Maya Spaur, Marta Galvez-Fernandez, Qixuan Chen, Melissa A Lombard, Benjamin C Bostick, Pam Factor-Litvak, Amanda M Fretts, Steven J Shea, Ana Navas-Acien, Anne E Nigra
OBJECTIVE: We examined the association of arsenic in federally regulated community water systems (CWSs) and unregulated private wells with type 2 diabetes (T2D) incidence in the Strong Heart Family Study (SHFS), a prospective study of American Indian communities, and the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), a prospective study of racially and ethnically diverse urban U.S. communities. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We evaluated 1,791 participants from SHFS and 5,777 participants from MESA who had water arsenic estimates available and were free of T2D at baseline (2001-2003 and 2000-2002, respectively)...
April 24, 2024: Diabetes Care