Association between blood lead levels and metabolic syndrome considering the effect of the thyroid-stimulating hormone based on the 2013 Korea National health and nutrition examination survey

• Ji Yoon Choi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ The authors contributed to the work equally and should be regarded as co-first authors.

  Affiliations Department of Health and Safety Convergence Science, Graduate School at Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Environmental Health Research Division, National Institute of Environmental Research, Ministry of Environment, Incheon, Republic of Korea

  ⨯
• Da-An Huh ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ The authors contributed to the work equally and should be regarded as co-first authors.

  Affiliation Department of Health Science, Graduate School at Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  ⨯
• Kyong Whan Moon

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kwmoon@korea.ac.kr

  Affiliation BK21 FOUR R&E Center for Learning Health System & Department of Health and Environmental Science, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5794-0883

  ⨯