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. 2017 Aug 14;15(8):e04972. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2017.4972
Age class Minimum Median Maximum
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.

a

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.

b

Only one dietary survey available.