ArticleEnvironmental research2018
Variability and predictors of serum perfluoroalkyl substance concentrations during pregnancy and early childhood.
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Neurobehavioral Effects of Prevalent Neurotoxicants in Children: A Cohort Study of the Cincinnati Center for Children's Environmental Health
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63 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Determinants of maternal and neonatal PFAS concentrations: a review.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2023Pooled it
- Human exposure pathways to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from indoor media: A systematic review.Environment international · 2022Pooled it
- PFAS exposure in 12-year-old children and its association with metabolic markers.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- PFOS exposure is linked to immune-metabolic disruption in MASLD: integrated population, computational, and experimental evidence.Molecular diversity · 2026Article
- Lactation Interrupted: PFAS Impact on Capacity to Breastfeed Ignored.Current environmental health reports · 2026Review
- Sociodemographic predictors of PFAS exposure among a combined sample of U.S. pregnant women: an Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) public-use dataset analysis.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Exposure Associated with Later Puberty in Norwegian Girls: Data from the Bergen Growth Study 2.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Quantifying PFAS-Omics Burden Scores for Nontargeted Analysis Using Multidimensional Item Response Theory: An Exploratory Analysis of Novel and Legacy PFAS in Cord Blood.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- Prenatal PFAS exposure and outcomes related to maternal gut microbiome composition in later pregnancy.Environmental research · 2025Article
- Chemical exposomics in biobanked plasma samples and associations with breast cancer risk factors.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Associations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances with uterine leiomyomata incidence and growth: a prospective ultrasound study.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Individual and mixtures of PFAS during pregnancy are associated with maternal cardiometabolic outcomes during pregnancy.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2025Observational
- Associations of PFAS and pesticides with lung function changes from adolescence to young adulthood in the ESPINA study.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2025Article
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in paired serum and breastmilk samples among pregnant farmworkers in Thailand.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2025Article
- Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Outcomes Related to Metabolic Syndrome: A Review of the Literature and Current Recommendations for Clinicians.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Review
- Serum PFAS and lipid concentrations in Ecuadorian adolescents.Archives of environmental & occupational health · 2025Article
- A Prospective Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Early Pregnancy to Delivery in the Atlanta African American Maternal-Child Cohort.Environmental health perspectives · 2024Article
- Associations of pre- and postnatal per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance exposure with adolescents' eating behaviors.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2024Article
- Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Timing of Puberty in Norwegian Boys: Data from the Bergen Growth Study 2.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
- Estimating effects of longitudinal and cumulative exposure to PFAS mixtures on early adolescent body composition.American journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Exposure to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), ubiquitous and persistent environmental contaminants, could be associated with adverse health outcomes, but there are limited longitudinal data assessing patterns and predictors of exposure during childhood. We quantified concentrations of eight different PFAS in sera collected from women during pregnancy and children at delivery and ages 3 and 8 years in 367 mother-child pairs enrolled in a prospective cohort from 2003 to 2006. In general, median childhood PFAS concentrations increased from birth to age 3 and then decreased by age 8. Maternal serum PFAS concentrations during pregnancy were strongly correlated with cord serum concentrations (0.76 < r < 0.94), but were weakly correlated with childhood concentrations (0.12 < r < 0.30). Several sociodemographic factors were associated with maternal PFAS concentrations, including income, race, and parity. In children, serum PFAS concentrations were associated with maternal age at delivery, race, parity, and child age. Breastfeeding duration was positively associated with childhood PFAS concentrations at ages 3 and 8 years. In addition, stain repellant use was associated with higher perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorohexane sulfonic acid concentrations at age 8 years. Serum PFAS concentrations are higher during early childhood, a potentially sensitive period of development, and were highest among breastfed children.
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