Early exposure to mercury and cardiovascular function of seven-year old children in Guadeloupe (French West Indies).

Autor: Costet N; Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de Recherche en Santé, Environnement et Travail) -UMR_S 1085, Rennes, France. Electronic address: nathalie.costet@univ-rennes.fr., Doyen M; Univ Rennes, Inserm, LTSI - UMR 1099, Rennes, France; IADI, U1254, Inserm and Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France. Electronic address: doyen.matthieu@gmail.com., Rouget F; Univ Rennes, CHU de Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de Recherche en Santé, Environnement et Travail) - UMR_S 1085, Rennes, France. Electronic address: florence.rouget@inserm.fr., Michineau L; Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de Recherche en Santé, Environnement et Travail) -UMR_S 1085, Pointe à Pitre, France. Electronic address: leah.michineau@inserm.fr., Monfort C; Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de Recherche en Santé, Environnement et Travail) -UMR_S 1085, Rennes, France. Electronic address: christine.monfort@inserm.fr., Cirtiu CM; Centre de Toxicologie Du Québec, Institut National de Santé Publique Du Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada. Electronic address: ciprian-mihai.cirtiu@inspq.qc.ca., Kadhel P; CHU de Guadeloupe, Univ Antilles, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de Recherche en Santé, Environnement et Travail) - UMR_S 1085, Pointe à Pitre, France. Electronic address: philippe.kadhel@gmail.com., Multigner L; Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de Recherche en Santé, Environnement et Travail) -UMR_S 1085, Rennes, France. Electronic address: luc.multigner@inserm.fr., Pladys P; Univ Rennes, CHU de Rennes, Inserm, LTSI - UMR 1099, Rennes, France. Electronic address: patrick.pladys@univ-rennes.fr., Cordier S; Univ Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de Recherche en Santé, Environnement et Travail) -UMR_S 1085, Rennes, France. Electronic address: sylvaine.cordier@inserm.fr.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Environmental research [Environ Res] 2024 Apr 01; Vol. 246, pp. 117955. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 29.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117955
Abstrakt: Background: The cardiotoxicity of prenatal exposure to mercury has been suggested in populations having regular contaminated seafood intake, though replications in the literature are inconsistent.
Methods: The Timoun Mother-Child Cohort Study was set up in Guadeloupe, an island in the Caribbean Sea where seafood consumption is regular. At seven years of age, 592 children underwent a medical examination, including cardiac function assessment. Blood pressure (BP) was taken using an automated blood pressure monitor, heart rate variability (HRV, 9 parameters) and electrocardiogram (ECG) characteristics (QT, T-wave parameters) were measured using Holter cardiac monitoring during the examination. Total mercury concentrations were measured in cord blood at birth (median = 6.6 μg/L, N = 399) and in the children's blood at age 7 (median = 1.7 μg/L, N = 310). Adjusted linear and non-linear modelling was used to study the association of each cardiac parameter with prenatal and childhood exposures. Sensitivity analyses included co-exposures to lead and cadmium, adjustment for maternal seafood consumption, selenium and polyunsaturated fatty acids (n3-PUFAs), and for sporting activity.
Results: Higher prenatal mercury was associated with higher systolic BP at 7 years of age (β log2  = 1.02; 95% Confidence Interval (CI) = 0.10, 1.19). In boys, intermediate prenatal exposure was associated with reduced overall HRV and parasympathetic activity, and longer QT was observed with increasing prenatal mercury (β log2  = 4.02; CI = 0.48, 7.56). In girls, HRV tended to increase linearly with prenatal exposure, and no association was observed with QT-wave related parameters. Mercury exposure at 7 years was associated with decreased BP in girls (β log2  = -1.13; CI = -2.22, -0.004 for diastolic BP). In boys, the low/high-frequency (LF/HF) ratio increased for intermediate levels of exposure.
Conclusion: Our study suggests sex-specific and non-monotonic modifications in some cardiac health parameters following prenatal exposure to mercury in pre-pubertal children from an insular fish-consuming population.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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