Table 3.
95thPercentile Estimates for PCB153
NHANES 2003–2004 Individual Samples versus Pooled-Samples
| Gender | Race | Age | Individual Samples |
Pooled Samples |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NI1 | 95th Percentile (L95I – U95I)2 | NP3 | 95th Percentile (L95P – U95P)4 | |||
| Male | NHW | 12–19 | 77 | 26.1 (14.9 – 34.4) | 9 | 24.1 (17.4 – 38.4) |
| 20–39 | 102 | 48.8 (31.5 – 111.0) | 12 | 45.1 (33.54 – 69.7) | ||
| 40–59 | 106 | 103.0 (60.2 – 123.0) | 13 | 96.4 (73.2 – 137.8) | ||
| 60+ | 153 | 148.0 (115.0 – 154.0) | 19 | 157.4 (134.0 – 190.6) | ||
| NHB | 12–19 | 124 | 21.7 (17.6 – 39.4) | 15 | 27.7 (23.9 – 33.1) | |
| 20–39 | 39 | 65.4 (16.6 – 92.9) | 4 | 49.4 (28.1 – 210.3) | ||
| 40–59 | 44 | 295.0 (60.0 – 295.0) | 5 | 137.7 (82.0 – 402.2) | ||
| 60+ | 30 | 356.0 (215.0 – 546.0) | 3 | 303.2 (212.6 – 1052.3) | ||
| MA | 12–19 | 98 | 17.0 (9.0 – 22.8) | 12 | 15.9 (12.6 – 21.5) | |
| 20–39 | 44 | 17.7 (11.4 – 27.3) | 5 | 26.4 (19.9 – 40.6) | ||
| 40–59 | 30 | 75.8 (16.7 – 99.2) | 3 | 77.7 (43.9 – 395.8) | ||
| 60+ | 37 | 95.3 (44.3 – 97.1) | 4 | 96.5 (75.6 – 157.6) | ||
| Female | NHW | 12–19 | 76 | 18.4 (8.5 – 24.0) | 9 | 21.7 (16.5 – 30.5) |
| 20–39 | 128 | 40.0 (22.2 – 63.0) | 16 | 39.9 (28.8 – 60.0) | ||
| 40–59 | 101 | 76.5 (56.4 – 91.9) | 12 | 91.6 (75.2 – 116.3) | ||
| 60+ | 142 | 122.0 (94.5 – 146.0) | 17 | 149.2 (127.5 – 181.0) | ||
| NHB | 12–19 | 106 | 20.7 (11.8 – 23.7) | 13 | 20.2 (16.6 –25.7) | |
| 20–39 | 46 | 39.5 (15.3 – 53.5) | 5 | 43.0 (25.2 – 132.0) | ||
| 40–59 | 44 | 149.0 (64.2 – 189.0) | 5 | 134.3 (96.9 – 251.3) | ||
| 60+ | 31 | 324.0 (126.0 – 345.0) | 3 | 327.3 (230.0 – 897.7) | ||
| MA | 12–19 | 85 | 9.2 (5.9 – 15.9) | 10 | 12.8 (9.7 – 18.1) | |
| 20–39 | 54 | 13.8 (9.6 – 23.5) | 6 | 19.2 (14.8 – 27.9) | ||
| 40–59 | 32 | 39.7 (30.6 – 195.0) | 4 | 58.7 (36.4 – 425.9) | ||
| 60+ | 45 | 103.0 (33.1 – 137.0) | 5 | 102.6 (62.6 – 247.8) | ||
1
NI is the number of samples in the indicated demographic group.
2
L95I and U95I are the lower and upper 95% confidence limits, respectively, around the 95th percentile estimate based on individual samples.
3
NPis the number of replicate pools in the indicated demographic group.
4
L95P and U95P are the lower and upper 95% confidence limits, respectively, around the 95th percentile estimate based on pooled-samples adjusted for design effects obtained from individual samples.