Perinatal microbial exposure may influence aortic intima-media thickness in early infancy

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 209-218

  McCloskey, Kate ^a,b,c   Vuillermin, Peter ^a,b,d   Carlin, John B ^a,c   Cheung, Michael ^a,c   Skilton, Michael R ^e   Tang, Mimi L K ^a,c   Allen, Katie ^a,c   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^f   Ranganathan, Sarath ^a,c   Collier, Fiona ^b,d   Dwyer, Terence ^a,c   Ponsonby, Anne Louise ^a,c   Burgner, David ^a,c,g  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f University of Sydney   (Australia)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Infant; Intima media thickness; Maternal; Microbiome

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; INDEX METHOD; NEONATE; PHENOTYPE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ADULT; ANIMAL; AORTA; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PET ANIMAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TUNICA MEDIA;

STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTA; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PETS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85019707047     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw042     Document Type: Article

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