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- Title
Urinary cadmium, impaired fasting glucose, and diabetes in the NHANES III.
- Authors
Schwartz, Gary G; Il'yasova, Dora; Ivanova, Anastasia
- Abstract
Increasing rates of type 2 diabetes worldwide suggest that diabetes may be caused by environmental toxins. Cadmium is a widespread environmental pollutant that accumulates in the pancreas and exerts diabetogenic effects in animals. To test the hypothesis that exposure to cadmium is associated with impaired fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes, we examined the associations between urinary cadmium and the prevalence of impaired fasting glucose (prediabetes) and diabetes in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III).
- Publication
Diabetes care, 2003, Vol 26, Issue 2, p468
- ISSN
0149-5992
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2337/diacare.26.2.468