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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018

The Relationship between Persistent Organic Pollutants Exposure and Type 2 Diabetes among First Nations in Ontario and Manitoba, Canada: A Difference in Difference Analysis.

Lesya Marushka, Xuefeng Hu, Malek Batal, Tonio Sadik, Harold Schwartz, Amy Ing, Karen Fediuk, Constantine Tikhonov, Hing Man Chan

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Persistent organic pollutants and β-cell toxicity: a comprehensive review.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2022
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  6. Associations of health status and diabetes among First Nations Peoples living on-reserve in Canada.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Lesya MarushkaBiology Department, University of Ottawa, 180 Gendron Hall, 30 Marie Curie, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada. lmaru073@uottawa.ca.
Xuefeng HuBiology Department, University of Ottawa, 180 Gendron Hall, 30 Marie Curie, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada. Xuefeng.Hu@uottawa.ca.
Malek BatalNutrition Department, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Pavillon Liliane de Stewart, 2405 Côte-Sainte-Catherine Street, Montreal, QC H3T 1A8, Canada. malek.batal@umontreal.ca.
Tonio SadikAssembly of First Nations, 55 Metcalfe St #1600, Ottawa, ON K1P 6L5, Canada. tsadik@afn.ca.
Harold SchwartzHealth Canada, Environmental Public Health Division, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB), Room 2000A Jeanne Mance Bldg. AL 1920A, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9, Canada. harold.schwartz@canada.ca.
Amy IngNutrition Department, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Pavillon Liliane de Stewart, 2405 Côte-Sainte-Catherine Street, Montreal, QC H3T 1A8, Canada. amy.ingtam@gmail.com.
Karen FediukDietitian and Nutrition Researcher, Victoria, BC V8Y2V8, Canada. karen.fediuk@gmail.com.
Constantine TikhonovHealth Canada, Environmental Public Health Division, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB), Room 2000A Jeanne Mance Bldg. AL 1920A, Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9, Canada. constantine.tikhonov@canada.ca.
Hing Man ChanBiology Department, University of Ottawa, 180 Gendron Hall, 30 Marie Curie, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada. laurie.chan@uottawa.ca.
University of Ottawa · CAHealth Canada · CAUniversité de Montréal · CAAssembly of First Nations · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We previously studied the association between fish consumption and prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Manitoba and Ontario First Nations (FNs), Canada and found different results. In this study, we used a difference in difference model to analyze the data. Dietary and health data from the First Nations Food Nutrition and Environment Study, a cross-sectional study of 706 Manitoba and 1429 Ontario FNs were analyzed. The consumption of fish was estimated using a food frequency questionnaire. Fish samples were analyzed for dichloro diphenyldichloro ethylene (DDE) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) content. Difference in difference model results showed that persistent organic pollutant (POP) exposure was positively associated with T2D in a dose-response manner. Stronger positive associations were found among females (OR = 14.96 (3.72-60.11)) than in males (OR = 2.85 (1.14-8.04)). The breakpoints for DDE and PCB intake were 2.11 ng/kg/day and 1.47 ng/kg/day, respectively. Each further 1 ng/kg/day increase in DDE and PCB intake increased the risk of T2D with ORs 2.29 (1.26-4.17) and 1.44 (1.09-1.89), respectively. Our findings suggest that the balance of risk and benefits associated with fish consumption is highly dependent on the regional POP concentrations in fish.

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FishesAdultAnimalsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Dichlorodiphenyl DichloroethyleneEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental PollutantsFemaleFood ContaminationHumansIndians, North AmericanMaleManitobaMiddle AgedOdds RatioOntarioDichlorodiphenyl DichloroethyleneEnvironmental PollutantsPolychlorinated Biphenylsdifference in difference modelFirst Nationsfish consumptionlong chain n-3 fatty acidspersistent organic pollutantstype 2 diabetes

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PMID29562596
PMCPMC5877084
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