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PEDIATRICS
卷 131, 期 3, 页码 483-489出版社
AMER ACAD PEDIATRICS
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-1380
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bisphenol A; exposure; medical devices; nutrition; premature
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- HSPH-NIEHS Center for Environmental Health [ES000002]
- Passport Foundation, Science Innovation Fund
- HSPH-NIEHS Pilot grant [P30ES000002]
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether nutritional intake and medical devices are bisphenol A (BPA) exposure sources among premature infants in the NICU. METHODS: Mothers and their premature infants cared for in the NICU for the past 3 days were recruited for this exposure assessment study. Forty-three mothers contributed 1 nutrition sample (breast milk or formula) to characterize the infant's intake. Two urine samples (before and after feeding) were collected from each of 55 infants. Medical device use was categorized as low or high based on the number and invasiveness of devices used. BPA urinary concentrations used as a biomarker to estimate BPA exposure were measured by online solid-phase extraction, high performance liquid chromatography, isotope dilution, tandem mass spectrometry. Nonparametric equivalence tests, intraclass correlations, and hierarchical linear mixed-effects models were conducted. RESULTS: Breast milk and formula samples did not differ in total BPA concentration nor did infants' median urinary concentration of total BPA before or after feedings. However, the median urinary total BPA concentration among infants who required the use of 4 or more medical devices in the past 3 days was significantly higher (36.6 mu g/L) than among infants who required the use of 0 to 3 devices (13.9 mu g/L). The calculated BPA exposures are lower than the US Environmental Protection Agency reference dose, but considerably higher (16- to 32-fold) than among infants or children from the general population. CONCLUSIONS: The number of medical devices used in the past 3 days, but not nutritional intake, was positively associated with exposure to BPA. Pediatrics 2013;131:483-489
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