Journal
THORAX
Volume 75, Issue 9, Pages 771-779Publisher
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-213909
Keywords
clinical epidemiology; cytokine biology; oxidative stress; respiratory measurement
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China's Major Research Programme [91843302]
- Key Programme of the National Natural Science Foundation of China [91543207]
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Background Exposure to zinc was suggested to be associated with pulmonary damage, but whether zinc exposure affects lung function remains unclear. Objectives To quantify the association between urinary zinc and lung function and explore the potential mechanisms. Methods Urinary zinc and lung function were measured in 3917 adults from the Wuhan-Zhuhai cohort and were repeated after 3 years of follow-up. Indicators of systemic inflammation (C reactive protein), lung epithelium integrity (club cell secretory protein-16) and oxidative damage (8-hydroxy-2 '-deoxyguanosine and 8-isoprostane) were measured at baseline. Linear mixed models were used to estimate the exposure-response relationship between urinary zinc and lung function. Mediation analyses were conducted to assess mediating roles of inflammation and oxidative damage in above relationships. Results Each 1-unit increase in log-transformed urinary zinc values was associated with a 35.72 mL decrease in forced vital capacity (FVC) and a 24.89 mL decrease in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) in the baseline analyses. In the follow-up analyses, there was a negative association between urinary zinc and FVC among participants with persistent high urinary zinc levels, with an estimated change of -93.31 mL (95% CI -178.47 to -8.14). Furthermore, urinary zinc was positively associated with restrictive ventilatory impairment. The mediation analyses suggested that C reactive protein mediated 8.62% and 8.71% of the associations of urinary zinc with FVC and FEV1, respectively. Conclusion Urinary zinc was negatively associated with lung function, and the systemic inflammation may be one of the underlying mechanisms.
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