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Dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls, methyl mercury and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as biomarkers of fish consumption

Turunen, A W, Männistö, S, Kiviranta, H, Marniemi, J, Jula, A, Tiittanen, P, Suominen-Taipale, L, Vartiainen, T +1 more·2010·European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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Background/objectives To assess biomarkers and frequency questions as measures of fish consumption.Subjects/methods Participants in the Fishermen substudy numbered 125 men and 139 women (aged 22-74), and in the Health 2000 substudy, 577 men and 712 women (aged 45-74) participated. The aim of the Fishermen study was to examine the overall health effect of fish consumption in a high-consumption population, whereas the aim of the Health 2000 substudy was to obtain in-depth information on cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Fish consumption was measured by the same validated food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) in both the studies, with a further two separate frequency questions used in the Fishermen substudy. Dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and methyl mercury (MeHg) (in the Fishermen substudy alone), and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega-3 PUFAs) (in both studies) were analyzed from fasting serum/blood samples.Results The Spearman's correlation coefficients between FFQ fish consumption and dioxins, PCBs, MeHg and omega-3 PUFAs were respectively 0.46, 0.48, 0.43 and 0.38 among the Fishermen substudy men, and 0.28, 0.36, 0.45 and 0.31 among women. Similar correlation coefficients were observed between FFQ fish consumption and serum omega-3 PUFAs in the Health 2000 substudy, and also between FFQ fish consumption and the frequency questions on fish consumption in the Fishermen substudy. According to multiple regression modeling and LMG metrics, the most important fish consumption biomarkers were dioxins and PCBs among the men and MeHg among the women.Conclusions Environmental contaminants seemed to be slightly better fish consumption biomarkers than omega-3 PUFAs in the Baltic Sea area. The separate frequency questions measured fish consumption equally well when compared with the FFQ.

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  • Dietary biomarkers include natural food constituents and also food additives such as iodine in milk and contaminants such as polychlorinated biphenyls in fatty fish.

    “Dietary biomarkers not only include natural food constituents but also certain food additives such as iodine in milk (26) or food contaminants such as polychlorinated biphenyls in fatty fish (27).”

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Turunen, A. W., Männistö, S., Kiviranta, H., Marniemi, J., Jula, A., Tiittanen, P., Suominen-Taipale, L., Vartiainen, T., & Verkasalo, P. K.
Affiliations
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
Corresponding author
Turunen, A W
Venue
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Published
2010-01-27
Volume
64
Issue
3
Pages
313-323
ISSN
  • 0954-3007 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-5640
OpenAlex
W1983843562
Cited by
43
References
47
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FWCI
5.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Yrjö Jahnssonin Säätiö
  • Juho Vainion Säätiö
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Fatty Acid Research and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Mercury impact and mitigation studies
Keywords
fish consumption, biomarkers, dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls, methylmercury, omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, food frequency questionnaire, environmental pollutants, Baltic Sea
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Animals, Diet, Diet Surveys, Dioxins, Female, Fishes, Food Contamination, Humans, Male, Methylmercury Compounds, Middle Aged, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Surveys and Questionnaires, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Biomarkers, Fatty Acids, Omega-3, Seafood, Risk Assessment, Statistics, Nonparametric, Young Adult

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