TY - JOUR
T1 - Association of low-moderate urine arsenic and QT interval
T2 - Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from the Strong Heart Study
AU - Moon, Katherine A.
AU - Zhang, Yiyi
AU - Guallar, Eliseo
AU - Francesconi, Kevin A.
AU - Goessler, Walter
AU - Umans, Jason G.
AU - Best, Lyle G.
AU - Howard, Barbara V.
AU - Devereux, Richard B.
AU - Okin, Peter M.
AU - Navas-Acien, Ana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - Epidemiologic studies suggest that chronic exposure to arsenic is related to cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the pathophysiological link remains uncertain. We evaluated the association of chronic low-moderate arsenic exposure and arsenic metabolism with baseline difference and annual change in ECG measures (QT interval, JT interval, PR interval, QRS duration, and QT dispersion) using linear mixed models in the Strong Heart Study main cohort (N = 1174, median age 55 years) and family study (N = 1695 diabetes-free, median age 36 years). At baseline, arsenic exposure was measured as the sum of inorganic and methylated species in urine (ΣAs) and arsenic metabolism was measured as the relative percentage of arsenic species. Median ΣAs and Bazett heart rate-corrected QT interval (QTc) were 8.6 μg/g creatinine and 424 ms in the main cohort and 4.3 μg/g and 414 ms in the family study, respectively. In the main cohort, a comparison of the highest to lowest ΣAs quartile (>14.4 vs. <5.2 μg/g creatinine) was associated with a 5.3 (95% CI: 1.2, 9.5) ms higher mean baseline QTc interval but no difference in annual change in QTc interval. In the family study, a comparison of the highest to lowest quartile (>7.1 vs. <2.9 μg/g creatinine) was associated with a 3.2 (95% CI: 0.6, 5.7) ms higher baseline QTc interval and a 0.6 (95% CI: 0.04, 1.2) ms larger annual increase in QTc interval. Associations with JTc interval were similar but stronger in magnitude compared to QTc interval. Arsenic exposure was largely not associated with PR interval, QRS duration or QT dispersion. Similar to arsenic exposure, a pattern of lower %MMA and higher %DMA was associated with longer baseline QTc interval in both cohorts and with a larger annual change in QTc interval in the family study. Chronic low-moderate arsenic exposure and arsenic metabolism were associated with prolonged ventricular repolarization. Chronic low-moderate arsenic exposure and arsenic metabolism were associated with prolonged ventricular repolarization.
AB - Epidemiologic studies suggest that chronic exposure to arsenic is related to cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the pathophysiological link remains uncertain. We evaluated the association of chronic low-moderate arsenic exposure and arsenic metabolism with baseline difference and annual change in ECG measures (QT interval, JT interval, PR interval, QRS duration, and QT dispersion) using linear mixed models in the Strong Heart Study main cohort (N = 1174, median age 55 years) and family study (N = 1695 diabetes-free, median age 36 years). At baseline, arsenic exposure was measured as the sum of inorganic and methylated species in urine (ΣAs) and arsenic metabolism was measured as the relative percentage of arsenic species. Median ΣAs and Bazett heart rate-corrected QT interval (QTc) were 8.6 μg/g creatinine and 424 ms in the main cohort and 4.3 μg/g and 414 ms in the family study, respectively. In the main cohort, a comparison of the highest to lowest ΣAs quartile (>14.4 vs. <5.2 μg/g creatinine) was associated with a 5.3 (95% CI: 1.2, 9.5) ms higher mean baseline QTc interval but no difference in annual change in QTc interval. In the family study, a comparison of the highest to lowest quartile (>7.1 vs. <2.9 μg/g creatinine) was associated with a 3.2 (95% CI: 0.6, 5.7) ms higher baseline QTc interval and a 0.6 (95% CI: 0.04, 1.2) ms larger annual increase in QTc interval. Associations with JTc interval were similar but stronger in magnitude compared to QTc interval. Arsenic exposure was largely not associated with PR interval, QRS duration or QT dispersion. Similar to arsenic exposure, a pattern of lower %MMA and higher %DMA was associated with longer baseline QTc interval in both cohorts and with a larger annual change in QTc interval in the family study. Chronic low-moderate arsenic exposure and arsenic metabolism were associated with prolonged ventricular repolarization. Chronic low-moderate arsenic exposure and arsenic metabolism were associated with prolonged ventricular repolarization.
KW - Arsenic
KW - Cardiovascular disease
KW - Electrocardiology
KW - Longitudinal cohort
KW - QT interval
KW - Ventricular repolarization
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U2 - 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.04.129
DO - 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.04.129
M3 - Article
C2 - 29793197
AN - SCOPUS:85047238548
SN - 0269-7491
VL - 240
SP - 894
EP - 902
JO - Environmental Pollution
JF - Environmental Pollution
ER -