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) |
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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 |
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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 |
18 subjects with substantial occupational exposure were excluded from analysis.