1.Research progress on impact and mechanism of prenatal bisphenol S exposure on offspring's lipid metabolism
Hongyu MAO ; Chao ZHANG ; Jiahu HAO
Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine 2024;41(8):941-946
Bisphenols are widely used in the manufacture of polycarbonates and plastics. With the restriction and banning of bisphenol A (BPA), a typical representative of bisphenols, bisphenol S (BPS) has been widely used in the manufacture of various polymers as the main alternative to BPA. Humans are exposed to BPS through a variety of routes, and BPS is detected in food, environment, and human blood and excreta. Concerns about the safety of BPS have become an important issue, especially for pregnant women and fetuses. The results of several studies support that prenatal exposure to BPS have multiple adverse effects on the offspring. In particular, prenatal BPS exposure may affect maternal and offspring metabolic homeostasis and increase the risk of abnormal lipid metabolism in the offspring. This paper summarized the results of studies on BPS exposure and abnormal lipid metabolism. In addition, this review explored potential mechanisms of BPS, including its possible influence on lipid metabolism through interference with hormone receptors, activation of the nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ), induction of oxidative stress and inflammatory states, and epigenetic effects. These findings emphasized the importance of more in-depth research on BPS and its potential effects to better understand its impact on human health and to provide a basis for developing appropriate public health measures to reduce the risk of BPS exposure.
2.Association between umbilical artery ultrasound parameters and birth outcomes in gestational diabetes mellitus
Ying Pan ; Li Zhou ; Lianjie Dou ; Jijun Gu ; Dan Huang ; Zhaohui Huang ; Anhui Zhang ; Hong Tao ; Li Zhang ; Jiahu Hao
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2023;58(7):1184-1188
Objective :
To investigate the effects of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) on birth outcome and umbilical artery (UA) blood flow parameters in the third trimester, and to analyze the role of UA blood flow parameters in GDM and birth outcome.
Methods :
Based on the birth cohort from Wuhu , Anhui , China , 189 pregnant women with GDM were collected as the case group. The non⁃GDM pregnant women were matched 1 ∶ 1 according to age and pre⁃pregnancy body mass index , and 189 normal pregnant women were selected as the control group. Pregnant women with GDM were divided into poorly controlled group and well controlled group according to fasting blood
glucose in the third trimester. The UA blood flow parameters and fetal birth outcomes in the third trimester were tracked.
Results :
Compared with the control group , UA parameters in poorly controlled and well controlled groups
significantly increased (F = 6. 63 , P < 0. 05 ; F = 4. 43 , P < 0. 05 ; F = 5. 57 , P < 0. 05) . Poor glycemic control of GDM was associated with increased birth weight and risk of larger than gestational age. The multi⁃factor linear regression model showed that the Z score of the peak systolic velocity/end diastolic velocity (S/D) in the poorly controlled group was negatively correlated with birth weight (β = - 209. 78 , 95% CI: - 301. 48 - 118. 07) . S/D index Z score mediated the relationship between poor blood glucose control and birth weight. The intermediate effect value was - 58. 41 (95% CI: - 106. 40 ~ - 19. 65) , accounting for 25. 98% of the total effect.
Conclusion
Poor glycemic control in GDM is a risk factor for fetal weight gain , and UA function plays a partial mediating role in influencing neonatal birth weight. GDM pregnant women should strictly control blood glucose level to better protect maternal and infant health.
3.Research progress on the relationship between bisphenol A exposure and childhood asthma
Chinese Journal of School Health 2022;43(9):1432-1435
Abstract
Bisphenol A (BPA) is a high yield chemical and widely present in daily necessities and catering products. It is one of the environmental endocrine disruptors with estrogen like effects that may affect the immune system. This paper summarizes the most recent epidemiological studies on the relationship between BPA exposure and asthma in children at home and abroad, and briefly outlines the pathogenesis of BPA induced asthma in children, aiming to provide inspiration and directions for future research.
