Dietary correlates of urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations in 6-19 Year old children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children are vulnerable to adverse health effects associated with phthalates, and food is one source of exposure. A comprehensive analysis investigating urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations in relation to food type and source has yet to be undertaken.

Objectives

We use reduced rank regression, a dimension reduction method, to identify dietary patterns associated with urinary phthalate metabolites in children in a large US study.

Methods

We used data from 2369 participants 6-19 years old from the 2011-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey who recalled their diet over the 24 h prior to urine collection. We used dietary data to estimate intake and source (i.e., prepared at a restaurant vs. purchased from a grocery store) of 136 food grou

SUBMITTER: Carwile JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8678286 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature