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Metals and trace elements in relation to body mass index in a prospective study of US women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Epidemiologic studies on the association between metals and body mass index (BMI) have been cross-sectional and have demonstrated inconsistent associations. Our study prospectively examined whether metals measured at baseline were associated with later BMI. We considered metals individually and as joint exposure to pre-defined metal groupings.

Methods

We measured concentrations of 16 metals in toenails collected at baseline (2003-2009) in a subset of 1221 women from the Sister Study. We calculated BMI from height and weight reported on a follow-up questionnaire an average of 5.2 years (range = 3.5-8.3) after baseline. Multivariable linear regression was used to estimate β coefficients and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for associations between BMI and individual metals (with estimates given per interquartile range (IQR) increase or in quartiles). Quantile g-computation was used to examine joint associations between groups of metals and BMI. Groups considered were (1) all metals combined, and metals classified as (2) non-essential or (3) essential.

Results

In individual metal models we found that, with the exception of cobalt, no single metal was strongly related to BMI. In our mixture analyses, a quartile increase in all non-essential metals was associated with higher BMI (β = 0.32; 95%CI: 0.00, 0.63 kg/m²), whereas essential metals were suggestively associated with lower BMI (β = -0.25; 95%CI: 0.58, 0.07 kg/m²).

Conclusions

In this population of women who were, on average, overweight, essential metals were jointly associated with slightly healthier, lower BMI whereas non-essential metals were jointly associated with slightly higher, unhealthier BMI, after controlling for other health indicators and predictors of metals exposures.

SUBMITTER: Niehoff NM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7153007 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Metals and trace elements in relation to body mass index in a prospective study of US women.

Niehoff Nicole M NM Keil Alexander P AP O'Brien Katie M KM Jackson Brian P BP Karagas Margaret R MR Weinberg Clarice R CR White Alexandra J AJ

Environmental research 20200316

<h4>Background</h4>Epidemiologic studies on the association between metals and body mass index (BMI) have been cross-sectional and have demonstrated inconsistent associations. Our study prospectively examined whether metals measured at baseline were associated with later BMI. We considered metals individually and as joint exposure to pre-defined metal groupings.<h4>Methods</h4>We measured concentrations of 16 metals in toenails collected at baseline (2003-2009) in a subset of 1221 women from the ...[more]

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