OBJECTIVES: This study was initiated to investigate the extents of biological variations in cadmium and three common tubular dysfunction marker levels in blood and urine through repeated sampling. METHODS: A 12-month survey and a 10-week survey were conducted in an area with no known cadmium pollution. In the 12-month survey, five adult women offered urine samples once every month and blood samples once in every season, respectively. In the 10-week survey, 17 adult women gave urine samples once every week. Blood and urine samples were analyzed for cadmium (Cd-B and Cd-U) by graphite-furnace atomic absorption spectrometry, and urine samples were analyzed also for alpha 1-microglobulin (alpha 1-MG-U), beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2-MG-U) and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG-U) by conventional methods, all under strict quality control. The results were subjected to statistical analysis to examine the extents of biological variations through-out the study periods. RESULTS: Variations in geometric means (GMs) for Cd-B, Cd-U, alpha 1-MG-U, beta 2-MG-U, and NAG-U were all small; the ratio of the largest GM over the lowest GM was 1.1 for Cd-B, 2 for Cd-U and 2 to 3 for alpha 1-MG-U, beta 2-MG-U, and NAG-U in the 12-month survey, and 1.7 at largest for all parameters in the 10-week survey. The within-subject variations during the 12-month or 10-week periods were however large, i.e., more than 4-5-fold difference between the smallest and the largest values obtained for the same subject. Effects of the correction for urine density to reduce the variations were limited. In contrast, within-subject variation in Cd-B was small with a ratio of 1.3. CONCLUSIONS: Variations in GM values for Cd-U, alpha 1-MG-U, beta 2-MG-U, and NAG-U at different time of sampling are small so that single measurement would be acceptable as far as the evaluation on a group basis is the study objective. Within-subject variations are wide however, the ratio of the largest value over the smallest value being 4-5 or more, irrespective of correction for urine density. Therefore, care should be practiced when evaluation on an individual basis is intended. Very low within-subject variation in Cd-B may suggest the advantage of Cd-B over Cd-U for individual evaluation among general populations if blood sampling is accepted.
OBJECTIVES: This study was initiated to investigate the extents of biological variations in cadmium and three common tubular dysfunction marker levels in blood and urine through repeated sampling. METHODS: A 12-month survey and a 10-week survey were conducted in an area with no known cadmium pollution. In the 12-month survey, five adult women offered urine samples once every month and blood samples once in every season, respectively. In the 10-week survey, 17 adult women gave urine samples once every week. Blood and urine samples were analyzed for cadmium (Cd-B and Cd-U) by graphite-furnace atomic absorption spectrometry, and urine samples were analyzed also for alpha 1-microglobulin (alpha 1-MG-U), beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2-MG-U) and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG-U) by conventional methods, all under strict quality control. The results were subjected to statistical analysis to examine the extents of biological variations through-out the study periods. RESULTS: Variations in geometric means (GMs) for Cd-B, Cd-U, alpha 1-MG-U, beta 2-MG-U, and NAG-U were all small; the ratio of the largest GM over the lowest GM was 1.1 for Cd-B, 2 for Cd-U and 2 to 3 for alpha 1-MG-U, beta 2-MG-U, and NAG-U in the 12-month survey, and 1.7 at largest for all parameters in the 10-week survey. The within-subject variations during the 12-month or 10-week periods were however large, i.e., more than 4-5-fold difference between the smallest and the largest values obtained for the same subject. Effects of the correction for urine density to reduce the variations were limited. In contrast, within-subject variation in Cd-B was small with a ratio of 1.3. CONCLUSIONS: Variations in GM values for Cd-U, alpha 1-MG-U, beta 2-MG-U, and NAG-U at different time of sampling are small so that single measurement would be acceptable as far as the evaluation on a group basis is the study objective. Within-subject variations are wide however, the ratio of the largest value over the smallest value being 4-5 or more, irrespective of correction for urine density. Therefore, care should be practiced when evaluation on an individual basis is intended. Very low within-subject variation in Cd-B may suggest the advantage of Cd-B over Cd-U for individual evaluation among general populations if blood sampling is accepted.
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