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Table 2 Plasma organochlorine concentrations (μg/kg lipids) in the 153 peri- and postmenopausal Inuit women

From: Plasma organochlorine concentrations and bone ultrasound measurements: a cross-sectional study in peri-and postmenopausal Inuit women from Greenland

Variables

% detected

Geometric mean (95% CI)

Min

Max

PCBs (IUPAC No)

    

28

83

7.7 (6.8–8.7)

ND*

111.1

52

76

7.3 (6.4–8.4)

ND

80.0

99

100

88.0 (80.1–96.6)

9.3

294.7

101

84

8.9 (7.9–10.0)

ND

36.6

105

98

22.5 (20.2–25.1)

ND

77.7

118

100

121.9 (111.9–132.8)

19.7

371.8

128

23

   

138

100

418.2 (384.4–454.9)

70.6

1385

153

100

578.6 (530.2–631.3)

93.8

1993

156

100

77.2 (70.9–83.9)

11.4

295.9

170

100

132.5 (121.4–144.6)

20.7

606.4

180

100

350.6 (319.8–384.4)

57.9

1709

183

100

41.7 (38.3–45.4)

7.4

160.0

187

100

164.3 (150.7–179.0)

24.2

660.3

ΣPCBs

100

2051 (1886–2229)

341

7384

Chlorinated pesticides

    

Aldrin

3

   

β-HCH

100

49.4 (46.3–52.6)

16.2

134.6

γ-Chlordane

25

   

cis-Nonachlor

100

87.2 (79.3–96.0)

9.5

287.5

p, p'-DDE

100

1192 (1083–1313)

94.2

6464

p, p'-DDT

95

33.5 (29.9–37.6)

ND

145.6

HCB

100

289.0 (264.3–316.0)

56.9

1458

Mirex

100

39.6 (34.9–45.0)

ND

242.4

Oxychlordane

100

214.6 (192.6–239.0)

15.9

1268

trans-Nonachlor

100

388.7 (351.8–429.5)

40.7

1903

  1. *ND; not detected