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Hu CY, Alcala CS, Lamadrid-Figueroa H, Tamayo-Ortiz M, Mercado-Garcia A, Rivera Rivera N, Just AC, Gennings C, Téllez-Rojo MM, Wright RO, Wright RJ, Carroll KN, Rosa MJ. Associations of prenatal exposure to phthalates and their mixture with lung function in Mexican children. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 475:134863. [PMID: 38885590 PMCID: PMC11250751 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2024] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
Abstract
Early life phthalates exposure has been associated with adverse respiratory outcomes. However, evidence linking prenatal phthalates exposure and childhood lung function has been inconclusive. Additionally, few studies have examined phthalates exposure as a mixture and explored sexually dimorphic associations. We aimed to investigate sex-specific associations of prenatal phthalates mixtures with childhood lung function using the PROGRESS cohort in Mexico (N = 476). Prenatal phthalate concentrations were measured in maternal urine collected during the 2nd and 3rd trimesters. Children's lung function was evaluated at ages 8-13 years. Individual associations were assessed using multivariable linear regression, and mixture associations were modeled using repeated holdout WQS regression and hierarchical BKMR; data was stratified by sex to explore sex-specific associations. We identified significant interactions between 2nd trimester phthalates mixture and sex on FEV1 and FVC z-scores. Higher 2nd trimester phthalate concentrations were associated with higher FEV1 (β = 0.054, 95 %CI: 0.005, 0.104) and FVC z-scores (β = 0.074, 95 % CI: 0.024, 0.124) in females and with lower measures in males (FEV1, β = -0.017, 95 %CI: -0.066, 0.026; FVC, β = -0.014, 95 %CI: -0.065, 0.030). This study indicates that prenatal exposure to phthalates is related to childhood lung function in a sex-specific manner.
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- Cheng-Yang Hu
- Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Perinatal Health, Center for Population Health Research, National Institute of Public Health (INSP), Av. Universidad #655 Col. Santa Maria Ahuacatitlan C.P. 62100, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Center for Nutrition and Health Research, National Institute of Public Health, Av. Universidad #655 Col. Santa Maria Ahuacatitlan C.P. 62100, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, 121 S Main St, Providence, RI 02903, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Center for Nutrition and Health Research, National Institute of Public Health, Av. Universidad #655 Col. Santa Maria Ahuacatitlan C.P. 62100, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1184 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA; Institute for Climate Change, Environmental Health, and Exposomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1184 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA; Institute for Climate Change, Environmental Health, and Exposomics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029, USA; Department of Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1184 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1057, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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Yatera K, Nishida C. Contemporary Concise Review 2023: Environmental and occupational lung diseases. Respirology 2024; 29:574-587. [PMID: 38826078 DOI: 10.1111/resp.14761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
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Air pollutants have various effects on human health in environmental and occupational settings. Air pollutants can be a risk factor for incidence, exacerbation/aggravation and death due to various lung diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), hypersensitivity pneumonitis or pneumonia (HP), pulmonary fibrosis such as pneumoconiosis and malignant respiratory diseases such as lung cancer and malignant pleural mesothelioma. Environmental and occupational respiratory diseases are crucial clinical and social issues worldwide, although the burden of respiratory disease due to environmental and occupational causes varies depending on country/region, demographic variables, geographical location, industrial structure and socioeconomic situation. The correct recognition of environmental and occupational lung diseases and taking appropriate measures are essential to their effective prevention.
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- Kazuhiro Yatera
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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Boissiere-O'Neill T, Lee WR, Blake TL, Sly PD, Vilcins D. Exposure to endocrine-disrupting plasticisers and lung function in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2024; 243:117751. [PMID: 38061586 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/06/2024]
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Exposure to endocrine-disrupting plasticisers (EDPs), such as phthalates and bisphenols, has been associated with reduced lung function in children and adolescents. However, the existing literature yields conflicting results. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the epidemiologic evidence investigating the association between EDP exposure and lung function in children and adolescents. A comprehensive search of five databases identified 25 relevant studies. We employed a random-effects meta-analysis on spirometry measures. The effect size of interest was the change in lung function in standard deviation (SD) units resulting from a two-fold increase in exposure levels. We found that certain phthalates marginally reduced lung function in children. Forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) was reduced by a two-fold increase in mono-benzyl phthalate (MBzP) (β = -0.025 SD, 95%CI: 0.042, -0.008), mono-ethyl-oxo-hexyl phthalate (MEOHP) (β = -0.035 SD, 95%CI: 0.057, -0.014) and mono-carboxy-nonyl phthalate (MCNP) (β = -0.024 SD, 95%CI: 0.05, -0.003). Forced vital capacity (FVC) was decreased by a two-fold increase in MBzP (β = -0.022 SD, 95%CI: 0.036, -0.008) and MEOHP (β = -0.035 SD, 95%CI: 0.057, -0.014) levels. A two-fold increase in MCNP levels was associated with lower FEV1/FVC (β = -0.023 SD, 95%CI: 0.045, -0.001). Furthermore, a two-fold increase in MEOHP levels reduced forced mid-expiratory flow (FEF25-75) (β = -0.030 SD, 95%CI: 0.055, -0.005) and peak expiratory flow (PEF) (β = -0.056 SD, 95%CI: 0.098, -0.014). Notably, associations were more pronounced in males. Given the potential for reverse causation bias, the association between childhood exposure to EDPs and lung function remains uncertain. Overall, our meta-analysis showed small reductions in lung function with higher phthalate exposure. However, future studies are warranted in younger age groups.
