Table 14.
Mean and 95th percentile of chronic exposure estimates at the LB and UB for OTA
| Age classa | Number of surveys | Mean dietary exposure (ng/kg bw per day) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Median | Maximum | |||||
| LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | ||
| Infants | 11 | 0.64 | 2.53 | 1.93 | 5.66 | 8.64 | 15.71 |
| Toddlers | 14 | 3.32 | 7.34 | 5.72 | 12.33 | 9.13 | 17.79 |
| Other children | 19 | 2.91 | 7.40 | 5.03 | 10.78 | 8.05 | 14.36 |
| Adolescents | 18 | 2.20 | 5.15 | 3.26 | 6.02 | 4.54 | 8.09 |
| Adults | 19 | 1.66 | 3.47 | 2.41 | 5.09 | 3.84 | 6.03 |
| Elderly | 18 | 1.30 | 3.09 | 2.07 | 4.54 | 3.57 | 6.18 |
| Very elderly | 14 | 1.10 | 2.62 | 2.08 | 4.52 | 3.59 | 5.32 |
| Pregnant women | 2 | 1.49 | 3.28 | 1.88 | 3.81 | 2.26 | 4.33 |
| Lactating women | 2 | 1.66 | 4.07 | 2.11 | 4.48 | 2.57 | 4.88 |
| Age classa | Number of surveys | 95th percentile dietary exposure (ng/kg bw per day)b | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Median | Maximum | |||||
| LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | ||
| Infants | 10 | 2.58 | 7.34 | 6.86 | 14.22 | 30.36 | 51.69 |
| Toddlers | 12 | 9.97 | 16.59 | 12.20 | 22.01 | 22.23 | 37.13 |
| Other children | 19 | 6.26 | 14.40 | 10.09 | 19.44 | 17.92 | 28.06 |
| Adolescents | 17 | 4.82 | 9.93 | 6.55 | 11.38 | 10.46 | 15.70 |
| Adults | 19 | 3.86 | 7.56 | 5.44 | 10.36 | 8.88 | 12.65 |
| Elderly | 18 | 3.16 | 6.68 | 4.30 | 8.61 | 8.60 | 13.71 |
| Very elderly | 10 | 2.40 | 5.13 | 3.97 | 8.45 | 5.22 | 9.19 |
| Pregnant women | 2 | 3.07 | 6.21 | 4.06 | 7.23 | 5.04 | 8.26 |
| Lactating women | 2 | 3.11 | 6.40 | 4.51 | 8.23 | 5.92 | 10.06 |
bw: body weight; LB: lower bound; UB: upper bound.
a
Section 2.3 describes the age range within each age class.
b
The 95th percentile estimates obtained on dietary surveys/age classes with less than 60 observations may not be statistically robust (EFSA, 2011a). Those estimates were not included in this table.