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Dietary and Household Sources of Prenatal Exposure to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in the INMA Birth Cohort (Spain)

Maria-josé Lopez-espinosaOlga CostaAna Fernández-somoanoEva María Navarrete-muñozFerran BallesterMario MurciaCarmen IñiguezAdonina TardónJoan O. GrimaltEsther VizcainoEsther Vizcaino

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010501 environmental sciencesThird trimester01 natural sciences03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinePolybrominated diphenyl ethersPregnancyCORD SERUMEnvironmental healthHalogenated Diphenyl EthersAnimalsHumansEnvironmental ChemistryMedicine030212 general & internal medicinePrenatal exposure0105 earth and related environmental sciencesPregnancyFood frequencybusiness.industryGeneral Chemistrymedicine.diseaseDiet3. Good healthSeafoodSpainPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsEnvironmental chemistryGestationFemalebusinessBirth cohort

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This study looked at predictors of exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) with a focus on dietary and household-level factors. Concentrations of BDE-47, -99, -153, and -209 and their sum (∑PBDEs) were measured in cord serum. Spanish women (n = 541) completed two semiquantitative food frequency questionnaires during the first and third trimesters of pregnancy. The daily mean intake (grams) of eggs, dairy products, meat, cereals and pasta, vegetables and pulses, fruits, shellfish and cephalopods, and fish, and the weekly mean intake (servings) of lean, large oily, other oily, and other fish from both questionnaires were averaged. Information on house size, curtains and carpets at home, mattress type, housekeeping frequency, and television use was also collected later in gestation. Multivariate censored regression was used to assess the association between PBDE concentration (log2 transformed) and potential predictors. BDE-47, -99, -209 and ∑PBDE concentrations increased by 13.6%(95% CI:0.0, 29.0%), 21.1%(2.3, 43.5%), 21.7%(0.4, 47.5%) and 11.5%(2.2, 21.7%), respectively, per interquartile range increment in daily intake of shellfish and cephalopods. Fish intake was associated with BDE-99 (20.8%[1.7, 43.4%]). When fish was disaggregated by types, BDE-99 and ∑PBDEs increased by 13.8%(4.0, 24.7%) and 5.7%(0.8, 10.8%), respectively, per 1-serving/week increment in large oily fish intake. BDE-153 was associated with higher housekeeping frequency (35.9%[0.4, 83.9%]) and BDE-209 with foam mattress use (48.9%[5.8, 109.7%]). In conclusion, seafood consumption, higher housekeeping frequency, and foam mattress were associated with prenatal PBDE exposure.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b06263