Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Volume 220, Issue 1, Pages 37-42Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2016.10.003
Keywords
Adolescent; Alcohol consumption; Blood; Cadmium; Housing; Smoking
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Objective: To assess blood cadmium levels in Korean adolescents with respect to demographic and lifestyle factors. Methods: We analyzed data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 2010 to 2013, totaling 1472 adolescents aged 10-18 years. Geometric means of blood cadmium were calculated using a complex samples general linear model to compare blood levels in different demographic and lifestyle groups. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were also used to find predictors for high blood cadmium (>90th percentile). Results: The geometric mean of the blood cadmium concentrations was 0.30 mu g/L in Korean adolescents. Older age, type of housing (multifamily house and commercial building), smoking and alcohol consumption, and iron deficiency/iron deficiency anemia (IDA) were significantly associated with higher blood cadmium concentrations (P < 0.05). Blood cadmium concentrations were not significantly affected by gender, region, body mass index status, or household income. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, independent predictors for higher blood cadmium levels included current smoker (OR = 7.77), alcohol consumption (OR = 4.31), living in a multifamily house or commercial building (OR = 3.11-3.46), and IDA (OR = 2.64). Conclusions: Possible associations between blood cadmium levels and type of housing or alcohol consumption in adolescents are suggested for the first time in this study. Further studies are needed to elucidate the mechanism of these findings. (C) 2016 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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