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. 2014 Jun 1;24(6):1018–1026. doi: 10.1089/thy.2012.0499

Table 1.

Hair Iodine Median Derivative Concentrations for Men and Women

♂ (n=270): median (M0)=0.482 μg/g iodine ♀ (n=600): median (M0)=0.508 μg/g iodine
MDC n Iodine MDC n Iodine MDC n Iodine MDC n Iodine
D1 135 0.200 U1 135 0.960 d1 300 0.200 u1 300 1.055
D2 68 0.150 U2 68 1.765 d2 150 0.150 u2 150 1.960
D3 34 0.150 U3 34 4.320 d3 75 0.150 u3 75 3.250
D4 17 0.086 U4 17 9.600 d4 38 0.083 u4 38 5.380
D5 9 0.041 U5 9 19.450 d5 19 0.031 u5 19 6.890
D6 5 0.024 U6 5 34.890 d6 10 0.015 u6 10 8.780

Common median (M0)=0.499 μg/g iodine.

♂, men; ♀, women; MDC, median derivative concentration; D (♀) and d (♀), downward MDCs; U ♂ and u (♀), upward MDCs.