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. 2021 Oct 11;9(10):259. doi: 10.3390/toxics9100259

Table 2.

Relationship between dietary compound intake and iAs metabolism and health effects related to As exposure.

Reference Population Dietary Assessment Methods Component Main Results
Desai et al., 2020 [23] n = 290
Montevideo (Uruguay), children ~7 years
2 nonconsecutive 24 h recalls vitamin B6—dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (−), %iAs (NS)
vitamin B2 and B12—dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (NS), %iAs (NS)
Desai et al., 2020 [25] n = 307
Montevideo (Uruguay), children ~7 years
2 nonconsecutive 24 h recalls vitamin B12—dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (NS), %iAs (NS)
folate—dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (−), %iAs (NS)
Kordas et al., 2016 [26] n = 357
Montevideo (Uruguay), children ~5–8 years
2 nonconsecutive 24 h recalls folate—dietary intake urine: %DMA (+), %MMA (−), %iAs (NS), tAs (NS)
Kurzius-Spencer et al., 2017 [24] n = 2420
U.S., adults and children > 6 years
24 h recall vitamin B6—dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (NS), %iAs (NS), DMA/MMA (NS) (in the group of children)
urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (NS), %iAs (−), DMA/MMA (NS) (in the group of adults)
vitamin B12—dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (NS), %iAs (NS), DMA/MMA (NS) (in the groups of adults and children)
folate—dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (NS), %iAs (NS), DMA/MMA (NS) (in the group of children)
urine: %DMA (+), %MMA (NS), %iAs (−), DMA/MMA (NS) (in the group of adults)
Spratlen et al., 2018 [31] n = 935
Arizona, Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, men and women >14 aged
FFQ vitamin B2, vitamin B6, folic acid—dietary intake urine: %DMAs (NS), %MMAs (NS), %iAs (NS)
vitamin B6—dietary intake risk for metabolic syndrome (+), risk for diabetes (+), HOMA2-IR (+)
vitamin B2, folic acid—dietary intake risk for metabolic syndrome (NS), risk for diabetes (NS), HOMA2-IR (NS)
Lopez-Carillo et al., 2016 [28] n = 1027
Mexico, women
FFQ methionine—dietary intake urine: %DMA (+), %MMA (NS), %iAs (−), DMA/MMA (+), DMA/iAs (+)
betaine—dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (NS), %iAs (NS), MMA/iAs (NS), DMA/MMA (NS)
choline—dietary intake urine: %DMA (+), %MMA (NS), %iAs (−), DMA/MMA (+), DMA/iAs (+)
vitamin B2, vitamin B6—dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (NS), %iAs (NS), DMA/MMA (NS), DMA/iAs (NS)
vitamin B12—dietary intake urine: %DMA (+), %MMA (NS), %iAs (−), DMA/MMA (+), DMA/iAs (+)
folate—dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (NS), %iAs (−), DMA/MMA (NS), DMA/iAs (+)
zinc—dietary intake urine: %DMA (+), %MMA (−), %iAs (−), DMA/MMA (+), DMA/iAs (+)
Heck et al., 2009 [29] n = 10,402
Bangladesh, men and women
FFQ methionine—dietary intake urine: tAs↑ and (+)
Heck et al., 2007 [27] n = 1016
Bangladesh, men and women
FFQ methionine—dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (+), %iAs (−), MMA/iAs (+), DMA/MMA (NS)
betaine—dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (NS), %iAs (NS), MMA/iAs (NS), DMA/MMA (NS)
choline—dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (NS), %iAs (NS), MMA/iAs (NS), DMA/MMA (+)
vitamin B2—dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (+), %iAs (NS), MMA/iAs (+), DMA/MMA (−)
vitamin B6—dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (NS), %iAs (NS), MMA/iAs (NS), DMA/MMA (NS)
vitamin B12—dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (+), %iAs (−), MMA/iAs (+), DMA/MMA (NS)
folate—dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (NS), %iAs (NS), MMA/iAs (NS), DMA/MMA (NS)
Bommarito et al., 2019 [32] n = 1166
Chihuahua (Mexico), men and women
FFQ vitamin B2, vitamin B12, folate—sufficient and insufficient urine: %DMAs↔, %MMAs↔, %iAs↔
