By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Women’s Health Weekly -- Investigators discuss new findings in Cardiovascular Diseases and Conditions - Hypertension. According to news reporting originating from Hubei, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Previous studies provided a strong evidence of the association between environmental exposure to cadmium (Cd) and hypertension in the general population. However, the role of Cd in pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) remains unclear.”
Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, “A total of 5429 pregnant women was selected from a birth cohort in Wuhan, China to investigate the association between Cd exposure and risk of PIH. Among them, 199 (3.7%) women were diagnosed with PIH. The Cd concentrations in maternal urine collected at delivery were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Multivariable logistic regression was performed on Cd concentrations as a continuous variable (natural logarithm transformed) or as a categorical variable (tertiles). For about 3-fold increase in urinary Cd concentrations, there was 75% increase in the odds of PIH after adjusting for potential confounders (odds ratio (OR) = 1.75; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.45, 2.11). Women in the highest tertile of urinary Cd had 2.2-fold increased OR of PIH, compared with women in the lowest tertile (2.24; 95% CI: 1.47, 3.41). Furthermore, we found a significant interaction between Cd exposure and maternal socioeconomic status on PIH (P for interaction = 0.04).”
According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Our findings indicate that higher Cd exposure might increase the risk of PIH, and the association might be modified by socioeconomic status.”
For more information on this research see: Cadmium body burden and pregnancy-induced hypertension0. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health , 2018;221(2):246-251. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health can be contacted at: Elsevier Gmbh, Urban & Fischer Verlag, Office Jena, P O Box 100537, 07705 Jena, Germany. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-hygiene-and-environmental-health/)
The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Y.Y. Li, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Tongji Med College, Sch Public Hlth, State Key Lab Environm Hlth Incubat, Wuhan 430000, Hubei, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include W. Xia, S.Q. Xu, B. Zhang, B. Lu, Z. Huang, H.L. Zhang, Y.Q. Jiang, W.Y. Liu, Y. Peng, X.J. Sun and H.X. Liu.
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CITATION: (2018-05-03), Researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology Report New Studies and Findings in the Area of Hypertension (Cadmium body burden and pregnancy-induced hypertension0), Women’s Health Weekly, 312, ISSN: 1532-4729, BUTTER® ID: 015569183
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