Table 2.

Detection and concentrations (µg/l) of organochlorine contaminants in cord and child blood samples.

Organochlorine	N	Detection frequency (%)	Minimum	p5	p25	p50	p75	p95	Maximum	P a
Cord blood
Chlordecone
Boys	124	79.0	< DL	< DL	0.08	0.25	0.41	1.46	12.5	0.46
Girls	161	76.4	< DL	< DL	0.07	0.21	0.37	1.44	29.8
DDE
Boys	127	79.5	< DL	< DL	0.09	0.22	0.64	2.71	7.78	0.26
Girls	159	84.9	< DL	< DL	0.10	0.31	0.74	3.22	12.5
PCB-153
Boys	127	56.7	< DL	< DL	< DL	0.07	0.15	0.46	1.31	0.69
Girls	159	52.2	< DL	< DL	< DL	0.06	0.14	0.57	1.75
Child blood
Chlordecone
Boys	210	73.8	< DL	< DL	< DL	0.06	0.11	0.37	7.01	0.37
Girls	225	71.1	< DL	< DL	< DL	0.05	0.11	0.30	2.15

DL, Detection limits. Cord chlordecone: 0.06 µg/L, cord DDE: 0.05 µg/L, cord PCB-153: 0.05 µg/L, child chlordecone: 0.02 µg/L.

^a Mann-Whitney U test.