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Mercedes Espada
Researcher at Basque Government
Publications - 46
Citations - 2064
Mercedes Espada is an academic researcher from Basque Government. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pregnancy & Population. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 44 publications receiving 1746 citations. Previous affiliations of Mercedes Espada include Carlos III Health Institute.
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Cohort Profile: The INMA—INfancia y Medio Ambiente—(Environment and Childhood) Project
Mònica Guxens,Ferran Ballester,Mercedes Espada,Mariana F. Fernández,Joan O. Grimalt,Jesús Ibarluzea,Nicolás Olea,Marisa Rebagliato,Adonina Tardón,Maties Torrent,Jesús Vioque,Martine Vrijheid,Jordi Sunyer +12 more
TL;DR: This study aims to demonstrate the efforts towards in-situ applicability of EMMARM, as to provide real-time information about infectious disease and its effects on individual patients.
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Maternal vitamin D status in pregnancy and risk of lower respiratory tract infections, wheezing, and asthma in offspring.
Eva Morales,Isabelle Romieu,Stefano Guerra,Ferran Ballester,Marisa Rebagliato,Jesús Vioque,Adonina Tardón,Cristina Rodriguez Delhi,Leonor Arranz,Maties Torrent,Mercedes Espada,Mikel Basterrechea,Jordi Sunyer +12 more
TL;DR: Higher maternal circulating 25(OH)D concentrations in pregnancy were independently associated with lower risk of lower respiratory tract infections in offspring in the first year of life but not with wheezing or asthma in childhood.
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Thyroxine levels during pregnancy in healthy women and early child neurodevelopment.
Jordi Julvez,Mar Alvarez-Pedrerol,Marisa Rebagliato,Mario Murcia,Joan Forns,Raquel Garcia-Esteban,Nerea Lertxundi,Mercedes Espada,Adonina Tardón,Isolina Riaño Galán,Jordi Sunyer +10 more
TL;DR: Low free thyroxine levels in healthy pregnant women are related to a moderate delay in child neurodevelopment, similar in magnitude to that observed in mothers with untreated prepregnancy thyroid disorder.
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Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 in pregnancy and infant neuropsychological development.
Eva Morales,Mònica Guxens,Sabrina Llop,Clara L. Rodríguez-Bernal,Adonina Tardón,Isolina Riaño,Jesús Ibarluzea,Nerea Lertxundi,Mercedes Espada,Agueda Rodriguez,Jordi Sunyer +10 more
TL;DR: Higher circulating concentration of maternal 25(OH)D3 in pregnancy was associated with improved mental and psychomotor development in infants, and a positive linear relationship was found.
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Effect of Iodine Supplementation During Pregnancy on Infant Neurodevelopment at 1 Year of Age
Mario Murcia,Marisa Rebagliato,Carmen Iñiguez,Maria-Jose Lopez-Espinosa,Marisa Estarlich,Belén Plaza,Carmen Barona-Vilar,Mercedes Espada,Jesús Vioque,Ferran Ballester +9 more
TL;DR: Assessment of the association of maternal iodine intake from diet and supplements during pregnancy and of maternal and neonatal thyroid function with infant neurodevelopment in Valencia, Spain found that further evidence on the safety and effectiveness of iodine supplementation during pregnancy is needed.