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. 2022 Aug 17;10(8):481. doi: 10.3390/toxics10080481

Table 1.

Overview of European biomonitoring studies.

Nr. Author Pub. Year Sampl. Year Matrix Num. Participants, Non-Smoker/Smoker Age (Mean, Median, Range) in Years Sex (Perc. Male) Rep. Value AA (ns/s) GA (ns/s) Unit
1 [38] X L. Hagmar et al. (LH) 2005 1991–1996 * blood ns 70
s 72
(45–73) - median 31
152
pmol/g
2 [39] X M. Obon-Santacana et al. (MOS) 2016 1992–2000 * blood ns 417 M: 58 0 median 43.1 35.4 pmol/g
3 [40] X Anna C, Vikström et al. (AV1) 2012 1999–2000 * blood ns 68 45–73 - median 39 67 pmol/g
4 [41] Thomas Schettgen et al. (TS1) 2003 2001 blood ns 25
s 47
M: 34 (19–59) 88 median 21
85
pmol/g
5 [35] X Michael Urban et al. (MU) 2006 2002 urine ns 60
s 60
- 38.3 mean 41.6
107.3
8.7
15.0
µg/L
5 [35] X Michael Urban et al. (MU) 2006 2002 blood ns 60
s 60
- 38.3 mean 27.6
81.8
- pmol/g
6 [42] X Sylvie Chevolleau et al. (SC) 2007 - blood ns 52
s 16
18–77 42.6 mean 27
53
23
34
pmol/L
7 [43] Thomas Schettgen et al. (TS2) 2004 2003 blood ns 13
s16
M: 35 (16–67) 23.0 mean 18
80
17
53
pmol/g
8 [44] Birgitta Kütting et al. (BK) 2009 2003 blood ns 857
s 148
41.6 46.9 mean 28.2
82.6
- pmol/g
9 [45] Melanie Isabell Boettcher et al. (MB) 2005 2003 urine ns 16
s 13
m: 25.5 31.2 median 29
127
5
19
µg/L
10 [17] Thomas Schettgen et al. (TS3) 2010 2003 blood n.s. 92 M: 35 (6–80) 21.7 median 29.9 35.2 pmol/g
11 [46] Eva C, Hartmann et al. (EH) 2008 2003 urine ns 91 m: 36 49.4 median 29 7 µg/L
11 [46] Eva C, Hartmann et al. (EH) 2008 2003 blood ns 91 m: 36 49.4 median 30 34 pmol/g
12 [47] Thomas Bjellaas et al. (TB) 2007 2005 blood ns 44
s 6
m: 45 45.4 mean 38.4
154
19.6
76.6
pmol/g
13 [18] Ursel Heudorf (UH) 2009 2007 urine ns 110 5–6 57.2 mean 57.8 18.3 µg/L
14 [48] Hans von Stedingk et al. (HS) 2011 2007 blood ns 81
s 6
m: 30 0 mean 28
110
22
102
pmol/g
15 [34] Eva Katarina Kopp et al. (EKK) 2009 2008 urine ns 67
s 67
m: 35.5 32.8 median 39
121
9
25
µg/L
16 [49] Talita Duarte-Salles et al. (TDS) 2013 2007–2009 * blood ns 79 m: 30 0 mean 31 23 pmol/g
17 [50] Anna C Vikström et al. (AV2) 2011 2011 blood ns 10 m: 46 50 mean 59 72 pmol/g
18 [51] Hanna Mojska et al. (HM) 2016 2012 urine ns 78
s 5
m: 30 (20–40) 0 median 18.9
168
6.8
27.7
µg/L
19 [52] Katharina Goerke et al. (KG) 2019 2015 urine ns 20 m: 26 50 mean 312 45 nmol/day
20 [53] Katharina Goempel et al. (KG2) 2017 2015 blood ns 6 (20–44) *** 100 mean 24.5 17.2 pmol/g
21 [54] X Gianfranco Frigerio et al. (GF) 2020 2017 urine ns 38
s 22
m: 46 89.4 median 142
405
1.3
3.2
µg/g creatinine
22 [55] X Gerda Schwedler et al. (GS) 2021 2015–2017 ** urine ns 2211
s 48
m: 10.4 51.6 mean 95.33
242.4
- µg/L

non-smoker: ns, smoker: s, mean: m, median: M, AA: acrylamide biomarker, GA: glycidamide biomarker, X: excluded, * studies collecting samples for multiple years, ** data part of GerES V (excluded because of overlapping data), - not provided, *** age range of exclusion criteria.