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EDC mixtures during pregnancy and body fat at 7 years of age in a Swedish cohort, the SELMA study

Svensson, Katherine ; Gennings, Chris ; Lindh, Christian LU orcid ; Kiviranta, Hannu ; Rantakokko, Panu ; Wikström, Sverre and Bornehag, Carl Gustaf (2024) In Environmental Research 248.
Abstract

Background: Some endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC), are “obesogens” and have been associated with overweight and obesity in children. Daily exposure to different classes of EDCs demands for research with mixtures approach. Objectives: This study evaluates the association, considering sex-specific effects, between prenatal exposure to EDC mixture and children's body fat at seven years of age. Methods: A total of 26 EDCs were assessed in prenatal urine and serum samples from first trimester in pregnancy from 737 mother-child pairs participating in the Swedish Environmental Longitudinal, Mother and child, Asthma and allergy (SELMA) study. An indicator for children's “overall body fat” was calculated, using principal component analysis... (More)

Background: Some endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC), are “obesogens” and have been associated with overweight and obesity in children. Daily exposure to different classes of EDCs demands for research with mixtures approach. Objectives: This study evaluates the association, considering sex-specific effects, between prenatal exposure to EDC mixture and children's body fat at seven years of age. Methods: A total of 26 EDCs were assessed in prenatal urine and serum samples from first trimester in pregnancy from 737 mother-child pairs participating in the Swedish Environmental Longitudinal, Mother and child, Asthma and allergy (SELMA) study. An indicator for children's “overall body fat” was calculated, using principal component analysis (PCA), based on BMI, percent body fat, waist, and skinfolds measured at seven years of age. Weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression was used to assess associations between EDC mixture and children's body fat. Results: Principal component (PC1) represented 83.6 % of the variance, suitable as indicator for children's “overall body fat”, with positive loadings of 0.40–0.42 for each body fat measure. A significant interaction term, WQS*sex, confirmed associations in the opposite direction for boys and girls. Higher prenatal exposure to EDC mixture was borderline significant with more “overall body fat” for boys (Mean β = 0.20; 95 % CI: −0.13, 0.53) and less for girls (Mean β = −0.23; 95 % CI: −0.58, 0.13). Also, higher prenatal exposure to EDC mixture was borderline significant with more percent body fat (standardized score) for boys (Mean β = 0.09; 95 % CI: −0.04, 0.21) and less for girls (Mean β = −0.10 (−0.26, 0.05). The chemicals of concern included bisphenols, phthalates, PFAS, PAH, and pesticides with different patterns for boys and girls. Discussion: Borderline significant associations were found between prenatal exposure to a mixture of EDCs and children's body fat. The associations in opposite directions suggests that prenatal exposure to EDCs may present sex-specific effects on children's body fat.

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Body fat, Chemical mixtures, Child, Endocrine disrupting chemicals, Pregnancy
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Environmental Research
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248
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118293
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Elsevier
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0013-9351
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10.1016/j.envres.2024.118293
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English
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