Prenatal mercury exposure and birth weight
Prenatal mercury exposure and birth weight
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DOI:
10.1016/j.reprotox.2018.01.002
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发表时间:
2018-03-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Yokoyama, Kazuhito
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作者:
Vigeh, Mohsen;Nishioka, Emiko;Yokoyama, Kazuhito
Adverse effects of prenatal mercury exposure on pregnancy outcomes remain a public health concern. We assessed the relationship between prenatal mercury exposure and newborn anthropometric characteristics in 334 mother-child pairs from the early stages of pregnancy to delivery in Tokyo, apan, between December 2010 and October 2012. We found a negative correlation between blood mercury levels during the first and second trimesters of gestation and birth weight (r = -0.134 and -0.119, respectively; p< 0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis confirmed the relationship between first-trimester maternal blood mercury levels and birth weight when adjusted for independent variables (beta = -0.170, t= -2.762; p= 0.006). Mean mercury levels in umbilical cord blood were twice as high as maternal blood levels (10.15 +/- 7.74 and 4.97 +/- 3.25 mu g/L, respectively; r = 0.974, p