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Researchers in this study from Tulane University compared blood lead levels in adults from 2 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys: NHANES III (covering 1988 to 1994) and NHANES 1999–2002. They compared overall trends in blood lead levels and looked for associations with age, race, and sex, adjusting for cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, education level, and health insurance. They also looked for associations between blood lead levels and the presence of chronic kidney disease, peripheral arterial disease, and hypertension.
The mean blood lead level fell from 2.76 μg/dL to …
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