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Association between Arsenic Exposure and Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis
Joint Authors
Sung, Tzu-Ching
Guo, How-Ran
Huang, Jhih-Wei
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-04-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Studies on the association between arsenic exposure and diabetes mellitus (DM) yielded inconsistent results.
Epidemiologic data on the associations between arsenic exposures via inhalation and DM are limited.
Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the risk of DM associated with arsenic exposure.
We searched the related literature through a systematic approach and analyzed the data according to the exposure route (inhalation and ingestion).
We used random-effect models to estimate the summary relative risks (RRs) for DM associated with arsenic exposure and used I2 statistics to assess the heterogeneity of studies.
We identified 38 relevant studies, of which the 32 on the ingestion route showed a significant association between arsenic exposure and DM (RR = 1.57; 95% CI 1.27–1.93).
Focusing on the 24 studies in which the diagnosis of DM was confirmed using laboratory tests or medical records, we found that the summary RR was 1.71 (95% CI 1.32–2.23), very close to the overall estimates.
We concluded that ingested arsenic is associated with the development of DM, but the heterogeneity among the studies may affect the results.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sung, Tzu-Ching& Huang, Jhih-Wei& Guo, How-Ran. 2015. Association between Arsenic Exposure and Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055216
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sung, Tzu-Ching…[et al.]. Association between Arsenic Exposure and Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055216
American Medical Association (AMA)
Sung, Tzu-Ching& Huang, Jhih-Wei& Guo, How-Ran. Association between Arsenic Exposure and Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055216
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1055216