Blackfoot Disease in Taiwan: Its Link with Inorganic Arsenic Exposure from Drinking Water

Abstract

A dose-response relationship between indices of long-term arsenic exposure dosage at individual levels and peripheral vascular disease was also clearly demonstrated, which was independent of the confounding effects of lipid profiles and other traditional cardiovascular risk factors (8, 9). The association between peripheral vascular disease and urinary arsenic parameters was evaluated considering the interaction with cumulative arsenic exposure and the confounding effects of age, sex, body mass index, total cholesterol, triglycerides, cigarette smoking, and alcohol consumption.