4.Association between nocturnal sleep duration combined with snoring exposure and SGA,LGA in the first trimester of pregnancy based on birth cohort
Fenghui Wang ; Kai Ma ; Lianjie Dou ; Dan Huang ; Ying Pan ; Jijun Gu ; Chaohui Huang ; Anhui Zhang ; Hong Tao ; Jiahu Hao
Acta Universitatis Medicinalis Anhui 2022;57(11):1807-1811
Objective :
To investigate the correlation between nocturnal sleep duration combined with snoring in the first trimester of pregnancyand small for gestational age(SGA) ,large for gestational age(LGA) .
Methods :
Multi- variate Logistic regression model was used to analyze the association between nocturnal sleep duration ,snoring, their combined effects and SGA,LGA.
Results :
Compared to nocturnal sleep duration 7 to 9 h in the first trimester of pregnancy,sleep duration<7 h was positively correlated with SGA in male newborn( OR = 4. 22,95% CI : 1. 69 - 10. 52) ; After stratified by snoring,the sleep duration of snoring women<7 h was positively correlated with SGA ( OR = 5. 68,95% CI : 1. 02-31. 51) ,and the sleep duration of non-snoring women<7 h was positively correlated with LGA ( OR = 2. 10,95% CI : 1. 16 -3. 81) .
Conclusion
Sleep duration<7 h in the first trimester of preg- nancy is a risk factor for SGA and LGA,and snoring may enhance the association between sleep duration<7 h in the first trimester of pregnancy and SGA.Pregnant women should keep adequate nocturnal sleep duration to reduce the risk of abnormal neonatal weight.
5.Effect of pregnancy related anxiety on executive function of preschool children and gender difference
XIE Jingjing, WANG Xiaoxu, YAN Shuangqin, XU Yeqing, ZHU Peng, HAO Jiahu, TAO Fangbiao, HUANG Kun
Chinese Journal of School Health 2021;42(9):1359-1363
Objective:
To understand the effect of pregnancyrelated anxiety on preschool childrens executive functions(EFs) and gender difference in order to optimize the early development environment of offspring life.
Methods:
This study was based on the ChinaAnhui Birth Cohort Study. Pregnant women from Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital in Maanshan, Anhui province between October 2008 and October 2010 were recruited. The general information of pregnant women and the pregnancyrelated anxiety were collected prospectively in the first trimester of pregnancy. A cohort of 3 556 children aged 3-5 were followed up and their basic characteristics were collected. Executive function of preschool children was assessed by Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive FunctionPreschool Version(BRIEF) (parent version).
Results:
In boys, compared with the control group, pregnancyrelated anxiety in the first trimester of pregnancy was associated with the risk of abnormality in working memory, planning/organization and GEC[OR(95%CI)=1.40(1.06-1.85), 1.64(1.06-2.54), 1.89(1.27-2.82)]. Anxiety in the both trimesters of pregnancy was associated with the risk of abnormality in inhibition, working memory, planning/organization and GEC[OR(95%CI)=2.60(1.45-4.67), 2.45(1.69-3.57), 2.23(1.28-3.88), 3.27(2.03-5.28)]. In girls, pregnancyrelated anxiety in the first trimester of pregnancy was associated with the risk of abnormality in inhibition and working memory[OR(95%CI)=1.79(1.13-2.83), 1.45(1.07-1.98)]. Anxiety in the third trimester of pregnancy was associated with the risk of abnormality in inhibition[OR(95%CI)=2.26(1.17-4.38)]. Anxiety in both trimesters of pregnancy was associated with the risk of abnormality in inhibition and working memory[OR(95%CI)=2.45(1.40-4.28), 2.02(1.35-3.01)].
Conclusion
Pregnancyrelated anxiety significantly affected the executive function of preschool children, and there was a significant doseresponse relationship. Pregnancyrelated anxiety primarily affects working memory, planning/organization and GEC function in boys, and the working memory, inhibition function in girls.
