Serum per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and abnormal lipid metabolism: A nationally representative cross-sectional study.
Environ Int
; 172: 107779, 2023 02.
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| ID: mdl-36746113
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The associations of legacy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) with lipid metabolism are controversial, and there is little information about the impact of emerging PFAS (62 Cl-PFESA) on lipid metabolism in China.OBJECTIVES:
We aimed to explore the associations of legacy and emerging PFAS with lipid profiles and dyslipidemia in Chinese adults.METHODS:
We included 10,855 Chinese participants aged 18 years and above in the China National Human Biomonitoring. The associations of 8 PFAS with 5 lipid profiles and 4 dyslipidemia were investigated using weighted multiple linear regression or weighted logistic regression, and the dose-response associations were investigated using restricted cubic spline model.RESULTS:
Among the 8 PFAS, the concentration of PFOS was the highest, with a geometric mean of 5.15 ng/mL, followed by PFOA and 62 Cl-PFESA, which were 4.26 and 1.63 ng/mL, respectively. Legacy (PFOA, PFOS, PFUnDA) or emerging (62 Cl-PFESA) PFAS were associated with lipid profiles (TC, LDL-C, HDL-C, non HDL-C) and dyslipidemia (high LDL-C, high TC, low HDL-C), and their effects on TC were most obvious. TC concentration increased by 0.595 mmol/L in the highest quartile (Q4) of PFOS when compared with the lowest quartile (Q1), (95 % CI0.396, 0.794). Restricted cubic spline models showed that PFAS are nonlinearly associated with TC, non HDL-C, LDL-C and HDL-C, and that the lipid concentrations tend to be stable when PFOS and PFOA were > 20 ng/mL well as when the 62 Cl-PFESA level was > 10 ng/mL. The positive associations between PFAS mixtures and lipid profiles were also significant.CONCLUSIONS:
Single and mixed exposure to PFAS were positively associated with lipid profiles, and China's unique legacy PFAS substitutes (62 Cl-PFESA) contributed less to lipid profiles than legacy PFAS. In the future, cohort studies will be needed to confirm our findings.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Alkanesulfonic Acids
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Environmental Pollutants
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Fluorocarbons
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Environ Int
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article