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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
A 15-year follow-up study of 3178 inhabitants (1424 men and 1754 women) living in the cadmium (Cd) polluted Kakehashi River basin was conducted. The results clarified effects on mortality of renal dysfunction induced by Cd indicated by urinary beta-2-microglobulin (beta2-MG), total protein, glucose, and total amino acids. This study used Cox's proportional hazard model. The mortality risk ratio of urinary beta2-MG positive (>= 1000 microg/gCr) subjects was significantly increased in both sexes: 1.35 for men and 1.73 for women. The increased mortality ratio of the urinary protein positive (>= 10 mg/dl) subjects was also significant for both sexes, with risk ratios of 1.82 for men and 2.01 for women. Only the women showed significantly increased mortality of the urinary glucose positive (>= 20 mg/dl) subjects and amino acids positive (> = 300 microg/gCr) subjects. When the subjects were divided into four categories according to urinary beta2-MG, <300, 300-1000, 1000-10000, >= 10000 microg/gCr, the mortality risk ratios were increased in proportion to the increase of urinary beta2-MG in both sexes. These results suggest that mortality of Cd-exposed subjects increased with increasing excretion of four urinary markers of renal tubular dysfunction, and in proportion to increases in the amount of urinary beta2-MG excretion including under 1000 microg/gCr.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0966-0844
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
535-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Mortality in a cadmium polluted area in Japan.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Public Health, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan. ni-koei@kanazawa-med.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article