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Eun-hee Ha 5 Articles
Association between cadmium and anti-Mullerian hormone in premenopausal women at particular ages
Yu min Lee, Hye Won Chung, Kyungah Jeong, Yeon-Ah Sung, Hyejin Lee, Shinhee Ye, Eun-Hee Ha
Ann Occup Environ Med 2018;30:44.   Published online July 9, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40557-018-0255-7
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Background

Anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) in women is secreted by granulosa cells of antral follicles. AMH appears to be a very stable marker for ovarian function. It may be used to diagnosis cases of premature ovarian failure, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and ovarian tumors. It has been suggested that cadmium exposure can reduce female fecundity. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether environmental exposure to cadmium was associated with alterations in AMH with regards to age.

Methods

In a cross-sectional study, the data of premenopausal women living in Seoul, ranging from 30 to 45 of age was collected. The study included a total of 283 women who completed serum AMH and whole blood cadmium assessments. Linear regression analyses were used in order to examine the association between cadmium and AMH. Given that age was the strongest confounder in both cadmium and AMH concentrations, we stratified subjects by 5 years old and analyzed their data.

Results

Geometric mean concentrations of blood cadmium and AMH were 0.97 μg/L and 3.02 ng/ml, respectively. Total association between cadmium and AMH was statistically significant (adjusted coefficient = − 0.34 (0.15), p = 0.02). After stratification, the only age group with a negative association between cadmium and AMH were the women raging between 30 and 35 years (adjusted coefficient = − 0.43 (0.18), p = 0.01).

Conclusions

The results of this study suggest that environmental exposure to cadmium may alter the AMH level of premenopausal women, depending on their age group.


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    Journal of Hazardous Materials.2024; 470: 134206.     CrossRef
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    Ning Ding, Xin Wang, Siobán D Harlow, John F Randolph, Ellen B Gold, Sung Kyun Park
    The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.2024;[Epub]     CrossRef
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    Reproductive BioMedicine Online.2023; 47(3): 103241.     CrossRef
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    Mandy S Hall, Nicole M Talge, Kristen Upson
    Human Reproduction.2023; 38(9): 1835.     CrossRef
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    Maria McClam, Jihong Liu, Yihan Fan, Tingjie Zhan, Qiang Zhang, Dwayne E. Porter, Geoffrey I. Scott, Shuo Xiao
    Archives of Public Health.2023;[Epub]     CrossRef
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    Soisungwan Satarug, Glenda C. Gobe, David A. Vesey
    Toxics.2022; 10(8): 472.     CrossRef
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    Chengxi Li, Bo Wang, Xue Lu, Yichao Huang, Hua Wang, Dexiang Xu, Jun Zhang
    Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.2022; 242: 113927.     CrossRef
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    Jingwen Qu, Qiang Wang, Xiaomei Sun, Yongjun Li
    Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.2022; 244: 114029.     CrossRef
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    Brian W Whitcomb
    American Journal of Epidemiology.2021; 190(1): 125.     CrossRef
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    Keewan Kim, Anna Z. Pollack, Carrie J. Nobles, Lindsey A. Sjaarda, Jessica R. Zolton, Jeannie G. Radoc, Enrique F. Schisterman, Sunni L. Mumford
    Environmental Health.2021;[Epub]     CrossRef
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    Kristen Upson, Katie M O’Brien, Janet E Hall, Erik J Tokar, Donna D Baird
    American Journal of Epidemiology.2021; 190(1): 116.     CrossRef
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    Wuye Pan, Xiaoqing Ye, Zheying Zhu, Chunming Li, Jianhong Zhou, Jing Liu
    Environmental Geochemistry and Health.2021; 43(5): 2025.     CrossRef
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    Martin Massányi, Soisungwan Satarug, Roberto Madeddu, Robert Stawarz, Peter Massányi
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    Alexandra J. White, Katie M. O’Brien, Nicole M. Niehoff, Brian P. Jackson, Margaret R. Karagas, Clarice R. Weinberg, Alexander P. Keil
    Environmental Epidemiology.2020; 4(4): e0104.     CrossRef
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Blood cadmium and volume of uterine fibroids in premenopausal women
Shinhee Ye, Hye Won Chung, Kyungah Jeong, Yeon-Ah Sung, Hyejin Lee, So Yun Park, Hyunjoo Kim, Eun-Hee Ha
Ann Occup Environ Med 2017;29:22.   Published online June 22, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40557-017-0178-8
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Background

A number of studies have found associations between heavy metals and uterine fibroids, but the results are inconsistent. Here, we conducted this research to demonstrate the relationships between blood heavy metal concentrations and uterine fibroid volume as well as the rate of uterine fibroid presence.

Methods

In a cross-sectional study, we collected data from 308 premenopausal women aged 30–49 years in Seoul; uterine fibroids are ascertained by past history of myomectomy and pelvic ultrasonography. In the analytic phase, we first analyzed the presence of the fibroids and the concentrations of heavy metals via logistic regression. In subgroup analysis, we used simple and multiple linear regression analyses to examine the associations between heavy metals and uterine fibroid volume.

Results

There was no connection between the heavy metal concentrations and the presence of uterine fibroids, but the odds of women having fibroids were higher with three particular metals. In subgroup analysis, the association between blood cadmium concentrations and uterine fibroid volume was statistically significant (adjusted beta coefficient = 2.22, 95% confidential interval: 0.06–4.37). In contrast, blood mercury and lead concentrations were not significantly associated with uterine fibroid volume.

Conclusions

Our findings are the first that we know to report the association of blood cadmium concentrations with the volume of uterine fibroids. We expect that our findings will be used as evidence for supporting policies to improve premenopausal Korean women’s health.


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Long working hours and overweight and obesity in working adults
Byung-Mi Kim, Bo-Eun Lee, Hye-Sook Park, Young-Ju Kim, Young-Ju Suh, Jeong-youn Kim, Ji-Young Shin, Eun-Hee Ha
Ann Occup Environ Med 2016;28:36.   Published online August 22, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40557-016-0110-7
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Background

Previous studies have identified a link between gender and the various risk factors associated with obesity. We examined obesity risk factors in working adults to identify the effects of differences in body mass index (BMI) and percentage body fat (PBF) between women and men.

Methods

A total of 1,120 adults agreed to participate in the study. Data from 711 participants, including 411 women and 300 men, were analyzed. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to estimate the effects of risk factors on obesity and being overweight. In addition, the least-squares (LS) means of both BMI and PBF were estimated by analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) in a generalized linear model. 

Results

Increases in BMI and PBF were significantly related to an age > 50 years and long working hours in women after compensating for confounding factors. Using the PBF criterion, the odds ratio (OR) of being overweight or obese in women > 50 years of age who worked for > 9 h a day was 3.9 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.05–11.00). For BMI, women who were > 50 years of age and worked for > 9 h a day were 3.82 times (95% CI, 1.31–11.14) more likely to be overweight or obese than those who were < 50 years of age and worked for < 9 h a day.

Conclusion

Obesity in working adults was associated with > 50 years of age and long working hours in women. Further studies are needed to investigate the underlying mechanisms of this relationship and its potential implications for the prevention and management of excess weight and obesity.


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Effect of maternal job strain during pregnancy on infant neurodevelopment by gender at 6 and 12 months: Mothers and Children’s Environmental Health (MOCEH) study
Eunjeong Kim, HyeSook Park, Yun-Chul Hong, Mina Ha, Yangho Kim, Bo-Eun Lee, Eun-Hee Ha
Ann Occup Environ Med 2015;27:8.   Published online March 20, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40557-015-0059-y
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Objectives

Limited evidence is available regarding the association between prenatal job strain and infant neurodevelopment. Most studies used stress indicators other than job strain to explain the relationship between prenatal maternal stress and child development. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between maternal job strain during pregnancy and neurodevelopment in infancy.

Methods

Mothers and Children’s Environmental Health (MOCEH) study, an on-going prospective birth cohort study, has been conducted in South Korea since 2006. Job strain during pregnancy was measured using Korean version of Job Content Questionnaire (JCQ). Infant neurodevelopment was assessed using Korean Bayley Scale of Infant Development II (K-BSID-II) at 6 and 12 months of age. A total of 343 mother-child pairs that completed JCQ and K-BSID-II more than once were included. Mental Developmental Index (MDI) and Psychomotor Developmental Index (PDI) defined in the K-BSID-II were used as outcome variables.

Results

Compared to infants from mothers with low job strain, significant (p < 0.05) decreases in PDI were found in infants from mothers with active and passive job at 6 months of age. After stratification by infant sex, boys in the high strain group had a lower MDI score than boys in the low job strain group at 12 months. On the other hand, girls in the high strain and active groups had higher MDI scores than girls in the low job strain group at 12 months. PDI at 12 months also showed different results by sex. Boys in the high strain and passive job groups had lower PDI scores than boys in the low job strain group. However, such difference was not observed in girls.

Conclusions

The findings of this study suggest that prenatal job strain affects infant neurodevelopment in a gender-dependent manner.


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Relationship between Work Hours and Smoking Behaviors in Korean Male Wage Workers
Sung-Mi Jang, Eun-hee Ha, Hyesook Park, Eunjeong Kim, Kyunghee Jung-Choi
Ann Occup Environ Med 2013;25:35-35.   Published online November 19, 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/2052-4374-25-35
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Objectives

The purposes of this study are 1) to measure the prevalence of smoking according to weekly work hours by using data from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study (KLIPS), and 2) to explain the cause of high smoking prevalence among those with short or long work hours by relative explanatory fraction.

Methods

Data from a total of 2,044 male subjects who responded to the questionnaire in the 10th year (2007) and 11th year (2008) of the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study were used for analysis. Current smoking, smoking cessation, continuous smoking, start of smoking, weekly work hours, occupational characteristics, sociodemographic and work-related factors, and health behavior-related variables were analyzed. Log-binomial regression analysis was used to study the relationship between weekly work hours and smoking behaviors in terms of the prevalence ratio.

Results

The 2008 age-adjusted smoking prevalence was 64.9% in the short work hours group, 54.7% in the reference work hours group, and 60.6% in the long work hours group. The smoking prevalence of the short work hours group was 1.39 times higher than that of the reference work hours group (95% confidence interval of 1.17-1.65), and this was explained by demographic variables and occupational characteristics. The smoking prevalence of the long work hours group was 1.11 times higher than that of the reference work hours group when the age was standardized (95% confidence interval of 1.03-1.19). This was explained by demographic variables. No independent effects of short or long work hours were found when the variables were adjusted.

Conclusion

Any intervention program to decrease the smoking prevalence in the short work hours group must take into account employment type, job satisfaction, and work-related factors.


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