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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Gender Difference in the Associations among Heavy Metals with Red Blood Cell Hemogram.

Chao-Hsin Huang, Chih-Wen Wang, Huang-Chi Chen, Hung-Pin Tu, Szu-Chia Chen, Chih-Hsing Hung, Chao-Hung Kuo

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Chao-Hsin HuangDepartment of Post Baccalaureate Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
Chih-Wen WangDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 812, Taiwan.
Huang-Chi ChenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 812, Taiwan.
Hung-Pin TuDepartment of Public Health and Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-1044-2673
Szu-Chia ChenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 812, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-1610-4184
Chih-Hsing HungResearch Center for Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-2026-5108
Chao-Hung KuoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 812, Taiwan.

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Abstract

This study aimed to investigate gender differences in the association between heavy metals and hemograms including hemoglobin (Hgb), mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC). A health survey of 2447 participants was conducted in southern Taiwan between June 2016 and September 2018. Seven heavy metals were measured: blood lead (Pb), urine nickel (Ni), urine chromium (Cr), urine manganese, urine arsenic (As), urine copper and urine cadmium (Cd). The results show that in females, Pb and Ni were significantly negatively associated with Hgb. In addition, As and Cd were significantly positively, and Pb and Ni were significantly negatively, associated with MCV, in males and females, respectively. The interactions between gender and Ni and gender and Cd in MCV were statistically significant. Further, Pb, in males, and Pb, Ni and Cr, in females, were significantly negatively associated with MCHC. In conclusion, in females, associations of red blood cell (RBC) hemograms with heavy metals such as Pb and Ni were found. In males, heavy metals such as Pb, As and Cd were found to associate with RBC hemograms. Further research is warranted to discuss the mechanism behind these associations.

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Metals, HeavyCadmiumChromiumEnvironmental MonitoringErythrocytesFemaleHumansMaleSex FactorsCadmiumChromiumMetals, Heavyheavy metalhemoglobinmean corpuscular hemoglobin concentrationmean corpuscular volume

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PMCPMC8750598

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