Strong Dose-Response Relation Between Serum Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Diabetes: Results from the National Health and Examination Survey 1999-2002

• Published in: Diabetes care Vol. 29; no. 7; pp. 1638 - 1644
• Main Authors: Lee, Duk-Hee, Lee, In-Kyu, Song, Kyungeun, Steffes, Michael, Toscano, William, Baker, Beth A, Jacobs, David R. Jr
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Alexandria, VA American Diabetes Association 01.07.2006
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Black or African American; Black People; Body Mass Index; Causes of; Chlordan - analogs & derivatives; Chlordan - blood; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology; Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance; Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene - blood; Disease control; disease prevalence; dose response; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases); Endocrinopathies; Environmental Exposure; Environmental Pollutants - blood; Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance; Female; health effects assessments; Health hazards; Humans; Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated - blood; Male; Mass spectrometry; Medical sciences; Mexican Americans; Middle Aged; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; obesity; PCB; pesticide persistence; Physical examinations; Polls & surveys; Pollutants; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated Biphenyls - blood; polychlorinated dibenzodioxins; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - analogs & derivatives; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - blood; Public health; Risk factors; United States - epidemiology; White People; United States; Endocrinopathy; Human; Pollutant; Toxicity; Diabetes mellitus; Serum; Public health; Organic compounds; Dose activity relation

OBJECTIVE:--Low-level exposure to some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) has recently become a focus because of their possible link with the risk of diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS--Cross-sectional associations of the serum concentrations of POPs with diabetes prevalence were investigated i...