TABLE 4.
Study PFAS Concentration in Firefighter Blood Serum (geometric mean ng/mL ±95% CI).
| Rotander et al. (2015) | Dobraca et al. (2015) | Trowbridge et al. (2020) | Leary et al. (2020) | Graber et al. (2021) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample Year | 2013 | 2010–2011 | 2014–2015 | 2018–2019 | 2019 |
| Cohort Size | 149 | 101 | 86 | 36 | 135 |
| Region | Queensland, Australia | Southern California | San Francisco | Southwest Ohio | New Jersey |
| Compound | |||||
| Perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA) | 0.1 | 0.13 (±0.02) | |||
| Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) | 4.6 | 3.75 (±0.38) | 1.15 (±0.10) | 2.15 | 2.07 (±0.18) |
| Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA) | 0.76 | 1.15 (±0.10) | 0.67 (±0.06) | 0.46 | 0.97 (±0.08) |
| Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA) | 0.29 | 0.90 (±0.12) | 0.25 (±0.02) | 0.31 (±0.02) | |
| Perfluoroundecanoic acid (PFUnDA) | 0.16 | 0.24 (±0.03) | 0.18 (±0.04) | 0.11 (±0.01) | |
| Perfluorododecanoic acid (PFDoA) | NC | NC | 0.14 (±0.01) | ||
| Perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS) | NC | NC | 0.13 (±0.03) | ||
| Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) | 33 | 2.26 (±0.26) | 3.79 (±0.55) | 6.15 | 1.83 (±0.22) |
| Perfluorooctane sulfonic (PFOS) | 74 | 12.5 (±1.16) | 4.11 (±0.43) | 8.63 | 4.25 (±0.55) |
| Perfluoroactane sulfonamide (PFOSA) | 0.032 (±0.005) | ||||
| 2-(N-methyl-PFOSA) acetic acid (MeFOSAA) | 0.16 (±0.03) | 0.08 (±0.01) | |||
| 2-(N-ethyl-PFOSA) acetic acid (EtFOSAA) | 0.016 (±0.002) | ||||
NC—Not calculated due to low detections.