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2. Maternal and newborn metabolomic changes associated with urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolite concentrations at delivery: an untargeted approach
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Puvvula, Jagadeesh, Manz, Kathrine E., Braun, Joseph M., Pennell, Kurt D., DeFranco, Emily A., Ho, Shuk-Mei, Leung, Yuet-Kin, Huang, Shouxiong, Vuong, Ann M., Kim, Stephani S., Percy, Zana P., Bhashyam, Priyanka, Lee, Raymund, Jones, Dean P., Tran, Vilinh, Kim, Dasom V., and Chen, Aimin
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3. A randomized controlled trial of a housing intervention to reduce endocrine disrupting chemical exposures in children
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Fossa, Alan J., Manz, Katherine E., Papandonatos, George D., Chen, Aimin, La Guardia, Mark J., Lanphear, Bruce P., C.Hale, Robert, Pagano, Alexandra, Pennell, Kurt D., Yolton, Kimberly, and Braun, Joseph M.
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4. Gestational PBDE concentrations, persistent externalizing, and emerging internalizing behaviors in adolescents: The HOME study
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Cecil, Kim M., Xu, Yingying, Chen, Aimin, Khoury, Jane, Altaye, Mekibib, Braun, Joseph M., Sjodin, Andreas, Lanphear, Bruce P., Newman, Nicholas, Strawn, Jeffrey R., Vuong, Ann M., and Yolton, Kimberly
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5. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and bone mineral content in early adolescence: Modification by diet and physical activity
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Buckley, Jessie P., Zhou, Junyi, Marquess, Katherine M., Lanphear, Bruce P., Cecil, Kim M., Chen, Aimin, Sears, Clara G., Xu, Yingying, Yolton, Kimberly, Kalkwarf, Heidi J., Braun, Joseph M., and Kuiper, Jordan R.
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6. Associations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances with maternal early second trimester sex-steroid hormones
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Pacyga, Diana C., Papandonatos, George D., Rosas, Libeth, Whalen, Jason, Smith, Sabrina, Park, June-Soo, Gardiner, Joseph C., Braun, Joseph M., Schantz, Susan L., and Strakovsky, Rita S.
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7. Firearm-Related Lead Exposure and Child Lead Levels in the United States, 2012-2018
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Hoover, Christian, Fossa, Alan J., Ranney, Megan L., Hoover, Gabrielle Groth, Specht, Aaron J., Hemenway, David, and Braun, Joseph M.
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8. Associations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances with maternal metabolic and inflammatory biomarkers in early-to-mid-pregnancy
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Cinzori, Maria E., Pacyga, Diana C., Rosas, Libeth, Whalen, Jason, Smith, Sabrina, Park, June-Soo, Geiger, Sarah D., Gardiner, Joseph C., Braun, Joseph M., Schantz, Susan L., and Strakovsky, Rita S.
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9. Associations of parental preconception and maternal pregnancy urinary phthalate biomarker and bisphenol-a concentrations with child eating behaviors
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Leader, Jordana, Mínguez-Alarcón, Lidia, Williams, Paige L., Ford, Jennifer B., Dadd, Ramace, Chagnon, Olivia, Oken, Emily, Calafat, Antonia M., Hauser, Russ, and Braun, Joseph M.
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10. Antibiotic consumption in the first months of life: A cross-sectional study
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Mourino, Nerea, Varela-Lema, Leonor, Santiago-Pérez, María Isolina, Braun, Joseph M., Rey-Brandariz, Julia, Candal-Pedreira, Cristina, and Pérez-Ríos, Mónica
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11. The U.S. PFAS exposure burden calculator for 2017–2018: Application to the HOME Study, with comparison of epidemiological findings from NHANES
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Liu, Shelley H., Chen, Yitong, Feuerstahler, Leah, Chen, Aimin, Starling, Anne, Dabelea, Dana, Wang, Xiaobin, Cecil, Kim, Lanphear, Bruce, Yolton, Kimberly, Braun, Joseph M., and Buckley, Jessie P.
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12. Associations of urinary non-persistent endocrine disrupting chemical biomarkers with early-to-mid pregnancy plasma sex-steroid and thyroid hormones
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Ryva, Brad A., Pacyga, Diana C., Anderson, Kaitlyn Y., Calafat, Antonia M., Whalen, Jason, Aung, Max T., Gardiner, Joseph C., Braun, Joseph M., Schantz, Susan L., and Strakovsky, Rita S.
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13. Paternal and maternal preconception and maternal pregnancy urinary phthalate metabolite and BPA concentrations in relation to child behavior
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Leader, Jordana, Mínguez-Alarcón, Lidia, Williams, Paige L., Ford, Jennifer B., Dadd, Ramace, Chagnon, Olivia, Bellinger, David C., Oken, Emily, Calafat, Antonia M., Hauser, Russ, and Braun, Joseph M.
