Panpan Fang , Yingyuan Wang , Nan Chen , Kaijie Gao , Weihua Gong , Liu Yang , Qianqian Sun , Xuchen Wang , Tong Cai , Tiewei Li , Junmei Yang
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Association of blood trace metals with anemia in children aged 6–17 years old
Background
Anemia significantly impacts children's health and quality of life, and may be influenced by the levels of various trace metals in the body. Current research on trace metals and anemia is mostly limited to single metals, and the association of multiple trace metals and their mixtures with anemia among children remains unclear.
Methods
This study utilized cross-sectional data from the 2017–2020 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), including 2208 children aged 6–17 years in the United States, who were tested for five trace metals: lead(Pb), mercury(Hg), cadmium(Cd), selenium(Se), and manganese(Mn). The study used logistic regression, quantile g-computation, and Bayesian kernel machine regression models to examine how these metals individually and collectively affect anemia and to identify significant influencing factors. Age-stratified analysis was also conducted to analyze the association of trace metals with anemia in different age groups.
Results
Children with anemia had significantly higher blood Cd levels and significantly lower Se and Mn levels. In the univariate metal model, increasing Se levels was associated with decreased anemia risk. Mn was the main protective factor for anemia in school-age children, while Se was the main protective factor in adolescents. Both qgComp and BKMR models showed a negative association between mixed trace metal exposure and anemia. The age-specific analysis showed that the protective effect of trace metals was not as apparent in adolescents.
Conclusion
This research discovered that mixed trace metal exposure was associated with a reduced risk of anemia in children, with Se acting as a protective factor across all populations. Mn played a protective role in school-age children but may become a risk factor in adolescents.
期刊介绍:
The journal provides the reader with a thorough description of theoretical and applied aspects of trace elements in medicine and biology and is devoted to the advancement of scientific knowledge about trace elements and trace element species. Trace elements play essential roles in the maintenance of physiological processes. During the last decades there has been a great deal of scientific investigation about the function and binding of trace elements. The Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology focuses on the description and dissemination of scientific results concerning the role of trace elements with respect to their mode of action in health and disease and nutritional importance. Progress in the knowledge of the biological role of trace elements depends, however, on advances in trace elements chemistry. Thus the Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology will include only those papers that base their results on proven analytical methods.
Also, we only publish those articles in which the quality assurance regarding the execution of experiments and achievement of results is guaranteed.