Catov Research Group
Principal Investigator:
Janet Catov, PhD
The Catov research group utilizes large perinatal registries and cohort studies to evaluate the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and preterm birth, as well as the postpartum characteristics of women who delivered preterm infants.
Dr. Catov's epidemiological studies examine relationship between preterm birth and later life maternal cardiovascular disease risk, emphasizing lipid metabolism, inflammation, and thrombosis.
Dr. Catov’s research has employed several strategies to study the relationship between preterm birth and later-life maternal cardiovascular disease risk, collecting evidence suggesting that this relationship has roots in lipid metabolism, inflammation, and thrombosis. Dr. Catov also studies how other factors, such as nutrition and psychosocial behavior, may influence pregnancy and later-life maternal health. Since 1995, she has overseen the Magee Obstetric Medical and Infant Database (MOMI), an electronic registry of 115,000 births at Magee.
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Lab Members
Simone Reynolds, MPH
Project: Is Fetal Growth in Preeclampsia Modified by Offspring Sex?
Jia Xu, MPH
Project: Birth weight of offspring and maternal risk of cardiovascular disease.
Selected Publications
- Catov JM, Abatemarco DJ, Markovic N, & Roberts JM. Anxiety and optimism associated with gestational age at birth and fetal growth. Matern Child Hlth J, Aug. 21, 2009.
- Catov JM, Nohr EA, Knudsen VK, Olsen SJ, & Olsen J. Periconceptional multivitamin use is associated with reduced risk of preeclampsia among normal weight women in the Danish National Birth Cohort. 169(11):1304-11, Jun.1, 2009.
- Catov JM, Bodnar LM, Hackney D, Roberts JM, & Simhan HN. Activation of the fibrinolytic cascade is elevated among women with spontaneous preterm birth. Obstet Gynecol, 112(5):1116-22, 2008.
- Catov JM, Nohr EA, Olsen J, Soerrensen T, & Ness RB. Chronic hypertension related to risk for preterm and term small for gestational age births. Obstet Gynecol, 112(2 Pt 1):290-6, 2008.
- Catov JM, Bodnar LM, Ness RB, Barron SJ, & Roberts JM. Inflammation and dyslipidemia related to risk of spontaneous preterm birth. Am J Epidemiol, 166(11):1312-19, 2007.
- Catov JM, Newman AB, Roberts JM, Kelsey SF, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Harris TB, Colbert LH, Rubin SM, Satterfield S, & Ness RB. Preterm delivery and remote maternal cardiovascular disease risk: The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. Epidemiol, 18(6):733-39, 2007.
- Catov JM, Bodnar LM, Kip KE, Hubel C, Ness RB, Harger G, & Roberts JM. Early pregnancy lipid concentrations and spontaneous preterm birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 197(6):610, e1-7, Dec. 2007.
- Catov JM, Bodnar LM, Ness RB, Markovic N, & Roberts JM. Periconceptional multivitamin use is associated with reduced risk of preterm or small for gestational age births. Am J Epidemiol, 166(3):296-303, 2007.
- Catov JM,Ness RB, Kip KE, & Olsen J. Risk of early or severe preeclampsia related to preexisting conditions. Int J Epidemiol, 36:412-19, 2007.
- Catov JM, Newman AB, Roberts JM, Sutton-Tyrrell KC, Kelsey SF, Harris T, Jackson R, Colbert LH, Satterfield S, Ayonayon HN, & Ness RB. Association between infant birth weight and maternal cardiovascular risk factors in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. Ann Epidemiol,17:36-43, 2007.
- Catov JM, Newman AB, Kelsey SF, Roberts JM, Sutton-Tyrrell KC, Garcia M, Ayonayon HN, Tylavsky F, & Ness RB. Accuracy and reliability of maternal recall of infant birth weight among older women. Ann Epidemiol, 16(6): 429-31, 2006.