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. 2021 Jun 16;55(13):9033–9042. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c00883

Table 2. Results of Fluorine Mass Balance Analysis for Maternal Serum, Placental Tissue, and Cord Serum Samplesa.

sample total EOF (CIC-EOF) identified EOF (UPLC-MS/MS-EOF) unidentified EOF
maternal serum (n > LOQ = 6, total number of samples = 21) (ng F/mL) (ng F/mL) (ng F/mL)
mean (±SD) 3.83 (±1.67) 2.65 (±1.40) 1.17 (±1.66)
median 3.23 2.65 0.64
min 2.85 2.08 0.0
max 7.17 3.11 4.40
sample total EOF (CIC-EOF) identified EOF (UPLC-MS/MS-EOF) unidentified EOF
placental tissue (n > LOQ = 6, total number of samples = 13) (ng F/g) (ng F/g) (ng F/g)
mean (±SD) 1.26 (±0.33) 0.60 (±0.09) 0.66 (±0.26)
median 1.08 0.58 0.55
min 1.02 0.53 0.44
max 1.85 0.77 1.08
sample total EOF (CIC-EOF) identified EOF (UPLC-MS/MS-EOF) unidentified EOF
cord serum (n > LOQ = 7, total number of samples = 11) (ng F/mL) (ng F/mL) (ng F/mL)
mean (±SD) 1.64 (±0.38) 1.49 (±0.46) 0.06 (±0.25)
median 1.80 1.24 0.0
min 1.20 1.18 0.0
max 2.10 2.23 0.60
a

Sample sizes are lower compared to that in Section 3.1 since in few samples the EOF concentrations were below the LOQ of the CIC; samples with EOF levels < LOQ were not included; SD = standard deviation.