Table A.8.
Level of exposurea | Age class | N | Total acute dietary exposure (% ARfD) | |||||
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Minimum | Median | Maximum | ||||||
LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | |||
Mean | Infants (3–6 months) | 3 | 13.6 | 18.9 | 15.3 | 19.1 | 16.3 | 21.8 |
Infants (6–12 months) | 6 | 21.7 | 29.0 | 25.4 | 35.3 | 44.7 | 53.5 | |
Toddlers | 11 | 23.0 | 34.5 | 28.4 | 41.9 | 39.2 | 57.1 | |
95th percentile | Infants (3–6 months) | 3 | 29.5 | 42.9 | 42.2 | 52.7 | 43.7 | 57.8 |
Infants (6–12 months) | 5 | 48.8 | 58.0 | 52.8 | 67.0 | 76.8 | 91.1 | |
Toddlers | 10 | 46.7 | 61.2 | 52.8 | 72.6 | 63.9 | 98.0 | |
97.5th percentile | Infants (3–6 months) | 3 | 36.7 | 50.3 | 56.9 | 64.1 | 61.7 | 74.0 |
Infants (6–12 months) | 5 | 53.4 | 62.2 | 61.2 | 75.6 | 106.9 | 121.6 | |
Toddlers | 7 | 53.0 | 68.2 | 57.5 | 73.2 | 69.0 | 87.8 |
LB: lower bound; N: number of surveys; UB: upper bound.
The 95th and 97.5th percentile estimates obtained on dietary surveys/age classes with less than 61 and 181 observations, respectively, may not be statistically robust (EFSA, 2011a). Those estimates were not included in this table.