Arsenic exposure from drinking water and mortality from cardiovascular disease in Bangladesh: prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the association between arsenic exposure and mortality from cardiovascular disease and to assess whether cigarette smoking influences the association.

Design

Prospective cohort study with arsenic exposure measured in drinking water from wells and urine.

Setting

General population in Araihazar, Bangladesh.

Participants

11,746 men and women who provided urine samples in 2000 and were followed up for an average of 6.6 years.

Main outcome measure

Death from cardiovascular disease.

Results

198 people died from diseases of circulatory system, accounting for 43% of total mortality in the population. The mortality rate for cardiovascular disease was 214.3 per 100,000 person years in people drinking water containing <12.0 µg/L arsenic

SUBMITTER: Chen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3088786 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature