Increased prevalence of Sjogren's syndrome in where soils contain high levels of chromium

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 657; pp. 1121 - 1126
• Main Authors: Lee, Chien-Pang, Hsu, Peng-Yang, Su, Che-Chun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 20.03.2019
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; agricultural soils; Agriculture; blood serum; Chromium; Chromium - analysis; Chromium - blood; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; eyes; Female; Heavy metal; heavy metals; Humans; Male; men; Metals, Heavy - analysis; Middle Aged; mouth; national surveys; Prevalence; Regression Analysis; risk; Sjogren's syndrome; Sjogren's Syndrome - epidemiology; Soil Pollutants - analysis; Taiwan; Taiwan - epidemiology; women; Taiwan; Chromium; Sjogren's syndrome; Prevalence; Heavy metal

Previously, we showed that farm soil levels of chromium were strongly correlated with people's serum chromium levels and an increase (3.6 fold) in both the incidence and prevalence of sicca syndrome in areas where farm soil chromium was high. Because Sjogren's syndrome (SS) is the major di...