Gender-specific differences of interaction between cadmium exposure and obesity on prediabetes in the NHANES 2007–2012 population

• Published in: Endocrine Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. 258 - 266
• Main Authors: Jiang, Fei, Zhi, Xueyuan, Xu, Miao, Li, Bingyan, Zhang, Zengli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.08.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Body Mass Index; Body weight; Cadmium; Cadmium - toxicity; Cadmium - urine; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes; Endocrinology; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Female; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Internal Medicine; Male; Males; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; multidisciplinary; Nutrition Surveys; Obesity; Obesity - complications; Obesity - epidemiology; Obesity - urine; Original Article; Overweight; Prediabetic State - complications; Prediabetic State - epidemiology; Prediabetic State - urine; Prevalence; Science; Sex Factors; Urinalysis; Young Adult; Cadmium; Obesity; Prediabetes; Interaction

Purpose Data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for the years 2007–2012 were used to evaluate the interactions of cadmium (Cd) exposure with being overweight/obesity on the risk of prediabetes among adults 20 years older. Methods A total of 3552 subjects were included in...