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Association between exposure to cadmium and blood pressure in Japanese peoples.
- Article from:
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Archives of Environmental Health
- Article date:
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December 1, 2004
- Author:
- Kurihara, Isao; Kobayashi, Etsuko; Suwazono, Yasushi; Uetani, Mirei; Inaba, Takeya; Oishiz, Mitsuhiro; Kido, Teruhiko; Nakagawa, Hideaki; Nogawa, Koji
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The authors studied the effects of environmental cadmium exposure on blood pressure (BP). Subjects 1,140 men and 1,713 women, aged [greater than or equal to] 50 yr lived in three areas of Japan considered "unpolluted" by cadmium. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate relationships between hypertension/nonhypertension and cadmium concentrations in blood (B-Cd) or urine (U-Cd). Age, body mass index, drinking and smoking habits, and blood and urine chemistry data were incorporated into the model. Odds ratios for hypertension were significantly less than I in either gender when U-Cd was the indicator of cadmium exposure and hypertension was defined as systolic BP [greater ...