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Table 1 Dioxin, dl-PCB and PBDE exposure

From: Thyroid hormone metabolism and environmental chemical exposure

 

Mean

Range

Standard deviation

95% confidence interval

Prenatal dioxin (PCDD/F) exposure ITEQ (pg/g lipid in breastmilk), n=32

32.6

9.05-88.8

64.3

25.9-38.5

Lactational dioxin (PCDD/F) exposure ITEQ (absolute quantity in ng), n=32

66.5

4.34-279

64.3

43.3-89.6

Current serum dioxin (PCDD/F) WHO-TEQ (pg/g lipid in serum), n=27

2.2

0.4-6.1

1.6

1.6-2.8

Current serum dl-PCBs WHO-TEQ (pg/g lipid)

2.2

0.04-7.8

2.0

1.4-3.0

Current serum PBDE (ng/g lipid) n=17*

10.5

4.9-22.1

4.6

8.2-12.9

  1. Means, ranges, standard deviation and 95% confidence interval of the exposure to Dioxins, PCBs and PBDE’s.
  2. *Current serum PBDE levels is calculated with exclusion of the outlier (73.6 ng/g lipids)