Phthalates, as endocrine disrupting chemicals that can alter the endogenous hormones, may be involved in the incidence of endometrial polyp, a benign hormone-dependent condition. We conducted a pilot case-control study from the Tongji Reproductive and Environmental (TREE) cohort to investigate the associations between phthalate exposures and the risk of endometrial polyp. A total of 40 endometrial polyp patients were matched to 80 controls by age and body mass index in the ratio of 1:2. Two spot urine samples from each subject were quantified for eight phthalate metabolites to enhance exposure assessment. The conditional logistic regression and quantile-based g-computation models were separately used to explore the associations between individual and mixture of urinary phthalate metabolites and the risk of endometrial polyp. After adjusting for covariates, individual chemical analyses showed that urinary monobenzyl phthalate (MBzP), mono(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate (MEHHP), mono(2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl) phthalate (MECPP), mono(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate (MEOHP), mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHHP) and the sum of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (SDEHP) were associated with increased risks of endometrial polyp, with adjusted odds ratios ranging from 2.62 (95% CI: 0.88, 7.84) for MECPP to 6.96 (95% CI: 1.87, 25.87) for SDEHP comparing the extreme exposure categories (all P for trends <0.05 or = 0.057). These associations still persisted when these exposures were modeled as continuous variables. Chemical mixture analyses showed that a simultaneous one-quartile increase in concentrations of eight phthalate metabolites was associated with an elevated odds ratio of 3.14 (95% CI: 1.49, 6.60) in endometrial polyp. Our data suggests that exposure to individual benzylbutyl phthalate (BBzP) and DEHP, as well as mixture of phthalates is associated with increased risk of endometrial polyp. This may inform public health recommendations and policies to avoid phthalate exposures for improving female reproductive health.
基金:
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [YCJJ202201025, 2019kfyRCPY056]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [81872585]
第一作者单位:[1]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Med Coll, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Occupat & Environm Hlth, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China[2]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Med Coll, Sch Publ Hlth, Key Lab Environm & Hlth,Minist Educ, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China[3]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Med Coll, Sch Publ Hlth, Minist Environm Protect, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China[4]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Med Coll, Sch Publ Hlth, State Key Lab Environm Hlth Incubating, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China
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通讯机构:[1]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Med Coll, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Occupat & Environm Hlth, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China[2]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Med Coll, Sch Publ Hlth, Key Lab Environm & Hlth,Minist Educ, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China[3]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Med Coll, Sch Publ Hlth, Minist Environm Protect, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China[4]Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Tongji Med Coll, Sch Publ Hlth, State Key Lab Environm Hlth Incubating, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Zhang Min,Liu Chong,Yuan Xiao-Qiong,et al.Urinary phthalate metabolites and the risk of endometrial polyp: A pilot study from the TREE cohort[J].ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION.2023,317:doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120711.
APA:
Zhang, Min,Liu, Chong,Yuan, Xiao-Qiong,Yao, Wen,Yao, Qing-Yun...&Zeng, Qiang.(2023).Urinary phthalate metabolites and the risk of endometrial polyp: A pilot study from the TREE cohort.ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION,317,
MLA:
Zhang, Min,et al."Urinary phthalate metabolites and the risk of endometrial polyp: A pilot study from the TREE cohort".ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION 317.(2023)