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Prenatal Exposure to Perfluorooctanoate and Risk of Overweight at 20 Years of Age: A Prospective Cohort Study
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BACKGROUND: Perfluoroalkyl acids are persistent compounds used in various industrial -applications. Of these compounds, perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) is currently detected in humans worldwide. A recent study on low-dose developmental exposure to PFOA in mice reported increased weight and elevated biomarkers of adiposity in postpubertal female offspring. OBJECTIVE: We examined whether the findings of increased weight in postpubertal female mice could be replicated in humans. METHODS: A prospective cohort of 665 Danish pregnant women was recruited in 1988-1989 with offspring follow-up at 20 years. PFOA was measured in serum from gestational week 30. Offspring body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference were recorded at follow-up (n = 665), and biomarkers of adiposity were quantified in a subset (n = 422) of participants. RESULTS: After adjusting for covariates, including maternal pre-pregnancy BMI, smoking, education, and birth weight, in utero exposure to PFOA was positively associated with anthropometry at 20 years in female but not male offspring. Adjusted relative risks comparing the highest with lowest quartile (median: 5.8 vs. 2.3 ng/mL) of maternal PFOA concentration were 3.1 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.4, 6.9] for overweight or obese (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2) and 3.0 (95% CI: 1.3, 6.8) for waist circumference > 88 cm among female offspring. This corresponded to estimated increases of 1.6 kg/m2 (95% CI: 0.6, 2.6) and 4.3 cm (95% CI: 1.4, 7.3) in average BMI and waist circumference, respectively. In addition, maternal PFOA concentrations were positively associated with serum insulin and leptin levels and inversely associated with adiponectin levels in female offspring. Similar associations were observed for males, although point estimates were less precise because of fewer observations. Maternal perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorooctane sulfonamide (PFOSA), and perfluorononanoate (PFNA) concentrations were not independently associated with offspring anthropometry at 20 years. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings on the effects of low-dose developmental exposures to PFOA are in line with experimental results suggesting obesogenic effects in female offspring at 20 years of age.
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“Aprospective study by Halldorsson et al. [212] revealed that elevated prenatal plasma PFOA levels were linked to an increased incidence of overweight and greater waist circumference in female offspring at 20 years of age, though no such connection was observed in males.”
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“the impacts of PFAS on body weight are not consistent in the literature, with many studies reporting associations between PFAS exposure and increased body weight gain and metabolic syndrome-like phenotypes in human and rodent studies”
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- Authors
- Halldorsson, T. I., Rytter, D., Haug, L. S., Bech, B. H., Danielsen, I., Becher, G., Henriksen, T. B., & Olsen, S. F.
- Affiliations
- Statens Serum Institut (DK)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- Aarhus University Hospital (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Halldorsson, Thorhallur I.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2012-02-03
- Volume
- 120
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 668-673
- ISSN
- 0091-6765 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-9924
- PMC
- PMC3346773
- OpenAlex
- W2001077154
- Cited by
- 353
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 35 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 30 · 2015: 35 · 2014: 28 · 2013: 24 · 2012: 9
- FWCI
- 24.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- public-domain
- creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor, 2156 d)
- Locations
- Environmental Health Perspectives (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Hirsla (Landspítali University Hospital) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Birth, Development, and Health
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Keywords
- perfluorooctanoic acid, prenatal exposure, obesity, body mass index, waist circumference, adiposity biomarkers, insulin, leptin, adiponectin, sex differences, PFOS, perfluorooctane sulfonamide, perfluorononanoate
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Caprylates, Denmark, Environmental Pollutants, Female, Fluorocarbons, Humans, Male, Pregnancy, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Biomarkers, Overweight, Limit of Detection
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