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ArticleFrontiers in public health2025

Association between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposure and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in US adults.

Jiajun Wu, Shaoqian Cui, Xuekui Li, Xiaofei Zhang, Siqi Yang, Junhao Sun, Xiubo Jiang

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Jiajun WuDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Shaoqian CuiDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Xuekui LiQingdao Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Qingdao Institute of Prevention Medicine, Qingdao, China.
Xiaofei ZhangQingdao Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Qingdao Institute of Prevention Medicine, Qingdao, China.
Siqi YangChengdu Xindu District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, China.
Junhao SunLinyi People's Hospital, Linyi, China.
Xiubo JiangDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the individual or combined effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in U.S. adults. Methods: We enrolled 3,130 participants aged 20 and over from the 2007-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and analyzed six urinary PAH metabolites. The Poisson regression, Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR), and weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression models were used to assess the associations between PAHs and MASLD. Results: After adjusting for covariates, Poisson regression model showed significant associations [ Conclusion: This study suggests that exposure to PAHs, individually or in combination, may be associated with an increased risk of MASLD.

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Environmental ExposureFatty LiverPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNutrition SurveysUnited StatesPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsBKMRmetabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver diseaseNHANESpolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonsWQS

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