Table 1.

Geometric means, 25th–75th percentiles, and total ranges of prenatal methylmercury exposure biomarkers used in a Faroese birth cohort.

Exposure biomarker	No.	Geometric mean	Interquartile range	Total range
Cord blood (μg/L)	996	22.35	13.1–40.4	0.90–351
Cord (μg/g dry weight)	447	0.210	0.132–0.36	0.000–1.28
Cord (μg/g wet weight)	422	0.0249	0.0149–0.044	0.0024–0.23
Full-length hair (μg/g)	1,019	4.17	2.52–7.7	0.17–39.1
Proximal hair (μg/g)	683	4.46	2.76–14.6	0.34–40.5