Prenatal exposure to ambient air pollutants and early infant growth and adiposity in the Southern California Mother's Milk Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior epidemiological and animal work has linked in utero exposure to ambient air pollutants (AAP) with accelerated postnatal weight gain, which is predictive of increased cardiometabolic risk factors in childhood and adolescence. However, few studies have assessed changes in infant body composition or multiple pollutant exposures. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine relationships between prenatal residential AAP exposure with infant growth and adiposity.

Methods

Residential exposure to AAP (particulate matter < 2.5 and 10 microns in aerodynamic diameter [PM_2.5, PM₁₀]; nitrogen dioxide [NO₂]; ozone [O₃]; oxidative capacity [O_x^wt: redox-weighted oxidative potential of O₃

SUBMITTER: Patterson WB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8180163 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature