2022
Exposure to heavy metals and hormone levels in midlife women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)
Wang X, Ding N, Harlow S, Randolph J, Mukherjee B, Gold E, Park S. Exposure to heavy metals and hormone levels in midlife women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Environmental Pollution 2022, 317: 120740. PMID: 36436662, PMCID: PMC9897061, DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120740.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUrinary metal concentrationsExposure to heavy metalsHeavy metalsMetal concentrationsStudy of Women's HealthAssociation of heavy metalsEnvironmental heavy metal exposureHeavy metal exposureSex hormone-binding globulinFollicle-stimulating hormoneWomen's HealthBayesian kernel machine regressionAssociated with E<sub>2</sub>, TMidlife womenKernel machine regressionMetal exposureSerum hormone levelsMetal mixturesHealth-related factorsNation Multi-Pollutant StudyCalculate percent changesCadmiumHormone levelsProspective cohort studyLinear mixed effects models
2021
Urinary Heavy Metals and Longitudinal Changes in Blood Pressure in Midlife Women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation
Wang X, Karvonen-Gutierrez C, Herman W, Mukherjee B, Harlow S, Park S. Urinary Heavy Metals and Longitudinal Changes in Blood Pressure in Midlife Women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation. Hypertension 2021, 78: 543-551. PMID: 34148361, PMCID: PMC8266752, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.121.17295.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Does Information on Blood Heavy Metals Improve Cardiovascular Mortality Prediction?
Wang X, Mukherjee B, Park S. Does Information on Blood Heavy Metals Improve Cardiovascular Mortality Prediction? Journal Of The American Heart Association 2019, 8: e013571. PMID: 31631727, PMCID: PMC6898859, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.013571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular diseaseNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyHealth and Nutrition Examination SurveyRisk factorsStudy sampleCardiovascular disease risk factorsCardiovascular disease mortalityCardiovascular disease risk assessmentImprove CVD risk predictionC-statisticNutrition Examination SurveyCardiovascular mortality predictionCVD risk predictionCox modelBlood markersExamination SurveyPrecision healthRisk scorePairwise interaction termsBlood metalsIntegrated discrimination improvementRisk predictionReclassification improvementMortality predictionInteraction terms
2012
Environmental Cadmium and Lead Exposures and Hearing Loss in U.S. Adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2004
Choi Y, Hu H, Mukherjee B, Miller J, Park S. Environmental Cadmium and Lead Exposures and Hearing Loss in U.S. Adults: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2004. Environmental Health Perspectives 2012, 120: 1544-1550. PMID: 22851306, PMCID: PMC3556613, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104863.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyPure-tone averageHealth and Nutrition Examination SurveyHearing lossNutrition Examination SurveyExamination SurveyU.S. adultsRisk factorsGeneral populationU.S. general populationBlood cadmiumHearing thresholdsNonoccupational noiseHearing abilityLow-level exposure to cadmiumLead exposureYears of ageClinical risk factorsU.S. populationExamination componentsEnvironmental cadmiumEpidemiological studiesHearingAnalyzed dataAdults
2008
Association between 24-Hour Urinary Cadmium and Pulmonary Function among Community-Exposed Men: The VA Normative Aging Study
Lampe B, Park S, Robins T, Mukherjee B, Litonjua A, Amarasiriwardena C, Weisskopf M, Sparrow D, Hu H. Association between 24-Hour Urinary Cadmium and Pulmonary Function among Community-Exposed Men: The VA Normative Aging Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 2008, 116: 1226-1230. PMID: 18795167, PMCID: PMC2535626, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11265.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmoking statusCommunity-based study of agingAssessed effect modificationForced vital capacityPulmonary functionCommunity-based studyAssociated with forced expiratory volumeStudy of AgingFEV(1)/FVC ratioCadmium exposureUrinary cadmiumNormative Aging StudyEffect modificationEnvironmental cadmium exposureLevels of cadmium exposureAssociated with reduced pulmonary functionTests of pulmonary functionMixed-effects modelsAging StudyChronic cadmium exposureSmokingCadmium body burdenForced expiratory volumeCigarette smokingLog unit increase