The Impact of Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium on the Incidence and Mortality of Oral and Gastrointestinal Cancers and Benign Diseases: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies, Reviews and Meta-Analyses
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Rationale
1.2. Objectives
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Registration
2.2. Eligibility Criteria
2.3. Information Sources and Search Strategy
- Exposure assessment: leather tanning, stainless steel, cement, welding, metal/chrome plating, chrome pigment, chromate production, electroplating, ferrochrome, abrasive blasting, battery/candle/dye/rubber maker, printers, brazing, soldering, Cr(VI), chromium, heavy metal, toxic metal
- Outcome assessment: stomach–gastric/anal/bile duct/colon/esophageal/gallbladder/liver/pancreatic/rectal/small intestine/gastric cancer (or tumor), gastritis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, ulcer, irritable bowel syndrome, hemorrhoids, Crohn, ulcerative colitis, constipation, gastrointestinal bleeding, diverticulitis, celiac disease, gallstones, cholelithiasis, cirrhosis.
2.4. Study Selection
2.5. Data Extraction
2.6. Study Risk-of-Bias Assessment
2.7. Data Synthesis
3. Results
3.1. Study Selection Process
3.2. Study Risk-of-Bias (RoB) Assessment Results
3.3. Gastrointestinal Cancers
3.3.1. Oral Cancer
3.3.2. Esophageal Cancer
3.3.3. Gastric Cancer
3.3.4. Small Intestinal Cancer
3.3.5. Colorectal Cancer
3.3.6. Hepatocellular Cancer
3.3.7. Pancreatic Cancer
3.3.8. Cancer of Gallbladder and Extrahepatic Bile Ducts
3.4. Benign Gastrointestinal Diseases
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
RoB | Risk-of-bias |
Cr(VI) | Hexavalent chromium |
RR | Relative risk |
SMR | Standardized mortality ratio |
SIR | Standardized incidence ratio |
OR | Odds ratio |
HR | Hazard ratio |
ASR | Age-standardized incidence rate |
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Author | Study Design | Study Population | Number of Study Participants | Exposure/ Target Group | Comparison Group | Outcome | Measure | Key Findings | Tier |
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DeBono et al., 2020 [11] | Retrospective cohort | Canada | 2.18 million workers; 81,127 workers in the exposure group | Plastics and rubber manufacturing | Rest of the workers | Incidence | HR | ↑ HR for esophageal and gastric Ca in job-specific subgroups | 2 |
Salerno and Cucciniello, 2019 [12] | Retrospective cohort | Italy | 899 workers | Electroplating factory workers | Regional population | Mortality | SMR | ↑ SMR for digestive tract and hepatocellular Ca | 2 |
Sciannameo et al., 2019 [13] | Retrospective cohort | Italy | 2991 workers | Electroplating factory workers | Non-exposed workers | Mortality | HR | NS different risk for GI Ca with exposure to Cr | 1 |
Gibb et al., 2015 [14] | Prospective cohort | USA | 2354 workers | Chromate production | National data | Mortality | SMR | NS in SMR for all GI Ca | 2 |
Girardi et al., 2015 [15] | Retrospective cohort | Italy | 127 workers | Chromium thin-layer plating | Northern Italy population | Mortality | SMR | ↑ SMR for pancreatic Ca | 2 |
Gerosa et al., 2013 [16] | Retrospective cohort | Italy | 2983 workers | Electroplating workers | Northern Italy population | Mortality | SMR | ↑ SMR for rectal Ca | 2 |
Wu et al., 2013 [17] | Retrospective cohort | Taiwan | 4962 workers | Shipbreaking Workers | National data | Mortality | SMR | (1) ↑ SMR for oral, nasopharyngeal and hepatocellular Ca and cirrhosis in male workers (2) NS in SMR for all female workers | 2 |
Koh et al., 2013 [18] | Retrospective cohort | Korea | 1324 male workers | Cement industry workers | National data | Incidence | SIR | (1) ↑ SIR for rectal Ca in all workers (2) ↑ SIR for gastric Ca in high dust exposure group | 2 |
