Tyroler H A
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599.
Environ Health Perspect. 1988 Jun;78:3-7. doi: 10.1289/ehp.88783.
An overview of the epidemiology of blood pressure is presented as background for the International Symposium of Blood Lead-Blood Pressure Relationships. The correlates of blood pressure distributions in populations are varied and numerous. They have to be considered as either potential confounders or modifiers of any blood pressure-blood lead relationship detected. The relation of blood pressure to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality emphasizes the importance of detecting and elucidating any possible causal association of blood lead with blood pressure at low levels. The task of this symposium is of public health importance, as relatively minor changes in the distribution and mean levels of blood pressure in populations are associated with major morbidity and mortality consequences.
作为国际血铅与血压关系研讨会的背景，本文介绍了血压流行病学概况。人群中血压分布的相关因素多种多样且数量众多。它们必须被视为检测到的任何血压与血铅关系的潜在混杂因素或调节因素。血压与心血管疾病发病率和死亡率的关系强调了在低水平下检测和阐明血铅与血压之间任何可能因果关联的重要性。本次研讨会的任务具有公共卫生重要性，因为人群中血压分布和平均水平的相对微小变化会带来重大的发病和死亡后果。
