Association between Urinary Cadmium and All Cause, All Cancer and Prostate Cancer Specific Mortalities for Men: an Analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) Data

Abstract

Aim: This study employed public use National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) datato investigate the association between urinary cadmium (UDPSI) and all cause, all cancer and prostate cancermortalities in men. Patients and <br/><b>Methods</b>: NHANES III household adult, laboratory and mortality data weremerged. The sampling weight used was WTPFEX6, with SDPPSU6 applied for the probability sampling unitand SDPSTRA6 to designate the strata for the survey analysis. <br/><b>Results</b>: For prostate cancer death, the significantunivariates were UDPSI, age, weight, and drinking. Under multivariate logistic regression, the significantcovariates were age and weight. For all cause mortality in men, the significant covariates were UDPSI, age,and poverty income ratio. For all cancer mortality in men, the significant covariates were UDPSI, age, blackand Mexican race. <br/><b>Conclusions</b>: UDPSI was a predictor of all cause and all cancer mortalities in men as well asprostate cancer mortality.