Data was collected from participants of the Early Life Exposures in Mexico to ENvironmental Toxicants (ELEMENT) study, which consists of three sequentially-enrolled birth cohorts of pregnant women. Research protocols of this study were approved by the Institutional Review Board at University of Michigan and the Mexico National Institute of Public Health. We obtained informed consent from study participants prior to enrollment.
Bautista-Arredondo LF, Verenice Muñoz-Rocha T, Figueroa JL, Téllez-Rojo MM, Torres-Olascoaga LA, Cantoral A, Arboleda-Merino L, Leung L, Peterson KE, and Lamadrid-Figueroa H. A surge in food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic in a cohort in Mexico City. 2022. Article in process of publication.
Phthalates are chemicals found in many products that humans are exposed to. Prenatal exposure to phthalates has been associated with adverse outcomes that are detected in childhood, adolescence, and even adulthood. In this study, we sought to identify subtle biological changes in the metabolome of children that were exposed to phthalates during gestation. We hypothesized that prenatal phthalate exposures would alter metabolic pathways related to adiposity and cardiometabolic health. The article is under review (citation to be added when paper is published). The data included here encompass all exposure, demographic, and untargeted metabolomics data needed for the analysis described in the manuscript.