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Effect of agricultural pesticide on precocious puberty in urban children: an exploratory study

Authors
 Junghwan Suh  ;  Han Saem Choi  ;  Ahreum Kwon  ;  Hyun Wook Chae  ;  Ho-Seong Kim 
Citation
 Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics, Vol.63(4) : 146-150, 2020-04 
Journal Title
Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
Issue Date
2020-04
Keywords
Agricultural pesticide ; Endocrine disrupting chemicals ; Precocious puberty
Abstract
Background: The incidence of precocious puberty has increased throughout the 20th century. The association between precocious puberty and endocrine disrupting chemicals including agricultural pesticides has been a subject of global study, but human data are lacking.

Purpose: We investigated the relationship between agricultural pesticides and the development of precocious puberty.

Methods: We enrolled 60 female subjects at Severance Children's Hospital from December 2015 to January 2017. Of them, 30 were diagnosed with precocious puberty, while the other 30 prepubertal girls were enrolled as normal controls. We investigated their clinical characteristics and analyzed the urinary levels of 320 different agricultural pesticides.

Results: Agricultural pesticide was detected in one of 30 patients with precocious puberty (3.3%) versus 2 of 30 girls in the normal control group (3.3% vs. 6.7%, P=0.554). Dinotefuran, a neonicotinoid-class insecticide, was detected in the samples of all 3 positive subjects.

Conclusion: Our results showed no relationship between agricultural pesticides and the development of precocious puberty. Larger sample sizes and robustly controlled variables are necessary to further investigate this topic.
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DOI
10.3345/cep.2019.00416
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Pediatrics (소아과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Ho Seong(김호성) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1135-099X
Chae, Hyun Wook(채현욱) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5016-8539
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/180581
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