Bisphenol A Exposure in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
Abstract
The etiology of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is believed to involve genetic and environmental components. This study focused on the plasticizer, Bisphenol‐A (BPA). The major pathway for BPA metabolism and excretion is via glucuronidation. To determine whether there was a relationship between BPA exposure and ASD, urine specimens were collected from 46 children with ASD and 52 controls. Free and total BPA concentrations were determined by mass spectrometry. The fraction glucuronidated was calculated from the difference. A metabolomics study was done to investigate metabolite distribution in the urine. (i) Most of the BPA excreted in the urine was as the glucuronide; (ii) about 20% of the ASD children had BPA levels beyond the 90th percentile (>50 ng/mL) of the frequency distribution for the total sample of 98 children; (iii) Mann–Whitney U tests and multiple regression analyses found significant differences (P |0.30| between metabolite concentrations and total BPA was ∼3 times greater with the ASD group than the controls (P |0.30| for % bound BPA was ∼15 times higher with ASD (P Autism Res 2015, 8: 272–283. © 2015 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 13, 2015
- Source ID
- 10.1002/aur.1444
Entities
People
- Lining Guo
- Margaret D. Schluter
- Robert A. Steer
- T. Peter Stein
- Xue Ming
Organizations
- National Institutes of Health
- Rowan University
- Rutgers University
- Seton Hall University
- United States Department of Defense