Opportunities and Challenges From Leading Trends in a Biomonitoring Project: Canadian Health Measures Survey 2007-2017.

ABSTRACT: Background: Biomonitoring can be conducted by assessing the levels of chemicals in human bodies and their surroundings, for example, as was done in the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS). This study aims to report the leading increasing or decreasing biomarker trends and determine their significance. Methods: We implemented a trend analysis for all variables from CHMS biomonitoring data cycles 1-5 conducted between 2007 and 2017. The associations between time and obesity were determined with linear regressions using the CHMS cycles and body mass index (BMI) as predictors. Results: There were 997 unique biomarkers identified and 86 biomarkers with significant trends across cycles. Nine of the 10 leading biomarkers with the largest decreases were environmental chemic

SUBMITTER: Chao YS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7509036 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature