Table 2.
Median POP levels (ng/g lipids) in maternal blood at delivery, cord blood, and breast milk samples collected in the Inuit and Slovak studies.
| Compound | Maternal blood | Cord blood | Breast milk | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inuit (n = 156) | Slovak (n = 754) | Inuit (n = 81) | Slovak (n = 752) | Inuit (n = 130) | ||||||
| PCB-118 | 14 (5–46) | 8 (1–45) | 12 (4–57) | 4 (1–38) | 18 (6–71) | |||||
| PCB-138 | 59 (21–167) | 90 (32–360) | 51 (16–200) | 77 (21–345) | 70 (22–262) | |||||
| PCB-153 | 104 (32–336) | 140 (53–553) | 78 (22–319) | 111 (34–457) | 118 (41–412) | |||||
| PCB-170 | 17 (6–65) | 54 (20–209) | 12 (4–51) | 36 (8–154) | 17 (4–75) | |||||
| PCB-180 | 44 (14–155) | 127 (49–523) | 28 (9–122) | 89 (25–376) | 44 (15–167) | |||||
| p,p´-DDE | 281 (107–1,023) | 432 (108–1,430) | 276 (98–1,060) | 409 (91–1,480) | 384 (132–1,501) | |||||
| p,p´-DDT | 14 (3–38) | 21 (7–82) | 14 (5–40) | 17 (4–65) | 30 (8–95) | |||||
| HCB | 40 (15–122) | 65 (5–302) | 40 (17–148) | 73 (5–329) | 48 (15–133) | |||||
| Values in parentheses represent the 5th and 95th percentiles. | ||||||||||