Table 2.
Distribution of chemical concentrations among males in the LIFE study, 2005–2009.
| Percentile
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemical | N | %<LOD* | 5th | 25th | 50th | 75th | 95th |
| OCPs, ng/g | |||||||
| HCB | 459 | 0.4 | 0.032 | 0.044 | 0.055 | 0.068 | 0.111 |
| β-HCH | 461 | 54.4 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.012 | 0.019 | 0.047 |
| γ-HCH (lindane) | 461 | 99.6 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.007 |
| oxychlordane | 461 | 10.2 | 0.000 | 0.026 | 0.039 | 0.056 | 0.126 |
| trans-nonachlor | 461 | 2.0 | 0.022 | 0.041 | 0.066 | 0.103 | 0.249 |
| p,p′-DDT | 461 | 43.6 | 0.006 | 0.010 | 0.014 | 0.020 | 0.042 |
| o,p-DDT | 461 | 99.3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.003 | 0.006 |
| p,p′-DDE | 461 | 0.0 | 0.341 | 0.552 | 0.738 | 1.072 | 2.021 |
| mirex | 461 | 55.3 | 0.002 | 0.006 | 0.011 | 0.019 | 0.081 |
| PBB & PBDEs, ng/g | |||||||
| PBB 153 | 461 | 5.9 | 0.002 | 0.006 | 0.010 | 0.018 | 0.119 |
| PBDE 17 | 450 | 79.8 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.008 |
| 28 | 461 | 28.9 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.007 | 0.015 | 0.043 |
| 47 | 461 | 1.3 | 0.025 | 0.055 | 0.118 | 0.229 | 0.761 |
| 66 | 428 | 84.8 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.006 |
| 85 | 461 | 56.2 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.004 | 0.016 |
| 99 | 461 | 24.5 | 0.005 | 0.011 | 0.021 | 0.044 | 0.169 |
| 100 | 461 | 1.3 | 0.005 | 0.012 | 0.024 | 0.054 | 0.244 |
| 153 | 461 | 0.0 | 0.013 | 0.027 | 0.056 | 0.154 | 0.653 |
| 154 | 452 | 58.2 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0.017 |
| 183 | 461 | 66.6 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.003 | 0.007 |
| PCBs, ng/g | |||||||
| 28 | 461 | 72.5 | −0.002 | 0.003 | 0.006 | 0.009 | 0.016 |
| 44 | 439 | 85.0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.004 |
| 49 | 439 | 98.6 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| 52 | 452 | 93.1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.005 |
| 66 | 461 | 49.9 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.004 | 0.011 |
| 74 | 461 | 1.3 | 0.006 | 0.010 | 0.014 | 0.020 | 0.038 |
| 87 | 461 | 91.3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.003 |
| 99 | 452 | 1.8 | 0.005 | 0.008 | 0.012 | 0.017 | 0.036 |
| 101 | 461 | 61.4 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.003 | 0.007 |
| 105 | 461 | 28.6 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.004 | 0.005 | 0.012 |
| 110 | 452 | 88.1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.004 |
| 114 | 461 | 87.4 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.004 |
| 118 | 461 | 1.1 | 0.007 | 0.012 | 0.017 | 0.025 | 0.054 |
| 128 | 461 | 95.9 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.002 |
| 138 | 461 | 0.4 | 0.015 | 0.026 | 0.037 | 0.057 | 0.135 |
| 146 | 448 | 9.8 | 0.000 | 0.005 | 0.007 | 0.010 | 0.024 |
| 149 | 450 | 96.4 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| 151 | 461 | 96.1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.002 |
| 153 | 461 | 0.2 | 0.022 | 0.040 | 0.057 | 0.084 | 0.187 |
| 156 | 461 | 6.9 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0.007 | 0.012 | 0.027 |
| 157 | 461 | 70.3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.003 | 0.007 |
| 167 | 461 | 71.2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.006 |
| 170 | 461 | 1.1 | 0.006 | 0.011 | 0.017 | 0.026 | 0.057 |
| 172 | 461 | 62.5 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.004 | 0.008 |
| 177 | 461 | 39.9 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.003 | 0.005 | 0.011 |
| 178 | 461 | 40.6 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.003 | 0.005 | 0.011 |
| 180 | 461 | 0.0 | 0.016 | 0.030 | 0.045 | 0.067 | 0.145 |
| 183 | 461 | 17.1 | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.005 | 0.008 | 0.018 |
| 187 | 449 | 3.8 | 0.004 | 0.009 | 0.014 | 0.022 | 0.049 |
| 189 | 461 | 93.7 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.003 |
| 194 | 460 | 9.6 | 0.000 | 0.006 | 0.010 | 0.016 | 0.038 |
| 195 | 460 | 61.1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.004 | 0.008 |
| 196 | 461 | 3.7 | 0.003 | 0.007 | 0.010 | 0.016 | 0.034 |
| 201 | 461 | 6.7 | 0.002 | 0.006 | 0.010 | 0.016 | 0.038 |
| 206 | 461 | 10.4 | 0.002 | 0.004 | 0.005 | 0.008 | 0.019 |
| 209 | 461 | 51.8 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.004 | 0.009 |
| Creatinine, mg/dl | 421 | 0.0 | 28.020 | 70.390 | 139.970 | 201.330 | 294.850 |
| Total Lipids, mg/dl | 460 | 0.0 | 478.112 | 593.048 | 691.252 | 811.149 | 1103.751 |
| Cotinine, ng/ml | 462 | 24.5 | 0.004 | 0.015 | 0.039 | 0.896 | 395.893 |
*
Machine read values were used in all analyses for values below the limit of detection (we did not substitute by any constant or perform lipid standardization).
β-hexachlorocyclohexane (β-HCH), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), γ-hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH), limit of detection (LOD), p,p′-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (p,p′-DDT) and its metabolites p,p′-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p′-DDE) and o,p′-DDT, organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polybromated biphenyl (PBB), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), SE, standard error