Maternal diet quality moderates associations between parabens and birth outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objective

Maternal paraben exposure and diet quality are both independently associated with birth outcomes, but whether these interact is unknown. We assessed sex-specific associations of parabens with birth outcomes and differences by maternal diet quality.

Methods

Illinois pregnant women (n = 458) provided five first-morning urines collected at 8-40 weeks gestation, which we pooled for quantification of ethylparaben, methylparaben, and propylparaben concentrations. We collected/measured gestational age at delivery, birth weight, body length, and head circumference within 24 h of birth, and calculated sex-specific birth weight-for-gestational-age z-scores and weight/length ratio. Women completed three-month food frequency questionnaires in early and mid-to-late p

SUBMITTER: Pacyga DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10052883 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature