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. 2007 Jun 12;115(9):1298–1305. doi: 10.1289/ehp.10009

Table 2.

Initial and final concentration and half-life of elimination in serum for PFOS, PFHS, and PFOA (ng/mL) by subject number.

PFOS
PFHS
PFOA
Half-life
Half-life
Half-life
Subject no. Initial conc. Final conc. Days SE Years Initial conc. Final conc. Days SE Years Initial conc. Final conc. Days SE Years
1 145 70 1,598 203 4.4 63 27 1,440 336 3.9 74 26 1,297 86 3.6
2 156 37 885 38 2.4 16 10 798 208 2.2 72 17 830 67 2.3
3 218 82 1,411 152 3.9 58 29 4,373 4,387 12.0 490 129 1,031 63 2.8
4 258 74 1,124 65 3.0 86 37 1,971 436 5.4 142 51 1,314 151 3.6
5 259 148 2,304 265 6.3 157 110 3,508 789 9.6 1,077 404 1,205 66 3.3
6 323 129 1,273 141 3.5 647 424 2,284 463 6.3 430 108 858 49 2.3
7 443 242 1,792 203 4.9 114 86 4,458 1,599 12.2 1,622 577 1,221 80 3.3
8 477 187 1,436 57 3.9 193 113 2,347 245 6.4 306 188 2,518 195 6.9
9 545 424 2,761 749 7.6 54 48 5,329 2,978 14.6 254 150 1,401 168 3.8
10 551 207 1,387 65 3.8 191 96 1,923 186 5.3 131 45 1,107 107 3.0
11 572 296 1,961 121 5.4 60 27 1,878 260 5.1 247 104 1,551 87 4.2
12 617 226 1,163 64 3.2 302 160 1,892 253 5.2 1,180 145 561 37 1.5
13 620 249 1,354 76 3.7 191 121 3,028 370 8.3 181 65 1,280 71 3.5
14 632 213 1,224 99 3.4 149 44 1,065 145 2.9 183 50 1,020 81 2.8
15 691 391 2,456 296 6.7 494 365 4,000 934 11.0 356 244 3,334 641 9.1
16 766 383 1,871 125 5.1 373 195 2,266 170 6.2 167 78 1,737 241 4.8
17 846 430 2,464 526 6.7 273 161 3,836 1,708 10.5 212 84 1,385 142 3.8
18 924 293 908 110 2.5 269 99 1,024 1,428 2.8 390 61 570 48 1.6
19 929 802 7,919 3,126 21.7 131 102 4,939 2,036 13.5 496 284 2,552 214 7.0
20 1,033 500 1,484 56 4.1 398 256 2,825 1,173 7.7 702 248 1,041 72 2.9
21 1,079 500 1,737 349 4.8 252 144 2,134 595 5.8 549 235 1,479 208 4.0
22 1,090 478 1,566 85 4.3 928 610 3,637 776 10.0 474 162 1,235 29 3.4
23 1,190 539 1,723 137 4.7 293 154 1,983 108 5.4 425 162 1,358 69 3.7
24 1,420 1,003 3,122 287 8.5 364 361 9,858 6,962 27.0 5,100 2,435 1,662 69 4.6
25 1,500 839 2,475 225 6.8 193 164 4,866 1,428 13.3 883 266 1,223 107 3.3
26 3,490 1,740 1,973 114 5.4 1,295 791 3,180 680 8.7 1,833 486 1,061 72 2.9

conc., concentration.