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Open Access 01-12-2024 | Fatty Liver | Research

Association of urinary chlorpyrifos, paraquat, and cyproconazole levels with the severity of fatty liver based on MRI

Authors: Peiqi Ma, Hongliang Gao, Ning Shen, Lei Zhang, Yang Zhang, Kai Zheng, Boqun Xu, Jian Qin, Jian He, Tao Xu, Yan Li, Jing Wu, Yushan Yuan, Bin Xue

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2024

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Abstract

Background

The objective of this study was to detect the urinary levels of chlorpyrifos, paraquat, and cyproconazole in residents living in Fuyang City and to analyze the correlation between these urinary pesticides levels and the severity of fatty liver disease (FLD).

Methods

All participants’ fat fraction (FF) values were recorded by MRI (Magnetic resonance imaging). First-morning urine samples were collected from 53 participants from Fuyang Peoples’Hospital. The levels of three urinary pesticides were measured using β-glucuronidase hydrolysis followed by a. The results were analyzed by using Pearson correlation analysis and binary logistic regression analysis to reveal the correlation between three urinary pesticides and the severity of fatty liver.

Results

53 individuals were divided into 3 groups based on the results from MRI, with 20 cases in the normal control group, 16 cases in the mild fatty liver group, and 17 cases in the moderate and severe fatty liver group. Urinary chlorpyrifos level was increased along with the increase of the severity of fatty liver. Urinary paraquat level was significantly higher both in the low-grade fatty liver group and moderate & serve grade fatty liver group compared with the control group. No significant differences in urinary cyproconazole levels were observed among the three groups. Furthermore, urinary chlorpyrifos and paraquat levels were positively correlated with FF value. And chlorpyrifos was the risk factor that may be involved in the development of FLD and Receiver Operating Characteristic curve (ROC curve) analysis showed that chlorpyrifos and paraquat may serve as potential predictors of FLD.

Conclusion

The present findings indicate urinary chlorpyrifos and paraquat were positively correlated with the severity of fatty liver. Moreover, urinary chlorpyrifos and paraquat have the potential to be considered as the predictors for development of FLD. Thus, this study may provide a new perspective from the environmental factors for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of FLD.
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Metadata
Title
Association of urinary chlorpyrifos, paraquat, and cyproconazole levels with the severity of fatty liver based on MRI
Authors
Peiqi Ma
Hongliang Gao
Ning Shen
Lei Zhang
Yang Zhang
Kai Zheng
Boqun Xu
Jian Qin
Jian He
Tao Xu
Yan Li
Jing Wu
Yushan Yuan
Bin Xue
Publication date
01-12-2024
Publisher
BioMed Central
Keyword
Fatty Liver
Published in
BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2024
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18129-1

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