Department of Food Technology, Safety and Health, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia; Center of Excellence in Mycotoxicology and Public Health, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, MYTOX-SOUTH® Coordination Unit, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Population and Family Health, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Department of Food Technology, Safety and Health, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Population and Family Health, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Environ Int. 2022 Feb;160:107052. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.107052. Epub 2021 Dec 21.
INTRODUCTION: Mycotoxin exposure during pregnancy has been associated with adverse birth outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. The evidence, however, is inconsistent and mainly limited to the assessment of a single mycotoxin. We assessed biomarkers of exposure to multiple mycotoxins during pregnancy and their associations with adverse birth outcomes in rural Ethiopia. METHODS: We analyzed data from 579 pregnant women between 8 and 24 weeks of completed gestation enrolled in a prospective cohort study. Serum mycotoxin concentrations were determined using liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. Multivariable linear probability models, adjusted for potential confounding factors and multiple comparisons, were fitted to assess the associations between mycotoxin exposure and small for gestational age and preterm birth. We applied principal component analysis to reduce the dimensionality of biomarker data from several taxonomic mycotoxin groups. RESULTS: All pregnant women were co-exposed to at least five mycotoxins, and one pregnant woman was co-exposed to 27 mycotoxins. Fumonisins (FB), i.e., FB, FB, FB, and tenuazonic acid were the most frequently identified mycotoxins in 98.8, 95.3, 93.3, and 81.4% of the samples respectively. Deoxynivalenol was detected in 38.7%, nivalenol in 50.1%, ochratoxin α in 67.9%, and zearalenone in 50.9% of the serum samples. After adjustment, we found no statistically significant (all P ≥ 0.05) associations between mycotoxin exposures and birth outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Despite our study providing no evidence for relationships between mycotoxin biomarkers and adverse birth outcomes, our findings do indicate an extensive presence of multiple mycotoxin exposure among pregnant women. Public health policies and nutrition-sensitive interventions must ensure exposure to mycotoxins is reduced in rural Ethiopia.
简介:在中低收入国家,孕期接触霉菌毒素与不良出生结局有关。然而,证据并不一致,且主要限于单一霉菌毒素的评估。我们评估了孕期接触多种霉菌毒素的生物标志物及其与埃塞俄比亚农村不良出生结局的关系。 方法:我们分析了 579 名 8 至 24 周妊娠的孕妇前瞻性队列研究的数据。使用液相色谱-串联质谱法测定血清霉菌毒素浓度。采用多变量线性概率模型,调整潜在混杂因素和多次比较,评估霉菌毒素暴露与小于胎龄儿和早产的关系。我们应用主成分分析来降低来自几个分类霉菌毒素组的生物标志物数据的维度。 结果:所有孕妇均至少接触五种霉菌毒素,一名孕妇接触 27 种霉菌毒素。伏马菌素(FB),即 FB、FB、FB 和 tenuazonic 酸,分别在 98.8%、95.3%、93.3%和 81.4%的样本中最常被识别。在 38.7%、50.1%、67.9%和 50.9%的血清样本中检测到脱氧雪腐镰刀菌烯醇、玉米赤霉烯酮、黄曲霉毒素 α 和玉米赤霉烯酮。调整后,我们发现霉菌毒素暴露与出生结局之间无统计学显著关联(所有 P 值均≥0.05)。 结论:尽管我们的研究没有提供霉菌毒素生物标志物与不良出生结局之间关系的证据,但我们的研究结果确实表明孕妇普遍存在多种霉菌毒素暴露。公共卫生政策和营养敏感干预措施必须确保减少埃塞俄比亚农村的霉菌毒素暴露。
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