Association between heavy metals exposure and depression: findings of the NHANES from 2003 to 2020
Our findings link heavy metal mixtures to depression, identifying tungsten and antimony as risk contributors, versus inverse associations for mercury and thallium, with barium as a key interactive factor. Further studies are needed to validate these metal-specific impacts and uncover additional depression-linked metals.
Authors
- Yixu Chen
- Houfeng Zhou
- Tao Feng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5119-4146)
- Zhiyuan Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2216-2978)
- Yuting Fan
Institutions
- Chengdu Fifth People's Hospital (CN)
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese (CN)
- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European journal of medical research
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-026-03850-x
- Primary Topic
- Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00