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SUBMITTER: Tsai KF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8656955 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Tsai Kai-Fan KF Hsu Pai-Chin PC Kung Chia-Te CT Lee Chien-Te CT You Huey-Ling HL Huang Wan-Ting WT Li Shau-Hsuan SH Cheng Fu-Jen FJ Wang Chin-Chou CC Lee Wen-Chin WC
International journal of environmental research and public health 20211124 23
Low-level cadmium exposure has adverse effects on chronic kidney disease (CKD); however, the risk factors for elevated blood cadmium levels (BCLs) have not been studied in CKD. We conducted a cross-sectional investigation in 200 CKD patients and stratified them by the tertiles of BCL to compare their demographic, environmental, and biochemical data. The factors associated with BCL were identified, and their effects were examined in subgroups. In the analyses, female sex, smoking, and CKD stage 5 ...[more]