Table 1.
Descriptive analysis for the young population in the present study (n=135).
Total (n = 135) | Newborn (n=66) | 1 - 5 years (n=19) | 6 - 10 years (n=30) | 11 - 18 years (n=20) | p-value | |
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Age (mean ± SD) | 4.33 ± 5.05 | 0.141 ± 0.0580 | 3.59 ± 1.14 | 8.16 ± 1.33 | 13.4 ± 2.00 | |
Sex, n (%) | ||||||
Male | 71 (52.2) | 34 (51.5) | 10 (52.6) | 13 (43.3) | 14 (70.0) | |
Female | 65 (47.8) | 32 (48.5) | 9 (47.4) | 17 (56.7) | 6 (30.0) | |
Height (mean ± SD, cm) | 86.3 ± 43.2 | 49.3 ± 2.45 | 98.0 ± 8.86 | 126 ± 9.81 | 158 ± 16.5 | |
Weight (mean ± SD, kg) | 15.9 ± 17.7 | 2.94 ± 0.464 | 15.1 ± 2.90 | 26.0 ± 6.23 | 50.6 ± 12.4 | |
BMI or Quetelet’s index (mean ± SD) | 14.5 ± 3.56 | 12.0 ± 1.17 | 15.6 ± 1.65 | 16.2 ± 2.57 | 20.0 ± 3.75 | |
Contaminants (ug/L) (mean ± SD) | ||||||
OPFRs and the metabolites | ||||||
BDCPP | 0.177 ± 0.629 | 0.0530 ± 0.263 | 0.279 ± 0.600 | 0.165 ± 0.456 | 0.514 ± 1.31 | 0.789 |
BCEP | 0.578 ± 0.824 | 0.705 ± 1.00 | 0.680 ± 0.834 | 0.293 ± 0.380 | 0.517 ± 0.551 | 0.154 |
DBEP | 0.327 ± 0.980 | 0.406 ± 1.32 | 0.469 ± 0.752 | 0.182 ± 0.318 | 0.149 ± 0.214 | 0.054 |
DNBP | 0.0203 ± 0.111 | 0.0400 ± 0.157 | 0.00158 ± 0.00688 | 0.00333 ± 0.00884 | < LOD | 0.201 |
DPHP | 0.467 ± 0.725 | 0.395 ± 0.592 | 0.628 ± 0.871 | 0.461 ± 0.444 | 0.585 ± 1.20 | 0.454 |
TDCPP | 0.0214 ± 0.0632 | 0.00900 ± 0.0320 | 0.0421 ± 0.0879 | 0.0193 ± 0.0592 | 0.0450 ± 0.103 | 0.229 |
TCEP | 0.682 ± 1.26 | 1.13 ± 1.51 | 0.265 ± 0.796 | 0.290 ± 0.773 | 0.223 ± 0.711 | 0.949 |
TBEP | 0.394 ± 0.776 | 0.424 ± 0.933 | 0.634 ± 0.866 | 0.295 ± 0.503 | 0.217 ± 0.292 | 0.026 |
TNBP | 0.0380 ± 0.0505 | 0.0430 ± 0.0600 | 0.0416 ± 0.0379 | 0.0270 ± 0.0392 | 0.0330 ± 0.0383 | 0.171 |
TPHP | 0.0342 ± 0.110 | 0.0470 ± 0.150 | 0.0142 ± 0.0255 | 0.0157 ± 0.0305 | 0.0380 ± 0.0698 | 0.490 |
ΣOPFRs | 2.25 ± 1.91 | 3.25 ± 2.84 | 3.06 ± 2.21 | 1.75 ± 1.10 | 2.32 ± 2.29 | 0.125 |