Germaine M Buck Louis1, Rajeshwari Sundaram2, Anne M Sweeney3, Enrique F Schisterman2, José Maisog2, Kurunthachalam Kannan4. 1. Division of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, Maryland. Electronic address: louisg@mail.nih.gov. 2. Division of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, Maryland. 3. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A&M Rural School of Public Health, College Station, Texas. 4. Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, The University at Albany, Albany, New York.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between environmental chemicals and couple fecundity or time to pregnancy (TTP). DESIGN: Prospective cohort. SETTING: Communities of targeted populations with reported exposure. PATIENT(S): 501 couples recruited upon discontinuing contraception to become pregnant, 2005-2009. INTERVENTION(S): None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Fecundability odds ratios (FORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) estimated for each partner's chemical concentrations adjusted for age, body mass index, cotinine, creatinine, and research site while accounting for time off contraception. RESULT(S): Couples completed interviews and anthropometric assessments and provided the urine specimens for quantification of bisphenol A (BPA) and 14 phthalate metabolites, which were measured using high-performance liquid chromatography with electrospray triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer. Women recorded menstruation and pregnancy test results in daily journals. Couples were evaluated until a positive human-chorionic gonadotropin pregnancy test or 12 cycles without pregnancy. Neither female nor male BPA concentration was associated with TTP (FOR 0.98; 95% CI, 0.86, 1.13 and FOR 1.04; 95% CI, 0.91, 1.18, respectively). Men's urinary concentrations of monomethyl, mono-n-butyl, and monobenzyl phthalates were associated with a longer TTP (FOR 0.80; 95% CI, 0.70, 0.93; FOR 0.82, 95% CI, 0.70, 0.97; and FOR 0.77, 95% CI, 0.65 0.92, respectively). CONCLUSION(S): Select male but not female phthalate exposures were associated with an approximately 20% reduction in fecundity, underscoring the importance of assessing both partners' exposure to minimize erroneous conclusions. Published by Elsevier Inc.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between environmental chemicals and couple fecundity or time to pregnancy (TTP). DESIGN: Prospective cohort. SETTING: Communities of targeted populations with reported exposure. PATIENT(S): 501 couples recruited upon discontinuing contraception to become pregnant, 2005-2009. INTERVENTION(S): None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Fecundability odds ratios (FORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) estimated for each partner's chemical concentrations adjusted for age, body mass index, cotinine, creatinine, and research site while accounting for time off contraception. RESULT(S): Couples completed interviews and anthropometric assessments and provided the urine specimens for quantification of bisphenol A (BPA) and 14 phthalate metabolites, which were measured using high-performance liquid chromatography with electrospray triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer. Women recorded menstruation and pregnancy test results in daily journals. Couples were evaluated until a positive human-chorionic gonadotropin pregnancy test or 12 cycles without pregnancy. Neither female nor male BPA concentration was associated with TTP (FOR 0.98; 95% CI, 0.86, 1.13 and FOR 1.04; 95% CI, 0.91, 1.18, respectively). Men's urinary concentrations of monomethyl, mono-n-butyl, andmonobenzyl phthalates were associated with a longer TTP (FOR 0.80; 95% CI, 0.70, 0.93; FOR 0.82, 95% CI, 0.70, 0.97; and FOR 0.77, 95% CI, 0.65 0.92, respectively). CONCLUSION(S): Select male but not female phthalate exposures were associated with an approximately 20% reduction in fecundity, underscoring the importance of assessing both partners' exposure to minimize erroneous conclusions. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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