Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Previous studies show that lead levels are closely related with obesity, and severe weight reduction in obese women increases skeletal bone mobilization and blood lead levels especially postmenopausal women. However, it is under the curtain if blood lead level is associated with menopause, weight recycling in women until now.Methods: We assessed weight, height, waist circumferences and obtained past medical histories, blood lead levels as wel...

Background: Lead is known as an environmental toxic pollutant and hormonal regulatory confounder associated with obesity. Recent China scientific report shows that blood lead level (BLL) is closely related with body mass index. Therefore, we investigated the association between the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and blood lead levels in healthy general population without hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes.Methods: We assessed the socio-demographi...