Table 5.
Adjusted PORa (95% CI) for hypertension by ALAD2 allele within BLL quartiles in the NHANES III DNA bank stratified by race/ethnicity.
| Characteristic | Quartile 1 [0.7–1.4 μg/dL (n = 1,206)] | Quartile 2 [1.5–2.3 μg/dL (n = 1,263)] | Quartile 3 [2.4–3.7 μg/dL (n = 1,388)] | Quartile 4 [3.8–52.9 μg/dL (n = 1,657)] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Hispanic whitesb | 0.78 (0.15–4.08) | 1.11 (0.45–2.69) | 0.67 (0.39–1.12) | 2.00 (1.12–3.55) |
| Non-Hispanic blacksb | 5.71 (0.04–745.01) | 3.13 (0.48–20.50) | 1.31 (0.29–5.88) | 0.60 (0.22–1.63) |
| Mexican Americansb | 0.34 (0.05–2.11) | 1.62 (0.43–6.13) | 0.94 (0.24–3.73) | 0.92 (0.30–2.86) |
a
Adjusted for race/ethnicity, age, sex, BMI, alcohol ingestion, smoking status, education, serum creatinine, serum total calcium, glycosylated hemoglobin, and hematocrit.
b
Adjusted for age, sex, BMI, alcohol ingestion, smoking status, education, serum creatinine, serum total calcium, glycosylated hemoglobin, and hematocrit.