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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2017 Dec 12;111:268–278. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.11.026

Table A.4.

Distributions and TEQs of serum PCDD/Fs in WTCHR vs. Russian Children’s Study participants.

WTCHR (n=60) Russian Children's Study (n=482)
median (25th, 75th percentile) median TEQ* median (25th, 75th percentile) median TEQ*
Serum polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) (pg/g lipid)
 2,3,7,8-TCDD 1.71 (0.74, 20.2) 1.71 2.75 (1.34, 3.90) 2.75
 1,2,3,7,8-PenCDD 14.1 (0.65, 34.4) 14.1 4.10 (1.41, 7.00) 4.10
 1,2,3,4,7,8-HexCDD 0.01 (0.01, 12.5) 0.001 2.00 (0.71, 3.90) 0.20
 1,2,3,6,7,8-HexCDD 0.02 (0.02, 0.04) 0.002 8.70 (5.40, 16.6) 0.87
 1,2,3,7,8,9-HexCDD 14.4 (10.3, 27.0) 1.44 2.61 (0.85, 4.60) 0.26
 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HepCDD 23.5 (14.0, 47.2) 0.23 12.2 (8.20, 19.5) 0.12
 OCDD 135 (64.8, 394) 0.04 96.1 (69.0, 134) 0.03
 Σ PCDD 197 (128, 580) 17.5 136 (93, 189) 8.2
Serum polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) (pg/g lipid)
 2,3,7,8-TCDF 29.1 (15.5, 48.9) 2.91 0.50 (0.42, 1.63) 0.05
 1,2,3,7,8-PenCDF 13.2 (0.01, 28.9) 0.40 0.57 (0.42, 1.91) 0.02
 2,3,4,7,8-PenCDF 12.1 (0.24, 22.3) 3.64 9.0 (6.20, 14.6) 2.70
 1,2,3,4,7,8-HexCDF 0.03 (0.02, 13.4) 0.0003 6.65 (4.10, 12.5) 0.67
 1,2,3,6,7,8-HexCDF 0.02 (0.02, 0.05) 0.0002 4.20 (2.90, 6.70) 0.42
 2,3,4,6,7,8-HexCDF 0.01 (0.01, 0.01) 0.0001 0.57 (0.42, 1.41) 0.06
 1,2,3,7,8,9-HexCDF 6.29 (0.02, 33.2) 0.06 0.57 (0.42, 1.84) 0.06
 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HepCDF 77.5 (41.4, 161) 0.77 7.50 (5.47, 11.3) 0.08
 1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HepCDF 0.01 (0.01, 0.01) 0.0001 0.64 (0.50, 2.26) 0.01
 OCDF 26.4 (0.01, 110) 0.01 2.90 (1.80, 5.00) 0.001
 Σ PCDF 232 (127, 449) 7.79 39 (27, 57) 4.2

WTCHR: World Trade Center Health Registry; TEQ: toxic equivalency quotient

*

based on 2005 World Health Organization toxic equivalency factors