Table 3.
Descriptive statistics of the PAH metabolites (μg/g creatinine).
PAH metabolites | N | Mean | ±SD | Median | 95th percentile | Range |
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1-OH-PHE | 104 | 1.50 | 1.27 | 1.10 | 4.14 | 0.30–8.64 |
2-OH-PHE | 104 | 0.61 | 0.50 | 0.43 | 1.47 | 0.13–3.07 |
3-OH-PHE | 104 | 0.45 | 0.43 | 0.31 | 1.27 | 0.05–2.79 |
4-OH-PHE | 104 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.48 | 0.02–0.70 |
9-OH-PHE | 104 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.43 | 0.004–1.70 |
∑OH-PHE | 104 | 2.88 | 2.43 | 2.12 | 7.26 | 0.61–16.77 |
PHE-1,2-diol | 210 | 4.09 | 4.53 | 2.41 | 12.70 | 0.06–26.72 |
PHE-9,10-diol | 210 | 5.93 | 10.57 | 2.70 | 23.88 | 0.05–94.15 |
∑PHE-diol | 210 | 10.01 | 13.35 | 6.05 | 34.44 | 0.24–115.35 |
1-OH-PYR | 104 | 0.43 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.97 | 0.06–1.64 |
DI-OH-PYR | 104 | 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.21 | 0.84 | 0.002–2.52 |
∑OH-PYR | 104 | 0.73 | 0.57 | 0.56 | 1.75 | 0.06–4.17 |
1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, and 9-OH-PHE, 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, and 9-hydroxyphenanthrene; ∑OH-PHE, sum of 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, and 9-OH-PHE; PHE-1,2-diol, phenanthrene trans-1,2-dihydrodiol; PHE-9,10-diol, phenanthrene trans-9,10-dihydrodiol; ∑PHE-diol, sum of PHE-1,2-diol and PHE-9,10-diol; 1-OH-PYR, 1-hydroxypyrene; DI-OH-PYR, sum of 1,6- and 1,8-dihydroxypyrenes; ∑OH-PYR, sum of 1-OH-PYR and DI-OH-PYR.