Skip to main content
Liqhwa Ncube on Muck Rack

Liqhwa Ncube

As seen in: Nature, Wiley Online Library
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile

Get in touch with Liqhwa

Contact Liqhwa, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Is this you?

As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile

Articles

Protein networks are influenced by maternal BMI and differentiate preterm birth types - Communications Medicine

|
By Chelsea A DeBolt, Valerie Riis, Liqhwa Ncube, Andrea G. Edlow, Michal A. Elovitz, Douglas A. Lauffenburger, Luka Karginov
| Nature Verified
Abstract Preterm birth remains a leading cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. It is classified as spontaneous, characterized by the unexpected onset of labor, or medically indicated, resulting from obstetric intervention due to pregnancy complications. The mechanisms underlying each subtype are incompletely understood, and obesity further modulates preterm birth risk through unclear biological pathways.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

High Philadelphia Adverse Childhood Experiences Survey Score Is Associated With Spontaneous Preterm Birth Among Black Pregnant Individuals: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Cohort - DeBolt - BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

|
By Chelsea A DeBolt, Kimberly Glazer, Valerie Riis, Liqhwa Ncube
| Wiley Online Library Verified
1 Introduction Preterm birth (PTB) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in non-anomalous infants in the United States [1]. The majority of PTB is spontaneous without an identifiable cause. Despite decades of research and public health interventions, PTB disproportionately affects non-Hispanic Black families, with Black infants born preterm 50% more often than White infants [2].
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 2 articles