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. 2020 Dec 21;118(3):e2020315117. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2020315117

Table 1.

Effect of treatment on estimated RBA for Pb in two soils*

Soil Treatment Bone Blood Point
Mean LCL UCL Mean LCL UCL Mean LCL UCL
1 U 0.545 0.461 0.655 0.750 0.374 1.190 0.648 0.513 0.781
T 8 h 0.056 0.007 0.111 0.027 0.014 0.041 0.042 0.018 0.066
% Decrease 89.7 96.4 93.5
T 67 h 0.034 −0.008 0.081 0.012 0.009 0.016 0.023 0.003 0.043
% Decrease 93.8 98.4 96.5
2 U 0.456 0.341 0.602 0.524 0.456 0.609 0.490 0.422 0.560
T 8 h 0.032 0.028 0.039 0.058 0.041 0.079 0.045 0.036 0.054
% Decrease 93.0 88.9 90.8
T 67 h 0.041 0.002 0.084 0.017 0.011 0.024 0.029 0.010 0.048
% Decrease 91.0 96.8 94.1
*

Mean RBA estimates with lower (LCL) and upper (UCL) 95% confidence intervals based on bone or blood tissue data. RBA point estimates are means of tissue-derived RBA estimates.