Effects of maternal dioxin exposure on newborn size at birth among Japanese mother–infant pairs

Table 2 Levels^a of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (pg/g-lipid) in 75 breast milk samples from women residing in a coastal area along the Japan Sea

PCDDs/PCDFs	Mean (SD)	Minimum	Maximum
PCDDs
2,3,7,8-TCDD	0.81 (2.20)	0.10	4.34
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD	4.19 (1.74)	0.56	11.28
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD	1.44 (1.95)	0.15	5.01
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD	13.67 (1.80)	1.98	37.55
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD	1.94 (3.01)	0.82	7.82
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD	6.78 (1.84)	1.24	25.36
OCDD	56.16 (1.72)	14.28	250.04
PCDFs
2,3,7,8-TCDF	1.02 (1.82)	0.10	3.76
1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF	0.29 (3.92)	ND	1.64
2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF	8.14 (1.76)	1.08	20.99
1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF	2.25 (1.80)	0.31	12.62
1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF	2.27 (1.78)	0.25	7.91
2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF	1.46 (2.11)	0.11	7.05
1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF	0.03 (13.94)	ND	0.77
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF	1.19 (2.95)	ND	7.63
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF	0.04 (13.74)	ND	1.57
OCDF	0.55 (20.65)	ND	11.30
PCDDs-TEQ	6.86 (1.76)	0.97	16.68
PCDFs-TEQ	4.89 (1.74)	0.97	11.96
PCDDs/DFs-TEQ	11.75 (1.71)	1.94	28.67

PCDDs, Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins; DF, dibenzofurans; PCDFs, polychlorinated dibenzofurans; OCDD, 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin; TCDF, tetrachlorodibenzofuran; PeCDF, pentachlorodibenzofuran; HxCDD, hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin; TEQ, dioxin toxic equivalent
Mean, Geometric mean; SD, geometric standard; ND, not detectable
^aValues are given in picograms per gram lipid (pg/g-lipid)

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