In much of the world, currently employed upper limits of tolerable intake and acceptable
excretion of cadmium (Cd)(ECd/Ecr) are 0.83 µg/kg body weight/day and 5.24 µg/g …

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is an important public health issue that affects millions of people
around the world and is growing to pandemic-like proportions. This syndrome is defined by …

Heavy metal exposure is a common risk factor for hypertension. To develop an interpretable
predictive machine learning (ML) model for hypertension based on levels of heavy metal …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive disease that affects millions of adults every
year. Major risk factors include diabetes, hypertension, and obesity, which affect millions of …

Introduction Cadmium is a toxic heavy metal with detrimental effects on human health. Apart
from smoking and occupational factors, diet is the main source of cadmium. However, the …

Background Cadmium is a commonly found heavy metal with a prolonged biological half-
life, which results in long-term health burden for the population. Prior studies have …

Heavy metals are found naturally in our environment and have many uses and applications
in daily life. However, high concentrations of metals may be a result of pollution due to …

Humans are exposed to cadmium and lead in various regions of the world daily due to
industrial development and climate change. Increasing numbers of preclinical and clinical …

Background Environmental exposure to multiple metals have been inconsistently associated
with hypertension. Obesity is an important independent risk factor for hypertension, and few …

In today's society, with the continuous development of manufacturing industries and factories
related to chemicals, the amount of heavy metals in the inhaled air of humans, water and …