Pediatr Res. 2024 Apr 2. doi: 10.1038/s41390-024-03170-y. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of primary congenital hypothyroidism (CH) on quality of life, level of education and socioeconomic status (SES). METHODS: Two independent study cohorts, a national and a regional, were…
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Two-Year Trajectories of Dental Anxiety in Parents and Their Association with Parents’ and Children’s Oral Healthcare Procedures in FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study
Dent J (Basel). 2024 Mar 7;12(3):72. doi: 10.3390/dj12030072. ABSTRACT We aimed to identify parents’ dental anxiety trajectories and the association of the trajectories with the number of parents’ and their children’s oral healthcare procedures in the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study. Dental anxiety was measured with the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale…
Concordance of Fathers and Mothers in the Assessment of Their 5-Year-Old Child’s Dental Fear
Dent J (Basel). 2024 Feb 27;12(3):53. doi: 10.3390/dj12030053. ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate the concordance of parents’ assessments of their child’s dental fear. Cross-sectional secondary analysis used data from the multidisciplinary FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study. Child dental fear was assessed at age 5 with the Finnish…
Cryptorchidism and puberty
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2024 Mar 12;15:1347435. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1347435. eCollection 2024. ABSTRACT Cryptorchidism is the condition in which one or both testes have not descended adequately into the scrotum. The congenital form of cryptorchidism is one of the most prevalent urogenital anomalies in male newborns. In the acquired form of cryptorchidism,…
Erratum: “Climate Change, Summer Temperature, and Heat-Related Mortality in Finland: Multicohort Study with Projections for a Sustainable vs. Fossil-Fueled Future to 2050”
Environ Health Perspect. 2024 Mar;132(3):39001. doi: 10.1289/EHP14645. Epub 2024 Mar 26. NO ABSTRACT PMID:38530243 | DOI:10.1289/EHP14645…
Associations between maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and infant striatal mean diffusivity
BMC Med. 2024 Mar 25;22(1):140. doi: 10.1186/s12916-024-03340-z. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: It is well-established that parental obesity is a strong risk factor for offspring obesity. Further, a converging body of evidence now suggests that maternal weight profiles may affect the developing offspring’s brain in a manner that confers future obesity risk. Here,…
Maternal prenatal depressive symptoms and child brain responses to affective touch at two years of age
J Affect Disord. 2024 Mar 18:S0165-0327(24)00515-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2024.03.092. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Touch is an essential form of mother-child interaction, instigating better social bonding and emotional stability. METHODS: We used diffuse optical tomography to explore the relationship between total haemoglobin (HbT) responses to affective touch in the child’s…
Deteriorating Semen Quality: The Role of the Environment
Semin Reprod Med. 2023 Nov;41(6):226-240. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1782151. Epub 2024 Mar 18. ABSTRACT Since the end of the last century, several reports have suggested that semen quality is declining, especially in Western countries. Furthermore, cross-sectional studies using similar protocols have suggested regional differences in semen quality of young and fertile men.
A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Study of Gene-Sleep Duration Interactions for Blood Pressure in 811,405 Individuals from Diverse Populations
medRxiv [Preprint]. 2024 Mar 8:2024.03.07.24303870. doi: 10.1101/2024.03.07.24303870. ABSTRACT Although both short and long sleep duration are associated with elevated hypertension risk, our understanding of their interplay with biological pathways governing blood pressure remains limited. To address this, we carried out genome-wide cross-population gene-by-short-sleep and long-sleep duration interaction analyses for three…
Pubertal testicular volume references for ruler, orchidometer, and ultrasonography measurements based on a longitudinal follow-up
Andrology. 2024 Mar 14. doi: 10.1111/andr.13629. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Testicular volume is a marker of male pubertal development. Various clinical conditions and their treatments may influence testicular growth. OBJECTIVES: To create ruler-based age-dependent pubertal testicular volume references that enable calculation of standard deviation (SD) scores. MATERIALS AND…
