ArticleNeurology2018
Urinary cadmium concentration and the risk of ischemic stroke.
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- Toxic heavy metal exposure and heart health: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 324,331 patients.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Environmental toxic metal contaminants and risk of stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Pooled it
- The hazards of metal exposure mediated by crops to human health from perspective of environmental health and control strategies.iScience · 2026Review
- Metallomic Aspects of Stroke and Recovery: ICP-MS Study with Chemometric Analysis.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Exposure to Cadmium and Cerebrovascular Mortality in the United States.Hygiene and environmental health advances · 2025Article
- Single and mixed effects of seven heavy metals on stroke risk: 11,803 adults from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Association of Urinary Cadmium Concentration With Cognitive Impairment in US Adults: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.Neurology · 2024Article
- Exposure to Environmental Toxins: Potential Implications for Stroke Risk via the Gut- and Lung-Brain Axis.Cells · 2024Review
- Urinary cadmium was linearly and positively associated with cardiac infarction/injury score and subclinical myocardial injury in the general population without cardiovascular diseases and chronic kidney disease.International urology and nephrology · 2024Article
- Integrative Approaches in Acute Ischemic Stroke: From Symptom Recognition to Future Innovations.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Occupational Risk Factors for Stroke: A Comprehensive Review.Journal of stroke · 2023Review
- Contaminant Metals as Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Article
- Disturbed Ratios between Essential and Toxic Trace Elements as Potential Biomarkers of Acute Ischemic Stroke.Nutrients · 2023Article
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- The preferential accumulation of cadmium ions among various tissues in mice.Toxicology reports · 2022Article
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- Urinary cadmium and stroke - a case-cohort study in Danish never-smokers.Environmental research · 2021Article
- Plant food intake is associated with lower cadmium body burden in middle-aged adults.European journal of nutrition · 2021Article
- FoxO1a mediated cadmium-induced annulus fibrosus cells apoptosis contributes to intervertebral disc degeneration in smoking.Journal of cellular physiology · 2021Article
- Prolonged Life Expectancy for Those Dying of Stroke by Achieving the Daily PMGlobal challenges (Hoboken, NJ) · 2020Article
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objectivesTo examine the association between urinary cadmium levels and the incidence of ischemic stroke and to explore possible effect modifications.
methodsA case-cohort study was designed nested in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, including 680 adjudicated incident cases of ischemic stroke and 2,540 participants in a randomly selected subcohort. Urinary creatinine-corrected cadmium concentration was measured at baseline. Multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and the corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated with the Barlow weighting method for the Cox proportional hazards regression model.
resultsThe median urinary cadmium concentration was 0.42 (interquartile range 0.27-0.68) μg/g creatinine. After adjustment for potential confounders, urinary cadmium was associated with increased incidence of ischemic stroke (quintile 5 vs quintile 1: HR 1.50, 95% CI 1.01-2.22,
conclusionsFindings from this study suggest that cadmium exposure may be an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke in the US general population. Never smoking and maintaining a high serum zinc level may ameliorate the potential adverse effects of cadmium exposure.
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