2022
Phthalate exposure is associated with more rapid body fat gain in midlife women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) Multi-Pollutant Study
Peng M, Karvonen-Gutierrez C, Herman W, Mukherjee B, Park S. Phthalate exposure is associated with more rapid body fat gain in midlife women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) Multi-Pollutant Study. Environmental Research 2022, 216: 114685. PMID: 36341787, PMCID: PMC9870605, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114685.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDual-energy X-ray absorptiometryBody fat gainStudy of Women's HealthBaseline obesity statusFat massFat gainObesity statusPhthalate metabolitesMidlife womenPhthalate exposureWomen's HealthX-ray absorptiometryEtiology of obesityMono-carboxy-isononyl phthalateAttenuation of estimatesBody fat percentageBody weightMono-isobutyl phthalateMono(3-carboxypropyl) phthalateNormal/underweight womenAssociated with faster increasesMenopause-related factorsStudy obesityStratified analysisFM changes
2021
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances and body size and composition trajectories in midlife women: the study of women’s health across the nation 1999–2018
Ding N, Karvonen-Gutierrez C, Herman W, Calafat A, Mukherjee B, Park S. Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances and body size and composition trajectories in midlife women: the study of women’s health across the nation 1999–2018. International Journal Of Obesity 2021, 45: 1937-1948. PMID: 33986457, PMCID: PMC8384652, DOI: 10.1038/s41366-021-00848-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWaist circumferenceMidlife womenFat massLowest tertileAssociated with greater body sizeStudy of women's healthResultsAfter multivariable adjustmentAssociated with accelerated increaseTrajectories of weightAssociated with weightSubjects/MethodsThis studyWomen's HealthObesity riskFollow-upDual-energy X-ray absorptiometryLinear mixed modelsHighest tertileX-ray absorptiometryGreater body sizeMultivariable adjustmentBody fatEpidemiological evidenceNo significant resultsBody compositionAverage follow-up