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7073331

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-6-24
pubmed:abstractText
The association of heart-related mortality with tissue cadmium and lead in a study of autopsies performed on persons who resided in a soft-water, leached-soil area of North Carolina was examined. Liver cadmium concentrations and aortic lead level were indices of these elements. Both cadmium and lead levels had statistically significant correlations with cause of death (heart-related disease vs. non-heart-related disease, excluding cancer). Although cause of death was significantly associated with age, the association with cadmium and lead persisted after statistical adjustment for the effect of age. The combined effects of cadmium and lead provided sufficient information in an additive model to predict cause of death correctly for 80% of the cases, with age contributing insignificantly. These findings indicate the intimate relation of these two trace metals with increased risk of heart-related mortality, even in light of known conventional causes of such deaths.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0003-9896
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
98-102
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Additive statistical effects of cadmium and lead on heart-related disease in a North Carolina autopsy series.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.