title: Associations of diet with body burden of dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs): observations on pregnant women from central Taiwan.
abstract: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between placental polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans (PCDD/F) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) toxic equivalent (TEQ) levels and the consumption of various food types in pregnant women from central Taiwan. Placental PCDD/Fs and PCB congener TEQ levels were evaluated in 109 pregnant women and dietary information was obtained by questionnaire. TEQ levels of PCDD/Fs and PCBs were positively associated with age and annual family incomes (p < 0.05). PCDD/F TEQs were significantly associated with freshwater fish and dairy product consumption after adjustment for age and body mass index (BMI) (p < 0.05). For PCB TEQs, significant associations were detected for saltwater fish consumption (p < 0.05). In summary, positive correlations were found between freshwater fish and dairy product intake and PCDD/F levels, and a marginal correlation between saltwater fish intake and the body burden of PCBs in pregnant women from central Taiwan. Risk assessment of PCDD/Fs and PCB in fishery products is warranted in a future study to quantify the benefits of fish consumption during the perinatal period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: M-C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: H-R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: S-L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H-C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: Y-S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: W-H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Pan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis*; D004032:Diet; D004147:Dioxins / Q000032:analysis*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D010920:Placenta / Q000737:chemistry*; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013624:Taiwan
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D004147:Dioxins; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; C023614:dibenzofuran; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls; C020887:dibenzo(1,4)dioxin