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Urine arsenic and prevalent albuminuria: evidence from a population-based study.


ABSTRACT: Long-term arsenic exposure is a major global health problem. However, few epidemiologic studies have evaluated the association of arsenic with kidney measures. Our objective was to evaluate the cross-sectional association between inorganic arsenic exposure and albuminuria in American Indian adults from rural areas of Arizona, Oklahoma, and North and South Dakota.Cross-sectional. SETTING & PARTIPANTS: Strong Heart Study locations in Arizona, Oklahoma, and North and South Dakota. 3,821 American Indian men and women aged 45-74 years with urine arsenic and albumin measurements.Urine arsenic.Urine albumin-creatinine ratio and albuminuria status.Arsenic exposure was estimated by measuring total urine arsenic and urine arsenic species using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS) and high-performance liquid chromatography-ICPMS, respectively. Urine albumin was measured by automated nephelometric immunochemistry.The prevalence of albuminuria (albumin-creatinine ratio ?30 mg/g) was 30%. Median value for the sum of inorganic and methylated arsenic species was 9.7 (IQR, 5.8-15.6) ?g per gram of creatinine. Multivariable-adjusted prevalence ratios of albuminuria (albumin-creatinine ratio ?30 mg/g) comparing the 3 highest to lowest quartiles of the sum of inorganic and methylated arsenic species were 1.16 (95% CI, 1.00-1.34), 1.24 (95% CI, 1.07-1.43), and 1.55 (95% CI, 1.35-1.78), respectively (P for trend <0.001). The association between urine arsenic and albuminuria was observed across all participant subgroups evaluated and was evident for both micro- and macroalbuminuria.The cross-sectional design cannot rule out reverse causation.Increasing urine arsenic concentrations were cross-sectionally associated with increased albuminuria in a rural US population with a high burden of diabetes and obesity. Prospective epidemiologic and mechanistic evidence is needed to understand the role of arsenic as a kidney disease risk factor.

SUBMITTER: Zheng LY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3578134 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Urine arsenic and prevalent albuminuria: evidence from a population-based study.

Zheng Laura Y LY   Umans Jason G JG   Tellez-Plaza Maria M   Yeh Fawn F   Francesconi Kevin A KA   Goessler Walter W   Silbergeld Ellen K EK   Guallar Eliseo E   Howard Barbara V BV   Weaver Virginia M VM   Navas-Acien Ana A  

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 20121109 3


<h4>Background</h4>Long-term arsenic exposure is a major global health problem. However, few epidemiologic studies have evaluated the association of arsenic with kidney measures. Our objective was to evaluate the cross-sectional association between inorganic arsenic exposure and albuminuria in American Indian adults from rural areas of Arizona, Oklahoma, and North and South Dakota.<h4>Study design</h4>Cross-sectional. SETTING & PARTIPANTS: Strong Heart Study locations in Arizona, Oklahoma, and N  ...[more]

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