期刊
EPIDEMIOLOGY
卷 32, 期 5, 页码 672-680出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001376
关键词
Early life; Farm; Anti-Mullerian hormone; Ovarian reserve
资金
- Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [Z01-ES044005]
- Avon Foundation [02-2012-085]
- National Institute of Nursing Research [R00NR017191]
- Social and Scientific Systems [HHSN273201600011C, HHSN273201800005I]
- NIH/US Department of Health and Human Services
The study found that prenatal exposure to farm environments is associated with lower ovarian reserve biomarker concentrations in adulthood, while childhood farm exposure has weaker associations. These findings suggest that prenatal farm exposure may result in reduced ovarian reserve in adulthood.
Background: In a previous exploratory study, we reported lower concentrations of the ovarian reserve biomarker anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) in adulthood with prenatal farm exposure. We now examine this association as well as childhood farm exposure using enrollment data from the Sister Study, a large US cohort of women. Methods: We collected prenatal and childhood farm exposure data by questionnaire and telephone interview. However, serum AMH data were available only for a nested subset: premenopausal women ages 35-54 subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer (n = 418 cases) and their matched controls (n = 866). To avoid potential bias from restricting analyses to only premenopausal controls, we leveraged the available cohort data. We used data from both premenopausal cases and controls as well as postmenopausal women ages 35-54 (n = 3,526) (all presumed to have undetectable AMH concentrations) and applied weights to produce a sample representative of the cohort ages 35-54 (n = 17,799). The high proportion of undetectable AMH concentrations (41%) was addressed using reverse-scale Cox regression. An adjusted hazard ratio (HR) Results: Prenatal exposure to maternal residence or work on a farm was associated with lower AMH concentrations (HR 0.66; 95% confidence intervals [CI] = 0.48 to 0.90). Associations between childhood farm residence exposures and AMH were null or weak, except childhood contact with pesticide-treated livestock or buildings (HR 0.69; 95% CI = 0.40 to 1.2). Conclusions: Replication of the prenatal farm exposure and lower adult AMH association raises concern that aspects of prenatal farm exposure may result in reduced adult ovarian reserve.
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