Moderating effects of plastic packaged food on association of urinary phthalate metabolites with emotional symptoms in Chinese adolescents
Previous research reports that diet is the main source of phthalate exposure to adolescents, and phthalate is associated with adolescent mental and behavioral problems. However, no study has explored the moderating effects of eating behavior in this association. This study aimed to analyze the moder...
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| description | Previous research reports that diet is the main source of phthalate exposure to adolescents, and phthalate is associated with adolescent mental and behavioral problems. However, no study has explored the moderating effects of eating behavior in this association. This study aimed to analyze the moderating effects of plastic packaged food consumption in the longitudinal association between phthalate metabolite concentration and emotional symptoms in adolescents. This school-based survey was carried out among adolescents in two Chinese provinces. We conducted a baseline and follow-up surveys for 893 freshmen using the purposive sampling method from December 2018 to November 2019. We used food frequency questionnaire to assess eating behavior. The Chinese version of 21-item Depression Anxiety Stress Scales was used to assess emotional symptoms, and high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry was used to analyze the concentration of six urine phthalate metabolites. The results of latent moderation model indicated that plastic packaged food consumption moderated the association of low molecular weight phthalate (LMWP) with depressive symptoms (β = 0.27, P = 0.002), anxiety symptoms (β = 0.89, P < 0.01), and stress symptoms (β = 0.23, P = 0.019). The moderating effects were significant at the higher scores (β = 0.14–0.35, P < 0.05) and/or the lower scores (β = −0.35 to −0.12, P < 0.05) of plastic packaged food consumption. The results suggest that plastic packaged food consumption to some extent moderates the longitudinal association of phthalate exposure with emotional symptoms in adolescents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8b82b9f9e1754b1fbae84ed7e6a4a4942022-12-21T19:46:47ZengElsevierEcotoxicology and Environmental Safety0147-65132021-06-01216112171Moderating effects of plastic packaged food on association of urinary phthalate metabolites with emotional symptoms in Chinese adolescentsHonglv Xu0Jie Sheng1Xiaoyan Wu2Kai Zhan3Shuman Tao4Xing Wen5Wenwen Liu6Obed Cudjoe7Fangbiao Tao8School of Medicine, Kunming University, 2 Puxin Road, Kunming 650214, Yunnan, PR China; Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle (Anhui Medical University), Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR ChinaKey Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle (Anhui Medical University), Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR ChinaDepartment of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China; Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle (Anhui Medical University), Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR ChinaAnhui Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Product Safety Engineering, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Science, Hefei 230031, Anhui, PR ChinaDepartment of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China; Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle (Anhui Medical University), Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR ChinaDepartment of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China; Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle (Anhui Medical University), Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR ChinaDepartment of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China; Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle (Anhui Medical University), Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR ChinaUniversity of Cape Coast, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medical Sciences, Cape Coast, Ghana; Department and the Key Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology, Anhui, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, ChinaDepartment of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China; Key Laboratory of Population Health Across Life Cycle (Anhui Medical University), Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China; Corresponding author at: Department of Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei 230032, Anhui, PR China.Previous research reports that diet is the main source of phthalate exposure to adolescents, and phthalate is associated with adolescent mental and behavioral problems. However, no study has explored the moderating effects of eating behavior in this association. This study aimed to analyze the moderating effects of plastic packaged food consumption in the longitudinal association between phthalate metabolite concentration and emotional symptoms in adolescents. This school-based survey was carried out among adolescents in two Chinese provinces. We conducted a baseline and follow-up surveys for 893 freshmen using the purposive sampling method from December 2018 to November 2019. We used food frequency questionnaire to assess eating behavior. The Chinese version of 21-item Depression Anxiety Stress Scales was used to assess emotional symptoms, and high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry was used to analyze the concentration of six urine phthalate metabolites. The results of latent moderation model indicated that plastic packaged food consumption moderated the association of low molecular weight phthalate (LMWP) with depressive symptoms (β = 0.27, P = 0.002), anxiety symptoms (β = 0.89, P < 0.01), and stress symptoms (β = 0.23, P = 0.019). The moderating effects were significant at the higher scores (β = 0.14–0.35, P < 0.05) and/or the lower scores (β = −0.35 to −0.12, P < 0.05) of plastic packaged food consumption. The results suggest that plastic packaged food consumption to some extent moderates the longitudinal association of phthalate exposure with emotional symptoms in adolescents.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651321002827PhthalateEmotional symptomsEating behaviorModerating effectAdolescents |
| spellingShingle | Honglv Xu Jie Sheng Xiaoyan Wu Kai Zhan Shuman Tao Xing Wen Wenwen Liu Obed Cudjoe Fangbiao Tao Moderating effects of plastic packaged food on association of urinary phthalate metabolites with emotional symptoms in Chinese adolescents Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety Phthalate Emotional symptoms Eating behavior Moderating effect Adolescents |
| title | Moderating effects of plastic packaged food on association of urinary phthalate metabolites with emotional symptoms in Chinese adolescents |
| title_full | Moderating effects of plastic packaged food on association of urinary phthalate metabolites with emotional symptoms in Chinese adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Moderating effects of plastic packaged food on association of urinary phthalate metabolites with emotional symptoms in Chinese adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Moderating effects of plastic packaged food on association of urinary phthalate metabolites with emotional symptoms in Chinese adolescents |
| title_short | Moderating effects of plastic packaged food on association of urinary phthalate metabolites with emotional symptoms in Chinese adolescents |
| title_sort | moderating effects of plastic packaged food on association of urinary phthalate metabolites with emotional symptoms in chinese adolescents |
| topic | Phthalate Emotional symptoms Eating behavior Moderating effect Adolescents |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651321002827 |
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