Table 2 Lipid components, body mass index (BMI), and serum concentrations of total PCBs and chlorinated pesticides (n = 575)
| Â | Mean | Median | Standard deviation | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BMI (kg/m2) | 30.88 | 30.00 | 8.03 | 16.00 | 65.00 |
Total Lipids (mg/dL) | 636.88 (mg/dL) | 609.80 (mg/dL) | 153.07 (mg/dL) | 335.80 (mg/dL) | 1436.20 (mg/dL) |
Total Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 195.85 (mg/dL) | 192.00 (mg/dL) | 42.76 (mg/dL) | 84.00 (mg/dL) | 373.00 (mg/dL) |
HDL (mg/dL) | 48.53 (mg/dL) | 46.00 (mg/dL) | 15.89 (mg/dL) | 19.00 (mg/dL) | 148.00 (mg/dL) |
LDL (mg/dL) | 121.68 (mg/dL) | 119.00 (mg/dL) | 37.19 (mg/dL) | 36.00 (mg/dL) | 300.00 (mg/dL) |
Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 130.14 (mg/dL) | 106.00 (mg/dL) | 92.13 (mg/dL) | 15.00 (mg/dL) | 929.00 (mg/dL) |
Total PCBs (ng/g ww) | 6.33 | 3.16 | 12.61 | 0.11 | 170.42 |
Mono-ortho congeners (ng/g ww) | 0.85 | 0.37 | 2.09 | 0.02 | 34.28 |
Di-ortho congeners (ng/g ww) | 3.95 | 1.95 | 8.05 | 0.06 | 107.95 |
Tri- and tetra-ortho congeners (ng/g ww) | 1.53 | 0.72 | 2.84 | 0.02 | 28.19 |
Tri- and tetrachloro congeners (ng/g ww) | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.30 | 0.01 | 4.33 |
Pentachloro congeners (ng/g ww) | 0.68 | 0.23 | 1.89 | 0.02 | 34.40 |
Hexachloro congeners (ng/g ww) | 2.59 | 1.17 | 5.58 | 0.04 | 77.70 |
Heptachloro congeners (ng/g ww) | 1.81 | 0.89 | 3.56 | 0.02 | 41.46 |
Octa-, nona- and decachloro congeners (ng/g ww) | 1.10 | 0.51 | 2.11 | 0.01 | 21.65 |
Total Pesticides (ng/g ww) | 4.31 | 2.56 | 5.48 | 0.15 | 39.07 |
pp-DDE, op-DDT, pp-DDT (ng/g ww) | 3.65 | 1.87 | 5.03 | 0.03 | 38.51 |
Oxychlordane, t-nonahlordane (ng/g ww) | 0.47 | 0.31 | 0.68 | 0.02 | 10.44 |
Mirex (ng/g ww) | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 2.67 |
HCB (ng/g ww) | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 1.48 |
β-HCCH, γ-HCCH (ng/g ww) | 0.12 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 0.01 | 1.77 |