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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 653, Issue -, Pages 547-553Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.400
Keywords
Leucocyte telomere length; NHANES; Polyfluoroalkyl chemical
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- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018M630585]
- Key Project of Science and Technology Development Fund of Nanjing Medical University [2017NJMUZD060]
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Exposure to some environmental chemicals is reportedly associated with the leucocyte telomere length (LTL), but the effects of the non-occupational exposure to polyfluoroalkyl chemical (PFCs) on the LTL are notwell understood. Using data from773 participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) conducted in 1999-2000, we analysed the association between blood PFC concentrations and LTL. Coefficients (betas) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the blood PFC concentrations in association with the LTL were estimated usingmultivariate linear regressionmodels after adjustment for age, gender, race, bodymass index (BMI), poverty incomeratio, educational level, white blood cell count, C-reactive protein and other PFCs. The results identified a strong positive association between the blood perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) concentration and LTL in adults, and no associations were found between the LTL and other PFCs. In the linear regression models, each increment of one standard deviation (SD) in the base-10-logarithm-transformed PFOS concentration was associated with a 21-bp increase in the LTL in the fully adjusted model (P = 0.033). Moreover, serum PFOS was associated with the LTL mainly in females and individuals aged 40-50, as demonstrated by stratified analyses. These results provide epidemiological evidence showing that environment-related levels of serum PFOS are positively associated with the LTL in adults. (c) 2018 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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