Age class | Minimum | Median | Maximum | |||
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LB | UB | LB | UB | LB | UB | |
Mean dietary exposure in total population (ng/kg bw per day) | ||||||
Infants | 0.74 | 12.5 | 4.17 | 19.6 | 5.46 | 47.0 |
Toddlers | 2.94 | 26.8 | 5.56 | 35.6 | 8.00 | 43.8 |
Other children | 2.89 | 20.7 | 4.04 | 29.5 | 6.10 | 41.9 |
Adolescents | 1.35 | 9.8 | 2.42 | 17.7 | 3.73 | 24.4 |
Adults | 0.96 | 9.6 | 1.28 | 13.5 | 3.55 | 18.3 |
Elderly | 0.77 | 9.1 | 1.04 | 12.1 | 4.55 | 16.2 |
Very elderly | 0.63 | 9.8 | 1.10 | 12.8 | 2.96 | 14.2 |
Pregnant womenb | 1.62 | – | – | – | – | 13.1 |
Lactating womenb | 1.67 | – | – | – | – | 9.98 |
95 th percentile dietary exposure in total population (ng/kg bw per day) | ||||||
Infantsa | 6.33 | 26.7 | 12.2 | 52.1 | 17.2 | 108 |
Toddlersa | 9.14 | 47.3 | 15.5 | 63.6 | 19.3 | 71.7 |
Other children | 7.06 | 33.2 | 9.73 | 51.1 | 15.1 | 72.9 |
Adolescents | 3.82 | 16.0 | 6.62 | 35.9 | 10.7 | 43.5 |
Adults | 2.41 | 18.4 | 3.68 | 26.5 | 6.49 | 39.8 |
Elderly | 2.04 | 17.3 | 2.72 | 23.9 | 10.2 | 32.8 |
Very elderlya | 1.61 | 19.4 | 2.61 | 21.5 | 9.32 | 26.8 |
Pregnant womenb | 4.07 | – | – | – | – | 24.7 |
Lactating womenb | 4.10 | – | – | – | – | 21.4 |
bw: body weight; LB: lower bound; UB: upper bound.
The 95th percentile estimates obtained on dietary surveys/age classes with less than 60 observations may not be statistically robust (EFSA, 2011b) and therefore not included in this table.
Only one dietary survey available.