Perinatal Metal and Metalloid Exposures and Offspring Cardiovascular Health Risk.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Toxic metal exposures have been associated with cardiovascular disease in adults and growing evidence suggests metal exposures also adversely affect cardiovascular phenotypes in childhood and adolescence. However, to our knowledge, the influence of perinatal metals exposure, particularly metal mixtures, in relation to cardiovascular-related outcomes have not been comprehensively reviewed.

Recent findings

We summarized 17 contemporary studies (2017-2021) that investigated the impact of perinatal metal exposures on measures of cardiovascular health in children. Accumulating evidence supports a potential adverse impact of perinatal Pb exposure on BP in children. Fewer recent studies have focused on perinatal As, Hg, and Cd; thus, the cardiovascular impacts of

SUBMITTER: Yim G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11559654 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature