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Correlations between Prenatal Exposure to Perfluorinated Chemicals and Reduced Fetal Growth
BACKGROUND: Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) are man-made, ubiquitous, and persistent contaminants in the environment, wildlife, and humans. Although recent studies have shown that these chemicals interfere with fetal growth in humans, the results are inconsistent. OBJE...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2679613/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19440508 http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.11681 |
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author | Washino, Noriaki Saijo, Yasuaki Sasaki, Seiko Kato, Shizue Ban, Susumu Konishi, Kanae Ito, Rie Nakata, Ayako Iwasaki, Yusuke Saito, Koichi Nakazawa, Hiroyuki Kishi, Reiko |
author_facet | Washino, Noriaki Saijo, Yasuaki Sasaki, Seiko Kato, Shizue Ban, Susumu Konishi, Kanae Ito, Rie Nakata, Ayako Iwasaki, Yusuke Saito, Koichi Nakazawa, Hiroyuki Kishi, Reiko |
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description | BACKGROUND: Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) are man-made, ubiquitous, and persistent contaminants in the environment, wildlife, and humans. Although recent studies have shown that these chemicals interfere with fetal growth in humans, the results are inconsistent. OBJECTIVES: Our goal was to investigate the correlation between relatively low levels of PFOS and PFOA in maternal serum and birth weight and birth size. METHODS: We conducted a hospital-based prospective cohort study between July 2002 and October 2005 in Sapporo, Japan. A total of 428 women and their infants were involved in the study. We obtained characteristics of the mothers and infants from self-administered questionnaire surveys and from medical records. We analyzed maternal serum samples for PFOS and PFOA by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). RESULTS: After adjusting for confounding factors, PFOS levels negatively correlated with birth weight [per log(10) unit: β = −148.8 g; 95% confidence interval (CI), −297.0 to −0.5 g]. In addition, analyses stratified by sex revealed that PFOS levels negatively correlated with birth weight only in female infants (per log(10) unit: β = −269.4 g; 95% CI, −465.7 to −73.0 g). However, we observed no correlation between PFOA levels and birth weight. CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that in utero exposure to relatively low levels of PFOS was negatively correlated with birth weight. |
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spelling | pubmed-26796132009-05-13 Correlations between Prenatal Exposure to Perfluorinated Chemicals and Reduced Fetal Growth Washino, Noriaki Saijo, Yasuaki Sasaki, Seiko Kato, Shizue Ban, Susumu Konishi, Kanae Ito, Rie Nakata, Ayako Iwasaki, Yusuke Saito, Koichi Nakazawa, Hiroyuki Kishi, Reiko Environ Health Perspect Research BACKGROUND: Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) are man-made, ubiquitous, and persistent contaminants in the environment, wildlife, and humans. Although recent studies have shown that these chemicals interfere with fetal growth in humans, the results are inconsistent. OBJECTIVES: Our goal was to investigate the correlation between relatively low levels of PFOS and PFOA in maternal serum and birth weight and birth size. METHODS: We conducted a hospital-based prospective cohort study between July 2002 and October 2005 in Sapporo, Japan. A total of 428 women and their infants were involved in the study. We obtained characteristics of the mothers and infants from self-administered questionnaire surveys and from medical records. We analyzed maternal serum samples for PFOS and PFOA by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). RESULTS: After adjusting for confounding factors, PFOS levels negatively correlated with birth weight [per log(10) unit: β = −148.8 g; 95% confidence interval (CI), −297.0 to −0.5 g]. In addition, analyses stratified by sex revealed that PFOS levels negatively correlated with birth weight only in female infants (per log(10) unit: β = −269.4 g; 95% CI, −465.7 to −73.0 g). However, we observed no correlation between PFOA levels and birth weight. CONCLUSION: Our results indicate that in utero exposure to relatively low levels of PFOS was negatively correlated with birth weight. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2009-04 2008-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2679613/ /pubmed/19440508 http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.11681 Text en http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ Publication of EHP lies in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from EHP may be reprinted freely. Use of materials published in EHP should be acknowledged (for example, ?Reproduced with permission from Environmental Health Perspectives?); pertinent reference information should be provided for the article from which the material was reproduced. Articles from EHP, especially the News section, may contain photographs or illustrations copyrighted by other commercial organizations or individuals that may not be used without obtaining prior approval from the holder of the copyright. |
spellingShingle | Research Washino, Noriaki Saijo, Yasuaki Sasaki, Seiko Kato, Shizue Ban, Susumu Konishi, Kanae Ito, Rie Nakata, Ayako Iwasaki, Yusuke Saito, Koichi Nakazawa, Hiroyuki Kishi, Reiko Correlations between Prenatal Exposure to Perfluorinated Chemicals and Reduced Fetal Growth |
title | Correlations between Prenatal Exposure to Perfluorinated Chemicals and Reduced Fetal Growth |
title_full | Correlations between Prenatal Exposure to Perfluorinated Chemicals and Reduced Fetal Growth |
title_fullStr | Correlations between Prenatal Exposure to Perfluorinated Chemicals and Reduced Fetal Growth |
title_full_unstemmed | Correlations between Prenatal Exposure to Perfluorinated Chemicals and Reduced Fetal Growth |
title_short | Correlations between Prenatal Exposure to Perfluorinated Chemicals and Reduced Fetal Growth |
title_sort | correlations between prenatal exposure to perfluorinated chemicals and reduced fetal growth |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2679613/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19440508 http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.11681 |
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