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14. Prenatal exposure to replacement flame retardants and organophosphate esters and childhood adverse respiratory outcomes
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Mendy, Angelico, Percy, Zana, Braun, Joseph M., Lanphear, Bruce, La Guardia, Mark J., Hale, Robert C., Yolton, Kimberly, and Chen, Aimin
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15. Gestational exposure to organochlorine compounds and metals and infant birth weight: effect modification by maternal hardships.
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Hu, Janice M. Y., Arbuckle, Tye E., Janssen, Patricia A., Lanphear, Bruce P., Alampi, Joshua D., Braun, Joseph M., MacFarlane, Amanda J., Chen, Aimin, and McCandless, Lawrence C.
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BIRTH weight ,WEIGHT in infancy ,ORGANOCHLORINE compounds ,TOXIC substance exposure ,METAL compounds ,FOLIC acid ,FETAL growth disorders - Abstract
Background: Gestational exposure to toxic environmental chemicals and maternal social hardships are individually associated with impaired fetal growth, but it is unclear whether the effects of environmental chemical exposure on infant birth weight are modified by maternal hardships. Methods: We used data from the Maternal-Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals (MIREC) Study, a pan-Canadian cohort of 1982 pregnant females enrolled between 2008 and 2011. We quantified eleven environmental chemical concentrations from two chemical classes – six organochlorine compounds (OCs) and five metals – that were detected in ≥ 70% of blood samples collected during the first trimester. We examined fetal growth using birth weight adjusted for gestational age and assessed nine maternal hardships by questionnaire. Each maternal hardship variable was dichotomized to indicate whether the females experienced the hardship. In our analysis, we used elastic net to select the environmental chemicals, maternal hardships, and 2-way interactions between maternal hardships and environmental chemicals that were most predictive of birth weight. Next, we obtained effect estimates using multiple linear regression, and plotted the relationships by hardship status for visual interpretation. Results: Elastic net selected trans-nonachlor, lead, low educational status, racially minoritized background, and low supplemental folic acid intake. All were inversely associated with birth weight. Elastic net also selected interaction terms. Among those with increasing environmental chemical exposures and reported hardships, we observed stronger negative associations and a few positive associations. For example, every two-fold increase in lead concentrations was more strongly associated with reduced infant birth weight among participants with low educational status (β = -100 g (g); 95% confidence interval (CI): -215, 16), than those with higher educational status (β = -34 g; 95% CI: -63, -3). In contrast, every two-fold increase in mercury concentrations was associated with slightly higher birth weight among participants with low educational status (β = 23 g; 95% CI: -25, 71) compared to those with higher educational status (β = -9 g; 95% CI: -24, 6). Conclusions: Our findings suggest that maternal hardships can modify the associations of gestational exposure to some OCs and metals with infant birth weight. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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16. Gestational exposure to environmental chemicals and epigenetic alterations in the placenta and cord blood mononuclear cells.
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Puvvula, Jagadeesh, Braun, Joseph M., DeFranco, Emily A., Ho, Shuk-Mei, Leung, Yuet-Kin, Huang, Shouxiong, Zhang, Xiang, Vuong, Ann M., Kim, Stephani S., Percy, Zana, Calafat, Antonia M., Botelho, Julianne C., and Chen, Aimin
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Background: Exposure to environmental chemicals such as phthalates, phenols, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) during pregnancy can increase the risk of adverse newborn outcomes. We explored the associations between maternal exposure to select environmental chemicals and DNA methylation in cord blood mononuclear cells (CBMC) and placental tissue (maternal and fetal sides) to identify potential mechanisms underlying these associations. Method: This study included 75 pregnant individuals who planned to give birth at the University of Cincinnati Hospital between 2014 and 2017. Maternal urine samples during the delivery visit were collected and analyzed for 37 biomarkers of phenols (12), phthalates (13), phthalate replacements (4), and PAHs (8). Cord blood and placenta tissue (maternal and fetal sides) were also collected to measure the DNA methylation intensities using the Infinium HumanMethylation450K BeadChip. We used linear regression, adjusting for potential confounders, to assess CpG-specific methylation changes in CBMC (n = 54) and placenta [fetal (n = 67) and maternal (n = 68) sides] associated with gestational chemical exposures (29 of 37 biomarkers measured in this study). To account for multiple testing, we used a false discovery rate q-values < 0.05 and presented results by limiting results with a genomic inflation factor of 1±0.5. Additionally, gene set enrichment analysis was conducted using the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomics pathways. Results: Among the 29 chemical biomarkers assessed for differential methylation, maternal concentrations of PAH metabolites (1-hydroxynaphthalene, 2-hydroxyfluorene, 4-hydroxyphenanthrene, 1-hydroxypyrene), monocarboxyisononyl phthalate, mono-3-carboxypropyl phthalate, and bisphenol A were associated with altered methylation in placenta (maternal or fetal side). Among exposure biomarkers associated with epigenetic changes, 1-hydroxynaphthalene, and mono-3-carboxypropyl phthalate were consistently associated with differential CpG methylation in the placenta. Gene enrichment analysis indicated that maternal 1-hydroxynaphthalene was associated with lipid metabolism and cellular processes of the placenta. Additionally, mono-3-carboxypropyl phthalate was associated with organismal systems and genetic information processing of the placenta. Conclusion: Among the 29 chemical biomarkers assessed during delivery, 1-hydroxynaphthalene and mono-3-carboxypropyl phthalate were associated with DNA methylation in the placenta. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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17. Associations of childhood BMI traits with blood pressure and glycated haemoglobin in 6–9‐year‐old Samoan children.
