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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2017 Oct 18;28(3):223–230. doi: 10.1038/jes.2017.16

Table 4.

Distribution of Study Participants by Various Metrics1

Metric % of cohort (N=24,937)
OSRC class
Response 18.0
Support of Operations 17.5
Cleanup on Water 17.4
Decontamination 14.3
Cleanup on Land 14.6
Administrative Support 18.3
Maximum total hydrocarbon level
<0.03 0.0
0.03–0.09 13.8
0.1–0.29 8.3
0.3–0.99 33.6
1.00–2.99 30.9
3.0–9.99 9.0
>=10 4.4
Minimum total hydrocarbon level
<0.03 20.2
0.03–0.09 38.9
0.1–0.29 29.7
0.3–0.99 10.6
1.00–2.99 0.6
3.0–9.99 0.1
>=10 0.0
Median total hydrocarbon level
<0.03 0.2
0.03–0.09 14.9
0.1–0.29 31.9
0.3–0.99 47.5
1.00–2.99 5.1
3.0–9.99 0.4
>=10 0.0
Mean total hydrocarbon level
<0.03 0.0
0.03–0.09 14.1
0.1–0.29 19.0
0.3–0.99 51.4
1.00–2.99 14.3
3.0–9.99 1.1
>=10 0.0
Potentially Exposed to Dispersants
No 84.8
Yes 9.4
Unknown 5.8
Potentially Exposed to Burning
None 89.2
Low 0.2
Medium 7.6
High 1.0
Unknown 2.1
1

Maximum=the highest THC exposure estimate experienced by each study participant across all EGs within and across all time periods was identified and then assigned to one of the ordinal categories. Minimum=the lowest THC exposure estimate experienced by each study participant across all EGs within and across all time periods was identified and then assigned to one of the ordinal categories. Median=the median of all exposure estimates across all EGs within and across all time periods experienced by each study participant was calculated and then assigned to one of the ordinal categories. Mean=the mean of all exposure estimates across all EGs within and across all time periods experienced by each study participant was calculated and then assigned to one of the ordinal categories