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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES
卷 115, 期 6, 页码 871-875出版社
US DEPT HEALTH HUMAN SCIENCES PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9629
关键词
angina; epidemiology; myocardial infarction
资金
- NCRR NIH HHS [M01RR02635, M01 RR002635] Funding Source: Medline
- NIEHS NIH HHS [P30 ES000002, P42-ES05947, ES 05257, 2R44 ES03918-02, R01 ES005257, P42 ES005947, P30 ES00002] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMHD NIH HHS [P20 MD000501] Funding Source: Medline
BACKGROUND: Lead exposure has been associated with higher blood pressure, hypertension, electrocardiogram abnormalities, and increased mortality from circulatory causes. OBJECTIVE: We assessed the association between bone lead-a more accurate biomarker of chronic lead exposure than blood lead-and risk for future ischemic heart disease (IHD). METHODS: In a prospective cohort study (VA Normative Aging Study), 837 men who underwent blood or bone lead measurements at baseline were followed-up for an ischernic heart disease event between I September 1991 and 31 December 2001. IHID was defined as either a diagnosis of myocardial infarction or angina pectoris that was confirmed by a cardiologist. Events of fatal myocardial infarction were assessed from death certificates. RESULTS: An IHD event occurred in 83 cases (70 nonfatal and 13 fatal). The mean blood, tibia, and patella lead levels were higher in IHID cases than in noneases. In multivariate Cox-proportional hazards models, one standard deviation increase in blood lead level was associated with a 1.27 (95% confidence interval, 1.01-1.59) fold greater risk for ischemic heart disease. Similarly, a one standard deviation increase in patella and tibia lead levels was associated with greater risk for IHD (hazard ratio for patella lead = 1.29; 95% confidence interval, 1.02-1.62). CONCLUSIONS: Men with increased blood and bone lead levels were at increased risk for future IHD. Although the pathogenesis of IHD is multifactorial, lead exposure may be one of the risk factors.
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