Table 4.
Pearson’s correlationa between serum PFAS levels and blood mercury among 195 ACE participants
| Analyte | PFHxS | PFOA | PFOS | PFNA | PFDA | PFUnDA | Hg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFHxS | – | 0.66 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.36 | 0.27 | 0.24 |
| PFOA | – | – | 0.37 | 0.67 | 0.44 | 0.36 | 0.22 |
| PFOS | – | – | – | 0.76 | 0.79 | 0.59 | 0.40 |
| PFNA | – | – | – | – | 0.82 | 0.69 | 0.46 |
| PFDA | – | – | – | – | – | 0.80 | 0.46 |
| PFUnDA | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.70 |
| Hg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
ACE Asian/Pacific Islander Community Exposures, PFDA perfluorodecanoic acid, PFHxS perfluorohexane sulfonate, PFNA perfluorononanoic acid, PFOA perfluorooctanoic Acid, PFOS perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, PFUnDA perfluoroundecanoic acid
a Pearson’s rho calculated using log-transformed PFAS and mercury values. All correlations were significant at p < 0.01