Spratlen et al., 2017 [30] n = 405
Arizona, Oklahoma, North Dakota, South Dakota, men and women
FFQ vitamin B2, B6—dietary intake urine: %DMA (+), %MMA (−), %iAs (−)
vitamin B12, folate– dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (NS), %iAs (NS)
Steinmaus et al., 2005 [33] n = 87
U.S., men and women
HHHQ zinc—dietary intake urine: %DMA (+), %MMA (−), %iAs (NS)
vitamin B2, vitamin B6, folate—dietary intake urine: %DMA (NS), %MMA (NS), %iAs (NS)
Argos et al., 2010 [34] n = 9833
Araihazar (Bangladesh), men and women
FFQ vitamin B6—dietary intake urine: tAs (+)
vitamin B2, vitamin B12, folate—dietary intake urine: tAs (NS)
Chen et al., 2007 [36] n = 10,910
Bangladesh, men and women
FFQ vitamin B2, B6, B12, folate—low intake level ORs of high pulse pressure↑, ORs of systolic hypertension↑ (weak association)
Howe et al., 2017 [35] n = 418
New Hampshire, men and women
FFQ vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, folate—sum of B vitamin—dietary intake urine: proportion of MMAs (−), 15-F2t-IsoP (−)
Koutros et al., 2018 [37] n = 2366
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, case with bladder cancer and control group
DHQ folate—high and low intake level ORs of risk of bladder cancer↔ (weak association)
Melkonian et al., 2012 [38] n = 16,391
Araihazar (Bangladesh), cases with skin lesions and control group
FFQ vitamin B2, folate—low intake level keratotic skin lesion risk (+)
Deb et al., 2012 [39] n = 208
West Bengal, cases with skin lesions and control group
24 h recall choline, vitamin B2, zinc—low intake level ORs of skin lesions↑ (in the group of women)
choline, zinc—low intake level ORs of skin lesions↑ (in the group of men)
vitamin B6, vitamin B12, folate ORs of skin lesions↔ (in the group of women and men)
Mitra et al., 2004 [40] n = 384
West Bengal (India), cases with skin lesions and control group
24 h recall folate—low intake level ORs of skin lesions↑
vitamin B2, vitamin B6, zinc ORs of skin lesions↔
Zablotska et al., 2008 [41] n = 10,628
Araihazar (Bangladesh), men and women
FFQ vitamin B2, B6, folic acid—high intake level PORs risk for skin lesions↓
vitamin B12 PORs risk for skin lesions↔
Desai et al., 2018 [42] n = 328
Montevideo (Uruguay), children ~5–8 years
2 nonconsecutive 24 h recalls folate—low intake level cognitive performance (NS)
tAs—concept formation (−), tAs—scores of numbers reversed subtest (+), tAs—cognitive efficiency (+)
folate—mean intake level scores on: verbal comprehension (+), visual auditory learning (+), verbal ability (+), general intellectual abilities (+)
tAs—sound integration scores (+)
folate—high intake level scores on: visual auditory learning (−), concept formation (+), numbers reversed (+), cognitive efficiency (+)
tAs—concept formation (+)
Desai et al., 2020 [43] n = 239
Montevideo (Uruguay), children ~5–8 years
2 nonconsecutive 24 h recalls vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, folate—dietary intake broad math and reading scores (calculation, math facts fluency, applied problems, sentence reading fluency, letter word identification, passage comprehension) and urinary tAs (NS)
Gruber et al., 2012 [44] n = 920
New Hampshire, men and women
FFQ vitamin B12—dietary intake toenail: tAs (−)

↑—significant increase; ↓—significant decrease; ↔—no significant changes; (+)—positively association; (−)—negatively association; (NS)—no significant association; DHQ—diet history questionnaire; DMA—dimethylarsinic acid; DMAs—monomethyl arsenic species; FFQ—food frequency questionnaire; HHHQ—health habits and history questionnaire; HOMA2-IR—Homeostatic Model Assessment Index 2; iAs—inorganic arsenic; MMA—monomethylarsonic acid; MMAs—monomethyl arsenic species; ORs—odds ratios; PORs—prevalence odds ratios; tAs—total arsenic species; 15-F2t-IsoP—15-F2t-isoprostane.