Table 44.
Age class | Range across surveys of acute dietary exposure (μg/kg bw per day) | |||
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Mean | P95a | |||
Minimum | Maximum | Minimum | Maximum | |
Infants | 32.3 (20.5–49.9) | 119.9 (114.3–125.9) | 309.0 (256.1–374.4) | 375.5 (343.5–410.6) |
Toddlers | 59.1 (57.2–61.2) | 174.0 (139.5–221.2) | 231.4 (218.3–245.5) | 535.1 (349.6–822.9) |
Children | 45.6 (42.5–49.4) | 149.2 (135.3–165.0) | 149.2 (130.6–171.2) | 444.9 (374.4–539.4) |
Adolescents | 28.8 (27.2–30.5) | 109.8 (101.3–118.2) | 94.1 (84.8–104.3) | 331.7 (287.9–381.5) |
Adults | 23.3 (21.4–25.6) | 82.5 (79.2 – 86.2) | 78.3 (67.0–93.4) | 244.8 (227.7–264.6) |
Elderly | 27.4 (22.7–33.5) | 72.0 (64.7–80.4) | 88.7 (83.2–94.6) | 210.7 (172.8–255.5) |
Very elderly | 30.3 (27.1–34.1) | 70.7 (58.2–83.9) | 85.7 (76.1–96.5) | 214.0 (154.9–297.3) |
bw: body weight; P95: 95th percentile.
One dietary survey had less than 60 days in the Infants and Toddlers age groups; therefore, these were not included in calculation of the 95th percentile exposure.