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107 Environmental Exposure to Metals Mixtures and the Outcome of Cognitive Function in Adolescents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2022

Roheeni Saxena
Affiliation:
Columbia University
Mary Gamble
Affiliation:
Mailman School of Public Health; New York, NY
Gail A. Wasserman
Affiliation:
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
Xinhua Liu
Affiliation:
Mailman School of Public Health; New York, NY
Faruque Parvez
Affiliation:
Mailman School of Public Health; New York, NY
Ana Navas-Acien
Affiliation:
Mailman School of Public Health; New York, NY
Pam Factor-Litvak
Affiliation:
Mailman School of Public Health; New York, NY
Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou
Affiliation:
Mailman School of Public Health; New York, NY
Elizabeth A. Gibson
Affiliation:
Mailman School of Public Health; New York, NY
Joseph H. Graziano
Affiliation:
Mailman School of Public Health; New York, NY
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Abstract

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OBJECTIVES/GOALS: Exposure to arsenic, cadmium, manganese, and lead have been linked to adverse neurocognitive outcomes in adults/children, but effects in adolescents are not fully characterized. This study aims to examine the association between exposure to a mixture of metals (As, Cd, Mn, Pb, Se) and cognitive function in adolescents. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: The Metals, Arsenic, & Nutrition in Adolescents Study (MANAS) is a cross-sectional study of 572 Bangladeshi adolescents. Blood levels of As, Cd, Mn, Pb, and Se were measured via ICP-MS. An abbreviated Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) was administered, with subtests assessing cognitive function and executive function tasks. Linear regression and Bayesian kernel machine regression (BKMR) were used to examine associations between individual metals, the overall mixture of metals, and cognitive function as measured by the CANTAB. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Linear regression showed that As (B=−2.40) and Mn (B=−5.31) were negatively associated with Spatial Working Memory (p<0.05). Negative associations were also observed between Cd and Spatial Recognition Memory (SRM) (B=−2.77, p<0.05), and between Pb and Delayed Match to Sample (DMS), a measure of visual recognition and memory (B=−3.67, p<0.05). Se and Spatial Span Length (B=0.92, p<0.05) were seen to be positively associated. BKMR showed no overall effect of the mixture but indicated that Pb was negatively associated with DMS, and that Cd was negatively associated with SRM. Se was positively associated with Planning, Reaction Time, and Spatial Span. Posterior inclusion probability consistently rated Se as the most influential mixture component. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: Se was positively associated with cognition, while Mn and As were linked to poorer working memory, and Cd and Pb were associated with poorer visual recognition and memory. We saw agreement between linear regression and BKMR in analyzing metal mixture exposures. Findings suggest interventions aimed at adolescents might influence lifelong cognition.

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