Prenatal exposure to mercury and neuropsychological development in young children: the role of fish consumption
Por:
Llop, S, Ballester, F, Murcia, M, Forns, J, Tardon, A, Andiarena, A, Vioque J, Ibarluzea, J, Fernandez-Somoano, A, Sunyer, J, Julvez, J, Rebagliato, M and Lopez-Espinosa, M
Publicada:
1 jun 2017
Ahead of Print:
17 nov 2016
Resumen:
Background: Vulnerability of the central nervous system to mercury exposure is increased during early development. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between prenatal exposure to mercury and child neuropsychological development in high-fish-intake areas in Spain.
Methods: Study subjects were 1362 children, participants in the INMA (Environment and Childhood) birth cohort study. Cord blood total mercury (CB-Hg) and cord polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) concentrations were analysed in samples collected between 2004 and 2008. Child neuropsychological development was assessed at age 4-5 years by the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (MSCA). Socio-demographic, lifestyle and dietary information was obtained by questionnaires administered during pregnancy and childhood.
Results: The geometric mean of CB-Hg was 8.8 mg/L [95% confidence interval (CI) 8.4, 9.2]. A doubling in CB-Hg was associated with higher scores in most of the MSCA scales (beta=1.29; 95% CI 0.28, 2.31 for the general cognitive scale). The association between CB-Hg and the scores obtained on the scales was inverse among children whose mothers consumed fewer than three weekly servings of fish during the first trimester of pregnancy, although confidence intervals did not exclude the null (beta=-1.20; 95% CI -2.62, 0.22 for the perceptive-manipulative scale and beta=-3.06; 95% CI -6.37, 0.24 for the general cognitive scale). An inverse association between CB-Hg and the scores on the motor scale was also suggested for children with an n-6/n-3 PUFA ratio above the median (beta=-0.23; 95% CI -0.87, 0.40, interaction p-value=0.03).
Conclusion: The relationship between CB-Hg concentrations and child neuropsychological development was influenced by maternal nutritional factors, such as fish consumption and the PUFA status.
Filiaciones:
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Epidemiology and Environmental Health Joint Research Unit, FISABIO-Universitat Jaume I-Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
Forns, J:
Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
ISGlobal, Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM-Hospital del Mar), Barcelona, Spain
Tardon, A:
Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
IUOPA-Universidad de Oviedo, Departamento de Medicina, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Andiarena, A:
University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, San Sebasti? Spain
Biodonostia, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica, San Sebastián, Spain
Vioque J:
Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Sant Joan d'Alacant, Spain
Ibarluzea, J:
Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
Biodonostia, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica, San Sebastián, Spain
Departamento de Sanidad Gobierno Vasco, Subdirección de Salud Pública de Gipuzkoa, San Sebastián, Spain
Fernandez-Somoano, A:
Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
IUOPA-Universidad de Oviedo, Departamento de Medicina, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Sunyer, J:
Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
ISGlobal, Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM-Hospital del Mar), Barcelona, Spain
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
Julvez, J:
Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
ISGlobal, Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM-Hospital del Mar), Barcelona, Spain
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Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
Department of Medicine, Universitat Jaume I, Castello de la Plana, Spain
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Epidemiology and Environmental Health Joint Research Unit, FISABIO-Universitat Jaume I-Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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