PFOS Exposure and Diabetes Burden in Nine Chinese Provinces, 2012-2018

Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) exposure contributed to an estimated 10.81 million diabetes cases in nine Chinese provinces in 2018. Ya Gao combined meta-analysis results with province-specific PFOS concentrations, diabetes prevalence, and demographic data to estimate this burden from 2012 to 2018. The study found men bore more than twice the attributable burden of women, and burden peaked among adults aged 50–54 years.

Use Cases

• Estimate population-level disease burden attributable to chemical exposure based on province-specific PFOS concentration data
• Analyze spatiotemporal trends in environmental health risk based on data from 2012 to 2018
• Compare demographic disparities in health impacts based on gender and age group breakdowns
• Validate risk assessment methodologies by comparing results using odds ratios versus relative risks

Strengths

• Provides a specific estimate of 10.81 million diabetes cases attributable to PFOS in 2018
• Includes data from nine Chinese provinces over a seven-year period (2012-2018)
• Uses a comparative risk assessment framework that converts odds ratios to relative risks to avoid overestimation
• Contains demographic breakdowns showing men bore more than twice the burden of women

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the nine selected Chinese provinces

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Combined meta-analysis of PFOS-diabetes association with province-specific serum PFOS concentrations, diabetes prevalence rates, and demographic data.

Time Range

2012-2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 15:34:22; freshness should be verified

Geography

Nine Chinese provinces (including Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Shandong)