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Choy, Courtney C., Johnson, William, Braun, Joseph M., Soti‐Ulberg, Christina, Reupena, Muagututia S., Naseri, Take, Savusa, Kima, Lupematasila, Vaimoana Filipo, Arorae, Maria Siulepa, Tafunaina, Faatali, Unasa, Folla, Duckham, Rachel L., Wang, Dongqing, McGarvey, Stephen T., and Hawley, Nicola L.
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HYPERTENSION epidemiology ,DIABETES risk factors ,HYPERTENSION risk factors ,RISK assessment ,STATISTICAL correlation ,BODY mass index ,GLYCOSYLATED hemoglobin ,RESEARCH funding ,SEX distribution ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors ,DISEASE prevalence ,CAREGIVERS ,RESEARCH ,BLOOD pressure ,CHILDHOOD obesity ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,BLOOD pressure measurement ,REGRESSION analysis ,DIABETES ,DISEASE complications ,CHILDREN - Abstract
Summary: Introduction: Prevalence and risk factors for elevated glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and blood pressure (BP) are poorly understood among Pacific children. We examined associations of HbA1c and BP in 6–9 year‐olds with body mass index (BMI) at ages 2, 5, and BMI velocity between 2–9 years in Samoa. Methods: HbA1c (capillary blood) and BP were measured in n = 410 Samoan children who were part of an ongoing cohort study. Multilevel models predicted BMI trajectory characteristics. Generalized linear regressions assessed associations of childhood characteristics and BMI trajectories with HbA1c and BP treated as both continuous and categorical outcomes. Primary caregiver‐reported childhood characteristics were used as covariates. Results: Overall, 12.90% (n = 53) of children had high HbA1c (≥5.7%) and 33.17% (n = 136) had elevated BP. BMI at 5‐years and BMI velocity were positively associated with high HbA1c prevalence in males. A 1 kg/m2 per year higher velocity was associated with a 1.71 (95% CI: 1.07, 2.75) times higher prevalence of high HbA1c. In females, higher BMI at 5‐years and greater BMI velocity were associated with higher BP at 6–9 years (95% CI: 1.12, 1.40, and 1.42, 2.74, respectively). Conclusion: Monitoring childhood BMI trajectories may inform cardiometabolic disease screening and prevention efforts in this at‐risk population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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18. Estimating effects of longitudinal and cumulative exposure to PFAS mixtures on early adolescent body composition.
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Kuiper, Jordan R, Liu, Shelley H, Lanphear, Bruce P, Calafat, Antonia M, Cecil, Kim M, Xu, Yingying, Yolton, Kimberly, Kalkwarf, Heidi J, Chen, Aimin, Braun, Joseph M, and Buckley, Jessie P
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ADOLESCENT development ,RESEARCH funding ,BODY mass index ,ADIPOSE tissues ,RECEIVER operating characteristic curves ,BODY composition ,SEX distribution ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,STATURE ,ENVIRONMENTAL exposure ,LEAN body mass ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,FLUOROCARBONS ,BIOMARKERS ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
Few methods have been used to characterize repeatedly measured biomarkers of chemical mixtures. We applied latent profile analysis (LPA) to serum concentrations of 4 perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) measured at 4 time points from gestation to age 12 years. We evaluated the relationships between profiles and z scores of height, body mass index, fat mass index, and lean body mass index at age 12 years (n = 218). We compared LPA findings with an alternative approach for cumulative PFAS mixtures using g-computation to estimate the effect of simultaneously increasing the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) for all PFAS. We identified 2 profiles: a higher PFAS profile (35% of sample) and a lower PFAS profile (relative to each other), based on their average PFAS concentrations at all time points. The higher PFAS profile had generally lower z scores for all outcomes, with somewhat larger effects for males, though all 95% CIs crossed the null. For example, the higher PFAS profile was associated with a 0.50-unit lower (β = −0.50; 95% CI, −1.07 to 0.08) BMI z score among males but not among females (β = 0.04; 95% CI, −0.45 to 0.54). We observed similar patterns with AUCs. We found that a higher childhood PFAS profile and higher cumulative PFAS mixtures may be associated with altered growth in early adolescence. This article is part of a Special Collection on Environmental Epidemiology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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19. Early life exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke and eating behaviors at age 12 years.
