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Ihunnaya O. Frederick
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Construct validity and factor structure of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index among pregnant women in a Pacific-Northwest cohort
Poor sleep quality during pregnancy is associated with adverse obstetric and neuropsychiatric outcomes. Despite its routine use as a sleep quality assessment scale among men and non-pregnant women, the psychom...
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Open AccessSleep duration and plasma leptin concentrations in early pregnancy among lean and overweight/obese women: a cross sectional study
Early-pregnancy short sleep duration is predictive of gestational diabetes and preeclampsia; mechanisms for these associations are unknown. Leptin, an adipocyte-derived peptide involved in regulating food inta...
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Open AccessAgreement of self-reported physician diagnosis of migraine with international classification of headache disorders-II migraine diagnostic criteria in a cross-sectional study of pregnant women
Migraine, a common chronic-intermittent disorder among reproductive age women, has emerged as a novel risk factor for adverse perinatal outcomes. Diagnostic reliability of self-report of physician-diagnosed mi...
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The prevalence and correlates of habitual snoring during pregnancy
Mounting evidence implicate habitual snoring, a prominent symptom of sleep-disordered breathing, as an important risk factor for adverse pregnancy outcomes including preeclampsia and gestational diabetes. Litt...
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Open AccessSleep duration, vital exhaustion and perceived stress among pregnant migraineurs and non-migraineurs
Migraine has been associated with sleep disorders in men and non-pregnant women, but little is known about sleep complaints among pregnant migraineurs.
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Open AccessGlucose intolerance and gestational diabetes risk in relation to sleep duration and snoring during pregnancy: a pilot study
Insufficient sleep and poor sleep quality, considered endemic in modern society, are associated with obesity, impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes. Little, however, is known about the consequences of insuff...
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Pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index, Gestational Weight Gain, and Other Maternal Characteristics in Relation to Infant Birth Weight
Objectives Infant birth weight is influenced by modifiable maternal pre-pregnancy behaviors and characteristics. We evaluated the relationship among pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), g...
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History of Fetal Loss and Other Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Relation to Subsequent Risk of Preterm Delivery
Objective: To evaluate the association between maternal reproductive history and preterm delivery. Methods: The 312 preterm delivery cases, studied in aggregate, and in subgroups (spontaneous preterm labor, pret...
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Quality of Life in Persons with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Development and Validation of a New Measure)
How irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and itstreatment affect quality of life (QOL) is important. Todevelop a quality-of-life measure specific to irritablebowel syndrome, items were generated using a conceptual m...
