Table 2.

Anthropometrics and heavy metal blood levels of children at Time I, N = 252

	Time I
Variable	Community 1	Community 2	Total
n	102	150	252
Height (in) M (SD) Range	50.37 (± 5.34) 38.39–62.24	49.86 (± 5.53) 36.89–61.22	50.07 (± 5.45) 36.89–62.24
Weight (lbs) M (SD) Range	66.77 (± 24.76) 26.40–146.00	66.89 (± 26.89) 29.40–153.60	66.84 (± 25.99) 26.40–153.60
BMIa n (%)	99/102 (97%)	149/150 (99%)	251/252 (99%)
Underweight (< 5th %ile)	5.1%	2.7%	3.6%
Normal (5th–85th %ile)	65.7%	62.4%	62.2%
Overweight or Obese (≥ 85th %ile)	29.3%	36.2%	33.1%
Obese (≥ 95th %ile)	16.2%	22.1%	19.5%
Heavy metal (μg/dL)
As M (SD)  Range	0.89 (± 0.57) 0.09–2.61	1.03 (± 0.38) 0.42–2.52	0.97 (± 0.47) 0.09–2.61
Pb M (SD)  Range	0.84 (± 0.96) 0.00–5.29	1.03 (± 0.79) 0.12–4.39	0.95 (± 0.87) 0.00–5.29
Cd M (SD)  Range	0.05 (± 0.05) 0.00–0.32	0.07 (± 0.08) 0.00–0.49	0.07 (± 0.07) 0.00–0.49