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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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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, 2017. "The influence of persistent organic pollutants in the traditional Inuit diet on markers of inflammation," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(5), pages 1-16, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0177781
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177781
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