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Prenatal and childhood exposure to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and cognitive development in children at age 8 years.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Toxicological studies indicate that poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) may be neurotoxic, but human studies have yet to provide compelling evidence for PFAS' impact on cognitive abilities. OBJECTIVE:To test whether prenatal and childhood PFAS are associated with cognitive abilities at 8 years and whether sex modifies these associations. METHODS:We included 221 mother-child pairs from the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment (HOME) Study, a birth cohort in Cincinnati, OH (USA). We quantified PFAS in maternal serum at 16?±?3 weeks gestation and in child serum at 3 and 8 years. We used the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) at age 8 years, assessing Full Scale IQ (FSIQ), verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, working memory, and processing speed. We used multiple informant models to estimate covariate-adjusted differences in WISC-IV scores by repeated ln-transformed PFAS. RESULTS:Prenatal and childhood perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) were not associated with WISC-IV measures. We observed an increase of 4.1-points (95% CI 0.3, 8.0) and 5.7-points (95% CI 1.2, 10.2) in working memory with 1-ln unit increase in prenatal perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and perfluorononanoate (PFNA), respectively. In addition, PFNA at 3 years was associated with better FSIQ and perceptual reasoning. Child sex modified the relationship between prenatal PFOA and FSIQ; the association was positive in females only. Sex also modified the association between concurrent PFOS and FSIQ, with males having higher scores. CONCLUSION:We did not observe adverse associations between prenatal and childhood PFAS and cognitive function at age 8 years.

SUBMITTER: Vuong AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6511326 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Prenatal and childhood exposure to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and cognitive development in children at age 8 years.

Vuong Ann M AM   Yolton Kimberly K   Xie Changchun C   Dietrich Kim N KN   Braun Joseph M JM   Webster Glenys M GM   Calafat Antonia M AM   Lanphear Bruce P BP   Chen Aimin A  

Environmental research 20190216


<h4>Background</h4>Toxicological studies indicate that poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) may be neurotoxic, but human studies have yet to provide compelling evidence for PFAS' impact on cognitive abilities.<h4>Objective</h4>To test whether prenatal and childhood PFAS are associated with cognitive abilities at 8 years and whether sex modifies these associations.<h4>Methods</h4>We included 221 mother-child pairs from the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment (HOME) Study, a birt  ...[more]

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