Hypothesis: Cadmium Explains, in Part, Why Smoking Increases the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Conclusions: Despite major inherent limitations of meta-analyses of cross-sectional studies, we believe that the data contribute to the formulation of the hypothesis that Cd explains, in part, why smokers have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Further research, including analytic studies designed a priori are necessary to test the hypothesis.

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Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics - November 8, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Hecht, E. M., Landy, D. C., Ahn, S., Hlaing, W. M., Hennekens, C. H. Tags: Clinical Studies Source Type: research