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Table 6 Exposure levels of environmental chemicals in the Sapporo cohort

From: The Hokkaido Birth Cohort Study on Environment and Children’s Health: cohort profile—updated 2017

     

Percentile

 

Number

DL

>DL (%)

Min

25th

50th

75th

Max

Maternal blood

 Total dioxins (TEQ pg/g lipid)

426

n/a

n/a

3.17

9.95

13.9

18.2

43.4

 Total PCBs (ng/g lipid)

426

n/a

n/a

17.8

73.0

107

148

41,460

p,p′-DDE

379

0.60

100

99.52

401.53

650.99

1011.48

4575.67

 PFOS (ng/mL)

447

0.5

100

1.30

3.40

5.20

7.00

16.2

 PFOA (ng/mL)

447

0.5

92.8

0.25

0.80

1.30

1.80

5.30

 MEHP (ng/mL)

493

0.278

100

1.94

5.82

9.95

16.3

101.7

 Bisphenol A (ng/mL)

59

0.04

76.3

<DL

0.040

0.057

0.072

0.419

Cord blood

 Bisphenol A (ng/mL)

285

0.04

68.8

<DL

<DL

0.051

0.076

0.217

Maternal hair

 Me-Hg (μg/g)

430

n/a

100

0.24

0.96

1.40

1.89

7.55

  1. p,p′-DDE p,p′-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, DL detection limit, Me-Hg methylmercury, MEHP mono(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, n/a not applicable, PCBs polychlorinated biphenyls, PFOA perfluorooctanoic acid, PFOS perfluorooctanoic sulfonate, TEQ toxicity equivalency quantity