Table 2.
Food intake, dietary methylmercury intake, and biomarker mercury concentration (n=398 mothers).
| Mean | Median (Range) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Foods (servings/day) | Rice | 1.8 | 2.5 (0, 2.5) |
| Fish/shellfish | 0.13 | 0.033 (0, 2.9) | |
| Rice+Fish/Shellfish | 0.99 | 1.0 (0, 3.9) | |
| Porka, b | 1.9 | 1.3 (0, 9.6) | |
| Eggsb | 0.13 | 0.08 (0, 1) | |
| Chickenb | 0.14 | 0.08 (0, 1) | |
| Beef and Sheepb | 0.02 | 0 (0, 1) | |
| Dietary MeHg intake (μg/day) | Rice | 0.63 | 0.44 (0, 5.0) |
| Fish/Shellfish | 0.60 | 0.15 (0, 20) | |
| Rice+Fish/Shellfish | 1.2 | 0.79 (0, 22) | |
| Hg Biomarkers | Hair THg (μg/g) | 0.48 | 0.40 (0.077, 1.7) |
| Hair MeHg (μg/g) | 0.32 | 0.28 (0.011, 1.4) | |
| Hair %MeHg (of THg) | 67 | 67 (14, 108) | |
| Blood THg (μg/L) | 1.5 | 1.2 (0.29, 8.6) |
Hg (mercury), MeHg (methylmercury), THg (total mercury).
a
Pork includes 6 options (pork chops, pork spare ribs, pork feet, pork fat, lean pork, and pork meat).
b
Missing data for pork (n=18), eggs (n=25), chicken (n=21), and beef and sheep (n=23), n=398 otherwise.