Relationships Between Urinary Metals and Diabetes Traits Among Mexican Americans in Starr County, Texas, USA.

ABSTRACT: Hispanics/Latinos have higher rates of type 2 diabetes (T2D), and the origins of these disparities are poorly understood. Environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), including some metals and metalloids, are implicated as diabetes risk factors. Data indicate that Hispanics/Latinos may be disproportionately exposed to EDCs, yet they remain understudied with respect to environmental exposures and diabetes. The objective of this study is to determine how metal exposures contribute to T2D progression by evaluating the associations between 8 urinary metals and measures of glycemic status in 414 normoglycemic or prediabetic adults living in Starr County, Texas, a Hispanic/Latino community with high rates of diabetes and diabetes-associated mortality. We used multivariable linear regress

SUBMITTER: Weiss MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10766113 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature