Table 2:

Descriptive statistics for PBDEs.

	Dust (ng/g) (n=49)					Serum (ng/g lipid) (n=85)
	25th	50th	75th	95th	% detect	25th	50th	75th	95th	% detect
BDE-15	0.06	0.12	0.26	0.79	100	0.06	0.08	0.13	0.30	100
BDE-17/25	0.89	1.58	4.41	15.86	100	0.02	0.03	0.05	0.09	95
BDE-28/33	2.44	4.34	13.23	50.70	100	0.40	0.65	0.98	2.25	100
BDE-37	0.03	0.06	0.14	0.41	94	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.02	28
BDE-47	170.97	327.00	1052.45	4599.99	100	5.95	9.25	16.94	34.14	99
BDE-49	3.91	7.43	27.55	168.20	100	0.04	0.06	0.10	0.21	95
BDE-51	0.44	0.93	3.49	20.78	100	<LOD	<LOD	0.01	0.02	45
BDE-66	3.27	7.87	24.50	172.20	100	0.03	0.07	0.11	0.26	92
BDE-71	0.45	0.90	3.28	15.06	98	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.02	25
BDE-75	0.17	0.45	1.69	7.03	96	<LOD	0.01	0.02	0.04	61
BDE-79	<LOD	0.07	0.31	2.21	63	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.02	15
BDE-85	11.60	29.90	118.50	1058.00	100	0.09	0.18	0.35	0.87	91
BDE-99	203.98	362.98	1684.97	6583.99	100	0.87	1.71	3.61	8.34	89
BDE-100	42.40	93.10	323.25	1350.00	100	1.19	2.11	3.53	8.27	98
BDE-119/120	0.44	1.03	3.90	14.60	94	<LOD	<LOD	0.03	0.06	44
BDE-126	<LOD	0.14	0.43	2.54	65	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	0.01	9
BDE-128	0.12	0.26	1.08	6.88	88	<LOD	<LOD	0.04	0.08	39
BDE-138/166	4.07	9.97	34.35	263.80	100	0.01	0.04	0.07	0.18	80
BDE-140	0.92	2.37	7.89	61.56	100	0.03	0.05	0.07	0.18	96
BDE-153	25.60	58.70	208.25	825.40	100	5.06	9.60	12.92	25.95	100
BDE-154	17.50	41.70	147.25	603.40	100	0.10	0.16	0.36	0.79	95
BDE-155	1.16	2.41	8.01	53.98	100	0.02	0.03	0.05	0.10	92
BDE-183	2.52	5.42	9.72	50.68	100	0.11	0.18	0.32	1.08	100
BDE-190	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	1.83	18	<LOD	0.06	0.10	0.31	58
BDE-203	2.43	4.63	8.65	27.01	100	0.17	0.30	0.49	1.29	100
BDE-206	31.96	67.60	114.50	468.38	100	0.20	0.38	0.65	2.11	99
BDE-207	44.50	98.09	191.67	738.50	100	1.15	2.00	4.09	9.60	100
BDE-208	35.54	64.00	124.20	451.74	100	0.37	0.58	1.12	3.70	99
BDE-209	693.00	1199.93	1885.00	8959.52	100	1.79	3.01	6.54	16.51	99

LOD=level of detection; % detect=percent of samples above LOD.