title: The relation between the estimated dietary intake of PCDD/Fs and levels in blood in a Flemish population (50-65 years).
abstract: Dioxin-like activity was measured in the serum of 1425 Flemish men and women via the CALUX assay. The adults, aged between 50 and 65 years, participated in a large biomonitoring program, executed by the Flemish Center of Expertise for Environment and Health between 2002 and 2006. Within the context of this biomonitoring program also dietary intake of dioxin-like contaminants was assessed through a food frequency questionnaire. The relation between the estimated dietary intake and the dioxin-like activity in serum was evaluated using multivariate analyses: a logistic model was performed on the total population, while a linear regression analysis was done on the subsample with quantifiable dioxin activity levels in serum. Region, gender, age, BMI, smoking status, as well as dietary habits were entered in the model, with dioxin level as an outcome estimate. Both the logistic and linear model confirmed the contribution of dietary intake to the dioxin activity measured in serum. Also BMI and region were found to be associated with dioxin activity levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Ghent University, UZ 2 Blok A, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. maaike.bilau@ugent.be
authors.forename: Maaike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bilau
authors.forename: Stefaan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De Henauw
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schroijen
authors.forename: Liesbeth
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bruckers
authors.forename: Elly Den
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Hond
authors.forename: Gudrun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koppen
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Matthys
authors.forename: Els
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van De Mieroop
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Keune
authors.forename: Willy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Baeyens
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nelen
authors.forename: Nik
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Van Larebeke
authors.forename: Jan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Willems
authors.forename: Greet
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schoeters
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001530:Belgium; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins