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Table 3 Distribution of follicular fluid:serum ratios with analytes listed in ascending order by molecular weight (N = 62)

From: Serum and follicular fluid organochlorine concentrations among women undergoing assisted reproduction technologies

 

Molecular weight

Mean

Selected Percentiles

   

Min.

10th

25th

50th

75th

90th

95th

Max.

HCB

285

0.39

0.13

0.22

0.29

0.37

0.49

0.55

0.60

0.69

p,p'-DDE

318

0.32

0.03

0.18

0.24

0.32

0.41

0.46

0.49

0.55

PCB 118

326

0.32

0.06

0.18

0.22

0.30

0.39

0.46

0.48

1.38*

p,p'-DDT

355

0.22

0.02

0.11

0.14

0.22

0.27

0.32

0.36

0.47

PCB 138

361

0.31

0.04

0.17

0.24

0.30

0.37

0.43

0.51

0.99*

PCB 153

361

0.27

0.03

0.14

0.20

0.25

0.34

0.39

0.41

0.79*

PCB 180

395

0.25

0.02

0.12

0.18

0.25

0.31

0.40

0.41

0.94*

Oxychlordane

426

0.24

0.06

0.12

0.17

0.24

0.29

0.35

0.37

0.52

Trans-nonachlor

444

0.21

0.05

0.10

0.16

0.20

0.25

0.29

0.32

0.71*

Mirex

546

0.24

0.06

0.11

0.17

0.22

0.30

0.39

0.42

0.54

ΣPCB

 

0.27

0.06

0.14

0.19

0.26

0.33

0.38

0.42

0.97*

  1. *One woman was consistently an outlier for high ff:serum ratio for PCBs and trans-nonachlor. This woman also had the highest ratio for oxychlordane.