. 2017 Oct 25;15(10):e05005. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.5005

Table 17.

Summary statistics of the specific scenario assessing chronic dietary exposure to the sum of furan, 2‐methylfuran and 3‐methylfuran across European dietary surveys

Age class^a	N	Mean dietary exposure (μg/kg bw per day)
		Minimum^b		Median^b		Maximum^b
		LB	UB	LB	UB	LB	UB
Infants	6	0.17	0.25	0.52	0.61	1.21	1.35
Toddlers	10	0.28	0.36	0.40	0.50	0.63	0.77
Other children	18	0.23	0.31	0.31	0.39	0.49	0.60
Adolescents	17	0.15	0.18	0.21	0.27	0.44	0.50
Adults	17	0.21	0.24	1.14	1.18	2.25	2.29
Elderly	14	0.27	0.30	1.15	1.19	2.64	2.68
Very elderly	12	0.26	0.30	1.02	1.05	3.27	3.31
Age class ^a	N	95th percentile dietary exposure ^c (μg/kg bw per day)
		Minimum ^b		Median ^b		Maximum ^b
		LB	UB	LB	UB	LB	UB
Infants	5	0.34	0.49	1.54	1.70	2.21	2.36
Toddlers	7	0.51	0.64	0.63	0.81	1.25	1.40
Other children	18	0.37	0.49	0.55	0.67	1.31	1.40
Adolescents	17	0.29	0.33	0.51	0.58	1.31	1.36
Adults	17	0.46	0.50	2.66	2.70	5.73	5.78
Elderly	14	0.96	0.98	2.92	2.96	6.11	6.14
Very elderly	9	0.78	0.84	2.34	2.37	4.00	4.02

bw: body weight; LB: lower bound; N: number of surveys; UB: upper bound.

Section 2.4 describes the age range within each age class.

Estimates were rounded to two decimal places.

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.