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Table 2 Detection and concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in plasma samples (µg/L) from the study population

From: Inverse association between plasma chlordecone concentrations and progression of alcoholic liver fibrosis: the role of liver metabolism

POPs *

Detection frequency (%)

Percentiles

Max

10th

25th

50th

75th

90th

 

Chlordecone

90.0

0.02

0.05

0.17

0.58

1.15

10.4

DDE

99.4

0.16

0.46

1.08

2.23

4.43

22.2

PCB153

98.3

0.15

0.26

0.51

0.88

1.63

5.68

  1. *Chlordecone was measured in 181 plasma samples, and DDE and PCB153 in 179 plasma samples