Figure 2
The environment and blood lead status and its association with obesity in China.
Based on the largest sample of general women ever reporting blood lead level (BLL) in China, BLL in Chinese women was about twice higher than in U.S. population. Women in rural and rapid-economic-development area had higher BLL. Blood lead is mainly from air, water, soil and food. In our study, elevated BLL does not appear to be associated with lead levels in drinking water or rice, suggesting some other exposure source. Moreover, we found that BLL was positively associated with BMI and obesity after adjustment for age, residence area, economic status, diabetes, dyslipidemia and hypertension in Chinese women. This figure was created by Adobe Illustrator CS5 and Adobe Photoshop CS5 (Adobe Systems Incorporated, USA).