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- Thomas Boissiere-O'Neill
- Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Centre for Children's Health Research, South Brisbane, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
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- Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Centre for Children's Health Research, South Brisbane, Australia
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- Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Centre for Children's Health Research, South Brisbane, Australia
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- Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Centre for Children's Health Research, South Brisbane, Australia
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- Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Centre for Children's Health Research, South Brisbane, Australia
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Song X, Wang C, He H, Peng M, Hu Q, Wang B, Tang L, Yu F. Association of phthalate exposure with pulmonary function in adults: NHANES 2007-2012. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 237:116902. [PMID: 37625539 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 07/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Epidemiological evidence for the adverse effect of phthalate exposure on respiratory health is on the rise, but cross-sectional studies regarding its effects on lung function are limited and contradictory, especially in adults. OBJECTIVE To assess the associations between individual and a mixture of urinary phthalate metabolites and adult pulmonary function in the United States, and to identify which ones were primarily responsible for impaired respiratory function. METHODS We obtained a cross-sectional data on 3788 adults aged 20 years and older from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007-2012). Respiratory function was evaluated using spirometry, and phthalate exposure was assessed by measuring the levels of ten urinary phthalate metabolites. The effects of individual and mixed phthalate metabolites exposure on lung function were assessed using multivariate linear regression models and the repeated holdout weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression models, respectively, after adjusting for potential confounders including age, gender, family poverty income ratio, body mass index, and serum cotinine. RESULTS When modeled as continuous variables or quantiles, urinary phthalate metabolites, including mono-ethyl phthalate (MEP), mono-n-butyl phthalate, mono-iso-butyl phthalate, mono-benzyl phthalate, mono-(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate, mono-(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate, mono-(2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl) phthalate (MECPP), mono-(3-carboxypropyl) phthalate, and mono-carboxyoctyl phthalate, were identified to be negatively associated with forced vital capacity in percent predicted values (ppFVC) and forced expiratory volume in the first second in percent predicted values (ppFEV1). In addition, per each decile increase in the WQS index, ppFVC (β = -2.87, 95% CI: -3.56, -2.08) and ppFEV1 (β = -2.53, 95% CI: -3.47, -1.54) declined significantly, primarily due to the contribution of MEP and MECPP. Furthermore, there were no significant interactions between co-exposure to urinary phthalate metabolites and each covariate. CONCLUSION Our findings reveal that urinary phthalate metabolites are significantly associated with adult respiratory decrements, with diethyl and di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate contributing the most to the impaired lung function.
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- Xinli Song
- School of Public Health, Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, Peking University, Beijing, China; National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, China.
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Savouré M, Eminson K, Sese L, Dumas O, Cai YS. The exposome in respiratory diseases: multiple preventable risk factors from early life to adulthood. Breathe (Sheff) 2023; 19:230034. [PMID: 37377849 PMCID: PMC10292782 DOI: 10.1183/20734735.0034-2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
Abstract
The increasing global burden of respiratory diseases over the last decades raises questions about the impact of environmental factors during industrialisation and urbanisation. Although the knowledge of environmental epidemiology is growing, it is still unclear what the most critical exposure windows are for respiratory health. In addition, the relationships between different environmental exposures can be complex. The exposome approach investigating all non-genetic factors on health has been developed in recent years but has been little applied in respiratory health to date. This journal club article reviews three recent publications investigating the effects of environmental exposures, considered separately or in an exposome approach with different exposure windows, on respiratory health outcomes. These three studies highlight targets for action in primary and secondary prevention. Two studies, using data from the INMA and RHINESSA cohorts, support the regulation and reduction of phthalates and air pollution, respectively. Moreover, the exposome approach conducted in the NutriNet-Santé cohort emphasises that risk reduction must involve a multi-interventional approach targeting both specific early-life risk factors and promotion of a healthy lifestyle in adulthood. These three articles also present research perspectives in environmental epidemiology.
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- Marine Savouré
- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Univ. Paris-Sud, Inserm, Equipe d'Epidémiologie Respiratoire Intégrative, CESP, Villejuif, France
- French Environment and Energy Management Agency 20, Angers, France
- Co-first authors
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- Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
- Co-first authors
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- AP-HP, Service de Physiologie, Hôpital Avicenne – Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, INSERM 1272, “Hypoxie et poumon: pneumopathies fibrosantes, modulations ventilatoires et circulatoires”, Bobigny, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Univ. Paris-Sud, Inserm, Equipe d'Epidémiologie Respiratoire Intégrative, CESP, Villejuif, France
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- Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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Naidoo RN. Environmental plastics and lung health: Increasing evidence for concern. Respirology 2023; 28:206-207. [PMID: 36411227 DOI: 10.1111/resp.14411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Rajen N Naidoo
- Discipline of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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