Racial and ethnic variations in phthalate metabolite concentration changes across full-term pregnancies.

ABSTRACT: Higher concentrations of certain phthalate metabolites are associated with adverse reproductive and pregnancy outcomes, as well as poor infant/child health outcomes. In non-pregnant populations, phthalate metabolite concentrations vary by race/ethnicity. Few studies have documented racial/ethnic differences between phthalate metabolite concentrations at multiple time points across the full-course of pregnancy. The objective of the study was to characterize the change in phthalate metabolite concentrations by race/ethnicity across multiple pregnancy time points. Women were participants in a prospectively collected pregnancy cohort who delivered at term (≥37 weeks) and had available urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations for ≥3 time points across full-term pregnancies (n=350 women). We

SUBMITTER: James-Todd TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4980273 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature