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An Exploratory Study of Diabetes in a First Nation Community with Respect to Serum Concentrations of p,p’ -DDE and PCBs and Fish Consumption

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  • Aline Philibert

    (CINBIOSE, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM), C.P. 8888 succ. Centre ville H3C 3P8, Montréal (Québec), Canada)

  • Harold Schwartz

    (Environmental Health Research Division, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada, Tunney’s Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9, Canada)

  • Donna Mergler

    (CINBIOSE, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM), C.P. 8888 succ. Centre ville H3C 3P8, Montréal (Québec), Canada)

Abstract

This study examined the association between self-reported diabetes, fish consumption and serum levels of organochlorines in a First Nation community. One quarter of the 101 participants reported diabetes. Serum PCBs, but not p,p’ -DDE, were positively correlated to consumption frequency of total fish, walleye and pike, but not trout. Reported diabetes was positively associated to p,p’ -DDE and some PCB congeners. Odds Ratios (OR) for reported diabetes for those in the upper 75th percentile for serum p,p’ -DDE compared to the others were 3.5 (95% CI 1–13.8) and 6.1 (95% CI 1.4–27.3) (weight wet and lipid-standardized values, respectively) and for total sum of PCBs: 4.91 (95% CI 1.4–19.0) and 5.51 (95% CI 1.3–24.1). For participants who were in the upper 50th percentile for trout and white fish intake, reported diabetes was respectively 6 and 4 times lower compared to the others. These findings support the hypothesis that environmental exposure to elevated p,p’ -DDE and PCBs is associated with increased risk of diabetes. Consumption of trout and white fish may be beneficial to reduce risk.

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  • Aline Philibert & Harold Schwartz & Donna Mergler, 2009. "An Exploratory Study of Diabetes in a First Nation Community with Respect to Serum Concentrations of p,p’ -DDE and PCBs and Fish Consumption," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 6(12), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:6:y:2009:i:12:p:3179-3189:d:6503
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    1. Alexander V. Sergeev & David O. Carpenter, 2011. "Increase in Metabolic Syndrome-Related Hospitalizations in Relation to Environmental Sources of Persistent Organic Pollutants," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 8(3), pages 1-15, March.
    2. Abdulaziz Al-Othman & Sobhy Yakout & Sherif H. Abd-Alrahman & Nasser M. Al-Daghri, 2014. "Strong Associations Between the Pesticide Hexachlorocyclohexane and Type 2 Diabetes in Saudi Adults," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 11(9), pages 1-12, August.
    3. Lesya Marushka & Xuefeng Hu & Malek Batal & Tonio Sadik & Harold Schwartz & Amy Ing & Karen Fediuk & Constantine Tikhonov & Hing Man Chan, 2018. "The Relationship between Persistent Organic Pollutants Exposure and Type 2 Diabetes among First Nations in Ontario and Manitoba, Canada: A Difference in Difference Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-19, March.
    4. Fatima Ahmed & Aleksandra M. Zuk & Leonard J. S. Tsuji, 2021. "The Impact of Land-Based Physical Activity Interventions on Self-Reported Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Adults: A Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(13), pages 1-23, July.

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