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. 2020 Mar 9;18(3):e06040. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6040

Table V.4.

Cancer risk estimatesa calculated from the chronic dietary exposure to AFT+AFM1, the mean potency estimates of the cancer risk and a HBV/HCV prevalence of 0.2%

Age group Minimum Median Maximum
LB UB LB UB LB UB
Based on mean dietary exposure in total population
Infants 0.003 0.015 0.007 0.045 0.018 0.174
Toddlers 0.013 0.089 0.022 0.160 0.036 0.219
Other children 0.015 0.093 0.021 0.151 0.034 0.220
Adolescents 0.008 0.050 0.011 0.091 0.018 0.122
Adults 0.006 0.040 0.010 0.070 0.014 0.116
Elderly 0.005 0.037 0.008 0.064 0.010 0.114
Very elderly 0.005 0.044 0.008 0.066 0.011 0.116
Based on 95th percentile dietary exposure in total population
Infants 0.011 0.071 0.020 0.130 0.057 0.517
Toddlers 0.023 0.144 0.041 0.268 0.078 0.473
Other children 0.030 0.131 0.040 0.281 0.077 0.401
Adolescents 0.019 0.084 0.025 0.202 0.045 0.230
Adults 0.015 0.076 0.022 0.160 0.040 0.249
Elderly 0.011 0.077 0.018 0.133 0.028 0.216
Very elderly 0.013 0.089 0.017 0.155 0.025 0.234

AFT: aflatoxin total; AFM1: aflatoxin M1; HBV: hepatitis B virus; HCV: Hepatitis C virus; LB: lower bound; UB: upper bound.

a

Expressed per 100,000 person‐years.