Table 3 Associations between air pollution and annotated metabolites at age 4 years.

From: Long-term exposure to air pollution and metabolites in children and young adults in a Swedish birth cohort

Metabolite

Super pathway

Associated exposures

First year exposure:

Prior year exposure:

range of median fold change

range of median fold change

1,7-Dimethylxanthine

Nucleotide derivatives

First year PM10*, PM2.5*, NOx*; Prior year PM10*, PM2.5*, NOx*

1.20, 1.22

1.22, 1.32

6-Amino-5-formamido-1,3-dimethyluracil

Nucleotide derivatives

First year PM10*, PM2.5*, NOx*; Prior year PM10*, PM2.5*, NOx*

1.17, 1.21

1.22, 1.34

1,3,7-Trimethyluric acid

Nucleotide derivatives

First year PM10*, PM2.5*, NOx*; Prior year PM10*, PM2.5*, NOx*

1.16, 1.25

1.20, 1.36

1-Methylxanthine

Nucleotide derivatives

First year PM10, PM2.5, NOx; Prior year PM10, PM2.5, NOx*

1.15, 1.16

1.16, 1.27

(1,7-)Dimethyluric acid

Nucleotide derivatives

First year PM10*, PM2.5*, NOx*; Prior year PM10, PM2.5, NOx*

1.15, 1.19

1.15, 1.28

5-Acetylamino-6-amino-3-methyluracil

Nucleotide derivatives

First year PM10*, PM2.5, NOx*; Prior year PM10, PM2.5, NOx*

1.12, 1.20

1.14, 1.31

1,3-Dimethyluric acid

Nucleotide derivatives

First year PM10, PM2.5, NOx*; Prior year PM10, PM2.5, NOx*

1.13, 1.18

1.13, 1.27

Methyluric acid

Nucleotide derivatives

First year PM10, PM2.5, NOx; Prior year PM10, PM2.5, NOx

1.15, 1.15

1.12, 1.24

2-O-Methylinosine

Nucleotide derivatives

Prior year NOx

1.06, 1.07

1.05, 1.16

Anserine

Amino acid derivatives

First year PM10, PM2.5, NOx; Prior year PM10, PM2.5, NOx

1.11, 1.15

1.13, 1.19

Succinylacetone

Amino acid derivatives

First year PM10, PM2.5, NOx; Prior year PM10

1.13, 1.16

1.09, 1.11

Furosine

Amino acid derivatives

First year PM10, PM2.5, NOx

1.09, 1.10

1.05, 1.07

N-Methyl-proline

Amino acid derivatives

First year PM10, PM2.5, NOx

1.12, 1.15

1.04, 1.10

Tryptophan betaine

Amino acid derivatives

Prior year PM10*, PM2.5, NOx*

1.09, 1.13

1.21, 1.47

cis-Urocanic acid

Amino acid derivatives

Prior year PM10, PM2.5, NOx

0.97, 1.05

0.83, 0.86

Methyl-histidine

Amino acid derivatives

Prior year PM2.5

1.08, 1.11

1.07, 1.14

Azelaic acid

Lipid derivatives

Prior year PM10, PM2.5, NOx

1.06, 1.08

1.13, 1.19

Suberic acid

Lipid derivatives

Prior year NOx

1.04, 1.04

1.08, 1.16

Stearic acid

Lipid derivatives

First year NOx; Prior year NOx

0.89, 0.94

0.86, 0.97

Panthenol

Cofactors and vitamins

First year PM10, PM2.5, NOx

1.12, 1.14

1.05, 1.12

Umbelliferone

Others

First year PM10, PM2.5, NOx*; Prior year PM10*, PM2.5*, NOx*

1.10, 1.23

1.29, 1.35

4-Hydroxycoumarin

Others

First year PM10, PM2.5, NOx; Prior year PM10, PM2.5, NOx

1.12, 1.14

1.14, 1.16

Quinic acid

Others

First year PM10; Prior year PM10, PM2.5

1.10, 1.12

0.87, 0.91

Ferulic acid 4-sulfate

Others

First year PM10, PM2.5, NOx

1.13, 1.15

1.04, 1.06

2-Benzoxazolol

Others

First year PM10, PM2.5, NOx

1.13, 1.16

0.98, 1.01

Adipic Acid

Others

First year PM10, PM2.5

1.10, 1.13

1.00, 1.06

Trimethylamine N-Oxide

Others

Prior year PM2.5

0.94, 0.95

0.90, 0.92

2-Piperidone

Others

Prior year NOx

0.93, 0.96

0.86, 0.92

Cyclamic acid

Xenobiotics

First year PM10, PM2.5, NOx; Prior year PM10*, PM2.5*, NOx*

0.86, 0.91

0.68, 0.74

Saccharin

Xenobiotics

First year PM10, PM2.5, NOx

0.86, 0.89

0.89, 0.95

Acesulfame

Xenobiotics

First year PM2.5; Prior year PM2.5

0.91, 0.95

0.92, 0.95

Acetaminophen

Xenobiotics

First year PM10, NOx

0.83, 0.91

1.08, 1.09

  1. Footnote: The results are extracted from exponential regression models, adjusted for parents’ education at 3 months. For each metabolite, observations above the 99th percentile value were replaced with the 99th percentile value before modeling. Associated exposures are presented when nominal p-value was <0.05. *It indicates FDR p-value < 0.05. The range of median fold change is presented irrespective of significance.