Increased Urinary Phthalate Levels in Women with Uterine Leiomyoma: A Case-Control Study

Young Ah Kim, Younglim Kho, Kyoung Chul Chun, Jae Whoan Koh, Jeong Woo Park, Melisa Bunderson-Schelvan and Yoon Hee Cho
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Young Ah Kim: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University, 170 Joohwa-ro, Goyang-si, Kyeogi-do 10380, Korea
Younglim Kho: Department of Health, Environment and Safety, School of Human & Environmental Service, Eulji University, 553 Sansung-daero, Seongnam-si, Kyeogi-do 13135, Korea
Kyoung Chul Chun: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University, 170 Joohwa-ro, Goyang-si, Kyeogi-do 10380, Korea
Jae Whoan Koh: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University, 170 Joohwa-ro, Goyang-si, Kyeogi-do 10380, Korea
Jeong Woo Park: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University, 170 Joohwa-ro, Goyang-si, Kyeogi-do 10380, Korea
Melisa Bunderson-Schelvan: Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Skaggs 283, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
Yoon Hee Cho: Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Skaggs 283, Missoula, MT 59812, USA

IJERPH, 2016, vol. 13, issue 12, 1-13

Abstract: We assessed the urinary concentration of 16 phthalate metabolites in 57 women with and without uterine leiomyoma ( n = 30 and 27; respectively) to determine the association between phthalate exposure and uterine leiomyoma. To evaluate exposure to di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP); we calculated the molar sum of DEHP metabolites; ?3-DEHP (combining mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP); mono-(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate (MEHHP); and mono-(2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl) phthalate); ?4-DEHP (?3-DEHP plus mono-(2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl) phthalate); and ?5-DEHP (?4-DEHP plus mono (2-(carboxylmethyl)hexyl) phthalate (2cx-MMHP)). The log transformed urinary levels of MEHP; MEHHP; 2cx-MMHP; ?3-DEHP; ?4-DEHP; and ?5-DEHP in the leiomyoma group were significantly higher than those of controls. When we adjusted for age; waist circumference; and parity using multiple logistic regression analyses; we found log ?3-DEHP (OR = 10.82; 95% CI = 1.25; 93.46) and ?4-DEHP (OR = 8.78; 95% CI = 1.03; 75.29) were significantly associated with uterine leiomyoma. Our findings suggest an association between phthalate exposure and uterine leiomyoma. However; larger studies are needed to investigate potential interactions between phthalate exposure and uterine leiomyoma.

Keywords: phthalates; uterine leiomyoma; ?3-DEHP; ?4-DEHP (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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