目的了解中国≥ 18 岁居民高血压患病, 知晓, 治疗与控制以及血压测量现况. 方法2018
年中国慢性病及危险因素监测在全国31 个省(直辖区, 自治市) 的298 个县(区) …

Epidemiologic studies often quantify exposure using biomarkers, which commonly have
statistically skewed distributions. Although normality assumption is not required if the …

Environmental toxicants and pollutants are causes of adverse health consequences,
including well-established associations between environmental exposures and …

Background Exposure to environmental chemicals has been linked to an increased risk of
heart failure, but the impact on left ventricular dysfunction (LVD) markers remains uncertain …

Background Environmental exposure to multiple metals have been inconsistently associated
with hypertension. Obesity is an important independent risk factor for hypertension, and few …

Background Lead hazards are ubiquitous in the environment, and lead exposure has been
proved to damage human health. Nevertheless, there is limited data on the global burden of …

The triglyceride glucose (TyG) index was suggested as a novel reliable surrogate marker for
insulin resistance and related cardiovascular-metabolic diseases. We aimed to evaluate the …

Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the association between blood lead level (BLL) and
abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) in US adults aged≥ 40 years. Methods: We obtained …

Background Chronic lead exposure is associated with both subclinical and clinical
cardiovascular disease. We evaluated whether declines in blood lead were associated with …

In the present study, six potentially toxic elements (PTEs), including chromium (Cr), arsenic
(As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), copper (Cu), and nickel (Ni), were determined in 41 domestic …