JONATHAN KIWITT-CÁRDENAS

Dr. JONATHAN KIWITT-CÁRDENAS

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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 August 2021 in Environmental Research
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JKJONATHAN KIWITT-CÁRDENAS
JONATHAN KIWITT-CÁRDENAS
EAEvdochia Adoamnei
Evdochia Adoamnei
Julián J. Arense-GonzaloJulián J. Arense-Gonzalo
Julián J. Arense-Gonzalo
LSLaura Sarabia-Cos
Laura Sarabia-Cos
FVFernando Vela-Soria
Fernando Vela-Soria
ATAlberto Torres-Cantero
Alberto Torres-Cantero

15 December 2023 in Science of The Total Environment
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JKJONATHAN KIWITT-CÁRDENAS
JONATHAN KIWITT-CÁRDENAS
Julián J. Arense-GonzaloJulián J. Arense-Gonzalo
Julián J. Arense-Gonzalo
EAEvdochia Adoamnei
Evdochia Adoamnei
LSLaura Sarabia-Cos
Laura Sarabia-Cos
FVFernando Vela-Soria
Fernando Vela-Soria
ATAlberto Torres-Cantero
Alberto Torres-Cantero
People are daily exposed to multiple endocrine disruptor compounds (EDCs) that may interfere with different molecular and cellular processes, promoting a potential estrogenic, androgenic, or anti-androgenic state. However, most epidemiological studies attempting to establish relationships between EDCs exposure and health effects are still considering individual compounds. A few studies have shown associations between exposure to individual non-persistent EDCs and sperm DNA fragmentation (SDF) in different male populations. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate associations between combined exposure to non-persistent EDCs and SDF index in young men. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 158 healthy university students from Southeaster Spain. The participants provided spot urine and semen samples on the same day. The concentrations of urinary bisphenol A (BPA), benzophenones [2,4-dihydroxybenzophenone (BP-1); 2,2',4,4'-tetrahydroxybenzophenone (BP-2), 2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone (BP-3), 2,2'-dihydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone (BP-8), 4-hydroxybenzophenone (4OHBP)], and parabens (methylparaben, ethylparaben, propylparaben, butylparaben) were measured by dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction and ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry detection. SDF was analysed using a Sperm Chromatin Dispersion test. Statistical analyses were carried out using Bayesian Kernel Machine Regression models to evaluate associations between combined exposure to these compounds and SDF index while adjusting by relevant covariates. The increase in urinary concentration of 4OHBP was found to be the most important contributor to the negative association between urinary EDCs concentrations and SDF index, being of -5.5 % [95 % CI: -10.7, -0.3] for those in percentile 50, and - 5.4 % [95 % CI: -10.8, -0.1] for those in percentile 75. No significant associations were observed between other EDCs and SDF index. Our findings show that urinary 4OHBP levels may be associated with a decrease in the SDF index. Nonetheless, the effects we observed were likely to be small and of uncertain clinical significance. Further research is needed to replicate our findings in other male populations.