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Global DNA methylation and the association between metal exposure and chronic kidney disease.

Frontiers in public health2023The record

1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

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  • selenium atom — increases estimated glomerular filtration rate

    Evidence strength: very limited.Finding
    “Increases in blood lead and cadmium and total urinary arsenic were each associated with a decrease of eGFR, while an increase of plasma selenium was associated with an increase of eGFR (see arrow of total effect in Figure 1).”
    Quoted verbatim from Global DNA methylation and the association between metal exposure and chronic kidney disease..
    Study
    case-control
    Population
    Taiwanese adults, 218 chronic kidney disease cases and 422 controls; endogenous plasma selenium (ICP-MS) as a continuous exposure in a linear regression adjusted for age, sex, education, alcohol, coffee, tea, analgesic use, hypertension and diabetes

    Global DNA methylation and the association between metal exposure and chronic kidney disease.2023PMID:3730409410.3389/fpubh.2023.1104692Permalink