CDC STACKS serves as an archival repository of CDC-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other public health information authored or co-authored by CDC or funded partners.
As a repository, CDC STACKS retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.
i
Inverse association between toenail arsenic and body mass index in a population of welders
-
Apr 09 2014
-
-
Source: Environ Res. 2014; 131:131-133.
[PDF-137.78 KB]
Details:
-
Alternative Title:Environ Res
-
Personal Author:
-
Description:Recent data show that arsenic may play a role in obesity-related diseases. However, urinary arsenic studies report an inverse association between arsenic level and body mass index (BMI). We explored whether toenail arsenic, a long-term exposure measure, was associated with BMI in 74 welders with known arsenic exposure. BMI showed significant inverse associations with toenail arsenic (p=0.01), which persisted in models adjusted for demographics, diet and work history. It is unclear whether low arsenic biomarker concentrations in high BMI subjects truly reflect lower exposures, or instead reflect internal or metabolic changes that alter arsenic metabolism and tissue deposition.
-
Subjects:
-
Source:
-
Pubmed ID:24721130
-
Pubmed Central ID:PMC4035809
-
Document Type:
-
Funding:
-
Volume:131
-
Collection(s):
-
Main Document Checksum:
-
Download URL:
-
File Type:
