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Table 2 Overall and country-specific median serum levels of PFAS (ng/ml) in women from Greenland, Poland and Ukraine and exposure ranges in the country specific tertiles

From: Perfluoroalkyl substances and time to pregnancy in couples from Greenland, Poland and Ukraine

 

Overall

Greenland

Poland

Ukraine

Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)

1.65

1.83

2.67

0.92

 Low

 

0.50-1.51

0.97-2.16

0.24-0.78

 Medium

 

1.51-2.21

2.16-3.10

0.78-1.10

 High

 

2.22-5.13

3.13-9.84

1.11-9.79

Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS)

10.60

20.32

7.97

4.93

 Low

 

4.10-17.15

2.53-6.97

0.75-3.97

 Medium

 

17.17-24.02

6.98-9.27

3.98-5.67

 High

 

24.04-87.27

9.36-21.28

5.67-18.09

Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS)

1.94

2.04

2.35

1.55

 Low

 

0.39-1.64

0.79-1.83

0.22-1.14

 Medium

 

1.64-2.60

1.84-2.98

1.17-1.98

 High

 

2.60-13.79

3.00-10.82

1.99-19.71

Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)

0.64

0.70

0.60

0.60

 Low

 

0.20-0.56

0.19-0.48

0.14-0.48

 Medium

 

0.56-0.90

0.48-0.73

0.48-0.73

 High

 

0.90-5.71

0.74-2.76

0.73-3.72

  1. PFAS perfluoroalkyl substances.