Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health (Dr Zhong, Ms Zhang, Dr Zhang, Mr Jiang, Dr Liang, Dr Huang); Ma′anshan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Ma′anshan (Dr Qin, Mr Chen); and Experimental Center Platform for Physical and Chemical (Dr Huang), Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, P.R. China.
Address correspondence to: Fen Huang, MD, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Statistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, No. 81 Meishan Road, Shushan Districts, Hefei, Anhui 230032, P.R. China ([email protected]).
Q.Z. and C.Z. have contributed equally to this current research.
Funding: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81373071).
Clinical Significance: To control the blood pressure in the normal range, the hypertensive living in areas with higher levels of arsenic not only take antihypertensive medication, but also reduce the consumption of food contaminated with arsenic. And the regulation on minimizing the exposure to arsenic may be considered in policies of environmental health and intervention programs.
Huang, Zhong, C. Zhang, Q. Zhang, Jiang, Qin, Chen, and Liang have no relationships/conditions/circumstances that present potential conflict of interest.
The JOEM editorial board and planners have no financial interest related to this research.
