Persistent organic pollutants and hyperuricemia in the U.S. general population

• Published in: Atherosclerosis Vol. 230; no. 1; pp. 1 - 5
• Main Authors: Lee, Yu-Mi, Bae, Sang-Geun, Lee, Seon-Hwa, Jacobs, David R., Lee, Duk-Hee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.09.2013
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; analogs & derivatives; atherosclerosis; Benzofurans; Benzofurans - blood; blood; blood serum; Cardiovascular; Chlorine; Chlorine - blood; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; Dioxin; Dioxins; Dioxins - blood; Environmental Pollutants; Environmental Pollutants - blood; epidemiology; Female; gout; Humans; Hyperuricemia; Hyperuricemia - blood; Hyperuricemia - epidemiology; Male; metabolic syndrome; Metabolic Syndrome - blood; Middle Aged; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; Nutrition Surveys; Odds Ratio; Organic Chemicals; Organic Chemicals - blood; Organochlorine pesticides; people; Persistent organic pollutants; pesticides; Pesticides - blood; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated Biphenyls - blood; polychlorinated dibenzodioxins; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - analogs & derivatives; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - blood; polychlorinated dibenzofurans; risk; Risk Factors; United States; Young Adult; United States; LOD; PCBs; CDC; PCDDs; Organochlorine pesticides; POPs; UA; ORs; Hyperuricemia; MetS; OC pesticides; Dioxin; Polychlorinated biphenyls; PCDFs; TEFs; NHANES; Persistent organic pollutants; toxic equivalency factors; polychlorinated dibenzofurans; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins; odds ratios; uric acid; limit of detection; metabolic syndrome; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Background exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) has emerged as a new risk factor for metabolic syndrome (MetS), while hyperuricemia is associated with MetS through unclear mechanisms. We examined cross-sectional data for consistency with the hypothesis that POPs are a common underlying r...