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Cadmium exposure and cancer mortality in a prospective cohort: the strong heart study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic metal classified as a human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

Objective

We evaluated the association of long-term Cd exposure, as measured in urine, with cancer mortality in American Indians from Arizona, Oklahoma, and North and South Dakota who participated in the Strong Heart Study during 1989-1991.

Methods

The Strong Heart Study was a prospective cohort study of 3,792 men and women 45-74 years of age who were followed for up to 20 years. Baseline urinary Cd (U-Cd) was measured using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. We assessed cancer events by annual mortality surveillance.

Results

The median (interquintile range) U-Cd concentration was 0.93 (0.55, 1.63) ?g/g creatinine. After adjusting for sex, age, smoking status, cigarette pack-years, and body mass index, the adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) comparing the 80th versus the 20th percentiles of U-Cd were 1.30 (95% CI: 1.09, 1.55) for total cancer, 2.27 (95% CI: 1.58, 3.27) for lung cancer, and 2.40 (95% CI: 1.39, 4.17) for pancreatic cancer mortality. For all smoking-related cancers combined, the corresponding HR was 1.56 (95% CI: 1.24, 1.96). Cd was not significantly associated with liver, esophagus and stomach, colon and rectum, breast, prostate, kidney, or lymphatic and hematopoietic cancer mortality. On the basis of mediation analysis, we estimated that the percentage of lung cancer deaths due to tobacco smoking that could be attributed to Cd exposure was 9.0% (95% CI: 2.8, 21.8).

Conclusions

Low-to-moderate Cd exposure was prospectively associated with total cancer mortality and with mortality from cancers of the lung and pancreas. The implementation of population-based preventive measures to decrease Cd exposure could contribute to reducing the burden of cancer.

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Esquinas E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3984227 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cadmium exposure and cancer mortality in a prospective cohort: the strong heart study.

García-Esquinas Esther E Pollan Marina M Tellez-Plaza Maria M Francesconi Kevin A KA Goessler Walter W Guallar Eliseo E Umans Jason G JG Yeh Jeunliang J Best Lyle G LG Navas-Acien Ana A

Environmental health perspectives 20140214 4

<h4>Background</h4>Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic metal classified as a human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.<h4>Objective</h4>We evaluated the association of long-term Cd exposure, as measured in urine, with cancer mortality in American Indians from Arizona, Oklahoma, and North and South Dakota who participated in the Strong Heart Study during 1989-1991.<h4>Methods</h4>The Strong Heart Study was a prospective cohort study of 3,792 men and women 45-74 years of age who wer ...[more]

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Cadmium exposure and cancer mortality in a prospective cohort: the strong heart study.

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Cadmium exposure and cancer mortality in a prospective cohort: the strong heart study.

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