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Letter to editor: Blood pressure, hypertension and lead exposure.
Yang, Wen-Yi; Staessen, Jan A.
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  • Yang WY; Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Campus Sint Rafaël, Kapucijnenvoer 35, Box 7001, BE-3000, Leuven, Belgium.
  • Staessen JA; Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Campus Sint Rafaël, Kapucijnenvoer 35, Box 7001, BE-3000, Leuven, Belgium. jan.staessen@med.kuleuven.be.
Environ Health ; 17(1): 16, 2018 02 19.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29458375
A significant association of office diastolic blood pressure with low-level blood lead exposure was reported in a Brazilian adult population. However, caution should be taken to interpret these results. The multivariable-adjusted association with blood pressure was positive for diastolic blood pressure, but inverse for systolic blood pressure. The association sizes were infinitesimal without clinical relevance. The outcome measures, i.e. blood pressure and the prevalence of hypertension were analysed across categories of the blood lead distribution - not in relation to blood lead as continuous variable. Blood pressure was the average of two oscillometric office readings, whereas ambulatory monitoring is the state-of-the-art.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Blood Pressure / Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory Type of study: Risk_factors_studies Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: America do sul / Brasil Language: En Journal: Environ Health Journal subject: SAUDE AMBIENTAL Year: 2018 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Belgium Country of publication: United kingdom

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Blood Pressure / Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory Type of study: Risk_factors_studies Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: America do sul / Brasil Language: En Journal: Environ Health Journal subject: SAUDE AMBIENTAL Year: 2018 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Belgium Country of publication: United kingdom