Association between blood heavy metals exposure with uterine fibroids among American women: a cross-sectional analysis from NHANES data
Exposure to blood heavy metals, particularly Hg, is significantly associated with an elevated risk of uterine fibroids. Further prospective studies are necessary to confirm these findings.
Authors
- Xukai Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7754-9710)
- Meijun Pan
- Xuefang Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4402-6160)
- Yaqin Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6883-2503)
- Wen‐Yuan Zhu
Institutions
- Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Women s Health
- Published
- 2025-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-025-03596-4
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Uterine Myomas and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.23