Table 17.

Summary statistics of acute dietary exposure to noscapine (μg/kg bw per day) estimated at the lower and upper bound across dietary surveys for consumers only

Age group		Mean exposurea				P95 exposureb
		N	Min	Median	Max	N	Min	Median	Max
Infants	LB	2	0.161	n.a.	0.410	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
	UB	2	0.217	n.a.	0.552	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Toddlers	LB	2	0.278	n.a.	0.599	1	4.40	n.a.	4.40
	UB	2	0.374	n.a.	0.806	1	4.40	n.a.	4.40
Other children	LB	9	0.041	0.442	1.076	2	0.27	n.a.	3.78
	UB	9	0.056	0.596	1.449	2	0.27	n.a.	3.78
Adolescents	LB	8	0.025	0.294	0.606	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
	UB	8	0.034	0.396	0.817	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Adults	LB	11	0.053	0.304	0.582	4	1.10	3.43	4.35
	UB	11	0.072	0.410	0.784	4	1.10	3.43	4.35
Elderly	LB	8	0.022	0.271	0.447	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
	UB	8	0.030	0.365	0.602	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Very elderly	LB	4	0.097	0.310	0.440	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
	UB	4	0.131	0.418	0.592	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.

bw: body weight; max: maximum; min: minimum; N: number of surveys; n.a. not applicable; P95: 95th percentile.

^aMean exposure calculated from the mean consumption of poppy seeds and the mean occurrence of noscapine in poppy seed samples.

^bP95 exposure calculated from the P95 consumption of poppy seeds and the P95 occurrence of noscapine in poppy seed samples. The P95 exposure estimates for surveys with less than 60 observations may not be statistically robust and are therefore not calculated.