Lea A Cupul-Uicab1, Efraín A Terrazas-Medina2, Mauricio Hernández-Ávila3, Matthew P Longnecker4. 1. Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62100, Mexico; Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de la Península de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatán 97130, Mexico. 2. Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62100, Mexico. Electronic address: alteramed@hotmail.com. 3. Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62100, Mexico. 4. Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH/DHHS/USA, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A higher incidence rate (IR) of acute gastrointestinal (GI) infections associated with prenatal exposure to p,p'-DDE was suggested by the results in two studies. Given the high mortality rate due to childhood diarrhea in some countries with ongoing use of DDT, additional data on this association is relevant for those making decisions about vector-borne disease control. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether higher levels of prenatal exposure to p,p'-DDE and p,p'-DDT increase the risk of having diarrhea in a birth cohort of boys from tropical Mexico. METHODS: Our analysis was based on 747 boys whose exposure was measured in maternal serum collected at delivery (2002-2003). Mothers reported the number of diarrhea episodes of their children during in-person interviews. The median age of the children at their last interview was 21.4 months. Poisson regression models were fitted to estimate adjusted incidence rate ratios (aIRR) of diarrhea by levels of p,p'-DDE and p,p'-DDT. RESULTS: Overall, there were 1.7 episodes of diarrhea per child-year. Among those in the highest category of exposure (> 9µg DDE/g serum lipid), the aIRR for diarrhea was 1.14 (95% CI: 0.94, 1.30) compared to those in the lowest category of exposure (≤ 3µg/g). Among boys living in the urban area, the corresponding aIRR was 1.39 (95% CI: 1.07-1.80). Among rural boys, no associations emerged. CONCLUSION: Although the results were consistent with a small positive association, the overall estimate was not precise. While urban boys in this study appeared to be more susceptible to DDE-associated diarrhea, a ready explanation for such increased susceptibility was not apparent.
BACKGROUND: A higher incidence rate (IR) of acute gastrointestinal (GI) infections associated with prenatal exposure to p,p'-DDE was suggested by the results in two studies. Given the high mortality rate due to childhood diarrhea in some countries with ongoing use of DDT, additional data on this association is relevant for those making decisions about vector-borne disease control. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether higher levels of prenatal exposure to p,p'-DDE and p,p'-DDT increase the risk of having diarrhea in a birth cohort of boys from tropical Mexico. METHODS: Our analysis was based on 747 boys whose exposure was measured in maternal serum collected at delivery (2002-2003). Mothers reported the number of diarrhea episodes of their children during in-person interviews. The median age of the children at their last interview was 21.4 months. Poisson regression models were fitted to estimate adjusted incidence rate ratios (aIRR) of diarrhea by levels of p,p'-DDE and p,p'-DDT. RESULTS: Overall, there were 1.7 episodes of diarrhea per child-year. Among those in the highest category of exposure (> 9µg DDE/g serum lipid), the aIRR for diarrhea was 1.14 (95% CI: 0.94, 1.30) compared to those in the lowest category of exposure (≤ 3µg/g). Among boys living in the urban area, the corresponding aIRR was 1.39 (95% CI: 1.07-1.80). Among rural boys, no associations emerged. CONCLUSION: Although the results were consistent with a small positive association, the overall estimate was not precise. While urban boys in this study appeared to be more susceptible to DDE-associated diarrhea, a ready explanation for such increased susceptibility was not apparent.
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