Table 55.
Weekly intake of PCDD/Fs (17 congeners)
| Age classa | N | Mean dietary exposure (pg WHO2005‐TEQ/kg bw per week) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimumb | Medianb | Maximumb | |||||
| LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | ||
| Infants c | 6 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.9 |
| Toddlers | 10 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 9.0 |
| Other children | 18 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 8.8 |
| Adolescents | 17 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 4.8 |
| Adults | 17 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
| Elderly | 14 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
| Very elderly | 12 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
| Age classa | N | 95th percentile dietary exposure (pg WHO2005‐TEQ/kg bw per week) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimumb | Medianb | Maximumb | |||||
| LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | ||
| Infants c | 5 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 10.1 |
| Toddlers | 7 | 4.7 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 8.4 | 12.3 | 16.9 |
| Other children | 18 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 6.9 | 9.2 | 12.3 | 15.9 |
| Adolescents | 17 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 9.1 | 11.3 |
| Adults | 17 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 7.8 |
| Elderly | 14 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 9.6 |
| Very elderly | 9 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 7.2 |
bw: body weight; LB: lower bound; N: number of surveys; UB: upper bound; PCDD/Fs: polychlorinated dibenzo‐p‐dioxins and dibenzofurans; TEQ: toxic equivalents.
a
Section 2.4 describes the age range within each age class.
b
The 95th percentile estimates obtained on dietary surveys/age classes with less than 60 observations may not be statistically robust (EFSA, 2011a). Those estimates were not included in this table.
c
Not including intake from breast milk.