Abstract:Cadmium is a ubiquitous environmental pollutant and carcinogenic heavy metal. There was a clear association between elevated serum cadmium levels and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), however, this association varied by subgroup, and previous studies have not explored the sex differences in this association or investigated whether alcohol consumption affects this association. Here, we enrolled 37,729 participants from 11 cycles (1999–2020) of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to explo… Show more
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