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. 2023 Sep 13;21(9):e08215. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8215

Table 14.

Summary statistics of the chronic dietary exposure assessment (mg/kg bw per day) to MOAH across European dietary surveys. n, number of dietary surveys

Mean dietary exposure (mg/kg bw per day)
Lower bound (LB) Upper bound (UB)
n Min Median Max Min Median Max
Infants 12 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.011 0.018 0.031
Toddlers 15 0.002 0.002 0.003 0.013 0.017 0.021
Other children 19 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.011 0.013 0.015
Adolescents 21 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.005 0.007 0.010
Adults 22 0.0004 0.001 0.001 0.003 0.005 0.006
Elderly 19 0.0004 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.004 0.006
Very elderly 14 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.004 0.005 0.006
Pregnant women 6 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.004 0.005 0.006
Lactating women 2 0.001 0.001 0.005 0.006
Vegetarians 1 0.001 0.004
95th percentile dietary exposure (mg/kg bw per day)
n Lower bound (LB) Upper bound (UB)
Min Median Max Min Median Max
Infants 12 0.003 0.004 0.011 0.029 0.036 0.059
Toddlers 15 0.003 0.004 0.009 0.024 0.029 0.040
Other children 19 0.003 0.004 0.006 0.018 0.024 0.029
Adolescents 21 0.001 0.002 0.004 0.010 0.014 0.017
Adults 22 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.007 0.009 0.012
Elderly 19 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.006 0.008 0.013
Very elderly 14 0.001 0.002 0.004 0.008 0.009 0.013
Pregnant women 6 0.001 0.001 0.003 0.007 0.010 0.010
Lactating women 2 0.001 0.003 0.009 0.009
Vegetarians 1 0.002 0.010