Table A.18.
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 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
Infants (6–12 months) | 6 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 5.9 | |
Toddlers | 11 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 7.1 | |
95th percentile | Infants (3–6 months) | 3 | 4.8 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 7.8 |
Infants (6–12 months) | 5 | 4.9 | 8.3 | 5.6 | 9.5 | 6.6 | 11.1 | |
Toddlers | 10 | 4.8 | 9.0 | 5.8 | 9.9 | 6.9 | 11.7 | |
97.5th percentile | Infants (3–6 months) | 3 | 5.2 | 9.0 | 6.2 | 9.7 | 7.0 | 10.2 |
Infants (6–12 months) | 5 | 6.4 | 9.9 | 6.6 | 10.9 | 9.2 | 13.9 | |
Toddlers | 7 | 6.2 | 10.2 | 6.6 | 10.7 | 7.7 | 11.7 |
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.