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    Title: Association between prenatal exposure to metals and atopic dermatitis among children aged 4 years in Taiwan
    Authors: Tsai, TL;Wang, SL;Hsieh, CJ;Wen, HJ;Kuo, CC;Liu, HJ;Sun, CW;Chen, ML;Wu, MT;Group, the TMICS Study
    Contributors: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
    Abstract: IMPORTANCE: The prevalence of atopic dermatitis has substantially increased in recent decades, and atopic dermatitis could lead to allergic airway inflammation later in life. A previous study found that inorganic arsenic exposure was associated with allergic airway inflammation in children aged 8 to 14 years. However, the association between prenatal exposure to arsenic and other metals and the risk of atopic dermatitis among young children remains unknown. OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between prenatal exposure to arsenic and other metals and the occurrence of atopic dermatitis in children at age 4 years. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: In total, 1152 pregnant women were enrolled in the original Taiwan Maternal and Infant Cohort Study (TMICS), a multicenter birth cohort study conducted at 9 hospitals in northern, central, southern, and eastern Taiwan from October 2012 to May 2015. Of those, 586 mothers and children aged 4 years participated in follow-up questionnaire interviews from August 2016 to January 2019. After excluding 216 participants with missing data, the final statistical analysis of follow-up data included 370 mother and child pairs from the central and eastern regions of Taiwan. Data were analyzed from February 2 to August 12, 2021. EXPOSURES: Arsenic, cadmium, lead, cobalt, copper, nickel, thallium, and zinc during pregnancy. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The outcome was parent-reported atopic dermatitis history among children aged 4 years. The presence of atopic dermatitis was defined as a positive response to the question, "Has your child ever had atopic dermatitis diagnosed by a physician?" During the initial TMICS study period, concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, lead, cobalt, copper, nickel, thallium, and zinc were measured in maternal urine during the third trimester of pregnancy using an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer. Estimated total inorganic arsenic exposure was calculated using a model that included data on both total arsenic and arsenic species (arsenite, arsenate, monomethylarsonate, and dimethylarsenate) obtained from a previous TMICS cohort. RESULTS: Among 370 children included in the analysis, the mean (SD) age was 3.94 (0.59) years; 208 children (56.2%) were male, and 267 children (72.2%) were from the central region of Taiwan. A total of 110 children (29.7%) had atopic dermatitis at age 4 years. Maternal estimated total inorganic arsenic exposure during pregnancy was associated with increased odds of atopic dermatitis among children at age 4 years (odds ratio [OR], 2.42 [95% CI, 1.33-4.39] for every doubled increase of total inorganic arsenic) after adjusting for parental allergies, child's sex, geographic area, maternal educational level, and exposure to tobacco smoke. Every increased unit in the weighted quantile sum index of maternal metal exposure was significantly associated with atopic dermatitis (OR, 1.63; 95% CI, 1.28-2.07). Arsenic (40.1%) and cadmium (20.5%) accounted for most of the metal mixture index. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: This cohort study found that prenatal exposure to inorganic arsenic and coexposure to inorganic arsenic and cadmium were associated with a higher risk of atopic dermatitis in young children. These findings suggest that prevention of exposure to inorganic arsenic and cadmium during pregnancy may be helpful for the control of atopic dermatitis and other potential allergies in children.
    Date: 2021-10-27
    Relation: JAMA Network Open. 2021 Oct 27;4(10):Article number e2131327.
    Link to: http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.31327
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    Cited Times(WOS): https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000712526900004
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    Appears in Collections:[Shu-Li Wang] Periodical Articles
    [Hui-Ju Wen] Periodical Articles

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