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Bisphenol A substitutes and obesity in US adults: analysis of a population-based, cross-sectional study

Overview of attention for article published in The Lancet Planetary Health, June 2017
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Title
Bisphenol A substitutes and obesity in US adults: analysis of a population-based, cross-sectional study
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The Lancet Planetary Health, June 2017
DOI 10.1016/s2542-5196(17)30049-9
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Buyun Liu, Hans-Joachim Lehmler, Yangbo Sun, Guifeng Xu, Yuewei Liu, Geng Zong, Qi Sun, Frank B Hu, Robert B Wallace, Wei Bao

Abstract

Bisphenol F (BPF) and bisphenol S (BPS) are increasingly used to substitute bisphenol A (BPA), a widespread environmental endocrine disruptor and putative obesogen. However, studies on effects of BPF and BPS on obesity in humans are lacking. We examined the associations of BPA, BPF, and BPS exposure with obesity in U.S. adults. We included 1,521 participants aged 20 years or older from a cross-sectional study, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013-2014. Urinary BPA, BPF, and BPS concentrations were measured using on-line solid phase extraction coupled to high performance liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry. We used body mass index and waist circumference to define general obesity and abdominal obesity, respectively. We used logistic regression with sample weights to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) of obesity and 95% confidence intervals. Higher BPA, BPF, and BPS concentrations were observed in obese adults than non-obese adults. After adjustment for demographic, socioeconomic, lifestyle factors, and urinary creatinine concentrations, BPA, but not BPF or BPS, was significantly associated with obesity. The OR of general obesity was 1.78 (1.10-2.89) comparing the highest with lowest quartile of BPA, 1.02 (0.70-1.47) for BPF, and 1.22 (0.81-1.83) for BPS. The corresponding OR for abdominal obesity was 1.55 (1.04-2.32) for BPA, 1.05 (0.68-1.63) for BPF, and 1.16 (0.72-1.88) for BPS. Whereas there were significant associations of BPA exposure with general and abdominal obesity, BPF or BPS, at current exposure level, was not significantly associated with obesity in U.S. adults. Continued biomonitoring of these bisphenols in populations and further investigations on their health effects in humans are warranted.

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Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 20 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 18 16%
Student > Master 15 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 7%
Researcher 8 7%
Other 11 10%
Unknown 35 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 19 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 10 9%
Environmental Science 9 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 6 5%
Other 24 21%
Unknown 41 36%
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