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. 2016 Aug 12;125(2):269–277. doi: 10.1289/EHP103

Table 2.

First-trimester disinfection by-product (DBP) (μg/L) exposure levels for the study population.

DBP metric Mean ± SD 25th % 50th % 75th % 90th % 95th % Maximum
DBP9 65.07 ± 36.49 44.14 69.57 92.14 107.8 117.03 181.59
THM4 42.67 ± 24.05 29.26 44.53 61.37 72.71 76.63 125.32
THMBr 8.28 ± 6.51 4.75 6.75 10.17 17.87 21.20 42.48
Chloroform 34.39 ± 21.56 17.38 36.07 51.03 62.65 67.15 98.99
BDCM 6.85 ± 5.05 4.47 6.12 8.36 13.04 16.35 37.38
DBCM 1.32 ± 2.01 0.00 0.56 1.57 3.97 5.98 14.53
Bromoform 0.12 ± 0.46 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.26 0.86 7.06
HAA5 22.40 ± 14.89 11.34 22.38 31.18 42.52 47.49 100.00
TCAA 11.53 ± 8.42 5.40 11.01 16.30 22.16 26.37 73.39
DCAA 9.90 ± 6.61 5.30 10.38 13.67 18.61 21.29 38.89
MCAA 0.83 ± 3.05 0.00 0.05 0.84 1.53 2.13 62.39
DBAA 0.17 ± 0.70 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.47 1.06 21.78
MBAA 0.02 ± 0.26 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.63
Note: %, percentile; DBP9, sum of chloroform, bromodichloromethane (BDCM), dibromochloromethane (DBCM), bromoform, monochloroacetic acid (MCAA), dichloroacetic acid (DCAA), trichloroacetic acid (TCAA), monobromoacetic acid (MBAA), and dibromoacetic acid (DBAA); HAA5, sum of MCAA, DCAA, TCAA, MBAA, and DBAA; THM4, sum of chloroform, BDCM, DBCM, and bromoform; THMBr, sum of BDCM, DBCM, and bromoform.