Urinary concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites and childhood obesity

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Existing literature provides limited information on the association between childhood obesity and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are potentially obesogenic. We examined the association between urinary concentrations of PAH metabolites and obesity in the Korean pediatric population.

Methods

We analyzed the data of 2286 children/adolescents aged 3–17 years who participated in the Korean National Environmental Health Survey between 2015 and 2017. Urinary concentrations of 2-naphthol, 2-hydroxyfluorene, 1-hydroxyphenanthrene, and 1-hydroxypyrene were assayed using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Overweight/obesity was defined as a body mass index (BMI) for age ≥85th percentile. Multiple linear and logistic regression models were used to analyz

SUBMITTER: Kim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10477474 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature