Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of PCB congener concentration (ng/g lipids) in blood serum of participants (n=602).

PCB congener	Count	% over LOD	Arithmetic mean serum concentration	SD	GM serum concentration	GM Standard deviation	Percentiles
							5	25	50	75	95
28	591	100	2.27	4.036	1.341	2.8	0.26	0.756	1.378	2.506	6.369
52	525	99.8	0.579	1.989	0.235	3.994	0.018	0.101	0.253	0.646	1.853
74	592	100	19.319	42.612	9.421	2.886	2.052	4.52	8.582	15.798	71.037
99	592	99.5	6.275	9.337	3.497	2.807	0.777	1.786	3.111	6.422	23.765
101	489	94.5	0.562	2.112	0.175	4.249	0.015	0.077	0.185	0.439	1.738
105	592	97.6	2.084	3.477	1.104	3.012	0.248	0.581	1.018	2.008	6.809
114	592	86.6	0.635	0.984	0.281	4.207	0.017	0.156	0.325	0.655	2.571
118	591	100	13.502	23.14	8.175	2.5	2.193	4.222	7.475	14.311	41.4
123	591	41.4	0.708	4.68	0.108	4.051	0.015	0.046	0.096	0.203	2.011
138	592	100	115.53	266.97	70.209	2.461	18.541	39.462	66.428	117.18	331.71
153	592	100	326.24	692.35	204.368	2.349	59.086	114.46	191.96	337.77	962.19
156	592	100	22.492	51.959	13.77	2.334	3.787	7.936	12.966	22.261	53.751
157	592	99.7	2.017	4.239	1.209	2.562	0.32	0.707	1.131	2.023	5.658
167	592	100	6.153	11.179	3.831	2.432	1.029	2.092	3.689	6.671	17.412
170	592	100	171.97	610.26	92.752	2.439	25.514	52.914	86.462	151.15	446.93
180	592	100	335.75	1142.2	180.238	2.437	49.946	101.91	167.09	287.34	882.42
187+182	592	100	75.939	169.87	38.496	2.828	8.719	18.792	33.19	70.776	269.8
189	592	99.8	5.864	36.664	2.679	2.579	0.728	1.482	2.473	4.29	14.387
194	592	100	62.231	569.82	21.273	2.672	5.443	11.297	19.211	33.903	153.92
196+203	592	100	21.265	52.518	10.838	2.708	2.656	5.513	9.654	18.516	74.92
199	592	100	88.291	587.16	32.073	2.925	7.179	15.474	27.876	57.691	267.24
ΣPCB	592		1279.5	3711.9	719.182	2.421	199.59	396.06	658.1	1171.7	3541.2

GM - Geometric mean

SD - Standard deviation