Table 2 Crude biomarkers of exposure for the whole study area
Biomarker of exposure | n | median | p10 | p90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cadmium blood (μg/L) | 1,579 | 0.48 | 0.16 | 1.24 |
Cadmium urine (mg/g crt) | 1,581 | 0.62 | 0.32 | 1.30 |
Lead (μg/L) | 1,579 | 39.18 | 20.18 | 76.35 |
HCB (ng/g fat) | 1,577 | 55.92 | 28.17 | 121.36 |
PCB99 (ng/g fat) | 1,577 | 10.81 | 1.66 | 24.35 |
PCB118 (ng/g fat) | 1,577 | 25.85 | 11.71 | 50.68 |
PCB156 (ng/g fat) | 1,577 | 18.90 | 11.01 | 31.89 |
PCB170 (ng/g fat) | 1,577 | 40.28 | 24.91 | 64.41 |
Sum marker PCBs (138+153+180) (ng/g fat) | 1,577 | 345.48 | 213.23 | 532.15 |
Calux assay (pg TEQ/g fat) | 1,437 | 22.90 | 5.43 | 45.71 |
p,p'-DDE (ng/g lipid) | 1,577 | 487.33 | 141.60 | 1,587.30 |
1-OHP (μg/g crt) | 1,575 | 0.143 | 0.032 | 0.684 |
ttMA (mg/g crt) | 1,391 | 0.082 | 0.017 | 0.334 |