

Li K, Li R, Ni Y, et al.

Journal of Translational Medicine

June 2018
Association between first caesarean delivery and adverse outcomes in subsequent pregnancy: a retrospective cohort study

 

Hu HT, Xu JJ, Lin J, et al.

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

June 2018
Outcomes of neonates born following transfers of frozen-thawed cleavage-stage embryos with blastomere loss: a prospective, multicenter, cohort study

 

Wu YT, Li C, Zhu YM, et al.

BMC Medicine 

January 2018
Down-regulation of miR-378a-3p induces decidual cell apoptosis: a possible mechanism for early pregnancy loss

 

Hong L, Yu T, Xu H, et al.

Human Reproduction

January 2018
Prenatal High Estradiol Exposure Induces Sex-Specific and Dietarily Reversible Insulin Resistance Through Decreased Hypothalamic INSR

 

Wang HH, Zhou CL, Lv M, et al.

Endocrinology

November 2017
Preconception health interventions delivered in public health and community settings: A systematic review

 

Brown H, Mueller M, Edwards S, et al.

Canadian Journal of Public Health

November 2017
Reduced alternative splicing of estrogen receptor alpha in the endometrium of women with endometriosis

 

Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Zhao C, et al.

Oncotarget

December 2015
The Obesity-Fertility Protocol: a randomized controlled trial assessing clinical outcomes and costs of a transferable interdisciplinary lifestyle intervention, before and during pregnancy, in obese infertile women

 

Duval K, Langlois MF, Carranza-Mamane B, et al.

BMC Obesity