Prenatal exposure to environmental phenols and fetal growth across pregnancy in the LIFECODES fetal growth study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Environmental phenols are endocrine disrupting chemicals hypothesized to affect early life development. Previous research examining the effects of phenols on fetal growth has focused primarily on associations with measures of size at delivery. Few have included ultrasound measures to examine growth across pregnancy.

Objective

Investigate associations between prenatal exposure to phenols and ultrasound and delivery measures of fetal growth.

Methods

Using the LIFECODES Fetal Growth Study (n = 900), a case-cohort including 248 small-for-gestational-age, 240 large-for-gestational age, and 412 appropriate-for-gestational-age births, we estimated prenatal exposure to 12 phenols using three urine samples collected during pregnancy (median 10, 24, and 35 weeks ge

SUBMITTER: Bommarito PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11349462 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature