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Total Serum Testosterone and Gonadotropins in Workers Exposed to Dioxin
Abstract
Human reproductive endocrine data may be an important source of epidemiologic information in regard to the toxic potential of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (dioxin). The association of serum dioxin with total serum testosterone, luteinizing hormone, and follicle-stimulating hormone was examined in 248 chemical production workers from New Jersey and Missouri plants and 231 nonexposed neighborhood referents who participated in a medical evaluation in 1987. In linear regression analyses, current serum dioxin was positively and significantly related to luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone and inversely related to total testosterone after adjustment for potential confounders (p 28 IU/liter), high follicle-stimulating hormone (> 31 IU/liter), and low testosterone (< 10.4 nmol/liter) by serum dioxin quartiles. There was a greater prevalence of high luteinizing hormone among workers in the second (odds ratio (OR) = 1.9, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.7-5.5), third (OR = 2.5, 95% CI 0.9-7.3), and fourth (OR = 1.9, 95% CI 0.7-5.0) quartiles of serum dioxin compared with referents. For follicle-stimulating hormone, the authors observed a greater prevalence of high follicle-stimulating hormone among workers in the fourth quartile (OR = 2.0, 95% CI 0.7-5.6) compared with referents. Similarly, the prevalence of low testosterone was two to four times greater among workers in the second (OR = 3.9, 95% CI 1.3-11.3), third (OR = 2.7, 95% CI 0.9-8.2), and fourth quartiles…
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- Authors
- Egeland, G. M., Sweeney, M. H., Fingerhut, M. A., Wille, K. K., Schnorr, T. M., & Halperin, W. E.
- Affiliations
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sweeney, Marie H.
- Venue
- American Journal of Epidemiology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1994-02-01
- Volume
- 139
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 272-281
- ISSN
- 0002-9262 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-6256
- OpenAlex
- W4317525784
- Cited by
- 120
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 6.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Epidemiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Toxicology › Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity
- Keywords
- dioxin exposure, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, serum testosterone, luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, gonadotropins, occupational exposure, hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, reproductive toxicity, androgen deficiency
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Dioxins, Follicle Stimulating Hormone, Humans, Luteinizing Hormone, Male, Middle Aged, Missouri, New Jersey, Population Surveillance, Reproduction, Testosterone, Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic, Prevalence, Confidence Intervals, Linear Models, Logistic Models, Odds Ratio, Case-Control Studies, Occupational Exposure, Matched-Pair Analysis
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