[目的]了解新生儿邻苯二甲酸酯(PAEs)宫内暴露的质量浓度(后称“浓度”),并探索其与新生儿性激素或甲状腺激素水平的关联。[方法]收集新生儿胎粪并检测胎粪中常见PAEs的代谢物,收集脐带血并检测游离睾酮(FT)、总四碘甲状腺素(T4)等常见性激素指标和甲状腺激素指标,并采用线性回归方法分析两者间的关系。[结果]新生儿胎粪中检出的代谢物主要是邻苯二甲酸单乙基己酯(MEHP)、邻苯二甲酸单正丁酯(MnBP)和邻苯二甲酸单异丁酯(MiBP),检出率分别为100%、99%和99%。男性新生儿雌二醇(E2)水平与邻苯二甲酸单甲酯(MMP)(b=2.44,P=0.027)、MnBP(b=4.08,P=0.044)及MiBP(b=3.89,P=0.003)呈正相关,FT与MEHP(b=4.42,P=0.049)呈正相关;女性新生儿性激素水平与各PAEs代谢物浓度未见关联。除男性促甲状腺激素(TSH)与邻苯二甲酸单乙酯(MEP)浓度(b=0.40,P=0.015)呈正相关外,新生儿甲状腺激素其余指标与PAEs浓度均未见关联。[结论]新生儿宫内暴露于PAEs与新生儿的性激素水平变化可能存在一定的关联。
[ Objective ] To understand the fetal exposure concentrations to phthalic acid esters (PAEs) and assess the associations between PAEs concentrations and the levels of sex hormones or thyroid hormones in newborns. [ Methods ] Linear regression models were used to assess the associations between PAEs metabolites in meconium samples and sex or thyroid hormones [free testosterone (FT) and total thyroxine (T4)] in cord blood samples. [ Results ] The main metabolites in meconium were mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (MEHP), mono-n-butyl phthalate (MnBP), and monoisobutyl phthalate (MiBP), with detection rates of 100%, 99%, and 99%, respectively. Estradiol level in newborn boys was positively correlated to the concentrations monomethyl phthalate (MMP) (b=2.44, P=0.027), MnBP (b=4.08, P=0.044), and MiBP (b=3.89, P=0.003). FT in newborn boys was positively correlated to MEHP (b=4.42, P=0.049). None of PAEs metabolite concentrations was related to sex hormone level in newborn girls. Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level in newborn boys was positively correlated to MEP concentration (b=0.40, P=0.015). No other associations between thyroid hormone levels and PAEs metabolite concentrations in meconium were found.[ Conclusion ] Fetal exposure to PAEs may be associated with changes of sex hormone levels in newborns.