Associations between urine glyphosate levels and metabolic health risks: insights from a large cross-sectional population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in American adults increased from 37.6% in the 2011-12 period to 41.8% in 2017-2018. Environmental exposure, particularly to common compounds such as glyphosate, has drawn increasing attention as a potential risk factor.

Methods

We employed three cycles of data (2013-2018) from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in a cross-sectional study to examine potential associations between urine glyphosate measurements and MetS incidence. We first created a MetS score using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria for MetS, with data drawn from the 2013-2018 NHANES cycles, and validated this score independently on an additional associated metric, the album

SUBMITTER: Otaru S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11210132 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature