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Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2006 Dec 26;104(2):296–304. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.11.007

Table 1.

Table 1a. Distribution of lipid-standardized serum levels of p,p′-DDE, HCB and PCBs (ng/g lipid). N=341.

Table 1b. Distribution of p,p′-DDE, HCB and PCBs (ng/g of serum) and serum lipids (%). N=341.

	Geometric	Selected Percentiles
	Mean	5^th	10^th	25^th	50^th	75^th	90^th	95^th
PCB-118	12.3	4.37	5.79	7.66	12.2	18.6	28.0	33.3
PCB-138	33.2	14.3	17.0	22.2	31.2	47.1	74.6	91.6
PCB-153	42.6	18.1	22.3	27.8	40.4	60.4	91.2	122
Σ PCB	222	98.1	122	153	212	308	436	566
Σ Estrogenic PCBs (Group 1)	16.1	6.83	7.91	10.6	15.7	22.4	33.4	45.0
Σ Dioxin-like PCBs (Group 2)	80.6	37.7	43.3	54.8	74.4	116	166	215
Σ Enzyme-inducing PCBs (Group 3)	90.6	37.1	47.0	60.0	87.8	129	181	257
p,p′-DDE	236	87.7	104	141	204	329	613	1230
HCB	15.6	8.52	9.44	11.7	14.9	20.1	27.4	35.5

	Geometric	Selected Percentiles
	Mean	5^th	10^th	25^th	50^th	75^th	90^th	95^th

PCB-118	0.060	0.022	0.026	0.036	0.060	0.096	0.14	0.18
PCB-138	0.16	0.058	0.080	0.11	0.16	0.24	0.35	0.44
PCB-153	0.21	0.075	0.10	0.14	0.20	0.30	0.45	0.55
Σ PCB	1.08	0.41	0.57	0.74	1.06	1.56	2.27	2.65
Σ Estrogenic PCBs (Group 1)	0.078	0.027	0.037	0.054	0.075	0.11	0.17	0.21
Σ Dioxin-like PCBs (Group 2)	0.22	0.097	0.11	0.15	0.22	0.33	0.48	0.60
Σ Enzyme-inducing PCBs (Group 3)	0.29	0.10	0.14	0.19	0.29	0.41	0.58	0.71
p,p′-DDE	1.14	0.38	0.48	0.67	0.97	1.69	2.88	5.94
HCB	0.075	0.039	0.045	0.057	0.074	0.098	0.13	0.16
Serum lipids (%)	0.48	0.23	0.29	0.39	0.51	0.64	0.76	0.85