Method validation for (ultra)-trace element concentrations in urine for small sample volumes in large epidemiological studies : application to the population-based epidemiological multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA)

Analysis of essential and non-essential trace elements in urine has emerged as a valuable tool for assessing occupational and environmental exposures, diagnosing nutritional status and guiding public health and health care intervention. Our study focused on the analysis of trace elements in urine samples from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), a precious resource for health research with limited sample volumes. Here we provide a comprehensive and sensitive method for the analysis of 18 elements using only 100 μL of urine. Method sensitivity, accuracy, and precision were assessed. The analysis by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) included the measurement of antimony (Sb), arsenic (As), barium (Ba), cadmium (Cd), cesium (Cs), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), gadolinium (Gd), lead (Pb), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni), selenium (Se), strontium (Sr), thallium (Tl), tungsten (W), uranium (U), and zinc (Zn). Further, we reported urinary trace element concentrations by covariates including gender, ethnicity/race, smoking and location. The results showed good accuracy and sensitivity of the ICP-MS method with the limit of detections rangings between 0.001 μg L-1 for U to 6.2 μg L-1 for Zn. Intra-day precision for MESA urine analysis varied between 1.4% for Mo and 26% for Mn (average 6.4% for all elements). The average inter-day precision for most elements was <8.5% except for Gd (20%), U (16%) and Mn (19%) due to very low urinary concentrations. Urinary mean concentrations of non-essential elements followed the order of Sr > As > Cs > Ni > Ba > Pb > Cd > Gd > Tl > W > U. The order of urinary mean concentrations for essential trace elements was Zn > Se > Mo > Cu > Co > Mn. Non-adjusted mean concentration of non-essential trace elements in urine from MESA participants follow the order Sr > As > Cs > Ni > Ba > Pb > Cd > Gd > Tl > W > U. The unadjusted urinary mean concentrations of essential trace elements decrease from Zn > Se > Mo > Cu > Co > Mn.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Analytical methods : advancing methods and applications - 16(2024), 2 vom: 04. Jan., Seite 214-226

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schilling, Kathrin [VerfasserIn]
Glabonjat, Ronald A [VerfasserIn]
Balac, Olgica [VerfasserIn]
Gálvez-Fernández, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Domingo-Relloso, Arce [VerfasserIn]
Slavkovich, Vesna [VerfasserIn]
Goldsmith, Jeff [VerfasserIn]
Jones, Miranda R [VerfasserIn]
Sanchez, Tiffany R [VerfasserIn]
Navas-Acien, Ana [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

00BH33GNGH
2P299V784P
3G0H8C9362
42Z2K6ZL8P
7OV03QG267
81AH48963U
Arsenic
Cadmium
Cobalt
H6241UJ22B
J41CSQ7QDS
Journal Article
Lead
Manganese
Molybdenum
N712M78A8G
Nickel
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Selenium
Trace Elements
Zinc

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Date Completed 05.01.2024

Date Revised 02.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1039/d3ay01605f

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365901709