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Association of prenatal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals with liver injury in children

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dc.contributor.author Midya, Vishal
dc.contributor.author Andrušaitytė, Sandra
dc.contributor.author Basagaña Flores, Xavier
dc.contributor.author Casas Sanahuja, Maribel
dc.contributor.author Fossati, Serena
dc.contributor.author Gražulevičienė, Regina
dc.contributor.author Maitre, Léa
dc.contributor.author Urquiza, José M.
dc.contributor.author Vrijheid, Martine
dc.contributor.author Valvi, Damaskini, 1983-
dc.date.accessioned 2022-12-13T06:56:21Z
dc.date.available 2022-12-13T06:56:21Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.citation Midya V, Colicino E, Conti DV, Berhane K, Garcia E, Stratakis N et al. Association of prenatal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals with liver injury in children. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jul 1;5(7):e2220176. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.20176
dc.identifier.issn 2574-3805
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/55105
dc.description.abstract Importance: Prenatal exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) may increase the risk for liver injury in children; however, human evidence is scarce, and previous studies have not considered potential EDC-mixture effects. Furthermore, the association between prenatal EDC exposure and hepatocellular apoptosis in children has not been studied previously. Objective: To investigate associations of prenatal exposure to EDC mixtures with liver injury risk and hepatocellular apoptosis in childhood. Design, setting, and participants: This prospective cohort study used data collected from April 1, 2003, to February 26, 2016, from mother-child pairs from the Human Early-Life Exposome project, a collaborative network of 6 ongoing, population-based prospective birth cohort studies from 6 European countries (France, Greece, Lithuania, Norway, Spain, and the UK). Data were analyzed from April 1, 2021, to January 31, 2022. Exposures: Three organochlorine pesticides, 5 polychlorinated biphenyls, 2 polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), 3 phenols, 4 parabens, 10 phthalates, 4 organophosphate pesticides, 5 perfluoroalkyl substances, and 9 metals. Main outcomes and measures: Child serum levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT), and CK-18 were measured at 6 to 11 years of age. Risk for liver injury was defined as having ALT, AST, and/or GGT levels above the 90th percentile. Associations of liver injury or cytokeratin 18 (CK-18) levels with each chemical group among the 45 EDCs measured in maternal blood or urine samples collected in pregnancy were estimated using 2 complimentary exposure-mixture methods: bayesian weighted quantile sum (BWQS) and bayesian kernel machine regression. Results: The study included 1108 mothers (mean [SD] age at birth, 31.0 [4.7] years) and their singleton children (mean [SD] age at liver assessment, 8.2 [1.6] years; 598 [54.0%] boys). Results of the BWQS method indicated increased odds of liver injury per exposure-mixture quartile increase for organochlorine pesticides (odds ratio [OR], 1.44 [95% credible interval (CrI), 1.21-1.71]), PBDEs (OR, 1.57 [95% CrI, 1.34-1.84]), perfluoroalkyl substances (OR, 1.73 [95% CrI, 1.45-2.09]), and metals (OR, 2.21 [95% CrI, 1.65-3.02]). Decreased odds of liver injury were associated with high-molecular-weight phthalates (OR, 0.74 [95% CrI, 0.60-0.91]) and phenols (OR, 0.66 [95% CrI, 0.54-0.78]). Higher CK-18 levels were associated with a 1-quartile increase in polychlorinated biphenyls (β, 5.84 [95% CrI, 1.69-10.08] IU/L) and PBDEs (β, 6.46 [95% CrI, 3.09-9.92] IU/L). Bayesian kernel machine regression showed associations in a similar direction as BWQS for all EDCs and a nonlinear association between phenols and CK-18 levels. Conclusions and relevance: With a combination of 2 state-of-the-art exposure-mixture approaches, consistent evidence suggests that prenatal exposures to EDCs are associated with higher risk for liver injury and CK-18 levels and constitute a potential risk factor for pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
dc.description.sponsorship This study was supported by grants R21ES029681, R01ES029944 (Dr Chatzi), R01ES030364 (Dr Chatzi), R21ES028903 (Dr Chatzi), R21ES029681 (Dr Chatzi), P30ES007048 (Dr Chatzi), R21ES029328 (Dr Valvi), R01ES029944 (Dr Valvi), R01ES028903 (Dr Valvi), P30ES023515 (Dr Valvi), and P30ES023515 (Dr Midya) from the NIEHS. The HELIX project was supported by FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreement 308333–the HELIX project from the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme.
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dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher American Medical Association
dc.relation.ispartof JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jul 1;5(7):e2220176
dc.rights © 2022 Midya V et al. JAMA Network Open. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY License.
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.title Association of prenatal exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals with liver injury in children
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.20176
dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/308333
dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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