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The Association between Multiple Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances’ Serum Levels and Allostatic Load
Background/Objective: This study aimed to explore the association between allostatic load (AL), an index of chronic stress, with nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), a group of organic compounds used in commercial and industrial applications. The PFASs explored were perfluorohexane sulf...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9104853/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35564852 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095455 |
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description | Background/Objective: This study aimed to explore the association between allostatic load (AL), an index of chronic stress, with nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), a group of organic compounds used in commercial and industrial applications. The PFASs explored were perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHS), perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDE), perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS), perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHP), perflurododecanoic acid (PFDO), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUA), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS). This study was performed to better understand the association between PFASs and AL, which may be a mediator of several diseases. Methods: This study was performed on adults aged 20 and older, using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007–2014 data. AL was calculated as a cumulative index of ten biomarkers from the cardiovascular, inflammatory, and metabolic system, which was dichotomized into high risk (assigned a value of 1) or low risk (assigned a value 0) depending on if the index value was ≥3 (chronic physiological stress) or <3 (less stressed). In this study, PFASs and covariates such as age, gender, ethnicity, alcohol consumption, smoking, and physical activity were explored using descriptive statistics and logistic regression modeling. Results: The results indicated that in adults, AL was more elevated in men as compared to women, in those aged ≥60 years, and varied by ethnicity. For instance, non-Hispanic Blacks had higher AL levels (mean of 3.92) compared to other ethnicities. A significant number of the participants tested for PFBS, PFHP, PFDO were below the LOD and thus these PFASs were excluded from the analysis. Our analysis demonstrated multicollinearities between variables such as PFNA, PFOS, and PFOA with variance inflation factor (VIF) values of 6.197, 6.212, and 5.139, respectively. Thus, PFASs were analyzed individually and adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, physical activity, smoking, and alcohol consumption. The results indicated a statistically significant positive association between AL and most of the PFASs, except PFUA which was not statistically significant with a p value of 0.531. Conclusions: The findings of this study suggest that exposure to PFDE, PFNA, PFOS, PFOA, and PFHS are associated with AL when adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, alcohol consumption, smoking, and physical activity. Future studies looking to model the effects of these factors together must consider their relationship with each other and choose different analytical approaches. |
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spelling | pubmed-91048532022-05-14 The Association between Multiple Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances’ Serum Levels and Allostatic Load Bashir, Tahir Obeng-Gyasi, Emmanuel Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background/Objective: This study aimed to explore the association between allostatic load (AL), an index of chronic stress, with nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), a group of organic compounds used in commercial and industrial applications. The PFASs explored were perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHS), perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDE), perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS), perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHP), perflurododecanoic acid (PFDO), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUA), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS). This study was performed to better understand the association between PFASs and AL, which may be a mediator of several diseases. Methods: This study was performed on adults aged 20 and older, using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007–2014 data. AL was calculated as a cumulative index of ten biomarkers from the cardiovascular, inflammatory, and metabolic system, which was dichotomized into high risk (assigned a value of 1) or low risk (assigned a value 0) depending on if the index value was ≥3 (chronic physiological stress) or <3 (less stressed). In this study, PFASs and covariates such as age, gender, ethnicity, alcohol consumption, smoking, and physical activity were explored using descriptive statistics and logistic regression modeling. Results: The results indicated that in adults, AL was more elevated in men as compared to women, in those aged ≥60 years, and varied by ethnicity. For instance, non-Hispanic Blacks had higher AL levels (mean of 3.92) compared to other ethnicities. A significant number of the participants tested for PFBS, PFHP, PFDO were below the LOD and thus these PFASs were excluded from the analysis. Our analysis demonstrated multicollinearities between variables such as PFNA, PFOS, and PFOA with variance inflation factor (VIF) values of 6.197, 6.212, and 5.139, respectively. Thus, PFASs were analyzed individually and adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, physical activity, smoking, and alcohol consumption. The results indicated a statistically significant positive association between AL and most of the PFASs, except PFUA which was not statistically significant with a p value of 0.531. Conclusions: The findings of this study suggest that exposure to PFDE, PFNA, PFOS, PFOA, and PFHS are associated with AL when adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, alcohol consumption, smoking, and physical activity. Future studies looking to model the effects of these factors together must consider their relationship with each other and choose different analytical approaches. MDPI 2022-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9104853/ /pubmed/35564852 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095455 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Bashir, Tahir Obeng-Gyasi, Emmanuel The Association between Multiple Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances’ Serum Levels and Allostatic Load |
title | The Association between Multiple Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances’ Serum Levels and Allostatic Load |
title_full | The Association between Multiple Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances’ Serum Levels and Allostatic Load |
title_fullStr | The Association between Multiple Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances’ Serum Levels and Allostatic Load |
title_full_unstemmed | The Association between Multiple Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances’ Serum Levels and Allostatic Load |
title_short | The Association between Multiple Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances’ Serum Levels and Allostatic Load |
title_sort | association between multiple per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances’ serum levels and allostatic load |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9104853/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35564852 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095455 |
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