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Mourino, Nerea, Zhang, Zhuoya, Pérez-Ríos, Mónica, Yolton, Kimberly, Lanphear, Bruce P., Chen, Aimin, Buckley, Jessie P., Kalkwarf, Heidi J., Cecil, Kim M., and Braun, Joseph M.
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FOOD habits ,TOBACCO smoke ,PASSIVE smoking ,SMOKING ,CHILD behavior ,PREGNANCY ,SEX (Biology) - Abstract
Background: Prenatal or early childhood secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure increases obesity risk. However, the potential mechanisms underlying this association are unclear, but obesogenic eating behaviors are one pathway that components of SHS could perturb. Our aim was to assess associations of prenatal and early childhood SHS exposure with adolescent eating behaviors. Methods: Data came from a prospective pregnancy and birth cohort (N = 207, Cincinnati, OH). With multiple informant models, we estimated associations of prenatal (mean of 16 and 26 weeks of gestation maternal serum cotinine concentrations) and early childhood cotinine (average concentration across ages 12, 24, 36, and 48 months) with eating behaviors at age 12 years (Child Eating Behaviors Questionnaire). We tested whether associations differed by exposure periods and adolescent's sex. Models adjusted for maternal and child covariates. Results: We found no statistically significant associations between cotinine measures and adolescent's eating behaviors. Yet, in females, prenatal cotinine was associated with greater food responsiveness (β: 0.23; 95% CI: 0.08, 0.38) and lower satiety responsiveness (β: -0.14; 95% CI: -0.26, -0.02); in males, prenatal and postnatal cotinine was related to lower food responsiveness (prenatal: β: -0.25; 95% CI: -0.04, -0.06; postnatal: β: -0.36; 95% CI: -0.06, -0.11). No significant effect modification by sex or exposure window was found for other eating behaviors. Conclusion: Prenatal and early childhood SHS exposures were not related to adolescent's eating behavior in this cohort; however, biological sex may modify these associations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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20. Gestational thyroid hormones and autism‐related traits in the EARLI and HOME studies.
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Zhong, Caichen, Rando, Juliette, Patti, Marisa A., Braun, Joseph M., Chen, Aimin, Xu, Yingying, Lanphear, Bruce P., Yolton, Kimberly, Croen, Lisa A., Fallin, M. Daniele, Hertz‐Picciotto, Irva, Newschaffer, Craig J., and Lyall, Kristen
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Thyroid hormones are essential for neurodevelopment. Few studies have considered associations with quantitatively measured autism spectrum disorder (ASD)‐related traits, which may help elucidate associations for a broader population. Participants were drawn from two prospective pregnancy cohorts: the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI), enrolling pregnant women who already had a child with ASD, and the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment (HOME) Study, following pregnant women from the greater Cincinnati, OH area. Gestational thyroid‐stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4) were measured in mid‐pregnancy 16 (±3) weeks gestation serum samples. ASD‐related traits were measured using the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) at ages 3–8 years. The association was examined using quantile regression, adjusting for maternal and sociodemographic factors. 278 participants (132 from EARLI, 146 from HOME) were included. TSH distributions were similar across cohorts, while FT4 levels were higher in EARLI compared to HOME. In pooled analyses, particularly for those in the highest SRS quantile (95th percentile), higher FT4 levels were associated with increasing SRS scores (β = 5.21, 95% CI = 0.93, 9.48), and higher TSH levels were associated with decreasing SRS scores (β = −6.94, 95% CI = −11.04, −2.83). The association between TSH and SRS remained significant in HOME for the 95% percentile of SRS scores (β = −6.48, 95% CI = −12.16, −0.80), but not EARLI. Results for FT4 were attenuated when examined in the individual cohorts. Our results add to evidence that gestational thyroid hormones may be associated with ASD‐related outcomes by suggesting that relationships may differ across the distribution of ASD‐related traits and by familial likelihood of ASD. Lay Summary: The study examined the association between gestational thyroid hormone levels and ASD‐related traits in two pregnancy cohorts. Our results suggested higher levels of gestational free thyroxine levels and lower levels of thyroid‐stimulating hormone were associated with more ASD‐related traits in children, with variations depending on the degree of clinical impairment and the familial likelihood of ASD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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21. High levels of sleep disturbance across early childhood increases cardiometabolic disease risk index in early adolescence: longitudinal sleep analysis using the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment study.
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Duraccio, Kara McRae, Xu, Yingying, Beebe, Dean W, Lanphear, Bruce, Chen, Aimin, Braun, Joseph M, Kalkwarf, Heidi, Cecil, Kim M, and Yolton, Kimberly
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22. Evaluating Mixtures of Urinary Phthalate Metabolites and Serum Per-/Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Relation to Adolescent Hair Cortisol: The HOME Study.
