Table 4.

Association between blood lead levels (μg/dl) and diastolic pressure, stratified by sex and race.

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
	β (95% CI)	β (95% CI)	β (95% CI)
Per 1 μg/dL BLL increase	0.15 (0.07, 0.24)***	0.08 (-0.01, 0.17)	0.23 (0.14, 0.32)***
Stratified by sex and race
Men
Mexican American	−0.08 (−0.26, 0.11)	−0.10 (−0.28, 0.09)	0.08 (−0.11, 0.26)
Other hispanic	−0.23 (−0.53, 0.08)	−0.27 (−0.58, 0.03)	−0.20 (−0.51, 0.11)
Non-hispanic white	−0.22 (−0.39, −0.05)*	0.18 (0.01, 0.36)*	0.40 (0.22, 0.58)***
Non-hispanic black	0.13 (−0.10, 0.36)	0.09 (−0.15, 0.34)	0.26 (0.00, 0.51)*
Other race	−0.34 (−0.75, 0.06)	−0.23 (−0.64, 0.19)	0.05 (−0.37, 0.48)
Women
Mexican American	0.06 (−0.26, 0.38)	−0.08 (−0.40, 0.24)	0.08 (−0.25, 0.40)
Other hispanic	0.50 (−0.18, 1.19)	0.36 (−0.35, 1.07)	0.42 (−0.30, 1.14)
Non-hispanic white	−0.16 (−0.45, 0.13)	0.48 (0.15, 0.80)**	0.74 (0.41, 1.07)***
Non-hispanic black	0.46 (0.11, 0.82)*	0.61 (0.22, 0.99)**	0.80 (0.40, 1.20)***
Other race	0.19 (−0.40, 0.79)	−0.03 (−0.65, 0.59)	0.16 (−0.47, 0.79)

Model 1: no covariates were adjusted.

Model 2: age were adjusted.

Model 3: age, education level, rate of family income to poverty, BMI, alcohol use, and smoking behavior were adjusted.

BLL, Blood lead levels.

^*p <0.05, ^**p <0.01, ^***p <0.001.