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Table 11 Adverse effects of infant birth weight in relation to maternal environmental exposure and genetic polymorphisms

From: The Hokkaido Birth Cohort Study on Environment and Children’s Health: cohort profile—updated 2017

Environmental exposure

Maternal genetic polymorphism

Maternal risk genotypes

Birth weight reduction (g)

Reference

Active smoking

AhR (G>A, Arg554Lys)

Arg/Arg

211

[22]

CYP1A1 (m1/m2)

m1/m2 + m2/m2

170

GSTM1 (non-null/null)

Null

171

Combination with AhR (G>A, Arg554Lys) and CYP1A1 (m1/m2)

Arg/Arg (AhR) and m1/m2 + m2/m2 (CYP1A1)

315

Combination with CYP1A1 (m1/m2) and GSTM1 (non-null/null)

m1/m2 + m2/m2 (CYP1A1) and null (GSTM1)

237

NQO1 (C>T, Pro187Ser)

Pro/Pro

159

[62]

CYP2E1 (c1/c2)

c1/c1

195

 

MTHFR (A1298C)

AA

106

[63]

CYP1A1 (A>G, Ile462Val)

AG/GG

62

[61]

XRCC1 (C>T, Arg194Trp)

CT/TT

59

 

Combination with AhR (G>A, Arg554Lys), CYP1A1 (A>G, Ile462Val), and XRCC1 (C>T, Arg194Trp)

GG (AhR), AG/GG (CYP1A1), and CT/TT (XRCC1)

145

 

Dioxin (total TEQ)

GSTM1 (non-null/null)

Null

345

[59]

  1. AhR, aromatic hydrocarbon receptor, CYP1A1 cytochrome P450 1A1, CYP2E1 cytochrome P450 2E1, GSTM1 glutathione S-transferase mu 1, MTHFR, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, NQO1 nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate quinone oxidase 1, XRCC1 X-ray cross-complementing gene 1, TEQ toxicity equivalency quantity