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Association Between Urinary Bisphenol A Concentration and Obesity Prevalence in Children and Adolescents

Author(s) -

Leonardo Trasande,

Teresa M. Attinà,

Jan Blustein

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

jama

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688

H-Index - 680

eISSN - 1538-3598

pISSN - 0098-7484

DOI - 10.1001/2012.jama.11461

Subject(s) - medicine , national health and nutrition examination survey , body mass index , overweight , obesity , quartile , urinary system , percentile , interquartile range , creatinine , confidence interval , environmental health , population , statistics , mathematics

Bisphenol A (BPA), a manufactured chemical, is found in canned food, polycarbonate-bottled liquids, and other consumer products. In adults, elevated urinary BPA concentrations are associated with obesity and incident coronary artery disease. BPA exposure is plausibly linked to childhood obesity, but evidence is lacking to date.

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