Table 5.

Estimated Daily Intake (EDI) and Hazard Indices (HI) for northern Ugandans via consumption of sorghum, maize, sesame foods.

Food grain	Mean (μg/Kg)	Age	Average body weight (kg)	Estimated Daily Intake (EDI (μg/Kg/.bw/day)	Hazard Index (HI)
Total aflatoxin
Sorghum	11.8	18 > 65 yrs (adults)	72.3	3.1 × 10−3	4.7 × 10−8
		6–59 months (infants)	11.3	0.125	1.9 × 10−6
Millet	3.9	18 > 65 yrs (adults)	72.3	5.4 × 10−7	8.3 × 10−12
		6–59 months (infants)	11.3	2.1 × 10−5	3.2 × 10−10
Maize	2.8	18 > 65 yrs (adults)	72.3	1.6 × 10−4	2.5 × 10−9
		6–59 months (infants)	11.3	0.007	1.0 × 10−7
Sesame	3.2	18 > 65 yrs (adults)	72.3	1.2 × 10−5	1.8 × 10-10
		6–59 months (infants)	11.3	4.8 × 10−4	7.4 × 10−9
Total ochratoxin
Sorghum	3.8	18 > 65 yrs (adults)	72.3	3.2 × 10−4	6.1 × 10−8
		6–59 months (infants)	11.3	0.013	2.5 × 10−6
Millet	1.1	18 > 65 yrs (adults)	72.3	4.1 × 10−8	8.0 × 10−12
		6–59 months (infants)	11.3	1.7 × 10−6	3.2 × 10−10
Maize	0.9	18 > 65 yrs (adults)	72.3	1.6 × 10−5	3.2 × 10−9
		6-59 months (infants)	11.3	6.7 × 10−4	1.3 × 10−7
Sesame	1.4	18 > 65 yrs (adults)	72.3	3.4 × 10−5	6.6 × 10−9
		6–59 months (infants)	11.3	9.2 × 10−5	1.8 × 10−8
Deoxynivalenol (Vomitoxin)
Sorghum	318.8	18 > 65 yrs (adults)	72.3	2.236	5.8 × 10−5
		6–59 months (infants)	11.3	91.521	0.0024
Millet	129.7	18 > 65 yrs (adults)	72.3	0.006	1.5 × 10−7
		6–59 months (infants)	11.3	0.024	6.3 × 10−7
Maize	513.3	18 > 65 yrs (adults)	72.3	5.343	1.4 × 10−4
		6–59 months (infants)	11.3	218.72	0.0057
Sesame	230.5	18 > 65 yrs (adults)	72.3	0.061	1.6 × 10−6
		6–59 months (infants)	11.3	2.497	6.5 × 10−5

TD50 of total Aflatoxin = 1.3 μg/kg [29].

TD50 of total Ochratoxin = 0.103 μg/kg [30].

TD50 of Deoxynivalenol (Vomitoxin) = 0.77 μg/kg [26].

Average body weight of an adult in Uganda =72.3 kg [31].

Average body weight of infants in Uganda =11.3 kg [32].