Table 1.
Average cord blood OC concentrations, LOD and LOQ values, and percentage of quantifiable samples in the analysis population (n = 344).
| OC (ng/mL) | LOD (ng/mL) | LOQ (ng/mL) | % > LOQ | Geometric mean (GSD) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCBs | 0.75 (1.70) | |||||||
| PCB-28 | 0.112 | 0.178 | 5 | 0.07 (1.56) | ||||
| PCB-52 | 0.069 | 0.108 | 11 | 0.05 (1.76) | ||||
| PCB-101 | 0.037 | 0.056 | 28 | 0.04 (2.10) | ||||
| PCB-118 | 0.030 | 0.046 | 76 | 0.06 (2.26) | ||||
| PCB-138 | 0.031 | 0.046 | 95 | 0.14 (2.01) | ||||
| PCB-153 | 0.023 | 0.034 | 98 | 0.18 (1.92) | ||||
| PCB-180 | 0.008 | 0.012 | 95 | 0.13 (2.82) | ||||
| DDE | 0.026 | 0.041 | 100 | 1.06 (2.45) | ||||
| DDT | 0.007 | 0.011 | 93 | 0.08 (3.81) | ||||
| HCB | 0.323 | 0.485 | 73 | 0.67 (1.95) | ||||
| GSD, geometric standard deviation. | ||||||||