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Table 4 Comparison of 1st trimester and 3rd trimester PFAS concentrations

From: Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in maternal and cord blood from the maternal-infant research on environmental chemicals (MIREC) cohort study

 

% below LOD

1st trimester GM

3rd trimester GM

ICC

Spearman correlation

PFOA

0

1.71

1.06

0.64 (0.46, 0.78)

0.90

PFOS

0

5.70

3.78

0.69 (0.53, 0.82)

0.91

PFHxS

5

0.98

0.70

0.83 (0.73, 0.90)

0.98

  1. N = 48 paired samples measured in both the 1st and 3rd trimester of pregnancy