Katherine W Reeves1, Mary Díaz Santana2, JoAnn E Manson3, Susan E Hankinson2, R Thomas Zoeller4, Carol Bigelow2, Lifang Hou5, Jean Wactawski-Wende6, Simin Liu7, Lesley Tinker8, Antonia M Calafat9. 1. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA. Electronic address: kwreeves@umass.edu. 2. Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA. 3. Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. 4. Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA. 5. Center for Population Epigenetics, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center and Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. 6. Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA. 7. Center for Global Cardiometabolic Health and Departments of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Surgery, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. 8. Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA. 9. Division of Laboratory Sciences, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Phthalates are ubiquitous endocrine disrupting chemicals present in a wide variety of consumer products. However, the personal characteristics associated with phthalate exposure are unclear. OBJECTIVES: We sought to describe personal, behavioral, and reproductive characteristics associated with phthalate metabolite concentrations in an ongoing study nested within the Women's Health Initiative (WHI). MATERIALS AND METHODS: We measured thirteen phthalate metabolites in two or three archived urine samples collected in 1993-2001 from each of 1257 WHI participants (2991 observations). We fit multivariable generalized estimating equation models to predict urinary biomarker concentrations from personal, behavioral, and reproductive characteristics. RESULTS: Older age was predictive of lower concentrations of monobenzyl phthalate (MBzP), mono-carboxyoctyl phthalate (MCOP), mono-3-carboxypropyl phthalate (MCPP), and the sum of di-n-butyl phthalate metabolites (ΣDBP). Phthalate metabolite concentrations varied by race/region, with generally higher concentrations observed among non-Whites and women from the West region. Higher neighborhood socioeconomic status predicted lower MBzP concentrations, and higher education predicted lower monoethyl phthalate (MEP) and higher concentrations of the sum of metabolites of di-isobutyl phthalate (ΣDiBP). Overweight/obesity predicted higher MBzP, MCOP, monocarboxynonyl phthalate (MCNP), MCPP, and the sum of metabolites of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (ΣDEHP) and lower MEP concentrations. Alcohol consumption predicted higher concentrations of MEP and ΣDBP, while current smokers had higher ΣDBP concentrations. Better diet quality as assessed by Healthy Eating Index 2005 scores predicted lower concentrations of MBzP, ΣDiBP, and ΣDEHP. CONCLUSION: Factors predictive of lower biomarker concentrations included increased age and healthy behaviors (e.g. lower alcohol intake, lower body mass index, not smoking, higher quality diet, and moderate physical activity). Racial group (generally higher among non-Whites) and geographic regions (generally higher in Northeast and West compared to South regions) also were predictive of phthalate biomarker concentrations.
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