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ArticleThe Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism2024

Environmental Phenols and Growth in Infancy: The Infant Feeding and Early Development Study.

Danielle R Stevens, Mandy Goldberg, Margaret Adgent, Helen B Chin, Donna D Baird, Virginia A Stallings, Dale P Sandler, Antonia M Calafat, Eileen G Ford, Babette S Zemel and 4 more

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14 authors.

Danielle R StevensEpidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC 27709, USA.
Mandy GoldbergEpidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC 27709, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6794-1206
Margaret AdgentDepartment of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 27709, USA.
Helen B ChinDepartment of Global and Community Health, College of Public Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA.
Donna D BairdEpidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC 27709, USA.
Virginia A StallingsDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Dale P SandlerEpidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC 27709, USA.
Antonia M CalafatDivision of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Eileen G FordDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Babette S ZemelDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Andrea KellyDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
David M UmbachBiostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC 27709, USA.
Walter RoganEpidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC 27709, USA.
Kelly K FergusonEpidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Durham, NC 27709, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8467-3250

Funding

Statistical Methods In Human Development/clinical StudiesZIAES049004 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI UMBACH, DAVID M · 2009 to 2025
$1.8M
Estrogenicity Of Soy FormulaZ01ES044006 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ROGAN, WALTER · 2001 to 2008
$1.1M
Puberty and Cancer Epidemiology ZIAES103399 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GOLDBERG, MANDY · 2024 to 2024
$765k
Phthalates and Phthalate Alternatives and Early Human Cardiometabolic DevelopmentR00ES035107 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Danielle Stevens · 2025 to 2026
$495k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 ES044006NIEHS NIH HHS R00 ES035107NIEHS NIH HHS Z01-ES044006Social & Scientific Systems Inc
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextHigher mean and rapid increases in body mass index (BMI) during infancy are associated with subsequent obesity and may be influenced by exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as phenols.

objectiveIn a prospective US-based cohort conducted 2010-2014, we investigated associations between environmental phenol exposures and BMI in 199 infants.

methodsWe measured 7 urinary phenols at ages 6-8 and 12 weeks and assessed BMI z-score at up to 12 study visits between birth and 36 weeks. We examined individual and joint associations of averaged early infancy phenols with level of BMI z-score using mean differences (β [95% CI]) and with BMI z-score trajectories using relative risk ratios (RR [95% CI]).

resultsBenzophenone-3, methyl and propyl paraben, and all phenols jointly were positively associated with higher mean BMI z-score (0.07 [-0.05, 0.18], 0.10 [-0.08, 0.27], 0.08 [-0.09, 0.25], 0.17 [-0.08, 0.43], respectively). Relative to a stable trajectory, benzophenone-3, 2,4-dichlorophenol, 2,5-dichlorophenol, and all phenols jointly were positively associated with risk of a rapid increase trajectory (1.46 [0.89, 2.39], 1.33 [0.88, 2.01], 1.66 [1.03, 2.68], 1.41 [0.71, 2.84], respectively).

conclusionEarly phenol exposure was associated with a higher mean and rapid increase in BMI z-score across infancy, signaling potential long-term cardiometabolic consequences of exposure.

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Body Mass IndexChild DevelopmentEnvironmental ExposurePhenolsEndocrine DisruptorsEnvironmental PollutantsFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleProspective StudiesEndocrine DisruptorsEnvironmental PollutantsPhenolsbody mass indexgrowth trajectoriesinfantlongitudinal studiesphenols

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PMID38753668
PMCPMC11570111

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