Table 2.
Spearman correlations between estimated dietary intake of PFOS and PFOA and PFAS plasma concentrations, n=487
| Plasma concentrations
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFOS | PFOA | PFHxS2 | PFNA | ||
| Estimated intakes1 | Median | Spearman correlation coefficients r (95% CI) | |||
| PFOS | 44.6 ng/day | 0.25 (0.16, 0.33) | 0.13 (0.04, 0.22) | 0.16 (0.07, 0.25) | 0.26 (0.17, 0.34) |
| PFOA | 34.2 ng/day | 0.23 (0.14, 0.31) | 0.17 (0.09, 0.26) | 0.22 (0.13, 0.30) | 0.28 (0.20, 0.36) |
1
PFOS and PFOA estimated from food intakes by FFQ and a database of PFAS concentrations in Norwegian food items
2
For PFHxS n=485