Ilychova and Zaridze, 2012 [19] | Retrospective cohort | Moscow, Russia | 4525 workers | Printing industry workers | Moscow population | Mortality | SMR | NS in SMR for all GI Ca | 2 |
Kendzia et al., 2022 [20] | Case–control | 7 European countries + | 644 male cases; 1959 male controls | Workers exposed to welding fumes | Non-exposed | Incidence | OR | Regular welding and lifetime exposure was associated with an increased risk of small intestinal Ca | 1 |
Shah et al., 2020 [21] | Pooled case–control | 8 countries ++ | 5279 GI Ca cases; 12,297 controls | Occupational exposure to Cr | Non-exposed | Incidence | OR | ↑ Odds for gastric Ca in workers exposed to Cr | 1 |
Kaneko et al., 2020 [22] | Case–control | Japan | 40,370 Ca cases; 26,746 controls | Various manufacturing industry categories | Non-exposed | Incidence | OR | (1) ↑ Odds for colon Ca in printing industry workers (2) ↑ Odds for pancreatic and hepatocellular Ca in leather tanning, leather products and fur workers | 1 |
Yang et al., 2013 [23] | Pooled case–control | China | 6998 workers | Occupational exposure to Cr | Non-exposed | Incidence; Mortality | SMR, OR | (1) ↑ Odds for hepatocellular Ca in male workers exposed to Cr (2) NS in SMR for hepatocellular Ca | 2 |
Núñez et al., 2016 [24] | Ecological study | Spain | (1) Ca Mortality data from the National Statistics Institute (2) 21,187 topsoil samples | Topsoil levels of chromium | - | Mortality | RR | Higher topsoil concentration to Cr ~ upper GI tract Ca in females | 3 |
Chen et al., 2015 [25] | Ecological study | China | (1) Records of all residents’ deaths in Suzhou (2) 1683 topsoil samples | Topsoil levels of chromium | - | Mortality | RR | NS between Cr exposure with colon, gastric and hepatocellular Ca mortality rates | 3 |
García-Pérez et al., 2015 [26] | Ecological study | Spain | Ca Mortality data from the National Statistics Institute | Production of cement, lime, plaster | Distance from industrial facility | Mortality | RR | (1) ↑ risk for colorectal Ca (2) ↑ risk for gastric Ca, only in men (3) NS risk for the rest GI Ca | 3 |
Author | Study Design | Period Covered | Human Studies | Outcome | Key Findings |
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den Braver-Sewradj et al., 2021 [8] | Systematic review | 2012–2018 | NA * | I&M | Cr(VI) is suspected to cause gastric Ca—limited evidence from human studies. No convincing evidence that Cr(VI) can cause colorectal, esophageal and hepatocellular Ca. Insufficient evidence that Cr(VI) may cause small intestinal, oral cavity and pancreatic Ca. |
Hessel et al., 2021 [28] | Systematic review | 2012–2018 | NA * | I&M | No convincing evidence that Cr(VI) may have GI effects in humans. |
Suh et al., 2019 [29] | Meta-analysis | 1980–2018 | 44 | I&M | MRR = 1.08 (95%CI [0.96, 1.21]) for gastric Ca. |
Deng et al., 2019 [30] | Meta-analysis | 1985–2016 | 47 | I&M | MSIR = 1.30 (95%CI [1.11, 1.54]) for oral Ca (n = 16); MSIR = 1.20 (95%CI [1.08, 1.32]) for gastric Ca (n = 14); MSIR = 1.05 (95%CI [1.00, 1.11]) for digestive system Ca (esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, colon, rectum, hepatobiliary system Ca; n = 51); NS MSIR for each Ca separately; MSMR = 0.97 (95%CI [0.92, 1.01]) for oral and digestive system Ca (esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, colon, rectum, hepatobiliary system and intestinal Ca; n = 99); NS MSMR for each Ca separately |
Donato et al., 2016 [31] | Meta-analysis | 1984–2016 | 9 | I&M | MRR = 0.93 (95%CI [0.70, 1.17]) for gastric Ca; MSMR = 0.95 (95%CI [0.65, 1.26]) for gastric Ca (n = 7); MSIR = 0.85 (95%CI [0.59, 1.11]) for gastric Ca (n = 4) |
Welling et al., 2015 [32] | Meta-analysis | 1980–2018 | 56 | I&M | MRR = 1.27 (95%CI [1.20, 1.35]) for gastric Ca; MSMR = 1.39 (95%CI [1.28, 1.51]) for gastric Ca (n = 44); MSIR = 1.17 (95%CI [1.09, 1.27]) for gastric Ca (n = 30) |
