Association between total cadmium intake calculated from the cadmium concentration in household rice and mortality among inhabitants of the cadmium-polluted Jinzu River basin of Japan.
A follow-up survey was conducted to investigate the relationship between total Cd intake and mortality in the Jinzu River basin for 6128 days among 757 inhabitants who ingested household rice. When the subjects were divided into two groups, standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) were 0.94 in men and 1.36 in women for the > or = 2.0 g group and 0.68 in men and 0.29 in women for the <2.0 g group (significant in the women). Cox's hazard ratios for men, women, and men+women for the > or = 2.0 g group relative to those in the <2.0 g group were 1.406, 3.955 and 1.950 (significant in the men+women). Using total Cd intake as a continuous variable, the hazard ratios were 1.045, 1.146 and 1.049 in men, women, and men+women (significant in the women), respectively. In the Jinzu River basin, increased total Cd intake appears to exert an adverse influence on life prognosis.
Kobayashi
Etsuko
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Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine (A2), Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuohku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan. etuko@med.m.chiba-u.ac.jp
Okubo
Yasushi
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Suwazono
Yasushi
Y
Kido
Teruhiko
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Nishijo
Muneko
M
Nakagawa
Hideaki
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Nogawa
Koji
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002104:Cadmium / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000032:analysis / Q000633:toxicity*; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D012275:Oryza / Q000737:chemistry*; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity*
D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D002104:Cadmium