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  • Growing evidence suggests prenatal phthalate exposure may increase childhood obesity risk.
  • Phthalates are common endocrine-disrupting chemicals found in many consumer products.
  • Understanding these associations is crucial for public health interventions.

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  • To investigate the association between prenatal phthalate exposure and childhood adiposity outcomes.
  • To explore potential sex-specific and time-varying effects of phthalate exposure.
  • To utilize advanced statistical methods for analyzing complex exposure-outcome relationships.

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  • Utilized data from the Mount Sinai Children's Environmental Health Study (MSCEHS).
  • Measured urinary phthalate metabolites in mothers during the third trimester of pregnancy.
  • Applied a novel Bayesian multivariate factor regression (BMFR) model to assess adiposity outcomes (BMI, fat mass, waist circumference) in children aged 4-9.
  • Modeled phthalate mixtures as latent factors and accounted for time-varying effects.

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  • In boys, prenatal phthalate exposure showed a biphasic effect: associated with lower adiposity at ages 4-6, but higher adiposity after age 7.
  • No significant associations were observed between phthalate exposure factors and adiposity outcomes in girls.
  • The study identified distinct effects based on child's age and sex.

Conclusions:

  • Prenatal phthalate exposure may have age- and sex-specific effects on childhood adiposity.
  • Findings suggest a potential role for phthalates in the development of childhood obesity, particularly in boys.
  • Further research is warranted to elucidate the mechanisms and confirm these findings.