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. 2018 Aug 27;15(9):1843. doi: 10.3390/ijerph15091843

Table 3.

Metal concentrations and summary statistics (mg/kg).

Elements n a Range (mg/kg) Mean ± SD (mg/kg) Median (mg/kg) CV Skewness Kurtosis CNEMC Value b (mg/kg)
Major elements
Fe 100 5.47 × 103–2.46 × 104 1.33 × 104 ± 2.87 × 103 1.28 × 105 0.22 0.98 2.29 2.74 × 104
Mg 100 2.30 × 103–7.80 × 103 3.54 × 103 ± 7.67 × 102 3.43 × 103 0.22 2.26 9.44 6.8 × 103
Al 100 3.12 × 103–2.19 × 104 6.08 × 103 ± 2.21 × 103 6.08 × 103 0.36 4.21 26.63 5.95 × 104
Ba 100 68.77–780.97 193.97 ± 126.71 150.97 0.65 2.34 5.95 529.00
Sr 100 25.22–140.86 75.74 ± 21.28 77.69 0.28 0.03 0.22 187.00
Trace elements
Mn 100 249.15–594.94 375.64 ± 64.63 367.49 0.17 1.01 1.75 636.00
Cr 100 30.36–208.69 65.53 ± 23.21 62.52 0.17 1.01 1.75 46.70
Ni 100 14.84–86.37 35.47 ± 9.03 35.47 0.25 2.02 11.00 21.40
Cd 100 1.98–36.73 21.43 ± 12.29 28.83 0.57 –0.92 –1.14 0.10
Co 100 9.56–41.27 29.96 ± 11.67 36.70 0.39 –0.92 –1.11 11.90
Cu 100 17.37–135.59 53.73 ± 21.66 50.36 0.40 1.21 2.29 17.10
Zn 100 34.56–419.86 169.79 ± 70.56 162.22 0.42 0.82 1.20 80.40
Pb 100 23.94–385.35 94.99 ± 67.99 73.31 0.72 2.26 5.86 28.80
As 95 0.56–144.27 47.72 ± 37.09 36.32 0.78 0.69 –0.68 8.00
Hg 73 0.53–1127.24 560.90 ± 294.68 543.43 0.53 0.04 –0.83 0.04
V 100 17.55–79.85 54.41 ± 15.77 60.05 0.29 –0.72 –0.89 68.00

a The n means effective data number; b China National Environmental Monitoring Center (CNEMC) [38].