Characteristics of childhood lead poisoning among Tennessee children ages one to five years, 2009-2013

- Risk factors for blood lead levels ≥10 μg/dL have been defined as gender, child age, poverty, old housing, and race/ethnicity.
- No risk factors have yet been associated with the CDC's new reference level for childhood lead poisoning of 5 μg/dL.
- BLLs in Tennessee children are higher than the national average.
- Being Black, male, and two and three years old were identified as risk factors for the new reference level in this analysis.
- Pre-1950 housing and poverty persist as risk factors for the new reference level according to multivariable analysis.