Persistent organic pollutant exposure contributes to Black/White differences in leukocyte telomere length in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Roberts E, Boss J, Mukherjee B, Salerno S, Zota A, Needham B. Persistent organic pollutant exposure contributes to Black/White differences in leukocyte telomere length in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Scientific Reports 2022, 12: 19960. PMID: 36402910, PMCID: PMC9675834, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-24316-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyHealth and Nutrition Examination SurveyPersistent organic pollutantsLeukocyte telomere lengthNutrition Examination SurveyToxic equivalent quotientPolychlorinated biphenylsBlack/white differencesExamination SurveyCross-sectional National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyNon-Hispanic Black AmericansExposure scoreNon-Hispanic white AmericansSurvey-weighted linear regression modelsIndirect effects of raceAssociated with longer leukocyte telomere lengthSingle-pollutant modelsIndividual persistent organic pollutantsExposure to polychlorinated biphenylsLonger leukocyte telomere lengthSelf-reported racePersistent organic pollutant exposuresBlack AmericansIndividual polychlorinated biphenylOrganic pollutant exposuresPersistent organic pollutant exposure contributes to Black/White differences in leukocyte telomere length: Evidence from NHANES 1999-2002
Roberts E, Boss J, Salerno S, Mukherjee B, Zota A, Needham B. Persistent organic pollutant exposure contributes to Black/White differences in leukocyte telomere length: Evidence from NHANES 1999-2002. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2022, 2022 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2022.p-0983.Peer-Reviewed Original Research