From: Mercury in human brain, blood, muscle and toenails in relation to exposure: an autopsy study
Tissue | Analyte a | Median | Mean b | SD | Min | Max | 10-percentile | 90-percentile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blood (v. femoralis) (μg/L) | T-Hg | 3.3 | 5 | 5.3 | 0.9 | 27.4 | 1.4 | 12.5 |
I-Hg | 1.0 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 22.4 | 0.2 | 5.2 | |
MeHg | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 10.9 | 0.9 | 6.2 | |
Occipital cortex (μg/kg) | T-Hg | 12 | 18 | 32 | 1 | 181 | 5 | 28 |
I-Hg | 5 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 164 | 3 | 18 | |
MeHg | 4 | 6 | 6 | <D.L.c | 28 | 1 | 16 | |
Abdominal muscle (μg/kg) | T-Hg | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0.3 | 29 | 0.9 | 12 |
Thyroid gland (n = 28) (μg/kg) | T-Hg | 19 | 55 | 186 | 2.7 | 1000 | 5.1 | 47 |
Pituitary gland (μg/kg) | T-Hg | 43 | 200 | 540 | 4.9 | 2900 | 12 | 460 |
Toenails (n = 29) (μg/kg) | T-Hg | 236 | 280 | 214 | 64 | 856 | 67 | 624 |