Table 5.

Comparison of PBDE and PCB-153 levels in the present study with concentrations from other studies conducted elsewhere in the world.

Reference	PBDE-47	PBDE-99	PBDE-100	PBDE-153	PCB-153	Medium	Age	Sex	Country	No.
Present study	8.1	1.4	1.1	1.4	41.7a	Plasma	48–76	Female	Canada	110
Schecter et al. 2005b	12.8	3.2	2.6	3.6		Blood	22–91	Both	United States	39
Sjödin et al. 2004	34	11	5.9	7.3	35	Serum	?	Both	United States	Pool
Johnson-Restrepo et al. 2005	29.3	10.3	12.0	< 1	35.2b	Adipose tissue	18–51	Both	United States	52
Weiss et al. 2006	0.91	0.20	0.29	1.1	260	Serum	52–81	Female	Sweden	53
Thomas et al. 2006	0.82	< 0.16	0.76	1.7	41	Serum	22–80	Both	United Kingdom	154
Fängström et al. 2005	1.3	0.33	0.51	1.0	430	Serum	?	Female	Faroes	57
Naert et al. 2006	0.88	0.47	0.72	2.40	274	Adipose tissue	19–84	Both	Belgium	53

All levels are either GMs or medians and are expressed on a lipid basis (ng/g lipids).

^an = 109.

^bSum of hexa-chlorinated congeners.