Shitao He, Tingting Jiang, Dongyang Zhang, Mengzhu Li, Tao Yu, Muxin Zhai, Bingxia He, Tao Yin, Xin Wang, Fangbiao Tao, Yuyou Yao, Dongmei Ji, Yuanyuan Yang, Chunmei Liang
BACKGROUND: Epidemiological evidence for the association between heavy metals exposure during pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is still inconsistent. Additionally, that is poorly understood about the potential cause behind the association, for instance, whether heavy metal exposure is related to the change of insulin secretion phase is unknown. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to explore the relationships of blood levels of arsenic (As), lead (Pb), thallium (Tl), nickel (Ni), cadmium (Cd), cobalt (Co), barium (Ba), chromium (Cr), mercury (Hg) and copper (Cu) during early pregnancy with the odds of GDM, either as an individual or a mixture, as well as the association of the metals with insulin secretion phase after glucose stimulation...
January 18, 2024: Environmental Research