Table1.
Distribution of uncorrected metal concentration during pregnancy (μg/L) among ELEMENT mothers who gave birth to girls and in their female children.
| In utero | Peripubertal | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOD | %< LOD |
GM | GSD | 25% | 50% | 75% | MAX | %< LOD |
GM | GSD | 25% | 50% | 75% | MAX | P value a | |
| SG | <0.01 | |||||||||||||||
| Ni | 3.0 | 0.9 | 9.3 | 2.2 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 12.2 | 950.5 | 0.8 | 7.9 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 7.6 | 10.5 | 48.0 | 0.56 |
| Cu | 48.2 | 43.6 | 113.3 | 5.4 | 34.1 | 52.9 | 111.5 | 2610.4 | 47.0 | 46.9 | 1.4 | 34.1 | 49.3 | 62.1 | 119.8 | 0.71 |
| Mo | 2.9 | 23.1 | 14.5 | 3.4 | 7.1 | 20.9 | 37.8 | 85.9 | 0.0 | 41.6 | 1.9 | 28.4 | 44.6 | 64.8 | 186.4 | 0.93 |
| Ba | 1.1 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 23.3 | 7.6 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 24.4 | 0.55 |
| As | 0.3 | 0.0 | 12.4 | 2.3 | 8.7 | 12.4 | 18.2 | 546.1 | 0.0 | 12.9 | 1.9 | 8.4 | 12.9 | 19.3 | 126.8 | 0.29 |
| Se | 10.5 | 6.0 | 30.4 | 1.8 | 20.9 | 35.8 | 45.5 | 95.2 | 2.3 | 44.6 | 1.8 | 32.2 | 45.4 | 67.6 | 130.0 | 0.23 |
| Al | 8.6 | 12.1 | 23.7 | 2.3 | 12.8 | 28.3 | 39.5 | 486.1 | 13.6 | 16.1 | 1.9 | 10.4 | 15.1 | 23.1 | 114.4 | 0.19 |
| Mn | 0.4 | 6.8 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 9.1 | 5.3 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 5.9 | 0.09 |
| Co | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 26.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 0.71 |
| Zn | 0.1 | 3.7 | 268.3 | 2.1 | 182.7 | 305.9 | 449.4 | 1545.4 | 0.8 | 336.2 | 1.9 | 218.9 | 357.4 | 543.4 | 1120.6 | 0.51 |
| Cd | 54.0 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 0.43 |
a
P value from Spearman correlation test between in utero and peripubertal specific urinary specific gravity and metal concentration measurements.