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Table 2 Comparison of teachers with age-stratified NHANES levels for 33 PCB congeners common to both datasets, non-Hispanic whites

From: Serum PCB levels and congener profiles among teachers in PCB-containing schools: a pilot study

Subject by age

School

∑33 NHANES congeners ng/g serum (pg/g lipid)

NHANES GM

NHANES 90%

NHANES 95%

20-39

  

0.47(79.2)

1.03(157)

1.47(226)

6

B

0.69(118)

   

12

A

0.55(158)

   

9

B

0.64(172)

   

40-59

  

1.21(186)

2.48(375)

3.22(471)

8

A

0.38(106)

   

11

A

0.83(147)

   

16

A

1.38(240)

   

15

A

1.23(268)

   

4

A

1.79(214)

   

3

A

0.82(161)

   

5

C

2.30(391)

   

10

A

1.67(270)

   

17

A

2.22(342)

   

2

B

1.25(228)

   

14

B

1.51(183)

   

60+

  

2.27(347)

4.31(689)

5.91(929)

7

C

2.03(364)

   

1

A

1.66(268)

   

13

C

4.16(694)

   

18

C

4.98(1346)

   
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