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Early-Life Cadmium Exposure and Bone-Related Biomarkers: A Longitudinal Study in Children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic cadmium exposure has been associated with osteotoxicity in adults, but little is known concerning its effects on early growth, which has been shown to be impaired by cadmium.

Objectives

Our objective was to assess the impact of early-life cadmium exposure on bone-related biomarkers and anthropometry at 9 y of age.

Methods

For 504 children in a mother-child cohort in Bangladesh, cadmium exposure was assessed by concentrations in urine (U-Cd, long-term exposure) and erythrocytes (Ery-Cd, ongoing exposure) at 9 and 4.5 y of age, and in their mothers during pregnancy. Biomarkers of bone remodeling [urinary deoxypyridinoline (DPD), urinary calcium, plasma parathyroid hormone, osteocalcin, vitamin D3, insulin-like growth factor (IGF) 1, IGF binding protein 3, thyroid stimulating hormone] were measured at 9 y of age.

Results

In multivariable-adjusted linear models, a doubling of concurrent U-Cd was associated with a mean increase in osteocalcin of [Formula: see text] (95% CI: 0.042, 5.9) and in urinary DPD of [Formula: see text] (95% CI: 12, 32). In a combined exposure model, a doubling of maternal Ery-Cd was associated with a mean increase in urinary DPD of [Formula: see text] (95% CI: [Formula: see text], 30). Stratifying the osteocalcin model by gender ([Formula: see text] 0.001), a doubling of concurrent U-Cd was associated with a mean decrease in osteocalcin of [Formula: see text] (95% CI: [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]) in boys and a mean increase of [Formula: see text] (95% CI: 5.4, 13) in girls. The same pattern was seen with U-Cd at 4.5 y of age ([Formula: see text] 0.016). Children's U-Cd and Ery-Cd, concurrent and at 4.5 y of age, were inversely associated with vitamin D3.

Conclusions

Childhood cadmium exposure was associated with several bone-related biomarkers and some of the associations differed by gender. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP3655.

SUBMITTER: Malin Igra A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6768315 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Early-Life Cadmium Exposure and Bone-Related Biomarkers: A Longitudinal Study in Children.

Malin Igra Annachiara A Vahter Marie M Raqib Rubhana R Kippler Maria M

Environmental health perspectives 20190301 3

<h4>Background</h4>Chronic cadmium exposure has been associated with osteotoxicity in adults, but little is known concerning its effects on early growth, which has been shown to be impaired by cadmium.<h4>Objectives</h4>Our objective was to assess the impact of early-life cadmium exposure on bone-related biomarkers and anthropometry at 9 y of age.<h4>Methods</h4>For 504 children in a mother-child cohort in Bangladesh, cadmium exposure was assessed by concentrations in urine (U-Cd, long-term expo ...[more]

PMID: 30848671

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Early-Life Cadmium Exposure and Bone-Related Biomarkers: A Longitudinal Study in Children.

Background

Objectives

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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Early-Life Cadmium Exposure and Bone-Related Biomarkers: A Longitudinal Study in Children.

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