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Table 6 Descriptive statistics for MIREC Organochorine concentrations in maternal and cord blood plasma (lipid-adjusted—μg/kg)

From: Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in maternal and cord blood from the maternal-infant research on environmental chemicals (MIREC) cohort study

Contaminanta

Aliquot

N

LOD

% < LOD

Min

Median

95th Percentile

Max

KM Median

95 % CI

GM

95 % CI

Beta-HCH

Maternal

1898

0.01

31.88

ND

2.31

18.97

1108.11

2.24

2.15

2.32

2.32

2.19

2.46

Cord

1379

0.01

93.55

ND

ND

47.62

740.74

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Cis-nonachlor

Maternal

1934

0.005

88.31

ND

ND

1.25

3.91

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

DDE

Maternal

1935

0.09

1.03

ND

48.33

262.55

5306.12

48.33

46.68

49.99

56.02

54.02

58.08

Cord

1382

0.09

87.48

ND

ND

452.50

1827.96

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

DDT

Maternal

1935

0.05

96.28

ND

ND

ND

175.44

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Cord

1381

0.05

99.71

ND

ND

ND

500

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

HCB

Maternal

1934

0.04

69.54

ND

ND

11.73

101.67

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Cord

1380

0.04

99.86

ND

ND

ND

400

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Mirex

Maternal

1934

0.01

91.83

ND

ND

2.50

38.03

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Oxychlordane

Maternal

1933

0.005

7.81

ND

2.09

4.60

17.5

2.09

2.02

2.15

2.01

1.96

2.06

Cord

1378

0.005

97.97

ND

ND

ND

50

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Parlar26

Maternal

1934

0.005

97.47

ND

ND

ND

3.65

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Parlar50

Maternal

1934

0.005

87.28

ND

ND

1.22

5

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Transnonachlor

Maternal

1934

0.01

15.87

ND

2.89

7.30

34.33

2.88

2.78

2.99

2.90

2.83

2.98

Cord

1381

0.01

98.99

ND

ND

ND

100

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

  1. ND Due to a high percentage of non-detects, descriptive statistics were not reported
  2. NA Non-applicable (KM median and GM MLE of contaminants with less than 50 % of observations detected were not calculated)
  3. a Aldrin, Alpha-chlordane, Gamma-Chlordane, and Gamma-HCH were not detected in both maternal and cord blood samples. Contaminants cis-nonachlor, Mirex, Parlar-26, and Parlar-50 were not detected in the cord blood