Lead is an environmental hazard that should be addressed worldwide. Over time, human
lead exposure in the western world has decreased drastically to levels comparable to those …

Epidemiologic studies often quantify exposure using biomarkers, which commonly have
statistically skewed distributions. Although normality assumption is not required if the …

Background Environmental exposure to multiple metals have been inconsistently associated
with hypertension. Obesity is an important independent risk factor for hypertension, and few …

Abstract Background Non-Hispanic Asians (NHA) in USA have been reported with higher
arsenic (As), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg) and their specific species levels …

Various heavy metal elements in the human body have been reported to be associated with
dyslipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes. The role of cobalt in these conditions is unclear …

The effect of exposure to metal mixtures on blood pressure or hypertension is still unclear.
The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between blood concentrations of …

Abstract Cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) co-exposure have been inconsistently associated with
blood pressure (BP) and hypertension (HTN). This cross-sectional study included 309 …

The link between lead and blood pressure was debatable, and whether it was mediated by
renal function was unknown. The purpose was to investigate the relationship between blood …

Objectives To explore the differences in the increase of systolic blood pressure (SBP) and
diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in 3 consecutive years among lead (Pb) workers. Methods …

Hypertension is a common and costly public health burden in China, while the interaction
effects of individual and contextual level factors on the risk of hypertension remain unclear …