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Published in final edited form as: Sci Total Environ. 2018 May 12;637-638:881–891. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.074

Table 3b.

Dioxin-like chemicals (pg/g lipid) in ACHS II participants stratified by sex.

Dioxin Congener	Sex	n	% > LOD	AM	AM Sex Ratio	Min	10^th %	50^th %	90^th %	95^th %	Max
2,3,7,8 TCDD^a	F	244	88.1	1.7	1.8	<LOD	<LOD	1.4	3.3	4.3	12.7
	M	93	74.2	0.94		<LOD	<LOD	0.72	1.6	2.3	15.6
1,2,3,7,8 PeCDD^a	F	245	97.1	5.9	1.4	<LOD	2.1	5.0	10.3	13.1	25.3
	M	93	97.9	4.3		<LOD	1.9	3.9	7.2	9.0	17.0
1,2,3,4,7,8 HxCDD^a	F	245	98.8	4.6	1.5	<LOD	1.5	3.7	8.9	11.6	22.3
	M	93	97.9	3.1		<LOD	1.1	2.5	5.3	8.1	14.7
1,2,3,6,7,8 HxCDD^a	F	245	99.6	32.7	1.4	<LOD	12.9	28.5	56.1	74.5	148.3
	M	93	100	23.4		4.9	9.4	21.5	42.8	49.1	69.3
1,2,3,7,8,9 HxCDD^a	F	245	84.5	4.8	2.0	<LOD	<LOD	4.3	8.9	12.9	21.1
	M	93	59.1	2.4		<LOD	<LOD	2.4	5.6	6.3	16.0
1,2,3,4,6,7,8 HpCDD^a	F	245	78.8	31.4	1.8	<LOD	<LOD	24.4	63.7	91.9	299.7
	M	93	72.0	17.6		<LOD	<LOD	16.5	35.4	46.2	94.9
OCDD^a	F	245	91.0	377.6	1.8	<LOD	112.9	317.1	702.7	920.6	1962.0
	M	93	76.3	212.7		<LOD	<LOD	200.4	424.1	626.5	765.4
2,3,7,8 TCDF	F	245	24.1	--		<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.88	1.3	5.1
	M	93	17.2	--		<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.60	1.0	19.3
1,2,3,7,8 PeCDF	F	245	8.2	--		<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.69	3.1
	M	93	11.8	--		<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.40	0.79	19.0
2,3,4,7,8 PeCDF^a	F	245	98.8	6.8	1.3	<LOD	2.6	5.6	12.3	14.3	78.6
	M	92	98.9	5.1		<LOD	2.2	4.1	9.1	10.7	34.0
1,2,3,4,7,8 HxCDF^a	F	245	99.2	4.1	1.3	<LOD	1.9	3.6	7.2	8.8	14.1
	M	93	98.9	3.2		<LOD	1.8	2.8	4.8	5.7	15.8
1,2,3,6,7,8 HxCDF^a	F	245	98.8	4.0	1.2	<LOD	1.8	3.6	6.5	8.5	13.0
	M	93	98.9	3.3		<LOD	1.8	3.0	5.0	5.8	16.2
1,2,3,7,8,9 HxCDF	F	245	0.82	--		<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.74
	M	93	1.1	--		<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	17.4
2,3,4,6,7,8 HxCDF	F	245	69.8	0.76	0.92	<LOD	<LOD	0.70	1.8	2.0	3.0
	M	93	64.5	0.83		<LOD	<LOD	0.69	1.4	1.6	17.4
1,2,3,4,6,7,8 HpCDF	F	245	86.9	4.6	1.0	<LOD	<LOD	4.1	8.2	9.9	23.9
	M	93	83.9	4.6		<LOD	<LOD	3.9	6.9	9.2	57.8
1,2,3,4,7,8,9 HpCDF	F	245	3.7	--		<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	2.0
	M	93	7.5	--		<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.43	15.3
OCDF	F	245	0.41	--		<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	17.9
	M	93	2.2	--		<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	18.5
PCB 81	F	245	4.1	--		<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	40.5
	M	93	2.2	--		<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	71.4
PCB 126*^a	F	245	84.5	92.5	3.0	<LOD	<LOD	36.4	271.6	382.0	1196.0
	M	93	64.5	31.2		<LOD	<LOD	12.1	51.2	141.1	559.7
PCB 169	F	245	88.2	37.7	1.2	<LOD	<LOD	28.7	76.9	102.7	363.0
	M	93	88.2	32.3		<LOD	<LOD	23.9	69.1	94.9	235.9
PCB 105^a	F	245	95.5	11300	2.6	<LOD	700	5000	33800	43500	101700
	M	93	88.2	4370		<LOD	<LOD	1219	6900	25560	81200
PCB 118^a	F	245	100	63290	2.4	716.9	4800	29500	178700	235500	532600
	M	93	100	25990		900	2117	8242	55640	144900	409900
PCB 156	F	245	98.8	22600	1.3	<LOD	3300	14490	52700	67300	170600
	M	93	100	17300		400	3300	9600	42700	61100	129100
PCB 157	F	245	94.7	6040	1.4	<LOD	700	2500	10720	16000	32200
	M	93	92.5	4350		<LOD	900	3900	13100	18900	44800
PCB 167^a	F	244	96.7	9920	1.7	<LOD	1100	5250	27610	36200	73310
	M	92	93.5	5680		<LOD	668.5	2370.5	16710	26300	56500
PCB 189	F	241	87.6	2100	1.0	<LOD	<LOD	1400	4606	5800	21650
	M	91	90.1	2100		<LOD	399.8	1300	4185	6200	16800
PCB 114^a	F	229	93.5	3680	1.8	<LOD	600	2300	9700	13400	31850
	M	84	82.1	2080		<LOD	<LOD	1080.5	6498	9000	19400
PCB 123	F	212	29.7	--		<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	2300	3300	11400
	M	77	9.1	--		<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	844.9	2312

% > LOD—percent over the limit of detection

F—Female

M—Male

AM—arithmetic mean

Arithmetic means were only calculated for congeners with 60% >LOD

Statistically significant (p < 0.05) by sex when adjusted for age and race in linear regression.