ArticleFertility and sterility2021
Urinary concentrations of phenols, parabens, and triclocarban in relation to uterine leiomyomata incidence and growth.
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- Hair product use and urinary biomarker concentrations of non-persistent endocrine disrupting chemicals among reproductive-aged Black women.Chemosphere · 2024Article
- Non-persistent endocrine disrupting chemical mixtures and uterine leiomyomata in the study of environment, lifestyle and fibroids (SELF).Chemosphere · 2024Article
- Risk perception and use of personal care products by race and ethnicity among a diverse population.UCL open. Environment · 2024Article
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- Associations of Pregnancy Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Concentrations and Uterine Fibroid Changes across Pregnancy: NICHD Fetal Growth Studies - Singletons Cohort.Environmental health perspectives · 2023Article
- Urinary phenol concentrations and fecundability and early pregnancy loss.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- The adverse role of endocrine disrupting chemicals in the reproductive system.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Review
- Correlates of non-persistent endocrine disrupting chemical mixtures among reproductive-aged Black women in Detroit, Michigan.Chemosphere · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the association of urinary concentrations of phenols, parabens, and triclocarban with incidence and growth of uterine leiomyomata (UL; fibroids).
designCase-cohort study, nested within the Study of Environment, Lifestyle, and Fibroids, a prospective cohort study.
settingClinic visits at baseline and every 20 months for 60 months. PATIENT(S): 754 Black women aged 23-35 years residing in the Detroit, Michigan area (enrolled during 2010-2012).
interventionNone. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): At each study visit, women underwent transvaginal ultrasound for measurement of UL incidence and growth and provided urine specimens in which we quantified concentrations of seven phenols, four parabens, and triclocarban. We used Cox proportional hazards regression to estimate hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) characterizing the relation of urinary biomarker concentrations with UL incidence during the 60 months of follow-up. In a subset of UL detected and measured at multiple time points, we used linear regression to assess the associations between biomarker concentrations and UL growth. RESULT(S): Urinary biomarker concentrations were generally inversely associated with UL incidence, but the associations were weak and nonmonotonic. For example, hazard ratios comparing concentrations ≥90th with <50th percentile were 0.77 (95% CI: 0.46, 1.27) for bisphenol A, 0.72 (95% CI: 0.40, 1.28) for bisphenol S, and 0.76 (95% CI: 0.43, 1.33) for methylparaben. Biomarker concentrations were not strongly associated with UL growth. CONCLUSION(S): In this study of reproductive-aged Black women, urinary phenols, parabens, and triclocarban biomarkers were neither strongly nor consistently associated with UL incidence and growth.
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