Relationship Between Serum Levels of Arsenic, Cadmium, and Mercury and Body Mass Index and Fasting Plasma Glucose in a Mexican Adult Population

In Mexico, few studies have analyzed the associations between toxic elements and metabolic diseases. In the present study, we analyzed the associations between serum arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), and mercury (Hg) levels and body mass index (BMI) and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) in a Mexican adult popu...

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Published in:Biological trace element research 2022-12, Vol.200 (12), p.4916-4923
Main Authors: Hernández-Mendoza, Héctor, Álvarez-Loredo, Héctor Edmundo, Romero-Guzmán, Elizabeth Teresita, Gaytán-Hernández, Darío, Chang-Rueda, Consuelo, Martínez-Navarro, Israel, Juárez-Flores, Bertha Irene, Rios-Lugo, María Judith
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arsenic
Biochemistry
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biotechnology
Body mass index
Body size
Body weight
Cadmium
Colorimetry
Fasting
Females
Glucose
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry
Life Sciences
Mass spectrometry
Mass spectroscopy
Mercury
Mercury (metal)
Metabolic disorders
Nutrition
Oncology
Overweight
Population studies
Serum
Serum levels
Statistical analysis
Toxic diseases
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Summary:In Mexico, few studies have analyzed the associations between toxic elements and metabolic diseases. In the present study, we analyzed the associations between serum arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), and mercury (Hg) levels and body mass index (BMI) and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) in a Mexican adult population. Anthropometric data corresponding to 86 Mexican healthy adults (59 females and 27 men) were analyzed. FPG was analyzed by an enzymatic colorimetric method, and serum As, Cd, and Hg levels were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (ICP–MS). The data show that the median serum As, Cd, and Hg levels were relatively higher in females (As = 1.78 ng mL −1 , Cd = 1.00 ng mL −1 , Hg = 0.96 ng mL −1 ) than those in males (As = 1.22 ng mL −1 , Cd = 0.91 ng mL −1 , Hg = 0.95 ng mL −1 ). However, these differences were not statistically significant ( p  ≥ 0.097). We also found that the median level of As significantly increased with an increase in the body weight categories (normal weight = 1.08; overweight = 1.50; obesity = 2.75; p  
ISSN:0163-4984
1559-0720
DOI:10.1007/s12011-021-03081-7