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Amniotic Fluid Bisphenol A Level and Its Relationship with Pregnancy Outcomes  

Yoon, Jeong-Mi (Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Kwon, Ja-Young (Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
Yoon, Yong-Dal (Dept. of Life Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University)
Kim, Sei-Kwang (Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
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Development and Reproduction / v.16, no.2, 2012 , pp. 95-100 More about this Journal
Abstract
Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical with weak estrogenic activity is reported to affect preimplantation embryos, fetuses and alter their postnatal development. This study amied to determine the relation between the levels of BPA in the amniotic fluid and pregnancy outcomes. ELISA was used to measure amniotic fluid BPA in 120 pregnant women who underwent genetic amniocentesis at 15~20 weeks gestation. The most common indication for amniocentesis was advanced maternal age (35 yrs or older). BPA was detected in all amniotic fluid. The range of amniotic fluid BPA concentrations was from 0.89 ng/mL to 37.13 ng/mL with a mean level of 7.24 ng/mL. We compared the means of amniotic fluid BPA concentrations according to maternal age (${\geq}35$ vs. <35 yrs), fetal sex (male vs. female), gestational age at birth (${\geq}37$ vs. <37 weeks), and infant birth weight (${\geq}2.5$ vs. <2.5 kg). No significant differences were found in these outcomes. This is the first report of amniotic fluid BPA levels in Korean pregnant women. Our findings suggest that BPA may not affect the pregnancy outcomes such as fetal sex, preterm delivery and low birth weight. Whether prenatal exposure to BPA can have teratogenic effect on developing embryo needs to be studied.
Keywords
Bisphenol A; Amniotic fluid; Human pregnancy; Developing embryo;
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