Elwood P C, Yarnell J W, Oldham P D, Catford J C, Nutbeam D, Davey-Smith G, Toothill C
MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cardiff, Great Britain.
Am J Epidemiol. 1988 May;127(5):942-5. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114897.
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.
