Mercury Intake Estimation in Adult Individuals from Trieste, Italy: Hair Mercury Assessment and Validation of a Newly Developed Food Frequency Questionnaire
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sampling Location
2.2. FFQ Development and Administration
2.3. Hg Intake Estimation from the FFQ
2.4. Hair Sampling and THg Measurement
2.5. Hg Intake Estimation from Hair THg
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Sample Characteristics
3.2. Seafood Consumption
3.3. Exposure Assessment
3.3.1. FFQ
3.3.2. Hair Analysis
3.4. FFQ Validation
4. Discussion
4.1. FFQ Reliability
4.2. Hg Exposure
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Male Participants (n = 13) | Female Participants (n = 19) | Overall (n = 32) |
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Mean age ± SD (median, range) | 35 ± 10.90 (32, 21–55) | 48 ± 11.63 (51, 20–65) | 42.81 ± 12.82 (45.50, 20–65) |
Current smokers | 7 | 2 | 9 |
Dental amalgam fillings | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Mean number of seafood servings (times a week) | 1.32 | 1.25 | 1.28 |
Mean Hg w.i. 1 from n.f. 2 FFQ (μg kg−1 b.w.) ± SD (median, range) | 4.03 ± 3.13 (3.46, 0.52–9.55) | 4.11 ± 5.28 (1.99, 0.00–17.64) | 4.08 ± 4.47 (2.62, 0.00–17.21) |
Mean Hg w.i. 1 from f. 3 FFQ (μg kg−1 b.w.) ± SD (median, range) | 1.98 ± 1.08 (2.12, 0.36–3.53) | 2.57 ± 2.63 (1.23, 0.00–8.01) | 2.33 ± 2.13 (1.70, 0.00–8.00) |
Mean hair THg (mg kg−1) ± SD (median, range) | 2.91 ± 2.16 (2.07, 0.72–7.43) | 1.42 ± 0.48 (0.48, 0.02–9.63) | 2.02 ± 2.42 (1.08, 0.01–9.63) |
Mean Hg w.i. 1 from hair THg (μg kg−1 b.w.) ± SD (median, range) | 2.16 ± 1.61 (1.54, 0.53–5.52) | 1.05 ± 1.82 (0.36, 0.01–7.15) | 1.50 ± 1.80 (0.80, 0.01–7.15) |
ρ (p-Value) | Cohen’s Weighted Kappa | |
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Hg w.i. 1 from n.f. 2 FFQ—Hg w.i. 1 from hair THg | 0.76 (5.54 × 10−7) | 0.69 |
Hg w.i. 1 from f. 3 FFQ—Hg w.i. 1 from hair THg | 0.61 (1.90 × 10−4) | 0.57 |
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De Giovanni, A.; Iannuzzi, V.; Gallello, G.; Giuliani, C.; Marini, M.; Cervera, M.L.; Luiselli, D. Mercury Intake Estimation in Adult Individuals from Trieste, Italy: Hair Mercury Assessment and Validation of a Newly Developed Food Frequency Questionnaire. Pollutants 2023, 3, 320-336. https://doi.org/10.3390/pollutants3030022
De Giovanni A, Iannuzzi V, Gallello G, Giuliani C, Marini M, Cervera ML, Luiselli D. Mercury Intake Estimation in Adult Individuals from Trieste, Italy: Hair Mercury Assessment and Validation of a Newly Developed Food Frequency Questionnaire. Pollutants. 2023; 3(3):320-336. https://doi.org/10.3390/pollutants3030022
Chicago/Turabian StyleDe Giovanni, Andrea, Vincenzo Iannuzzi, Gianni Gallello, Cristina Giuliani, Mauro Marini, M. Luisa Cervera, and Donata Luiselli. 2023. "Mercury Intake Estimation in Adult Individuals from Trieste, Italy: Hair Mercury Assessment and Validation of a Newly Developed Food Frequency Questionnaire" Pollutants 3, no. 3: 320-336. https://doi.org/10.3390/pollutants3030022