6.A cohort study of maternal pregnancy-related anxiety at different trimesters and infants′ neurobehavioral development
Shanshan SHAO ; Kun HUANG ; Shuangqin YAN ; Peng ZHU ; Jiahu HAO ; Fangbiao TAO
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2021;55(2):177-183
Objective:To investigate the influence and critical period of pregnancy-related anxiety during pregnancy on the neurobehavioral development of infants.Methods:The subjects of this study were derived from the Ma′anshan Birth Corhot. From May 2013 to September 2014, a total of 3 474 pregnant women who registered in Ma ′anshan Maternal and Child Health Care Center were enrolled in the study. A total of 2 242 mother-infant pairs who completed three times assessments of maternal anxiety and at least once assessment of infants′ neurobehavioral development were included in the final analysis. Maternal pregnancy-related anxiety was assessed by the Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire during the first, second and third trimesters of pregnancy. When their children were at 6 and 18 months, their neurobehavioral development was evaluated using the Ages & Stages Questionnaire-China. The influence of maternal pregnancy-related anxiety on the neurobehavioral development of infants was analyzed by bi-nominal logistic regression.Results:The age of 2 242 pregnant women was (26.62±3.65) years, and the proportion of boys, low birth weight and exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months was 50% (1 120/2 242), 1.7% (38/2 242) and 11.5% (252/2 191), respectively. The detection rates of pregnancy-related anxiety during the first, second and third trimester were 24.9% (558), 28.6% (642) and 30.3% (674), respectively. After controlling confounding variables and other two trimester′s anxiety, only pregnancy-related anxiety during the third trimester (not first or second trimester) significantly increased the risk of developmental delay in the domain of communication (relative risk, RR = 3.52, 95% confidence interval, CI: 1.89-6.58) and personal-social ( RR=2.46, 95% CI: 1.10-5.49) at the 6 months of age, as well as in the domain of fine motor ( RR=2.07, 95% CI: 1.11-3.85), problem-solving domains ( RR=2.31, 95% CI: 1.24-4.31). Conclusion:Maternal pregnancy-related anxiety was associated with the risk of neurobehavioral development of infants, and the third trimester may be the critical period.
7.A cohort study of maternal pregnancy-related anxiety at different trimesters and infants′ neurobehavioral development
Shanshan SHAO ; Kun HUANG ; Shuangqin YAN ; Peng ZHU ; Jiahu HAO ; Fangbiao TAO
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2021;55(2):177-183
Objective:To investigate the influence and critical period of pregnancy-related anxiety during pregnancy on the neurobehavioral development of infants.Methods:The subjects of this study were derived from the Ma′anshan Birth Corhot. From May 2013 to September 2014, a total of 3 474 pregnant women who registered in Ma ′anshan Maternal and Child Health Care Center were enrolled in the study. A total of 2 242 mother-infant pairs who completed three times assessments of maternal anxiety and at least once assessment of infants′ neurobehavioral development were included in the final analysis. Maternal pregnancy-related anxiety was assessed by the Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire during the first, second and third trimesters of pregnancy. When their children were at 6 and 18 months, their neurobehavioral development was evaluated using the Ages & Stages Questionnaire-China. The influence of maternal pregnancy-related anxiety on the neurobehavioral development of infants was analyzed by bi-nominal logistic regression.Results:The age of 2 242 pregnant women was (26.62±3.65) years, and the proportion of boys, low birth weight and exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months was 50% (1 120/2 242), 1.7% (38/2 242) and 11.5% (252/2 191), respectively. The detection rates of pregnancy-related anxiety during the first, second and third trimester were 24.9% (558), 28.6% (642) and 30.3% (674), respectively. After controlling confounding variables and other two trimester′s anxiety, only pregnancy-related anxiety during the third trimester (not first or second trimester) significantly increased the risk of developmental delay in the domain of communication (relative risk, RR = 3.52, 95% confidence interval, CI: 1.89-6.58) and personal-social ( RR=2.46, 95% CI: 1.10-5.49) at the 6 months of age, as well as in the domain of fine motor ( RR=2.07, 95% CI: 1.11-3.85), problem-solving domains ( RR=2.31, 95% CI: 1.24-4.31). Conclusion:Maternal pregnancy-related anxiety was associated with the risk of neurobehavioral development of infants, and the third trimester may be the critical period.
8.Evaluation and application of Brief Instrument on Psychological Health of Youths
TAO Shuman,WAN Yuhui,WU Xiaoyan,SUN Ying,XU Shaojun,ZHANG Shichen,HAO Jiahu,TAO Fangbiao
Chinese Journal of School Health 2020;41(9):1331-1334
Objective:
To simplify the psychological domain of Multidimensional Sub-health Questionnaire of Adolescents (MSQA),which includes 39 items and develop the Brief Instrument On Psychological Health of Youths(BIOPHY), as well as to evaluate the predictive validity of the BIOPHY.
Methods:
A total of 14 221 students were recruited from Shenyang,Xinxiang,Guangzhou,and Chongqing by using multistage stratified cluster random sampling to participate in the study. A combination of item analysis,factor analysis and reliability evaluation were used to screen items and evaluate the questionnaire. Meantime, data from 14 500 adolescents from Shenzhen,Nanchang,Zhengzhou and Guiyang in 2017 were used to develop a cut-off point and to evaluate its predictive validity.
Results:
On the basis of item analysis,BIOPHY consisted of 15 items. Variance cumulative contribution rate was 57.39%; internal consistency test showed that the total questionnaire Cronbach α coefficient was 0.928. The split-half coefficient of the total questionnaire was 0.909. The 90th percentile of total scores was used as the cutoff point of BIOPHY. The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that students with psychological health symptoms were at significantly higher risk of depressive symptoms (OR=10.53,95%CI=9.28-11.94),suicide ideations (OR=5.77,95%CI=5.15-6.46),suicide plans (OR=6.09,95%CI=5.39-6.89) and suicide attempts (OR=4.80,95%CI=4.04-5.69) than normal counterparts.
Conclusion
The BIOPHY is consistent with the evaluation standard of psychometrics. The predictive validity of BIOPHY is good and could be used in the future researches focusing on adolescent mental health.
9.The relationship between maternal pregnancy-related anxiety and executive function in preschool children: a cohort study
Xiaoxu WANG ; Ya WU ; Shuangqin YAN ; Yeqing XU ; Peng ZHU ; Jiahu HAO ; Fangbiao TAO ; Kun HUANG
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2020;54(5):511-518
Objective:To investigate the relationship between pregnancy-related anxiety and executive function in preschool children.Methods:From October 2008 to October 2010, pregnant women and live births were enrolled in the study. The expectant pregnant women and their live singleton fetuses were recruited from the antenatal care clinic of Ma'anshan maternal and Child Health Care Hospital. The cohort was followed up from April 2014 to June 2015. A total of 3 556 pairs of maternal and child were included in the final analysis. The questionnaire was used to collect the relevant information of pregnant women and the follow-up data of children. Pregnancy-related anxiety was assessed by using the Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Questionnaire, and the executive function of preschool children was assessed by using the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Preschool (BRIEF) (Parent Version). Bi-nominal logistic regression was used to analyze the effect of pregnancy-related anxiety on executive function in preschool children.Results:The average age of 3 556 pregnant women was (26.78±3.42) years old, and the average age of preschool children was (4.32±0.46) years old. The proportion of primipara, only child and urban children was 94.96% (3 375/3 556), 91.37% (3 249/3 556) and 88.98% (3 164/3 556), respectively. The prevalence of pregnancy-related anxiety in the 1 st and 3 rd trimester was 17.60% (626/3 556) and 6.30% (224/3 556) respectively. The prevalence of abnormal global executive composite was 8.54% (304/3 556). The prevalence of anxiety in both trimesters was 7.68% (273/3 556). After controlling for confounding factors such as monthly family income, education years of parents, maternal age, pre-pregnancy weight, previous adverse pregnant