š¢ Thrilled to share our latest work (
authors.elsevier.com/sd/artiā¦) on organic pollutants (OPs) and type 2 diabetes, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes.
- This is the outcome of a ~3.5-year immense teamwork across 6 institutions in the UAE and the USA. We hope this work sparks further research into the complex relationship between the environment and the global CVD burden.
š Key findings from 44 studies:
⢠10 of 12 OP classes were significantly associated with higher T2D risk
⢠Furans showed the strongest overall association (OR 2.54)
⢠Dioxins showed higher risk in men. PCBs and DDT-related compounds showed higher risk in women
⢠>1/3 of individual OPs were linked to increased T2D risk
⢠Humans are exposed to these chemicals through various pathways, but mainly by eating contaminated fish, meat, and poultry.
Thanks, and congratulations to the co-authors:
@Abdul_Qadeer_MD , Kinaan Farhan, Thaer Swaid, Hanieh Sadat Tabatabaei Yeganeh, Joelle Friesen, Shangwe Kiliaki, Iman Fawad, and Dana Gerberi.
Special thanks for the support and guidance of Sagar Dugani and
@M_Hassan_Murad (Mayo Clinic), Rainer Lohmann (University of Rhode Island), Thirumurugan Prakasam and
@TrabolsiAli (
@NYUAbuDhabi).
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Honoured to contribute to growing evidence that environmental exposures matter for cardiometabolic health.
Our meta-analysis shows consistent associations between organic pollutants and type 2 diabetes risk: supporting the need for prevention and policy action.
4 yrs of work!