Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Serum Inflammatory Markers of Cardiovascular Disease

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• Alternative Title:
  Environ Res
• Personal Author:
  Clark, John D. ; Serdar, Berrin ; Lee, David J. ; Arheart, Kristopher ; Wilkinson, James D. ; Fleming, Lora E.
• Description:
  Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are environmental and occupational carcinogens produced by the incomplete combustion of organic materials, such as coal and petroleum product combustion, tobacco smoking, and food cooking, that may be significant contributors to the burden of cardiovascular disease in human populations. The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between ten monohydroxy urinary metabolites of four PAHs and three serum biomarkers of cardiovascular disease (fibrinogen, homocysteine, and white blood cell count). Using data on 3219 participants aged 20 years and older from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001-2004 dataset, the associations between PAH metabolites and serum inflammatory markers were analyzed using the Spearman correlations and multiple linear regression modeling. The PAH metabolites of naphthalene, fluorene, phenanthrene, and pyrene each showed both positive and negative correlations with homocysteine, fibrinogen, and white blood cell count (correlation coefficient range: -0.077-0.143) in nonsmoking participants. Using multiple linear regression models adjusted for age, gender, race/ethnicity, and body mass index, estimates of weighted geometric means of inflammatory marker levels were not significantly different between high and low levels (75th vs. 25th percentiles) for all PAH metabolites in nonsmoking subjects. The results of this study do not provide evidence for a relationship between PAH exposure (as measured by urinary levels of PAH metabolites) and serum biomarkers of cardiovascular disease after controlling for tobacco use.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Biomarkers Cardiovascular Diseases Female Fibrinogen Fluorenes Homocysteine Humans Leukocyte Count Linear Models Male Middle Aged Naphthalenes Phenanthrenes Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic Pyrenes

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• Source:
  Environ Res. 2012; 117:132-137.
• Pubmed ID:
  22626472
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3444300
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  F30 ES015969/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States ; F30ES015969/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States ; OH003915/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; OH003915-06A1/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; R01 OH03915/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  117
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:71373a98a11e6674df9400fb40617c8e8039df4b4074b512bcd6f95af4a6fb01
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33431/cdc_33431_DS1.pdf
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