Title
Reproducibility of urinary bisphenol A concentrations measured during pregnancy in the Generation R Study
Author
Jusko, T.A.
Shaw, P.A.
Snijder, C.A.
Pierik, F.H.
Koch, H.M.
Hauser, R.
Jaddoe, V.W.V.
Burdorf, A.
Hofman, A.
Tiemeier, H.
Longnecker, M.P.
Publication year
2014
Abstract
The potential human health effects of bisphenol A (BPA) exposure are a public health concern. In order to design adequately powered epidemiological studies to address potential health effects, data on the reproducibility of BPA concentration in seri al urine specimens taken during pregnancy are needed. To provide additional data on the reproducibility of maternal urine specimens, 80 women in the Generation R Study (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) contributed a spot urine specimen at o18, 18–25, and 425 weeks of pregnancy. Reproducibility, estimated by the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), was 0.32 (95% confidence interval: 0.18–0.46), and, on a creatinine basis, 0.31 (95% confidence interval: 0.16–0.47). Although the ICC observed in the Generation R Study is slightly higher than previous reproducibility studies of BPA, it nevertheless indicates a high degree of within-person variability that presents challenges for designing well-powered epidemiologic studies.
Subject
Earth & Environment
UES - Urban Environment & Safety
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Healthy for Life
Health
Healthy Living
Endocrine disruptor
Epidemiology
Environmental exposure
Intraclass correlation coefficient
Misclassification
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/jes.2014.23
TNO identifier
498273
Source
Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology
Bibliographical note
advance online publication
Document type
article