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Sears, Clara G, Liu, Yun, Lanphear, Bruce P, Buckley, Jessie P, Meyer, Jerrold, Xu, Yingying, Chen, Aimin, Yolton, Kimberly, and Braun, Joseph M
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PHENOLS ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,HAIR analysis ,HAZARDOUS substance release ,FLUOROCARBONS ,HYPOTHALAMIC-pituitary-adrenal axis ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,ENVIRONMENTAL exposure ,CARBOCYCLIC acids ,METABOLITES ,HYDROCORTISONE ,PREGNANCY ,ADOLESCENCE - Abstract
Results of toxicological studies indicate that phthalates and per-/polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), 2 classes of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, may alter the functioning of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis. We evaluated the associations of urinary phthalate metabolites and serum PFAS during gestation and childhood with adolescent hair cortisol concentrations (pg/mg hair) at age 12 years, an integrative marker of HPA axis activity (n = 205 mother-child pairs; Cincinnati, Ohio; enrolled 2003–2006). We used quantile-based g-computation to estimate associations between mixtures of urinary phthalate metabolites or serum PFAS and hair cortisol. We also examined whether associations of individual phthalate metabolites or PFAS with cortisol varied by the timing of exposure. We found that a 1-quartile increase in all childhood phthalate metabolites was associated with 35% higher adolescent hair cortisol (phthalate mixture ψ = 0.13; 95% confidence interval: 0.03, 0.22); these associations were driven by monoethyl phthalate, monoisobutyl phthalate, and monobenzyl phthalate. We did not find evidence that phthalate metabolites during gestation or serum PFAS mixtures were related to adolescent hair cortisol concentrations. We found suggestive evidence that higher childhood concentrations of individual PFAS were related to higher and lower adolescent hair cortisol concentrations. Our results suggest that phthalate exposure during childhood may contribute to higher levels of chronic HPA axis activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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23. A Mixture of Urinary Phthalate Metabolite Concentrations During Pregnancy and Offspring Social Responsiveness Scale Scores.
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Yu, Emma X., Braun, Joseph M., Lyall, Kristen, Hertz-Picciotto, Irva, Fallin, M. Daniele, Croen, Lisa A., Chen, Aimin, Xu, Yingying, Yolton, Kimberly, Newschaffer, Craig J., and Hamra, Ghassan B.
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Background: Phthalates are a group of chemicals with ubiquitous exposure worldwide. Exposures to phthalates during pregnancy may play a role in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) etiology by disrupting hormone levels or directly impacting fetal neurodevelopment. However, there is little research quantifying the aggregate effect of phthalates on child ASD-related behaviors. Methods: We used data from two prospective pregnancy and birth cohorts—the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment (HOME) and the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI). HOME is a general population cohort while participants in EARLI were at higher familial risk for ASD. Using quantile g-computation and linear regression models, we assessed the joint and individual associations of a mixture of six phthalate metabolites during pregnancy with child ASD-related traits measured by Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) scores at ages 3–8 years. Results: Our analyses included 271 participants from HOME and 166 participants from EARLI. There were imprecise associations between the phthalate mixture and SRS total raw scores in HOME (difference in SRS scores per decile increase in every phthalate = 1.3; 95% confidence interval [CI] = –0.2, 2.8) and EARLI (difference in SRS scores per decile increase in every phthalate = –0.9; 95% CI = –3.5, 1.7). Conclusions: The cohort-specific effect sizes of the pthalates–SRS associations were small and CIs were imprecise. These results suggest that if there are associations between phthalate metabolites during pregnancy and child SRS scores, they may differ across populations with different familial liabilities. Further studies with larger sample sizes are warranted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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24. Correction: Gestational exposure to organochlorine compounds and metals and infant birth weight: effect modification by maternal hardships.
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Hu, Janice M. Y., Arbuckle, Tye E., Janssen, Patricia A., Lanphear, Bruce P., Alampi, Joshua D., Braun, Joseph M., MacFarlane, Amanda J., Chen, Aimin, and McCandless, Lawrence C.
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WEIGHT in infancy ,HEALTH ministers ,BIRTH weight ,METAL compounds ,HARDSHIP ,ORGANOCHLORINE compounds - Abstract
This document is a correction notice for an article titled "Gestational exposure to organochlorine compounds and metals and infant birth weight: effect modification by maternal hardships." The original article was published in the journal Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source. The correction states that the copyright line of the article should be attributed to ©His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Health, 2024. The correction notice also mentions that Springer Nature, the publisher, remains neutral regarding jurisdictional claims and institutional affiliations. The authors of the article are listed as Janice M. Y. Hu, Tye E. Arbuckle, Patricia A. Janssen, Bruce P. Lanphear, Joshua D. Alampi, Joseph M. Braun, Amanda J. MacFarlane, Aimin Chen, and Lawrence C. McCandless. [Extracted from the article]
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25. Do small effects matter more in vulnerable populations? an investigation using Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) cohorts.
