Objectives. To examine abortion utilization in Ohio from 2010 to 2018, a period when more than 15 abortion-related laws became effective. Methods. We evaluated changes in abortion rates and ratios examining gestation, geographic distribution, and abortion method in Ohio from 2010 to 2018. We used data from Ohio’s Office of Vital Statistics, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Abortion Surveillance Reports, the American Community Survey, and Ohio’s Public Health Data Warehouse. Results. During 2010 through 2018, abortion rates declined similarly in Ohio, the Midwest, and the United States. In Ohio, the proportion of early first trimester abortions decreased; the proportion of abortions increased in nearly every later gestation category. Abortion ratios decreased sharply in most rural counties. When clinics closed, abortion ratios dropped in nearby counties. Conclusions. More Ohioans had abortions later in the first trimester, compared with national patterns, suggesting delays to care. Steeper decreases in abortion ratios in rural versus urban counties suggest geographic inequity in abortion access. Public Health Implications. Policies restricting abortion access in Ohio co-occur with delays to care and increasing geographic inequities. Restrictive policies do not improve reproductive health.
Both short-and long-term exposure to PM 2.5 has been related to adverse health outcomes. However, the biological pathways underlying these health effects are largely unknown. We identified several unique serum metabolomic pathways associated with acute and chronic PM 2.5 exposure. Major pathways associated with acute PM 2.5 exposure included amino acid, energy, and lipid metabolism. Major pathways associated with chronic PM 2.5 exposure included pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory pathways. Seven unique metabolites were identified with level-1 evidence.
In
the omics era, saliva, a filtrate of blood, may serve as an
alternative, noninvasive biospecimen to blood, although its use for
specific metabolomic applications has not been fully evaluated. We
demonstrated that the saliva metabolome may provide sensitive measures
of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) and associated biological
responses via high-resolution, longitudinal metabolomics profiling.
We collected 167 pairs of saliva and plasma samples from a cohort
of 53 college student participants and measured corresponding indoor
and outdoor concentrations of six air pollutants for the dormitories
where the students lived. Grand correlation between common metabolic
features in saliva and plasma was moderate to high, indicating a relatively
consistent association between saliva and blood metabolites across
subjects. Although saliva was less associated with TRAP compared to
plasma, 25 biological pathways associated with TRAP were detected
via saliva and accounted for 69% of those detected via plasma. Given
the slightly higher feature reproducibility found in saliva, these
findings provide some indication that the saliva metabolome offers
a sensitive and practical alternative to blood for characterizing
individual biological responses to environmental exposures.
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