Housing assistance and blood lead levels: Children in the United States, 2005-2012

K.A. Ahrens, B.A. Haley, L.M. Rossen, P.C. Lloyd and Y. Aoki

American Journal of Public Health, 2016, vol. 106, issue 11, 2049-2056

Abstract: Objectives. To compare blood lead levels (BLLs) among US children aged 1 to 5 years according to receipt of federal housing assistance. Methods. In our analyses, we used 2005 to 2012 data for National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) respondents thatwere linked to 1999 to 2014 administrative records from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). After we restricted the analysis to children with family income-To-poverty ratios below 200%, we compared geometricmean BLLs and the prevalence of BLLs of 3micrograms per deciliter or higheramongchildrenwhowerelivingin assisted housing at the time of theirNHANESblood draw (n = 151) with data for children who did not receive housing assistance (n = 1099). Results. After adjustment, children living in assisted housing had a significantly lower geometric mean BLL (1.44 mg/dL; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.31, 1.57) than comparable children who did not receive housing assistance (1.79 mg/dL; 95% CI = 1.59, 2.01; P

Keywords: child; confidence interval; controlled study; family income; family size; housing; human; infant; information processing; lead blood level; major clinical study; nutrition; poverty; prevalence; public health; United States; blood; female; housing; male; preschool child; propensity score; risk factor; socioeconomics; statistics and numerical data; United States, lead, Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Infant; Lead; Male; Poverty; Prevalence; Propensity Score; Public Housing; Risk Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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