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Table 2 Internal dose of metals in the study population

From: Maternal metal concentration during gestation and pediatric morbidity in children: an exploratory analysis

 

Metal (n = 111)

Geometric mean (GM)

95% CI

Min; max

Percentiles

Comparison with similar populations

20th

40th

60th

80th

GM (90th)a

21–64-year-old females (n = 31)

GM (95% CI)b

20–60-year-old females (n = 968)

Biometals

Ca, ppm

19.68

12.28; 31.53

0.01; 287.41

10.11

27.13

50.82

93.10

  

Cu, ppb

12.10

8.55; 17.12

0.01; 2861.69

8.38

12.54

18.33

31.74

5.06 (7.25)

 

K, ppm

998.88

604.84;649.63

0.01; 5633.91

904.05

1556.99

2070.66

3228.45

  

Mg, ppm

15.17

9.41; 24.43

0.01; 160.22

10.92

23.84

40.28

62.66

  

Na, ppm

1629.31

969.30; 2738.74

0.01; 10832.98

1704.94

2538.68

3615.22

4824.97

  

Se, ppb

19.58

13.73; 27.91

0.01; 226.59

16.54

22.97

33.18

47.78

13.1 (18.3)

 

Zn, ppb

146.51

93.61; 229.32

0.01; 4862.63

86.84

173.24

301.37

487.03

172 (316)

265 (251–280)

Non-essential metals

Ag, ppb

0.04

0.03; 0.08

0.01; 17.13

0.01

0.01

0.01

7.29

  

Al, ppb

6.14

3.80; 9.90

0.01; 97.27

4.34

11.27

17.17

26.52

 

2.28 (2.07–2.51)

As, ppb

3.59

2.33; 5.52

0.01; 146.21

1.48

4.41

9.17

16.60

32.2 (123)

18.2 (17.0–19.4)

Ba, ppb

1.29

0.89; 1.87

0.01; 337.47

0.64

1.32

2.49

4.40

  

Be, ppb

0.11

0.07; 0.16

0.01; 2.63

0.01

0.11

0.30

0.72

 

0.004 (0.004–0.005)

Cd, ppb

0.20

0.16; 0.26

0.01; 2.75

0.10

0.20

0.30

0.50

0.11 (0.26)

0.39 (0.37–0.42)

Co, ppb

0.93

0.73; 1.19

0.01; 4.37

0.46

0.92

1.40

2.47

0.31 (0.69)

0.66(0.63–0.69)

Cr, ppb

0.63

0.44; 0.90

0.01; 10.09

0.28

0.71

1.18

2.19

0.064 (0.10)

0.39 (0.36–0.42)

Fe, ppb

1.17

0.54; 2.53

0.01; 1640.82

0.01

3.33

16.54

39.43

2.34 (5.14)

 

Li, ppb

9.64

5.10; 9.52

0.01; 74.99

5.18

8.15

11.20

16.21

9.22 (16.1)

 

Mn, ppb

0.03

0.02; 0.04

0.01; 4.81

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.39

0.10 (0.25)

0.29 (0.27–0.31)

Mo, ppb

7.23

3.86; 13.55

0.01; 604.57

4.53

19.64

34.76

64.20

31.3 (63.4)

 

Ni, ppb

1.23

0.95; 1.60

0.01; 8.31

0.65

1.28

2.20

3.02

0.91 (1.57)

2.10 (1.98–2.21)

Pb, ppb

0.17

0.09; 0.32

0.01; 62.02

0.01

0.01

0.43

9.66

0.28 (0.43)

0.90 (0.84–0.95)

Sr, ppb

72.73

48.25; 109.65

0.01; 556.97

45.41

88.50

135.57

249.20

  

Tl, ppb

0.04

0.03; 0.05

0.01; 0.62

0.01

0.01

0.11

0.20

 

0.20 (0.19–0.21)

V, ppb

0.04

0.03; 0.06

0.01; 1.22

0.01

0.01

0.10

0.28

0.011 (0.018)

0.24 (0.22–0.26)

U, ppb

0.01

0.01; 0.01

0.01; 0.11

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

1.67 (2.82)

 
  1. aSwedish population
  2. bFrench population