title: Correlation between blood lead level and hemoglobin level in mitrovica children.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Lead toxicity is a serious health threat, especially in developing countries due to environmental pollution. It was thus aimed to investigate correlation between blood lead level and concentration level of hemoglobin in the blood of children involved in research.
  
  
  METHODS
  The research included 250 children of which 31(12.4%) kindergarten children, 166 (66.4%) of primary school pupils in Mitrovica and 53(21.2%) of primary school pupils in Shtime as control group. From the 250 children included in the survey 129 or 51.6% were female children and 48.4% male children. Children were selected randomly, while tests for concentration of Pb and blood hemoglobin were done at the National Institute of Public Health.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average value of blood lead level of Mitrovica pupils was 2.4 µg/dL (SD±1.9µg/dL), range 0.5 to 16.3µg/dL. The average value of blood lead level of Shtime pupils was 2.3µg/dL (SD±0.7µg/dL), range 1.2 to 5.2 µg/dL with no statistical difference (P = 0.191). The average value of blood lead level in kindergarten children of Mitrovica was 3.8µg/dL (SD±1.3µg/dL), range 2.2 to 7.7µg/dL with significant difference between the average values of blood lead levels of pupils and kindergarten children of Mitrovica (P <0.0001). The average value of hemoglobin in the pupils of Mitrovica was 14.0g/dL(SD± 3.7g/dL), range 9.4 to 25.6 g/dL. The average value of hemoglobin to pupils of Shtime was 11.4g/dl(SD±0.8 g/dl), range 9.2 to 13.0 g/dl with significant difference between mean values of hemoglobin pupils of Mitrovica and Shtime (U '= 6440.0, P <0.0001). With Spearman correlation is found significant correlation of a medium scale (r = -0.305, df = 248, p <0.0001) between blood lead levels and hemoglobin level in the blood.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosova ; Faculty of medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosova.
authors.forename: Drita
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kutllovci-Zogaj
authors.affiliation: Faculty of medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosova ; Faculty of medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosova.
authors.forename: Selvete
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krasniqi
authors.affiliation: Faculty of medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosova ; Faculty of medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosova.
authors.forename: Isa
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Elezaj
authors.affiliation: Faculty of medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosova ; Faculty of medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosova.
authors.forename: Naser
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ramadani
authors.affiliation: Faculty of medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosova ; Faculty of medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosova.
authors.forename: Tahire
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gjergji
authors.affiliation: University Clinical Center of Kosova, Prishtina, Kosova.
authors.forename: Dukagjin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zogaj
authors.affiliation: University Clinical Center of Kosova, Prishtina, Kosova.
authors.forename: Arben
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kutllovci
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health of Kosova, Prishtina, Kosova.
authors.forename: Arbëresha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jaka
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health of Kosova, Prishtina, Kosova.
authors.forename: Antigona
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ukëhaxhaj
authors.affiliation: Faculty of medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosova ; Faculty of medicine, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosova.
authors.forename: Sanije
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gashi
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health of Kosova, Prishtina, Kosova.
authors.forename: Ergyl
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bince
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D063826:Kosovo; D007854:Lead / Q000097:blood*; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D007854:Lead
keywords: Blood hemoglobin; Blood lead level; Correlation