outcomes, number of pregnancy, pregnant complications, the main residence of the children in the past six months, and Z score of birth weight, compared with the group without pregnancy-related anxiety in either 1 st or 3 rd trimester, pregnancy-related anxiety in the 1 st trimester increased the risk of preschool children's abnormality in inhibition, working memory, planning/organization and global executive composite, and the OR (95% CI) value was 1.52 (1.08-2.13), 1.41 (1.14-1.74), 1.62 (1.13-2.33), and 1.60 (1.18- 2.17), respectively. Anxiety in the 3 rd trimester increased the risk of children's abnormality in inhibition and global executive composite, and the OR (95% CI) value was 1.90 (1.15-3.12) and 1.69(1.05-2.71). Pregnancy-related anxiety in both trimesters increased the risk of abnormality in inhibition, working memory, planning/organization, and global executive composite in preschool children, and the OR (95% CI) value was 2.41 (1.61-3.62), 2.19 (1.66-2.88), 1.80 (1.11-2.92), and 2.41 (1.65-3.52), respectively. Conclusion:The exposure to pregnancy-related anxiety during pregnancy increases the risk of executive dysfunction in preschool children.
10.A birth cohort study of the association between prenatal serum bisphenol A concentration and infant neurobehavior development
Lianjie DOU ; Qiufeng ZHANG ; Huihui BAO ; Wanke WU ; Jie SHENG ; Shuangqin YAN ; Yuanyuan XU ; Chunli GU ; Kun HUANG ; Hui CAO ; Puyu SU ; Fangbiao TAO ; Jiahu HAO
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine 2020;54(6):644-650
Objective:To explore the association between maternal bisphenol A (BPA) exposure during pregnancy and neurobehavioral development in infant.Methods:Participants were from the Ma’anshan Birth Cohort, which was established from October 2008 to October 2010 based on four municipal medical and health institutions in Ma'anshan. High-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry was applied for the determination of serum BPA concentration in 1 783 pregnant women sampled at their first filing, and during 2.97 to 28.1 months age of the infants. Neurobehavioral development were assessed by 0-6-year-old pediatric examination table of neuropsychological development. Generalized linear model was used to analyze the association between serum BPA levels during pregnancy and infants’ neurobehavioral development.Results:A total of 931 mother-child pairs had complete data on serum BPA detection during pregnancy and assessment of infants’ neurobehavioral development status. The age of pregnant women at their first filing was (26.67±3.45) years old, and the M ( P25, P75) of serum BPA concentration (ng/ml) was 0.23 (0.11, 0.52), with a detection rate of 84.1% (783/931). The age of infants was (13.18±5.46) months, and 53.5% (498) were boys. The developmental quotient scores of large motor, fine motor, adaptive ability, language ability and social behaviors of infants were (97.88±16.32), (97.16±15.35), (99.64±15.47), (95.3±16.04) and (98.95±14.76) points, respectively. Generalized linear model showed that after adjusting for factors such as delivery mode, feeding mode, family per capita monthly income, preterm delivery, gender, maternal age, residence, pre-pregnancy body mass index and residence time, serum BPA level in pregnancy was negatively associated with infant’s development of social behavior [β (95% CI):-2.42 (-4.71, -0.12)]. The post-stratification analysis by infant age revealed that the serum BPA level in pregnancy was only negatively associated with the development of language and social behavior developmental quotient scores in infants between the ages of 12 and 18 months, with β (95% CI) about -6.66 (-13.06, -0.25) and -7.401 (-12.97, -1.83), respectively. Conclusion:BPA exposure during pregnancy affects language and social behavior development in infants, and the detection window is between 12 and 18 months old of the infant.


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