ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2012
Association between hypertension and chronic arsenic exposure in drinking water: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh.
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- Chronic arsenic exposure and cardiometabolic biomarkers in adolescents in the MINIMat longitudinal study.Journal of trace elements in medicine and biology : organ of the Society for Minerals and Trace Elements (GMS) · 2025Article
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- Mechanisms Associated with Cognitive and Behavioral Impairment Induced by Arsenic Exposure.Cells · 2023Review
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- Association of selenium, arsenic, and other trace elements in drinking water and urine in residents of the plateau region in China.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Article
- Associations between urinary heavy metal concentrations and blood pressure in residents of Asian countries.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2021Article
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- Assessment of Diastolic Function and Thiol-Disulphide Homeostasis in Arsenic-Exposed Workers.Acta Cardiologica Sinica · 2021Article
- Evaluation of different types of arsenic methylation and its relationship with metabolic syndrome in an area chronically exposed to arsenic.Environmental analysis, health and toxicology · 2020Article
- Hypertension prevalence and its trend in Bangladesh: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical hypertension · 2020Article
- Health effects among a cohort exposed to low-level arsenic in a geothermal area of Tuscany, Italy.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2018Article
- Effects of arsenic toxicity beyond epigenetic modifications.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2018Review
- Assessment of heart rate response to exercise and recovery during treadmill testing in arsenic-exposed workers.Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc · 2017Article
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Abstract
Chronic arsenic exposure and its association with hypertension in adults are inconclusive and this cross-sectional study investigated the association. The study was conducted between January and July 2009 among 1,004 participants from 1,682 eligible women and men aged ≥30 years living in rural Bangladesh who had continuously consumed arsenic-contaminated drinking water for at least 6 months. Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg (systolic hypertension) and diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg (diastolic hypertension). Pulse pressure was calculated by deducting diastolic from systolic pressure and considered to be increased when the difference was ≥55 mmHg. The prevalence of hypertension was 6.6% (95% CI: 5.1-8.3%). After adjustment for other factors, no excess risk of hypertension was observed for arsenic exposure >50 μg/L or to that of arsenic exposure as quartiles or as duration. Arsenic concentration as quartiles and >50 μg/L did show a strong relationship with increased pulse pressure (adjusted OR: 3.54, 95% CI: 1.46-8.57), as did arsenic exposure for ≥10 years (adjusted OR: 5.25, 95% CI: 1.41-19.51). Arsenic as quartiles showed a dose response relationship with increased pulse pressure. Our study suggests an association between higher drinking water arsenic or duration and pulse pressure, but not hypertension.
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