Key result
Low-level drinking water arsenic linked to higher CVD risk, driven by ischemic heart disease.
Why the study?
Does long-term arsenic exposure from community water supplies increase cardiovascular disease risk in women?
Cohort
Does long-term arsenic exposure from community water supplies increase cardiovascular disease risk in women?
p-value: p=0.012
Long-term arsenic exposure from community water supplies, even at or below regulatory limits, may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, particularly ischemic heart disease.
BACKGROUND: . OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the relationship between long-term wAs exposure from CWS and cardiovascular disease in the California Teachers Study cohort. METHODS: ) and continuously using a log2-transformation (i.e., per doubling). Models were adjusted for baseline age, neighborhood socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, body mass index (BMI), and smoking status. We also stratified analyses by age, BMI, and smoking status. RESULTS: and 0.012 for IHD and CVD, respectively). DISCUSSION: Long-term wAs exposure from CWS, at and below the regulatory limit, may increase cardiovascular disease risk, particularly IHD. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP14410.
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Medgyesi et al. (2024) conducted a cohort in Cardiovascular disease. Long-term arsenic exposure in community water supplies was evaluated on Cardiovascular disease and ischemic heart disease (p=0.012). Long-term exposure to arsenic in community water supplies, at and below the regulatory limit, may increase cardiovascular disease risk, particularly ischemic heart disease.
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