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Peacock JL, Coto SD, Rees JR, Sauzet O, Jensen ET, Fichorova R, Dunlop AL, Paneth N, Padula A, Woodruff T, Morello-Frosch R, Trowbridge J, Goin D, Maldonado LE, Niu Z, Ghassabian A, Transande L, Ferrara A, Croen LA, Alexeeff S, Breton C, Litonjua A, O'Connor TG, Lyall K, Volk H, Alshawabkeh A, Manjourides J, Camargo CA Jr, Dabelea D, Hockett CW, Bendixsen CG, Hertz-Picciotto I, Schmidt RJ, Hipwell AE, Keenan K, Karr C, LeWinn KZ, Lester B, Camerota M, Ganiban J, McEvoy C, Elliott MR, Sathyanarayana S, Ji N, Braun JM, and Karagas MR
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- Humans, Female, Infant, Newborn, Environmental Exposure adverse effects, Cohort Studies, Pregnancy, Socioeconomic Factors, Male, Adult, Vulnerable Populations statistics & numerical data, Infant, Low Birth Weight, Child Health statistics & numerical data, Birth Weight
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Background: A major challenge in epidemiology is knowing when an exposure effect is large enough to be clinically important, in particular how to interpret a difference in mean outcome in unexposed/exposed groups. Where it can be calculated, the proportion/percentage beyond a suitable cut-point is useful in defining individuals at high risk to give a more meaningful outcome. In this simulation study we compute differences in outcome means and proportions that arise from hypothetical small effects in vulnerable sub-populations., Methods: Data from over 28,000 mother/child pairs belonging to the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program were used to examine the impact of hypothetical environmental exposures on mean birthweight, and low birthweight (LBW) (birthweight < 2500g). We computed mean birthweight in unexposed/exposed groups by sociodemographic categories (maternal education, health insurance, race, ethnicity) using a range of hypothetical exposure effect sizes. We compared the difference in mean birthweight and the percentage LBW, calculated using a distributional approach., Results: When the hypothetical mean exposure effect was fixed (at 50, 125, 167 or 250g), the absolute difference in % LBW (risk difference) was not constant but varied by socioeconomic categories. The risk differences were greater in sub-populations with the highest baseline percentages LBW: ranging from 3.1-5.3 percentage points for exposure effect of 125g. Similar patterns were seen for other mean exposure sizes simulated., Conclusions: Vulnerable sub-populations with greater baseline percentages at high risk fare worse when exposed to a small insult compared to the general population. This illustrates another facet of health disparity in vulnerable individuals., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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26. Correction: Gestational exposure to organochlorine compounds and metals and infant birth weight: effect modification by maternal hardships.
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Hu JMY, Arbuckle TE, Janssen PA, Lanphear BP, Alampi JD, Braun JM, MacFarlane AJ, Chen A, and McCandless LC
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27. Gestational exposure to organochlorine compounds and metals and infant birth weight: effect modification by maternal hardships.
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Hu JMY, Arbuckle TE, Janssen PA, Lanphear BP, Alampi JD, Braun JM, MacFarlane AJ, Chen A, and McCandless LC
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- Humans, Female, Pregnancy, Adult, Canada, Infant, Newborn, Young Adult, Metals blood, Socioeconomic Factors, Cohort Studies, Male, Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated blood, Birth Weight drug effects, Maternal Exposure, Environmental Pollutants blood
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Background: Gestational exposure to toxic environmental chemicals and maternal social hardships are individually associated with impaired fetal growth, but it is unclear whether the effects of environmental chemical exposure on infant birth weight are modified by maternal hardships., Methods: We used data from the Maternal-Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals (MIREC) Study, a pan-Canadian cohort of 1982 pregnant females enrolled between 2008 and 2011. We quantified eleven environmental chemical concentrations from two chemical classes - six organochlorine compounds (OCs) and five metals - that were detected in ≥ 70% of blood samples collected during the first trimester. We examined fetal growth using birth weight adjusted for gestational age and assessed nine maternal hardships by questionnaire. Each maternal hardship variable was dichotomized to indicate whether the females experienced the hardship. In our analysis, we used elastic net to select the environmental chemicals, maternal hardships, and 2-way interactions between maternal hardships and environmental chemicals that were most predictive of birth weight. Next, we obtained effect estimates using multiple linear regression, and plotted the relationships by hardship status for visual interpretation., Results: Elastic net selected trans-nonachlor, lead, low educational status, racially minoritized background, and low supplemental folic acid intake. All were inversely associated with birth weight. Elastic net also selected interaction terms. Among those with increasing environmental chemical exposures and reported hardships, we observed stronger negative associations and a few positive associations. For example, every two-fold increase in lead concentrations was more strongly associated with reduced infant birth weight among participants with low educational status (β = -100 g (g); 95% confidence interval (CI): -215, 16), than those with higher educational status (β = -34 g; 95% CI: -63, -3). In contrast, every two-fold increase in mercury concentrations was associated with slightly higher birth weight among participants with low educational status (β = 23 g; 95% CI: -25, 71) compared to those with higher educational status (β = -9 g; 95% CI: -24, 6)., Conclusions: Our findings suggest that maternal hardships can modify the associations of gestational exposure to some OCs and metals with infant birth weight., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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28. [Formula: see text] Environmental predictors of children's executive functioning development.
