Table 3.
Estimated Values for Half-Lives, Excretion Coefficients for Three Novel Fluoroethers, and the 95% Confidence Interval of Those Estimatesa
| compound | half-life (days) | half-life 95%CI (days) | excretion coefficient (ng/mL/day) | excretion coefficient 95% CI (ng/mL/day) | effect of age on concentration (ng/mL/year) | effect of gender concentration (ng/mL) in males |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFO4DA | 127 | 86,243 | –0.00546* | –0.00806, −0.00285 | 0.0129 | 0.376 |
| Nafion byproduct 2 | 296 | 176,924 | –0.00234* | –0.00393, −0.000750 | 0.017* | 0.34* |
| PFO5DoA | 379 | 199,3870 | –0.00183* | –0.00348, −0.000179 | 0.0160* | 0.298 |
indicates significant values (p < 0.05).