BLOOD-LEAD AND HYPERTENSION

BLOOD-LEAD AND HYPERTENSION

Blood and tap-water lead levels were examined in 135 hypertensives and 135 age and sex matched normotensives. Among male hypertensives there was a significant excess of cases with high blood-lead levels and a similar but statistically non-significant trend was found amongst female hypertensives. A p...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 1976-07, Vol.308 (7975), p.1-3
Hauptverfasser: Beevers, D.G., Erskine, Eileen, Robertson, Moira, Beattie, A.D., Campbell, B.C., Goldberg, A., Moore, M.R., Hawthorne, V.M.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Blood
Blood pressure
Cardiovascular diseases
Drinking water
Hypertension
Lead content
Lead poisoning
Statistical analysis
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Zusammenfassung:Blood and tap-water lead levels were examined in 135 hypertensives and 135 age and sex matched normotensives. Among male hypertensives there was a significant excess of cases with high blood-lead levels and a similar but statistically non-significant trend was found amongst female hypertensives. A positive correlation was found between blood-lead and tap-water lead. It is concluded that in the West of Scotland high blood-pressure is associated with high blood-lead levels, which might explain the high prevalence of cardiovascular disease in the area.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(76)92963-9