Exposure to bisphenols, parabens and phthalates during pregnancy and postpartum anxiety and depression symptoms : Evidence from women with twin pregnancies

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BACKGROUND: Women are vulnerable to suffer from the common mental disorders like anxiety and depression during the postpartum period. Exposure to bisphenols, parabens, and phthalates has been linked to anxiety and depression symptoms in the general population. However, little is known about their impacts on postpartum women.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of individual and joint exposure to 11 nonpersistent chemicals during pregnancy on postpartum anxiety and depression.

METHODS: Among 278 mothers from the Wuhan Twin Birth Cohort (WTBC), bisphenols, parabens, and phthalate metabolites were measured in maternal urine samples from each trimester. Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) were administrated at early pregnancy and 1 month and 6 months postpartum to determine anxiety and depression symptoms, respectively. Associations between urinary chemical biomarkers (individual or mixtures) and anxiety and depression symptoms were estimated using multiple informant model and quantile-based g-computation.

RESULTS: With adjustment for confounders, one quartile increase in the overall chemical mixture (bisphenols, parabens and phthalate metabolites) during the second trimester was associated with 1.03-point (95% CI: 0.07, 1.99, P = 0.036) higher EPDS score at 1 month postpartum, in which bisphenol A (BPA) and bisphenol F (BPF) contributed the most to the positive association. Consistent effects were also observed in the multiple informant models. We found that second-trimester BPA and BPF exposure individually showed the strongest and significant associations with anxiety and depression symptoms, and some of associations differed across trimesters (Ptrimester-int < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONS: Second-trimester nonpersistent chemical exposure was associated with increased postpartum anxiety and depression symptoms.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:221

Enthalten in:

Environmental research - 221(2023) vom: 15. März, Seite 115248

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hu, Liqin [VerfasserIn]
Mei, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Huan [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yufang [VerfasserIn]
Cai, Xiaonan [VerfasserIn]
Xiang, Feiyan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Luyi [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Han [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

6O7F7IX66E
Bisphenol A
Bisphenol F
Journal Article
MLT3645I99
Nonpersistent chemicals
Parabens
Phthalic acid
Postpartum anxiety and depression
Quantile-based g-computation
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Urine

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Date Completed 22.02.2023

Date Revised 14.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.envres.2023.115248

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NLM351347321