The influence of persistent organic pollutants in the traditional Inuit diet on markers of inflammation
Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are high in Inuit living predominately on the traditional marine diet. Adverse effects of POPs include disruption of the immune system and cardiovascular diseases that are frequent in Greenland Inuit. We aimed to assess the association between e...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:plo:pone00:0177781 2023-05-15T16:03:46+02:00 The influence of persistent organic pollutants in the traditional Inuit diet on markers of inflammation L K Schæbel E C Bonefeld-Jørgensen H Vestergaard S Andersen https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0177781 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0177781&type=printable unknown https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0177781 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0177781&type=printable article ftrepec 2020-12-04T13:34:09Z Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are high in Inuit living predominately on the traditional marine diet. Adverse effects of POPs include disruption of the immune system and cardiovascular diseases that are frequent in Greenland Inuit. We aimed to assess the association between exposure to POPs from the marine diet and inflammation, taking into account other factors such as vitamin D. We invited Inuit and non-Inuit living in settlements or the town in rural East Greenland or in the capital city Nuuk. Participants completed a food frequency questionnaire and donated a blood sample for measurement of the two markers of inflammation YKL-40 and hsCRP, 25-hydroxy-vitamin D, eleven organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), fourteen polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), one polybrominated biphenyl, and nine polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) adjusted to the serum lipid content. Participants were 50 through 69 years old, living in settlements, town or city (n = 151/173/211; 95% participation rate). ΣOCP, ΣPCB and ΣPBDE serum levels were higher in Inuit than in non-Inuit (p Article in Journal/Newspaper East Greenland Greenland inuit Nuuk RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Greenland Nuuk ENVELOPE(-52.150,-52.150,68.717,68.717) |
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Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are high in Inuit living predominately on the traditional marine diet. Adverse effects of POPs include disruption of the immune system and cardiovascular diseases that are frequent in Greenland Inuit. We aimed to assess the association between exposure to POPs from the marine diet and inflammation, taking into account other factors such as vitamin D. We invited Inuit and non-Inuit living in settlements or the town in rural East Greenland or in the capital city Nuuk. Participants completed a food frequency questionnaire and donated a blood sample for measurement of the two markers of inflammation YKL-40 and hsCRP, 25-hydroxy-vitamin D, eleven organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), fourteen polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), one polybrominated biphenyl, and nine polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) adjusted to the serum lipid content. Participants were 50 through 69 years old, living in settlements, town or city (n = 151/173/211; 95% participation rate). ΣOCP, ΣPCB and ΣPBDE serum levels were higher in Inuit than in non-Inuit (p |
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L K Schæbel E C Bonefeld-Jørgensen H Vestergaard S Andersen |
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L K Schæbel E C Bonefeld-Jørgensen H Vestergaard S Andersen The influence of persistent organic pollutants in the traditional Inuit diet on markers of inflammation |
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L K Schæbel E C Bonefeld-Jørgensen H Vestergaard S Andersen |
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L K Schæbel |
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The influence of persistent organic pollutants in the traditional Inuit diet on markers of inflammation |
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The influence of persistent organic pollutants in the traditional Inuit diet on markers of inflammation |
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The influence of persistent organic pollutants in the traditional Inuit diet on markers of inflammation |
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The influence of persistent organic pollutants in the traditional Inuit diet on markers of inflammation |
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The influence of persistent organic pollutants in the traditional Inuit diet on markers of inflammation |
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influence of persistent organic pollutants in the traditional inuit diet on markers of inflammation |
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https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0177781 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0177781&type=printable |
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Greenland Nuuk |
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East Greenland Greenland inuit Nuuk |
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East Greenland Greenland inuit Nuuk |
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