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Published in final edited form as: Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2016 Dec 10;315:70–79. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2016.12.007

Table 1.

Dioxin and dioxin-like serum concentrations (ppt TEQ lipid adjusted) from the stratified population from Calcasieu Parish (exposed) versus Lafayette Parish (not exposed) in Louisiana (Wong et al., 2008).

Age groups (in years) (mean)	Calcasieu Parish (273) (geometric mean ± SEM)	Lafayette Parish (113) (geometric mean ± SEM)

15–29 (22)	9.4 ± 0.6	8.5 ± 0.7
30–44 (37)	15.9 ± 1.9	17.8 ± 0.8
45–59 (52)	23.3 ± 2.5	23.8 ± 1.3
≥60 (65)	39.2 ± 3.6	45.1 ± 5.7

Note: SEM = standard error of the mean.