Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and inflammatory biomarker concentrations

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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent environmental contaminants that induce immunotoxicity in experimental studies; however, epidemiological evidence-particularly during pregnancy-is scarce. We quantified associations between first trimester plasma perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), and perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) concentrations and third trimester concentrations of inflammatory biomarkers and determined if these associations were modified by fetal sex.

Methods: We analyzed data from 1411 participants, recruited between 2008 and 2011, in the Maternal-Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals study. Our primary outcome was a composite inflammatory index derived by summing the z-scores of eight proinflammatory biomarkers. Using multivariable linear regression models, we quantified associations between each PFAS and the inflammatory index and individual biomarkers. We quantified the effects of the PFAS mixture using weighted quantile sum regression, and evaluated effect modification using product terms and sex-stratified models.

Results: Each doubling of PFOA and PFHxS was associated with a 0.38 (95% CI, 0.09, 0.67) and 0.21 (95% CI, 0.01, 0.41) SD increase in the proinflammatory index, respectively. A one-quartile increase in the PFAS mixture was associated with a 0.40 (95% CI, 0.09, 0.71) SD increase in the proinflammatory index. In individual models, we observed positive associations between PFAS and concentrations of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, macrophage inflammatory protein-1β, and matrix metalloproteinases-9; however, the magnitude and precision varied according to the specific PFAS. Sex-specific findings were identified in few PFAS-biomarker associations.

Conclusions: PFOA, PFOS, and PFHxS, individually and as a mixture, were positively associated with proinflammatory biomarkers during pregnancy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 7(2023), 4 vom: 26. Aug., Seite e262

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Palaniyandi, Jana [VerfasserIn]
Bruin, Jennifer E [VerfasserIn]
Kumarathasan, Premkumari [VerfasserIn]
MacPherson, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Borghese, Michael M [VerfasserIn]
Ashley-Martin, Jillian [VerfasserIn]

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Cohort
Inflammatory biomarkers
Journal Article
Perfluoroalkyl substances
Pregnancy

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Date Revised 08.08.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/EE9.0000000000000262

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NLM360454712