Table 3.
Comparison of current study sample to nationally representative sample of National Health and Nutrition Examination Study (NHANES) data from 2001-2002, stratified by sex (μg/kg lw)
| Current median |
Current 95th percentile |
NHANES median |
NHANES 95th percentile |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Lindane | nd | 8.7 | nd | nd |
| Oxychlordane | 75.3 | 279.1 | 11.1 | 48.1 | |
| Trans-nonachlor | 54.3 | 124.7 | 18.3 | 77.2 | |
| HCB | 94.3 | 160.5 | nd | nd | |
| o,p’-DDT | nd | 4.0 | nd | nd | |
| p,p’-DDE/PCB85 | 358.5 | 706.4 | 245 | 1900 | |
| Mirex | 28.7 | 75.8 | nd | 50.8 | |
| Women | Lindane | nd | 34.2 | nd | nd |
| Oxychlordane | 72.6 | 215.9 | 11.0 | 52.5 | |
| Trans-nonachlor | 40.2 | 104.3 | 17.5 | 76.8 | |
| HCB | 54.2 | 202.3 | nd | nd | |
| o,p’-DDT | nd | 6.5 | nd | nd | |
| p,p’-DDE/PCB85 | 264.9 | 1159.5 | 256 | 2630 | |
| Mirex | 11.6 | 33.3 | nd | 63.0 |
nd=non-detectable