TY - JOUR
T1 - Prenatal exposure to PCB-153, p,p'-DDE and birth outcomes in 9000 mother-child pairs
T2 - exposure-response relationship and effect modifiers
AU - Casas, Maribel
AU - Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark
AU - Martínez, David
AU - Ballester, Ferran
AU - Basagaña, Xavier
AU - Basterrechea, Mikel
AU - Chatzi, Leda
AU - Chevrier, Cécile
AU - Eggesbø, Merete
AU - Fernandez, Mariana F.
AU - Govarts, Eva
AU - Guxens, Mònica
AU - Grimalt, Joan O.
AU - Hertz-Picciotto, Irva
AU - Iszatt, Nina
AU - Kasper-Sonnenberg, Monika
AU - Kiviranta, Hannu
AU - Kogevinas, Manolis
AU - Palkovicova, Lubica
AU - Ranft, Ulrich
AU - Schoeters, Greet
AU - Patelarou, Evridiki
AU - Petersen, Maria Skaalum
AU - Torrent, Maties
AU - Trnovec, Tomas
AU - Valvi, Damaskini
AU - Toft, Gunnar Vase
AU - Weihe, Pal
AU - Weisglas-Kuperus, Nynke
AU - Wilhelm, Michael
AU - Wittsiepe, Jürgen
AU - Vrijheid, Martine
AU - Bonde, Jens Peter
N1 - Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - Low-level exposure to polychlorinated biphenyl-153 (PCB-153) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p-p'-DDE) can impair fetal growth; however, the exposure-response relationship and effect modifiers of such association are not well established. This study is an extension of an earlier European meta-analysis. Our aim was to explore exposure-response relationship between PCB-153 and p-p'-DDE and birth outcomes; to evaluate whether any no exposure-effect level and susceptible subgroups exist; and to assess the role of maternal gestational weight gain (GWG). We used a pooled dataset of 9377 mother-child pairs enrolled in 14 study populations from 11 European birth cohorts. General additive models were used to evaluate the shape of the relationships between organochlorine compounds and birth outcomes. We observed an inverse linear exposure-response relationship between prenatal exposure to PCB-153 and birth weight [decline of 194g (95% CI -314, -74) per 1μg/L increase in PCB-153]. We showed effects on birth weight over the entire exposure range, including at low levels. This reduction seems to be stronger among children of mothers who were non-Caucasian or had smoked during pregnancy. The most susceptible subgroup was girls whose mothers smoked during pregnancy. After adjusting for absolute GWG or estimated fat mass, a reduction in birth weight was still observed. This study suggests that the association between low-level exposure to PCB-153 and birth weight exists and follows an inverse linear exposure-response relationship with effects even at low levels, and that maternal smoking and ethnicity modify this association.
AB - Low-level exposure to polychlorinated biphenyl-153 (PCB-153) and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p-p'-DDE) can impair fetal growth; however, the exposure-response relationship and effect modifiers of such association are not well established. This study is an extension of an earlier European meta-analysis. Our aim was to explore exposure-response relationship between PCB-153 and p-p'-DDE and birth outcomes; to evaluate whether any no exposure-effect level and susceptible subgroups exist; and to assess the role of maternal gestational weight gain (GWG). We used a pooled dataset of 9377 mother-child pairs enrolled in 14 study populations from 11 European birth cohorts. General additive models were used to evaluate the shape of the relationships between organochlorine compounds and birth outcomes. We observed an inverse linear exposure-response relationship between prenatal exposure to PCB-153 and birth weight [decline of 194g (95% CI -314, -74) per 1μg/L increase in PCB-153]. We showed effects on birth weight over the entire exposure range, including at low levels. This reduction seems to be stronger among children of mothers who were non-Caucasian or had smoked during pregnancy. The most susceptible subgroup was girls whose mothers smoked during pregnancy. After adjusting for absolute GWG or estimated fat mass, a reduction in birth weight was still observed. This study suggests that the association between low-level exposure to PCB-153 and birth weight exists and follows an inverse linear exposure-response relationship with effects even at low levels, and that maternal smoking and ethnicity modify this association.
U2 - 10.1016/j.envint.2014.09.013
DO - 10.1016/j.envint.2014.09.013
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 25314142
SN - 0160-4120
VL - 74
SP - 23
EP - 31
JO - Environment international
JF - Environment international
ER -