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Korean Society of Environmental Health (한국환경보건학회)
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Relationship between Dietary Habits and Urinary Phthalate Mtabolite Concentrations in Elementary School Children

초등학생의 식습관과 요 중 프탈레이트 대사체 농도와의 관계

  • Choi, Jihee (Department of Environmental Health Research, Seoul Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Jeonghoon (Department of Environmental Health Research, Seoul Medical Center) ;
  • Choi, Gilyoung (Department of Environmental Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, KyooSang (Department of Environmental Health Research, Seoul Medical Center)
  • 최지희 (서울의료원 의학연구소 환경건강연구실) ;
  • 김정훈 (서울의료원 의학연구소 환경건강연구실) ;
  • 최길용 (부산대학교 환경공학과) ;
  • 김규상 (서울의료원 의학연구소 환경건강연구실)
  • Received : 2018.07.16
  • Accepted : 2018.10.01
  • Published : 2018.10.28
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Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between dietary habits and concentrations of urinary phthalate metabolite in elementary school children. Methods: This study was conducted in Seoul, South Korea. We collected urine samples from 156 children from a single school in September 2016. Information on dietary habits was obtained from the parents of the children. Five types of urinary phthalate metabolites were analyzed using a high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometer. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to determine the factors affecting the concentrations of urinary phthalate metabolite. Results: Girls had a significantly lower concentration of urinary mono-n-butyl phthalate (MnBP) (p=0.006) than did boys. When the consumption of bean processed food and wrapped delivery food were more than once a week, urinary MnBP (p=0.021) and monobenzyl phthalate (MBzP) (p=0.032) concentrations were the highest, respectively. Conclusion: Several urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations were associated with demographic and dietary habits. Particularly, urinary MnBP and MBzP were associated with several processed foods. The findings of this study might be useful as basic data for establishing and educating on environmental health policy.

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