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ArticleEnvironmental health : a global access science source2022

Fluoride exposure and blood cell markers of inflammation in children and adolescents in the United States: NHANES, 2013-2016.

Pamela Den Besten, Christine R Wells, Dawud Abduweli Uyghurturk

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Article in Environmental health : a global access science source, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pamela Den BestenDepartment of Orofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. pamela.denbesten@ucsf.edu.
Christine R WellsStatistical Methods and Data Analytics, UCLA Office of Advanced Research Computing, Los Angeles, CA, USA. crwells@ucla.edu.
Dawud Abduweli UyghurturkDepartment of Orofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
University of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

CLINICAL RESEARCH IN ORAL AND SYSTEMIC DISEASEST32DE007310 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI OFFENBACHER, STEVEN NMN · 1998 to 2002
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NIDCR NIH HHS T32 DE007310
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIngestion of fluoride in drinking water has been shown to result in increased cellular markers of inflammation in rodent models. However, the approximately 5-10 × increase in water fluoride concentrations required in rat and mouse models to obtain plasma fluoride concentrations similar to those found in humans has made relevant comparisons of animal to human studies difficult to assess. As an increased white blood cell count (WBC) is a marker of inflammation in humans, we used available NHANES survey data to assess the associations between plasma fluoride levels in the U.S. and blood cell counts children and adolescents.  

methodsMultiple linear regressions were done to determine the association of blood cell counts and plasma fluoride in publicly available NHANES survey data from the 2013-2014 and 2015-2016 cycles. Plasma fluoride concentration measurements were available only for children aged 6 to 19, inclusive, and therefore this subpopulation was used for all analyses. Covariate predictors along with plasma fluoride were age, ethnicity, gender, and Body Mass Index (BMI). 

resultsPlasma fluoride was significantly positively associated with water fluoride, total WBC count, segmented neutrophils, and monocytes, and negatively associated with red blood cell count when adjusted for age, gender and BMI.

conclusionOur finding that neutrophils and monocytes are associated with higher plasma fluoride in U.S. children and adolescents is consistent with animal data showing fluoride related effects of increased inflammation. These findings suggest the importance of further studies to assess potential mechanisms that are involved in absorption and filtration of ingested fluoride, particularly in tissues and organs such as the small intestine, liver and kidney.

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Drinking WaterFluoridesAdolescentAnimalsBlood CellsChildHumansInflammationLeukocyte CountMiceNutrition SurveysRatsUnited StatesDrinking WaterFluoridesBlood cells countCBCFluorideInflammationNHANESWhite blood cells

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