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Racial Disparity in Maternal Phthalates Exposure; Association with Racial Disparity in Fetal Growth and Birth Outcomes
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Michael S. Bloom, Abby G. Wenzel, John W. Brock, Rebecca J. Wineland, Lori Cruze, Elizabeth R. Unal, Assem Jiyessova, Roger B. Newman, John Kucklick
Abstract
Background: Experimental and observational data implicate phthalates as developmental toxicants. However, few data are available to assess the maternal risks of gestational exposure by race and infant sex. Objectives: To characterize associations between maternal urinary phthalates and birth outcomes among African American and white mothers. Results: Lower z-scores were associated with higher MiBP (β=-0.28; 95%CI: -0.54, -0.02) and MMP (β=-0.31; 95%CI: -0.52, -0.09) concentrations, while MEP interacted with race (p=0.03), indicating an association among whites (β=-0.14; 95%CI: -0.28, 0.001) but not among African Americans (β=0.05; 95%CI=-0.09, 0.50). MiBP (OR=2.84; 95%CI: 1.22, 6.61) and MEOHP (OR=2.79; 95%CI: 1.05, 7.41) were associated with an overall higher SGA risk, and higher MEHP was associated with higher SGA risk (p=0.09) in whites (OR=3.22 95%CI: 0.63, 16.39) but not African Americans (OR=0.71 95%CI: 0.07, 7.11).. We detected an interaction for MEP with PTB (p=0.02); African Americans were at greater risk (OR=1.43; 95%CI: 0.96, 2.12) than whites (OR=0.62; 95%CI: 0.34, 1.13). Higher MMP was associated with an overall higher LBW risk (OR=1.90; 95%CI: 1.11, 3.25), and boys were at greater risk than girls with higher MBP (p=0.002), MiBP (p=0.02), MBzP (p=0.01), MEP (p=0.002), and MMP (p=0.09) concentrations. Discussion: Our results suggest that gestational phthalate exposure is associated with adverse maternal birth outcomes, and that the effects vary by race and infant sex.
Bloom, M.
, Wenzel, A.
, Brock, J.
, Wineland, R.
, Cruze, L.
, Unal, E.
, Jiyessova, A.
, Newman, R.
and Kucklick, J.
(2019),
Racial Disparity in Maternal Phthalates Exposure; Association with Racial Disparity in Fetal Growth and Birth Outcomes, Environmental International, [online], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.04.005
(Accessed December 1, 2024)