Increased ERG a- and b-wave amplitudes in 7- to 10-year-old children resulting from prenatal lead exposure.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
; 43(6): 2036-44, 2002 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To determine the dose-response relationship between blood lead concentration ([PbB]) and scotopic ERG amplitude in 7- to 10-year-old children with lifetime lead exposure.METHODS:
Full-field flash scotopic ERGs were recorded over a 4-log-unit range in 45 dark-adapted children with normal visual acuity. [PbB] was measured throughout pregnancy and postnatal development, and the subjects' [PbB] levels were grouped at each age by tertiles.RESULTS:
The median [PbB] during pregnancy was, from lowest to highest tertile, 2.5 to 5.0, 7.5 to 9.0, and 14.0 to 16.5 microg/dL, and after birth was 4.0 to 8.0, 6.0 to 14.5, and 7.5 to 21.0 microg/dL. Only maternal [PbB] at 12 weeks of pregnancy showed a significant dose-response relationship with the ERG measures, so that with increasing [PbB] there were significant increases in leading-edge a-wave amplitude, peak a-wave amplitude, and b-wave amplitude and sensitivity, with no changes in implicit times. Data analyses showed that children whose mothers had [PbB] of 10.5 microg/dL or more at 12 weeks of pregnancy had relatively increased a- and b-waves.CONCLUSIONS:
Lead exposure during the first trimester of pregnancy produces dose-dependent increases in scotopic a- and b-wave amplitudes in 7- to 10-year-old children. The results suggest that the increases in a- and b-wave amplitudes originate from rods; however, the increased b-wave amplitude and sensitivity may also originate in the inner retina. These alterations occurred at maternal [PbB] at or below currently accepted safe levels. These novel findings reveal that the developing retina is a sensitive target for lead and suggest that lead-exposed children be examined for possible future visual system deficits.
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Assunto principal:
Efeitos Tardios da Exposição Pré-Natal
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Retina
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Exposição Materna
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Eletrorretinografia
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Chumbo
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2002
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Article