SynthesisPublic health nutrition2015
Bisphenol A exposure and associations with obesity among adults: a critical review.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and anthropometric measures of obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2020Pooled it
- Using systematic reviews for hazard and risk assessment of endocrine disrupting chemicals.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2015Pooled it
- Evaluation of Cat Exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA) Using Hair Sample Analysis.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Endocrine Disrupting Toxicity of Bisphenol A and Its Analogs: Implications in the Neuro-Immune Milieu.Journal of xenobiotics · 2025Review
- Association Between Urinary Bisphenols and Body Composition Among American Adults: Cross-Sectional National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
- Role of Silica on Clay-Catalyzed Ozonation for Total Mineralization of Bisphenol-A.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Anti-Obesogenic Effects of Sulforaphane-Rich Broccoli (Nutrients · 2022Article
- Xenobiotic-Induced Aggravation of Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Urinary bisphenol A, phthalate metabolites, and obesity: do gender and menopausal status matter?Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Article
- The Case for BPA as an Obesogen: Contributors to the Controversy.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2019Review
- Obesogenic Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Identifying Knowledge Gaps.Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2018Review
- Possible Obesogenic Effects of Bisphenols Accumulation in the Human Brain.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Pregnancy urinary bisphenol-A concentrations and glucose levels across BMI categories.Environment international · 2018Article
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- Maternal serum bisphenol A levels and risk of pre-eclampsia: a nested case-control study.European journal of public health · 2017Article
- Urinary bisphenol A and obesity in adults: results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2017Article
- Bisphenol A and Metabolic Diseases: Challenges for Occupational Medicine.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Review
- Low Dose of Bisphenol A Activates NF-κB/IL-6 Signals to Increase Malignancy of Neuroblastoma Cells.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2017Article
- Effects of bisphenol A on incidence and severity of cardiac lesions in the NCTR-Sprague-Dawley rat: A CLARITY-BPA study.Toxicology letters · 2017Article
- Endocrine Disruptors and Obesity.Current obesity reports · 2017Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo review the literature on bisphenol A (BPA) exposure and obesity in human populations.
designSystematic review of the literature via searches of PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and reference lists for articles published to 1 August 2014.
settingChina, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Sweden, UK, USA. SUBJECTS: Adults (≥ 18 years).
resultsEighteen articles were identified and included in the review. Twelve studies included secondary evaluations of BPA exposure and BMI, and six studies evaluated body composition as the primary outcome. All analyses were cross-sectional and no study included in the review received a positive quality rating (twelve negative, six neutral). Eight studies observed a statistically significant positive association between urinary or serum BPA levels and BMI, and ten studies observed no association. Studies where BMI was a primary outcome and studies of neutral quality were more likely to observe an association.
conclusionsStudy results are conflicting and significant methodological issues limit the ability to draw conclusions from these studies. Prospective studies that measure BPA exposure and changes in body weight and composition are needed to establish temporality, causality and the direction of any observed associations.
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