Journal
ANTIOXIDANTS
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/antiox11020366
Keywords
prenatal air pollution exposure; childhood wheeze; antioxidant intake; race and ethnicity; sex difference; developmental origins of health and disease
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This study examined the associations between prenatal PM2.5 exposure, maternal antioxidant intake, and childhood wheeze. The study found that higher antioxidant intake was associated with decreased wheeze in Black children, and there was a sensitive window for PM2.5 effects on wheeze in boys born to Black mothers with low antioxidant intake. The relationships among prenatal PM2.5, antioxidant intake, and child wheeze were modified by race/ethnicity and sex.
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) potentiates in utero oxidative stress influencing fetal development while antioxidants have potential protective effects. We examined associations among prenatal PM2.5, maternal antioxidant intake, and childhood wheeze in an urban pregnancy cohort (n = 530). Daily PM2.5 exposure over gestation was estimated using a satellite-based spatiotemporally resolved model. Mothers completed the modified Block98 food frequency questionnaire. Average energy-adjusted percentile intake of beta-carotene, vitamins (A, C, E), and trace minerals (zinc, magnesium, selenium) constituted an antioxidant index (AI). Maternal-reported child wheeze was ascertained up to 4.1 +/- 2.8 years. Bayesian distributed lag interaction models (BDLIMs) were used to examine time-varying associations between prenatal PM2.5 and repeated wheeze (>= 2 episodes) and effect modification by AI, race/ethnicity, and child sex. Covariates included maternal age, education, asthma, and temperature. Women were 39% Black and 33% Hispanic, 36% with <= high school education; 21% of children had repeated wheeze. Higher AI was associated with decreased wheeze in Blacks (OR = 0.37 (0.19-0.73), per IQR increase). BDLIMs identified a sensitive window for PM2.5 effects on wheeze among boys born to Black mothers with low AI (at 33-40 weeks gestation; OR = 1.74 (1.19-2.54), per mu g/m(3) increase in PM2.5). Relationships among prenatal PM2.5, antioxidant intake, and child wheeze were modified by race/ethnicity and sex.
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