TY - JOUR
T1 - Urinary arsenic species are detectable in urban underserved hispanic/latino populations
T2 - A pilot study from the study of latinos: Nutrition & physical activity assessment study (SOLNAS)
AU - Hosgood, H. Dean
AU - Slavkovich, Vesna
AU - Hua, Simin
AU - Klugman, Madelyn
AU - Grau-Perez, Maria
AU - Thyagarajan, Bharat
AU - Graziano, Joseph
AU - Cai, Jianwen
AU - Shaw, Pamela A.
AU - Kaplan, Robert
AU - Navas-Acien, Ana
AU - Mossavar-Rahmani, Yasmin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - Background: Hispanics/Latinos represent >15% of the United States (US) population and experience a high burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes. Dietary exposure, particularly to arsenic (As), may be associated with CVD and diabetes in Hispanics/Latinos. Rural populations in the US exposed to As in drinking water have increased risk of diabetes and CVD; however, little is known about the risk among urban populations with low As in water who are mostly exposed to As through food. Methods: To explore the levels of inorganic arsenic exposure (the sum of inorganic and methylated arsenic species in urine, ∑As, corrected by a residual-based method) in persons of Hispanic/Latino origin, we conducted a pilot study quantifying urinary arsenic levels among 45 participants in the Study of Latinos: Nutrition & Physical Activity Assessment Study (SOLNAS). Results: The median (interquartile range) of the urinary arsenic species (µg/L) were as follows: inorganic As 0.6 (0.4, 1.0), monomethylarsonic acid 1.2 (0.7, 1.9), dimethylarsinic acid 7.2 (4.3, 15.3), and ∑As 6.0 (4.3, 10.5). Conclusions: This study adds to the existing evidence that harmful forms of arsenic are present in this group of Hispanics/Latinos.
AB - Background: Hispanics/Latinos represent >15% of the United States (US) population and experience a high burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes. Dietary exposure, particularly to arsenic (As), may be associated with CVD and diabetes in Hispanics/Latinos. Rural populations in the US exposed to As in drinking water have increased risk of diabetes and CVD; however, little is known about the risk among urban populations with low As in water who are mostly exposed to As through food. Methods: To explore the levels of inorganic arsenic exposure (the sum of inorganic and methylated arsenic species in urine, ∑As, corrected by a residual-based method) in persons of Hispanic/Latino origin, we conducted a pilot study quantifying urinary arsenic levels among 45 participants in the Study of Latinos: Nutrition & Physical Activity Assessment Study (SOLNAS). Results: The median (interquartile range) of the urinary arsenic species (µg/L) were as follows: inorganic As 0.6 (0.4, 1.0), monomethylarsonic acid 1.2 (0.7, 1.9), dimethylarsinic acid 7.2 (4.3, 15.3), and ∑As 6.0 (4.3, 10.5). Conclusions: This study adds to the existing evidence that harmful forms of arsenic are present in this group of Hispanics/Latinos.
KW - Arsenic
KW - Dietary
KW - Environmental
KW - Hispanic/Latino
KW - Urine
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph17072247
DO - 10.3390/ijerph17072247
M3 - Article
C2 - 32230710
AN - SCOPUS:85082731214
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 17
JO - International journal of environmental research and public health
JF - International journal of environmental research and public health
IS - 7
M1 - 2247
ER -