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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 3.
Published in final edited form as: Toxicol Lett. 2015 Nov 25;242:60–67. doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2015.11.022

Table 2.

Summary statistics for total mercury, methylmercury and percent methylmercury (of total mercury) in biomarkers, including maternal hair, maternal stool, and cord blood.

Parameter Hair (ng/g) (n=17) Stool (ng/g) (n=17) Cord Blood (μg/L) (n=7)
Average (range) Median Average (range) Median Average (range) Median
THg 57 (BDL-230) 27 150 (2.1–810) 30 0.34 (BDL-0.67) 0.35
MeHg NA NA 0.097 (0.0025–0.39) 0.060 0.23 (0.061–0.73) 0.18
%MeHg (of THg) NA NA 0.78 (0.0058–5.8) 0.12 69 (25–124) 50

Below detection level (BDL), methylmercury (MeHg), not applicable (NA), total mercury (THg)