Association of Dioxin and Dioxin-like Congeners With Hypertension

Surbhi Trivedi; Rohit R Arora

Association of Dioxin and Dioxin-like Congeners With Hypertension

Fed Pract. 2018 May;35(5):20-26.

Authors

Surbhi Trivedi¹, Rohit R Arora¹

Affiliation

¹ is a Medical Student, and is a Professor at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Arora is Chief of Cardiology and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in Chicago.

PMID: 30766355
PMCID: PMC6367997

Abstract

Although 7 of 8 studies found moderate evidence of an association with hypertension in patients with at least 1 chemical congener, these studies cannot prove a causal relationship.