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Table 7 Descriptive statistics for MIREC PBB and PBDEs concentrations in maternal and cord blood plasma (lipid-adjusted—μg/kg)

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

Contaminanta

Aliquot

N

LOD

% < LOD

Min

Median

95th Percentile

Max

KM Median

95 % CI

GM

95 % CI

PBB153

Maternal

1928

0.02

99.48

ND

ND

ND

13.62

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

PBDE100

Maternal

1927

0.02

78.46

ND

ND

10.16

327.27

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Cord

1379

0.02

99.06

ND

ND

ND

200

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

PBDE153

Maternal

1928

0.02

55.60

ND

ND

36.36

527.27

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Cord

1381

0.02

96.96

ND

ND

ND

221.05

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

PBDE28

Maternal

1928

0.03

99.07

ND

ND

ND

27.14

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

PBDE33

Maternal

1927

0.03

99.90

ND

ND

ND

8.57

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

PBDE47

Maternal

1928

0.03

34.28

ND

7.19

37.78

727.27

7.00

6.65

7.35

7.02

6.68

7.38

Cord

1379

0.03

94.63

ND

ND

125

411.76

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

PBDE99

Maternal

1927

0.02

80.85

ND

ND

8.36

169.09

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Cord

1379

0.02

98.55

ND

ND

ND

1148.15

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

  1. ND Due to a high percentage of non-detects, descriptive statistics were not reported
  2. NA Non-applicable (KM median and GM MLE of contaminants with less than 50 % of observations detected were not calculated)
  3. a PBDE 15, PBDE 17, and PBDE 25 were not detected in both maternal and cord blood samples. PBB 153, PBDE 28, PBDE 33, were not detected in the cord blood