Environmental pesticide exposure and the risk of irritable bowel syndrome: A case-control study.
Case-control study
Environmental chemicals
Irritable bowel syndrome
Pesticides
Journal
Environmental toxicology and pharmacology
ISSN: 1872-7077
Titre abrégé: Environ Toxicol Pharmacol
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9612020
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2023
Mar 2023
Historique:
received:
03
12
2022
revised:
27
01
2023
accepted:
02
02
2023
pubmed:
9
2
2023
medline:
8
3
2023
entrez:
8
2
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The agricultural model in southern Spain is highly productive, mainly due to the intensive cultivation under plastic. Despite strict pesticide regulation, human exposure to pesticides in the environment has been connected to an increase in diseases such as celiac disease. Certain pesticides have also been associated to the disruption of the intestinal microbiota, which has been tied to the development of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). A case-control study was conducted in Andalusia, south Spain, to assess the prevalence and risk of IBS related to pesticide exposure. This research found a high prevalence of IBS in Andalusia between 2000 and 2021 in areas with high pesticide exposure using agronomic criteria. Furthermore, the odds ratio for IBS was significantly higher in the population with high pesticide exposure. This study suggests that pesticides may be involved in IBS, whereas more research is needed to determine the role of pesticides in IBS symptomatology.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36754128
pii: S1382-6689(23)00017-0
doi: 10.1016/j.etap.2023.104076
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Pesticides
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
104076Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.