Plasma Metal Concentrations and Incident Coronary Heart Disease in Chinese Adults: The Dongfeng-Tongji Cohort

Conclusions:
Our study suggested that incident CHD was positively associated with plasma levels of titanium and arsenic, and inversely associated with selenium. Additional research is needed to confirm these findings in other populations. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1521

Received: 22 December 2016
Revised: 17 September 2017
Accepted: 19 September 2017
Published: 19 October 2017

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Supplemental Material is available online (https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1521).
The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests.
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Source: EHP Research - October 20, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniil Lyalko Tags: Research Source Type: research