Blood pressure and blood lead in surveys in Wales |
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| Authors: | P C Elwood J W Yarnell P D Oldham J C Catford D Nutbeam G Davey-Smith C Toothill |
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| Affiliation: | MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cardiff, Great Britain. |
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| Abstract: | The association between blood pressure and blood lead level was examined in two population surveys in Wales. In a survey of 1,721 male and female subjects throughout the principality, there was evidence of a marked relation of blood pressure with age, but when this was removed no residual association with blood lead remained. In a survey of 1,164 older men in Caerphilly, there was no evidence of an association between blood lead and either resting blood pressure or the rise in blood pressure during a cold pressor test. |
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