Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 101, Issue 3, Pages 401-406Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.12.002
Keywords
benchmark dose; general environment; renal effects; threshold level; urinary cadmium concentration
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Previously, we investigated the association between urinary cadmium (Cd) concentration and indicators of renal dysfunction, including total protein, beta(2)-Microglobulin (beta(2)-MG), and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG). In 2778 inhabitants >= 50 years of age (1114 men, 1664 women) in three different Cd nonpolluted areas in Japan, we showed that a dose-response relationship existed between renal effects and Cd exposure in the general environment without any known Cd Pollution. However. we Could not estimate the threshold levels of urinary Cd at that time. In the present study, we estimated the threshold levels of urinary Cd as the benchmark dose low (BMDL) using the benchmark dose (BMD) approach. Urinary Cd excretion was divided into 10 categories, and an abnormality rate was calculated for each. Cut-off values for urinary substances were defined as corresponding to the 84% and 95% upper limit values of the target population who have not smoked. Then we calculated the BMD and BMDL using a log-logistic model. The values of BMD and BMDL for all urinary substances could be calculated. The BMDL for the 84% cut-off value of beta(2)-MG, setting an abnormal value at 5%, was 2.4 mu g/g creatinine (cr) in men and 3.3 mu g/g cr in women. In conclusion, the present study demonstrated that the threshold level of urinary Cd could be estimated in people living in the general environment without any known Cd-pollution in Japan, and the value was inferred to be almost the same as that in Belgium, Sweden, and China. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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