Associations between prenatal exposure to power plants and birth outcomes across the United States
Although there is growing evidence that in utero exposure to power plants increases the risk of adverse birth outcomes, studies have focused on coal-fired plants and single US locations, limiting generalizability. We used birth certificate data from 50 states and DC to examine the associations betwe...
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| description | Although there is growing evidence that in utero exposure to power plants increases the risk of adverse birth outcomes, studies have focused on coal-fired plants and single US locations, limiting generalizability. We used birth certificate data from 50 states and DC to examine the associations between prenatal exposure to power plants and birth outcomes overall and by race/ethnicity.
We linked 2009–2018 county-level microdata natality files on 34,674,911 singleton births from 50 states and DC with 9-month county-level averages of power plant fuel consumption based on month/year of birth. We estimated linear regression models for birth weight and gestational age and probit models for the dichotomous outcomes of low birth weight, small for gestational age (SGA), and preterm birth. We subsequently examined interactions between plant fuel consumption and race/ethnicity.
Overall, 69.1% of counties had any power plant fuel consumption. Although we found no overall effects of prenatal exposure to power plants on birth weight or SGA, a significant interaction (both P |
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We linked 2009–2018 county-level microdata natality files on 34,674,911 singleton births from 50 states and DC with 9-month county-level averages of power plant fuel consumption based on month/year of birth. We estimated linear regression models for birth weight and gestational age and probit models for the dichotomous outcomes of low birth weight, small for gestational age (SGA), and preterm birth. We subsequently examined interactions between plant fuel consumption and race/ethnicity.
Overall, 69.1% of counties had any power plant fuel consumption. Although we found no overall effects of prenatal exposure to power plants on birth weight or SGA, a significant interaction (both P < 0.01) revealed that a 10% increase in fuel consumption was associated with infants born to White women having slightly lower birth weights (1.76 g; 95% confidence interval = −2.87, −0.65) and higher risk of being born SGA (0.0002; 95% confidence interval = 0.0002, 0.0002).
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