Table 1.
Concentrations of organophosphate and pyrethroid pesticides urinary metabolites for children 6–11 years of age.
Exposure | n | Detection limit | Percent < LOD | Median | IQR | Maximum |
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Organophosphate pesticide metabolites (nmol/L) | ||||||
DMP | 1,035 | 7.9 | 19.3 | 34.6 | 10.8–91.9 | 1,428 |
DMTP | 1,036 | 4.2 | 32.5 | 17.6 | < LOD–75.4 | 2,233 |
DMDTP | 1,036 | 1.9 | 59.5 | < LOD | < LOD–5.6 | 716 |
DEP | 1,036 | 3.9 | 19.0 | 19.6 | 8.5–42.0 | 4,849 |
DETP | 1,036 | 3.5 | 58.4 | < LOD | < LOD–6.9 | 1,656 |
DEDTP | 1,036 | 1.6 | 96.7 | < LOD | < LOD–< LOD | 40 |
∑DMAP | 1,035 | NA | 15.4a | 62.0 | 18.7–192.8 | 2,905 |
∑DEAP | 1,036 | NA | 18.5a | 25.0 | 10.5–51.3 | 4,849 |
∑DAP | 1,035 | NA | 8.4a | 99.2 | 34.3–273.3 | 4,877 |
Pyrethroid pesticide metabolites (μg/L) | ||||||
cis-DBCA | 981 | 0.006 | 52.0 | < LOD | < LOD–0.02 | 2 |
4-F-3-PBA | 1,005 | 0.008 | 58.7 | < LOD | < LOD–0.01 | 3 |
3-PBA | 1,032 | 0.01 | 0.7 | 0.20 | 0.10–0.42 | 32 |
cis-DCCA | 1,033 | 0.007 | 2.7 | 0.05 | 0.03–0.10 | 6 |
trans-DCCA | 1,034 | 0.01 | 0.1 | 0.15 | 0.08–0.35 | 41 |
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; NA, not applicable. aPercentage of participants with all values in the sum < LOD. |