Table 20.
POPs in the population of the Pechenga district of Murmansk oblast, Russia. Data presented as geometric means (range) in blood serum (µg/kg lipids). Source [53].
| Men |
Women |
Pregnant women |
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| |
2013 |
2013 |
2013–2014 |
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| Mean age (range) |
39.9 (27–54) |
45.2 (26–65) |
29.2 (20–42) |
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| Sample size | n = 18 | n = 32 | n = 50 | |||
| µg/kg lipids |
% <LOD1 |
µg/kg lipids |
% <LOD1 |
µg/kg lipids |
% <LOD1 |
|
| HCB | 42.4 (10.9–189) |
6 | 32.3 (12.8–74.4) |
0 | 18.2 (5.3–251.6) |
0 |
| β-HCH | 49.1 (27.9–111.9) |
22 | 54.5 (17.6–157.1) |
9 | 8.5 (0.8–145.8) |
0 |
| 4,4’ DDE | 169.8 (51.6–940) |
0 | 139.3 (39.4–537.7) |
0 | 101.9 (16–1220.8) |
0 |
| 4,4’ DDT | 41.8 (11.6–131.9) |
6 | 17.7 (6.5–123.9) |
19 | 11.4 (1.3–376.4) |
0 |
| PCB118 | 48.3 (9.9–133.9) |
11 | 34.5 (12.1–94.2) |
0 | 26.1 (9.4–119.3) |
0 |
| PCB138 | 45.5 (14.8–106.4) |
11 | 27.2 (6.4–74.9) |
6 | 9.2 (1–48.2) |
0 |
| PCB153 | 48.5 (21.7–141.3) |
11 | 26.8 (8.5–61) |
3 | 12.2 (1.3–56.7) |
0 |
| PCB180 | 27.4 (14.5–106.2) |
33 | 17.3 (8.4–56.5) |
44 | 15.7 (5–46.8) |
702 |
| ƩPCBs3 | 242.8 (102–707.8) |
33 | 142.6 (46.6–384.8) |
44 | 74.2 (14.6–303.4) |
702 |
| ƩPCBs154 | 284.4 (125–753) |
0 | 200.2 (69.7–456) |
0 | 105.5 (40.7–368.8) |
0 |
1.1LOD: limit of detection.
2.Interpret data with caution due to the high % of samples below the LOD.
3.ƩPCBs = 2×(PCB138+PCB153+PCB180).
4.ƩPCBs15 = sum of fifteen PCB congeners: PCB28, PCB31, PCB52, PCB99, PCB101, PCB105, PCB118, PCB128, PCB138, PCB153, PCB156, PCB170, PCB180, PCB183, PCB187.