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  "abstract": "Background\n\nExposures to several metals and metalloids have been linked to impaired fasting glucose and insulin resistance that can progress to type 2 diabetes (T2D), which is increasing in prevalence among children and adolescents. However, the effects of metal mixtures on children's metabolic health are less well characterized. We examined prospective associations of metals, individually and jointly, with metabolic parameters among children without T2D.Methods\n\nWe analyzed data from 422 children enrolled in the Programming Research in Obesity, Growth, Environment and Social Stressors (PROGRESS) cohort (Mexico City, 2007-2011). Eleven metals (arsenic, cadmium, chromium, cesium, lead, antimony, cobalt, copper, manganese, selenium, zinc) were measured in whole blood at the age 4-year visit. Fasting plasma glucose was measured at the 4-, 6-, 8-, and 10-year visits. Fasting insulin and homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and β-cell function (HOMA-β) were determined at the 8- and 10-year visits. Associations were estimated using generalized additive mixed models, linear mixed models, and quantile g-computation.Results\n\nAll metal-outcome associations were linear. Selenium was positively associated with average fasting plasma glucose, insulin, and HOMA-IR; zinc was negatively associated with insulin and HOMA-IR. A quartile increase in the metal mixture was associated with 1.10-fold higher insulin (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.01, 1.21) and 1.11-fold higher HOMA-IR (95% CI = 1.01, 1.22), with the largest contributions from selenium and arsenic.Conclusion\n\nEarly childhood metals, particularly selenium, zinc, and arsenic, were prospectively associated with insulin resistance, consistent with findings in adults. More work is needed to understand how early-life metal mixture exposures may affect metabolic health.",
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  "affiliations": [
    "Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University, New York City, New York.",
    "Environmental Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.",
    "National Institute of Perinatology, Mexico City, Mexico.",
    "Health Department, Iberoamerican University, Mexico City, Mexico.",
    "Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Environmental Medicine, New York City, New York.",
    "National Institute of Public Health of Mexico, Center for Research in Nutrition and Health, Mexico City, Mexico."
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      "name": "Martha M Tellez-Rojo"
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  "published": "2026-10-26",
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  "title": "Prospective associations of childhood metal mixtures with metabolic health in a Mexico City cohort.",
  "title_text": "Prospective associations of childhood metal mixtures with metabolic health in a Mexico City cohort.",
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