2022
Race-specific associations of urinary phenols and parabens with adipokines in midlife women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)
Lee S, Karvonen-Gutierrez C, Mukherjee B, Herman W, Park S. Race-specific associations of urinary phenols and parabens with adipokines in midlife women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Environmental Pollution 2022, 303: 119164. PMID: 35306088, PMCID: PMC9883839, DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119164.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStudy of Women's HealthBayesian kernel machine regressionWomen's HealthLeptin levelsBlack womenAssociated with lower leptinAssociated with favorable profilesAsian womenSoluble leptin receptorRacial differencesRace-specific associationsUrinary phenolCross-sectional associationsNo significant associationObesity-related metabolic diseasesLog-transformed levelsSOB-RKernel machine regressionSerum adipokinesMetabolic disease burdenEffect modificationNation Multi-Pollutant StudyLow leptinLeptin receptorLinear regression models
2019
Urinary concentrations of phenols in association with biomarkers of oxidative stress in pregnancy: Assessment of effects independent of phthalates
Ferguson K, Lan Z, Yu Y, Mukherjee B, McElrath T, Meeker J. Urinary concentrations of phenols in association with biomarkers of oxidative stress in pregnancy: Assessment of effects independent of phthalates. Environment International 2019, 131: 104903. PMID: 31288179, PMCID: PMC6728185, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.104903.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrinary phthalate metabolitesOxidative stress biomarkersNon-null associationsPhthalate metabolitesBiomarkers of oxidative stressInterquartile rangeBenzophenone-3Associated with increasesOutcome biomarkersIncreased maternal oxidative stressStress biomarkersExposure to environmental phenolsOxidative stressReduced fetal growthUrinary oxidative stress biomarkersMaternal oxidative stressEffect estimatesAdaptive elastic net modelStudy populationPreterm birthFetal growthConcentration of phenolUrinary phenolPregnancyUrinary concentrations
2018
Associations between maternal plasma measurements of inflammatory markers and urinary levels of phenols and parabens during pregnancy: A repeated measures study
Aung M, Ferguson K, Cantonwine D, Bakulski K, Mukherjee B, Loch-Caruso R, McElrath T, Meeker J. Associations between maternal plasma measurements of inflammatory markers and urinary levels of phenols and parabens during pregnancy: A repeated measures study. The Science Of The Total Environment 2018, 650: 1131-1140. PMID: 30308801, PMCID: PMC6236678, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.356.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma inflammatory markersInflammatory markersC-reactive proteinInterquartile range increaseFetal developmentImmunological biomarkersRange increaseTumor necrosis factor-aCase-control studyProspective birth cohortImmune system regulationHealthy pregnancyUrinary phenolSystemic inflammationImmunological mechanismsInterleukin-10Urinary levelsInterleukin-1bPregnancyStudy visitsMultivariate linear mixed modelReproductive outcomesMeasures of exposureInverse probability weightingUrine samples