Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 211, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113072
Keywords
Toxic metal; Bayesian kernel machine regression; Early embryonic arrest; Case-control study
Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program [2018YFC1004201, 2016YFC1000204]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC-82173532]
- University Natural Science Research Project of Anhui Province [KJ 2020A0207]
- Excellent Young Talents Fund Program of Higher Education Institutions of Anhui Province [gxyq2021173]
- Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China [2021M700181]
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Exposure to toxic metals mixture, particularly high levels of barium, is associated with an increased risk of early embryonic arrest and significant impact on oogenesis.
Background: Early embryonic arrest is a great challenge for in vitro fertilization. Whether exposure to toxic metals is associated with an increased risk of early embryonic arrest warrants investigation.& nbsp;Objectives: Here, we conducted a case-control study in infertile women to estimate the associations between blood barium (Ba), arsenic (As), mercury (Hg), and lead (Pb) exposure levels and the risk of early embryonic arrest.& nbsp;Methods: Ba, As, Hg, and Pb exposure levels in fasting blood collected from 74 infertile women (123 cycles) with early embryonic arrest and 157 infertile women (180 cycles) without early embryonic arrest were measured by ICP-MS. Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR) was used to assess the association of exposure level of toxic metals mixture with the risk of early embryonic arrest as well as to evaluate which metal playing a leading role in the association, and then generalized estimating equations (GEEs) were used to evaluate the relationship between the selected harmful metal and the risk of early embryonic arrest. Finally, the potential causes of early embryonic arrest originating from the harmful metal exposure were explored. Results: Blood Ba levels were significantly higher in the case group than that in the control group (p = 0.009) rather than As, Pb and Hg.& nbsp;Results from BKMR showed that exposure to toxic metals mixture increased the risk of early embryonic arrest, with Ba playing a leading role (PIP = 0.9612). GEE analysis showed that high Ba exposure level was related with the increased risk of early embryonic arrest (p < 0.05) and it impacted on the oogenesis significantly.& nbsp;Conclusions: Our study found that exposure to toxic metals mixture was associated with the increased risk of early embryonic arrest, and Ba contributed most to the increased risk. Higher Ba exposure in whole blood corresponds to a higher risk of early embryonic arrest and impacted on the oogenesis significantly.
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