Open AccessAssociation between blood cadmium and vitamin D levels in the Yangtze Plain of China in the context of rapid urbanization
Author(s) -
Chi Chen,
Haojie Zhang,
Hualing Zhai,
Yi Chen,
Bing Han,
Qin Li,
Fangzhen Xia,
Ningjian Wang,
Yingli Lu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chinese medical journal/chinese medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2542-5641
pISSN - 0366-6999
DOI - 10.1097/cm9.0000000000001068
Subject(s) - interquartile range , medicine , context (archaeology) , body mass index , confidence interval , prospective cohort study , vitamin d and neurology , urbanization , china , diabetes mellitus , demography , vitamin d deficiency , traditional medicine , endocrinology , geography , biology , ecology , archaeology , sociology
China has experienced rapid urbanization in the past 30 years. We aimed to report blood cadmium level (BCL) in the rapidly urbanized Yangtze Plain of China, and explore the association between BCL and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D).