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

Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center, Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA

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Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

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Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA

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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(7), 2247; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072247

Received: 13 February 2020 / Revised: 20 March 2020 / Accepted: 24 March 2020 / Published: 27 March 2020

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Toxicology and Environmental Epidemiology: Feature Papers)

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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. View Full-Text

Keywords: arsenic; urine; Hispanic/Latino; dietary; environmental

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Hosgood, H.D.; Slavkovich, V.; Hua, S.; Klugman, M.; Grau-Perez, M.; Thyagarajan, B.; Graziano, J.; Cai, J.; Shaw, P.A.; Kaplan, R.; Navas-Acien, A.; Mossavar-Rahmani, Y. 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). Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 2247. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072247

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Hosgood HD, Slavkovich V, Hua S, Klugman M, Grau-Perez M, Thyagarajan B, Graziano J, Cai J, Shaw PA, Kaplan R, Navas-Acien A, Mossavar-Rahmani Y. 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). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(7):2247. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072247

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Hosgood, H. Dean, 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. 2020. "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)" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 7: 2247. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072247

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