2025
Paternal and maternal exposures to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and birth outcomes: a multi-country cohort study
Guo P, Luo J, Zhang J, Bonde J, Struciński P, Ohniev V, Arah O, Deziel N, Warren J, Toft G, Liew Z. Paternal and maternal exposures to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and birth outcomes: a multi-country cohort study. Environmental Health 2025, 24: 48. PMID: 40652244, PMCID: PMC12255010, DOI: 10.1186/s12940-025-01199-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort birth lengthAdverse birth outcomesBirth outcomesBirth lengthMulti-country cohort studyAntenatal care visitsAssociated with lower offspring birth weightParent-specific effectsPFAS exposureMaternal exposureBirth weightQuantile g-computationOffspring birth weightPrenatal PFAS exposureCare visitsResultsNo associationEffects of PFAS exposureG-computationLow birth weightCohort studyINUENDO cohortEffect sizeMedical recordsMethodsThis studyPaternal exposure
2023
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and thyroid hormone measurements in dried blood spots and neonatal characteristics: a pilot study
Rosen Vollmar A, Lin E, Nason S, Santiago K, Johnson C, Ma X, Godri Pollitt K, Deziel N. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and thyroid hormone measurements in dried blood spots and neonatal characteristics: a pilot study. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2023, 33: 737-747. PMID: 37730931, PMCID: PMC10541328, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-023-00603-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThyroid hormone concentrationsNeonatal characteristicsThyroid hormone measurementsHormone concentrationsThyroid hormonesBlood spotsPilot studyNewborn DBSHormone measurementsPopulation-based studyThyroid hormone levelsEnvironmental risk factorsPFAS concentrationsNewborn screening testNon-parametric WilcoxonThyroid diseaseRisk factorsHormone levelsKruskal-Wallis testPFAS exposureThyroid hormone dataScreening testNeonatal DBSEnvironmental exposuresPerformance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometryPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and sleep health in U.S. adults, NHANES 2005–2014
Guo P, Jin Z, Bellia G, Luo J, Inoue K, Pollitt K, Deziel N, Liew Z. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and sleep health in U.S. adults, NHANES 2005–2014. Environmental Research 2023, 237: 117092. PMID: 37683785, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSleep disordersSleep outcomesU.S. adultsNHANES 2005Inverse associationSleep durationSerum polyfluoroalkyl substancesCentral nervous systemSerum concentration dataDaily sleep durationExposure tertilesOxidative inflammatory responseQuartile increaseBias analysisInflammatory responseExcessive sleepUncontrolled confoundingNervous systemSleep healthPFAS exposureHealth measuresQuantitative bias analysisLogistic regressionConsistent associationDisorders
2022
Prenatal Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Facial Features at 5 Years of Age: A Study from the Danish National Birth Cohort
Luo J, Ramlau-Hansen CH, Kesmodel US, Xiao J, Vasiliou V, Deziel NC, Zhang Y, Olsen J, Liew Z. Prenatal Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Facial Features at 5 Years of Age: A Study from the Danish National Birth Cohort. Environmental Health Perspectives 2022, 130: 017006. PMID: 35080464, PMCID: PMC8791068, DOI: 10.1289/ehp9478.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDanish National Birth CohortMaternal alcohol intakePrenatal PFAS exposurePalpebral fissure lengthShorter palpebral fissure lengthNational Birth CohortYears of agePFAS exposureSecond tertileAlcohol intakePrenatal exposureOdds ratioBirth cohortSpecific neurologic deficitsConfidence intervalsFetal brain developmentSex-specific associationsNeurologic deficitsFirst trimesterPotential confoundersNeurodevelopmental effectsAlcohol exposureStratified analysisNormal groupMultinomial logistic regression
2020
Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and behavioral difficulties in childhood at 7 and 11 years
Luo J, Xiao J, Gao Y, Ramlau-Hansen CH, Toft G, Li J, Obel C, Andersen SL, Deziel NC, Tseng WL, Inoue K, Bonefeld-Jørgensen EC, Olsen J, Liew Z. Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and behavioral difficulties in childhood at 7 and 11 years. Environmental Research 2020, 191: 110111. PMID: 32846178, PMCID: PMC7657987, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrenatal PFAS exposureMaternal thyroid hormonesThyroid hormonesOdds ratioPFAS exposureDanish National Birth CohortMaternal thyroid functionPrenatal perfluoroalkyl substancesMaternal thyroid dysfunctionFree thyroxine levelsNational Birth CohortAdjusted odds ratioBehavioral difficultiesPerfluoroalkyl substancesNatural indirect effectThyroid dysfunctionPFNA exposureFetal neurodevelopmentPrenatal exposureEpidemiological evidenceThyroid functionEarly gestationThyroxine levelsBirth cohortMaternal plasma
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