J 2025

Adolescent exposure to benzophenone ultraviolet filters: cross-sectional associations with obesity, cardiometabolic biomarkers, and asthma/allergy in six European biomonitoring studies

PEINADO, Francisco M.; Ainhoa PEREZ-CANTERO; Alicia OLIVAS-MARTINEZ; Lydia ESPIN-MORENO; Tomas DE HARO et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Adolescent exposure to benzophenone ultraviolet filters: cross-sectional associations with obesity, cardiometabolic biomarkers, and asthma/allergy in six European biomonitoring studies

Authors

PEINADO, Francisco M.; Ainhoa PEREZ-CANTERO; Alicia OLIVAS-MARTINEZ; Lydia ESPIN-MORENO; Tomas DE HARO; Luis D. BOADA; Andrea RODRIGUEZ-CARRILLO; Eva GOVARTS; Susana PEDRAZA-DIAZ; Marta ESTEBAN-LOPEZ; Luděk BLÁHA; Lucie BLÁHOVÁ; Beata JANASIK; Wojciech WASOWICZ; Sanna LIGNELL; Loic RAMBAUD; Margaux RIOU; Clemence FILLOL; Sebastien DENYS; Aline MURAWSKI; Anne Lise BRANTSAETER; Amrit Kaur SAKHI; Nina ISZATT; Greet SCHOETERS; Marike KOLOSSA-GEHRING; Mariana F. FERNANDEZ and Vicente MUSTIELES

Edition

Environmental Research, SAN DIEGO, ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2025, 0013-9351

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

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URL

Organization

Přírodovědecká fakulta – Repository – Repository

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.121912

UT WoS

001501818700002

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-105006671171

Keywords in English

Benzophenone; UV filter; Obesity; Allergy; HBM4EU; PARC; Endocrine disruption

Links

101057014, interní kód Repo. 733032, interní kód Repo.
Changed: 19/7/2025 00:49, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík

Abstract

V originále

Background: Exposure to benzophenone-1 (BP-1) and benzophenone-3 (BP-3), widely used as UV filters in personal care products, has been associated with adverse health effects. However, epidemiological evidence is limited and inconclusive, particularly in vulnerable populations such as teenagers. Objective: To examine the relation between BP-1 and BP-3 concentrations and obesity, cardiometabolic biomarkers, and asthma/allergy outcomes in European teenagers, including possible sex-specific associations. Methods: A multi-country cross-sectional study was conducted using pooled data from six aligned studies from the Human Biomonitoring for Europe Initiative (HBM4EU). Sociodemographic data, cardiometabolic biomarkers, and asthma/allergy outcomes were collected through questionnaires. Anthropometric data and BMI zscores were calculated (n = 1339). Plasma/serum cardiometabolic biomarkers and asthma/allergy outcomes were available for a subsample (n = 173-594). Urinary BP-1 and BP-3 concentrations were adjusted for creatinine dilution using the traditional standardization (trad.) and the covariate-adjusted creatinine standardization (CAS) method. Generalized additive models, linear, logistic, and multinomial mixed models were applied, and sex-interaction terms were tested. Results: Each natural log-unit increase in urinary BP-3 (CAS) concentrations was associated with higher odds of obesity in the whole population (OR: 1.20; 95%CI: 1.04-1.38). Sex-specific associations were also found with BP-1 (CAS) and BP-3 (CAS) concentrations, which were associated with higher odds of obesity in male teenagers (OR: 1.25; 95% CI: 1.01-1.55; OR: 1.34; 95%CI: 1.09-1.65, respectively). Linear mixed models showed consistent findings toward higher BMI z-scores. A negative association was found between BP-1 (CAS) concentration and serum adiponectin levels in females (% change per loge-unit increase:-3.73, 95%CI:-7.32,-0.10). BP-3 (CAS) concentrations were also associated with higher odds of non-food allergies in males (OR: 1.27; 95%CI: 1.00-1.63). Traditional creatinine adjustment showed similar or slightly attenuated estimates compared to the CAS method. Conclusions: BP-1 and BP-3 exposure was cross-sectionally associated with higher odds of obesity in European male teenagers, highlighting the need to update regulations and keep exposure levels as low as practically achievable. Longitudinal studies are needed to confirm these findings.
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