caa a22 4500 388059478 CHVBK 20180307125116.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199809 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1079/PHN19980027 doi S1368980098000287 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1079/PHN19980027 Undernutrition and elevated blood lead levels: effects on psychomotor development among Jamaican children [Elektronische Daten] Abstract Objective: We examined whether or not the effect of elevated blood lead levels on children's psychomotor development was modified by their nutritional status. Design: Anthropometry, developmental quotients (DQs), blood lead levels and haemoglobin were measured in lead exposed and unexposed children with different levels of nutritional status. Social background and maternal height and verbal intelligence were also measured. Testers, anthropometrists and interviewers established reliabilities with a trainer before the study began. Setting: Children were from two suburban areas in Kingston, Jamaica. All measurements on the children were carried out at a research unit. Social background and maternal measurements were carried out at the children's homes. Subjects: The exposed group comprised 58 children (3-6 years) attending the same preschool which was situated in a lead contaminated environment. The unexposed group comprised 53 children attending a nearby preschool without lead contamination. Results: The exposed children had significantly higher blood lead levels and lower DQs, and their homes had poorer facilities than the unexposed children. The deficit in DQ was greater (10.6 points) among children with weight for height less than -1 SD (National Center for Health Statistics references) than among better nourished Children (2 points). Conclusions: Undernourished children exposed to lead may have more serious developmental deficits than better nourished children. Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1998 Lead nationallicence Undernutrition nationallicence Children nationallicence Psychomotor development nationallicence Developing countries nationallicence Jamaica nationallicence Gardner Julie Meeks Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies Walker Susan P. Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies Chang Susan M. Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies Vutchkov Mitko International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies Lalor Gerald C. International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies Public Health Nutrition Cambridge University Press 1/3(1998-09), 177-179 1368-9800 1:3<177 1998 1 PHN https://doi.org/10.1079/PHN19980027 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1079/PHN19980027 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gardner Julie Meeks Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Walker Susan P. Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chang Susan M. Tropical Metabolism Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vutchkov Mitko International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lalor Gerald C. International Centre for Environmental and Nuclear Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Public Health Nutrition Cambridge University Press 1/3(1998-09), 177-179 1368-9800 1:3<177 1998 1 PHN CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge