Urinary Arsenic Species are Detectable in Urban Underserved Hispanic/Latino Populations: A Pilot Study from the Study of Latinos: Nutrition & Physical Activity Assessment Study (SOLNAS)

H. Dean Hosgood, Vesna Slavkovich, Simin Hua, Madelyn Klugman, Maria Grau-Perez, Bharat Thyagarajan, Joseph Graziano, Jianwen Cai, Pamela A Shaw, Robert Kaplan, Ana Navas-Acien and Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani
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H. Dean Hosgood: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
Vesna Slavkovich: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Simin Hua: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
Madelyn Klugman: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
Maria Grau-Perez: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Bharat Thyagarajan: Division of Molecular Pathology and Genomics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Joseph Graziano: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Jianwen Cai: Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center, Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Pamela A Shaw: Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Robert Kaplan: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
Ana Navas-Acien: Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani: Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 7, 1-8

Abstract: Background: Hispanics/Latinos represent >15% of the United States (US) population and experience a high burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes. Dietary exposure, particularly to arsenic (As), may be associated with CVD and diabetes in Hispanics/Latinos. Rural populations in the US exposed to As in drinking water have increased risk of diabetes and CVD; however, little is known about the risk among urban populations with low As in water who are mostly exposed to As through food. Methods: To explore the levels of inorganic arsenic exposure (the sum of inorganic and methylated arsenic species in urine, ∑As, corrected by a residual-based method) in persons of Hispanic/Latino origin, we conducted a pilot study quantifying urinary arsenic levels among 45 participants in the Study of Latinos: Nutrition & Physical Activity Assessment Study (SOLNAS). Results: The median (interquartile range) of the urinary arsenic species (µg/L) were as follows: inorganic As 0.6 (0.4, 1.0), monomethylarsonic acid 1.2 (0.7, 1.9), dimethylarsinic acid 7.2 (4.3, 15.3), and ∑As 6.0 (4.3, 10.5). Conclusions: This study adds to the existing evidence that harmful forms of arsenic are present in this group of Hispanics/Latinos.

Keywords: arsenic; urine; Hispanic/Latino; dietary; environmental (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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