Table 2.
PFAS a | LOD (ng/mL) | % detect | 50th (5th, 95th) percentiles (ng/mL) | p-value (vs. TD) b | ||||||
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All (n = 551) | TD (n = 180) | ASD (n = 190) | DD (n = 103) | OEC (n = 78) | ASD | DD | OEC | |||
PFOA | 0.05 | 100 | 2.36 (0.93, 6.77) | 2.58 (1.14, 6.50) | 2.20 (0.91, 6.30) | 2.22 (0.90, 9.45) | 2.13 (0.90, 6.31) | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.13 |
PFOS | 0.02 | 100 | 2.45 (0.93, 11.0) | 2.58 (1.13, 10.7) | 2.01 (0.81, 8.01) | 2.62 (0.86, 11.0) | 2.90 (0.99, 13.6) | <0.01 | 0.35 | 0.99 |
PFHxS | 0.02 | 100 | 0.64 (0.24, 3.41) | 0.72 (0.28, 3.07) | 0.59 (0.20, 3.05) | 0.59 (0.23, 3.48) | 0.71 (0.24, 4.24) | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.98 |
PFNA | 0.02 | 100 | 0.85 (0.29, 2.60) | 0.92 (0.41, 3.24) | 0.71 (0.26, 2.49) | 0.92 (0.33, 2.49) | 0.93 (0.29, 2.42) | <0.01 | 0.99 | 0.33 |
PFDA | 0.02 | 99.6 | 0.16 (0.07, 0.48) | 0.17 (0.08, 0.50) | 0.14 (0.06, 0.49) | 0.15 (0.07, 0.44) | 0.15 (0.07, 0.34) | <0.01 | 0.06 | 0.02 |
PFPeA | 0.05 | 99.3 | 0.57 (0.22, 1.25) | 0.56 (0.22, 1.14) | 0.51 (0.20, 1.33) | 0.62 (0.24, 1.44) | 0.65 (0.22, 1.17) | 0.67 | 0.02 | 0.04 |
PFHpA | 0.02 | 96.0 | 0.20 (0.03, 0.87) | 0.22 (0.04, 0.72) | 0.23 (0.03, 1.00) | 0.16 (0.02, 0.86) | 0.18 (<LOD, 1.04) | 0.65 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
PFUnDA | 0.02 | 74.6 | 0.04 (<LOD, 0.15) | 0.05 (<LOD, 0.16) | 0.03 (<LOD, 0.13) | 0.04 (<LOD, 0.13) | 0.04 (<LOD, 0.18) | <0.01 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
PFBS | 0.02 | 29.6 | <LOD (<LOD, 0.07) | <LOD (<LOD, 0.06) | <LOD (<LOD, 0.10) | <LOD (<LOD, 0.06) | <LOD (<LOD, 0.06) | - | - | - |
PFHxA | 0.05 | 16.2 | <LOD (<LOD, 0.28) | <LOD (<LOD, 0.24) | <LOD (<LOD, 0.43) | <LOD (<LOD, <LOD) | <LOD (<LOD, 0.15) | - | - | - |
MeFOSAA | 0.02 | 81.1 | 0.12 (<LOD, 1.64) | 0.12 (<LOD, 1.45) | 0.10 (<LOD, 1.56) | 0.14 (<LOD, 2.26) | 0.13 (<LOD, 2.14) | 0.06 | 0.24 | 0.66 |
EtFOSAA | 0.02 | 17.1 | <LOD (<LOD, 0.07) | <LOD (<LOD, 0.07) | <LOD (<LOD, 0.06) | <LOD (<LOD, 0.07) | <LOD (<LOD, 0.10) | - | - | - |
PFDoDA and PFOSA, which were detected in 4.2% and 0.7% of the samples, respectively, were excluded from the table
P-values from the Wilcoxon rank-sum test were not calculated for PFAS that were detected in less than 30% of the samples.