a Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering , Missouri University of Science and Technology , Rolla , MO , USA.
b Independent Researcher , Quetzaltenango , Guatemala.
Int J Environ Health Res. 2018 Jun;28(3):280-292. doi: 10.1080/09603123.2018.1468424. Epub 2018 Apr 28.
Aflatoxin exposure has been proposed to affect child height-for-age. The following hypothesized associations were tested in Guatemala: (1) aflatoxin (B, B, G, G) exposure and environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) and child height-for-age z-score; and (2) aflatoxin exposures and subsequent symptoms of aflatoxins. Maize consumption data, health data, and samples of maize from households were collected from mothers and their children - under five - in October 2016 (n = 320) and February 2017 (n = 120). Maize samples were tested for aflatoxin levels and maize consumption data were used to compute an aflatoxin exposure level. Results suggest that there was a significant negative correlation between the putative aflatoxin exposure level and child height-for-age z-score (-0.073, p = 0.030), but not for EED. Furthermore, aflatoxin exposure was significantly correlated with aflatoxin symptoms only at the same time point (0.123, p = 0.026). These results support the potential need for engineered solutions to household aflatoxin transmission problems in rural communities of Guatemala.
黄曲霉毒素暴露被认为会影响儿童的身高年龄比。本研究在危地马拉检验了以下假设关联:(1)黄曲霉毒素(B1、B2、G1、G2)暴露与肠屏障功能障碍(EED)和儿童身高年龄比 Z 分数的关联;(2)黄曲霉毒素暴露与黄曲霉毒素随后的症状的关联。在 2016 年 10 月(n=320)和 2017 年 2 月(n=120),从母亲及其 5 岁以下儿童中收集了玉米消费数据、健康数据和家庭玉米样本。对玉米样本进行了黄曲霉毒素水平检测,玉米消费数据用于计算黄曲霉毒素暴露水平。结果表明,假定的黄曲霉毒素暴露水平与儿童身高年龄比 Z 分数呈显著负相关(-0.073,p=0.030),但与 EED 无关。此外,黄曲霉毒素暴露仅在同一时间点与黄曲霉毒素症状呈显著相关(0.123,p=0.026)。这些结果支持在危地马拉农村社区中需要针对家庭黄曲霉毒素传播问题的工程解决方案。