Exposure to multiple metals and prevalence for preeclampsia in Taiyuan, China

• Published in: Environment international Vol. 145; p. 106098
• Main Authors: Wang, Ying, Wang, Keke, Han, Tianbi, Zhang, Ping, Chen, Xi, Wu, Weiwei, Feng, Yongliang, Yang, Hailan, Li, Mei, Xie, Bingjie, Guo, Pengge, Warren, Joshua L., Shi, Xiaoming, Wang, Suping, Zhang, Yawei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2020; Elsevier
• Subjects: Arsenic; Cadmium; China - epidemiology; Female; Humans; Metals; Metals, Heavy; Mixture analysis; Multi-metals; Pre-Eclampsia - epidemiology; Pre-pregnancy BMI; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Prevalence; China; Multi-metals; Pre-pregnancy BMI; Preeclampsia; Mixture analysis

•Exposure to higher levels of multiple metals was associated with preeclampsia.•The observed association is driven by a Cr, As, Hg and Pb metal mixture.•Pre-pregnancy BMI may modify the association between Cr and preeclampsia. Several studies with small sample size have reported inconsistent associa...