Urinary 1-Hydroxypyrene as a Biomarker of PAH Exposure in 3-Year-Old Ukrainian Children

作者：Amy Pelka Mucha, Daniel O. Hryhorczuk, A. M. Serdyuk, Joseph Nakonechny, Alexander Zvinchuk, Serap Erdal, Motria Caudill, Peter A. Scheff, Elena M. Lukyanova, Zoreslava Shkiryak-Nyzhnyk, Natalia Chislovska · 发表于：Environmental Health Perspectives · 年份：2005 · DOI：10.1289/ehp.7898 · 被引用次数：80 · 研究领域：Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact、Air Quality and Health Impacts、Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment

Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene (1-OHP) is a biomarker of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure. We measured urinary 1-OHP in 48 children 3 years of age in Mariupol, Ukraine, who lived near a steel mill and coking facility and compared these with 1-OHP concentrations measured in 42 children of the same age living in the capital city of Kiev, Ukraine. Children living in Mariupol had significantly higher urinary 1-OHP and creatinine-adjusted urinary 1-OHP than did children living in Kiev (adjusted: 0.69 vs. 0.34 micromol/mol creatinine, p < 0.001; unadjusted: 0.42 vs. 0.30 ng/mL, p = 0.002). Combined, children in both cities exposed to environmental tobacco smoke in their homes had higher 1-OHP than did children not exposed (0.61 vs. 0.42 micromol/mol creatinine; p = 0.04; p = 0.07 after adjusting for city). In addition, no significant differences were seen with sex of the children. Our sample of children in Mariupol has the highest reported mean urinary 1-OHP concentrations in children studied to date, most likely due to their proximity to a large industrial point source of PAHs.