Table 2.

Total mercury concentrations in biomarkers of participating children and their mothers in the Early Life Exposures in Mexico to Environmental Toxicants (ELEMENT) cohort.

	Biomarker	n	Mean	SD	Min	10%	25%	50%	75%	90%	Max
Child	Blood Mercury (μg/L)	601	1.83	1.67	0.19	0.53	0.83	1.37	2.33	3.39	16.33
	Hair Mercury (μg/g)	796	0.56	0.50	0.03	0.16	0.26	0.43	0.73	1.12	6.22
	Urine Mercury (μg/L)	786	0.90	1.54	0.02	0.17	0.26	0.49	0.90	1.89	23.78
Mother	Hair Mercury (μg/g)	371	0.53	0.48	0.03	0.15	0.24	0.39	0.67	1.02	4.19