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PLoS One
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131443
Personal Author:
Heggeseth, Brianna ; Harley, Kim ; Warner, Marcella ; Jewell, Nicholas ; Eskenazi, Brenda
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It has been hypothesized that environmental exposures at key development periods such as in utero play a role in childhood growth and obesity. To investigate whether in utero exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its metabolite, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDE), is associated with childhood physical growth, we took a novel statistical approach to analyze data from the CHAMACOS cohort study. To model heterogeneity in the growth patterns, we used a finite mixture model in combination with a data transformation to characterize body mass index (BMI) with four groups and estimated the association between exposure and group membership. In boys, higher maternal concentrations of DDT and DDE during pregnancy are associated with a BMI growth pattern that is stable until about age five followed by increased growth through age nine. In contrast, higher maternal DDT exposure during pregnancy is associated with a flat, relatively stable growth pattern in girls. This study suggests that in utero exposure to DDT and DDE may be associated with childhood BMI growth patterns, not just BMI level, and both the magnitude of exposure and sex may impact the relationship.
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Research Article
Source:
PLoS One. 2015; 10(6).
Pubmed ID:
26125556
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4488365
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
P01 ES009605/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States ; R01 ES017054/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States ; R01 OH007400/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
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CDC Public Access
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