Maternal body burden of cadmium and offspring size at birth

Journal Article · Sun May 15 04:00:00 EDT 2016 · Environmental Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ENVRES.2016.02.029· OSTI ID:22687742

Enquobahrie, Daniel A. ^[1]; Simpson, Christopher ^[2]; Checkoway, Harvey ^[3]; Williams, Michelle A. ^[4]

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1. Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
2. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
3. Department of Family Medicine & Public Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
4. Center for Perinatal Studies, Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA (United States)

Increasing evidence suggests an inverse association between cadmium (Cd) and size at birth, potentially greatest among female neonates. We evaluated whether greater maternal body burden of Cd is associated with reduced neonatal anthropometry (birthweight, birth length, head circumference, and ponderal index) and assessed whether these associations differ by infant sex. The analytic sample for the present study (n=396) was derived from a subcohort of 750 women randomly drawn from among all participants (N=4344) in the Omega Study, a prospective pregnancy cohort. Creatinine-corrected Cd in maternal clean-catch spot urine samples (U-Cd) was quantified by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Continuous log{sub 2}-transformed Cd (log{sub 2}-Cd) and U-Cd tertiles (low<0.29 μg/g creatinine, middle 0.29–0.42 μg/g creatinine, high≥0.43 μg/g creatinine) were used in multivariable linear regression models. Females had reduced birth length with greater U-Cd tertile, whereas males birth length marginally increased [β(95% CI) females: low=reference, middle=−0.59 cm (−1.37, 0.19), high=−0.83 cm (−1.69, 0.02), p-trend=0.08; males: low=reference, middle=0.18 cm (−0.59, 0.95), high=0.78 cm (–0.04, 1.60), p-trend=0.07; p for interaction=0.03]. The log{sub 2}-Cd by infant sex interaction was statistically significant for ponderal index [p=0.003; β(95% CI): female=0.25 kg/m{sup 3} (−0.20, 0.70); male=−0.63 kg/m{sup 3} (−1.01, −0.24)] and birth length [p<0.001; β(95% CI): female=−0.47 cm (−0.74, −0.20), male=0.32 cm (0.00, 0.65)]. Our findings suggest potential sex-specific reversal of Cd’s associations on birth length and contribute to the evidence suggesting Cd impairs fetal growth. - Highlights: • Cadmium levels in the general population potentially adversely affect size at birth. • Maternal urinary cadmium was inversely related to birth length among female infants. • For male infants, maternal cadmium was positively associated with birth length. • Maternal cadmium was also inversely related to ponderal index among male infants.

• OSTI ID: 22687742
• Journal Information: Environmental Research, Journal Name: Environmental Research Vol. 147; ISSN ENVRAL; ISSN 0013-9351
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BODY BURDEN
CADMIUM
CREATININE
ICP MASS SPECTROSCOPY
INFANTS
NEONATES
PREGNANCY
PROGENY
WOMEN