Trimester-specific associations of maternal exposure to bisphenols with neonatal thyroid stimulating hormone levels : A birth cohort study

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BACKGROUND: Growing evidence suggests that exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy could interfere with neonatal thyroid function. Bisphenol F (BPF) and bisphenol S (BPS) are increasingly used as the substitutes of BPA. However, little is known about the effects of maternal exposure to BPS and BPF on neonatal thyroid function. The current study was aimed to investigate the trimester-specific associations of maternal exposure to BPA, BPS, and BPF with neonatal thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels.

METHODS: Between November 2013 and March 2015, a total of 904 mother-newborn pairs were recruited from the Wuhan Healthy Baby Cohort Study, providing maternal urine samples in the first, second, and third trimesters for bisphenol exposure assessment, and neonatal heel prick blood samples for TSH measurement. Multiple informant model and quantile g-computation were used to evaluate the trimester-specific associations of bisphenols individually and mixture with TSH, respectively.

RESULTS: Each doubling concentration increase of maternal urinary BPA in the first trimester was significantly related to a 3.64 % (95% CI: 0.84 %, 6.51 %) increment in neonatal TSH. Each doubling concentration increase of BPS in the first, second and third trimesters were associated with 5.81 % (95 % CI: 2.27 %, 9.46 %), 5.70 % (95 % CI: 1.99 %, 9.55 %), 4.36 % (95 % CI: 0.75 %, 8.11 %) higher neonatal blood TSH, respectively. No significant association between trimester-specific BPF concentration and TSH was observed. The relationships between exposures to BPA/BPS and neonatal TSH were more evident in female infants. Quantile g-computation indicated that maternal co-exposure to bisphenols in the first trimester was significantly associated with neonatal TSH levels in a non-linear fashion.

CONCLUSION: Maternal exposure to BPA and BPS were positively associated with neonatal TSH levels. The results indicated the endocrine disrupting effect of prenatal exposure to BPS and BPA, which should be of particular concern.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:880

Enthalten in:

The Science of the total environment - 880(2023) vom: 01. Juli, Seite 163354

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xiong, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Luli [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Xiaohan [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Zhongqiang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yuji [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Menglan [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Shunqing [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yuanyuan [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Aifen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

80-09-1
9002-71-5
Benzhydryl Compounds
Birth cohort study
Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)sulfone
Bisphenol A
Bisphenol F
Bisphenol S
Journal Article
MLT3645I99
Neonatal thyroid stimulating hormone
Prenatal exposure
Thyrotropin

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Date Completed 29.05.2023

Date Revised 29.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163354

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NLM355284812