Blood-lead and Hypertension

Overview

Journal Lancet

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty General Medicine

Date 1976 Jul 3

PMID 59074

Citations 37

Authors

D G Beevers

E Erskine

M Robertson

A D Beattie

B C Campbell

A GOLDBERG

M R Moore

V M Hawthorne

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Abstract

Blood and tap-water lead levels were examined in 135 hypertensives and 135 age and sex matched normotensives. Among male hypertensives there was a significant excess of cases with high blood-lead levels and a similar but statistically non-significant trend was found amongst female hypertensives. A positive correlation was found between blood-lead and tap-water lead. It is concluded that in the West of Scotland high blood-pressure is associated with high blood-lead levels, which might explain the high prevalence of cardiovascular disease in the area.

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