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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anal Bioanal Chem. 2016 Feb 10;408(10):2449–2459. doi: 10.1007/s00216-016-9340-3

Table 3.

Serum concentration (pg/g lw)


Percentile
Variable MDL (pg/g lw) Detection frequency (%) Geometric mean (95 % CI) Min Max 25th 50th 75th 95th
PBDEs
 BDE 28/33 360 49 NA <360 2600 NA NA NA NA
 BDE 47 1100 98 13,400 (1000–18,100) <1100 122,000 7600 13,700 25,300 48,400
 BDE 66 1300 0 NA <1300 <1300 NA NA NA NA
 BDE 99 750 93 3600 (2600–5100) <750 78,300 2100 3500 7000 31,700
 BDE 100 490 93 2500 (1800–3500) <490 27,800 700 3000 5800 14,300
 BDE 153 240 98 3800 (2800–5200) <240 22,100 2300 4400 6900 15,100
 BDE 154 140 81 430 (310–620) <140 7500 200 600 900 1700
 BDE 183 310 5 NA <310 1800 NA NA NA NA
 ΣPBDEs 27,500 (21,000–35,800) 710 252,000 19,000 27,200 46,300 97,800
Phenolic metabolites
 2,4,5-TBP 1200 0 NA <1200 <1200 NA NA NA NA
 2,4,6-TBP 1800 100 19,200 (15,700–23,400) 5100 63,400 11,800 21,500 28,200 45,600
 5′-OH BDE 99 2.1 53 62 (34–110) <2.1 1800 10 30 330 1200
 6-OH BDE 99 5.6 0 NA <5.6 <5.6 NA NA NA NA
 3-OH BDE 47 20 5 NA <20 610 NA NA NA NA
 4′-OH BDE 49 1.4 58 29 (19–46) <1.4 370 10 50 120 220
 6-OH BDE 47 340 0 NA <340 <340 NA NA NA NA
Brominated phthalates
 EH-TBB 56,000 0 NA <56,000 <56,000 NA NA NA NA
 BEH-TEBP 24,000 0 NA <56,000 <56,000 NA NA NA NA
 Hexabromocyclodecanes
 α-HBCD 84 7 NA <84 3000 NA NA NA NA
 β-HBCD 84 0 NA <84 <84 NA NA NA NA
 γ-HBCD 84 0 NA <84 <84 NA NA NA NA