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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2016 Aug;58(8):S72–S79. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000743

Table 1.

Summary statistics for PAH compounds in the human serum samples (ng/mL).

Compound CASE-Pre CASE-Post
Detects Median Mean Max Detects Median Mean Max
Naphthalene 162 4.94 11.60 209.6 158 3.15 16.28 279.6
acenaphthylene 56 0.00 1.13 54.5 57 0.00 2.12 60.5
acenaphthene 69 0.00 1.59 58.0 60 0.00 1.74 49.4
fluorene 71 0.00 0.83 29.0 73 0.00 0.82 21.9
phenanthrene 56 0.00 1.30 47.5 47 0.00 2.31 176.0
anthracene 55 0.00 1.15 115.4 61 0.00 1.28 128.8
Fluoranthene 61 0.00 1.51 81.4 58 0.00 1.67 95.3
pyrene 50 0.00 0.27 22.4 52 0.00 0.30 8.5
Benz(a)anthracene 19 0.00 0.09 3.3 29 0.00 0.13 8.1
chrysene 19 0.00 0.08 2.4 21 0.00 0.09 3.3
Benzo(b)fluoranthene 10 0.00 0.30 52.1 7 0.00 0.20 34.9
Benzo(k)fluoranthene 10 0.00 0.30 50.2 8 0.00 0.20 33.6
Benzo(a)pyrene 40 0.00 3.39 177.5 50 0.00 3.37 104.1
Dibenz(a,h)anthracene 35 0.00 7.71 517.9 39 0.00 19.07 1436.7
Benzo(ghi)perylene 38 0.00 3.79 298.0 48 0.00 24.29 775.5
Indeno(123cd)pyrene 1 0.00 0.00 1.0 4 0.00 0.09 8.2
Compound CONTROL-Pre CONTROL-Post
Detects Median Mean Max Detects Median Mean Max
Naphthalene 159 3.44 7.66 140.3 165 3.55 8.83 241.3
acenaphthylene 50 0.00 1.44 143.6 53 0.00 1.69 172.3
acenaphthene 67 0.00 2.31 60.8 62 0.00 3.23 230.6
fluorene 57 0.00 0.53 24.1 65 0.00 0.84 50.2
phenanthrene 46 0.00 1.60 75.7 47 0.00 0.97 39.4
anthracene 63 0.00 3.09 126.4 61 0.00 12.40 2015.5
Fluoranthene 56 0.00 1.60 84.6 59 0.00 1.53 77.2
pyrene 40 0.00 0.35 26.4 39 0.00 0.45 53.8
Benz(a)anthracene 20 0.00 0.25 27.3 21 0.00 0.37 31.8
chrysene 13 0.00 0.12 12.4 15 0.00 0.18 15.0
Benzo(b)fluoranthene 4 0.00 0.14 21.5 6 0.00 0.15 15.6
Benzo(k)fluoranthene 5 0.00 0.63 99.5 7 0.00 0.16 14.5
Benzo(a)pyrene 32 0.00 5.56 226.6 39 0.00 3.49 159.6
Dibenz(a,h)anthracene 41 0.00 13.41 445.1 30 0.00 12.85 1085.8
Benzo(ghi)perylene 46 0.00 11.56 384.7 38 0.00 6.60 316.7
Indeno(123cd) pyrene 4 0.00 0.12 15.7 4 0.00 0.10 10.0