Table 3.

Pearson Correlations of Blood Lead with Key Demographic and Behavioral Measures

	Child Lead	Maternal Lead
Gender of the Child	−.28a	−.06
Age of the Child	−.03	.20b
Child Estimated FSIQ	−.18b	.10
Household Income	−.27a	−.01
DSM-IV Inattention	.18b	−.10
DSM-IV Hyperactivity	.31a	.03
DSM-IV ADHD Diagnosis	.24a	−.10
DSM-IV Conduct Disorder	.02	.21b
Conners Rating Scale Cognitive Problems	.14	−.10
Conners Rating Scale Hyperactivity	.25a	−.10
Conners Rating Scale Oppositional	.18b	−.06
Conners Rating Scale ADHD Index	.17b	−.06
CBCL Attention Problems	.21b	−.09

The DSM-IV scores represent symptom counts derived from the “or” algorithm counting symptoms from parent KSADS and teacher ADHD Rating Scale. FSIQ, Estimated Full Scale Intelligence Quotient; Conners Rating Scale, parent rated Conners Revised Short Form; Cognitive Problems, inattention symptoms on that scale; CBCL, maternal rated Child Behavior Checklist; other abbreviations as in Table 1.

^ap < .01.

^bp < .05.