Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33170344›Full record

ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2021

Parental occupational exposure and congenital heart diseases in a Hungarian case-control study.

Vince Fazekas-Pongor, Mónika Fekete, Melinda Csáky-Szunyogh, Károly Cseh, Melinda Pénzes

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in International archives of occupational and environmental health, 2021. 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.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

  1. Pooled it
  2. Endocrine Disruption and Male Fertility.Current environmental health reports · 2026
    Review
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Observational
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Vince Fazekas-PongorDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University Budapest, Üllői út 26, Budapest, 1085, Hungary. pongorvince@outlook.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6405-4003
Mónika FeketeDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University Budapest, Üllői út 26, Budapest, 1085, Hungary.
Melinda Csáky-SzunyoghHungarian Congenital Abnormalities Registry, National Public Health Center, Albert Flórián út 2-6, Budapest, 1097, Hungary.
Károly CsehDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University Budapest, Üllői út 26, Budapest, 1085, Hungary.
Melinda PénzesDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University Budapest, Üllői út 26, Budapest, 1085, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7396-4028

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeOur study aimed to explore the effect of parental occupational exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on the development of congenital heart diseases (CHDs) in the offspring, and to compare job-exposure matrix (JEM)-assessed and self-reported occupational exposures with each other.

methodsLive-born infants born in 2007-2008 were selected from the population-based Hungarian Case-Control Surveillance of Congenital Abnormalities Study. 577 cases with any CHDs were compared to 1731 matched controls. Parental periconceptional occupational exposure to EDCs was assessed by a JEM and by questionnaire-based self-reporting of parents. Multivariate conditional logistic regression analyses were conducted to explore associations between parental occupational exposure to EDCs and the entire spectrum of CHDs and by CHD subtypes in the offspring. Kappa statistics were also performed to determine the consistency among JEM-assessed and self-reported occupational exposure of parents.

resultsJEM-assessed paternal exposure to polychlorinated organic substances, phthalates, biphenolic compounds, and solvents were significantly associated with the entire spectrum of CHDs. Ventricular septal defects were significantly associated with paternal self-reported exposure to pesticides, while atrial septal defects were significantly associated to paternal JEM-assessed phthalate exposure. Paternal solvent exposure was significantly associated with atrial septal defects and right ventricle outflow tract obstructions. JEM-assessed and self-reported exposures to pesticides, heavy metals, and solvents exhibited poor agreement for mothers and slight agreement for fathers.

conclusionEven though parental occupational exposure to EDCs seems to have a minor impact on the occurrence of CHDs, the results of biological and environmental monitoring should be taken into consideration as well.

Indexed as

Maternal ExposureOccupational ExposurePaternal ExposureAdultCase-Control StudiesEndocrine DisruptorsFemaleHeart Defects, CongenitalHumansHungaryInfant, NewbornMaleMetals, HeavyPesticidesPhthalic AcidsSolventsEndocrine DisruptorsMetals, HeavyPesticidesphthalic acidPhthalic AcidsSolventsCongenital heart diseaseEndocrine disruptorMaternal exposureOccupational exposurePaternal exposureRetrospective exposure assessment

Identifiers

PMID33170344
PMCPMC8032570

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.