Table 5.
Percentiles of distribution for dietary intake of Ops residues from tea infusion for tea consumers only in China
| Percentiles of exposure | OPsa (μg/kg bw/d) | OPsb (μg/kg bw/d) |
|---|---|---|
| Tea consumer | ||
| Mean | 0.02 (0.02–0.02)c | 0.08 (0.08–0.09)c |
| P50 | 0.01 (0.01–0.01) | 0.05 (0.05–0.05) |
| P90 | 0.04 (0.04–0.06) | 0.17 (0.17–0.25) |
| P95 | 0.06 (0.05–0.06) | 0.25 (0.24–0.25) |
| P97.5 | 0.08 (0.07–0.08) | 0.33 (0.32–0.35) |
| P99 | 0.11 (0.10–0.12) | 0.46 (0.44–0.50) |
| P99.9 | 0.25 (0.20–0.30) | 1.08 (0.85–1.23) |
aRPFs calculated by BMD10, IC for OPs is methamidophos
bRPFs calculated by CED20, IC for OPs is methamidophos
cNumbers with brackets are the lower (2.5%) and upper (97.5%) bounds of the 95% confidence interval of the corresponding percentiles of exposure