Figure 2.

Associations of regional longitudinal (A and B) and radial (C and D) left ventricular strain and strain rate with blood lead and 24‐hour urinary cadmium. Both biomarkers were simultaneously entered into the models. Associations were adjusted for sex, age, mean arterial pressure, heart rate, body mass index, fasting plasma glucose, total‐HDL cholesterol ratio, serum creatinine, γ‐glutamyltransferase, smoking, and antihypertensive treatment (by drug class) and express the effect size for a doubling of the exposure biomarker. Horizontal bars indicate the 95% confidence interval. Measurements of longitudinal and radial strain were available in 179 and 166 participants, respectively. HDL indicates high‐density lipoprotein.