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Lynch JD, Xu Y, Yolton K, Khoury JC, Chen A, Lanphear BP, Cecil KM, Braun JM, and Epstein JN
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- Humans, Female, Male, Child, Child, Preschool, Longitudinal Studies, Risk Factors, Infant, Prospective Studies, Mothers psychology, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity psychology, Social Environment, Executive Function physiology, Child Development physiology
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Executive functioning (EF) abilities develop through childhood, but this development can be impacted by various psychosocial environmental influences. Using longitudinal data from the Health Outcome and Measures of the Environment (HOME) Study, a prospective pregnancy and birth cohort study, we examined if psychosocial environmental factors were significant predictors of EF development. Study participants comprised 271 children and their primary caregivers (98.5% mothers) followed from birth to age 12. We identified four distinct EF developmental trajectory groups comprising a consistently impaired group (13.3%), a descending impairment group (27.7%), an ascending impairment group (9.95%), and a consistently not impaired group (49.1%). Higher levels of maternal ADHD and relational frustration appear to be risk factors for increased EF difficulty over time, while higher family income may serve as a protective factor delaying predisposed EF impairment. Important intervention targets might include teaching positive and effective parenting strategies to mothers whose children are at risk for EF dysfunction.
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29. Early life exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke and eating behaviors at age 12 years.
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Mourino N, Zhang Z, Pérez-Ríos M, Yolton K, Lanphear BP, Chen A, Buckley JP, Kalkwarf HJ, Cecil KM, and Braun JM
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- Adolescent, Child, Female, Male, Pregnancy, Humans, Child, Preschool, Prospective Studies, Birth Cohort, Feeding Behavior, Cotinine, Tobacco Smoke Pollution adverse effects
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Background: Prenatal or early childhood secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure increases obesity risk. However, the potential mechanisms underlying this association are unclear, but obesogenic eating behaviors are one pathway that components of SHS could perturb. Our aim was to assess associations of prenatal and early childhood SHS exposure with adolescent eating behaviors., Methods: Data came from a prospective pregnancy and birth cohort (N = 207, Cincinnati, OH). With multiple informant models, we estimated associations of prenatal (mean of 16 and 26 weeks of gestation maternal serum cotinine concentrations) and early childhood cotinine (average concentration across ages 12, 24, 36, and 48 months) with eating behaviors at age 12 years (Child Eating Behaviors Questionnaire). We tested whether associations differed by exposure periods and adolescent's sex. Models adjusted for maternal and child covariates., Results: We found no statistically significant associations between cotinine measures and adolescent's eating behaviors. Yet, in females, prenatal cotinine was associated with greater food responsiveness (β: 0.23; 95% CI: 0.08, 0.38) and lower satiety responsiveness (β: -0.14; 95% CI: -0.26, -0.02); in males, prenatal and postnatal cotinine was related to lower food responsiveness (prenatal: β: -0.25; 95% CI: -0.04, -0.06; postnatal: β: -0.36; 95% CI: -0.06, -0.11). No significant effect modification by sex or exposure window was found for other eating behaviors., Conclusion: Prenatal and early childhood SHS exposures were not related to adolescent's eating behavior in this cohort; however, biological sex may modify these associations., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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30. Gestational thyroid hormones and autism-related traits in the EARLI and HOME studies.
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Zhong C, Rando J, Patti MA, Braun JM, Chen A, Xu Y, Lanphear BP, Yolton K, Croen LA, Fallin MD, Hertz-Picciotto I, Newschaffer CJ, and Lyall K
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- Child, Humans, Female, Pregnancy, Prospective Studies, Thyroid Hormones, Thyrotropin, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Autistic Disorder
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Thyroid hormones are essential for neurodevelopment. Few studies have considered associations with quantitatively measured autism spectrum disorder (ASD)-related traits, which may help elucidate associations for a broader population. Participants were drawn from two prospective pregnancy cohorts: the Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI), enrolling pregnant women who already had a child with ASD, and the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment (HOME) Study, following pregnant women from the greater Cincinnati, OH area. Gestational thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4) were measured in mid-pregnancy 16 (±3) weeks gestation serum samples. ASD-related traits were measured using the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) at ages 3-8 years. The association was examined using quantile regression, adjusting for maternal and sociodemographic factors. 278 participants (132 from EARLI, 146 from HOME) were included. TSH distributions were similar across cohorts, while FT4 levels were higher in EARLI compared to HOME. In pooled analyses, particularly for those in the highest SRS quantile (95th percentile), higher FT4 levels were associated with increasing SRS scores (β = 5.21, 95% CI = 0.93, 9.48), and higher TSH levels were associated with decreasing SRS scores (β = -6.94, 95% CI = -11.04, -2.83). The association between TSH and SRS remained significant in HOME for the 95% percentile of SRS scores (β = -6.48, 95% CI = -12.16, -0.80), but not EARLI. Results for FT4 were attenuated when examined in the individual cohorts. Our results add to evidence that gestational thyroid hormones may be associated with ASD-related outcomes by suggesting that relationships may differ across the distribution of ASD-related traits and by familial likelihood of ASD., (© 2024 International Society for Autism Research and Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
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31. Time-varying associations of gestational and childhood triclosan with pubertal and adrenarchal outcomes in early adolescence.