Cohen et al., 2014 [33] | Meta-analysis | 1980–2013 | 26 | I&M | MSMR = 1.07 (95%CI [0.72, 1.59]) for gastric Ca (n = 5); MSIR = 1.05 (95%CI [0.66, 1.68]) for gastric Ca (n = 4); MSMR = 1.05 (95%CI [0.79, 1.40]) for colorectal Ca (n = 4); MSIR = 1.38 (95%CI [1.02, 1.88]) for colorectal Ca (n = 3) |
Author | Outcome | Oral Ca | Esophageal Ca | Gastric Ca | Small Intestinal Ca | Colon Ca | Rectal Ca | Hepatocellular Ca | Pancreatic Ca | Gallbladder and Extrahepatic Bile Duct Ca | Benign GI Diseases |
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Cohort, case–control and cross-sectional studies | |||||||||||
DeBono et al., 2020 [11] | I | X * | X * | X | X | ||||||
Salerno and Cucciniello, 2019 [12] | M | X | X | X | X | X | X * | X | |||
Sciannameo et al., 2019 [13] | M | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
Gibb et al., 2015 [14] | M | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Girardi et al., 2015 [15] | M | X | X | X | X | X | X | X * | X | ||
Gerosa et al., 2013 [16] | M | X | X | X | X | X * | X | X | X | ||
Wu et al., 2013 [17] | M | X + | X | X | X + | X | X + | ||||
Koh et al., 2013 [18] | I | X | X | X + | X | X + | X | X | |||
Ilychova and Zaridze, 2012 [19] | M | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
Kendzia et al., 2022 [20] | I | X * | X | ||||||||
Shah et al., 2020 [21] | I | X * | |||||||||
Kaneko et al., 2020 [22] | I | X | X | X * | X * | X * | |||||
Yang et al., 2013 [23] | Both | X + | |||||||||
Núñez et al., 2016 [24] | M | X | X ++ | X ++ | X | X | X | X | |||
Chen et al., 2015 [25] | M | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
García-Pérez et al., 2015 [26] | M | X | X | X + | X | X * | X * | X | X | X | |
Reviews and meta-analyses | |||||||||||
den Braver-Sewradj et al., 2021 [8] | Both | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
Hessel et al., 2021 [28] | Both | X | |||||||||
Suh et al., 2019 [29] | Both | X | |||||||||
Deng et al., 2019 [30] | Both | X * | X | X * | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
Donato et al., 2016 [31] | Both | X | |||||||||
Welling et al., 2015 [32] | Both | X * | |||||||||
Cohen et al., 2014 [33] | Both | X | X * | X * |
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Katsas, K.; Diamantis, D.V.; Linos, A.; Psaltopoulou, T.; Triantafyllou, K. The Impact of Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium on the Incidence and Mortality of Oral and Gastrointestinal Cancers and Benign Diseases: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies, Reviews and Meta-Analyses. Environments 2024, 11, 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments11010011
Katsas K, Diamantis DV, Linos A, Psaltopoulou T, Triantafyllou K. The Impact of Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium on the Incidence and Mortality of Oral and Gastrointestinal Cancers and Benign Diseases: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies, Reviews and Meta-Analyses. Environments. 2024; 11(1):11. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments11010011
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatsas, Konstantinos, Dimitrios V. Diamantis, Athena Linos, Theodora Psaltopoulou, and Konstantinos Triantafyllou. 2024. "The Impact of Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium on the Incidence and Mortality of Oral and Gastrointestinal Cancers and Benign Diseases: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies, Reviews and Meta-Analyses" Environments 11, no. 1: 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments11010011
APA StyleKatsas, K., Diamantis, D. V., Linos, A., Psaltopoulou, T., & Triantafyllou, K. (2024). The Impact of Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium on the Incidence and Mortality of Oral and Gastrointestinal Cancers and Benign Diseases: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies, Reviews and Meta-Analyses. Environments, 11(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments11010011