Their findings are presented
in this issue of Thorax.
1 Not only was
there an increasing trend in urinary
cadmium levels from never, through
former, to current smokers, but among
the current and former smokers (though
not the never smokers) urinary cadmium
was correlated negatively with
forced expiratory volume in 1 second
(FEV1) and the ratio of FEV1 to forced
vital capacity (FVC) after adjustments
for potential confounders.