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标题：Boron exposure through drinking water during pregnancy and birth size
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作者：Annachiara Malin Igra ; Florencia Harari ; Ying Lu 等
期刊名称：Environment International
印刷版ISSN：0160-4120
电子版ISSN：1873-6750
出版年度：2016
卷号：95
页码：54-60
DOI：10.1016/j.envint.2016.07.017
出版社：Pergamon
摘要：Background: Boron is a metalloid found at highly varying concentrations in soil and water. Experimental data indicate that boron is a developmental toxicant, but the few human toxicity data available concern mostly male reproduction. Objectives: To evaluate potential effects of boron exposure through drinking water on pregnancy outcomes. Methods: In a mother-child cohort in northern Argentina (n=194), 1-3 samples of serum, whole blood and urine were collected per woman during pregnancy and analyzed for boron and other elements to which exposure occurred, using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Infant weight, length and head circumference were measured at birth. Results: Drinking water boron ranged 377-10,929@mg/L. The serum boron concentrations during pregnancy ranged 0.73-605@mg/L (median 133@mg/L) and correlated strongly with whole-blood and urinary boron, and, to a lesser extent, with water boron. In multivariable-adjusted linear spline regression analysis (non-linear association), we found that serum boron concentrations above 80@mg/L were inversely associated with birth length (B-0.69cm, 95% CI -1.4; -0.024, p=0.043, per 100@mg/L increase in serum boron). The impact of boron appeared stronger when we restricted the exposure to the third trimester, when the serum boron concentrations were the highest (0.73-447@mg/L). An increase in serum boron of 100@mg/L in the third trimester corresponded to 0.9cm shorter and 120g lighter newborns (p=0.001 and 0.021, respectively). Conclusions: Considering that elevated boron concentrations in drinking water are common in many areas of the world, although more screening is warranted, our novel findings warrant additional research on early-life exposure in other populations.
关键词：Boron;Lithium;Drinking water;Prenatal exposure;Birth size;Birth weight