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Laue HE, Lanphear BP, Calafat AM, Cecil KM, Chen A, Xu Y, Kalkwarf HJ, Madan JC, Karagas MR, Yolton K, Fleisch AF, and Braun JM
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Background: Triclosan is an endocrine-disrupting chemical, but associations with pubertal outcomes remain unclear. We examined associations of gestational and childhood triclosan with adolescent hormone concentrations and pubertal stage., Methods: We quantified urinary triclosan concentrations twice during pregnancy and seven times between birth and 12 years in participants recruited from Cincinnati, OH (2003-2006). We averaged concentrations across pregnancy and childhood and separately considered individual exposure periods in multiple informant models. At 12 years, we measured serum hormone concentrations (males [n = 72] and females [n = 84]-dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate, luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone; males-testosterone; females-estradiol). Also at age 12 years, participants self-reported physical development and menarchal timing. We estimated associations (95% confidence interval) of triclosan with hormone concentrations, more advanced physical development, and age at menarche., Results: For females, each doubling of childhood triclosan was associated with 16% lower estradiol concentrations (-29%, 0%), with stronger associations for measures closer to adolescence. We found suggestive evidence that higher triclosan at any age was associated with ~10% (for gestational triclosan: -18%, -2%) lower follicle-stimulating hormone concentrations among males and early postnatal (1-3 years) triclosan was associated with 63% (5%, 96%) lower odds of advanced pubic hair development in females. In multiple informant models, each doubling of gestational triclosan concentrations was associated with 5% (0%, 9%) earlier age at menarche, equivalent to 5.5 months., Conclusion: Gestational and childhood triclosan concentrations were related to some pubertal outcomes including hormone concentrations and age at menarche. Our findings highlight the relevance of elucidating potential sex-specific and time-dependent actions of triclosan., Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest with regard to the content of this report. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the CDC. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the CDC, the Public Health Service, or the US Department of Health and Human Services., (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The Environmental Epidemiology. All rights reserved.)
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32. Evaluating the association between longitudinal exposure to a PFAS mixture and adolescent cardiometabolic risk in the HOME Study.
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Fleury ES, Kuiper JR, Buckley JP, Papandonatos GD, Cecil KM, Chen A, Eaton CB, Kalkwarf HJ, Lanphear BP, Yolton K, and Braun JM
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Background: Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) throughout gestation and childhood may impact cardiometabolic risk., Methods: In 179 HOME Study participants (Cincinnati, OH; recruited 2003-2006), we used latent profile analysis to identify two distinct patterns of PFAS exposure from serum concentrations of four PFAS measured at birth and ages 3, 8, and 12 years. We assessed the homeostatic model of insulin resistance, triglycerides-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio, leptin-to-adiponectin ratio, systolic blood pressure, visceral fat, and hemoglobin A1c levels at age 12 years. We used multivariable linear regression to assess the association of membership in the longitudinal PFAS mixture exposure group with a summary measure of overall cardiometabolic risk and individual components., Results: One PFAS exposure profile (n = 66, 39%) had higher geometric means of all PFAS across all visits than the other. Although adjusted associations were null in the full sample, child sex modified the association of longitudinal PFAS mixture exposure group with overall cardiometabolic risk, leptin-to-adiponectin ratio, systolic blood pressure, and visceral fat (interaction term P values: 0.02-0.08). Females in the higher exposure group had higher cardiometabolic risk scores (ß = 0.43; 95% CI = -0.08, 0.94), systolic blood pressures (ß = 0.6; 95% CI = 0.1, 1.1), and visceral fat (ß = 0.44; 95% CI = -0.13, 1.01); males had lower cardiometabolic risk scores (ß = -0.52; 95% CI = -1.06, -0.06), leptin-to-adiponectin ratios (ß = -0.7; 95% CI = -1.29, -0.1), systolic blood pressures (ß = -0.14; 95% CI = -0.7, 0.41), and visceral fat (ß = -0.52; 95% CI = -0.84, -0.19)., Conclusions: Exposure to this PFAS mixture throughout childhood may have sex-specific effects on adolescent cardiometabolic risk., Competing Interests: J.B. and C.E. were financially compensated for their services as expert witnesses for plaintiffs in litigation related to PFAS-contaminated drinking water. Other authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest with regard to the content of this report., (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The Environmental Epidemiology. All rights reserved.)
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