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Puzzling relationship between levels of toxic metals in blood and serum levels of reproductive hormones: Benchmark dose approach in cross-sectional study
Reproductive disorders and infertility have become more common recently among the general population. Toxic metals are known as endocrine disruptors and as they are widespread in nature they may be linked to reproductive problems. This study was conducted as a cross-sectional study and its aim was t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9585479/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36278024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/26895293.2022.2128439 |
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author | Marić, Ðurđica Baralić, Katarina Javorac, Dragana Rajčević, Stefan Mandić Ðukić-Ćosić, Danijela Miljaković, Evica Antonijević Aćimović, Miodrag Bulat, Zorica Aschner, Michael Djordjevic, Aleksandra Buha |
author_facet | Marić, Ðurđica Baralić, Katarina Javorac, Dragana Rajčević, Stefan Mandić Ðukić-Ćosić, Danijela Miljaković, Evica Antonijević Aćimović, Miodrag Bulat, Zorica Aschner, Michael Djordjevic, Aleksandra Buha |
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description | Reproductive disorders and infertility have become more common recently among the general population. Toxic metals are known as endocrine disruptors and as they are widespread in nature they may be linked to reproductive problems. This study was conducted as a cross-sectional study and its aim was to examine the dose–response relationship between cadmium, arsenic, mercury, chromium and nickel and serum hormone levels of testosterone (women) and estradiol and progesterone (men) using the Benchmark dose approach (BMD). Blood samples were collected from 218 women and 217 men digested in a microwave, and the levels of the tested metals were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) or inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Dose–response analysis was performed in PROAST software (version 70.1). The model averaging method was used to calculate the Benchmark dose interval (BMDI). A dose–response relationship has been established between all metals and hormones. The narrowest BMDI was found for the As-testosterone and Hg-testosterone. Levels estimated to produce the extra risk of testosterone serum levels disturbances of 10% were lower than median levels measured in the general population. Moreover, this research suggests the possibility of use of the BMD approach in analyzing data pool generated from extensive human-biomonitoring studies. |
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spelling | pubmed-95854792022-10-21 Puzzling relationship between levels of toxic metals in blood and serum levels of reproductive hormones: Benchmark dose approach in cross-sectional study Marić, Ðurđica Baralić, Katarina Javorac, Dragana Rajčević, Stefan Mandić Ðukić-Ćosić, Danijela Miljaković, Evica Antonijević Aćimović, Miodrag Bulat, Zorica Aschner, Michael Djordjevic, Aleksandra Buha All Life Article Reproductive disorders and infertility have become more common recently among the general population. Toxic metals are known as endocrine disruptors and as they are widespread in nature they may be linked to reproductive problems. This study was conducted as a cross-sectional study and its aim was to examine the dose–response relationship between cadmium, arsenic, mercury, chromium and nickel and serum hormone levels of testosterone (women) and estradiol and progesterone (men) using the Benchmark dose approach (BMD). Blood samples were collected from 218 women and 217 men digested in a microwave, and the levels of the tested metals were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) or inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Dose–response analysis was performed in PROAST software (version 70.1). The model averaging method was used to calculate the Benchmark dose interval (BMDI). A dose–response relationship has been established between all metals and hormones. The narrowest BMDI was found for the As-testosterone and Hg-testosterone. Levels estimated to produce the extra risk of testosterone serum levels disturbances of 10% were lower than median levels measured in the general population. Moreover, this research suggests the possibility of use of the BMD approach in analyzing data pool generated from extensive human-biomonitoring studies. 2022 2022-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9585479/ /pubmed/36278024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/26895293.2022.2128439 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Article Marić, Ðurđica Baralić, Katarina Javorac, Dragana Rajčević, Stefan Mandić Ðukić-Ćosić, Danijela Miljaković, Evica Antonijević Aćimović, Miodrag Bulat, Zorica Aschner, Michael Djordjevic, Aleksandra Buha Puzzling relationship between levels of toxic metals in blood and serum levels of reproductive hormones: Benchmark dose approach in cross-sectional study |
title | Puzzling relationship between levels of toxic metals in blood and serum levels of reproductive hormones: Benchmark dose approach in cross-sectional study |
title_full | Puzzling relationship between levels of toxic metals in blood and serum levels of reproductive hormones: Benchmark dose approach in cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Puzzling relationship between levels of toxic metals in blood and serum levels of reproductive hormones: Benchmark dose approach in cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Puzzling relationship between levels of toxic metals in blood and serum levels of reproductive hormones: Benchmark dose approach in cross-sectional study |
title_short | Puzzling relationship between levels of toxic metals in blood and serum levels of reproductive hormones: Benchmark dose approach in cross-sectional study |
title_sort | puzzling relationship between levels of toxic metals in blood and serum levels of reproductive hormones: benchmark dose approach in cross-sectional study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9585479/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36278024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/26895293.2022.2128439 |
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