Cadmium Exposure and Osteoporosis: A Population‐Based Study and Benchmark Dose Estimation in Southern China

• Published in: Journal of bone and mineral research Vol. 32; no. 10; pp. 1990 - 2000
• Main Authors: Lv, Yingjian, Wang, Ping, Huang, Rui, Liang, Xuxia, Wang, Peng, Tan, Jianbin, Chen, Zihui, Dun, Zhongjun, Wang, Jing, Jiang, Qi, Wu, Shixuan, Ling, Haituan, Li, Zhixue, Yang, Xingfen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 01.10.2017
• Subjects: BENCHMARK DOSE; Benchmarking; Bone density; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; CADMIUM; Cadmium - adverse effects; Cadmium - urine; China - epidemiology; Creatinine; Demography; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Epidermal growth factor receptors; Female; Glomerular filtration rate; Glucosaminidase; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; OSTEOPOROSIS; Osteoporosis - epidemiology; Osteoporosis - etiology; Osteoporosis - urine; Population studies; Population-based studies; Prevalence; Regression Analysis; Renal function; Statistics, Nonparametric; Vegetables; BENCHMARK DOSE; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; OSTEOPOROSIS

ABSTRACT This study aimed to assess the association between osteoporosis and long‐term environmental Cd exposure through diet in southern China. A total of 1116 subjects from a Cd‐polluted area and a non‐Cd‐polluted area were investigated. All subjects met the criteria of having been living in the i...