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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Sci Technol. 2011 Jun 17;45(19):8151–8159. doi: 10.1021/es103712g

Table 5.

Magnitude of Significant Associations Reported in Table 4, Expressed As the Change in Median IRTs (in Seconds) and Number of Responses During DRL Period Associated with Each 1 Standard Deviation (SD) Increase in Blood PFC

PFC DRL period 1 SD increase in blood PFC
associated decrease from median IRT (in sec) [95% confidence interval] associated increase from median number of responses [95% confidence interval]
total PFC (SD = 14.00 ng/mL)
 6–10 min 5.51a−1.96 [0.72–2.88] 54.4b + 30.1 [8.2–59.7]
 11–15 min 8.90 − 3.65 [1.31–5.18] 33.7 + 23.4 [5.8–46.9]
 16–20 min 13.40 − 8.27 [5.81–9.85] 22.4 + 50 [17.1–62.1]
PFOS (SD = 6.09 ng/mL)
 11 – 15 min 8.90 − 2.73 [0.58–4.33] 33.7 + 14.9 [2.4–31.9]
PFNA (SD = 0.56 ng/mL)
 6–10 min 5.51 − 1.88 [0.14–2.45] 54.4 + 28.2 [1.5–43.6]
PFDA (SD = 0.13 ng/mL)
 6–10 min 5.51 − 1.62 [0.14–2.69] 54.4 + 22.7 [1.5–52.0]
 11–15 min 8.90−3.01 [0.38–4.82] 33.7 + 17.2 [1.5–39.8]
PFHxS (SD = 8.03 ng/mL)
 6–10 min 5.51 − 1.79 [0.61–2.69] 54.4 + 26.2 [6.8–52.0]
PFOSA (SD = 0.57 ng/mL)
 6–10 min 5.51 − 1.71 [0.26–2.75] 54.4 + 24.5 [2.7–54.3]
a

These represent the median IRT within the particular DRL period.

b

These represent the median number of responses given the length of the DRL period (5 min) and the median IRT.