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. 2023 Sep 2;22:61. doi: 10.1186/s12940-023-01009-3

Table 2.

PFAS concentrations (ng/ml) in UPSIDE participants included in the current analysisa

PFAS N LOD % < LOD Mean STD 50th 90th 95th Min Max
Participants contributing prenatal data
 PFOS 243 0.02 0 2.86 2.01 2.52 4.28 5.51 0.61 21.3
 PFOA 243 0.02 0 0.68 0.42 0.59 1.16 1.46 0.04 2.74
 PFNA 243 0.032 0 0.31 0.30 0.25 0.49 0.62 0.06 2.87
 PFHxS 243 0.02 0 1.90 0.87 1.74 3.03 3.48 0.56 7.17
 PFDA 243 0.02 17 0.08 0.08 0.06 0.15 0.20 0.01 0.68
Participants contributing postnatal data
 PFOS 139 0.02 0 2.94 2.41 2.43 4.18 6.56 0.61 21.3
 PFOA 139 0.02 0 0.70 0.57 0.58 1.09 1.39 0.04 5.45
 PFNA 139 0.032 0 0.34 0.39 0.23 0.47 0.93 0.06 2.87
 PFHxS 139 0.02 0 1.93 0.81 1.75 3.03 3.37 0.56 6.03
 PFDA 139 0.02 19 0.09 0.13 0.05 0.16 0.20 0.01 1.04

Abbr: LOD Limit of Detection, Min Minimum, Max Maximum, PFAS per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, PFDA perfluorodecanoic acid, PFHxS perfluorohexanesulfonic acid, PFNA perfluorononanoic acid, PFOA perfluorooctanoic acid, PFOS perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, STD Standard Deviation

aN = 5 participants contributed data only to the postpartum analysis