Abstract:Objective To explore the relationship between maternal polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) exposure and 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) levels in offspring.Methods Maternal and newborn in the heating period (December 2018 to March 2019) and the non-heating period (20 June 2019 to October 2019) of the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University in Urumqi City were selected as the research objects. The epidemiological investigation of the parturient was carried out; the levels of 1-OHP, 2-OHN, 9-OHPhe, and 3-OHBaP in the urine of the parturient were detected by enzymatic hydrolysis-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry; the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used (ELISA) to detect the level of 8-OHdG in neonatal cord serum; Pearson correlation was used to analyze the correlation between PAHs and 8-OHdG in maternal and neonates.Results The urine levels of 1-OHP, 2-OHN, 3-OHBaP, and neonatal serum 8-OHdG in the heating period group were higher than those in the non-heating period group (P < 0.05); compared with 9-OHPhe, the difference was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). Pearson correlation analysis showed that 2-OHN (r = 0.215) and 3-OHBaP (r = 0.199) in the urine of parturients were positively correlated with neonatal serum 8-OHdG (P < 0.05). There was no correlation between 1-OHP (r = 0.027) and 9-OHPhe (rr = 0.097) in urine and 8-OHdG in neonatal serum (P > 0.05).Conclusions Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in pregnant women in Urumqi may cause oxidative damage to neonatal DNA.