Epidemiological survey of urinary Cadmium in Shengyang urban children / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the body burden of Cadmium(Cd) in normal children from Shenyang city,and to analyze the effect of Cd on kidney.Furthermore,to investigate the influences of living factors on the level of Cd in children,so as to make recommendations for children's health.Methods The subjects was composed of 1 170 healthy children recruited from 0 to 17 years old by cluster random sampling method.They were divided into three groups(0-5 years old group,6-11 years old group,12-17 years old group).Questionnaires were used to obtain essential information about age,gender,weight,socioeconomic status,medication,and so on.Second morning urine samples were collected to make routine analyses,urinary Cd(Cdob),urine microalbumin(MALB) and α1-microglobulin(α1-MG).Results 1.A total of 1 070 children including 544 males and 526 females were enrolled.2.The concentration of Cdob increased with age,in agreement with the level of urinary Cd corrected by urine specific gravity (Cdsg).However,the level of Cd in urine corrected by urinary creatinine(Cdcr) presented the opposite status with the age increasing.3.Cdcr and urine MALB adjusted by urinary creatinin(MALBcr) revealed a positive correlation(rs =0.45,P ＜ 0.01).4.Preference values for Cdob and Cdsg,Cdcr respectively were0-5 years old ＜0.56 μg/L,＜0.83 μg/L and ＜2.17 μg/g Cr;6-11 years old ＜0.65 μg/L,＜1.01 μg/L and ＜1.23 μg/g Cr;12-17 years old ＜0.74 μg/L,＜1.15 μg/L and ＜ 1.25 μg/g Cr.Conclusions There is an age-dependent cumulative increases in Cdob.Although renal damage was not found in this study,the uptake of Cd should be reduced as much as possible and it is necessary to strengthen the follow-up study of Cdob in body burden.