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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 28.
Published in final edited form as: Chemosphere. 2018 Jun 14;209:338–345. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.06.085

Table 2.

Accuracy, sensitivity, and precision of the analytical method for the quantification of PFAS and fluorinated alternatives in urine

LOD Precision Accuracy (%)
QCL QCH
  ng/mL ng/mL RSD (%) ng/mL RSD (%) Low level High level
PFPrS 0.1 1.5 6.8 2.8 7.1 97.8±4 96.2±3
PFBS 0.1 1.3 7.8 3.2 8.0 98.7±3 98.1±8
PFHxS 0.1 1.6 8.2 3.7 8.5 98.7±6 93.8±7
PFHpS 0.1 1.5 10.2 3.9 9.5 100.3±6 101.5±5
n-PFOS 0.1 1.3 8.9 3.2 8.8 99.1±4 98.8±2
Sm-PFOS 0.1 0.5 9.5 1.8 8.4 96.7±4 98.2±1
PFBA 0.1 1.6 8.2 3.7 8.5 93.6±2 95.0±8
PFPeA 0.1 1.3 8.9 3.2 8.8 101.0±8 106.2±2
PFHxA 0.1 0.5 10.4 1.5 8.2 102.2±6 103.8±5
PFHpA 0.1 0.5 9.2 1.1 9.8 102.7±3 98.5±6
n-PFOA 0.1 2.8 9.5 5.4 8.8 103.1±2 102.3±5
Sb-PFOA 0.1 1.6 7.6 3.4 10.4 98.5±4 100.1±6
PFNA 0.1 1.4 6.2 4.2 6.6 102.1±5 96.5±4
PFDA 0.1 1.4 8.8 3.6 7.2 102.4±7 99.1±5
PFUnDA 0.1 1.5 10.2 3.5 6.5 97.4±2 97.4±4
HFPO-DA 0.1 1.8 7.4 10.8 9.8 102.6±11 97.5±9
DONA 0.1 1.6 8.2 3.7 8.5 96.5±2 98.3±6
9Cl-PF3ONS 0.1 1.3 8.9 3.2 8.8 104.2±10 103.8±7

Accuracy: n=5; Limit of detection (LOD): n=5; Intraday precision: n=20