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ArticleJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology

Renal tubular dysfunction increases mortality in the Japanese general population living in cadmium non-polluted areas.

Yasushi Suwazono, Kazuhiro Nogawa, Yuko Morikawa, Muneko Nishijo, Etsuko Kobayashi, Teruhiko Kido, Hideaki Nakagawa, Koji Nogawa

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Article in Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Toxicity Tolerance in the Carcinogenesis of Environmental Cadmium.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yasushi Suwazono1] Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan [2] Center for Preventive Medical Science, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Kazuhiro NogawaDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Yuko MorikawaDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.
Muneko NishijoDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.
Etsuko KobayashiDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Teruhiko KidoDepartment of Community Health Nursing, Kanazawa University School of Health Sciences, Ishikawa, Japan.
Hideaki NakagawaDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.
Koji NogawaDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Chiba University · JPKanazawa Medical University · JPKanazawa University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to establish the cause-effect relationship between renal tubular dysfunction and mortality. A 19-year cohort study was conducted in 900 men and 1313 women in 1993 or 1994 who lived in two cadmium non-polluted areas in Japan. Hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) of urinary β2-microglobulin (β2-MG) and N-acetyl-β-glucosaminidase (NAG) for mortality were calculated using a proportional hazard regression. Forward stepwise model selection was applied to the potential covariates such as age, body mass index, mean arterial pressure, various lifestyle factors and present illness. Simultaneously, the dose-effect relationship between renal tubular markers and urinary cadmium at baseline was evaluated using multiple regression analyses. In men, HR was significant for β2-MG (HR corresponding to an increase of 100 μg/g cre: 1.02) and NAG (HR corresponding to an increase of 1 IU/g cre: 1.05). In women, a significant HR was observed for β2-MG (HR corresponding to an increase of 100 μg/g cre: 1.01) and NAG (HR corresponding to an increase of 1 IU/g cre: 1.02). Dose-effect relationships were significant for urinary cadmium and all renal tubular markers in men and women. The present study indicated that renal tubular dysfunction was significantly related to mortality in the general population of cadmium non-polluted areas in Japan.

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AdultAgedbeta 2-Microglobulinbeta-N-Acetyl-GalactosaminidaseBiomarkersCadmiumCause of DeathEnvironmental MonitoringEnvironmental PollutantsEnvironmental PollutionFemaleHumansJapanLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle Agedbeta 2-Microglobulinbeta-N-Acetyl-GalactosaminidaseBiomarkersCadmiumEnvironmental Pollutants

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PMID24938509
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