Pregnancy intention and phthalate metabolites among pregnant women in The Infant Development and Environment Study cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Preconception life style and health play a pivotal role in positively impacting the health of a pregnancy, and this includes the reduction of exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as phthalates. We have previously demonstrated that women planning a pregnancy with assisted reproductive technology (ART) have lower phthalate metabolite concentrations than their non-ART-using counterparts.

Objective

To determine whether women who intended to become pregnant had lower phthalate metabolite concentrations than those who had an unintended pregnancy, or whether change in phthalate exposure across pregnancy differed between these two groups.

Methods

A total of 721 women enrolled in The Infant Development and Environment Study (TIDES), a multicentre US prosp

SUBMITTER: Lyden GR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7541656 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature