Blood’s Concentration of Lead and Arsenic Associated with Anemia in Peruvian Children

Table 2

Correlation of infants’ age, blood toxic elements, and anthropometric measurements (n = 42).

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6
1. Age	—
2. As	0.37	—
3. Pb	0.35	0.26	—
4. Weight z-score	−0.9	−0.04	−0.06	—
5. Height z-score	−0.23	−0.04	−0.00	0.45	—
6. HC z-score	−0.17	−0.25	−0.03	0.32	0.24	—
7. BMI z-score	−0.12	−0.03	−0.10	0.82	0.11	0.33

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