ESPE Abstracts (2023) 97 P2-75

ESPE2023 Poster Category 2 Fetal, Neonatal Endocrinology and Metabolism (6 abstracts)

Foetal exposures to endocrine-disrupting chemicals. INMA-ASTURIAS COHORT. SPAIN.

Ana Cristina Rodríguez-Dehli 1,2,3 , Ana Fernández-Somoano 2,3 , Isolina Riaño Galán 4,2,3 & Adonina Tardon 2,3


1Hospital Universitario San Agustín, Avilés, Spain. 2Universidad de Oviedo y CIBERESP, Oviedo, Spain. 3Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain. 4Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain


Background: Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are serious and urgent threats to public health, due to the potentially serious adverse effects of EDCs on endocrine processes during susceptible periods of human development.

Objective: To evaluate the levels endocrine disruptors at gestation.

Material and methods: A pilot study. Data were obtained from 30 pregnant mothers recruited in Asturias between 2004-2007 and their children from of the Environment and Childhood [INfancia y Medio Ambiente] (INMA) Project, a population-based birth cohort study. Maternal endocrine disruptors urinary levels (phthalates, parabens, benzophenone and bisphenol A) were analyzed at 12 weeks of gestation.

Results: The urinary levels of the following endocrine disruptors are analyzed at 12 weeks of gestation: Mono(carboxy-isononyl), Mono(carboxy-isooctyl) phthalates, Mono-2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl phthalate, Mono-2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl phthalate, Mono-2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl phthalate, Mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalate, Mono-3-carboxypropyl phthalate, Mono-isobutyl phthalate, Mono-n-butyl phthalate, Monobenzyl phthalate, Monoethyl phthalate, 2 5-dichlorophenol, Ethyl Paraben, Methyl Paraben, Propyl Paraben, benzophenone-3 and bisphenol A, showing the results in table 1.

Table 1. Levels of endocrine-disrupting chemicals at 12 weeks' gestation in INMA-Asturias Cohort.
N Mean D. T. P25 Median P75 Range
Mono(carboxy-isononyl) phthalates 30 9.51 13.71 2.30 3.65 9.10 1.30-52.90
Mono(carboxy-isooctyl) phthalates 30 8.64 10.53 3.10 5.20 9.90 1.00- 45.50
Mono-2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl phthalate 30 87.64 132.49 22.60 36.90 97.40 14.20- 609.00
Mono-2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl phthalate 30 52.13 94.52 10.50 19.10 63.20 7.80- 419.00
Mono-2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl phthalate 30 46.67 83.15 10.90 18.55 51.90 4.30- 367.00
Mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalate 27 14.48 27.48 2.10 5.50 12.50 1.30- 129.00
Mono-3-carboxypropyl phthalate 30 6.04 14.54 1.10 1.80 3.40 0.50- 66.30
Mono-isobutyl phthalate 30 64.00 63.44 18.60 47.10 68.90 10.80- 273.00
Mono-n-butyl phthalate 30 219.22 947.12 20.50 34.10 62.80 9.70- 5230.00
Monobenzyl phthalate 30 26.21 41.70 8.10 14.50 26.90 2.40- 228.00
Monoethyl phthalate 30 506.07 685.18 120.00 291.50 449.00 30.90- 3270.00
2 5-dichlorophenol 30 40.98 70.95 9.50 15.15 27.00 1.50- 341.00
Ethyl Paraben 27 22.04 34.24 3.90 8.80 20.90 2.10- 151.00
Methyl Paraben 30 455.27 1244.24 34.50 114.40 304.00 1.50- 6780.00
Propyl Paraben 28 86.94 197.25 3.55 13.00 47.50 0.40- 947.00
benzophenone-3 27 21.85 41.05 2.30 5.40 26.60 0.40- 180.00
bisphenol A 30 6.80 11.51 2.10 3.30 5.90 0.50- 59.90

Conclusions: All the pregnant mothers were exposed to all the disruptors analyzed, with the potential risk to the health of their offspring.

Volume 97

61st Annual ESPE (ESPE 2023)

The Hague, Netherlands
21 Sep 2023 - 23 Sep 2023

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