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Byline: Catherine M. Bulka, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (Ms Bulka, Drs Persky, Argos); Institute for Minority Health Research, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (Ms Bulka, Drs Daviglus, Durazo-Arvizu); National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland (Dr Aviles-Santa); Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California (Dr Gallo); Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, New York (Dr Hosgood III); Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida (Dr Singer); Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, San Diego State University, San Diego, California (Dr Talavera); Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Dr Thyagarajan); and Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Dr Zeng).; Martha L. Daviglus; Victoria W. Persky; Ramon A. Durazo-Arvizu; M. Larissa Aviles-Santa; Linda C. Gallo; H. Dean Hosgood III; Richard H. Singer; Gregory A. Talavera; Bharat Thyagarajan; Donglin Zeng; Maria Argos Abstract OBJECTIVE:: We assessed the cross-sectional relationships of self-reported current occupational exposures to solvents, metals, and pesticides with metabolic syndrome and its components among 7127 participants in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. METHODS:: Metabolic syndrome was defined as a clustering of abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high blood pressure, and/or high fasting glucose. Regression models that incorporated inverse probability of exposure weighting were used to estimate prevalence ratios. RESULTS:: Solvent exposure was associated with a 32% higher prevalence of high blood pressure (95% confidence interval: 1.09 to 1.60) than participants not reporting exposure. No associations were observed for occupational exposures with abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, low high-density lipoprotein, or metabolic syndrome. CONCLUSION:: Our findings suggest that solvent exposure may be an important occupational risk factor for high blood pressure among Hispanics/Latinos in the United States.