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Data were stratified into five categories of qualifying BLLs and analyzed using Cox regression. Survival curves were used to describe the time until BLLs declined below the level of concern. We compared three different analytic methods to account for children lost to follow-up.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>On average, it required slightly more than 1 year (382 days) for a child\u2019s BLL to decline to &amp;lt; 10 \u03bcg\/dL, with the highest BLLs taking even longer. The BLLs of black children [hazard ratio (HR) = 0.84; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.71\u20130.99], males (HRmale = 0.83; 95% CI, 0.71\u20130.98), and children from rural areas (HRrural = 0.83; 95% CI, 0.70\u20130.97) took longer to fall below 10 \u03bcg\/dL than those of other children, after controlling for qualifying BLL and other covariates. Sensitivity analysis demonstrated that including censored children estimated a longer time for BLL reduction than when using linear interpolation or when excluding censored children.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Children with high confirmatory BLLs, black children, males, and children from rural areas may need additional attention during case management to expedite their BLL reduction time to &amp;lt; 10 \u03bcg\/dL. Analytic methods that do not account for loss to follow-up may underestimate the time it takes for BLLs to fall below the recommended target level.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1289\/ehp.10548","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,3,4]],"date-time":"2008-03-04T11:25:17Z","timestamp":1204629917000},"page":"981-985","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Reduction of Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children in North Carolina and Vermont, 1996\u20131999"],"prefix":"10.1021","volume":"116","author":[{"given":"Timothy A.","family":"Dignam","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services, Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, Atlanta, Georgia, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jose","family":"Lojo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pamela A.","family":"Meyer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services, Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch, Atlanta, Georgia, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ed","family":"Norman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"North Carolina Division of Environmental Health, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amy","family":"Sayre","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vermont Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington, Vermont, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"W. 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