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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2006 Aug;48(8):759–770. doi: 10.1097/01.jom.0000232486.07658.74

Table 3.

Serum [PFOA] in ng/ml by community area, for randomly selected participants and for all participantsa.

Community Areas with
Higher Expected
Contribution from Air
Randomly Selected Participants All Participants
(local volunteers and randomly selected)
N Mean Median IQR N Mean Median IQR
Belpre 14 321 298 83–533 30 307 244 103–445
Little Hocking 74 478 327 187–572 92 458 311 175–567
TOTAL 88 453 326 176–568 122 421 298 155–556

Community Areas with
Minimal Expected
Contribution from Air

N Mean Median IQR N Mean Median IQR

Cutler 59 361 316 169–477 70 380 314 185–477
Vincent 160 439 370 190–570 168 438 370 188–577
TOTAL 219 418 368 182–555 238 421 361 186–555
a

18 subjects with substantial occupational exposure were excluded from analysis.